Wei Shang and Li Guang defeated the remaining Xiongnu soldiers, but did not return to the south immediately. Instead, they marched north for several miles to clean up the scattered remaining Hu cavalry soldiers. They also released eagles to find the other tribes that came to their aid. Tens of thousands of Han cavalry rushed over and razed the tribe to the ground.
From the massacred tribes, the Han army obtained tens of thousands of cattle and sheep and rescued more than a thousand Han people who had been captured.
Most of the Han people who were released from the sheepfold were emaciated and looked numb. The most seriously injured ones looked like corpses, if you didn’t look at the rise and fall of their chests.
According to the confession of the priest of Biebu, Junchen Chanyu decided to lead the army southward. An envoy from the royal court came to Biebu and ordered the tribes to send out brave warriors to cooperate with the army to attack Han County.
The tribe's pasture was close to the Xianbei Mountains, some distance from Longcheng, and they were unable to join the main force immediately. They had originally intended to join the royal army on the way, but unexpectedly encountered a gathering of grassland barbarians, which slowed down their journey. By the time the tribal warriors arrived at the Han border, the Xiongnu army had already "turned back" from the south.
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