773, Luan Tihu Kitchen Spring's idea
Zhang Xiu's heavy armored cavalry of the Tiger Wing Battalion lost nearly half of them in this battle with the Huns, and it was difficult for the remaining cavalry to conduct another battle of this scale.
Therefore, after this battle, I believe that there is a lot of time for the recovery period of the heavy armored cavalry, maybe Zhang Xiu can only take the heavy armored cavalry to station in Guanzhong, and then recruit new soldiers to restore the establishment.
Originally, the captured Huns this time were also a good source of soldiers, but unfortunately they were alien after all, and it was impossible for Zhu Wei to use them to construct his own heavy armored cavalry troops, so these captured Huns could only become slave laborers and slave soldiers, using their physical fitness to realize the value they could extract.
Of course, in addition to these Xiongnu prisoners, the Xiongnu war horses captured in this war are also excellent war dividends, most of these Xiongnu war horses can also be regarded as Mongolian horse breeds, which are very suitable for light cavalry to use.
In addition, as mentioned earlier, most of the nomads marched to war, and most of them drove the flocks together, and the flocks were their main food and grass logistics, so this time the Zhu Wei army defeated the Southern Huns, so the sheep brought by the Huns naturally became the trophies of the Zhu Wei army.
So after the war, Chen Qun, as the chief Shi Wenchen, began to be busy counting various war dividends, and then sent news to Zhu Wei, waiting for Zhu Wei to give new military instructions.
Let's not talk about how to deal with the post-war affairs here, just say that the horses and nearly 16,000 or 7,000 cavalry of the Fubo battalion continued to chase the southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Luan Tihu Chuquan, and with the gallop of the horses on both sides, they came to Baitu County.
From here, further northwest is the desert steppe area, but the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court where Luan Tihu Chuquan is now located is in Meiji County of Xihe County, and it is also the place where the Xiongnu Zhonglang General of the Han Dynasty used to govern, so after arriving at Baitu County, Luan Tihu Chuquan can only turn north to withdraw to the old nest of the royal court.
But after arriving in Baitu County, Luan Tihu Chuquan also had to consider the situation he would face after this big defeat.
Now it's not that he fled back to the Southern Xiongnu royal court in Meiji County, even if everything is over, not to mention that there is still a cavalry army of Han people chasing behind him, that is, after he returns to the royal court safely, he is afraid that he will also face the forced palace of many Xiongnu nobles.
Before the Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu people lived in Xihe County, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County and other places in the northwest of the state, but they were only raised as the first line of cannon fodder to resist the invasion of the Northern Xiongnu tribe and the Xianbei tribe.
Although these Southern Xiongnu people could live in the northern border of Bingzhou, in fact they were under the strict control of the Han court, and it was only now that the Central Plains fell into turmoil, the Southern Xiongnu people had the opportunity to truly occupy these lands as their territory.
Later, Liu Yuan, a Southern Xiongnu, established the Han and Zhao Kingdoms and became the Hu Emperor of one of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Of course, of course, the Southern Xiongnu do not have the idea of self-reliance, although Shan Luan Tihu Chuquan has the intention to break away from the Han family and stand on his own, but it only restores the Xiongnu tribal system, so the Southern Xiongnu are actually a nomadic tribal alliance system.
It is only because of the strength of the tribe to which he belongs that all the tribes of the Southern Huns will submit to his name and become Shan Yu of the Southern Huns.
But below him, there are also Xiongnu aristocratic forces such as Zuo Xian Wang, Right Xian Wang, etc., and the strength and weakness of the Xiongnu tribes they control also have different rights to speak in the Xiongnu royal court.
In fact, the Xiongnu are still a kind of tribal elder council system, but when the power of the tribe controlled by Shan Yu is strong, Shan Yu has the power of a word, but when the power of Shan Yu is weak, then Shan Yu has the right to speak, but the actual power will be divided by the noble elders of the various tribes of the Xiongnu.
Now that he has experienced this defeat, Luan Tihu Chuquan can be regarded as a great loss of strength, and the Hun cavalry directly belonging to him has lost nearly half of them on the battlefield, so even if he escapes back to the royal court, he is afraid that he will not be able to suppress the forces controlled by other Hun nobles with his remaining forces.
Then he is likely to be questioned by other noble elders, and in the end, whether he can keep his position is also a matter of words.
Originally, in history, Luan Tihu Chuquan was also captured by Cao Cao because he helped Yuan Shang rebel, and then Cao Cao used the means of holding the princes of the Son of Heaven hostage, and used the name of Luan Tihu Chuquan to remotely control the Southern Xiongnu tribes, and then used means to divide the Southern Xiongnu people into five tribes, and sent Han officials to supervise the Xiongnu departments, so as to strictly control the Southern Xiongnu.
It can be said that in the Cao Wei and even the Western Jin Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu were restrained under this means honestly, until Liu Yuan, the Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, established the Han Zhao, and let the Southern Xiongnu get out of the control of the Han people.
But the premise of all this is that Cao Cao completely subdued the Southern Huns through two wars, in fact, even if he did not use Luan Tihu Chuquan, Cao Cao could also achieve this control effect.
At the same time, Cao Cao divided the Xiongnu into five tribes, and initially let the Xiongnu nobles who were originally subordinated to the name of Luan Tihu Chuquan have the real power to control a Xiongnu, which made the Xiongnu willing to accept Cao Cao's arrangement.
It's just that these Huns didn't expect that they were finally firmly tied by Cao Cao, and in the end they could only pinch their noses and accept the controlled situation.
Well, these are not much nonsense, just say that although Luan Tihu Chuquan has not completely lost his combat power, he still has five or six thousand directly subordinate Hun cavalry to follow, and after the defeat from Yuanyang and Yuanyin County all the way to Baitu County, Luan Tihu Chuquan is still worried about the future.
Although Luan Tihu Chuquan has not yet reached the final desperate situation, he is still being closely pursued by the Han army behind him, and he has lost logistics supplies, if he continues like this, it is really difficult to judge how much of his current power can be retained when he finally escapes back to the royal court.
Therefore, after careful consideration in Baitu County, Luan Tihu Chuquan made a smart choice, he sent people to Ma Teng's side as an envoy, expressing his willingness to lead the Southern Huns to surrender to Zhu Wei.
Luan Tihu Chuquan knew very well that as long as he surrendered to Zhu Wei now, the impact of this defeat on him could be minimized.
In this way, he can use Zhu Wei's name to continue to maintain his position as Shan Yu, after all, he surrendered on his own initiative, only if he continues to serve as the Southern Hun Shan Yu, can he ensure that the Southern Huns surrender to Zhu Wei with him, if he changes to Shan Yu, it is likely to overturn Luan Tihu's decision.
As for Luan Tihu Chuquan himself, as long as he uses Zhu Wei's name to tide over the current difficulties, he will be able to have a buffer time to rectify the internal affairs of the Southern Xiongnu and remove all hidden dangers that can threaten his status.
In this way, when he sits firmly in Shan Yu's position, he can reconsider whether he will betray himself again in the future.
Anyway, since you can't beat them now, let's surrender first, the Southern Huns have been dependent on the Han people, and now they are just returning to the previous situation of being driven by the Han people......