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Original Title: TIL before becoming the first Xiongnu emperor, to be sure of his men’s loyalty, Modu Chanyu commanded them first to shoot his favourite horse and one of his favourite wives. Any who refused were summarily executed. He became emperor by ordering his men to murder his father with arrows while hunting.