Shortly after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, under the cruel tyranny, people everywhere could bear it no longer and rose up in succession. The world is once again in dispute. After several rounds of elimination, China entered the era of Chu-Han hegemony.
In this era of man called hero, the northern grassland civilization also gave birth to a macho man who never left the world.
Morton Khan led the Xiongnu to rise, defeated the powerful Donghu and Yueshi successively, and became the overlord of grassland.
Before the decisive battle with Dahan Dynasty, the peak of agricultural civilization, Xiongnu ruled the vast grassland from Beihai in the west to Xing 'anling in the east, which was larger in area than the territory in the early Han Dynasty.
At this time, modu chanyu was strong and prestigious. "Historical Records Biography of Xiongnu" records: "So the Xiongnu nobles all served, taking modu chanyu as a sage."
According to historical records, "from simplicity to headman, I am over a thousand years old." The date of China's contact with Xiongnu was probably in the 3rd century BC. However, because there are basically no historical records of prairie people, only some sporadic records of China, it is difficult to investigate the history of Tou Man before. Speaking of Huns, let's start with Tuman.
At the end of the Warring States period, a war broke out in the Central Plains, and countries were too busy attacking each other to take care of the north. There are three most powerful forces in the northern grassland: Xiongnu, Donghu and Yueshi.
Tou Man was the leader of the Huns. During the Khan period in Tou Man, the Xiongnu became more and more powerful, and stood in a tripartite confrontation with Donghu and Yueshi on the grassland.
At this time, Donghu and Yueshi, located in the north of Xiongnu, were powerful; The countries in south china agriculture are extremely rich and busy with civil war. In the eyes of Huns, they are simply fat sheep to be slaughtered, so Huns will regularly go south to plunder.
Qin, Yan and Zhao, bordering the Xiongnu, built the Great Wall in succession to resist the invasion of Xiongnu.
After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he made Xiongnu the top priority.
Qin Shihuang began to arrange the construction of the Great Wall defense, and Qin Changcheng built, added and connected end to end, becoming an important national defense line from west to east, with a total length of more than 5,400 kilometers, which was called the Great Wall of Wan Li in history.
At the same time, Qin Shihuang sent Meng Tian to lead 300,000 elite Qin Jun to explore the Huns in the north. At this time, Qin Jun, which just defeated the six countries to unify the world, represents the strongest military force on earth. The Huns couldn't resist Qin Jun's attack, so Tou Man Khan had to lead the people to the north for more than 65,438+00 years. Qin Shihuang also moved many farmers and prisoners from the mainland to enrich the border and reclaim wasteland to consolidate the border congestion.
Later, Qin Ershi died and the world fell into chaos. The infantry who were forced to defend the border also fled. Tou Man took the opportunity to go south with the Huns and recaptured the rich land in Henan.
Morton is the son of Khan, Prince of Tou Man and Tou Man.
Later, a Tou Man Khan fell in love with E Shi and gave birth to a son. Perhaps the oldest father in the world loves his youngest son. Tou Man Khan plans to abolish Modu Hayden and replace him with a younger son.
Perhaps in order to inherit the tradition and the influence of the prince, the wily Tou Man did not forcibly abolish the prince, but used a despicable means.
At that time, there were three major forces on the grassland, Xiongnu, Donghu and Yueshi, all of which were very powerful.
Tou Man allied itself with Ren Yue and arranged for Modu Hayden to be sent to Ren Yue as a proton. Shortly after Morton arrived at Ren Yue, Tou Man suddenly sent his troops to attack Ren Yue without informing Morton.
Modu chanyu's despicable means is to kill people with a knife, and to abolish the prince with the knife of Yueshi.
Tiger poison doesn't eat children, Tou Man Khan is really cruel ... From the later things, it can be regarded as like father, like son, and modu chanyu is more shine on you than blue.
After knowing that the moon was going to kill him, Morton in the moon family quickly stole a BMW of the moon family and fled back to Xiongnu.
After modu chanyu fled back, Tou Man felt that although the plan to abolish the prince failed, there was also a pleasant surprise. His son is also a man with both wisdom and courage, and this confrontation can escape. So, Tou Man Khan gave up the idea of abandoning his long career and establishing a young age, and gave him ten thousand cavalry leaders.
Tou Man might think: You must come back anyway. The Moon incident is my test for you. I also gave up the idea of abandoning the old and establishing the new, and rewarded you with 10 thousand cavalry. You should be grateful and do your duty as a successor.
But modu chanyu doesn't think so. The anger in his heart is like a raging river for this father who will not only waste himself, but also kill himself.
With deep-rooted hatred, modu chanyu started his own plan.
Morton made a kind of cymbal, which makes a sound when it is shot.
He ordered his troops to use his horn as a signal when practicing riding and shooting. The target of the horn is the target of all troops, and those who don't follow him will be beheaded.
After practicing according to the whistle rules for a period of time, in a training session, modu chanyu suddenly shot at his BMW with a whistle. Prairie people love horses, especially BMW, which is the boss. Many people hesitated and were all killed on the spot.
After a while, modu chanyu suddenly shot the cymbals at his beloved wife. Then ..... eliminated a group of people who dared to have their own ideas.
After a while, Morton shot the cymbals at his BMW, and everyone shot at it, turning the BMW into a hedgehog.
This time, modu chanyu was very satisfied. He successfully trained a group of subordinates who did as he said, and his plan was half successful.
One day, Tou Man asked modu chanyu to go hunting with him, and modu chanyu's chance finally came.
On the way to hunting, he suddenly shot the cymbals at Tou Man, and his men did not hesitate to shoot all the arrows in that direction. Maughton's father, Tou Man Khan of Xiongnu, died at the hands of his own son.
After killing Tou Man, modu chanyu cleaned the top of the Huns and killed the stepmother, younger brother and ministers who didn't listen.
This year, in 209 BC, Qin Ershi acceded to the throne this year, modu chanyu killed his father, became a khan.
In the TV series "Hanwu the Great", Yi Zhixie successfully killed Shan Yu, the military minister, in this way, and seized his position by this plot. However, this is actually the artistic treatment of TV series, transplanting the story of modu chanyu to Yi Zhixie. In the official history, Yi Zhixie is the younger brother of Khan, the military minister, and has never done anything to kill his father with an arrow.
Morton's seizure of the throne was a family tragedy. It also left a cruel and barbaric historical evaluation for modu chanyu and even the whole Xiongnu.
However, we should also see that in the history of Xiongnu, there is no similar incident. This is an isolated incident.
The root of this human tragedy is Tou Man's single-minded desire to give up his long career and become a young man, and his actions of killing others with a knife.
Modu chanyu succeeded in winning the position with a bloody and cruel action, and the Xiongnu officially opened the most prosperous modu chanyu era in Xiongnu history.
How did modu chanyu defeat the powerful enemy step by step and dominate the grassland? What will happen between Han Dynasty and him? We will discuss it in the next issue.
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