Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 775
Zhang Xiu's Tiger Wing Battalion's heavy armored cavalry lost nearly half in this battle with the Huns, and it would be difficult for the remaining cavalry to engage in another battle of this scale.

So after this battle, I believe that there will be a lot of time for the recovery period of the heavy armored cavalry. Maybe Zhang Xiu can only take the heavy armored cavalry to station in Guanzhong, and then recruit recruits to restore the formation.

Originally, the Huns captured this time were also a good source of soldiers, but unfortunately they are aliens after all, and Zhu Wei could not use them to form his own heavy cavalry troops, so these captured Huns could only become slave workers and soldiers. Their physicality to realize the value they can extract.

Of course, in addition to these Hun prisoners, the Hun war horses captured by this war are also excellent war dividends. Most of these Hun war horses can also be regarded as a breed of Mongolian horses, which are very suitable for light cavalry.

In addition, as mentioned above, most of the nomads marched with sheep, and the sheep were their main food and logistics. So this time Zhu Weijun defeated the Southern Huns, so the sheep brought by the Huns would naturally be It became Zhu Weijun's spoils of war.

So after the war, Chen Qun, who was the head of history, began to count all kinds of war dividends, and then sent Zhu Wei a victory report, waiting for Zhu Wei to give new military instructions.

Leaving aside how to deal with the post-war affairs here, let’s just say that Ma Teng led nearly [-] to [-] cavalrymen from the Fubo Camp to continue chasing the Southern Huns Shanyu Luan Tihu Chuquan. Then came to Baitu County.

From here to the northwest is the desert grassland area, but the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court where Luan Tihu Chuquan is now is in Meiji County, Xihe County. After coming here, Luan Tihu Chuquan could only turn north to retreat to Wangting's lair.

But after arriving in Baitu County, Luan Tihu Chuquan also had to consider the situation he would face after this big defeat.

Now it doesn't mean that he fled back to the Southern Huns Royal Court in Meiji County, even if everything is over, not to mention that there is still a cavalry army of Han people chasing after him, even if he returns to the Royal Court safely, he may have to face it. Forced the palace of many Xiongnu nobles.

Before the Han Dynasty, the Southern Huns lived in Xihe County, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County and other places in the northwest of Bingzhou, just raising them as the first-line cannon fodder to resist the invasion of the Northern Huns and Xianbei tribes.

Although these Southern Huns can live in the northern border of Bingzhou, they are actually under the strict control of the Han court. It is only because the Central Plains is in trouble now that the Southern Huns have the opportunity to truly occupy these lands as theirs. territory.

Later, Liu Yuan, a native of the Southern Huns, separatist Bingzhou and established the Han and Zhao Kingdoms, and became the Hu emperor of one of the sixteen kingdoms in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Of course, the Southern Huns do not yet have the idea of ​​self-reliance as a country. Although Shanyu Luan Tihu Chuquan intends to break away from the Han Dynasty and stand on his own, he only restored the Huns tribal system, so the Southern Huns are actually a kind of alliance of nomadic tribes system.

It was only because of the strength of the tribe to which Shanyu Luan Tihu Chuquan belonged that he made all the tribes of the Southern Huns surrender under his name and became the Shanyu of the Southern Huns.

But under him, there are also Hun noble forces such as Zuoxian King, Youxian King, etc., and they control the strength of the Huns tribe, and they also have varying voices in the Huns royal court.

In fact, the Huns are still a tribal council of elders, but when the tribe controlled by Shanyu is powerful, Shanyu has the power to speak out, but when the power of Shanyu is weak, then Shanyu has the right to speak That's all, the actual rights will be divided by the noble elders of the various ministries of the Huns.

Now after this big defeat, Luan Tihu Chuquan's strength has been greatly damaged. Nearly half of the Hun cavalry directly under him have been lost on the battlefield. Even if he escapes back to the royal court, he may not be able to rely on His remaining forces overwhelm those controlled by other Hun nobles.

Then he is likely to be questioned by other noble elders. In the end, whether he can keep his Chanyu position is also a matter of opinion.

In history, Luan Tihu Chuquan was also captured by Cao Cao because he helped Yuan Shang rebel. Then Cao Cao used the method of kidnapping the emperor to order the princes to remotely control the Southern Huns tribe in the name of Luan Tihu Chuquan, and then used methods to divide them. The Southern Huns consisted of five tribes, and Han officials were sent to supervise the various tribes of the Huns, thus tightly controlling the Southern Huns.

It can be said that during the Cao Wei and even the Western Jin Dynasties, the Southern Huns were restrained honestly under this method. It was not until the Northern and Southern Dynasties that the Southern Huns Zuoxian King Liu Yuan established the Han and Zhao, and the Southern Huns were freed from the control of the Han people. .

But the premise of all this is that Cao Cao completely subdued the Southern Huns through two wars. In fact, even without Luan Tihu Chuquan, Cao Cao could still achieve this control effect.

At the same time, Cao Cao divided the Huns into five tribes. Initially, it was considered that the Huns aristocrats who originally submitted under the name of Luan Tihu Chuquan had the real power to control a group of Huns. Only then could the Huns be willing to accept Cao Cao's arrangement.

It's just that these Huns didn't expect that they would be firmly tied up by Cao Cao in the end, and they could only hold their noses to accept the situation of being controlled.

Well, let’s not talk too much, just say that although Luan Tihu Chuquan has not completely lost his combat power, he still has [-] to [-] cavalry directly under the Xiongnu to follow, but from Yuanyang and Yuanyin counties After Dabai fled all the way to Baitu County, Luan Tihu Chuquan was still worried about the future.

Although Luan Tihu Chuquan has not yet reached the final desperate situation, he is still being pursued by the Han army behind him, and he has lost logistical supplies. If this continues, when he finally escapes back to the royal court, he can still keep How many current forces are really hard to judge.

So after careful consideration in Baitu County, Luan Tihu Chuquan made a wise choice. He sent someone to Ma Teng's side as an envoy, expressing his willingness to lead the Southern Huns to surrender to Zhu Wei.

Luan Tihu Chuquan knew very well that as long as he surrendered to Zhu Wei now, he could minimize the impact of this defeat on him.

In this way, he can use Zhu Wei's name to continue to maintain his position as Shan Yu. After all, he voluntarily surrendered. Changing to another Shanyu would probably overturn Luan Tihu Chuquan's decision.

As far as Luan Tihu Chuquan himself is concerned, as long as he uses Zhu Wei's name to tide over the current difficulties, he will have a buffer time to rectify the internal affairs of the Southern Huns and remove all hidden dangers that could threaten his status.

In this way, when he is firmly seated in Shan Yu's position, he can reconsider whether he will betray his self-reliance again in the future.

Anyway, since we can't beat them now, let's surrender first. The Southern Huns have been attached to the Han people before, and now they have just returned to the previous situation of being driven by the Han people...

(End of this chapter)