The most powerful branch of the Eight Dangxiang tribes was the Tuoba clan. It originally lived in Sichuan and the Yellow River area southeast of Qinghai. Later, due to the strength of Tubo, it had to move in large quantities to the Xitao area in the north, and then established the Xixia area.
Therefore, many modern people also classified Western Xia as foreigners and even took it for granted Western Xia as Western Europe. Because of the advanced technology of Western Xia iron smelting and cold forging, they concluded that the iron smelting in ancient Western Europe was stronger than China...
This made Shen Bing speechless.
If Sichuan belongs to a part of the Central Plains, should the Qiang people living in the mountainous areas of Sichuan also be within the Central Plains?
And Dangxiang is just a branch of Qiang.
Strictly speaking, it is still in the Yellow River Basin, but they live in the mountainous areas at the source of the Yellow River.
Because in the mountains, most people make a living by hunting and nomadic life, so they have been civilized late, without writing or civilization, and are classified as barbarians like savages.
Since the founding of the Western Xia Dynasty, it has fully accepted the Central Plains culture and technology and then developed rapidly.
If these were not enough, Meng Tian built the Great Wall in Xitao during the Qin Dynasty, and the area where Dangxiang lived when he moved to the Yellow River area was within the Great Wall.
Moreover, it was approved by the Tang central government to give a piece of land and give the surname Li Cai to move.
Is this inside or outside?
At this time, Chen Bing remembered that Xitao was the base camp of Xixia, a treasure land that was easy to defend but difficult to attack and rich in resources.
The modern Ningxia is derived from the meaning of "pacifying the Great Xia".
The ancient capital of Xixia is in Yinchuan, Ningxia today... Of course, Xixia was still a wasteland and there was no city at all.
When I thought of this Shen Bing, I was shocked. Could it be that these "savages" in front of me were the ancestors of the famous Western Xia Dynasty?
Chen Bing couldn't help but ask:
"What kind of family is your army?"
The female leader replied:
"To Li!"
It's useless to ask. Chen Bing would know the Tuoba clan but he was not familiar with the Qianli clan at all.
But the photos shouldn't be wrong.
Because Dangxiang usually has a tribal family name, the female leader should be a branch of Dangxiang.
Chen Bing jumped off the horse, took out a healing belt from his bag and bandaged it for the female leader... At first, the female leader was still a little scared, but after Chen Bing signaled, she understood, so she let go of the wound.
Chen Bing asked while bandaging:
"May I have your name?"
The female leader replied:
"To be clear."
"The Tuoba family has always wanted to annex our clan, so this battle came into being!"
"The army has tens of thousands of soldiers. You rescued me this time but caused trouble..."
Chen Bing asked again:
"But I want to know, why can you speak Central Plains?"
Xiang Liqing answered:
"My parents were originally from Qin and were captured by Yuezhi as slaves!"
Shen Bing said "Oh".
Yuezhi has been neighboring Qin for some time and is slavery. When he captured or robbed Qin soldiers and civilians during the war, he would turn them into slavery.
The parents of Liqing were probably fleeing to the mountains and then became "savages".
Qian Liqing continued:
"And the flock of sheep you are waiting for."
"The Tuoba family has discovered them, so they will not give up!"
In order to bandage Liqing, Chen Bing said:
"I will be fine after a few days of rest."
Rong Liqing looked at Chen Bing with incredible eyes:
"Do you understand what I said?"
"Leave this, otherwise..."
Chen Bing smiled and asked:
"Otherwise what?"
"I said, this is our land, and we will be here as long as we want to be here!"
He glanced behind Li Qing and asked with a bitter expression:
"But you only have a thousand numbers!"
"Do you think you can beat Tuoba's family with just one thousand people?"
Chen Bing was stunned, and then he understood the reason why he was despised. She wouldn't think that the Qin army was really only one thousand people!
Just think about Shen Bing and understand.
The Dangxiang tribes in Liqing were accustomed to living in tribal groups with surnames, so she took it for granted that the people like Shen Bing were the same.
She might even think that Qin State was like Dangxiang, taking surnames as tribes and then fighting in the internal struggles.
So a small tribe like Chen Bing was driven here.
Chen Bing doesn't know how to explain it.
And even if the explanation is not enough, it is probably impossible to explain. If you tell her that there are tens of millions of people in Qin State and hundreds of thousands of troops, there are more than 100,000 people in command of Shen soldiers. I wonder if Shang Liqing believes it.
It is estimated that Qian Liqing will definitely regard Chen Bing as a liar, because this has long exceeded the scope she can understand.
Chen Bing said "yes" and replied:
"What if we uproot the Tuoba family?"
Xiang Liqing looked at Chen Bing with a fool's eyes. "You" for a long time but couldn't say anything. Finally, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
Chen Bing is not kidding.
What he thought was that anyway, in the future, your Tuoba clan established the Xixia Association and joined forces with foreign tribes to attack the Song Dynasty. Now, if you are a "savage" or a "savage", you will teach you a lesson first.
What's more, letting the Tuoba family dominate and finally unify the Dangxiang ethnic groups is not a good thing for the Central Plains, so it is necessary to do a "regional balance" now.
Moreover, this "regional balance" has to be done by taking advantage of its weakest hours. One day, Xixia is so strong that it can confront Song head-on. At that time, condemning Xixia for "destructing regional balance" is simply a hooligan.
Is it because of your so-called "regional balance" that people still have to cut off their own arms or even present the results with both hands?
So Shen Bing did not hesitate and immediately discussed countermeasures with Wang Ben after returning to the camp.
When Wang Ben heard that he was going to do something, he immediately rubbed his fists and handbags. He had long wanted to use these "savages" to establish his authority.
Or it could be said that Wang Ben also noticed the disdain in his eyes when he looked at the Qin army in Li Qing...
Shen Bing should not take it seriously, but Wang Ben couldn't stand it.
Now that there is such a good opportunity to turn things around, Wang Ben will not object.
So he said without thinking:
"This is not easy. When the Wuyuan general Shenwu Army is transferred to him, he will kill as much as he comes!"
In fact, this is true.
The Shenwu Army has 6,000 people and they are all cavalrymen. In addition, they use a powerful bow comparable to the Huns and are equipped with "Pili Fireballs"... Even if the Tuoba family has 20,000 soldiers and horses, what can they do? How many people still come How many to kill.
But Chen Bing shook his head and denied this statement:
"The Tuoba family and other barbarians hunt and fight in the mountains all year round."
"How can you not find out the truth when you go to fight?"
"If we transfer all the Shenwu Army to us... we are afraid that we will scare them away as soon as we appear."
Wang Ben nodded repeatedly:
"What the general said is very much."
"These barbarians are good at walking in the mountains. When they run to the mountains, we will not be able to catch up with them."
"Why use a cattle knife to kill chickens? There are a thousand Hanoi soldiers, and then another thousand Shenwu troops are transferred."
Chen Bing thought about it and said:
"Transfer two thousand Shenwu Army to seek great victory."
"But these two thousand Shenwu Army were unknown to be secretly marched, and after rushing to Xitao, they lurked three miles away from the wings and waited for orders."