The big man is on the run

Chapter 156 Xianbei Shanyu
With the unknown in mind, Liu Yi wrote a letter to Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei, asking him to tell Guan Yu the good news that his mother was still alive.

However, now that Yuan Shu and Cao Cao are separated, and there is such a turmoil again, from the perspective of safety, it is not suitable for the old woman to be sent to Xuzhou, which is already in a precarious state. I can only hope that one day Guan Yu will come to pick up his old lady.

Perhaps this day is not far away?

After a small episode, in June, Liu Yi led [-] cavalry from Jiexiu and marched northward along the Fenshui Valley.

The battle on the front line is going on in an orderly manner. Zhang Yan and Qubei have completely surrounded the Xianbei Dala tribe occupying Loufan City in Yanmen County, but the Xianbei people have no intention of surrendering.

This situation has happened in the previous battles between the Han and Xianbei.

It can only be said that there is a reason why the Xianbei could replace the Huns as the overlord of the grassland, quickly swept across Mobei after the decline of the Northern Huns, and became a great country with thousands of miles.

At the very least, the fighting will of the Xianbei people is much stronger than that of the Northern Huns and Neihuhu in the later period.

Although Zhang Yan and Qubei had more troops than the Xianbei people, the Xianbei people were entangled with the Neifu Hu (that is, the collective name of the Hu people who reattached to the Han Dynasty after the Fenghou Rebellion), and there was still Loufan City to defend, so Zhang Yan Yan and Qubei didn't dare to act rashly, so they had to surround the city tightly.

On the one hand, it is out of the consideration of not wanting to lose too many soldiers and horses, and on the other hand, it is true that the ability to attack tough problems is insufficient.

As for the Xianbei Dashi tribe, they also sent envoys to Danhan Mountain, where Xianbei Shanyuting is located, to ask for help.

Xianbei Shanyuting is the political center of the Xianbei people. As a loose tribal alliance, Xianbei had already had a tendency to unify in the Tanshihuai era.

According to historical records, Tanshihuai stands on the Qiushui of Tanhan Mountain, and goes to the north of Gaoliu for more than three hundred miles. There are many soldiers and horses.Because of the borders in the south, Dingling in the north, Fuyu in the east, Wusun in the west, and the old land of the Xiongnu, there are more than [-] miles from east to west, and more than [-] miles from north to south.

However, all of this disappeared with Tan Shihuai's death.

In the fourth year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Ling Dynasty, Xianbei Shanyu Tanshi Huai died, and his son Helian Jili.But Helian's ability is not only far inferior to that of his father, but also his personality is greedy, and the rewards and punishments are extremely unfair, and most of his followers defected.In the last years of Emperor Ling, Helian was shot dead by the defenders while attacking Beidi County.Because of the tradition of brotherhood on the grassland, his son, Qianman, was young, and his elder brother and son were the chief.

However, it was this traditional rule that pushed Xianbei further into the abyss of internal strife.

Children will always grow up. Later, Jian Man grew up and led his followers to compete with the leader for the position of Chanyu. The leader was killed, and the leader's followers were led by his younger brother Bu Dugen.

When Xianbei arrived in Budugen's era, when he cleaned up the mess, he was actually very divided. To be precise, he was divided into three parts.

It is commonly known as Eastern Xianbei, Central Xianbei, and Western Xianbei. The method of division is to use the central Xianbei of Dai County as the coordinate center.At that time, the Xianbei to the west of Shidai County had completely rebelled and fled to the Western Regions.The central and eastern Xianbei to the east of Daijun also split into three power groups. The first is Bu Dugen, whose tribes are distributed in Taiyuan, Yanmen and other places in Bingzhou; the second is Ke Bineng, whose tribes are distributed in You Daijun, Shanggu and other places in the state; the third is Xianbei Suli, Mijia, and Queji in the east, and the tribes are distributed in Liaoxi, Youbeiping, and Yuyang outside the Great Wall in Youzhou.

Therefore, what Liu Yi has to deal with is not a Xianbei that spans nearly [-] miles from east to west, but only a part of the central Xianbei.

To be precise, it is Bu Dugen who now calls himself "Chan Yu".

Although the land area of ​​the Xianbei people is much larger than that of the Han people on the map, their main living area is still in Monan, so the Xianbei Shanyu Court was established during the Lingdi period, and today’s Xianbei Shanyu Court Also known as Xianbei Shanyu City.

Of course, there is still some controversy about whether it can be called a "city", because no matter how you look at it, this is just a large animal pen
This Shanyu city is located at the foot of Danhan Mountain in the north of Daijun and Yanmen counties. It is only [-] to [-] meters away from the traditional border defense line of the Han Dynasty, namely Pingcheng in Yanmen County, Gaoliu City and Macheng in Daijun. miles away.

It can be said that after leaving the Great Wall and rushing to Danhan Mountain, it will take only a few days.

In Xianbei Shanyu City, there are "best" taverns, inns, shops, etc. on the grassland, and to the north of Shanyu City is the pastoral area of ​​Xianbei Shanyuting, where the herdsmen of Xianbei Shanyuting live. The population of Shanyu City is nearly [-].

——For Xianbei who are accustomed to nomadicization, this is already the largest concentration.

Even this kind of settlement that can only be called "county" level among the Han people did not have this scale at the beginning. In fact, it did not even exist in the Tanshihuai era. This is all due to the offensive and defensive efforts of the Han people and Xianbei people. easy situation.

With the civil strife in the Han Dynasty, the frontier counties were completely abandoned, and the power of the Han people began to shrink. The princes were busy fighting among themselves, and had no intention of fighting the Xianbei people. The Xianbei people not only occupied the five northern counties of Bingzhou, but also plundered a large number of Han people. as a slave.

It is precisely because of the advanced foundry, iron smelting, textile, and engineering technologies that the abnormal prosperity of Xianbei Shanyu City can be achieved.

In the middle of Xianbei Shanyu City is Budugen's residence. At this moment, Budugen and his brother Fu Luohan are discussing matters.

"Shan Yu, those Kebineng herdsmen have been driven into the Great Wall by us, and now they are no longer a threat, but we also need to take some precautions to prevent them from suddenly attacking from Shanggu County." A young man stood Said respectfully beside Budugen.

Bu Dugen nodded after hearing this: "Yes. I will consider this matter. Our most important task now is to stabilize our Xianbei Shanyuting's power in Dingxiang County and Yanmen County."

"Yes, Shan Yu."

"We still have to guard against Ke Bineng." Fu Luohan reminded after taking a sip of his wine.

"I know that our biggest enemy will always be Ke Bineng."

Budugen sighed heavily.

The power of the Xianbei people is divided into three parts: the east, the central, and the west. The west of the central part may be a bit of a mouthful, that is, the western half of the original central Xianbei is the sphere of influence of Budugen and his brother Fuluohan, mainly concentrated in Bingzhou five northern counties.

The eastern half of Xianbei in the middle is the territory of Ke Bineng, mainly concentrated in Daijun and Shanggu counties in Youzhou.

Since the east and west spanned [-] miles, the huge geographical difference also led to complete inconsistencies in the military technology of the three Xianbei tribes in the east, middle and west.

In Xianbei in the central part, the Xianbei people mainly rely on cavalry, and some even have armored cavalry (from the treasury of Bingzhou and seized).In Xianbei in the west, in the vast Western Regions, the Xianbei people mainly use unarmored cavalry.As for the Xianbei in the east, they are dominated by infantry, especially archers, and have returned to the state of a fishing and hunting nation.

Therefore, the main enemy of Budugen and Fuluohan is actually Ke Bineng, who is also a Xianbei in the central region.

This is also a testament to the gradual decline of Xianbei. Xianbei Shanyu's ruling power is getting weaker and weaker. Today's Xianbei Shanyu has actually been reduced to a large tribe in the North, and all this is because of the internal struggle of Xianbei people .

In the most glorious period of Xianbei, the Xianbei people had a population of millions, but now, the Xianbei people under the command of Bu Dugen only have 10 people, and most of these people are herdsmen, and 4 to [-] of them belong to him Brother Fu Luo Han.

Nowadays, Xianbei people still mainly rely on herding cattle and sheep to maintain their livelihood. Sometimes they have to sell their horses to Yuan Shao in exchange for money when encountering snowstorms, and the food of the bottom herdsmen is basically taken by the chiefs and adults (Xianbei’s A job title, similar to the little Khan of later generations), the remaining food can only barely keep themselves from starving to death, so the Xianbei people must find a way to solve their food problem.

But now, they don't have enough farming ability to solve this problem, and they can only rely on looting the Han people.

So they will do everything possible to strengthen themselves.

They hoped that their sphere of influence could expand, and they even thought of using force to fight for more land from the Han people. They even hoped that they could become a powerful country like the Huns with "hundreds of thousands of people who control strings". They were eager to conquer Dahan's territory.

However, the reality is always cruel. Not only did the Xianbei people fail to achieve their goals, but they suffered heavy losses in a short period of time.

Because Bu Dugen and his brother Fu Luohan, who were negotiating, received a news like a bolt from the blue.

——The Dashi tribe was besieged by the Han army in Loufan City in Yanmen County.

"What should we do now?" asked another, slightly younger son.

"I think we should suspend the war now, recover our vitality for a period of time, and then concentrate on attacking the big man in one go, once and for all." His elder brother, the young man who spoke just now, pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind and said.

Seeing that Bu Dugen didn't speak, he added: "After all, we have already lost some warriors in the war with Ke Bineng. If we rush to support the Dashi tribe at this time, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous."

"My brother." Bu Dugen looked at Fu Luohan, stroked his beard in a pigtail, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Fu Luohan patted the tiger-skin seat (hu bed) drunkenly, and said angrily: "You can't back down. Now Shan Yuting's order can no longer be passed on the grassland. If we shrink back again in the face of the Han people, Shan Yu's order will not be passed on the grassland. The majesty will be swept away!"

"Well, I see what you mean."

Budugen nodded and looked to the south thoughtfully.

"Chan Yu."

"No more."

Bu Dugen stood up, and he said: "It's just that the Southern Huns and the Montenegro army are under the banner of the Han army. This time, they will definitely see the wrath of the Xianbei warriors!"

(End of this chapter)