Six hundred and thirteenth chapter Wusun's disaster (1)
In the distant Western Region, at the foot of Baishan Mountain (Tianshan Mountain), it has now turned into a large military camp. △,
Under the will of the military ministers, the Huns mobilized the cavalry of their eleven tribes in the west and other vassal tribes, plus the royal court's hard-core Aries tribe who came from the east to help.
Currently, there are more than 140,000 cavalry gathered under the command of military ministers.
This is a powerful force that is unmatched, unstoppable, and invincible in the Western Region.
Everyone watched with trepidation as this was the strongest cavalry group assembled by the Xiongnu in the west since Lao Shanyu defeated the Yueshi.
The military ministers were satisfied and looked at the army under their command with pride.
"This Shanyu's army, even if each person blows a breath, the combined force can blow down the Baishan Mountain. Each person spits out a spit, and immediately fills the Wusun people's holy lake. In this Shanyu
Under the iron hooves of this large army, the Wusun people have no other choice but to kneel on the ground, bow their heads in submission, and offer cattle, sheep and slaves!"
There is indeed reason for military officials to be so complacent.
In today's world, except for the Xiongnu, there is no other country, political power, or nation that can easily assemble such a large cavalry group.
This extremely large army ate more than two thousand cattle and sheep every day.
The livestock they brought could eat up pastures covering a radius of thirty miles in one day.
Human and livestock excrement can pile up into a mountain every day.
Even if we don't attack the Wusun people who have retreated to the south of Baishan Mountain.
Just letting this huge army stay like this on the territory of the Wusun people, in just one month, most of the Wusun country could be reduced to a desert.
All the countries in the Western Regions trembled under the hooves of the Xiongnu horses.
Now, among the thirty-six countries in the Western Region, all other countries except Wusun have sent envoys, carrying a large amount of materials and wealth, to the court of the military ministers, and respectfully expressed their surrender.
Even the king of the Western Kingdom came to meet with his military officials in person.
But the Wusun people did not yield in the face of such a military force.
This made the military officials furious. In his opinion, when the Huns gathered so many troops and fully demonstrated their muscles to the Wusun people, then the only thing the Wusun people had to do was to kneel at his feet.
Kiss his boots, and beg his forgiveness in front of all the Western countries, wagging like a dog.
"The Wusun people must learn a lesson!" the military minister thought fiercely in his heart.
If possible, the military officials really want to wipe the entire Wusun Kingdom from this world.
But he can't.
Because Liejiaomi is still alive.
As long as Liejiaomi is still alive, Wusun will not perish!
Because the youngest son and younger brother have privileges on the grassland, not to mention that there is a big shot above the head of the military officials. They don’t want to see Wusun destroyed.
"Is the Muyan family okay in Longcheng?" The military minister looked coldly at the nephew who appeared in front of him with a respectful face, and the Sun Zhu King Yi Zhi asked sideways.
Muyan, the highest-status woman in the Xiongnu.
After the elder Shanyu came to the throne, the Xiongnu established the Mulan surname system, with Shanyu's biological mother as the Mulan surname. The Mulan surname was not within the constraints of the Xiongnu's step-marriage system to avoid incest.
At the same time, as the matriarch, the Muyan clan has a respected status and has the power to arbitrate internal affairs of the clan and maintain the clan.
Among them, keeping the bloodline of the Kuantan family pure is the most important responsibility of the Mulan family.
In this regard, not even Chanyu can interfere with the work of the Muyan clan.
For the Huns, they didn't care at all about a woman's chastity, nor did they care about how many men their woman had sex with.
They only care about one thing: the reproduction and growth of the ethnic group and the purity of the ethnic bloodline.
Therefore, the Xiongnu, from top to bottom, followed the tradition of "accepting step marriage" and "killing the first son".
Stepmarriage is easy to understand. When the father or brother dies, the son or brother takes over everything, including women, property and heirs.
As for killing the first son, the Huns would kill the first child born to their foreign wives.
The reason is simple. The Huns were worried that this son was not their own.
Just like a male lion on the African grassland, when it occupies a lion pride, it will brutally kill all the underage lion cubs to ensure that its own bloodline can be continued.
In the Xiongnu, the two complemented each other.
Because there is a tradition of killing the first son, once a woman is widowed, basically if she dares to remarry, all her children will not survive. The new husband will kill all the children who are not of his blood according to tradition.
If you don't remarry, you won't be able to survive at all.
Therefore, the system of stepmarriage can only be implemented.
Let the eldest son and brothers in the family assume the obligations and responsibilities of supporting the family.
But when it came to the Xiongnu royal family, the Luantang clan, these two traditions rose and twisted into a kind of political correctness.
In the eyes of Mulan, all men with the surname Luantang have the same status.
Every man of the Luotang clan has a hard-earned life!
In particular, military ministers only have one son alive now, and all other male heirs have not lived past the age of ten.
Therefore, Yi Zhixie was protected by the Muyan family.
This is to prevent the Kuantan clan's rule from continuing in the event of an accident.
Regarding this point, although the military minister felt uncomfortable, deep down in his heart, he agreed.
Maybe the Chinese can't understand it, but to the Huns, father, son, brothers, uncles and nephews are all one entity.
It is completely acceptable for a son to kill his father and take his throne, for a younger brother to kill his elder brother and take his position, and for a nephew to counterattack his uncle or uncle and gain the other's position.
Just like Huhanye Chanyu in later history before he entered the Han Dynasty, his ministers fiercely opposed it: Today, brothers fight for the country. If it is not the elder brother, it is the younger brother. Even if he is dead, he will still have a great reputation, and his descendants will always be in charge of all countries... Minister
When it comes to the Han Dynasty, the humiliation comes first to Shan Yu...
For the Huns, as long as the Chanyu's surname is Luantang, it will be fine.
No matter how he got it!
In this prairie, it is a world of survival of the fittest and survival of the fittest.
Yi Zhixie bowed slightly and said to the military minister: "The great supporter Gutu. The Mulan family ordered me to bring you a message. Wusun's Liejiaomi must have been confused this time. The Mulan family has already sent someone
I'm going to reprimand him. Please wait for a few days. I believe Liejiaomi will wake up and change his ways and come to apologize to you!"
The military officials had known this would happen.
The military minister knew his mother very well.
Back then, when King Youxian was around, the Muyan clan was unclear about things like King Youxian.
Although the Huns don't care at all about the relationship between men and women within the same tribe, it is common for uncles and sisters to have fornications.
But from the perspective of a military official, such a mother naturally makes his face lackluster.
After that, the Muyan clan protected Yi Zhixie instead of the other sons of King Youxian.
This made the military officials even more confused.
In particular, there were rumors within the clan that Yi Zhixie was the illegitimate son born from an affair between his mother Yan and King Youxian.
This made the military officials even more vigilant.
The Xiongnu did not implement the eldest son inheritance system, nor did it follow the tradition of brotherhood and brotherhood.
But it is more simple and realistic, the fist is king.
As long as your strength is stronger than your competitors, then you are Shanyu.
On the contrary, it’s not bullshit!
Just like the Touman Chanyu's second son and Yan clan who were hung on the camp gate by Maodun Chanyu, and the Youxian King whose head was chopped off by the military officials and fed to the dogs.
The military ministers knew very well how much damage Mu Yan would cause him if he completely turned towards Yi Zhixie.
"Mom, if you continue to favor Yi Zhixie like this, don't blame me..." Silently reciting these words in his heart, the military officer looked at Yi Zhixie's young face. Every time he saw this face, and the expression on his face
Those seven scars made the military officials want to peel Yi Zhi's skin sideways to get cramps. According to the Huns' tradition, whenever a close relative died in battle or was killed, he would use a knife to cut a wound on his face and let the blood flow along with his tears.
Come down and remember this hatred.
The seven scars exactly match the number of King Youxian and his heirs that the military officials killed three years ago.
pity……
The military minister shook his head.
With the attention and protection of the Mulan clan inside and Xubu, Lan and Huyan clan outside, it was impossible for him to do anything to Yizhixie.
Unless his son Yu Shan survives to adulthood.
Otherwise, among the Huns, Yi Zhixie would be the natural successor to the Shanyu.
Those lunatics will do anything to protect the 'Young Master'!
For the first time, the military officials felt that the current system of the Xiongnu was really too backward.
Throwing these thoughts out of his mind, the military officer looked at Yi Zhixie and said: "I understand, for the sake of the Muyan clan, this Shanyu general ordered to hold off the troops for three days. After three days, if the Wusun people do not surrender,
That Chanyu would have no choice but to use his army to destroy it!"
"King Sun Zhu, go tell Liejiaomi and tell him not to force me to regard him and his tribe as enemies!"
There is no doubt what will happen to the Huns' enemies.
The fate of Donghu, Yuezhi, Ding Ling and Lin Huren are bloody examples.
All men taller than the wheel will be killed, all women will be plundered, all children will be sold as slaves, and all livestock will be snatched away.
Even, in order to prevent future troubles, the Huns would poison the water sources and fill the rivers and lakes in the enemy territory with a large number of corpses, turning them into a plague-ridden and disease-infested hell.
Yi Zhi lowered his head, knelt at the feet of the military officials, and said: "Your will is the great support of Gutu!"
After leaving the king's tent, Yi Zhi sneered a few times.
He is not a peacemaker here to mediate.
On the contrary, he is a war messenger who spreads death and fear.
"It's a pity that the Han Dynasty in the south didn't take the bait..." Yi Zhi looked sideways at the south, thinking with some disappointment.
For him, if at this time, the Han Dynasty in the south stabbed the military officials in the back.
Then, combined with the current Wusun, he can perfectly arouse the disappointment and resentment of the nobles within the Xiongnu clan towards their military officials.
In the Xiongnu, the Chan Yu could act recklessly and be cruel and tyrannical, but he alone could not disappoint people.
Once he disappoints the people of the tribe, the Chanyu will not be far from death.
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It is different from the aggressive and arrogant Xiongnu side.
Wusun people's faces were full of fear and worry at this moment.
In the entire Western Region, no one knew the power of the Xiongnu better than Wusun.
Even in a one-on-one situation, the Wusun people are far from being the opponents of the Huns.
Those Huns who appear to be short, actually have extremely strong limbs and very good endurance. Every Hun man has been riding sheep since he was four years old.
If it is a little bigger, it will ride on the back of the colt.
Around the age of ten, they will be given various combat skills.
The countless vassals and subordinate tribes that existed in this huge country covering tens of thousands of miles provided the most basic guarantee for the growth of these Huns warriors.
The slaves and wealth plundered through battle further liberated these people.
Many Huns cavalry actually did not herd at all. They had slaves to help them herd and take care of the pastures.
They just need to keep honing their skills.
Compared with Wusun, it is far inferior.
Faced with the coercion of 140,000 Huns cavalry, surrender factions inevitably appeared in Wusun.
Zhexiu, the right lord, and Sasi, the middle lord, began to complain privately that Kunmo had brought trouble to Wusun.
Some Cypriots and Yuezhi nobles were even ready to surrender when the Huns came.
The flaws of the loose clan-kingdom system were exposed at this moment.
Fortunately, Kunmo Xiejiaomi now has a huge reputation among the Wusun clans that no one can match.
As a living god, he is worshiped by all classes in Wusun.
Therefore, now, Liejiaomi can still control the situation. As for the army, it still maintains its loyalty and even strong will to fight.
"The current situation is that if we don't fight, there will be no way to resolve this matter!" Lie Jiaomi said to his two sons.
Kundun and Nimo both lowered their heads and said, "Yeah, Yingming, it's true!"
As the top leaders of Wusun, they all know very well that if they do nothing and just surrender in front of the Huns cavalry, then from now on, there will be no place for Wusun people to speak on this grassland.
Wusun will be torn into pieces from now on, becoming the lackeys and cannon fodder of the Huns.
Just like tribes such as Aries, Loufan, Xiutu, and Kunxie.
This is absolutely unacceptable to the Wusun people who aspire to hegemony over the grasslands.
"But how to fight is very important..." Liejiaomi stood up and said: "We must not have a large-scale conflict with the Huns. In that case, even if we win, I, Wusun, will perish!"
This is a fact!
Wusun's strength was just that of a child in front of the Xiongnu.
It's okay to lose. The left and right are just being used as lackeys and cannon fodder for the Huns.
Liejiaomi knew that with his relationship and status in the Xiongnu country, Shan Yuting would not be too harsh on him.
But if they win in a large-scale conflict, it will be a nightmare for Wusun.
The Huns will definitely gather all the strength they can muster to kill Wusun.
The hatred generated during the war will quickly break up Xiejiaomi's relationships and connections within the Huns.
By that time, unless Wusun can completely defeat the Xiongnu, return the Huns to their original form, and dismember that huge and terrifying empire, otherwise, the Wusun people will face catastrophe.
But this time, there will be no Mao Dun or Lao coming to help or support.
"So, I have decided to lead the tribe and withdraw another hundred miles to the west to the Lihe River (Ili River). There must be very few Huns cavalry who can keep up with us. We will set up an ambush by the Lihe River and eat them. Finally, we will
It is best to capture most of them alive, and then send people to take Meiji, livestock, slaves and gold to ask for forgiveness from the military officials..." Lie Jiaomi looked into the distance and said: "If this doesn't work, then we will
Only surrender..."
Liejiaomi knew very well how big the gap between the power of his country and the Xiongnu was.
At that time, if the military ministers still insist on their own opinions and refuse to accept Wusun's goodwill for reconciliation, then Wusun really has no other choice but to surrender.
But based on Liejiaomi's understanding of the Huns, he felt that there was a high probability that the Huns would not take the risk and would force Wusun to surrender completely.
Because that would most likely lead to a brutal war.
No matter how many vassal tribes die, the Xiongnu will not feel sorry for them.
But if thousands or even tens of thousands of men from the tribe are lost, the Chanyu's position will also be unstable.
Just like the Han Dynasty in the south, Liejiaomi felt that as long as the Huns knew that the Wusun people would not surrender easily, then the Huns would not take risks without much benefit or hatred.
However, this is still not safe.
After thinking about it, Lie Jiaomi looked at his second son and asked: "Dalu, don't you have some contact with Yi Zhixie? You send someone to contact him. It is best to encourage Yi Zhixie to rebel behind the military officials...
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Although the possibility is very low, you still have to try it.
What if it succeeds?
Before Ni Mo could answer, suddenly, the voices of attendants came from outside the tent: "Kun Mo, the envoy of the Muyan clan of Longcheng is here!"
When Liejiaomi heard this, he immediately stood up with a relaxed smile on his face: "Please come quickly!"
The arrival of the Muyan clan's envoy finally allowed Lie Jiaomi to find a safe and dignified opportunity to step down.
But Liejiaomi doesn’t know that this messenger from the Muyan clan has brought not peace, but disaster! (To be continued...)
ps: Note: In the history books, more than one of the Huns' mothers, the Yan family, had an affair with their brother-in-law, but the Chanyu turned a blind eye.
According to the analysis of "Research on the History of the Xiongnu" written by Mr. Wu Mu, this is because the Huns only care about the purity of the clan. In other words, if a female has sex with her brother-in-law or something, even if she gives birth to a child, she will be cuckolded.
Usually they would only find trouble with their brothers, but they would not punish women and children, because in the Huns' ethics, as long as they are of the blood of their own clan, they will be regarded as family members.
It is recorded in historical records that Zhongxing Shuo once boasted that the Xiongnu were superior to the Han Dynasty because of the purity of their lineage.
In addition, Xiongnu teenagers and young men could ride sheep, which is recorded in historical records and Han books.
The main basis comes from Er Chanyu.
When Er Chanyu came to the throne, he was only ten years old. He often rode a sheep and visited the royal court.
In the Xiongnu language, a person riding a sheep is called a son.
