The exact size of the Xiongnu army is uncertain. The total strength of the Chinese army exceeded 300,000, while Chinese sources claim that the Hunnic army numbered 400,000, but Lev Gumilev considers this doubtful. Considering that the total population of the nomads could not have produced a larger army, and that each soldier would have had at least two horses, which would graze around the fortress during the siege, the size of the Hunnic army had to be roughly limited by the available pasture. Accordingly, the Hunnic army probably numbered up to 20,000–40,000 . The Xiongnu Khanate won the war