Chapter 948: Ennoblement!

The Xiongnu at this time, although not as resounding as the Xiongnu in the early Han Dynasty in original history, who besieged Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, at Baideng Mountain, giving the newborn Han Empire great humiliation and making the Han Empire regard them as a major enemy, were still a major powerful force on the grassland. Over these years, the Central Plains had also gained some slight understanding of the changes in the forces on the grassland.

Now, the Qin Guo had annihilated the Xiongnu, crossed the Yinshan Mountains, and occupied the Xiongnu's royal city, Touman City. This was equivalent to the vast grassland north of the Yinshan Mountains all belonging to the Qin Guo. This was the merit of expanding territory, and the land obtained from this expansion was far larger than the land obtained from annihilating Baiyue.

In the past, King Wuling of Zhao imitated the Hu clothing and mounted archery, driving the Linhu and Loufan to the north of the Yinshan Mountains, establishing commanderies such as Yunzhong in the area seized from the aliens, and even built the Zhao Great Wall along the Yinshan Mountains. Jiuyuan City also originated from that period.

Later, the Linhu and Loufan moved north and merged into the newly rising Xiongnu, who constantly rose and grew stronger north of the Yinshan Mountains. Their momentum once surpassed the original hegemons of the grassland, the Donghu and Yuezhi, and their ambitions gradually expanded. Many years ago, when the State of Zhao still existed, they had led troops to attack the State of Zhao, eventually being defeated by the Zhao general Li Mu at Yanmen Commandery. Since then, the Xiongnu had not dared to send a large army south for a long time, but every autumn and winter, when the grass and trees on the Xiongnu grasslands withered, small groups of people would constantly invade the border areas of the Central Plains, plundering border residents. Therefore, over many years, the Xiongnu gradually became a major border threat.

Today, in the era of the First Emperor, Ying Zheng.

On the basis of Yunzhong and Jiuyuan established by King Wuling of Zhao, they had crossed the Yinshan Mountains and reached north of the Yinshan Mountains, pushing the border line of the Qin Guo forward by a long distance.

Since then, that Great Wall of the State of Zhao could basically be abolished.

This city was no longer the limit of the Qin Guo's border; the new border of the Qin Guo was... Touman City!

The Qin Guo would use this city built by the Xiongnu to replace the original Jiuyuan City as the vanguard city of the Qin Guo's border.

At the same time, because all the many Xiongnu grasslands north of the Yinshan Mountains had been occupied, the Qin Guo had gained a large piece of grassland. From now on, there would be endless war horses.

The cavalry of the Qin Guo, even without relying on the help of those tools, would have no trouble catching up to, or even surpassing, the Xiongnu cavalry.

Xianyang.

When the news of the Xiongnu's annihilation spread, all the civil and military officials were overflowing with joy.

Immediately afterward, they began to busy themselves preparing for another matter.

That was preparing to welcome the triumphant return of Meng Tian's army. ===== CHAPTER 950 =====