The Xiongnu people were already demoralized. Upon hearing the order to retreat and seeing the banner of Qubei moving westward, they ran faster than rabbits!
Whoosh!
The Hun army, having fled, left behind more than a thousand corpses.
Later, this Xiongnu army fled westward from Yunzhong, intending to return to Shuofang through Manyi Valley, but they were unaware that they had already been captured by Li Su.
As a result, they lost another two thousand men.
Seeing that this road was impassable, and that the area north of Yinshan was Xiongnu territory, Qu Bei turned south and crossed the Yellow River.
As a result, they encountered the 5,000 Shi Tu Gu people who had been abandoned by Ding Yuan before he had finished using them, as well as the 10,000 followers of Hu Chu Quan who had been separated from their original group.
After some discussion, Qu Bei and Shi Tu Gu joined forces and, along with their followers, headed south until they reached Guluo City.
They joined forces with King Zuo Guli.
At this point, the remaining Xiongnu forces in the four commanderies of Yunzhong were brought together.
Qu Bei also temporarily abandoned his plan to go to the Western Regions.
With the support of Zuo Guli King and Shi Tugu, he proclaimed himself Chanyu and appointed Shi Tugu as Grand Commandant!
They had 20,000 cavalry and 50,000 followers, entrenched in the areas of Guluo City and Zhenlin, and occupied the Ordos Plateau basins of Dongsheng and Dacheng.
Qu Bei sent people to contact the tribes in Shuofang on one hand, and on the other hand, he established good relations with the Qiang and Hu tribes.
At the same time, he sent people to Xihe Commandery to inquire about the movements of the Han Dynasty, attempting to gain its allegiance.
It wasn't until Liu Wei had completely unified the three prefectures of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang and was preparing to mine the iron ore in Ordos that he learned of the location of this remaining Xiongnu force!
Of course, they must be eliminated!
That's a story for another time, so let's leave it at that!
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