Xin Qingji knows that in the legend of Wu Yue Chunqiu, Gongzi Qingji is a hero in the world, breaking bears and strangling tigers, fighting leopards, and enemies of ten thousand people.So his father gave him such a name, hoping to inherit the family business in the future and be known for his bravery.But after coming to Lingju County with the Marquis of Xi'an, the young Xin Qingji found that Sima Huqiang, the captain of Huqiang who greeted him outside the city gate, was called "Zhang Yaoli".This is name restraint!"
How can anyone in this world still work with me in the name of leaving."
Xin Qingji couldn't cry or laugh, he really couldn't figure it out, he wanted to leave his wife to be a king, not benevolent, and killing the son of the old king for the new king, it was not righteous.Although he also killed himself in the end, his actions always made Xin Qingji feel uncomfortable.Even with him, he didn't have a good impression of this honest and honest Zhang Yaoli Sima, although Zhang Yaoli heard that he was the son of the Western Governor, and always wanted to talk, but Xin Qingji deliberately stayed away from him, and he didn't want to be together when he sat in the Huqiang Captain's Mansion.Because he always felt that this guy was going to stab him in the back.The Qiang's Lieutenant's Mansion in Lingju County is not large, except for Zhang Yaoli who commanded the two hundred cavalry stationed in the city, there are only these subordinates who follow Ren Hong.The long history is Dong Tongguo, and Xin Qingji and Han Dangdang are "engaged" and enjoy treatment of more than 600 stones.In addition, there are the family officials of the Marquis of Xi'an, You Panda, and the Qiangnulong Yeganmang, who is accompanied by the identity of "private servant", and more than a dozen Wusun warriors."
Yueshi?
The defeated commander is Wusun's!
”Although Ubu learned a little Chinese in Chang'an, he always followed the thinking of Wusun and habitually turned it upside down, which made everyone sound very difficult.He said with some pride that three generations ago, the heroic ancestors of Wusun followed Kunmi and defeated the Dayue clan, and the Dayue clan migrated to Xichen Daxia, and Wusun lived there.A series of inverted sentences, Xin Qingji listened to it stupidly, but Zhang Yaoli patiently explained to Ubu."
The Satsuki clan is not the Otsuki clan."
Zhang Yaoli said: "As early as a hundred years ago, the king of the Yue clan was killed by the Xiongnu Maodun, and the rest were scattered, most of them exceeded the green mountains of the Tianshan Mountains in the west, but there were also many weak people who fled to the south, crossed the Qilian Mountain to the Qiang flute in the Nanshan Mountains, mixed with the Qiang people, called Huangzhong Hu, also called Xiaoyueshi, and the customs and food and language gradually became the same as the Qiang people. ”"When Emperor Xiaowu, the champion Hou Po Xiongnu, took the land of Hexi, and after opening Huangzhong, Xiaoyue surrendered to the Han and lived with the Han people in Jincheng and Hexi.Nowadays, the Xiaoyue clan is distributed in the area from Lingju to Huangzhong, although it is attached to Jincheng County, and is often recruited to fight with the Han soldiers, but it always holds both ends according to the strength of the situation. ”Ren Hongduan sat in the hall and asked Zhang Yaoli again: "I heard that there are seven tribes in its big race, and there are more than 9,000 victories?"
”"However, four are the branch surname Xiaoyue, and in Huangzhong, there are more than 4,000 victories.Three kinds of wolf surname Xiaoyue, protected in Nanshan, in Dunhuang, Jiuquan south, more than 5,000 victories. ”Ren Hong's head, Zhao Chongguo told him that the most important thing to pay attention to in Hehuang is that one is the first Lingqiang, because of its strong and strong and never forget to return to Huangzhong, and the other is that it was once regarded as a Qiang person by the Han Dynasty and was named the Qiang Marquis Xiaoyue's wolf He Department, this part of the Yue's people has close contacts with the Xiongnu, south of Dunhuang Jiuquan, which location is the Qaidam Basin?
And further north of the wolf He department, there is also a "Chishui Qiang", and further north to the territory of Shanshan, Ren Hong's old friend Ruoqiang is there, but it is a pity that it is too far away, Tang Mi can't help, he can only find new allies.Different from Zhuqiang, Xiao Yue, who is often a mercenary of the Han army, may be able to fight for it, although the captain of Huqiang has no right to transfer the county soldiers and county soldiers, but he can order the return to Yiqiang Hu, if he can make the surname Yue for his use, Ren Hong is not a bare-bones commander.They have been here for a few days, and the chief historian Dong Tongguo was ordered to summon the leader of the Xiaoyue clan on the bank of the Haomen River to come and see him, and now he has gone outside the city.After a short time, Dong Tongguo entered the hall in a hurry: "Junhou, the two leaders of the branch surnamed Xiaoyue have arrived, but the county order asked them to unload their weapons at the city gate, and the Yue clan people refused. ”Ren Hong thought for a while and said: "Tell the Lingju County Order, follow its customs, let the Xiaoyue clan bring the blades in, don't let them think that I, the captain of the Qiang Guard, is cowardly." ”After waiting for a while, Dong Tongguo brought two Hu people with fur fur and braided hair into the room: "This is the newly appointed captain of Huqiang, Xi'an Hou Renjun." ”It was the beginning of November, and it was very cold outside, and one of them had a yellow beard and a blue beard with a little frost on his face, and the other was a little older, and his nose was red from the cold.The only difference is that his head is tied into two braids instead of his hair, and he also wears a lot of gold jewelry, which the Qiang people don't have this hobby.The yellow-bearded and blue-eyed person only gave up his hand at will, and held back four words for a long time: "Zhihu Chi'er." ”The other knelt down on one knee towards Ren Hong, bowed his head and said: "I have long heard of the name of Xi'an Hou Wei from Ruoqiang, I am the chief of the east bank of Haomen Water, the branch secretary!"
”"Branch Secretary!"
After eating and drinking enough at the banquet in the palace of the captain of Huqiang, he left Lingju County, and the branch secretary was drunk on his horse, and the shouts came from behind, but it was Chihu'er who was chasing him.Two of them swim in the waters of Haomen, far away from the other two tribes in Huangzhong.To the south of them is the powerful Pangong Division, and to the west is the Huang Yiqiang of Poqiang County, who can only hold together and be brothers to each other.Because Zhi Chihuer doesn't know much Chinese, he often focuses on branch secretaries."
What does my brother think, what about the new Captain Huqiang?"
Although Zhi Chihu'er didn't understand much, the Han prince surnamed Ren did not have the arrogance of the previous captains of Huqiang, and allowed them to bring swords into the hall and eat, drink and toast together.He also heard that this Marquis of Xi'an had destroyed the small country in the Western Regions with the power of one person, which made several great kings of the Xiongnu retreat in the face of difficulties, and he was a little admired.No matter what Ren Hong said at the banquet, the branch secretary was full of promises, but this meeting was very sober, pointing to the back of the team, the meat, wine and those "tea leaves" that were said to make the Xiaoyue clan less sick: "It's just a rotten old strategy." ”The branch secretary said disdainfully: "Your tribe doesn't have fewer Qiang dogs, right?
What do you do first when taming a wild dog?
Throw some meat first, and after the Qiang dog has eaten too much, he obediently follows and puts a rope on the outside of the house.When encountering chasing, let go out to bite the yellow sheep and pounce on it, but after the catch, we just touch it on the head and let it eat the intestines and bones, and the dog will be killed when it is old, without pity. ”"Ren Hong, the captain of the Qiang Guard, also wants to feed us as Qiang dogs.These Han officials are all the same, and they feel that our Xiaoyue clan is different from the Qiang people, they are brave, strong, rich and strong, and every time they fight with the Qiang, they often use less to control more.Qiang and Hu attack each other, the benefit of the Han people, in their words, this is called razing, not suitable for protecting. ”"On weekdays, the Han officials give a little favor and a small favor, and let us rush ahead when fighting with the Qiang people, and the dead and wounded are the warriors of the Xiaoyue clan, and the Qiang people will unite in the future, and the first to retaliate is also the Xiaoyue clan, will the Han officials still care at that time?"
Zhi Chihu'er said: "But the Captain Huqiang said that you and I are sandwiched between several Great Qiang tribes, and he is willing to protect us from their revenge and humiliation" The branch secretary shook his head: "When the former Captain Huqiang first came, he also told the ministries that way, but when Long Yeqiang was destroyed, what did the Han official do?"
”After the incident of the Longye Ministry, the Hehuang tribes, regardless of Qianghu, no longer had trust in the Han Dynasty government.He patted his brother: "It's better to rely on the Han people, than on yourself!"
We will take the benefits of protecting the Qiang captain, but we must also restrain the subordinates and don't mess with the Qiang people. ”"I heard that recently, the envoys of Xian Lingqiang have been running around the Qiang tribes in various counties, wanting to settle their enemies and form an alliance with Zhuhao, and they must not be offended!
When the Qiang Han conflicted, the Xiaoyue clan only hid in the valley, and the two did not help each other. ”Although still independent of the Qiang, the 100-year mixed living of the Xiaoyue clan also made the customs of the Xiaoyue clan not much different from that of the Qiang, who scattered seeds in the burned fields in the summer, left the river valley to graze on the slopes, harvested wheat before winter, gathered dry pasture, and returned to the leeward valley to escape the bitter cold.When the frost and snow fell in mid-November, the whole valley turned snow-white, and there was hardly a trace of other colors in sight, and the water was frozen a little bit.In the tent, the dried cow dung accumulated in the summer burned slowly, exuding a warm smell, and the ghee in the clay pot was boiled hot, and the tea cakes obtained from the captain Huqiang were broken a little and put in, making the greasy ghee more fragrant.Taking a sip of this primitive butter tea in a clay bowl, the branch secretary let out a sigh of satisfaction, this is indeed a good thing.He handed the bowl to his eldest son, who was dark-faced, and after he took a sip, passed it to the second son with yellow teeth, the third son with lame ears, and finally the wives, daughters, and daughters-in-law who were burned red by the fire, and the ghee stuck to everyone's lips, and the family sitting around the fire looked at each other and laughed.Compared to the ice and snow outside, they are undoubtedly happy.This is a luxury that only belongs to the Hao chieftain, and unlike the more equal Qiang people, the Hao chief of the Xiaoyue clan needs gold and other things to show his status."
Save some."
It seems that in a few days, when the Han people celebrate the winter solstice festival and wax day, he will have to send someone to congratulate him, and then cheat some benefits.Although the good things are only shared with his family, the branch secretary is indeed a good patriarch, and after filling his belly, he will put on that thick and heavy bear skin and go to patrol the river valley.Hundreds of tents are dotted on the east bank of the Haomen River, the dry grass under the tun is quite abundant, and the sheep have long been fat, hoping that they can survive this winter.To use the analogy of later generations, the herd is the capital, and their milk is the interest, so don't use the capital if you can eat the interest.Of course, it is inevitable that some tents will not have enough hay, and a few sheep will have to be killed to survive.And the Chi Hu'er on the other side will also send people across the water from time to time to exchange some information.For example, Huang Yiqiang in Poqiang County was hit by a livestock epidemic and half of the herd died."
In the middle of winter, the herds that are scattered on weekdays gather together, and even the livestock are crowded together, which is really susceptible to disease."
He has taken over the tribe from his father for more than ten years, and has never let the herdsmen starve to death on a large scale, but has accepted many people who fled from the rest of the Qiang tribe.Coupled with the benefits of deceiving from the Han officials, the size of the winning army of a thousand cavalry was enough for him not to have to succumb to the powerful Gong Qiang in the south.But he didn't think much about it, he just asked people to be careful and send more scouts to the west, Huang Qiqiang's people have no food, and they may come to the east to loot, this is the way of survival of Hehuang, die neighbors, don't kill me.Three days later, on that night, because of the winter exposure, the snow began to melt a little, so it was extremely cold, and after drinking the last bit of butter tea, the branch secretary fell asleep in a daze.Even the patriarch, the family slept in a tent with the dog, the jar of butter tea was licked clean, the cow dung burned slowly, warm and fragrant, and occasionally a woman's soft hum came, and I don't know which of his daughters-in-law sent it.Until the middle of the night, the branch secretary who was scratching the itch was woken up by the panicked clansmen.Drilling out of the tent, the branch secretary's eyes widened, and he saw the raging fire of the West Bank brother tribe!
On November 15, when Ren Hong came to the head of Lingju City, he only saw a group of embarrassed Xiaoyue people, who got off the horse and fell under the city, led by the book.The branch secretary didn't care about tying his braids, and the gold ornaments on the braids didn't know where to go, so he only wore his hair and cried loudly: "Captain Huqiang, Fry Gongqiang and Huang Qiqiang attacked Chi Hu'er, and crossed the river to break the pursuit and kill our department, and now the young man is blocking the pursuing soldiers, and his old and weak wife fled here with me." ”Behind him, there is a long line of refugees, there are as many as three or four thousand people, the Xiaoyue people are terrified and leading horses, cattle and sheep, they are the easternmost branch of the Yue clan, when the west road is cut off, there is nowhere to go, can only take the last hope, to ask for help from the Han people they do not trust, only hope that this high wall, can block the greedy pursuit and plundering of the Qiang people."
Captain Qiang is looking to open the door and accept it!"
The branch secretary lowered his head deep into the frozen ground, and standing at the head of the city, Ren Hong could see that in the extreme distance, the Qiang people and the knights of the Xiaoyue clan were chasing and fighting in the valley where the snow had not yet melted."
Can't open!"
Lingju County's name is Fuchang, seeing this situation, he hurriedly dissuaded Ren Hongdao: "Xi'an Hou, it is normal for Qiang and Hu to attack each other, not to mention that Lingju is located in Jincheng and Wuwei to chong, Xiaoyue has always held both ends, and often for the Qiang people to spy on my fiction and reality, I am afraid that it will be deceitful." ”"This door must never be opened!"