The 100,000 Huns who marched south suffered a great defeat. Junchen Chanyu was killed in battle, the Right Wise King was killed in battle, the Left Wise King was captured, the Left Guli King and the Right Guli King fled back to the grassland in a panic, and they had less than 10,000 trusted followers.
The guards of other tribes had already scattered like birds and beasts and returned to their tribes.
Some of them tried to change their allegiance and contacted their fellow tribesmen who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty, hoping to find a way out for themselves. A small number of them intended to stab the Xiongnu in the back, and wanted to strike back when the Xiongnu was at its weakest, emulating Maodun's rise to power and becoming the overlord of Mobei.
The former still had some chance of success. After all, since Emperor Wu ascended the throne and opened the Hu market at the border, there was an endless stream of tribes surrendering. The Qiang, Wuhuan and Xianbei even followed the Han army to fight. Regardless of their performance, at least they were sincere. With this premise, the leaders of the tribes could say a few words to the prefect of the border county.
If they were willing to come forward to help, these Hu tribes scattered in the south of the desert who were unwilling to go to the north of the desert might be accepted.
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