Chapter 406: Morton's Death
Han Xin swept across the northern part of the desert.
The Qin army units went out of Yinshan, passed Gaoque, and chased the north. Without modern communication tools, the two Qin army met only by predicting the pre-war and contacting the pigeons.
Dragon City.
Maodun's remnants fled here and were exhausted. Going northward, there was the vast Hanhai Desert. In the past, this desert was a natural barrier for the Huns to resist the southern nations, but now it has become a shackle for life-destroying.
The fleeing Xiongnu tribes completely lost their establishment and command. The prestige of the Great Shanyu Maodun was completely lost in the battle of Bainijing. His orders were no longer subject to the compliance of the leaders of each tribe. The most obvious point was Helianbi's violation of the order.
When fleeing to Gaoque City, Maodun urgently convened a meeting of leaders of various tribes. At the meeting, Maodun ordered the Helian tribe, which was relatively intact, to take on the rear army and prevent the Qin army from pursuing, in order to win the chance of survival for each tribe. But what is hopeful is that Helianbi was completely disdainful of this.
Maodun is no longer as strong as before.
In the trench, the casualties of 20,000 soldiers from the trusted tribe made Maodun a tiger with teeth pulled out. It would be impossible to recover without three or five years.
However, the competition on the grassland is cruel and bloody.
If Maodun wants to restore his strength safely, the other leaders of the tribe who are observing the throne of the Great Shanyu will not give him a chance. Among these ambitious guys, Helianbi is one of them.
Over the years, Maodun has strongly unified the tribes of the grassland with force. For large tribes such as the Helian tribe, Huyan tribe, and Qiuli tribe, Maodun unified the other tribes as the Huns. The meaning of other tribes is always much worse than that of the trusted tribes. If the leaders of the three tribes were not quite tactful and cunning, their fate would be the same as the Zhelan tribe and the Xubu tribe. In the end, Maodun was ruthlessly annexed by Maodun.
Helianbi led more than 10,000 soldiers from his tribe to plunge into the desert from the heads of each tribe. They were used to surviving in the harsh climate of the North Sea, and were more adaptable than their companions who survived under relatively good conditions in northern desert conditions.
Dragon City is just a temporary supply land.
Maodun originally wanted to use this place as a transit station for transferring money, supplies, and people, so there was no such thing as a city wall around Longcheng that could be used to defend. Of course, with the skills of the Huns, it was impossible to build a solid city wall like the Central Plains people.
November 29th.
early morning.
The defeated Xiongnu soldiers who were immersed in their tired sleep were awakened by a series of shouts. The Xiongnu cavalry who were in charge of patrolling were surprised to find that in the north of them, a black-out Qin army was approaching quickly.
There are enemies in the north.
There were several Qin army pursuing troops in the south. The Huns were attacked from both sides and Maodun, who had always liked to plot to attack his opponents, but this time the Qin army seized the way out.
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In the tent of the king.
Maodun lay on a thick piece of bear skin, his back was exposed, and there was a faint blood stain on his left shoulder. On the way to escape, Maodun's war horse unfortunately lost its front hooves. Although Maodun, who fell to the ground, was quickly helped up by his servants, Maodun, who had always been strong, found that his left half of his body could not move for a while.
Angry and attacking the heart.
If Maodun’s situation is inferred based on modern medical pathology, it should be considered a sequelae of stroke. However, in the Qin Dynasty, there was no such thing as stroke.
The grassland people mostly use meat as their staple food, and Maodun likes to drink alcohol and is drunk every time he drinks. With such uncontrollable squandering, his body gradually showed signs of overdrawing.
Originally, Maodun had just a sign of a minor stroke. With a little conditioning, there would generally be no major problems. But these days, especially since the defeat of Bainijing, the Huns tribes have scattered everywhere, and the Great Huns Alliance, which Maodun worked hard to run, no longer exists. Under the repeated blows, Maodun, who has always been strong in personality, finally couldn't stand it.
A close servant in the tent.
There were only a few three or five people, and hundreds of close servants, who had been separated on the way to escape. Whether these trusted confidants of Maodun were really separated or deliberately hid, it was impossible to verify.
Everyone pushed the wall down.
Under the influence of a stroke, Maodun was not speaking smoothly, but his ears were not deaf yet, and he could hear the abnormal sounds outside.
"Well, um, Zhonghang————————————”
The Central Bank said, bent down, put his mouth close to Maodun's ear, and shouted: "Da Shanyu, the Qin people have followed, the soldiers are resisting, we must leave here, tell me, where are we going?"
While speaking, the Bank of China said while putting a sketch map of sheepskin in front of Maodun. The map was depicted quite roughly, and the direction of rivers, deserts and lakes was replaced by black dots. However, for the Huns who were wandering on the grasslands, having a map was already a huge improvement.
Since ancient times, the grassland people have relied on experience to grazle and relocate, and maps have been introduced to the grassland from the Central Plains.
Upon hearing this, Maodun stared at the sheepskin roll tightly. The last place his eyes stayed: Hannanhe.
The Bank of China said, and put the scroll with a bad expression. Maodun’s meaning was very clear, just to return to the Mobei base of the Xiongnu tribe, but the Bank of China said, he wanted to yell at Maodun: Hannan River has been over long ago, and it has been swept away by the Qin people. Maodun would never have the chance to go back to recuperate.
After coming out of the temporary tent, the Bank of China returned to its tent without saying a word, then packed up some fine and soft, led a tall horse and headed towards the West.
The Bank of China said that it would leave without saying goodbye.
The remaining close servants saw Lian Zhongxing saying that this closest bed confidant also left Maodun, and naturally scattered. When Han Xin and Cao Xin's two Qin troops attacked Longcheng, Maodun's tent could not find a person to serve except for him howling sadly.
Because the body was unable to move, Maodun could not remove his clothes and pants when he was relieved. When he couldn't hold it in, he had to pull it directly into his pants.
The stench almost made Cao Xin, who rushed into the tent, fainted, and the old man lying on the dirty bear skin was actually the once arrogant Huns' great khan Maodun?
Cao Xin looked at it for the first time, but he still didn't believe it.
But after a closer look, who is this helpless old man, if it weren't Maodun?
Cao Xin stepped forward, raised his sword and cut off Maodun's head, which was also a way to help Maodun end the pain. Cao Xin raised his head and ordered the soldiers to send Maodun's head to Jiuyuan City. No matter what Maodun looked like, his identity was still the Great Khan of the Huns, although there were not many tribes that regarded Maodun as the Great Khan now.
Chapter completed!