Section 833 The Future of the Xiongnu (2)
The military minister is indeed anxious at the moment.
After he led the army and entered the Hexi Corridor, he finally got a report from Nanchi: the Han army raided Nanchi ten days ago, and Nanchi had changed hands, and the remaining personnel of Zhelan, Baiyang, Lou Fu and Youxian Wang's own tribe were all dispersed, and all livestock were taken away by the Han army.
The Hutu tribe and the Kunxi tribe also remembered their responsibility to guard the border as if overnight, and sent cavalry to take a stand along the Great Wall bordering Yunzhong County and the Hetao area.
However, there was still no news of Yin Zhi's oblique department in the direction of Mayi.
It was as if a huge black hole had appeared in the area, swallowing up all light and heat.
Any Xiongnu ranger who is close to the range of Wuzhou Saibaili has no return.
Fortunately, the Huns were not without other sources of intelligence.
As long as the price is offered, there will always be people who are willing to provide information to the Xiongnu.
Moreover, the decades of see-saw between the Han and the Huns will always leave a few marks on the long defense line of the Great Wall.
Under the supervision and strict orders of the military ministers, the Huns promised a lot of money on the one hand, and coerced and lured those who had hooked up with them or families on the other.
Finally, the exact information was secretly sent to the Xiongnu through the middle way.
Then, this information was sent to the military minister as quickly as possible.
At this moment, this information was placed in front of the military minister.
This is a piece of information consisting of a newspaper from the inside of the Han Dynasty government and several blank sheets of paper posted under a cloth for the public to peruse.
"The Zhelan tribe was actually defeated...... "The military ministers could hardly believe this fact revealed in these Han Dynasty mansion newspapers and public sources!
This is the headquarters of the Zhelan tribe!
It's not a cat or a dog!
The whole clan is close to 12,000 horsemen, and it is numbered into 20,000 horsemen!
In the past, the Huns arbitrarily dispatched a 10,000-horse horseman. It was enough to sweep across the entire Makunan and make the heroes bow down. All nations bow their heads!
But, for now. But the people of the Han Dynasty openly declared: Zhelan is defeated!
Moreover, in his mansion report, the process of defeating the Zhelan tribe was revealed in more detail.
"The hussars lined up outside Wuzhou, and there was no Xiongnu Zhilan King Headquarters Daxu in a battle, and more than 3,000 people were born below the bones of the Zhilan King, and more than 4,000 were beheaded, and the rest trampled on each other, fled and died, and the Huns' arm was broken!"
And compared to the defeat of the Zhelan tribe.
What worries the military ministers even more is that the Han army is under the city of Mayi. has surrounded Yin Zhixi, Lou Fu and the main force of the Aries Tripart.
The people of the Han Dynasty sent out this report eight days ago.
In other words, the headquarters of the Right Virtuous King Yin Zhixian, as well as the two tribes of Aries and Lou Fu, have been besieged by the Han army outside the city of Mayi for at least eight days!
These eight days are enough to make any grassland tribe weak, powerless, and even defeated.
The warlord clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth.
He felt a boundless fear.
Zhelan has been defeated. The Xiongnu Empire lost a trump card to suppress the world!
Moreover, Yin Zhixian and his headquarters Wanqi, as well as the two tribes of Lou Fu and Bai Yang, were besieged under the city of Mayi. I don't know if I live or die.
Once, Yin Zhixian, Bai Yang, and Lou Fu were also defeated in the territory of the Han Dynasty.
The Xiongnu Empire was about to lose one-twentieth of its young and strong men at the same time.
At the same time, it will also lose the troika that has long been loyal to it as the vanguard and trump card of expansion.
The impact of other aspects is not counted for the time being. At least, in the entire Makunan area. The power of the Huns will appear in a huge vacuum.
At this moment. The military ministers found out that once Yin Zhixian followed the main force of his tribe, he was lost in the Han Dynasty.
Then, the Xiongnu Empire will face a terrible scenario - its rule in the south of the country will be shaken!
Without the deterrence of the headquarters of the Right Xian King, the entire Munan region, countless tribes, will temporarily break free from the strong control and rule of the Xiongnu and gain the right to move freely.
Especially to the east and north of the South Pond.
Those tribes, large and small, scattered across the vast grasslands, will find that the Hun cavalry, which used to patrol and intimidate them every month, is nowhere to be seen.
What will they do?
The military minister can guess with his ass.
These tribes will inevitably be cautious first, and slowly expand their pastures to the surroundings, beyond the boundaries of pastures set by the Xiongnu, and extend to the surroundings.
Then, when they found out, even so, the Hun cavalry was still nowhere to be seen.
So......
These tribes will fight each other for pasture.
Fighting will continue to take place in the east and north of Nanchi, especially in those distant plateaus.
The Huns, certainly not peacemakers, were born incapable of war.
But, the Huns were well aware.
The tribes of the steppe, as soon as they start attacking each other, then there will definitely be a winner.
The power of this victor will continue to snowball and climb rapidly.
Eventually, in these places, a powerful tribe will emerge that has defeated all its enemies and annexed these tribes, large and small.
Once things get to this point.
This tribe will inevitably want to covet the throne of the overlord of the steppe.
It will be like the young male wolves in the grassland who covet the throne of the wolf king, fearless, and full of cruelty to rush towards the Huns.
Something like this is going to happen.
Even if the Huns finally defeated this terrible enemy.
You yourself will be hit hard!
Why did Donghu collapse in front of the former Ma Tsai Hun cavalry?
In addition to the fact that the cavalry of the Xiongnu was braver, more disciplined and united than the cavalry of the Eastern Hu.
The more important reason is because Donghu suffered heavy losses in the war with the Yue clan, and a large number of Donghu's headquarters cavalry were killed in battle, while the new generation has not yet grown.
The Xiongnu seized this window period and brazenly launched a war and overthrew the overlord of Donghu.
By eating the corpse of the Donghu Empire, he absorbed enough nutrients to become the most powerful nomadic empire in history today!
The military minister didn't want it at all. The Xiongnu also repeated the mistakes of Donghu!
Even if it is 10,000 steps back, after the headquarters of the Right Xian King is damaged. Among the eastern and northern tribes of Nanchi, there is no king who can unify all the tribes.
Circumstance. There will still be no optimism about the Huns.
Because, once these tribes broke free from the shackles of the Xiongnu and gained freedom.
I want to use the chain again, tie them up, and become the obedient vassal and slave of the past.
The Xiongnu had to use more than 100,000 cavalry to kill and conquer for at least three years before they could restore order in these places to their original state.
The tribes of the steppe, once they tasted the taste of blood, and tasted the sweetness from it.
So. Only blood and death can put an end to their thirst for blood and conquest!
And the military minister knows that things are much more than that.
He looked at this big tent, and after hearing about the defeat of Zhelan, Yin Zhixian, Bai Yang, and Lou Fu were surrounded, those tribal leaders and high-ranking nobles who were ready to move one by one, and their foreheads were simply engraved with distrust and suspicion.
The fault is not that this is his single royal tent, and all the cavalry on the left and near are the headquarters of the Huns.
That Yin Zhixian had no doubt that these guys were likely to draw their weapons. It's time for a killing spree.
Especially the man who sat at the bottom of him, with only one eye, combing the most traditional small thin braids of the Hun nobles, almost stood up and pointed at his nose and cursed.
Even those from the past. In front of Shan Yu, the tribal leaders who were respectful, servile, and kneeling and licking. At the moment, it is also a grin. It's like watching a play.
In the steppe, a foreign war was lost. It is highly likely that a palace coup will be caused.
And a defeat that loses tens of thousands of people often makes a strong tribe turn from prosperity to decline.
Politics on the steppe, like wolves on the steppe.
Even if the wolf king used to be majestic and invincible in the world, leading its group to defeat and hunt countless prey.
However, as long as the wolf king shows a little bit of aging, then those ambitious group members will be eager to challenge and wear the title of wolf king.
Once the wolf king can't forcefully fight back against these challengers with facts, he will affirm to the group that he is still as strong as ever.
So......
The only thing that awaits it is that the crown will fall to the ground, be expelled from the wolves, and go to fend for itself.
And in the tribal politics of the steppe, the overlords who are picked off their horses will usher in a more miserable end than those wolf kings who have lost their crowns.
The current situation of the Yue clan and the Donghu people proved this to the military ministers with iron-like facts.
"Mao Dun Da Dan Yu and Lao Shang Da Dan Yu, the foundation that has been created with hard work cannot be destroyed in the hands of this single order!" The military minister said to himself in his heart.
He raised his head, as in the past, and with a very aggressive look, he glanced at the clan leaders in the tent.
As a qualified Shan Yu, the military minister knew very well that at this moment he still had the most powerful cavalry force in the world.
The headquarters of the royal court, the four major clans, and those tribes of the vassal headquarters, combined, still have a huge force that can mobilize more than 100,000 iron horsemen at any time and anywhere, and sweep away all opponents and challengers.
But first, he had to prove to his clan that he was still in control.
Otherwise, the nobles within the four major clans and the Sulu clan will consider - should they change someone to be a single person?
And then, without waiting for the evening, just today, right now, these people will draw their weapons and wash everything with blood.
"Hujie King!" The military minister looked at the one-eyed man who was unruly and had been provoking with his not so friendly eyes, and said: "Your father is my brother and an important member of the Zodiac Clan, and now, the Sullock Clan has encountered an unprecedented crisis, and I hope that King Hujie can give up the senseless dispute and contribute to the Sullock Clan and the Great Huns!" ”
The military minister knew that now, he had to win over this concubine who would become the new Su Yu clan once Yin Zhixian died.
In the Xiongnu, or all the nomadic tribes, there was a separate system for concubines.
On the one hand, it is to maintain and maintain the purity of the clan lineage, and on the other hand, it is to expand the power of the clan.
From ancient times to the present day, all nomadic tribes have followed this ancient tradition.
The leaders of all the tribes will place their concubines and let them go on their own.
Nowadays, tribes such as Ruolu, Jinyang, and Hushe, all of which were established by the concubines of Mao Dun Shan Yu.
Essentially, they were part of the Clan, but they didn't inherit the power of Shan Yu.
And the concubines of the old Shangshan Yu naturally established many tribes.
Among these tribes, the most powerful is the Hujie tribe.
If Yin Zhi died in the Han Dynasty, according to tradition and succession, King Hujie would be able to replace him and become the new lineage and third heir to the throne.
The military minister knew very well that his immediate priority now was to appease and win over the seemingly ambitious King Hujie.
King Hujie raised his head, and under his single eye, his round face full of scars showed a smile that was more ugly than crying: "Supporting the plough is lonely, of course this king knows his identity, status and duties!" ”
King Hujie stood up, revealing the scars of his sheepskin jacket.
"As a loyal member of the Sulu clan, this king and his clan, for decades, have loyally guarded the southern foot of Jinshan for the Great Huns, preventing those shameful Ding Ling people, Buyeo people and Cypriots from invading the pastures of my Great Huns!" He said in a more strange Xiongnu language: "The father of this king even died on the battlefield!" ”
Jinshan, both the northwest frontier of the Xiongnu Empire, borders the unknown western world.
At the same time, it was also the most important gold producing area of the Xiongnu Empire.
More than 40 percent of the gold of the Huns came from the gold mines of Jinshan.
In recent decades, with the westward migration of the main force of the Yue clan, and the continuous eastward migration of the Cypriots.
In the Western Regions, faced with the invasion and attack of ancient nomadic peoples such as the Cypriots, Jinshan and other places often saw the migration of thousands of people.
In the eyes of the Huns, these alien races are undoubtedly enemies.
And the other ethnic groups that moved in, of course, did not regard the Huns as their own.
The two sides are on the edge of the world, entangled and confronted, infecting the land with each other's blood.
This is also the reason why the kingdom of the Western Regions is willing to accept the enslavement and control of the Xiongnu.
Because, while enslaving and exploiting them, the Huns also set up a huge protective net for them and their country, protecting them from the attacks of the tribes that migrated eastward from the west.
And the Hujie tribe is the tribe that fought on the front line of the Xiongnu Empire.
However, for a long time fought against those invaders and fleeing aliens.
The Hujie people inevitably mixed with these tribes, and even many of the tribe members were simply those aliens who were defeated and captured.
Over the past few decades, the appearance and lineage of the Hujie people have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Their appearance gradually changed to that of Caucasians, their eye sockets began to deepen, and their body hair began to thicken.
Therefore, the Xiongnu actually disdain them very much.
It is not a matter of a day or two that the nobles of the headquarters despise and discriminate against the Hujie tribe.
King Hujie has long hated this.
Taking this opportunity today, of course, he has to give himself and his tribe an explanation. (To be continued.) )
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