As its name suggests, Yulin County is full of vegetation and is an important timber producing area for the Han Dynasty. However, it is also the area with the largest number of mountain people in Jiaozhou. The so-called mountain people are also called Shanyue. Their appearance, appearance and speech are all similar to those of the Han people.
, they just occupied the mountains and forests and did not want to go out to pay taxes, so they were often called mountain people. There were countless mountain people in Jiaozhou, especially in counties adjacent to Yangzhou such as Yulin County and Hepu County.
Within Yangzhou, they are also distributed everywhere, but the large scale is still concentrated in Kuaiji County and Nanhai County. These two areas are sparsely populated and adjacent to Jiaozhou. Most of the mountain people live here. If Yangzhou is encircled and suppressed, they will hide in Jiaozhou.
, if Jiaozhou was encircled and suppressed, they would hide in Yangzhou. They usually focused on agriculture, growing grains, and because the mountains produced copper and iron, they often made their own armor.
The local officials were helpless and often went to the temple to request heavy troops to attack, but they were never taken seriously by the emperor.
In an unknown mountain forest in Yulin County, flames are burning. This is a bonfire built by mountain people. The flames illuminate the entire night. Hundreds and thousands of mountain people, men and women, are making bonfires.
People were dancing and singing nearby, eating fine wine, dancing, and were extremely happy, laughing and laughing. Dozens of people were sitting in the distance, and they were incompatible with this atmosphere.
"I don't think this is right. Have you all forgotten Han Chigui?!"
A short and muscular man wearing animal skins, his round eyes widened, and he shook his head hurriedly. Seeing him like this, several people around him were chatting privately. These seventeen people were from Jiaozhou and Yangzhou.
The Zongshuai of the small mountain people, among them, there are those wearing animal skins like this man, and there are also people wearing Han clothes and hats. They are sitting here, but they were invited by You Tuchi, the most powerful among the mountain people, so they came forward
Come.
Just now, You Tuchi told them very simply that he wanted to unite the mountain people and go to Yangzhou to obtain food and grass. As soon as these words came out, they were rejected by others. They farmed by themselves, as long as the Han emperor did not come to them.
Trouble, why do they need to grab some food and grass? The grains they grow themselves can completely feed themselves!
"Hey, Han Chigui has been dead for hundreds of years, what are you still afraid of?!"
"Is your clan's harvest this year sufficient to satisfy your hunger?"
Someone shouted, this Han Chi ghost is Han Shuo during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu. This man was ordered by the emperor to conquer Baiyue and killed countless enemies. Because he loved the red helmet, he was called Han Chi by Baiyue at that time.
Ghosts were even worshiped. After Xiaowu pacified Baiyue, he established nine counties including Dan'er, Zhuya, Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan.
These Baiyue people lived together with the migratory Han people, and every year many Han people who escaped from paying taxes joined in. In the end, Shanyue was born. Shanyue was not an ethnic group, but the product of the fusion of several ethnic groups. They were originally unwilling to provoke them.
The Han Dynasty, however, today promotes settlement and migration, and a large number of powerful and powerful settlement residents flock to Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, further oppressing their living scope.
In the past few years, the climate has been extremely cold, and their food harvests have become lower and lower. Seeing the villagers not far away returning home with loads of food, and the various granaries piled with food, some people began to become jealous, so the most powerful,
There are more than 30,000 clan members, of course, only ten thousand of them are young and strong, but among these mountain people, his power is already very huge.
Everyone frowned and thought without saying anything.
You Tuchi said helplessly: "I know you are afraid. Indeed, if we raise an army to attack, we will definitely not be the opponent of the Han court. However, this year's harvest is really enough for our clan to survive until next year? You guys Look at those dancing children! If we don’t find a way, how many of them will be left next year??!”
Everyone frowned and remained silent. You Tuchi sighed helplessly and said: "We are not attacking the counties. We only need to lay down those granaries and take some away to survive this year. If you don’t want to, I won’t force you. I just hope that for the sake of being the empress of Baiyue, you won’t reveal our plan to the Han court!”
Everyone was silent as well. They all started thinking. Suddenly, one person stood up and said, "I would rather be killed by Han Ting than starve to death alive. I am willing to go with Commander Zong!" Several people around him also agreed. When they got down, they were almost ready to die in battle. Only the few men wearing Han clothes were still hesitant. They were all wealthy and powerful people who fled into the mountains and forests to avoid paying taxes.
As Han people, they knew the fighting power of the Han Dynasty better than these descendants of Baiyue. They also knew that if the emperor was seriously offended, two terrifying armies called the Northern Army and the Southern Army would come to deal with them. They carried out a massacre, but they hesitated because this year's harvest was very poor...if they were afraid, they might starve to death!
"Father! Why don't you join Hanting??"
"I see that the land of Yangzhou is vast and sparsely populated. The emperor of the Han Dynasty also moved people from various places to increase the number of households. If we surrender and surrender, the emperor will definitely not let us starve to death!" A young mountain man stood up. When he got up, he was different from Youtuchi. He was actually wearing a Han robe and a crown. However, he was not a Han. His name was Youtuchi. He was the only son of Youtuchi, and he was also a warrior with a reputation for bravery in Jiaoyang Mountain. .
You Tuchi frowned and said with some displeasure: "You don't have any clan members, so what qualifications do you have to speak here? Stand down!"
Youtu was unwilling to leave, and continued: "I heard that today's emperor is kind and has canceled many taxes, and the land tax is even lower. Instead of asking for death, why don't we surrender?" Youtuchi stood up suddenly and punched. It hit him in the face, and Youtu was knocked to the ground. Youtuchi stared at him and said: "We have been fighting with Hanting for a long time, how can Hanting spare us?!"
Youtu wiped the blood from his mouth, stood up again, and shouted: "In the past, what happened to the Han court and the Xiongnu? Now we don't accept the Xiongnu as our people and fight foreign wars. The Xiongnu cavalry acts as an envoy, so what about us?! You know nothing! You will only ruin the entire Baiyue!" For a while, many people gathered around him, standing face to face with his father's group.
You Tuchi looked at him, his face was green and white, and he clenched his teeth tightly. You Tuchi pulled out the sword from his waist, looked at him, and said: "Father, I can't let you destroy Baiyue! I want to challenge you!" , Youtuchi sneered, and slowly escaped from his waist with his sword, pointing at Youtuchi. The two jumped into the middle, and those wearing animal skins jumped around them one after another, holding a sword in one hand and a sword in the other. The shield began to beat.
But those Han people were not like this, looking at them indifferently, with some disdain in their eyes.
However, You Tu's words gave them some reminders. Raising troops to fight against the Han Dynasty was a complete suicide attempt, and they would not follow. Then, in order not to starve to death, they might have no choice but to surrender to the Han Dynasty, but they didn't know that he Is it true to say that taxes are low today? If it is true, they can definitely become villagers! They each looked at each other and had their own ideas in their hearts.
The father and son, holding sharp swords, stood facing each other.
You Tu rushed towards his father, stabbing his abdomen with the long sword in his hand. You Tu Chi also stabbed his neck with the sword in his hand. There was no flinching. It seemed that both of them were trying their best to fight. He wanted to kill the opponent, but when both sides were about to be hit by swords, Youtu was still afraid. He threw away the sword in his hand and jumped half a step away!
The battle between the two people was decided within one move. However, Youtu Chi didn't seem to want to let his son go. He slashed his sword on Youtu's chest, and Youtu screamed. With a sound, he fell to the ground, and You Tuchi shouted in Baiyue language: "Submit?! The tyrant of the pre-Qin Dynasty destroyed our ancestors!" He slashed his sword across You Tu's back again, "The same is true for the Han court!!"
A sword slashed across his face.
"Are you worthy of the ancestors of Baiyue?!"
"Whoosh!"
"Have you ever seen Ge Chiyou bow his head?"
"Whoosh!"
"Why are you afraid in battle?!"
He slashed You Tu with several swords until he fainted. Then he stopped and looked at the crowd. They stood up suddenly and said, "Go back and gather the clan members. Fifteen days later, we will meet in Kuaiji and surprise attack the granary of the village!" Because of his cruelty, everyone was frightened and bowed their heads in agreement. It was not until everyone left that Youtuchi sighed and ordered the doctor to treat Youtu.
On that day, the Shanyue leaders walked out individually. Some did go back to greet the strong, conduct training, and refine iron bows and crossbows for war. However, some also directly led the clan members out of the mountains and forests, tied themselves up and surrendered to the local government, and , informed the local officials of the news that General Youtuch would send troops fifteen days later. At first, the local officials were disdainful of these fleeing mountain people, but when they heard that they were going to gather a crowd to attack the granary, they were frightened and hurriedly reported to the temple.
In July of the fifth year of Jianning, Kuaiji County urgently reported that the leader of the Shanyue bandits, especially Tu Chi, intended to plunder Kuaiji County.
The local officials were shocked. Liu You, the governor of Yangzhou, hurriedly summoned county soldiers from all over the country, gathered outside many counties in Kuaiji County, and asked the surrounding Jiaozhou and Jingzhou for help. When the officials in the mintuns heard about it, they also sent their own people to help. In the temple, the emperor was even more furious and quickly held a court meeting to discuss the matter!
Note: Shanyue is considered to be the descendant of Baiyue, but most of them are Han people, who just occupy the mountains as kings. In addition, they seem to have some connection with Sanmiao. Of course, this basis was proposed by Zheng Xuan, a great scholar at the time, who may have been the first Of course, later generations of scholars did not agree with the great Confucian scholar who linked Jiuli, Miao and Baiyue... The basis is the "Benji of the Five Emperors" annotated by Zheng Xuan.
Note: Ge Chi You Lao is not a typo. Ge Chi means grandfather, You Lao means hero. It is suspected to be related to the worship of Chi You.