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TOUMAN CHANYU. 220-209 BCE. XIONGNU EMPIRE: LEGEND MONGOL 21 KHANS. ILLUSTRATED BY: TOM DASHNYAM OTGONTUGS

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Touman Chanyu (220 BCE) is the earliest named chanyu (leader) of the Xiongnu tribal confederation,reigning from c. 220–209 BCE, directly preceding the formation of the Xiongnu empire.

Life
Competing with the Xiongnu for supremacy were the Dōnghú or 'Eastern Barbarians' and the Yuezhi. In 215 BCE, Qin Shi Huang, the founding emperor of the Qin dynasty, sent a 300,000-strong army headed by General Meng Tian into the Ordos region and drove the Xiongnu northward for 1000 li (about 416 kilometres ...