The military officials were really anxious at this moment.
After he led his army into the Hexi Corridor, he finally received a report from Nanchi: the Han army had raided Nanchi ten days ago, and Nanchi had changed hands. Zhelan, Aiyang, Loufan and the remaining members of King Youxian's tribe were left behind.
, all collapsed, and all livestock were captured by the Han army.
As if overnight, the Xiutu tribe and the Kunxie tribe remembered their responsibility to guard the border, and sent out cavalry to set up a posture along the Great Wall bordering Yunzhong County and the Hetao area.
However, there is still no news from Yin Zhixie's troops in the direction of Mayi.
A huge black hole seemed to have appeared in the place, swallowing up all the light and heat.
Any Xiongnu cavalry that comes close to Sebaili in Wuzhou will never return.
Fortunately, the Huns did not have other sources of intelligence.
As long as the price can be paid, there will always be someone willing to provide information to the Huns.
Moreover, decades of tug-of-war between the Han and Huns will always leave a few marks on the long Great Wall defense line.
Under the supervision and strict orders of their military ministers, the Huns promised large sums of money and at the same time faced coercion and inducement from those people or families who had had collusions with them.
Finally, the exact information was secretly sent to the Huns through the Middle Road.
Then, this information was sent to the military ministers as quickly as possible.
At this moment, this information was placed in front of the military ministers.
This information consists of an internal newspaper from the Han Dynasty government and several pieces of white paper posted under a cloth for the public to read.
"The Zhelan tribe was actually defeated..." The military officials could hardly believe the fact revealed in these Han Dynasty newspapers and public information!
This is the headquarters of the Zhelan tribe!
Not cats and dogs!
There are nearly 12,000 riders in the whole clan, divided into two 10,000 riders!
In the past, the Xiongnu sent out one thousand cavalry at will, which was enough to sweep across the entire Munan, making all the heroes bow their heads and all the tribes bow their heads!
But now, the people of the Han Dynasty publicly declared: Zhelan was defeated!
Moreover, in his newspaper, the process of defeating the Zhelan tribe was revealed in more detail.
"The Hussars arrayed themselves outside the Wuzhou fortress and defeated the Xiongnu Zhelan King's headquarters in a single battle. They gave birth to more than 3,000 people under King Zhelan's rank, and beheaded more than 4,000 people. The rest trampled on each other and fled to death.
One of the Huns’ arms has been broken!”
Compared with the defeat of the Zhelan tribe.
What made the military officials even more worried was that the Han army had already surrounded Yin Zhixie, Lou Fan and the main force of the Aries Tribe at the foot of Mayi City.
The people of the Han Dynasty issued this report eight days ago.
In other words, the headquarters of Youxian King Yin Zhixie and the Aries and Loufan tribes have been besieged by the Han army outside Mayi City for at least eight days!
These eight days are enough to make any grassland tribe weak, powerless, or even defeated.
The military official clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth.
He felt boundless fear.
Zhelan has been defeated, and the Xiongnu Empire has lost a trump card to suppress the world!
Moreover, Yin Zhixie, his tribe Wanqi, and the two tribes Loufan and Baiyang were besieged under the city of Mayi. They did not know whether they were alive or dead.
Once Yin Zhixie and Aiyang were defeated, Loufan was also defeated in the Han Dynasty.
The Xiongnu Empire was about to lose one-twentieth of its young men at the same time.
At the same time, it will also lose its long-loyal troika that has served as the vanguard and trump card of its expansion.
Not counting other impacts for the time being, at least, there will be a huge vacuum in the Xiongnu's power in the entire Munan region.
At this moment, the military officials discovered that once Yin Zhixie and the main force of his tribe were lost in the Han Dynasty.
Then the Hun Empire will face a terrible scene - its rule in Munan will be shaken!
Without King Youxian's headquarters of thousands of horses to deter them, countless tribes in the entire Munan region will temporarily break away from the strong control and rule of the Huns and gain the right to move freely.
Especially the east and north of Nanchi.
Those tribes, large and small, scattered on the vast grasslands, will find that the Huns cavalry that used to patrol and intimidate them every month are nowhere to be seen.
What will they do?
Military officials can guess it with their buttocks.
These tribes will inevitably test carefully first and slowly expand their pastures to the surrounding areas, beyond the pasture limits set by the Xiongnu, and extend to the surrounding areas.
Then, when they discovered that even so, the Huns cavalry was still missing.
So……
These tribes will attack each other to compete for pasture.
War will continue to occur in the east and north of Nanchi, especially on the distant plateaus.
The Huns, of course, were not peacemakers and were born to avoid war.
But the Huns knew it very well.
Once the tribes on the grassland start to attack each other, a winner will definitely emerge.
The power of this winner will continue to snowball and rise rapidly.
Eventually, in these places, a powerful tribe will appear that defeats all its enemies and annexes these tribes, large and small.
Once things develop to this point.
This tribe will definitely want to covet the throne of the grassland overlord.
It will be like the young male wolves in the wolf pack on the grassland who covet the throne of the wolf king. They will rush towards the Huns without fear and full of cruelty.
This is really going to happen.
Even if the Huns finally defeated this terrible enemy.
You yourself will also be severely damaged!
Why did Dong Hu collapse in front of the former Ma Chai Huns cavalry?
Except that the Xiongnu cavalry was braver, more disciplined and united than the Donghu cavalry.
The more important reason is that Donghu suffered heavy losses in the war with the Yuezhi. A large number of Donghu's cavalry were killed in the battle, but the new generation has not yet grown up.
The Xiongnu seized this window of opportunity and launched a brazen war, overthrowing Donghu's hegemony.
By gnawing on the corpse of the Donghu Empire and absorbing enough nutrients, we can become the most powerful nomadic empire in history!
The military ministers have no hope that the Xiongnu will make the same mistake as Donghu!
Even after taking ten thousand steps back, after King Youxian's headquarters was destroyed, no king could emerge from the eastern and northern tribes of Nanchi who could unify all the tribes.
The situation is still not optimistic for the Huns.
Because, once these tribes broke away from the shackles of the Huns and gained their freedom.
I want to use chains again. Tie them up and become the obedient vassals and slaves they used to be.
The Xiongnu would have to use more than 100,000 cavalry and kill and conquer for at least three years before they could restore the order in these places to their original state.
The tribes on the grassland once tasted the taste of blood and tasted the sweetness from it.
Then, only blood and death can end their desire for blood and conquest!
And the military officials knew that the matter was far more than that simple.
He looked at the big tent. After hearing about Zhelan's defeat, Yin Zhixie and Baiyang, and Loufan being surrounded, the tribal leaders and senior officials were all ready to make a move, with distrust and suspicion etched on their foreheads.
Nobles.
It's not that this is his Shanyu King's tent, and all around are the Huns' cavalry.
Yin Zhixie had no doubt that these guys would probably draw out their weapons and start a crazy killing spree.
Especially the man sitting below him, who had only one eye and wore the most traditional thin braid of the Hun nobles, almost stood up, pointed at his nose and cursed.
Even those tribal leaders who used to be respectful, servile, and bent on kneeling in front of the Shanyu were all smiling at the moment, as if they were watching a play.
On the grasslands, a failure in a foreign war would most likely lead to a palace coup.
And a great defeat that cost tens of thousands of people would often turn a powerful tribe from prosperity to decline.
Politics on the prairie. Just like wolves on the prairie.
Even though the wolf king used to be majestic and invincible, he led his group to defeat and hunt countless prey.
However, as long as the Wolf King shows signs of aging, those ambitious group members will be eager to challenge and wear the title of Wolf King.
Once the Wolf King is unable to respond forcefully to these challengers with facts, he must prove to the group that he is still as strong as ever.
So……
The only thing waiting for it is for the crown to fall, to be expelled from the wolf pack, and to fend for itself alone.
In the tribal politics on the grassland, the overlord who is deposed will face a more miserable end than the wolf king who loses his crown.
The current situation of the Yuezhi and Donghu people proved this to the military officials with ironclad facts.
"The foundation created by the great Chanyu of Maodun and the great Chanyu of Laoshang cannot be destroyed in the hands of this Chanyu!" the military minister said to himself in his heart.
He raised his head, just like in the past, and scanned the tribal leaders in the tent with extremely aggressive eyes.
As a qualified Chanyu, the military officials know very well that at this moment he still has the most powerful cavalry force in the world.
The royal court's headquarters, the four major clans, and the tribes that vassalize the headquarters, combined, still have a huge force that can mobilize more than 100,000 cavalry at any time, and sweep away all opponents and challengers.
But first, he must prove to his tribe that he can still control the situation.
Otherwise, the nobles within the four major clans and the Luotang clan will consider whether they should replace themselves as Chanyu?
Then, instead of waiting until night, today, right now, these people will draw their weapons and cleanse everything with blood.
"King Hujie!" The military officer looked at the rebellious one-eyed man who had been provoking him with unfriendly eyes, and said, "Your father is my brother and an important member of the Luotang clan.
Member, now, the Luotang clan has encountered an unprecedented crisis, and I hope that King Hujie can give up the unnecessary disputes and make contributions to the Luantang clan and the great Huns!"
The military minister knew that now he had to win over this bastard who would become the new Kuantan clan once Yin Zhi died.
Among the Xiongnu, or all nomadic tribes, there was a system of separate establishments for the common people.
On the one hand, this is to maintain and maintain the purity of the clan's bloodline, and on the other hand, it is to expand the power of the clan.
From ancient times to the present, all nomadic tribes have followed this ancient tradition.
The leaders of all tribes will place their bastards out and let them go out on their own.
Today, tribes such as Ruolu, Jinyang and Hushe were all founded by the concubines of Modun Chanyu.
In essence, they are also part of the Luotang clan, but they do not have the power to inherit the position of Shan Yu.
And the concubines of the old Shanyu 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 the order of succession, King Hujie would be able to step in and become the new Kuantan clan and the third heir.
The military minister knew very well that his top priority now was to appease and win over the seemingly ambitious King Hujie.
King Hujie raised his head. Under his one eye, a round face covered with scars showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "Plough Gutu, of course I know my identity, status and responsibilities!"
King Hujie stood up and revealed the scars all over his body under his sheepskin coat.
"As a loyal member of the Luotang clan, I and my tribe have loyally guarded the southern foot of Jinshan Mountain for the Huns for decades, preventing those shameful Dingling people, Fuyu people and Sai people from invading our country.
The pasture of the Great Huns!" He said in the weirder Huns language: "My father even died on the battlefield!"
Jinshan is the northwest border of the Xiongnu Empire and is adjacent to the unknown western world.
It was also the main source of gold in the Xiongnu Empire.
More than 40% of the Huns' gold came from the gold mines in Jinshan.
In recent decades, with the main force of the Yuezhi moving westward, and the Sai people's continuous migration eastward.
The Western Regions are faced with invasions and attacks from ancient nomadic groups such as the Cypriots. Jinshan and other places often see the immigration of thousands of foreigners.
In the eyes of the Huns, these foreigners were undoubtedly enemies.
Of course, the other ethnic groups that immigrated would not regard the Huns as their own.
The two parties are entangled and confronting each other on the edge of the world, using each other's blood to infect the land.
This is why the kingdoms in the Western Regions were willing to accept the enslavement and control of the Huns.
Because, while enslaving and exploiting them, the Huns also established a huge protection network for them and their country to protect them from attacks by tribes from the west moving eastward.
The Hujie tribe was the tribe that fought on the front line in the Xiongnu Empire.
However, the long-term battle with those invaders and fleeing aliens.
The Hujie people inevitably mixed with these tribes, and many of the tribe members were simply foreigners who were defeated and captured in battle.
Over the past few decades, the appearance and lineage of the Hujie people have undergone earth-shaking changes.
Their appearance gradually changes towards Caucasian, their eye sockets begin to become sunken, and their body hair begins to become thicker.
Therefore, within the Huns, they actually looked down upon them.
The nobles of this tribe despised and discriminated against the Hujie tribe, and it was not something that happened in a day or two.
King Hujie had long hated this.
Taking this opportunity today, of course he has to give himself and his tribe an explanation. (To be continued.)
