After dawn the next day, the entire camp of Xiongnu women and children was completely controlled by the army of Zhao.

Including the leader, all the Hun escorts were slaughtered cleanly, and the situation in the entire camp was brought under control.

When Li Mu, who had woken up from sleep, was drinking mare's milk and eating mutton with a refreshed spirit, Xian Shan, whose eyes were bloodshot, was reporting the results of this battle in front of him.

"There are about 110,000 old, weak, women and children, and the number of cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock adds up to more than one million......"

Xian Shan had just said this, and Li Mu couldn't wait to interrupt him: "How can there be so many?" ”

Although there was already a report from the scouts, according to Li Mu's guess, it was already a big victory to be able to obtain almost half of these figures.

Xianshan paused for a moment, and then said, "Governor, this time we attacked the headquarters of the Xiongnu royal court. While you are asleep, our people have discovered the Xiongnu's Da Yan clan, as well as the five sons and daughters of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and a large number of Xiongnu nobles. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Mu's whole person was immersed in a huge surprise, and after a while, a burst of hysterical laughter broke out behind the tent.

This was followed by the order issued by Li Mu: "Immediately send the order down, the whole army will repair for a day, and tomorrow take all the prisoners and booty to the west!" By the way, immediately send someone to find Yiqu Sheng, and ask him to come and meet me as quickly as possible! ”

The capture of the sons and daughters of the Huns' Da Yan clan and Shan Yu was of course a great and unexpected good thing.

But it is also foreseeable that once Shan Yu knows that his wife, children and a bunch of uncles have been arrested by Li Mu, he will definitely go crazy immediately.

In this way, it is very likely that the main force of the Huns will go north desperately and rush towards Li Mu like a pack of hungry wolves.

Although Li Mu was very confident in himself, he did not feel that he could lead 5,000 cavalry to defeat the Hun army, which was more than ten times his own.

Under such circumstances, the fastest retreat could ensure the safety of Li Mu and the five thousand elites under his command.

In fact, to be honest, if Li Mu was ruthless, as long as he directly killed all these women and children on the spot, and then slaughtered as many cattle, sheep and livestock as he could, and then left, the Huns had no temper at all.

But Li Mu still can't do this kind of thing, killing the enemy is commonplace for Li Mu, and it is not a surprise to kill some Hun civilians in the looting after the victory, but this style of slaughtering regardless of likes and dislikes is really not in line with Li Mu's habits.

The next day, the entire Hun camp was driven by Li Musuo's department, and began to leave the east bank of the weak water at the fastest speed and headed southwest.

I have to say that Li Mu's luck is indeed very good.

Six days later, Li Mu finally met with the main force of the coalition led by Yiqu Sheng, and on the seventh day, the cavalry of the 80,000 Xiongnu and Wusun coalition had already chased after him violently.

But at this time, Li Mu's heart was no longer panicked, and he used all the methods to strengthen his camp after setting up the camp a day in advance, and put on an attitude of defending to the end.

Yi Qusheng was very puzzled by this: "We can win them by charging head-on, why should we waste it here in vain?" ”

Li Mu's answer was very simple: "Because the Huns have no food, but we have tens of millions of livestock in our hands as military food." In that case, there is no need for me to waste the lives of my soldiers in vain. ”

Yi Qusheng protested: "With so many livestock, there is simply not enough grass to eat!" ”

Li Mu ignored Yi Qusheng's protest: "Then let them starve to death, and the dead livestock is just used as military food." By the way, I remember that there seem to be a lot of old Huns, right? You go and check, as long as you are over forty-five years old, all of them will be put back to the Huns! Also, the old father of the Da Yan clan is also put back together, we must let all the Huns know that the sons of the Da Yan clan and Shan Yu, as well as the wives and children of the Huns, have all fallen into our hands! ”

After Yiqu Sheng left angrily, Li Mu found Xianshan again: "How are things going?" ”

Xianshan rubbed his temples and said, "It's going well, most of the old Xiongnu nobles are willing to cooperate with us, and will persuade their sons who have military power to secretly fall to our side in the future Armageddon." ”

Li Mu sneered and said, "You and I should both know that such a guarantee is actually useless." ”

"That's right." Xianshan nodded seriously and said, "But as long as we don't lose a day, then they have to take this into account. Although the soldiers are the most powerful force in the steppe, it is impossible for a tribe to have only soldiers, and a tribe that has lost its elderly, women and children has no other way but to die. ”

"Good." Li Mu nodded and said, "Since most people are willing to cooperate, then your Xiongnu Shan Yu's succession ceremony should also be held, right?" ”

Xianshan was silent for a moment, then said, "Of course. ”

So on the second day, a grand Xiongnu Shan Yu enthronement ceremony was held in the camp of Zhao State.

When the heavily armed Xianshan and a thousand armored cavalry of the Zhao State circled the square where the ceremony was held, the eyes of the Xiongnu nobles who were still a little angry and disdainful began to look fearful.

For the Huns, armored cavalry is really a nightmarish memory, and many people even think that the appearance of this type of army is because the Huns offended God, so God punished the Huns by condemning them.

However, this enthronement ceremony is still different from all the other Huns.

When other Shan Yu ascended the throne, usually all the Xiongnu clan chiefs would kneel to Shan Yu to show respect for Shan Yu's status.

And this time, Shan Yu himself also knelt down.

After receiving the congratulations of many captured Xiongnu nobles, the young Xianshan Shan Yu knelt in front of Li Mu, the governor of the northern part of Zhao, and expressed his loyalty and submission to Zhao with a five-body posture.

And Li Mu also read out the will of Zhao Dan from Handan City in public, and Xianshan Shan Yu was named Zhao Guoan Pingjun, responsible for managing the entire Monan for Zhao State, including the Xiongnu, Donghu, Yueshi and many other Hu tribes.

If you look at it from the map, you will find that the area managed by Xianshan, the Anping Jun, is actually very, very vast, that is, the core area of the Xiongnu Empire recorded in the history books.

Fortunately, neither Xianshan himself, nor Li Mu, or even those Huns who were held by Zhao Jun with a sword around their necks to watch the ceremony and bow down to Xianshan did not take it seriously.

Everyone knows that only the person with the biggest fist can become the master of the steppe.

But in any case, the era when only Dulongqi was the strongest on the grassland has finally passed.

The fact that the Xiongnu are both alone and single makes all the Xiongnu nobles know one thing, that is, there have been two wolf kings in the steppe wolf pack, so the evil wolves have one more object to be loyal to.

That is, on the day of the end of the ceremony, Li Mu released all the old Xiongnu nobles and let them return to the camp of the Huns.

Du Longqi Shan Yu was obviously extremely angry at Li Mu's damn divisive plan, which could be seen from the fact that he personally led his army to attack the Zhao army's camp the next day.

However, this time Li Mu was carrying enough armaments and materials, and the Huns had not even rushed to the front of the Zhao army, they had already been educated by the strong bows and crossbows brought by Li Mu, and had to choose to retreat after leaving hundreds of corpses.

Time passed day by day, the Xiongnu army not only faced the dilemma of food shortage, but also faced the heavy psychological pressure of a family of wives and children in the hands of the Zhao people, and at the same time, many nobles among the Xiongnu also began to look a little wavering because of the appearance of the new Shan Yu, and even some people have quietly sent people to contact Li Mu.

Under such circumstances, Du Longqi Shan Yu made a very decisive decision to directly arrest and kill the five patriarchs who were found to be secretly in contact with the people of Zhao State.

This did not get the results he wanted, on the contrary, since then, there have been more messengers from the Xiongnu camp to the Zhao camp.

Among them, Xianshan's talent was also fully exerted, although the new Shan Yu was considered by everyone to be just a puppet of Zhao, but he did not know how to successfully persuade many Xiongnu nobles, and received the secret support of about one-third of the Xiongnu nobles.

Finally, one day half a month later, Li Mu gathered his troops and horses, and went out of the camp to start a decisive battle with Du Longqi Danyu, who had been looking forward to a decisive battle for a long time.

In this decisive battle, Li Mu first used the armored cavalry to launch a charge, and then a part of the Xiongnu nobles who had already been contacted turned against the Zhao army on the side of the Zhao army, and the Wusun people took the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield when they saw that the situation was not good, and the main force of the Xiongnu was defeated and lost, and finally Du Longqi Shan Yu led less than 20,000 remnants of the defeated general to flee the battlefield, and the Zhao army won a hearty victory.

After this victory, Li Mu continued to lead his army in the direction of Yanzhi Mountain, and the Wusun people, who knew that they were invincible, continued to retreat westward and retreated to their original lair, surrendering Yanzhi Mountain to others, and sent envoys to send a large number of gifts to Li Mu and Zhao to sue for peace.

So Li Mu established a new city at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, named Shandan City, and sent 3,000 soldiers to guard here.

After this battle, the eastern half of the entire Hexi Corridor, from Yanzhi Mountain to Helan Mountain, was included in the territory of Zhao.

Xianshan selected 20,000 people and 50,000 women and children among the Xiongnu captives captured by Zhao to form a new royal court tribe, and set up his royal court in a place about 500 miles north of Wuyuan County of Zhao State, and named this place - Anping City.

With Li Mu's deterrence and the cooperation of Xianshan, the Xiongnu tribes of all sizes in the entire grassland surrendered to Zhao and agreed to send tribute to Zhao every year, and the entire Monan was also included in the territory of Zhao.

Zhao Dan was overjoyed after hearing this, and gave Li Mu another heavy reward.

Although Zhao Dan also knew very well in his heart that the rule of Zhao was actually not stable at all in these conquered territories on the grassland, and if Zhao State failed, he might even suffer the danger of rebellion.

But one thing is certain, that is, as long as Zhao does not fail, there will be no more enemies on the northern border of Zhao who can attack the border like the Xiongnu and Wusun before.

In other words, the Zhao State Frontier Cavalry Army, which swept the entire northern Chinese prairie and had countless prestige, could finally go south to the Central Plains with confidence and boldly participate in the great cause of Zhao State's unification!