"My hometown is in the Lishiguji Mountain. My ancestor was Helian Bobo, the emperor of the Xia Dynasty."
"I, Aye, named me Jinzhu. It is said that it is because Helian Bobo's favorite daughter is named Ali Jinzhu."
The female assassin's memory opened and she couldn't stop it.
At first, Huaiyu didn't know where she was talking about her hometown, Guji Mountain, but later she realized that she was talking about Luliang Mountain.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Lu, means backbone.
Bone Ridge Mountain is another name for Luliang Mountain. The Luliang Mountains in the east of Hedong are undulating. Although they are not abrupt and cut across the sky and the earth, they look like giant beasts lying horizontally with their backs arched, hence the name Luliang.
Wenshui, Wu's hometown, is also on this side of Luliang Mountain.
Luliang was the base camp of Li Shihu. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, this place has been marked with the mark of the Huns. More than 200,000 people from the Southern Huns who surrendered and the fifty-eight Northern Huns who were defeated by the Eastern Han Dynasty moved inward and settled in Hedong.
By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao divided it into five divisions and assigned them to various places, and selected Han people as Sima supervisors.
Among them, the core of the Xiongnu live in Bingzhou and are called Wubuhu. The Wubuhu branch is located in the Luliang Mountains. There are more than 30,000 tribes with a population of more than 200,000. Including more than 200,000 Xianbei people in Daijun, the total number is as high as
There are more than 500,000 people, more than the local Han people.
Due to the implementation of the Hu-Han division, coupled with the weak status of the common people, most of them were taken as slaves, which poisoned their bones with resentment.
At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, five Xiongnu tribes raised troops under Liu Yuan in Luliang. Within twenty years, they numbered 50,000. They overrode and proclaimed themselves Han. They eventually conquered Chang'an and captured the Jin Emperor. The Western Jin Dynasty was destroyed.
In the following more than a hundred years, the Five Husbands invaded China, known as the Sixteen Kingdoms. Most of these were related to Lishi, and they were all gathered under Liu Yuan's account, such as Later Zhao Shile, and Helian Bobo who later established Daxia.
The valley of Luliang is deeply obstructed, and the troops are not yet exhausted. The mountain barbarians are fierce and take advantage of the danger, and there are many bandits.
Shanhu are distinguished by place names, with the Yellow River as the boundary. Hexi Shanhu is called Hexi Shanhu and is distributed in Yan, Qing, Fu, Sui, and Yin prefectures. To the east of Hedong, there are Lishihu, Xihehu, Fenzhouhu, and Shangjunhu.
wait.
Li Shihu has always been the largest and most powerful among the mountain Hus.
However, these mountain beards are not all of the Xiongnu species. They are scattered in these closed mountains. They are mainly of the Xiongnu species, but there are also the Jie people who escaped from killing Hu Ling, as well as other Xianbei tribes, as well as Qiang, Miao, etc.
, but the Huns are the main ones.
The Luliang Mountains have always been a refuge for the defeated Hu people who entered the Central Plains to fight for hegemony.
After the defeat, they were scattered among the mountains, and they would come out to cause trouble from time to time, but most of the time, they were oppressed by the imperial court or the nobles and powerful men in Guanzhong and Hedong, and were often kidnapped and made into slaves.
Whenever there was chaos in the last years of the dynasty, from the Luliang Mountains to the Hengshan Mountains, these mountain barbarians would jump out and take advantage of the situation. Of course, in the end they would either become cannon fodder or be killed as pigs, robbed of money and food, and captured as slaves.
From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Qi Dynasty and then to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they all had headaches for those mountain barbarians, which were called Hu Huang.
Later, Li Yuan couldn't bear it anymore and asked Jiancheng to lead an army to attack Jihu, and issued an edict to cross the valley and the mountain to eliminate his lair.
The leaders of Li Shihu, Liu Long'er, Liu Liu'er, Liu Jizhen and others, were also defeated one after another.
"I heard from Ye Niang that when the previous dynasty was founded, life in the mountains was relatively stable. Although they had to pay taxes and were even recruited to build the Great Wall, it was always peaceful. But since the great cause, life has been getting harder day by day.
"Now," she sighed, "Emperor Yang was trapped in Yanmen, and the Turks entered the pass to plunder, but we mountain barbarians suffered. The gods fought, and the mortals suffered."
"Since then, there has never been a day of peace in the Luliang Mountains. Liu Longer said that he would lead everyone to build our own country and no longer be oppressed. Everyone believed in him and followed him from all mountains and valleys to gather under his command.
But no matter how he swayed between Liu Wuzhou, Li Tang, and the Turks, they were eventually killed, and we, Li Shihu, were defeated. Since then, life has been even harder, and anyone can bully us...
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"There are no young people left in the mountains. They either followed Liu Long'er and his son and died in the war, or became prisoners. Some of the remaining young people defected to Liu Wuzhou in the early years, some to the Turks, some to the Tang army, and some to Liang Shidu.
, Guo Zihe et al.,
After more than ten years of fighting, our young people in Shanhu suffered numerous casualties.
There are not many people who can really make a name for themselves now.
Liu Daju, who once served as the general manager of Suizhou in the Tang Dynasty, was promoted to General Youxiaowei. However, he was born in the Diaoyin Liu family. Although he was also the descendant of Liu Bao, the Righteous King of the Xiongnu, his family had been powerful in Suizhou for generations, and his grandfather served in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Following Xiaowu and moving westward to the Guanzhong area, it is no longer considered an authentic Shanhu.
In peacetime, mountain tigers could at least live a stable life in the mountains.
In troubled times, if the Shanhus had a strong leader, at least they would not be bullied by everyone. But as they are now, after many famous leaders of the tribes have rebelled and been defeated, the tribes have been scattered and can no longer be reunited.
Get up, completely reduced to fish to be slaughtered.
"I would rather listen to the Fenyang people crying than the Lishi people quarreling." The woman smiled helplessly. The Lishi Hus spoke loudly and loudly. They were originally the most straightforward people, but now they don't even have a chance to survive.
The wind blew with the sand.
As Wu Huaiyu sipped tea, he almost figured out the origin of this assassin. He came from Luliang Mountain, Li Shishan Hu, and his ancestor might even be Helian Bobo who founded the Great Xia Kingdom. This woman's ancestors, father, and brother have all been together for three generations.
He successively participated in the separatist forces of Liu Longer, Liu Jizhen, Liu Liuer, Liu Gencheng and other Shanhu leaders, but they were all defeated without exception. Later, he surrendered to Liang Shidu, but was sold as a piglet by Liang Shidu.
These old and weak women and children did not escape the plunder of the Tang army. They were taken from the mountains and sold into slaves.
"My great-grandfather built the Yulin Great Wall for the Sui Dynasty in his early years. Later, the Turks surrounded Yang Guang in Yanmen. My great-grandfather was also recruited by the court to serve King Qin. At that time, the commander of King Qin's army was Yun Dingxing. His deputy was Li Shimin, who is today the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor, it is a pity that my great-grandfather was a diligent king at an early age, and finally died in the hands of the Turks under Yanmen City without even a penny in compensation..."
She paused slightly and said, "Later, my grandfather took his uncle and the others to join the army with Liu Liulong. I believed what he said that he would no longer allow the Han people to oppress him.
Grandfather, Aye, and uncles are all dead.
Later, my brothers came out of the mountains again. They joined Liu Gencheng's army and were surrendered by Li Jiancheng. Then the eldest brother and 6,000 people were trapped and killed. The second brother and others followed Liu Gencheng and fled to Liang Division. They were falsely accused of rebellion and died.
Well, the third brother and the others were later killed when Li Daozong led his troops to attack."
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Quite pitiful.
But the world is like this and it is caused by the times.
The Han people robbed them as slaves and used them as cannon fodder, but when the mountain barbarians were tyrannical, they still looted everywhere, rebelled at every turn, killed officials and destroyed cities, and looted money and people in the same way.
Almost all the men in Helian Jinzhu's family died, and the family no longer existed.
Old and weak women and children were also captured, robbed, and sold into slavery. She hated the world, the Han people, the Tang army, and the Tang officials.
But Huaiyu only believed part of her words.
Today's assassination is by no means a simple personal hatred, it is an organized and sophisticated operation.
It would be impossible for ordinary people to organize so many assassins in Lingzhou City and launch such an attack, let alone that she was just a slave.
"How did you contact those assassins?"
He still doubted Li Daozong. After all, this slave belonged to Li Daozong's governor's house and she had just rewarded him. However, he met an assassin on the way and the woman stabbed him with a knife.
"I have nothing to do with them, and I don't know them."
"Continue." Huaiyu sneered.
Helian Jinzhu ignored his sarcasm and said calmly, "Li Daozong asked us to entertain you today and use it as a meat screen for you, which makes me feel even more ashamed, but you actually let our warriors fight each other just for fun.
It makes me even more angry.
Later, Li Daozong directly rewarded us like cattle and horses to you. I heard that you are still the governor of Yanzhou, and you will definitely continue to torture our people like those dog officials.
I made up my mind to kill you. When I came out, I brought a short knife that I had hidden before. I thought I would find an opportunity to kill you later, but unexpectedly I was attacked by an assassin on the way, so I took action directly. But
I didn’t expect you to be prepared, what a pity.”
After the woman said this, she was very calm.
"Give me a good time."
He looked at the woman's expression and felt that it was not a lie, but the result was really hard to believe.
"Do you still have family? Where are they?"
"Maybe my mother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, niece, etc. are still here, but they have long since become slaves of you Han people."
"If you can cooperate with me well, I may be able to help you find your family, and even give you your freedom." Wu Huaiyu poured her another cup of tea, "Of course, the premise is that you have to tell me the truth, and you can't have any mistakes.
deceive and conceal,
Now, I will give you another chance to tell the truth, your true identity, who ordered you to assassinate me, and how you contacted those assassins..."
Helian Jinzhu chuckled disdainfully.
"What I said is all the truth. Of course, if you want to hear something else, I can also tell you. For example, I was sent by Master Liang or by Li Daozong. Which one do you want to hear?"
Wu Huaiyu shook his head.
This woman was a little too calm, as calm as a specially trained death warrior, which made him even more unable to trust her.
"In that case, then you should go and reflect on it first." Huaiyu called Chen Sheng and specifically told him to dig a nest for Helian Jinzhu, which could accommodate only one person, and then lock her in it and collect the soil.
Cover it, leaving only some air holes for breathing.
"Choose a place where there is no one around, and make sure that she can neither see any light nor hear any sound, so that she can reflect and think seriously."
The woman showed no fear and walked away with her chest held high and her head held high.
Huaiyu sat there and frowned.
"Where are the other captured assassins? What did they tell them?"
"Your Majesty, we are incompetent. These assassins hid poison in their mouths in advance. After being captured, they all bit the poison and committed suicide. Nothing was asked."
Those few people turned into cold corpses without saying anything. This one actually said a lot, but Huaiyu couldn't believe her words.
It reached a deadlock for a while.
"Your Majesty, Governor Li is here." Deputy Wu Huaiyun of the Guards came in to report.
"How many people did you bring?"
"I only brought a dozen riders with me."
Wu Huaiyu thought for a while and got up to welcome Li Daozong into the camp. Although Li Daozong, the envoy of Helian Jinzhu, was highly suspected of plotting against him, Helian Jinzhu did not admit that he was from Li Daozong. He had no other evidence now. Li Daozong came in person.
Come and visit, there is no reason not to see you.
He also wanted to meet Li Daozong to see if he could see any connection.
