When time slowly flows through Lake Baikal where Dingling people live in the North Sea, passes by Langjuxu Mountain, the holy land of the Huns, passes silently through the Saibei grassland, and finally arrives at Danhan Shanyuting outside Yunzhong County, the cold and
Biting to the bone, it became the tone of the entire grassland.
The rustling snowflakes are falling one after another, and the originally green grass is gradually turning yellow and withering at a speed visible to the naked eye. The wild horses are digging in the snow with their hooves, hoping to find some remaining withered grass roots.
At this time, the silver coating is no longer beautiful, but is like a knife that kills without seeing blood, constantly eating away at the people of the Saibei grassland.
As the Little Ice Age draws closer and closer, the lives of the people in the northern grasslands are becoming more and more unsatisfactory day by day. Many times, people blame the stupidity of the Sima family for Wuhu's devastation of China, but it is undeniable that that is only a subjective factor, and the objective factor is not
The factor is that the grassland is no longer suitable for survival.
The Western Jin Dynasty was still making the mistake of the Eight Kings Rebellion, while the grassland people were struggling on the edge of life and death. People are selfish. In the face of natural disasters, compared with the genocide of oneself, why not go south to massacre the Han people and occupy the beautiful Han people's land?
Where is the country?
At this time, Danhan Mountain seemed to have turned into a silver dragon snow mountain, covered with snow. In later generations, this place was the Daqing Mountain in Inner Mongolia, but at this time, it was the holy land of the Xianbei people and the location of Shan Yuting.
The mountains are bare. As early as this summer, various tribes have been cutting grass. However, the hay can only be used to barely fill the bellies of cattle and sheep, but it cannot bring nutrition to them, and they will soon become thin. Once the physical condition of cattle and sheep deteriorates,
Weak, the temperature is bitterly cold to the extreme, and a large number of cattle and sheep will get sick or freeze to death.
Infectious diseases and cold winds swept across the entire grassland. Amidst the snow and wind, countless tents were stationed in the Shanyu Courtyard at the foot of Danhan Mountain to avoid the wind and snow. The largest tent among them was called Xianbei
The large tent of Chan Yu Ting stands in the center.
There is a simple stove built of stones in the tent. Wine is boiling on the stove, and under the stove is a flame using cow and horse dung as fuel. The strange thing is that although the dung is burned, it does not smell bad, and there is some
The fragrance of the grassland.
The young Xianbei leader, the leader, was sitting in a tent, surrounded by his cronies. There were more than twenty or thirty people in total, sitting in a circle in the tent as close as possible to the bonfire, drinking and keeping warm.
Since the death of Kuitou's grandfather Tan Shihuai, the sixty-four cities of the three tribes and twelve lords of Xianbei have long since fallen apart. The current Shan Yuting only exists in name only.
When the leader's uncle He Lian was in power, he could barely control the old ministers. Unfortunately, He Lian was really incompetent. In order to re-establish the honor of the Tanshihuai family, he decided to lead the army south to attack Bingzhou.
As a result, not only did he die in the war going south to attack the Han Dynasty, but also the remaining power of the Tanshihuai family was lost. Originally, after Tanshihuai's death, some tribes still surrendered to them. After Helian's operation, the remaining tribes surrendered.
The tribes in Shanyuting no longer submitted to them and became independent one after another.
Now the only people that Kuitou can command are his own tribe. Moreover, there is a bigger crisis in Kuitou, that is, Helian's son Qianman is growing up and starting to threaten Kuitou's status, but Kuitou has nothing to do.
Killing Qian Man made him very anxious and uneasy.
"Brother, do you think the Han envoy's words are credible?"
The leader's younger brother Fu Luohan drank all the wine in the cup, and with the strength of the wine, he shouted to him: "The grassland is getting cold again this year. I don't know how many cattle and sheep will freeze to death. Many towns have begun to go to the countryside."
Migrating westward, the tribe's population has decreased a lot. If we don't find some way, everyone will starve to death."
"Second brother."
The third eldest brother, Bu Dugen, patted the second brother's hand, shook his head, and signaled him not to cause any more trouble for the eldest brother.
"Am I right?"
Fu Luohan shook off Bu Dugen's hand, pointed in the direction outside the tent and said: "Brother should go out and see for yourself and see what has become of our tribe. Now we can at least move and ride horses.
If there is a war, within a month, all the people in the tribe will be dead!"
Kuitou's face was grim and he said nothing. He was not thinking about his two younger brothers at all, but was thinking about Qian Man.
Grassland tribes do not have many yurts gathered together, but a large number of small tribes living dispersedly.
During the Tanshihuai period, these small tribes were divided into sixty-four towns. They did not have their own tribal names. They belonged to the small Xianbei tribe and could only rely on the larger tribes for survival.
For example, Ke Bineng, the Xianbei leader who later became a powerful leader, started from Xiaoyiluo and eventually became a powerful ruler.
And precisely because the small towns were dependent on the large tribes, when the grassland environment began to become extremely bad, if the large tribes could not take certain actions to save the small towns, they would have no choice but to survive on their own, or go south to invade and rob the people.
To plunder the Han people, they could either move to warmer places and make a living on their own.
Kuitou inherited the tribe left by his grandfather Tan Shihuai, with more than 100,000 households and a total population of more than 300,000 to 400,000. It is one of the largest tribes in Xianbei. But this does not mean that he can command these people.
Because these centaurs were also inherited by other members of the family.
To briefly sort out the relationship, Tan Shihuai had many sons. The eldest son died relatively early, leaving three brothers, namely Kuitou, Fu Luohan and Bu Dugen. The second son was He Lian. After Tan Shihuai died,
Inherit the leader position.
He Lian was so incompetent that Xianbei fell apart in his hands, and he himself died in the war going south to attack Yunzhong County.
When he died, his son Qianman was too young to inherit the position, so the title of tribal leader fell into the hands of Tanshihuai's eldest grandson, Kuitou.
However, He Lian still left a large number of towns for Qian Man. These towns supported Qian Man and were openly loyal to the leader, but in fact they only obeyed Qian Man's orders.
Therefore, it is impossible for the leader to kill Qian Man, he can only watch him grow up and then threaten his position.
I have to say, this is a very sad thing.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Tan Shihuai is a male leader, he is a father of a tiger and a son of a dog. Almost none of his descendants have inherited his talents and strategies. At the critical moment of the life and death of this tribe, he is still thinking about fighting for power.
It's also a strange thing.
But this is the fact.
Historically, after Qianman grew up in another two years, he immediately led the tribes loyal to him to start a war with Kuitou. The two sides were fighting for the position of the titular Xianbei leader, and they almost lost their minds.
This caused the Tanshihuai tribe, which was originally the strongest, to fall apart, allowing the Kirby Neng Group to grow and replace them, and the Tanshihuai family eventually disappeared into the long river of history.
"Brother, please say something!"
Fu Luohan saw that the leader had not spoken for a long time, so he raised his voice and shouted: "Do you want to watch people from all tribes become astigmatized?"
The younger brother's voice woke up the leader. He glanced at everyone with a sinister gaze and said in a deep voice: "Of course the tribe cannot be dispersed, but the Han people are not easy to deal with. If we rashly raise our troops and go south, who knows what will happen like
If you were shot to death like Uncle Lian, you still have to discuss it carefully before making any calculations."
"Is there anything else to discuss?"
Fu Luohan was quite dissatisfied.
Kuitou ignored him, turned to look at Bu Dugen and said, "Bu Dugen, what do you think?"
Bu Dugen pondered: "We might as well ask the Han people in the tribe. They are very smart and may be able to provide us with advice."
"Okay, you go find a few and come over."
Kuitou said.
Since Yuan Shao came to power in Jizhou, he faced the military pressure of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan, and had to raid powerful people who were hostile to him, forcing many powerful families to move north to the territory of Wuhuan and Xianbei.
"Three Kingdoms: Wu Wan Xianbei Dongyi Biography" records: "The tribe was close to the fortress. Since Yuan Shao occupied Hebei, many Chinese people died and rebelled and returned. They were taught how to make weapons and armors and learned writing."
As Xianbei Chanyuting was only one Daijun away from Jizhou, naturally a large number of Han people came to seek refuge here.
In just a moment, Bu Dugen found two powerful Han family heads who defected to them.
One person's surname is Tian, Lingshou Tian's family, and one's surname is Zhou, the Lunu Zhou family. They all started out as traders in the North and have no background. Like the Wuji Zhen family, they are powerful men with no fame, no status, and only money and food.
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The Zhen family was able to survive in Jizhou, so they chose to marry Zhen Mi to Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi, in exchange for political status. Even if they wanted to join her, they couldn't stand it, and they only treated them as fat sheep, and they didn't want to accept them as dogs.
Fortunately, they had traded with the Xianbei tribe many times before, buying their cattle, sheep, horses, and furs and selling them south, and then collecting grain, oil, salt, and ironware from the Central Plains and selling them to them.
Therefore, after Yuan Shao persecuted the powerful people from all over Jizhou, these powerful people naturally chose to go north to Xianbei.
Since they have been trading with Xianbei for many years, the Tian family and the Zhou family both spoke Xianbei dialect, so they learned the etiquette of the Xianbei people and said hello: "I have met the chief leader Shanyu, Lord Fu Luohan, and Lord Bu Dugen."
Lord is an official position in Xianbei. He is the leader of a large tribe, and his status is second only to Shanyu.
Kuitou nodded and said: "I called you here today because I want to ask you what is the situation in the north of the Han Dynasty now?"
"Why does Chanyu ask that?"
Tian asked.
The grassland people are less scheming, and the leader did not hide it from him, saying: "The weather is getting colder this year, and the tribe may not be able to survive. We must go south to plunder."
"It's impossible to be alone."
Zhou immediately said: "Now Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei are fighting for Hebei. The three parties have strong troops and horses. If any party is moved, it will break the deadlock and cause greater turmoil. With our strength, if we are not careful, we will be shattered into pieces."
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Tian also said: "Although the Han Dynasty has declined in recent years and has been unable to conquer the grasslands in the north, the current strength of the princes in various places is definitely not something we can covet. Unless the Chanyu can be like your grandfather, the cities in the north alone will not be able to conquer the grassland.
This will allow us to come back defeated."
"But we have now taken half of Bingzhou from you Han people. With a little more effort, we can take over the north from you Han people."
Fu Luohan looked at them unconvinced.
These powerful Han people came to join him and brought knowledge, iron tools and craftsmanship, but he still looked down upon these people.
However, Tian only said one sentence and made him stop.
"Although you have captured half of Bingzhou, you have not made any progress in Yanmen County. Compared with the bed crossbows on the cities in the Central Plains region, the number of bed crossbows in Yanmen County is like the number of moons and stars in the sky. There are fewer
So pitiful."
Hearing this, Fu Luohan's scalp felt numb.
The Han crossbows, bows and arrows, and steel knives are the things that the Xianbei people fear most.
Don't look at the Tanshihuai period, they defeated the teams sent by Liu Hong, Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty, several times and beat the Han cavalry to pieces.
But even Tan Shihuai, with hundreds of thousands of string-controlling men, did not have the ability to go south to attack the Han Dynasty.
The reason is that the grassland peoples in the Han Dynasty were too weak.
The lack of iron weapons meant that the quality of the weapons was much worse than the Han's Huanshou sword. The lack of stirrups and horseshoes meant that the cavalry could not be used for frontal charges.
Although with the powerful immigrants from the north in recent years, stirrups and horseshoes have been introduced to Xianbei.
But the problem is that the Xianbei people are iron deficient.
There was not enough iron to make weapons, let alone stirrups and horseshoes.
In addition, Han Chinese cities were also natural enemies of cavalry.
No matter how mobile the cavalry is, they will hide in the city, shoot arrows and crossbows on the towers.
It was when He Lian was attacking Yunzhong County that he was shot to death by a soldier with a bed crossbow when he was a hundred feet away from the city.
The three Kuitou brothers witnessed these things with their own eyes. Although they happened a few years ago, they are still vivid in their minds. How can they not make people frightened?
"What if a prince from the Central Plains invites us to go south and launch an attack together?"
After a long silence, Kuitou suddenly said.
"who?"
Tian and Zhou looked at each other and asked at the same time.
"You don't need to worry about these."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The leader waved his hand and said: "You just need to tell me, can we attack the Central Plains like this?"
"Then it depends on where Dan Su will fight."
Tian rolled his eyes, since he didn't tell us who to hit, then where to hit, couldn't we also draw a conclusion?
The leader was indeed fooled and said in a deep voice: "They say they want us to go south from Daijun."
Beat Yuan Shao?
The two looked at each other again.
Isn't it the Zhongshan Kingdom to the south of Daijun?
That is the territory of Jizhou. I heard that Gongsun Zan and Xianbei have a very good relationship. Could it be that Gongsun Zan is roping in the leader to attack Yuan Shao together?
Both of them had hatred against Yuan Shao. After guessing this, Tian immediately said: "If someone is coordinating it, there may be some opportunities."
"I see."
The leader glanced at the two of them and said to them, "You go out first."
"We resigned."
Tian and Zhou were secretly happy, thinking that they could avenge themselves, so they bowed and walked backwards out of the tent.
After they left, Kuitou looked around and said to everyone, "What do you think?"
"I think it's okay."
Fu Luohan immediately said: "Didn't the Han envoy also say that? They are in a confrontation and have no troops to deal with us."
"Bu Dugen, tell me."
The leader looked at his third brother again. The third brother always had great ideas.
Bu Dugen thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "This is the only way. No matter what, you have to give it a try, otherwise the tribe will really have a hard time this year."
"good!"
The leader stood up with a hint of fierceness in his eyes: "This year we will send our troops south. As long as our tribe can survive, one day we will be able to regain the honor of our grandfather!"
"Restore my grandfather's honor!"
Fu Luohan and Bu Dugen's eyes suddenly showed a fanatical light.