In the ninth month of autumn in the seventh year of Yuande, we were in Shunde.
At this moment, it is dawn, and Zhidu stands on the city top of this former political and religious center of the Huns Empire, overlooking the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
The sky is filled with morning glow, and the scenery in the winter morning on the grassland is particularly magnificent.
Since arriving in Shunde, Zhidu has become accustomed to arriving every morning in the early morning to welcome the rising sun.
Every time at this time, Zhi would always think of the young faces in the Battle of Heyin.
Zhang Wei, the cavalry commander of the Ba Shang Army, was a burly young man who was always full of vigor and all kinds of strange thoughts. Zhi liked him very much and even planned to marry his daughter to him.
But this young man fell on the road of charge.
When people found his body, they were shocked to find that the body of this senior imperial officer was covered with arrows from the enemy, and his hands had tightly strangled the neck of a Hun nobleman, pinching his fingers.
Sneak into the opponent's flesh and strangle him directly to death!
Wang Feng, the captain of Zuo Sima of the Thorny Gate Army, was a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan and came from a famous family.
Zhidu still remembers the first time he saw this young man. His white clothes were fluttering, and he looked like a gentleman in the Book of Songs.
However, he finally fell under a hill in Heyin. When people found him, his body was already broken into pieces.
His thighs and arms were chopped off.
However, he still did not stop fighting. He pinned a Hun cavalry under him. His teeth bit deeply into the opponent's throat, biting off his trachea. His blood was mixed with the enemy's blood.
Mix together……
Thinking of these young people, these young people who should have a bright future, Zhidu felt a trace of sadness and lamentation in his heart.
But in an instant, this sadness and lamentation turned into boundless motivation.
"Captain Zhang, Captain Wang..." Zhidu thought of these young people and their faces that were once full of hope and vitality, and he secretly made up his mind: "Your blood will not be in vain.
Liu! This world must belong to Zhu Xia!"
Zhi knew very well that these young people died for Zhu Xia.
Before they died, they all firmly believed that they were fighting for the three kings and five emperors, for the emperor and the Han, and for the peoples of Xia.
Therefore, the only thing that can comfort them is to create a great era of domination by the Xia people!
Let the wisdom and glory of the Three Kings and Five Emperors shine on the entire world.
With this in mind, Zhi Du sheathed his long sword, then walked slowly down the tower, and ordered to the left and right: "Immediately summon the Zhongyong Army, Lou Fan Army and Ju Zhu Army to discuss matters with officers above Sima in Shunde..."
After thinking for a while, he added: "Send someone to invite Shanyu Guiyi and all the representatives of the big merchants in Shunde to attend..."
It has been seven days since Zhidu came to Shunde.
In the past seven days, he has been familiar with the situation and getting to know the situation.
By now, the situation is almost clear.
He also has a general understanding of the current situation in Munan today.
Today's Munan is mainly divided into two worlds.
The first one is the pro-Han tribal forces with the Great Wall as the core.
These people were either tribes that had been infiltrated and controlled by the Han Dynasty for a long time, or those who had defected after the Battle of Mayi.
Their number is not large, with a total population of only about 70,000 to 80,000 people.
But the win is reliability and loyalty.
Nowadays, these tribes have become part of the empire. At least in wartime, the Han army can recruit grain, horses and even soldiers from these tribes.
The other one is the various tribes scattered on the vast grassland far away from the Great Wall.
The thoughts of these tribes are also different.
Some people want to muddle through, others go with the flow and decide based on the situation, and some are ambitious and lurk in the wilderness of Munan, waiting for opportunities.
There is no doubt that Zhi Du came here to deal with these tribes.
Regardless of whether they are muddle along, drift with the crowd, or are ambitious, all must be dispersed, all must be dismembered, and all must be organized into households to integrate the people.
During this process, Zhidu was convinced that the only reliable means and power were iron and blood!
Only an unswerving will and unhesitating measures can solve the Munan problem.
What made Zhidu happy was that before he took office, the Loufan Army and the Zhongyong Army had already taken the initiative to eliminate the tribes within a radius of 300 miles near Shunde.
The heads of at least fifteen tribal chiefs are still hanging on the city towers in Shunde.
Other tribes all chose to obey.
Their herdsmen, herdsmen, and even themselves, had to follow the orders from Shunde, organize households, and establish settlements one by one.
However, the problems with this are also obvious.
First of all, the work of reorganizing dozens of tribes into households was so cumbersome that it took up a lot of manpower from the Loufan Army and the Zhongyong Army.
In addition, there is a serious shortage of grassroots officials. Most of the current tribal settlements have actually just changed their vests. Those who manage and control them are still the nobles and chiefs of the past tribes.
But the name has changed.
This obviously doesn't work!
Zhidu has made preparations for some veterans of the Zhongyong Army to remove their armor and transfer to civil affairs to serve as groomsmen, county captains, and county magistrates in various places, thereby establishing the first Han Empire on the grassland near Shunde.
county.
Even the name of the county and Zhi have already been thought of - Wuwei!
Use force to be powerful, and tell the whole Mu Nan that you can only choose to surrender or die!
This matter only needs to be reported to Chang'an and approved by the emperor before it can be implemented.
But there was another issue that Zhidu had to be cautious about.
Because the Zhongyong Army and the Loufan Army have carried out major operations near Shunde in the past half month.
Now, the entire Munan, even Hexi, and Mubei have learned about the Han family's intentions.
Many intelligences have confirmed that the various tribes in Munan are stepping up their coordination and cooperation.
They won't sit still and wait for death!
This is inevitable!
Zhidu was also prepared for this.
After all, he was ordered to come to Munan this time to dig up the graves of the Ying Gong people, dig out the foundation of their existence, interrupt their traditions, and exterminate their culture and customs.
Doing so will inevitably lead to a rebound, and it will be a powerful rebound!
At that time, Taigong was granted the title of Qi and was surrounded by Dongyi tribes.
When Taigong resolutely promoted Zhou rites and adopted various Xia laws, didn't the various tribes of Dongyi also fight back?
When Bo Qin came to Lu, he also wanted to use a gentleman's sword to control all directions.
"There are thousands of chariots, Zhu Ying and green silk, two spears and heavy bows. Thirty thousand public disciples, shells and Zhu Zhu. If the number of disciples increases, Rong and Di will be punished, and Jing Shu will be punished. I dare not accept it!" Zhi Du said softly.
Reciting this verse from the Book of Songs that praises the deeds of the Lu kings and ancestors in the Lu country, my eyes are sharp!
"Yi Di is Ying, Jing Shu is Punishment!" Repeating this famous poem, Zhidu raised his head and looked up at the sky. He seemed to see the arrogance of the ancestors of the Lu Kingdom sitting in the palace.
Thousands of years ago, Bo Qin followed the order of Duke Zhou and came to Lu.
To the north, there are the Rong and Di tribes.
To his south, there were barbarians like the Xu State and Jingchu and the remnants of the Yin Shang.
Bo Qin didn't have the slightest fear, let alone the slightest hesitation.
He resolutely picked up the weapon and got on the chariot.
There are thousands of chariots, Zhu Ying and green silk ribbons, spears like a forest, bows like rain, thirty thousand troops arrayed in array, with bright armor, the flag of the King of Zhou is flying high, and the war drums of the Xia Dynasty are beating.
No matter it is the Rong tribe or the Di tribe, whoever jumps will be beaten!
Whether it is a remnant of the Yin Shang like Xu Guo or an eager careerist like Chu Guo, we will fight as soon as possible!
Yi Di is Ying, Jing Shu is Punishment!
So, he created a piece of the sky and a piece of the Holy Land of the Xia!
From now on...
"I dare not accept it!" Holding the hilt of the sword in his hand, Zhi already knew what he should do.
The conditions he has today are far better than those of Bo Qin back then.
What did Boqin have back then?
There are only thirty thousand miscellaneous people, and the enemies he faces include the Rong tribe, the Di tribe, and big countries like Xu and Chu.
There are also countless Dongyi tribes.
But he never feared or flinched.
With knives and swords, guns and spears, iron and blood, we have laid down a permanent mountain and river for the Xia people!
Today, he has a powerful Han Empire behind him.
The emperor has hundreds of thousands of cavalry and millions of armors! The Han Empire is rich and powerful, but in the Longyou area of Daibei, the empire can pull out an elite force of 100,000 people in minutes!
He also has trump cards such as Lou Fanjun and Zhongyongjun.
Moreover, unlike Boqin's army, they are outsiders.
The Zhongyong Army and Lou Fan Army are originally from the grasslands.
They are familiar with geography and understand the environment.
They are well-equipped and well-trained.
And their enemies are just a group of slaves and servants who have defeated their generals.
Just a bunch of rabble, a bunch of chickens and dogs!
Therefore, Zhi already knew what he should do.
The former kings and sages had long told him in books what to do.
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Heavy snow fell, and the grassland on the block suddenly entered the cold winter.
For those tribes far away from the Great Wall and deep in the grasslands, winter is a nightmare.
Especially the winters of the past two years have been extremely difficult for them.
The Huns were completely defeated in the Battle of Yanji. All tribes were affected by AOE and suffered heavy losses.
And the most injured ones are these miscellaneous people who are not from the headquarters and are not from the Huns.
When the Xiongnu retreated north, those who stayed in Munan almost fell into despair.
In order to survive, each tribe worked hard and even killed each other.
Countless people came and went for a bite to eat.
Even so, famine is everywhere.
Only this year has things improved slightly.
But this does not mean that the grassland ecology has been restored. In fact, nature has far from healed the evil consequences caused by the Huns.
Large areas of pasture and water sources have not been restored.
The lost livestock and population are far from being replenished - and have even gone backwards.
If there were censuses and satellites in this era, people would be surprised to find that in the past two years, the turf in the Munan area has declined, and the population and livestock numbers have plummeted!
Not only did large numbers of adults starve to death, die in battle, and be killed.
A large number of livestock are eaten by humans before they have time to grow up.
What’s even more frightening is that the survival rate of newborns is almost zero…
Especially the children of herders and slaves, they can’t even open their eyes to see the world!
Tragic tragedies happen all the time.
Various tribes began to flee.
However, this year, merchants from the Han Dynasty saved the various tribes in the southern part of the country.
They brought a large amount of food, utensils, salt, and even luxury goods such as silk, ironware, and bronzeware.
What they wanted was nothing more than furs, slaves and livestock. They even purchased large quantities of wool that the Huns had no need for in the past.
Countless tribes were saved instantly.
They only need to sell the livestock and slaves in their tribe that they cannot feed in the first place, in order to exchange for life-saving food and even luxuries for sacrifice and enjoyment.
This deal is such a good deal.
Just because it was cost-effective, some smart people thought of it - since the people of the Han Dynasty want everything, why don't I grab what others have?
So, the war began.
The smart people began to sneak attacks, and even went to any lengths to attack their neighbors and friends, killing their soldiers, taking away women, livestock and slaves, in exchange for a large number of various supplies from the Han Dynasty people, and even
arms!
And in this kind of thing, as long as one person takes the lead, others will have to follow suit.
The reason is simple.
Even if you are sure that you are strong enough to protect yourself, at the same time, you are kind-hearted and unwilling to harm others.
But the question is - how do you ensure that others will not harm you?
Even if you are strong enough to protect yourself, your opponent now has someone who can buff him and provide him with weapons.
If you don't kill others, others will kill you!
The Makunan area instantly turned into a dark forest.
Every tribe is a hunter.
They must carefully hide their true intentions and power, and everyone is suspicious and wary of each other.
As long as there is an opportunity, individuals will attack the tribe in front of them.
Even if the other person was once your friend or relative.
Because, the bloody fact tells everyone, you don’t attack? But there is no guarantee that the other party will not attack!
In this dark forest fighting for survival, several tribes quietly grew and grew in strength during the war.
The largest among them is the tribe named ‘Changlin’.
This tribe, in the past era of the Xiongnu Empire, was just a slave tribe, with only three to five thousand people in total. They huddled in a horned Gada in the south of the curtain. Even Shan Yuting did not know that this tribe existed.
But when the Huns retreated and a power vacuum appeared in southern Munan, in the crisis, the Changlin tribe, led by its leader Changlin Dangtu, quickly became stronger through expansion and war.
Today, the Changlin tribe has a population of tens of thousands.
There are also two 4,000-horse cavalry, equipped with luxurious equipment that even the Xiongnu headquarters could not possess in the past.
Including a large number of bronze collars, long bows, horn bows and even a large number of 'advanced' bronze helmets and daggers purchased from the Han Dynasty.
It is really the largest tribe in the southern part of the country, the well-deserved overlord of the dark forest.
At this moment, Chang Lin Dangtu was sitting in his royal tent, looking nervously at the nobles in his tent.
Because he had just received news that the Han Dynasty people had revealed their true colors!
All tribes hundreds of miles away from Shunde no longer exist.
Their leaders and nobles were all killed.
All the people were forced by the Han Dynasty to "organize households into all households".
What is "registering households to equalize the people"? Chang Lin Dangtu didn't know, but he knew that the Han Dynasty people were digging up the roots of the people who Ying Gong, and the Han Dynasty people wanted to eliminate the people who Ying Gong!
