Section 2: Ding Ling takes advantage of the situation and robs him

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How was it when I was born?

Peace had just begun in the West, but war broke out in the East. In 485, Yucheng Khan, who had always had a strong interest in Chinese culture, passed away. Prince Doulun succeeded to the throne, known as Fugudun Khan, and changed the reign name to Taiping. Although the reign name was Taiping

, but in fact it was not peaceful. After Doulun came to power, he went south to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty many times. Some ministers in the country expressed opposition to this matter, but the opposition was ineffective. Doulun was furious and angered the monarch, but there were good results.

Do you want to eat? As a result, the entire family of the opposing minister was killed, and Doulun Khan also lost his support. In 487, Gaocha King Afu Zhiluo had long had independent ambitions, and he took this opportunity to lead his men to escape.

When he arrived in the Western Regions, he established himself as Hou Loucuile and named his younger brother Hou Bei. Regardless of what they were called, just knowing that he was the boss was enough. His younger brother was actually the crown prince in the traditional sense. Two brothers

With the Tianshan Mountains as the dividing line, Afu Zhiluo ruled the Jungar Basin in the north of the mountain, the northwest of the Mongolian Plateau and the Tangnu Ulianghai area, while his younger brother Qiongqi ruled the northern part of the Tarim Basin in the south of the mountain. The Northern Wei Dynasty called this emerging regime

Gaoche or Western Gaoche, because of the name of the head of state, he was also called Azhiluo Kingdom. Southern Qi continued to use the ancient name of this nation, Ding Ling. Therefore, the title of this section uses Gaoche and Ding Ling together.

The names of ethnic minority people are often rather peculiar. For us Han people with simple word formation, it is difficult to understand the meaning of their names. Each person's name is more or less a reflection of a person, so it is necessary for us to treat these minority people as

Let me explain the meaning of the name of a great national figure. Avuzhiluo’s younger brother is called Qiongqi. We seem to be a little familiar with the word Qiongqi. In fact, this name has a very long history and has been used for many years. Speaking of this name,

It is easy to recall a confusing ancient anecdote. This story is very old and is recorded in the ancient classic "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". This story says that if you go north from the Quanrong Kingdom in the present-day northern Shaanxi and Ningxia areas, you will reach

Encountered the monster "Qiongqi" that "looks like a tiger, has wings, and can eat people from the beginning". Qiongqi is an ancient mythical beast. "Shenyi Jing" also said: "There is a beast in the northwest, it looks like a tiger, has wings and can fly.

He hunts down cannibals, knows people's words, eats those who are honest when he hears people fighting, eats his nose when he hears people are loyal, and kills animals when he hears people are evil and unkind. His reputation is very strange. Archaeological discoveries in North Asia show that this

This kind of "powerful" monster "Qiongqi" widely exists in the artistic works of the Huns and other nomadic peoples, and it also has a huge eagle beak. It is undoubtedly the "Griffin" recorded in Babylonian mythology and ancient Greek historical records.

"(Griffin, also known as griffin or eagle monster). Qiongqi is the alias of Gonggong, and Gonggong may be Xia Yu's father Gun, because the two have similar pronunciations and similar deeds. "Historical Records: Biography of the Huns" says

, the Xiongnu are the descendants of Chunwei, the son of Xia Jie. When Shang Tang destroyed Xia, he led his troops to the north. If Qiongqi is the symbol of Xia Gun, then it is not surprising that it has become the totem of Xiongnu. The ancient Greek word "Ge"

The pronunciation of "Lifen" is very different from "Qiongqi", but it may be "Gonggong" or "Gun". Crown Prince Gaoche took the name "Qiongqi". Obviously the Gaoche people followed the tradition of the Huns and worshiped Qiongqi.

The same is true for Rouran and his descendants the Avars. These descendants of Xia Gun galloped over the vast area from the Sea of ​​Japan to the Baltic Sea, carrying forward the Qiongqi culture that has a history of three thousand years. There is a village in northeastern Germany.

The port city is called "Greifswald", which literally translates to "Griffin's Forest". It may also be translated as "Qiongqi Forest", "Gonggong Forest" or "Xia Gun Forest".

The independence of the Gaoche Kingdom in the west was a fatal blow to the Rouran Khanate. The largest country in the world was suddenly cut in half. The Mongolian Plateau in the east and the Kazakh grassland in the west lost contact.

Tens of thousands of Rouran soldiers and civilians in the Sabir territory were separated from their motherland. The loss of the Altai gold mines also brought huge economic losses. Doulun Khan, who was originally ambitious to conquer the Central Plains, had to give up his strategy of going south and turn to

Rebel. But Afu Zhiluo was also a tyrant who wanted to conquer the world. His ambition was no less than that of Doulun. After independence, he immediately launched an attack from the northwest and almost drove the Rouran people out of the Mongolian plateau. In 489, the Southern Qi envoy Qiu Guanxian came from Rouran

After the Khan's court returned to Jiankang, he reported the news to Emperor Wu of Qi Xiao Yu: "Ding Linghu recently went south to attack Rouran and occupied their previous territory. Rouran has now moved south." The focus of Rouran's rule has turned to Mo.

In the south, the relationship with the Northern Wei Dynasty will inevitably become more tense. In 490, after Afu Zhiluo defeated Doulun many times, he sent envoys to the Northern Wei Dynasty, asking for an alliance to jointly eliminate Rouran. Tuoba Hong did not believe that the Gaoche people in the west could develop

So quickly, he sent an envoy Yu to investigate in advance, and learned that Gaoche had indeed defeated Rouran, so he asked Yu Ti and another envoy Kezuhun Changsheng (named Zhu Changsheng in Chinese) to visit Gaoche again, hoping to let Afu come.

Luo surrendered to himself in name only.

After the envoys from the Northern Wei Dynasty arrived at the royal court of Gaoche, Afu Zhiluo asked them to kneel down and worship. The two men said that they were envoys of the emperor and could not pay homage to the princes below. Instead, they asked Afu Zhiluo to worship him.

Fu Zhiluo was very angry and imprisoned them. It is said that he went on a hunger strike for three years before asking for their return to the Northern Wei Dynasty. After hearing their deeds, Tuo Bahong was very moved and compared the two of them to Su Wu in the Han Dynasty and granted them high positions. Yu Tihe

While Kezuhun Changsheng was imprisoned, the Southern Qi envoy Jiang Jingxuan also came to the court of Gaoche. On the way, they passed through two countries that were conquered by the Gaoche people. Afu Zhiluo also asked them to kneel down, but Jiang Jingxuan did not do what he did in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The envoy refused to pay homage, so he bowed down very wisely. So he successfully completed the mission and returned to the country safely. But at the same time, another envoy who went to Rouran with Jiang Jingxuan was better than the two from the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The messenger was still stubborn, so his end was extremely tragic.

These diplomatic events all occurred between 488 and 493 AD. Why did so many major diplomatic events occur together? It is because after the independence of Gaoche State, the balance of power among various countries changed greatly, and the original political balance was changed.

To break through, countries urgently need to send envoys to each other to communicate with each other and find their new positions and new positions. But we all know that weak countries have no diplomacy. For those small and weak countries, although they also want to seek asylum from big countries in time, they will eventually be sure

The fate of being annexed by a big country was still unavoidable. Rouran's strength was severely weakened, so it became the object of competition between these powerful forces. Its sovereignty could be violated and betrayed at any time. But fortunately, Rouran was not completely lost. In 492,

Tuoba Hong saw that Rouran was defeated and was escaping to Monan. Then he took advantage of the situation and sent 70,000 cavalry north to Rouran. As a result, he never expected that he would encounter a blizzard in this early autumn season.

He suffered heavy losses before the battle and was easily defeated by Rouran. Doulun took advantage of the situation and defeated the Northern Wei army. He became proud and divided his troops with his uncle Nagai to march westward from Gaoche Afu to Luo.

Gai set out from the north road and won many battles. Doulun bypassed the Altai Mountains to the south and directly reached the Tarim Basin. He originally wanted to fight against Qiongqi, but he did not expect to encounter the main force of Gaoche led by Afu Zhiluo. As a result, he fought continuously

After the war ended, the Rouran people were extremely disappointed with Doulun Khan, so they assassinated him and established Nagai as Rouran Khan.

Rouran was severely weakened after the Western Expedition, but he managed to recapture part of the territory on the Mongolian Plateau and never went south again. The removal of the threat of powerful enemies in the north significantly reduced the external pressure on the Northern Wei Dynasty, and its policies also changed greatly. In 494,

, Tuoba Hong moved the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty south from Pingcheng to Luoyang, speeding up the process of Hanization. In 496, he ordered Tuoba Xianbei and various affiliated nomadic peoples to change their surnames to Han surnames, and the Tuoba royal family changed their surnames to "Yuan", which became the basis for the later Mongolian regime.

The foundation was laid for the country's name to be "Yuan". In 497, under the pressure of Gaoche from the west, the king of Gaochang, Ma Ru, asked the Northern Wei government for his disciples. Yuanhong allocated 500 miles of land to the Gaochang people in Yiwu and sent troops to welcome them.

, but the soldiers and civilians of Gaochang were unwilling to leave their homes, so they rallied to kill Ma Ru, replaced Chang Shi Qujia as king, and professed their vassalage to Rouran Khan Nagai. Nagai obtained the important base of Gaochang in the Tarim Basin, and established a close relationship with the Western

The old ally Wei Da joined forces to attack Gaoche in the west. Not long ago 500 years ago, Wei Da's army crossed the Pamir Plateau and rushed straight to the Tarim Basin. They fought with overwhelming force all the way from Qiuci to Yanqi, defeating the Gaoche people at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and killing them.

He killed Qiongqi, the crown prince of Gaoche, and captured Qiongqi's three sons, Miotou, Yilao, and Yueju. Afuzhiluo was defeated repeatedly in battles, and he vented his anger on his eldest son, falsely accusing him of having an affair with his concubines, and also

He planned to kill himself, so he was executed. All the citizens of Gaoche saw that Afu Zhiluo was too cruel and no longer led the army to victory like before. They thought that the emperor had lost the protection of heaven.

, and then they assassinated him together and made the noble Baliyan the king. But the army of Wei Da didn't care about this at all. They continued to go north and forced the Gaoche people to kill Baliyan and made Miotou the king.

From then on, Gaoche became a vassal state of Aida. Nagai also took the opportunity to regain the land from the Altai Mountains to Tangnu Ulianghai.

Wei Da's victory in the Eastern Expedition fundamentally changed his relationship with Rouran. Like all previous alliances, Rouran's current strength has been completely surpassed by his former ally Wei Da, and in many things, he has to

Asked for help from him, he even bowed to him. At that time, Akhshanwar had passed away, and the successor Ada Khan was named Abalsha. The Arabs called Rouran Shali, and Abalsha means Aba.

Everyone's Tsar is equivalent to Rouran Khan. Why did Khan call himself Rouran Khan? On the one hand, it proves that the relationship between the two countries is closer than before, and the previous master-servant relationship has been reversed.

Come over. It can even be said that the Aida Kingdom has replaced the previous hegemony of the Rouran Kingdom, so the country that is currently going to carry out larger-scale conquests is Aida. In the northeast, through its vassal states Gaoche and Gaochang

, established friendly relations with Rouran's mortal enemy the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the northwest, he captured Sogd, the capital of Sogdia, and expanded his sphere of influence to the Aral Sea. In the southwest, his cooperation with Persia became closer and closer

.In addition, in the southeast, Roman rule was consolidated over India.

In 502 AD, the conqueror and agent of India, Toroman, died, and his son succeeded to the throne. According to some Chinese envoys, including some Byzantine documents, it was discovered that the son of Toroman was the new Indian leader because of his

His name is troublesome and difficult to write, so we call him Mo for short. He is not only brave and good at fighting, but also extremely cruel. In everyone's impression, he is a devil-like ruler. They all say that Mo is a murderer and has massacred a large number of people and ruined the country.

He lost many cities. At home, he tried every means to exploit the people. Because some monks were disrespectful to him, he also issued an order to exterminate Buddhism in the country, which led to the decline of Buddhism in India. In fact, Mahatma in history was not like his father Touluoman.

Warlike, true, he paid more attention to internal affairs. He moved the capital from Taxila south to Sialkot, now Pakistan, which intensified the conflict between the Ada people and the native Indian residents. The reason for the name of Mo

It is complicated because it is a Sanskrit name, but its name means a powerful nation. Similarly, he did not believe in shamanism like the previous Aida nobles, but followed the local customs and followed the Indians to excite the local mainstream religion Brahman.

He often worshiped Brahmins and called the main god Shiva, in order to win the support of most people. At that time, the status of Buddhism in India had already turned from prosperity to decline. Many monks had no choice but to go to other places to preach, and some Buddhist monks returned to Buddhism.

Now, Brahmanism has a more native Indian flavor. In fact, this trend has nothing to do with the conquest of the White Huns. It is determined by the nature of Buddhism and Brahmanism themselves. Also in 502, Persia's national strength was restored, and then it continued to carry out military expansion.

, he aimed at the Byzantine Empire, and the Allied forces also actively participated in this operation. In November of this year, the coalition forces from both sides captured important Byzantine towns such as Theodore Xiubao and Amida on the west bank of the Tigris River. Then

They defeated the Byzantine army in the next battle, but the Byzantine army also achieved several small victories. By the end of 503, the coalition forces surrounded Edessa, the last Byzantine fortress on the east bank of the Euphrates River. Byzantine soldiers stood on the city wall and saw

The cavalry below were waving sticks that looked like rolling pins. They felt it was very magical and even suspected that these sticks had magical powers. In fact, this weapon had just become popular among Asian heavy cavalry, and its name was Xiubang. Later, Erzhu, the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty

Rong once led 7,000 soldiers who had no disease with this weapon and defeated an enemy army that was said to be one million. Although this is not credible, it fully proves that this weapon is indeed very powerful. Therefore, the Byzantines did not dare to go out of the city to fight in the field easily.

, naturally he was not able to personally experience his power. The city of Edessa was besieged for about half a year. Later, Kabard I learned that the Huns were harassing the northern border of Persia, so he had to withdraw and return to his country. In fact, these so-called Huns were not

It may be Persia's allies, it may be Rouran, or it may be the Sabirs and the nomadic tribes they drove to Europe.

At the beginning of the sixth century AD, Aida was at her peak. Even the Silk Road was in his hands. He also ruled the richest lands in South and Central Asia. There were more than 40 countries that submitted to her. At this time

His suzerain country, Rouran, was also ashamed of itself. This period was also the most glorious period for the alliance between Rouran and Wei Da, although this alliance basically existed in name only. Gaoche, one of the subordinate countries of Wei Da, had just recovered its strength and began to contact the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Attempting to attack Rouran again. Faced with this unfavorable situation, Rouran Khan Nagai decided to strike first and led 120,000 cavalry south to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty in September 504. However, he returned without success and died soon after.

.Nagai's son Futu succeeded Rouran Khan and changed his reign name to Shiping. After Futu came to power, he decided to reconcile with his enemy the Northern Wei Dynasty so that he could concentrate on dealing with his weaker opponent Gaoche. So he took the initiative to send envoys to

Luoyang. However, Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Yuan Ke, insisted that Rouran surrender completely to him, so the negotiations between the two parties never came to a final result. After Gaoche King Mi'otu heard about this incident, he decided to strike first to gain the upper hand. In 508 AD

Nian sent troops to march eastward, and met Futu on the north bank of Barkol Lake in Xinjiang, but Gaoche was defeated. Mi'ou suddenly fled to the north of Yiwu City, but immediately launched a counterattack and killed Futu, Gaochang and other soldiers from the Western Regions.

After some small countries knew about this, they abandoned Rouran and surrendered to Gaoche. Although Futu was not famous in other aspects, there was one thing that was the first in Rouran's history. He was the first in Rouran's history.

A khan died on the battlefield. His death was also a huge blow to Rouran's ZTE cause. His son Chounu succeeded to the throne and changed his reign name to Jianchang. After succeeding to the throne, he was ready to avenge his father.

In 516 AD, Chou Nu defeated Xi Gaoche and captured Miotou, his father-killing enemy. He tied the feet of his father-killing enemy to a horse stool and dragged him to death in the desert. Then he followed the ancient grassland people's rules.

According to the custom of revenge, Mi'etu's skull was painted and made into a wine glass. Then a new hand with an unknown position was built, and they all began to settle down.

Chou Nu was actually a devout Buddhist. Not long after he took the throne, he sent monks to the north of Luoyang to send Buddhist beads and Buddha statues as a sign of friendship. It may also be due to his belief in Buddhism that in addition to treating his father-killing enemy

In addition to being so cruel, all the soldiers and civilians in Gaoche were forgiven by him, and he did not massacre them. Some of the people in Gaoche defected to Rouran, and some defected to Aida. The Khan of Aida did not want to see Rouran become strong again.

He got up, so he quickly supported Mi'etu's younger brother Yi Ke, who led the Gaoche people who had defected to Aida Jina to return to Tianshan and rebuild the Ahzhiluo Kingdom. It was also at this critical moment that a sudden news came out from within the Rouran royal family.

The gossip news shocked the government and the public. After Doulun Khan was killed, Nagai married his sister-in-law according to the old customs of the ancient grassland people. He also asked his son Futu to win Doulun's wife Hou Luling and survive.

He gave birth to Chou Nu and six other sons. After Chou Nu was registered, his favorite son Zu Hui suddenly disappeared. He was very anxious to post reward notices everywhere and invited Buddhist monks to pray, but he could not find him.

When he was upset, a female shaman said to the ugly slave, your child is in heaven now, I can call him down. The ugly slave was very happy, and after fasting for seven days, he asked the female shaman to perform the ritual. One day later,

As expected, his son Zu Hui appeared in the big account. The ugly slave mother and her son held the child and were filled with joy and sorrow. From then on, they honored the female shaman as a saint. This female shaman was only in her 20s. She was not only good at

The ugly slave gradually fell in love with him, so he found the female shaman's husband and wanted him to dedicate his wife to him at a high price. The female shaman's husband did not dare to offend the Khan

, she offered 3,000 livestock and a title, and gave her wife to the ugly slave. This female shaman became Kehe Dun, the queen of the Central Plains Dynasty, and her status was even higher than that of Zu Hui’s mother.

Even higher. The Chou slave loved him more and more, even to the point where he obeyed his every word. As a result, of course Rouran's traditional religion Shamanism temporarily won the competition with Buddhism. But it didn't last.

A few years ago, Zu Hui's mother reported to Chou Nu that her son was abducted by the female shaman, Diwan. In fact, he had always been in Diwan's house, and there was no such thing as going to heaven.
To be continued...