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Battle of the Altai Mountains

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39: 400:, had not been directly affected, and some part of the shattered polity was reconstructed under a new chanyu. The new chanyu, however, was killed in 93, and after him, no chanyu of the Northern Xiongnu was ever heard of again. On the frontier of the Han dynasty in present-day Mongolia, the hostile Xiongnu state was ended. 367:
of the Southern Xiongnu, however, was anxious to destroy his rival completely, and early in AD 90, as embassies were still being exchanged, Dou Xian launched an attack, captured his rival's seal and treasure and his wives and daughters.
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and defeated the Northern Xiongnu ruler, captured his mother, killed 5,000 of his armies, and drove him in flight again to the west from Altayn Nuruu. He was not heard from again. The rest of the Xiongnu left in
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soon initiated a punitive expedition against the remaining hostile Xiongnu tribes, subsequently causing the tribes to flee westwards. Dou Xian had reported that the
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After the defeat of 91, the chanyu left some 200,000 of his retired veterans and wounded settle at the Dzungaria under his younger brother and later the Prince
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at the Altai Mountains and pursued them westwards. The Han forces killed 13,000 Xiongnu troops and accepted the surrender of 200,000 Xiongnu from 81 tribes.
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was so weak that there was no point in treating him further. In February 91, he mounted a final invasion, with two of his generals,
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After the successful campaign of AD 89, the Xiongnu state was destroyed. After the battle, Dou Xian led his forces back, and the "
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Though there was a rebellion by Xiongnu of the north, they elected a chanyu named Fenghou in 94, but he was of a
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in later annals. The bravest and strongest of the Xiongnu migrated westwards under the shanyu in advance.
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The Cambridge History of China: Volume I: the Ch'in and Han empires, 221 B.C. - A.D. 220
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in three great columns that included their allies, specifically the main army of the
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A global chronology of conflict: From the ancient world to the modern Middle East
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Dou Xian brought the main body of his troops in triumphal progress north to the
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A biographical dictionary of later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23 - 220 AD)
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In June 89 AD, the Han dispatched a force which promptly advanced from
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royal house (a son of Tuntuhe) and soon due to intimidation from the
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entire Xiongnu's army destroyed (with more than 200,000 prisoners)
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Battle between the Northern Xiongnu and the Han dynasty (AD 89)
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in June AD 89. The battle was a success for the Han under
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by scholars from Mongolia and China in August 2017.
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Index

Han–Xiongnu War

Northern Xiongnu
Han dynasty
Southern Xiongnu
Northern Shanyu

Dou Xian
Qiang
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Han–Xiongnu War
Mayi
Mobei
Loulan
Tian Shan
Jushi
Zhizhi
Yiwulu
Altai Mountains
Chinese
Northern Xiongnu
Han dynasty
Dou Xian
Jilu
Manyi
Guyang
Southern Xiongnu
Dou Xian

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