Just when the Qin Empire was experiencing a life-and-death battle under Xianyang City, the Xiongnu royal court in Mobei completed the change of royal power in a lightning flash. The old head man Shan Yu was killed, and the outside world lied that he fell from a horse and died, and the new Da Shan Yu Mao Dun ascended to the position of the supreme plow of the Huns in a voice of obedience.

The first thing Mao Dun did when he ascended to the throne of Khan was to urgently order the main army of the Xiongnu who was besieging the Qin border in Mo Nan to retreat to Mo Bei. Mao Dun has been the crown prince Zuoxian for a long time, and he has a wide range of connections, while his dead brother Fu Erjian has only been the prince for a year, plus he is young, so there are not many supporters in the Xiongnu except for his mother family.

The Xiongnu are a people who believe in sword and blood, and strong strength is the only way to ensure their allegiance to the royal family. After receiving the allegiance of the generals and tribal leaders, Maudun immediately sent troops to annihilate the mother tribe of the Yan clan in one fell swoop, uprooting the forces opposed to him among the Xiongnu, and then generously rewarded the captured slaves and wealth to the leaders of the army in exchange for their support.

Maudun was a wise man, and he was not stingy with his generosity, and these Hun nobles would swear allegiance to him as long as they received two things. One is the increase in the population of the tribe, and the other is a steady stream of wealth and women.

He knew in his heart that he would receive far more than he would give. He is an eagle on the grassland with wings ready to fly, not Touman Danyu who only hides in the royal city.

When the Xiongnu underwent a fierce change, its feud Donghu naturally did not miss this excellent opportunity.

Donghu was already grazing in the Liao River valley as early as the Shang Dynasty, and compared with the Xiongnu who were gradually formed during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Donghu is undoubtedly much older than the qualifications.

After the Shanrong tribe, which had been nomadic in the Central Plains of Hebei, was defeated by the Duke of Qi Huan, who respected the king, the remnants retreated all the way north and merged into the Donghu in the north at that time, and Donghu was able to become the overlord of the northern nomadic tribes. In the middle of the Warring States period, Donghu, who dominated the grassland at that time, attacked Yan and Zhao in the south, and had a fierce conflict with Yan and Zhao at that time. Subsequently, Donghu was defeated by Zhao and Yan several times, and his vitality was greatly damaged, which gave the newly emerging Xiongnu on the grassland a chance to rise.

A mountain can not accommodate two tigers, there can only be a supreme existence on the grassland, for this reason the Xiongnu and Donghu attack each other, the new and old generations of overlords in the grassland to fight to the death. The old and unbearable Donghu was naturally not the opponent of the thriving Xiongnu, and after several major battles, they were all defeated, losing a large number of tribes and fertile pastures.

At this time, the Huns who were carried away by the victory Shan Yu raised troops to the south, wanting to peek at the rich Central Plains, and was ambushed by Li Mu of Zhao State at that time, and the Xiongnu army was defeated under the pursuit of Zhao Guo's elite cavalry, and Shan Yu was seriously injured and ran to Mobei, and then died of illness. This was undoubtedly a devastating blow to the Xiongnu, and Donghu got a chance to breathe and reunite his subordinates to resist the Xiongnu on the steppe.

Later, the Xiongnu were successively attacked by Qin and Zhao, and they lost the land of Longxing under the expulsion of Meng Tian, and their vitality was greatly damaged, so they had no time to fight with Yu Donghu. At that time, Donghu was also facing the threat of the Qin Empire, and the two countries had to temporarily put aside their hatred in order to survive and unanimously confront the powerful Qin Empire.

But now the situation has changed, the news of the collapse of the Qin State has already spread throughout the grassland, and Donghu immediately went south to capture dozens of cities in Liaodong, Liaoxi and Yuyang of Qin, and looted it, and after tasting the sweetness, Donghu turned his attention to the Xiongnu around him. King Donghu couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh after hearing the news that Touman was killed by his son and usurped the throne, he felt that his opportunity had come, and at this time, Mao Dun, who was worried about internal and external troubles, would not dare to start a war with Donghu, so he had to make good use of it.

While ordering the mobilization of the tribes, he also sent an envoy to Manchester City to test the new successor Maudun Shan Yu.

The Donghu envoy neither knelt nor bowed in the royal court of the Huns, but only arched his hand arrogantly and hummed; "The supreme king of Donghu sent me to congratulate the Xiongnu Shan Yu on his succession, and I, Donghu, have come to send rich gifts for this."

After saying that, he clapped his hands, and his attendant led a skeletal old horse and slowly paced forward, and the messenger said proudly with his nostrils facing to the sky; "In order to congratulate the Huns Mao Dun Shan Yu, I Donghu sent a horse, hoping that Shan Yu returned my Donghu with a brotherly gift, and I have heard for a long time that Shan Yu is a thousand miles of BMW, and my king came to ask for it."

The Hun nobles in the tent were all furious, and some people couldn't help standing up and shouting; "Donghu used the old horse to insult my Huns, and also blackmailed us thousands of miles of horses, Shan Yu ordered to cut down this messenger, and we will lead troops to kill him."

Mao Dun smiled and waved his hand, disapprovingly; "Donghu is a country of brothers, how can we Xiongnu lose our siblings because of a horse." After speaking, regardless of the indignation of the ministers, he said humbly to the Donghu envoy; "I accepted the gift of King Donghu, and I hope that the envoy will wait to convey my respect to King Donghu when he returns.

After the envoy returned to Donghu, he truthfully reported Mao Dun's posture to the king of Donghu, who was a little incredulous about the weakness of the Xiongnu, and was a little confused about the meaning of Mao Dun for a while. The adviser next to him came up with an idea, saying that he heard that a Xiongnu clan was as beautiful as a flower and was a rare beauty on the grassland, so it was better for the king to send someone to ask Mao Dun to come and see if he could back down.

The king of Donghu sent an extortion envoy according to the plan, and at the same time ordered the whole clan to be on guard to prevent the Huns from suddenly attacking in anger.

According to the practice of the Huns, after the death of his father, the son inherited all the property of his father, including his stepmother, so she became the Yan clan of Maudun. Maudon loved his youthful beauty, doted on her, and always took her with him wherever he appeared. However, the king of Donghu sent an envoy to openly ask Mao Dun for this Yan clan, which was undoubtedly provoking the limit of Mao Dun's patience.

The unreasonable request of the Donghu envoy suddenly made the entire Xiongnu nobles extremely angry, and the two most precious things of the steppe people were war horses and beloved women. The war horse under the crotch can make the warriors make achievements, and the beloved woman can reproduce for him, if the previous thousand miles of horses can be reluctantly allowed by the Huns, then this time to Shan Yu to ask for his beloved Yan clan is beyond the bottom line of the Huns.

The generals angrily drew their swords and shouted in the royal court to divide the pale messenger into pieces, in order to pay tribute to the arrogance of King Donghu. Maudun's statement surprised everyone, he stood up angrily and shouted at the rudeness of the generals, and instead nodded and smiled at the messenger; "If the king has taken a fancy to the concubine beside me, it doesn't matter, if the king likes it, just take it, how can Mao Dun have a bad relationship with Donghu for a woman."

Maudun's weakness disappointed all the Xiongnu nobles, and the nobles made small calculations, and even discussed with each other to set up a new Shan Yu to replace Maudun. And the king of Donghu couldn't help laughing after getting the envoy to bring back the beautiful Yan clan, and said to the leaders around him with a wild laugh: "The Huns don't love their war horses, they don't love their women, the Huns have no hope!" ”

Maudun's weakness made King Donghu completely let down his guard, he felt that it was actually a good choice to leave a nest by his side to be a neighbor, since he could get anything he wanted, what else did he need to shed blood to fight. Therefore, the mobilization order was lifted, and the order was issued to withdraw all the troops on the border guard. The insatiable king of Donghu fell in love with a piece of wasteland sandwiched between the Xiongnu and Donghu, so he struck while the iron was hot and sent an envoy to Toumancheng to ask for it.

This piece of land of more than 1,000 miles is a desert and next door, which is a buffer between the Xiongnu and Donghu forces, Donghu has only a broader strategic defense space, and the Huns have no loss if they lose Yuguo, so the king of Donghu expects that Mao Dun will definitely agree as readily as before.

After receiving another request from the Donghu envoy, Maudun once again convened the nobles to discuss how to respond to Donghu's request.

With the first two experiences, this time no one wants to stand up and be bored with themselves, and most people look at Mao Dun with disdain, thinking that since you kid is a soft egg, you still came to ask us what we were doing. There was even a tribal leader who stood up with a big grin and said loudly; "This is just a wasteland, and it can't be grazed and inhabited, and it's useless if we want it, since Donghu and they want it, it's just for you to give it to them."

The man originally thought that Mao Dun would nod his head happily in agreement, but he didn't expect Mao Dun to be furious, and he suddenly pulled out his saber and split the table in front of him, yelling; "Fart, the land was left to me by the first kings for the Great Huns, and my Huns should naturally swear to defend to the death, you actually persuaded me to give up, I should be killed, I should be killed!"

After speaking, Mao Dun raised his head and shouted; "Someone, push him down and cut him down."

When the bloody head of the unlucky leader was sent to the table, all the nobles in the tent were silent, looking at Shan Yu, who they once looked down on, in puzzlement.

I saw Mao Dun slowly put the saber back into the sheath, raised his head and said impassionedly; "King Donghu deceived me too much, horses, women, these are just my own things, since he wants me to naturally offer them to avoid war. But now he actually peeked at the foundation of my Huns, I Maodun is the Huns' big single Yu, is the heavens, the sun and the moon are placed, the immortal world under the incomparably lofty plough lonely Tu Yu, since the Donghu people want to fight, then we will fight. ”

Mao Dun's words made the entire royal court boil, and the nobles waved their arms one after another, shouting loudly to kill all the Donghu people. So Mao Dun got on his horse and ordered all the men over the age of fifteen to get on their horses and kill the enemy, but if they retreated, they were all killed.

So he got 300,000 soldiers, attacked the defenseless Donghu in the starry night, won all ten battles, and broke Donghu. King Donghu set himself on fire in despair in the royal city, and the remnants broke through and migrated all the way east to the white waters of Black Mountain, and the remaining tribes became vassals and slaves of the Huns.

It took less than two months for Mao Dun to completely solve the problem of Donghu's henchman, and to eliminate and annex his opponent for decades, and for a time Mao Dun's status in the hearts of the Xiongnu people was unsurpassed, and all the Huns were fanatically embracing their new Danyu.

Therefore, Mao Dun took advantage of the power of the great victory to carry out a drastic system reform in the Xiongnu, listened to the opinions of Yan Fu and other Central Plains strategists, and divided the Xiongnu, which was originally loose and incomparably loose in the nature of tribal alliances, into three major departments and more than a dozen small departments. The left Xianwang department is on the left, the right Xianwang department is on the right, and the middle is the powerful headquarters of Shan Yu, all three of which are controlled by Shan Yu personally, and direct blood relatives are sent to take charge, and the built-in Xiangguo and the left and right are appointed by Shan Yu personally. The other dozen or so small departments are dozens of servant kings, large and small, and belong to the three major ministries.

Later, Mao Dun led his troops westward, besieged the Yue country, and forced the king of the Yue clan to sign an alliance under the city and bow down to the Huns. After solving the threats of the east and west, Mao Dun refocused his eyes on the Great Qin in the south, he knew that the powerful dynasty in the Central Plains was the biggest trouble for the grassland people, whether it was the once powerful Donghu or today's Xiongnu, they were all defeated by the army of the Central Plains Kingdom, and the incomparably powerful Qin Empire in the south was a never-ending nightmare in the hearts of all the grassland people.

Mao Dun never forgot the general of Qin who had brought him shame, the general of Qin who trampled his once proud pride under his feet. Afterwards, he did everything possible to get the name of the general of the Qin State and knew that his name was Han Xin.

Mao Dun secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely cut off Han Xin's head with his own hands to wash away his shame, but unfortunately, since the first battle in Mobei, this Qin general named Han Xin seemed to have evaporated from the world, no matter how many people he sent to the north to investigate, he couldn't get any news about Han Xin.

Since you can't find the right master, it's the same to find revenge on your former enemy, the Northern Army. In order to facilitate the attack on Qin in the south, Mao Dun ordered the royal city to be moved to Monan, thousands of miles away, where a new dragon city was built, and all the foundations of the Xiongnu were moved to Monan.

Immediately recruited the brave elite soldiers of the Xiongnu tribe, obtained 300,000 elite soldiers, and used the Hetao as a base to invade Qin in the south.

At this time, Wang Jing, who was maintaining the endgame in the clouds, urgently ordered the border generals to abandon the defense and gather the limited forces to the south to prevent them from being broken by the Xiongnu army one by one.

Fortunately, since the return of Julu, Wang Jing has already begun to arrange the contraction, abandoning the city passes close to the Xiongnu, and withdrawing most of the soldiers and residents south to the depth of the inner side of the Great Wall, so that they can calmly withdraw under the attack of Touman before and the attack of the current army of Maodun.

After Wang Jing returned to Yunzhong, he sent a messenger with the military order of General Right to the garrison generals of the Northern Army who remained in the eight counties of Beidi. Because Wang Li and other giants in the army were all killed in the Battle of Julu, Wang Jing has become the highest-ranking person in the remnants of the Northern Army. Moreover, he is Wang Li's eldest son, and most of the generals and lieutenants in the army have had several relationships with him, and at such a panicked moment in the Northern Army, Wang Jing's willingness to take over the endgame of the Northern Army was naturally supported by others.

Zhao Wangxie, who did not enter the pass with Xiang Yu in the south, wanted to take advantage of the great injury of the northern army, so he and Chen Yu raised 100,000 troops to attack Yanmen and Shanggu, but were broken by Wang Jing, who gathered 50,000 troops, in one fell swoop.

After repelling the Zhao army, Wang Jing continued to gather his subordinates and people on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was anxious and bitterly waiting for Han Xin's northward journey, but what he was waiting for was the news of Zhang Han's surrender. Wang Jing is a senior general in the Qin army, he naturally knows how critical the situation of the Qin State is now, and the troops in Zhang Han's hands are almost the last army in the entire Qin army that can be used for field battles.

After all, Wang Jing was born in Qin, and after hearing the news, he was naturally extremely worried about the national fortunes of Qin. Besides, if the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached! If Great Qin didn't exist anymore, then how long could his remnants of power in the Northland be able to support it. Therefore, he decisively gave up the idea of rejecting the northern land and becoming independent, but ordered the garrisons in various places to abandon the garrison, bring the army and the Qin family members back to Yunzhong, and gather the troops to prepare to cross the river through Zhao Di to kill back to Guanzhong.

The retreat of hundreds of thousands of Qin people and troops was naturally a slow thing, and although Wang Jing was anxious, he was helpless. The Northern Army has been rooted in the North for more than ten years, and it is almost impossible for them to abandon their families and relatives to return to Guanzhong alone.

It's a pity that the Xiongnu didn't leave Wang Jing enough time, and Touman's army was killed immediately, and Wang Jing had to abandon Jiuyuan, and at the same time, because he was cut off by Zhao and Shangjun, he also lost contact. Fortunately, the Huns have not recovered since the war two years ago, although Wang Jing is short of troops, but also relied on the high walls of the fortified city to barely support the defense line, and at the same time sent people to Guanzhong to report the news, so that the court knew that there was still their Qin army.

Touman's army had just withdrawn, and the northern army, which had not yet caught its breath, was attacked by the Zhao army and the Yan army, so it had to temporarily put aside the matter of retreating south. By the time the 300,000 elite soldiers of Zimaodun went south, Wang Jing had already missed the best opportunity to retreat south.

Fortunately, when the Zhao army and the Yan army saw the Xiongnu army attacking, they didn't seem to want to get involved in this troubled water, and they withdrew their troops and returned to China.

It's just that the Xiongnu army this time went south and the previous ones are not the same, in the past, the Xiongnu came and went like the wind, and they never attacked the big cities, but only attacked some small towns and passes, but this time they were unexpectedly attacking the city, and they actually carried some simple siege equipment. This made Wang Jing very surprised, and also realized that the Xiongnu were not only satisfied with plundering this time, so they decisively ordered to give up the three counties of Yunzhong, Yuyang, and Youbeiping, and gave Yunzhong to the Xiongnu, and Yuyang and Youbeiping were thrown to Yan Zhao, and all the troops were concentrated in Yanmen behind the Great Wall.

Wang Jing's caution also saved the fate of the northern army, and when Wang Jing stood at the head of Yanmen City and looked at the dense Xiongnu army under the city with a pale face, he sent his henchmen to break through the siege overnight and report to the Qin State that no longer knew whether it still existed.