Becoming a father in the film and television industry: starting with Xu Huanshan

In 196, it had been two years since Zhao Yun attacked the Southern Xiongnu.

In a major battle at the end of 195, Zhao Yun led 4 Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and 2 Xianbei Cavalry in a head-on encounter with the 10 cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu.

After defeating the Southern Xiongnu in one battle, they now have basically no living combat force left.

But not many people died, just many were caught.

After losing the battle, the Southern Xiongnu Khan Huochuquan naturally surrendered obediently. Even though Zhao Yun had received the order before, he did not dare to agree to it.

Instead, he asked Huchuquan to wait there obediently, and then arranged for someone to deliver the letter.

In fact, this was not the first time that the Southern Xiongnu surrendered, but they had surrendered many times.

Huchuquan (birth and death dates unknown) was the Chanyu of Xiongnu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. He was the son of the Chanyu of Qiangqu of the Southern Xiongnu and the younger brother of Yufuluo.

After Yufuluo's death, he succeeded him as Chanyu. He surrendered to the Eastern Han Dynasty several times and then rebelled against it.

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), Huchuquan led the Southern Xiongnu tribes to rebel in Pingyang, and Zhong Yao led the troops to besiege them.

Yuan generals Gao Gan and Guo Yuan from Hebei came to reinforce Huchuquan and fought a fierce battle with Zhong Yao and other generals from Guanzhong in Pingyang.

In the end, Huchequan was defeated and surrendered to Cao Cao.

In the 216st year of Jian'an ( AD), Huhuquan was left in Yecheng, and the Southern Xiongnu was divided into five tribes.

It can be said that these foreigners are the real ungrateful people, and the reason why Cao Cao could not suppress them is actually the food problem.

Many people died during the Three Kingdoms period. It was already difficult for Cao Cao to send troops to attack them, let alone support their huge tribe. Naturally, he could only settle the Huns in the grasslands outside the Great Wall.

Whenever the population of the grassland reached its peak, the Southern Xiongnu would have the confidence to cause chaos again.

Soon the letter was delivered to Luoyang, and Xu Wenhao’s first reaction after receiving the letter was indeed "surrender again?"

It’s no wonder that he thinks too much, as this was the situation when he fought the Xianbei.

The reason why Zhao Yun was able to fight together with 2 Xianbei cavalry this time was because he had been constantly dividing the Xianbei people over the years and arranging them inside the pass.

When he sent Zhao Yun to the battle, he also said that he wanted him to defeat the Southern Xiongnu. Only when there was not much resistance from the Southern Xiongnu would they obey him.

But no one expected that the Southern Xiongnu would surrender in just two years.

It can only be said that the Southern Xiongnu still thought that Xu Wenhao was the original Han Dynasty and would adopt the same approach, so they surrendered so easily.

"General, we should ask General Zhao to confiscate all the horses of the Southern Xiongnu, and then let them raise only cattle and sheep outside Yanmen Pass."

"This will not only provide meat, but also allow foreign tribes to use horses for cavalry combat. As long as there are no horse farms outside the Great Wall in the future, the danger from foreign tribes will not be that great."

Cheng Yu's first move was the decisive blow.

This was a plan to exterminate the entire family. As long as the Southern Xiongnu did as they were told, they would be without horses and inferior to the soldiers in the Central Plains in other aspects, so they would naturally have no chance to resist.

"Yes, as long as there are horses in the Southern Xiongnu, there is hope. They will always cause trouble again."

"On the contrary, if the Southern Xiongnu are deprived of their horses this time, they will have no choice but to raise cattle and sheep in order to survive."

"Even the Xianbei tribe has to hand in horses every year. We can't breed as many as we did during the war."

Xu Wenhao thought about it and decided to let Zhao Yun carry out the plan outside the pass.

In future battles, horses can be killed to prevent the enemy from escaping.

A batch of captured horses were sent to the Western Region Chief Secretary's Office to Xu Chu, so that he would have the ability to continue expanding.

Even though the Western Regions are mostly desert, they can still be used for fighting as long as they have horses.

It was a week later that Zhao Yun received the order, and it was delivered urgently over a distance of hundreds of miles. After all, Luoyang was still far away from where Zhao Yun was outside the Great Wall.

"Huchuquan, the general has ordered that as long as you hand over all your horses and go outside Yanmen Pass to raise cattle and sheep, I will spare your lives."

"Otherwise I will launch the final offensive, and I will show no mercy then."

After receiving the order, Zhao Yun ordered his men to mount their horses, and the 5 cavalry army faced the Hun camp.

"General Zhao, we have already surrendered, and you still want our horses. Aren't you leaving us at the mercy of others?"

Huochequan did not expect that the Han army would actually use this trick.

They have spent most of their lives on horses. If they lost their horses, they would not be able to fight, so they naturally would not hand them over easily.

"If you don't hand it over, then we will be left with nothing left this time!"

Zhao Yun also spoke sternly.

Although he is known for his loyalty, he is not a fool. If he is kind to foreigners, he will be cruel to his own people.

In the last battle, the Southern Xiongnu had lost more than 10 of their 6 cavalry, and the rest were just remnants.

The reason why he still insisted was simply because he thought the Han army would not kill them all. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun's attitude became even tougher after receiving the letter.

It seemed like they had no concern at all that the Southern Xiongnu would come back to attack again after escaping, which made Huochequan a little unsure.

"Uncle, I feel like the Han army is serious."

"We can escape, but if the Han army catches up with us, our women, the elderly and the children may die here."

Liu Bao also hurriedly persuaded.

"Well, I know that, but now they want us to hand over the horses. Do you know what that means?"

"It means we have handed our lives over to the Han army. What if they turn against us?"

Huochuquan also knew that the situation was hopeless, but he still wanted to fight for it.

"General Zhao on the other side has a good reputation. Besides, the Xianbei people are also living well. We can surrender first and see how things go."

"If the Han army goes back on its word, why not join forces with the Xianbei and send troops together?"

Liu Bao was born in the Han area, so naturally he had his own ideas.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with staying inside the Great Wall, and he might even take this opportunity to get a government position and live a good life.

"Okay, as you say."

Huochuquan thought about it and realized that it was true, so he agreed.

"General Zhao, we accept your conditions, please don't go back on your word!"

Huochequan walked up to Zhao Yun's army and told them about his surrender. After that, several cavalrymen from the Southern Xiongnu also laid down their weapons and walked out.

"Don't worry, the general has the world in his heart. As long as you don't have any ulterior motives, nothing will happen to you."

Zhao Yun was relieved when he saw that Huchequan surrendered sincerely.

He was a little tired after fighting for two years, mainly because the prairie was endless and he really didn't want to continue fighting.

Huochequan's surrender not only meant the surrender of him and the more than 200,000 Huns in front of him, but more importantly, it meant that the grassland lost a force.

After Zhao Yun finished his sweep, there was basically no worry of foreign invasion from Bingzhou to Chang'an.

Well, Zhao Yun received an order that even if Huochuquan surrendered, the other Xiongnu tribes still outside had to be driven into Yanmen Pass.

What we are afraid of is that a few large tribes will hide themselves and there will be no one to restrain them, and in another 20 years or so they will become a serious threat again.