Liu Yu sat up, put on his clothes, and said seriously: "Before I leave, I want to ask one last thing. When you came to Jiankang, you said that your eldest brother originally wanted to marry you to the grassland.
Is it true that we are marrying Liu Weichen?"
Murong Lan nodded: "It's absolutely true, Brother Lang, although I wanted to go to Chang'an with you that time, it's not false. The situation in Hebei was unclear at that time, and I was afraid that Guanzhong would decide the winner early.
, if Xi Yan wins, it will be troublesome for the whole army to return east to join the war in Hebei, so he wants me to marry Liu Weichen and send troops to Guanzhong to contain the war in Guanzhong. On the other hand, Liu Weichen and Liu Kuren are mortal enemies. If his Shuofang Hu Qi can
Attacking Liu Kuren's Monan can also reduce the pressure on our north. Why do you suddenly ask about this?"
Liu Yu smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, aren't we going to the grassland soon? I don't know the situation of each tribe in the grassland. I only know about Liu Kuren, Liu Xian's Dugu tribe, and the others only know about Liu Weichen's Xiongnu Tiefu
The tribes live in Shuofang Grassland, Hetao. Apart from these two tribes, are there any other big forces?"
Murong Lan also sat up and put on her tight-fitting silk underwear, but she didn't stop talking: "There are many tribes on the grassland. When the Tuoba clan dominated the grassland on behalf of the country, many small and large tribes came to seek refuge. Only those in the Hetao area
The Tiefu tribe of the Xiongnu is its mortal enemy. They are the royal family of the Xiongnu, the same clan as Liu Yuan, the Xiongnu Chanyu who established the Han-Zhao Empire during the Yongjia Rebellion during the Western Jin Dynasty."
Liu Yu softly said "Oh": "Why did this Huns have the surname Liu? He is different from you Murong, and he is different from Tuoba."
Murong Lan smiled slightly: "That was a surname changed in order to establish a country in the Central Plains. The Chanyu tribe of the Xiongnu was originally the youngest son of Xia Jie. After the fall of the Xia Dynasty, his youngest son took part of his tribe to flee north to the grassland.
, living together with other nomadic tribes, these are the ancestors of the Xiongnu. It was not until the Qin and Han Dynasties that the Xiongnu gradually became stronger. Finally, Modun Chanyu emerged, unified the north and south of the desert, and even defeated Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. These things,
I think you should know very well."
Liu Yu nodded: "Indeed, in the past we only talked about Beidi, Rongdi, etc., which were the collective names for all the barbarian tribes in the northern grasslands. The Xiongnu was the first nomadic khanate that truly posed a major threat to the Central Plains."
Murong Lan said seriously: "Yes, because they conquered and organized all the tribes in the grassland for the first time. In the past, the sky and wilderness on the grassland were vast, and the tribes had no fixed settlements, so it was difficult to gather, and they were constantly attacking each other.
, the blood feud is very deep, Mao Dun is a generation of heroes in the grassland, he can find and unify thousands of tribes that have been vendetta against each other for thousands of years and it is difficult to locate them. Once his golden arrow arrives, no one dares not to follow him. It is true.
He is a great emperor, just like your Qin Shihuang, he is a top figure."
Liu Yu sighed: "The Emperor of Qin pacified the country, wiped out all the wastelands, opened up the world, and established the first unified dynasty, so he deserves the word "Shi". This Maodun can also be said to be the Qin Shihuang on the grassland. In this way
, this Modun Chanyu is just like our emperor in the Central Plains, he just has one surname for his family, does it not mean that everyone on the grassland has the same surname as him?"
Murong Lan smiled and said: "You are such a smart person, how can you not understand this simple truth? The emperor of your Han Dynasty is named Liu, but the people have thousands of surnames, and the same is true for the grasslands. Generally, the surnames are based on the tribal name. The Xiongnu
This is what you Han people call them. On the grasslands, they are called the Luoti tribe, and this is their surname. Therefore, the formal name for those Xiongnu chanyus should be Luoti so-and-so."
Liu Yu nodded: "I see. In this way, the Xiongnu is just a country name, just like Han, Jin and so on. The Shanyu's surname is just like the emperor's surname Liu and Sima. Other tribes are just like the Han people.
They are all the same people as the tribes. When the Xiongnu was strong, they were all tribes under the rule of the Xiongnu Khanate, just like the people of the Jin Dynasty, right?"
Murong Lan nodded: "Yes, that's it. Later, during the Han-Hungarian war, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, but did not destroy them. The Xiongnu still had strong strength. Until the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu civil war broke out in the Five Danyus.
The tribal leaders killed each other in order to compete for power, just like you did in the Western Dynasty, knocking out the last bit of Xiongnu's vitality."
"In the end, the Huhanxie Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu was defeated and moved south. Finally, he surrendered to the Han Dynasty and was able to stay nomadic in the Monan grassland outside the Great Wall as a annex. Although the Zhizhi Chanyu of the Northern Xiongnu was defeated miserably,
However, Mobei was completely desolate and could not survive. In the end, they had no choice but to move thousands of miles across the country to the Western Regions, where they were killed by Han general Chen Tang. The remaining tribesmen went westward, and there was no news at all. The once powerful Xiongnu
The Khanate was wiped out in ashes."
Liu Yu's eyes flashed with a hint of sadness: "Whether they are Han people or Hu people, they are all killing each other for this power struggle. In the end, no one will be better off. Sadly, no one has learned this lesson. Repeatedly
Repeat, in this case, the Southern Xiongnu are descendants of the Xiongnu, and Liu Yuan is also a descendant of the Southern Xiongnu, but I heard that he has been in the Central Plains and is a famous scholar. Could it be that he came to the Central Plains to be a hostage?"
Murong Lan shook his head: "Didn't your fat friend tell you about this history? Brother Lang, you are determined to drive out Hu Xinghan, but why don't you even know about the Southern Huns?"
Liu Yu scratched his head in embarrassment: "I have been farming since I was a child, and I can't even read a few Chinese characters. The history of these foreign races is really difficult for me. Even the history of your Xianbei people, I only learned it after joining the army. Eh.
, By the way, aren’t you Xianbei the overlord of the grassland? Did you defeat the Southern Huns?”
Murong Lan smiled and said: "To be precise, Xianbei is a collective name for tribes, not a certain tribe. Just like you Han people, there are tens of thousands of surnames. After the Xiongnu was defeated and split, the southern Xiongnu attached its annex and was occupied by those who always pursued freedom.
The proud grassland tribes regarded them as traitors, and at this time, a tribe called Xianbei rose up. They were a tribe of the Donghu ethnic group that had been defeated by the Xiongnu Maodun Shanyu. There was a great leader named Tan Shikai, who was about your Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the middle period, he repeatedly defeated the Han army and the southern Xiongnu slave coalition, which shocked the north and south of the desert. From then on, all the tribes went to the Xiongnu kingdom and called themselves Xianbei."
Liu Yu took a breath of air: "It's so powerful. It seems like a fool again, but how come I haven't heard of such a powerful person?"
Murong Lan curled up her lips: "Because he died early before he could conquer the Central Plains like Mao Dun did, defeat the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and leave a great reputation. This is a great misfortune for the grassland, and a great fortune for you Han people in the Central Plains.
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This chapter has been completed!