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

All the Huns guards, including the leader Zhubi, were killed completely, and the situation in the entire camp was already under control.

When Li Mu woke up, he was drinking horse milk and eating mutton with fresh air, Xian Shan, whose eyes were covered in blood, reported the results of this battle in front of him.

"The total number of old, weak, women and children is about 110,000, and the number of cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock is more than one million..."

Xian Shan just said this, and Li Mu couldn't wait to interrupt him: "How come there are so many?"

Although there have been reports from scouts, according to Li Mu's guess, it is actually a great victory to be able to obtain almost half of these numbers.

Xian Shan paused for a moment, and then said, "Grandmaster, this time we attacked the headquarters of the Xiongnu royal court. Just as you were sleeping, our people had discovered the Great Han clan of the Xiongnu, the five sons and daughters of the Xiongnu Shanyu, and a large number of Xiongnu nobles."

As soon as this statement was spoken, Li Mu was immersed in a huge surprise. After a moment, a hysterical hilarious burst out after the tent.

Then came the order issued by Li Mu: "Send the order immediately, the entire army will repair it for a day, and tomorrow we will bring all the prisoners and spoils to the west with all our might! By the way, I will send someone to find Yiqiusheng immediately and let him come and meet me at the fastest speed!"

It was certainly a big and unexpected good thing to capture the sons and daughters of the Huns.

But it is also foreseeable that once the Shanyu knew that his wife, children and a bunch of uncles had been arrested by Li Mu, he would definitely go crazy immediately.

In this case, the main force of the Huns would likely go north regardless of everything, like a group of hungry wolves rushing towards Li Mu.

Although Li Mu was very confident in himself, he did not feel that he could lead five thousand cavalry to defeat the Hun army that was more than ten times more than he was.

Under such circumstances, the fastest retreat can ensure the safety of Li Mu and the five thousand elite soldiers under his command.

To be honest, if Li Mu was more cruel, he would just kill all the women and children on the spot, and then slaughter as many cattle, sheep and livestock as many as possible, and then leave, the Huns would have no temper at all.

However, Li Mu still couldn't do such things. Killing the enemy was common for Li Mu. Deathing some Hun civilians in the robbery after victory was not a big fuss. However, this style of massacre without distinction between likes and dislikes is really not in line with Li Mu's habits.

The next day, the entire Hun camp was driven by Li Mu's troops and began to leave the east bank of Ruoshui as quickly as possible and head towards the 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 Yi Qusheng as he wished. On the seventh day, the 80,000 Huns and Wusun coalition cavalry had already chased after him with great momentum.

But at this time, Li Mu no longer panicked. He set up the camp one day in advance and used all the methods to strengthen his camp, and took the attitude of defending to the end.

Yiqiusheng seemed very puzzled: "We can beat them by charging head-on, why should we spend it here in vain?"

Li Mu's answer was very simple: "Because the Huns no longer had food, but we had hundreds or millions of livestock as military rations in our hands. Since that's the case, then there is no need for me to consume the lives of my soldiers in vain."

Yiqiusheng protested: "There are so many livestock, and there is no enough grass to eat!"

Li Mu ignored Yiqusheng's protest: "Then let them starve to death. The dead livestock are just used as military rations. By the way, I remember that there are still many old Huns? Go and check it out. As long as those over 45 years old, they will be put back to the Huns! Also, the old father of the Da Yan family will be put back together. We must let all the Huns know that the Da Yan family and the sons of the Shanyu, as well as the wife and children of the Huns all fell into our hands!"

After Yiqusheng left in anger, Li Mu found Xian Shan again: "How is the matter done?"

Xian Shan rubbed his temples and said, "It's quite smooth. Most of the old Huns nobles are willing to cooperate with us and will persuade their sons who have military power to secretly turn to our side in the future decisive battle."

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

"That's right." Xian Shan nodded seriously and said, "But as long as we are not defeated in a day, they must take this into consideration. Although soldiers are the most powerful force on the grassland, it is impossible for a tribe to have only soldiers. If the tribes that lose the elderly, women and children have no other way except to die."

"Very good." Li Mu nodded and said, "Since most people are willing to cooperate, your Xiongnu Chanyu's succession ceremony should be held, right?"

Xian Shan was silent for a while, then said, "Of course."

So on the next day, a grand ceremony of the ascension of the Xiongnu Khan was held in the camp of Zhao State.

Human sacrifices, sacrifices, witches, and everything was strictly followed by the etiquette of the Xiongnu Shanyu. When the fully armed Xian Shan led a thousand armored cavalry from Zhao State around the square where the ceremony was held for a week, the Hun nobles who were still a little angry and disdain began to look fearful in the eyes of the Xiongnu nobles.

For the Huns, armored cavalry is a nightmare memory. Many people even believe that this kind of army appears because the Huns offended God, so God punishes the Huns by suing their crimes.

However, this time the ascension ceremony was still different from all the other Huns.

When other Shanyu ascended the throne, usually all the heads of the Hun tribes would kneel down to the Shanyu to show respect for the Shanyu's status.

And this time, Shanyu himself knelt down.

After receiving congratulations from many captured Hun nobles, the young Xian Shan Shanyu knelt in front of Li Mu, the great governor of the northern Zhao State, and expressed his loyalty and surrender to Zhao State with a protruding posture.

Li Mu also read out the will of Zhao Dan in Handan City in public. Xian Shanyu was named Anpingjun of Zhao State, responsible for managing many Hu tribes in the entire desert south of the desert, including the Xiongnu, Donghu, Yuezhi, etc.

If you look at it like this from the map, you will find that the area managed by Xian Shan, Anping Jun, is actually very, very vast, which is the core area of ​​the Hun Empire recorded in historical books.

Fortunately, neither Xian Shan himself nor Li Mu, nor even the Huns who came to watch the ceremony now by Zhao Jun holding a sword and kneeling to Xian Shan did not take it seriously.

Everyone knows that only the person with the greatest fist can become the master of the grassland.

But no matter what, the era of Dulongqi Shanyu, which was the strongest on the grassland, has finally passed.

The fact that the Huns and the Shanyu coexisted, all the Hun nobles knew one thing, that is, two wolf kings had appeared in the grassland wolf pack, so the evil wolf had another person who could be loyal to him.

It was on the day of the ceremony that Li Mu released all the old Huns nobles and brought them back to the Huns' camp.

Dulongqi Shanyu was obviously extremely angry at Li Mu's damn plan of disagreement, which could be seen from the fact that he personally led his army to attack the Zhao army camp the next day.

However, this time Li Mu was carrying enough military supplies. Before the Huns even rushed to the front of the Zhao army, they were educated by the powerful bow and crossbow brought by Li Mu. After leaving hundreds of corpses, they had to choose to retreat.

As time passed day by day, the Hun army not only faced the dilemma of food shortage, but also faced heavy psychological pressure from the family of wives and young people in the hands of the Zhao people. At the same time, many nobles in the Huns also began to appear a little unstable due to the emergence of the new Shanyu, and some people had even sent people to contact Li Mu quietly.

Under such circumstances, Dulongqi Shanyu made a very decisive decision to arrest and kill the five tribe leaders who were found who had contacted the people of Zhao secretly.

This approach did not get the result he wanted. On the contrary, since then, more messengers have quietly come from the Xiongnu camp to the Zhao camp.

Among them, Xian Shan's talent was fully demonstrated. Although the new Shanyu was considered by everyone to be just a puppet of Zhao, he did not know what method he used to successfully convince many Hun nobles and received secret support from about one-third of the Hun nobles.

Finally one day half a month later, Li Mu ordered his troops and went out to the camp to fight a decisive battle with Dulongqi Shanyu, who had been looking forward to a decisive battle for a long time.

In this decisive battle, Li Mu first used armored cavalry to launch a rush, and then some of the Hun nobles who had been in contact with him turned against each other and stood on the side of the Zhao army. The Wusun people saw that the situation was not good, and the main force of the Huns lost a lot. In the end, Dulongqi Shanyu led less than 20,000 defeats and fled the battlefield, and the Zhao army won a hearty victory.

After this victory, Li Mu continued to lead his army toward Yanzhishan. The Wusun people, who knew they were defeated, continued to retreat westward and returned to their original nests, handed over Yanzhishan, and sent envoys to send a large number of gifts to seek peace from Li Mu and Zhao State.

So Li Mu built a new city at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, called Shandan City, and sent three thousand monarchs to guard it.

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

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

With Li Mu's shock and Xian Shan's cooperation, the Hun tribes of all sizes on the grassland surrendered to Zhao State, and agreed to send tribute to Zhao State every year, and the entire desert south was also included in the territory of Zhao State.

After hearing this, Zhao Dan was overjoyed and gave Li Mu a lot of commendations.

Although Zhao Dan knew very well that the rule of Zhao State in these conquered territory on the grasslands was actually not stable at all. If Zhao State fails, it may even be in danger of rebellion.

But one thing is certain, that is, as long as Zhao State does not fail, there will be no such enemy in the northern border of Zhao State that can harass the border like the previous Huns and Wusuns.
Chapter completed!