Summer is coming to an end.

A huge Xiongnu tribe at the foot of Hangai Mountain is preparing to migrate.

The Xiongnu Empire has expanded to the present day, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of miles.

But its headquarters, the main force and backbone of the Xiongnu, has actually been living and active in a specific area.

From a geographical point of view, the Xiongnu headquarters actually lived in a large territory.

This territory is surrounded by mountains.

To the east is the Xing'an Mountains, to the northeast are the Kent Mountains, to the south are the Yin Mountains and Helan Mountains, to the west are the Jinshan Mountains (Altai Mountains), and to the northwest are the Tangnu Mountains.

Tangnu Mountain runs east-west, then turns to the southeast, extending the area and calling it the Hangai Mountains.

The Hangai Mountains rise in the northwest of the Mongolian Plateau.

At the foot of Hangai Mountain is the summer and autumn residence of King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu.

At this time, desert had not yet swept across the entire Mongolian Plateau.

The climate here is also still warm and humid.

The rains in the summer rainy season bring a flourish of life to the grassland pastures.

But the temperature quietly dropped to more than ten degrees at the end of summer.

The change in temperature told the Huns that it was time to leave here and head to the warmer south.

For the Huns, they have adapted to the extreme climate of snow in August, subzero temperatures in September, and several feet of snow in October.

Generally speaking, the Xiongnu tribe would come to the northern and western parts of the Mongolian Plateau in the summer, and return to the south to Munan in autumn and winter.

This is one of the reasons why all the Xiongnu invasions recorded by the Han Dynasty occurred in winter.

Because in spring and summer, their people and livestock are in the north.

Of course, this was before.

Now, with the tentacles of the Xiongnu Empire, extending to the west.

Many northern tribes and western tribes will choose to spend the winter in the Jungar Basin in later generations.

It is safer and warmer there, and more abundant material and wealth can be obtained.

Especially after the Battle of Mayi, a large number of Xiongnu western tribes and Tokugawa tribes did not want to return to that sad place in the south.

There were terrifying Han cavalry and powerful Han emperors there, and it was not economical either.

To return to the south, we have to cross the Gobi Desert, which the Huns called the Hanhai.

But as the most orthodox and powerful tribe of the Huns, King Zuo Xian's tribe must return to its ancestral land at the foot of Yin Mountain and the Hetao Plain.

It was the birthplace of the Xiongnu and the place where Maodun Shanyu sang.

"Great Tushe!" Huyan Dangtu led a dozen Hun warriors to Yu Dan, the Hun Zuo Xian King who was riding a sheep, and knelt down on one knee: "It's time for us to go, Da Shan Yu is here

Yanze is waiting for us!"

"Father Shanyu has made a triumphant return?" Yu Dan raised his head and looked at Huyan Dangtu who was coming towards him.

"Yes, Tushe!" Huyan Dangtu said: "This time we have a great victory over the Xiongnu. We have conquered the whole country of Dayuan and captured its entire population, making them all slaves of the Xiongnu!"

"Gold, silver, wine and food, countless!"

When he said this, Hu Yandang Tu's nostrils were filled with puffs of air.

He did not participate in this expedition.

Instead, he brought the loyal and reliable Shanyu Guards here to protect the young and fragile King Zuoxian, the only ancestral bloodline in the Xiongnu Empire.

Yu Shan is too young and too fragile.

In today's complex environment, it is extremely possible to be harmed.

The lessons of the past taught the Huns.

Sixty percent of the royal lineage do not survive to adulthood.

Illness, accident, and assassination can all kill him.

Now, King Zuo Xian's most dangerous enemies are the members of the Luotang clan who are openly or covertly hostile to him.

When Yu Shan heard this, he said happily: "Really? That's great!"

Therefore, under the protection of Huyan Dangtu, the entire Xiongnu Zuoxian King's headquarters, totaling 50,000 cities, followed Zuoxian King's wolf-headed battle flag and migrated toward the south in a mighty manner.

The Huns have been traveling on this migration route for hundreds of years.

They wanted to cross the vast sea that divides Mu Nan and Mu Bei and enter the Mu Nan area near the Great Wall.

This is a dangerous and difficult journey.

Fortunately, this migration team is strong enough.

The protection of a full 50,000 Xiongnu cavalry was enough to make all foreign enemies retreat.

However, danger does not only come from the outside, but more often, it comes from the inside.

Therefore, the main responsibility of Huyan Dangtu is to keep an eye on those men of the Luantang clan who are ready to make a move.

Those side branches that are eyeing you!

Thanks to his presence and protection, Yu Shan was able to survive the dangerous summer after the military expedition and was able to see his father alive.

After half a month of journey, this migratory team drove millions of livestock across the vast sea and entered a whole new world.

There are abundant water plants here and the air is crisp in autumn.

The warm wind blew slowly, although it brought some sand, it hurt the person's face.

But the air was filled with water vapor and the fragrance of green grass.

Living in Yanze is already in sight.

There are even some starry corn and wheat fields on the plains in the distance.

Of course, the existence of these corn fields does not mean that the Huns have learned to farm now.

In fact, almost all nomads will find a piece of land, light a fire, and throw some seeds when they have time.

This is the most primitive farming method.

This is the so-called slash-and-burn farming.

Just sow the seeds, not the food.

When the harvest comes, the Huns will come back.

These millet and wheat are the seeds sown by King Zuoxian's headquarters this spring.

Now, it's ready to be harvested.

These harvested grains will become a reliable winter ration for the Huns.

Therefore, now, some Xiongnu tribes have begun to turn to farming.

In the Western Regions, the tribes of King Gushe and King Hushe were like this.

However, they did not farm the fields themselves, but forced the people and slaves of the Western Kingdom to farm the fields.

This method was called riding on the field by the Huns.

However, whether it is sowing seeds casually or forcing others to cultivate.

The Xiongnu's food gap is still very large.

It still relied on imported grain from the Han Dynasty to satisfy its people's vitamin supplements.

Therefore, from the Battle of Pingcheng to the present day, although the Han and Hungarians have repeatedly turned against each other and fought many wars, they have to negotiate for peace in the end.

The main driving forces for peace negotiations were food, salt, and tea.

It has even happened that the two countries fought so hard.

But on one side of the battlefield, the Huns' cavalry did not commit any exaggeration.

When the wolf-headed flag of King Zuo Xian appeared on the horizon.

A Xiongnu tribe on the other side was immediately mobilized.

The nobles of the tribe, together with the people, pushed the flat carts. This was a primitive and simple cart driven by two wheels. It was also the main means of transportation for the Huns.

In fact, all Xiongnu tribes relied heavily on forests.

Because they need the trees in the forest to make various instruments, they also need the wild beasts in the forest to provide them with extra food, and they also need the shelter of the forest to protect their safety.

In fact, the forest is the most important arsenal of the Huns. Almost more than 70% of the Huns' weapons, especially bows and arrows, are now produced in the forest.

Therefore, according to historical records, the Huns attached great importance to all mountains.

Many times they would rather give up those pastures and defend their mountains to the death.

At this moment, the nobles and people of this tribe were pushing these flatbed carts made from wood cut from the nearby mountains. On the carts were placed individual male and female slaves tied up with ropes, or wine, rice, wheat and other food, to greet the guests.
To be continued...