However, seeing that the other two Xiongnu armies had retreated from the battlefield, Mao Dun would certainly not carry it on the battlefield, so Mao Dun immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, so the Xiongnu army turned their horses one after another, and fled in defeat.

If the Hun army is still against the previous Huaxia army, of course, there is no way to take the retreating Hun army, because the previous Huaxia cavalry is not as good as the Huns, not to mention shooting arrows in the rapid gallop, that is, it is very good to be able to sit firmly on horseback, so if you rush to pursue, it is very likely that the Hun army will fight a counterattack and turn defeat into victory.

But the current army is completely different, riding is not a problem, except for the lack of speed of the heavy armored cavalry, the other cavalry can run at full speed, carry out the task of pursuit operations, since the Hun army has been defeated and fled, naturally there is no reason not to pursue.

Although the retreat of the Xiongnu was like scattered birds and beasts, scattered and defeated, often leaving the enemy unaware of which side to pursue, and after fleeing to a safe place, they regrouped, or retreated en masse, or made a comeback. However, the cavalry of the Dai army is a flexible organization, can be gathered and divided, so it is also immediately dispersed into a hundred cavalry as a unit, to pursue, as a result, almost every time the Hun army that escapes all the way has the Dai army chasing, many Hun soldiers or were chased by the Dai army cavalry who chased up, or were shot by bows and arrows and fell off their horses, and some of the Hun troops were cut off by the Dai army, or killed or wounded, and many Hun soldiers were captured or surrendered.

The pursuing army of all walks of life pursued the distance of the distant and near, some only chased out of six or seven miles, some chased out more than 20 miles away, naturally each has its own harvest, and after the post-war statistics, this battle killed a total of more than 2,800 Hun soldiers, captured as many as nearly 500 people, in addition to more than 1,000 war horses, and the army itself, only more than 100 soldiers were killed, more than 200 soldiers were injured, of which the heavy cavalry, only nine soldiers were killed, 16 soldiers were injured. It can be said that the Dai army has achieved a big victory.

Gao Yuan handed over the captured Xiongnu soldiers to Yuan Xuan and escorted them back to Yanmen Pass, and he led his men and horses to camp in the same place, and after resting for the night, he continued to set off on the road and rushed to the station of the Bailing tribe.

―――――――― the dividing line――――――――― dividing line―――――――― escaped more than 30 miles in one breath, the Huns stopped their footing, and Mao Dun collected the defeated army of the Huns around him, only more than six or seven hundred people remained, and later Kalugu and Fuhuluo led the Hun soldiers, and some other Hun soldiers who fled in all directions gathered, but only 15 or 600 people, and nearly half of them were wounded.

You must know that the Xiongnu is not a populous nation, these decades have annexed other tribes in the grassland, and now the total population is less than two million, and this time there are more than 3,000 people less, and they are all young and middle-aged men, for the Xiongnu, it is indeed a big loss.

At this time, it was getting dark, so Maudun had no choice but to order him to find a place sheltered from the wind and a water source, rest for the night, and then withdraw to the north tomorrow.

When the Hun soldiers went out to fight, they would carry some dried meat, mare's milk wine, and felt and other things, and they could camp overnight in the wild, and some would also hunt some animals in the wild to supplement their rations. At this time, of course, there was no way to hunt, but there were some dried meat and mare's milk wine, so I couldn't go hungry.

However, because of the defeat in the battle, the Hun soldiers' feelings were not high, and nearly half of the soldiers were still wounded, so after eating food, most of the Hun soldiers were wrapped in felt and slept near the fire.

However, Maudun had no intention of sleeping, and sat around the fire with several cronies such as Kalugu and Fugoro to talk about today's battle.

Fu Hu Luo Dao: "The army is completely different from the armies of the Chinese countries that we have seen before, the armies of the Chinese countries in the past are mainly chariots, but the speed of the chariots is slow, and the transfer is inconvenient, far less flexible than our war horses, although there are also some cavalry, but the riding skills of these cavalry are far from being comparable with our Huns, so although the number is large, although the weapons and armor are excellent, but it is not terrible, in the past, we fought with the armies of the Chinese countries, and often can take advantage of our fast and flexible advantages, to win more with less, Even if you can't beat it, you can flee immediately, but this time the Dai army has no chariots at all, and it is completely based on cavalry, but everyone has exquisite riding skills, no worse than us Huns, plus he is well-armed and has strong armor, it is indeed difficult for us to defeat them. ”

Kalugu also said: "Yes, among the Chinese countries, Qin, Zhao, and Yan, which have territories adjacent to our Xiongnu, the army of Yan is not vulnerable at all, we only need to charge a few times, we can scatter the army of Yan, and although the armies of Zhao and Qin are stronger, they are not our opponents, as long as we pay attention to ourselves and do not enter the ambush circle they have set up, we will not have big losses." But the Dai army is completely different from the armies of Qin and Zhao, and can engage our Xiongnu cavalry head-on, which is no worse than us at all. ”

When Mao Dun heard this, he couldn't help but think of the heavy armored cavalry of the Dai army that he had encountered, if it was a head-on battle, the Hun cavalry would never be the opponent of such an army.

Fu Huluo said: "A few years ago, the Dai army raided Yinshan, and we thought that it was just a fluke success when we were unprepared, but now it seems that the defeat of Yinshan was not accidental. ”

Kaluku turned to Maudon and said, "My lord, what should we do now?" ”

Mao Dun smiled bitterly, unable to answer for a while. Although his southward raid this time was only a tentative attack, he suffered such a big loss and returned to the Huns, he would definitely be punished. Of course, Mao Dun is the eldest son of Touman Danyu, and he has also made a lot of contributions to the Huns before, and it is said that the punishment will not be too heavy, but Mao Dun knows in his heart that if he goes back this time, he must be more than lucky.

It turned out that although Mao Dun was the eldest son of Tou Manshan Yu, he was not loved by Tou Mandan, because Mao Dun's mother died early, and Tou Mandan Yu was favored by the newly established Da Yan clan (equivalent to the queen of the Xiongnu) and gave birth to a son for Tou Manshan Yu, so Tou Mandan Yu wanted to set up the son of the new Yan clan as his heir, but the age of the son of the new Yan clan was still young and could not convince the public, and Mao Dun was the son of the former Da Yan clan after all, and there were many supporters in the Xiongnu department. Therefore, if Tou Manshan wanted to set up the son of the new Yan clan as his heir, he first had to get rid of Mao Dun.

But Mao Dun is a famous warrior in the Xiongnu department, over the years for the Xiongnu has made a lot of contributions, and the Huns have always revered heroes and heroes, most people have regarded Mao Dun as the successor of Tou Man Dan Yu, so Tou Man Shan Yu did not have a legitimate reason to get rid of Mao Dun for a while.

A few years ago, Tou Mandan Yu sent Mao Dun to the Yue tribe as a hostage, just wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, let the Yue tribe kill Mao Dun, but did not expect that Mao Dun was very alert, and brave, escaped from the Yue tribe, in the battle with the Yue tribe, Mao Dun was brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions, Tou Man Dan Yu also had to let him lead ten thousand horses, and the left and right generals of the Huns were assigned to the commander of Mao Dun.

According to the practice of the Xiongnu, under Shan Yu, set up the left and right kings, and then set up the kings of the left and right valleys, these four positions are the highest official positions of the Huns, but generally by the heirs of Shan Yu to serve as the king of Zuoxian, but the head of the man Shan Yu did not appoint Mao Dun as the king of Zuo Xian, but named him as the lower level of the king of Zuo Gu Li, which is very good to illustrate the attitude of Tou Man Shan Yu.

At this time, Mao Dun was already very dissatisfied with Touman Danyu's actions, so he was also secretly expanding his power, on the one hand, he would train his troops to be absolutely obedient and loyal to his troops, and actively pull the nobles in the Xiongnu tribe. Kalugu and Fuhuluo are Maudun's henchmen in the Xiongnu tribe.

In order to ensure the absolute obedience of his subordinates to his orders, Mao Dun made a kind of ringing arrow for himself, stipulating that after he shot the Mingdi, his followers must shoot arrows at the same target, otherwise they will be killed. On one occasion he shot at his own BMW with a chirping hammer, and some of the servants on the left and right hesitated to shoot, and were immediately beheaded. Later, Mao Dun shot at his wife and children with a Ming Di, and there were still those who did not dare to shoot among his subordinates, and they were killed by Mao Dun again. As a result, no one dared not shoot with Maudun's chirping from then on.

As for Maodun's action to expand his strength, Tou Manshan Yu was naturally very clear, but he couldn't find a suitable reason for a while, because the Xiongnu tribe was actually formed by the merger of many small and medium-sized tribes, such as the left and right Xian Wang, the left and right Guli Wang, the left and right generals, the left and right Dadu Lieutenants, the left and right Dadanghu, the left and right Gudu Hou and other Xiongnu main officials, in fact, are the patriarchs of other small and medium-sized tribes, each of them has their own people, pastures, private property, etc. And Mao Dun is the eldest son of Tou Man Dan Yu, with considerable private power, which is a very normal thing in the Xiongnu tribe, and Tou Man Shan Yu certainly cannot use this reason to punish Mao Dun.

If Maodun can return with a full load, it means that the garrison around Yanmen is empty, and he can lead the army to the south and plunder, which can increase the population wealth of the Xiongnu tribe, and if Maodun is defeated by the defenders, he can just use this as an excuse to punish Maodun.

Of course, Mao Dun was very sad about Tou Mandanyu's plan, and now he has suffered a big defeat, so when he returns to the Xiongnu tribe, he will definitely be severely punished by Touman Danyu, and may be able to save his life, but Touman Shan Yu will definitely weaken his strength fiercely, and it is even possible to exile himself to a remote area in the north, and leave the power center of the Xiongnu from then on.

But now Mao Dun has no idea at all, so he is in a state of confusion for a while, and he doesn't know what to do. After being silent for a while, he said: "I don't need to say anything about the current situation, you also know it, so I will never go back." ”

Fu Hu Luo said: "If the adults don't go back, then go there again." ”

Maudun shook his head and said, "I don't know where to go, but I must not go back, because if I go back this time, I will definitely be harmed by Shan Yu." ”

And at this moment, I only heard someone say: "Don't worry, I can guarantee that after you go back, you will be safe." ”

Mao Dun's face changed, and he said, "Who is it?" ”