In the fifty-second year of the Qin Dynasty, September 26th of the second year of the Second Emperor's reign, due to the early arrival of reinforcements from the Jiuyuan Army, and the Xiongnu Chanyu Maodun vomiting blood and comatose, he controlled 30,000 elite Chanyu personal guards, ten thousand cavalry and long beards.
Under Bu Buye's order, hundreds of thousands of Huns who came in a hurry fled Langjuxu Mountain with 80,000 remaining soldiers and headed west.
It was also from this time that the Xiongnu nobles headed by Maodun never returned to Langjuxu Mountain, the holy land of the Huns. The Xiongnu family was driven out of the prairie by the Central Plains people hundreds of years in advance and began to travel westward.
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At the same time, it also marked that Langjuxu Mountain and the vast grasslands and lands further north were officially included in the territory of the Qin Dynasty.
This war lasted only four days, but it caused the most tragic casualties in the Qin Dynasty's foreign wars in recent decades. Among them, the Donghu tribe of Pingyi County Lieutenant Hu Zhong killed more than 60,000 people and wounded more than 30,000 people;
The Huns retreated in such a hurry that they did not even have time to clean up the soldiers who died in the last fight and the wounded. But in this fight alone, the Huns died more than 5,000 people and injured more than 4,000 people.
It can be seen that in this war where the strength of the two sides was not too disparate, even if the Huns' casualties were slightly better than those of Hu Zhong's Donghu people, there would not be much difference.
Meng Hao did not pursue Mao Dun, because he led the 19,000 Yuan Army cavalry and rushed over 300 miles in two days. With stirrups, saddles and horseshoes, the combat power of the Nine Yuan Army cavalry was more than doubled.
But on the one hand, the cavalry of the Nine Plains Army were also exhausted, and on the other hand, the emperor did not order them to pursue the Huns.
Hu Zhong was truly relieved after seeing the Jiuyuan Army appear.
By this time, it goes without saying that the Donghu people also knew why Mao Dun retreated. It was obviously because Mao Dun's scouts discovered that the Qin cavalry from behind was coming to help, so they chose to retreat to save their lives at the critical moment when the Dong Hu cavalry was about to be defeated.
Although the Jiuyuan Army only has 10,000 people, the combat power of these 10,000 people can still fight even against the 50,000 Huns cavalry. This is because the Jiuyuan Army is not the Donghu cavalry. Not to mention the quality of the soldiers, the difference between the two sides is just in equipment.
It's just a huge difference.
Yiying Equipment On the surface, the armors and weapons of the Jiuyuan Army and the Donghu Cavalry are no different or different, but the inner things are only understood by the craftsmen of Shangfang.
What's more, the Donghu cavalry did not have the most basic equipment of the Qin army, the Qin crossbow! Not to mention the large repeating crossbow machine, the Donghu cavalry also did not have the small hand crossbow.
The difference between Qin's crossbows and the bows and arrows of the grassland peoples is like the difference between the later Qing army's native cannons and the new European cannons.
The appearance of the Jiuyuan Army made the Donghu people's gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor of Qin who was far away in Xianyang instantly reach its peak. Although this war was actually given to them by the emperor.
But so what? For the first time, the Donghu people felt that they were no longer grassland people who lived in a life-or-death situation chasing water and grass, but the common people of the Qin Dynasty who lived under the wings of the powerful empire in the Central Plains and were safe and secure.
The Donghu people's sense of belonging to the Qin Dynasty also reached a new level because of this war. This was something Hu Hai, the instigator, did not expect.
With the presence of the Jiuyuan Army, the Donghu people who had been on tenterhooks for several days could finally truly feel at ease.
Although many tribesmen died in this war, more people survived. The dead have passed away, but the lives of those who are still alive will continue. The Donghu people began to clean the battlefield and look forward to their future lives.
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Two hours after the Huns retreated, Maodun woke up from a coma after vomiting blood.
Regarding Xu Bu Ye's decision to retreat at the critical moment, Mao Dun was naturally furious. But the thunder was louder than the rain. He did not even give Xu Bu Ye a basic punishment.
The Hun nobles, whose strength was greatly reduced, couldn't help but wonder whether Maodun Chanyu was embarrassed to order the withdrawal of the troops, and did so on purpose, leaving the blame to Xu Bu Ye and then pretending to be the good guy himself.
You know, if Maodun had sent out his personal cavalry on the first day and cooperated with the 150,000 attacking Huns cavalry, they would have killed Mohuer long ago. Now they are probably sitting
In the felt tent, the women of the Donghu people were enjoying themselves, drinking mare's kumiss.
On this point, the Huns nobles indeed guessed it right. However, it is true that Mao Dun vomited blood.
The 30,000 elite personal guards were the foundation for Mao Dun to settle down and live a life. How could Mao Dun take out what he needed to settle down and live a life when his prestige was greatly reduced and all the Huns nobles were looking at him?
What's more, this move south was called to seize Langjuxu Mountain, but in reality, Mao Dun took the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Huns aristocrats who had already been somewhat hostile to him.
What did he do?
Only when the cavalry under the Xiongnu nobles is destroyed can their position be stabilized! Modun knows this better than anyone else.
After waking up, Maodun summoned a group of Xiongnu nobles before the already complaining Xiongnu nobles could react. Of course, this gathering was not to explain his mistake, but to order all the young men of each tribe to be controlled.
All the people of Xian were gathered together and put under their own account to command them directly.
Some people thought that Mao Dun was weakening the strength of themselves and others, but they did not expect that Chanyu Mao Dun would be so impatient and start taking action while he was on the way to escape.
Mao Dun's order was naturally resisted by most of the Xiongnu nobles. Everyone knew that Mao Dun was playing a desperate plan. Putting all the young men of each tribe under his direct command was tantamount to putting all tribes under his control.
The Maodun clan is under control. Without cavalry, there is no capital to survive on the prairie. Who would be willing?
The reaction of the Xiongnu nobles was as expected by Moton, but at this moment, 30,000 Moton cavalry, led by Xubu Baye, had surrounded Moton's tent.
When the ferocious Mao Dun guards appeared in the tent, all the Xiongnu nobles reacted at this time. Perhaps they had been seduced by Mao Dun using Donghu people's cattle, sheep, and women to come to Langjuxu Mountain.
Moton has made all preparations.
Regardless of whether the cattle, sheep and women of the Donghu people belong to them, at least the cattle, sheep and women of their tribe are now part of Maodun's plate.
The bloody killing lasted only a moment.
Of course, it was impossible for Mao Dun to kill all the Xiongnu nobles, but since the Battle of Jiuyuan, the Lan clan, who had been extremely dissatisfied with Mao Dun and secretly linked up with many Xiongnu tribes in an attempt to overthrow Mo Dun and replace them, was completely razed by Mo Dun.
All the men were killed, and all the women, cattle and sheep were rewarded by Modu to bribe and appease the Xiongnu nobles.
A dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist!
With the cattle, sheep and women in hand, who could still save their lives, who would dare to resist Mao Dun? The Xiongnu nobles all handed over the remaining cavalry of their tribes to Mao Dun's tent.
In the fifty-second year of the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu Shanyu Maodun used strong methods to abolish the original restrictions among the Xiongnu tribes and integrate the Xiongnu clan into a whole while fleeing to the west.
This reorganization laid the foundation for the Huns' future westward expansion.