Chapter 767 Whereabouts
The clear water in the mountain stream is pleasing to the eye.
By the stream, a small tribe of several thousand people became commotion because of the arrival of a big shot.
The herdsmen were forced to bring out the richest food to entertain the nobles.
“Is this what you’re going to eat?” Shao Xun asked, looking at the wild vegetable porridge in front of him.
Wild vegetables is a general term. A closer look shows that there are actually too many types, and the specific meaning of "wild vegetables" varies from place to place.
The name of the wild vegetable in front of Shao Xun is "Guzihua", which is a common local wild vegetable, or medicinal material.
Locals often eat the roots together, but the wild vegetables given to Shao Xun only have young shoots - this is VIP level.
"Your Majesty, in spring, livestock is short of forage, and people are short of food. It is called 'green and yellow'." The leader fell to the ground and said loudly.
"Why do you always kneel when you stand up to talk? My Prime Minister is still sitting and discussing things with me." Shao Xun picked up the wooden bowl and took a sip of wild vegetable porridge. It was very fragrant and not unpleasant to eat.
After putting down the wooden bowl, he looked at the other food on the table. They were all presented by the leaders. As for whether they were poisonous, of course they were not, because they were all made on the fly under the supervision of personal soldiers.
Buckwheat cake is made from sweet buckwheat (not tartary buckwheat) that grows in the mountain slope valleys on both sides of the Yellow River.
The growth period of this plant is only two to three months, which is amazingly fast. It even has time for you to get two crops a year. It is especially suitable for colder mountainous areas. The yield is a bit low, but it is very suitable for use as a grazing product. Supplementary income.
In addition, there are pork meat, dark bread, wild fruits, cheese, kumiss, etc., which are basically the best things they can get their hands on.
After Shao Xun finished the porridge, he distributed other food to the leaders, invited everyone to eat together, and then said: "In the past, you were waiting to wander between the Xiongnu and Xianbei. I just want to ask you, how are you living? Are you there? "
This is south of Junzijin, near Baode County in later generations. We walked further than the last time we patrolled the river, almost reaching the traditional border of Tuoba Xianbei.
After the Tuoba clan finds out, if they feel there is a threat, they may mobilize a large number of troops to go south. By then, Shao Xun will bring 6,000 silver spear troops, nearly 10,000 government troops, thousands of cavalry, and 20,000 yellow heads. The army is about to face military friction - the Yellow Head Army is training troops and acting as logistical auxiliary troops.
It sounds a bit embarrassing to Yu Miao who has left Yanmen, but from another perspective, isn’t it a show of support for him? It all depends on the strength of the opponent and how he thinks about it.
"Your Majesty, the Tuge clan and the Tuoba clan are not very good, but they are just recruiting soldiers and sheep." Facing Shao Xun's question, someone told the truth.
"Isn't that very bitter?" Shao Xun asked lightly.
"Living is hard." The leader replied, which actually had a philosophical meaning.
Shao Xun stood up and said: "You are right, people are not born to fight and kill. It's just that life is difficult and too painful, so you take risks. You were born in the border area, Tuo It’s especially hard to give sheep when you come and pay tribute when you slaughter them.”
These tribes, who are at the junction of the original Liu Han and Tuoba dynasties, have complicated bloodlines and their clan affiliation is difficult to determine, so they are caught in the middle. kind of.
Tuoba went south and asked them to provide food and grass, and even took their young men to fight the Huns together.
When the Xiongnu went north, they also asked them to provide food, grass and even soldiers.
No one has ever been able to rule stably for a long time in this area, leaving these tribes at a loss as to what to do. The most cowardly ones heard that they had to pay taxes on both sides and were miserable.
Shao Xun came here on patrol today and was forced to pay some tribute: seven or eight tribes jointly presented a pair of golden eagles, 200 sand fox skins, 500 deer skins, 1,000 yellow sheep skins, honey, There are a few miscellaneous things such as wax.
In addition, there are more than 30,000 cattle, sheep and miscellaneous animals - on average, it is equivalent to the cattle and sheep of two thousand shepherds.
These tribes may be used to being surrenderers, and their spirits are as low as the mud. Probably all the bloody tribes were killed and injured in the war against the Xiongnu and Xianbei.
"You--" Shao Xun thought for a while and said: "Think about it carefully. If you can come and surrender, I can set up a Jisi County here and you can make your own decisions. If there is a war, the court will not Will ignore it.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent.
It’s not like I haven’t tried to take refuge with Liu Yuan, Liu Cong and his son before, but what was the outcome?
Tuoba Xianbei went south from here many times, either to Jinyang, or south to Xihe or Pingyang. The most dangerous time was that Liu Cong even blocked Tuoba Xianbei in Pingyang and defeated him.
When Tuoba came, they surrendered.
After Tuoba was defeated, Liu Cong sent a force to pursue them. On the grounds that they were not sure about their rebellion, they looted them and then left.
There is really no good person!
What is the difference between this King of Liang of Jin Dynasty?
To be honest, if you can protect them from being robbed and bullied, what if you really vote? The key is that you can't do it.
Since the Han Dynasty, this area has not had the say of the Central Plains imperial court. What kind of Liang King has emerged now, is he really capable of going north to the grassland? No Central Plains person has been able to do it for two hundred years.
If it weren't for the fact that this person brought a large number of people, and they didn't receive the news in advance and had nowhere to run, they wouldn't have given this tribute.
No one will do things that are in vain.
Looking at their expressions, Shao Xun knew that his words had no effect.
In their eyes, he is just another Liu Cong, coming here for a patrol to give him some face and gain some wealth.
These leaders have official seals issued by Liu Han, Tuoba Dai, Jin Dynasty and even further dynasties. When they meet anyone, they will take out the corresponding seal to indicate their identity, but in fact, any power They all looked down upon them.
It is impossible for them to firmly join any party. Being a fool is their survival philosophy. Those who cannot do this will be eliminated.
No matter what, it is impossible to convince them with empty words.
We are not preparing to attack Tuoba Xianbei this year. What we are doing now is just preliminary preparations.
As long as these tribes don’t become enemies when we set off for another day, it’s okay.
Of course, by that time, there is no middle option. Either the enemy or one of our own, there is no choice.
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The army of capturing students has expanded to more than 1,800 cavalry, led by Gao Yi.
As a garrison in Heyang, he had been fighting with the Huns in the wilderness of Hanoi all year round. Burning, killing and looting was his specialty. However, he rarely fought serious wars, so that the Yi Congjun felt that they were too slippery. An unruly army.
Shao Xun gathered the chiefs dozens of miles away in the south. They had already rushed to the vicinity of Junzijin - it is said that during the time of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, a Luoyang merchant brought property to the grassland for business and died of a sudden illness. The boatman crossing the river took the merchant His belongings were collected and returned intact when the merchant's son came to look for his father. He had noble character and was like a gentleman, hence the name "Junzijin".
The tribal leader who was grazing near Junzijin also went south. His tribe did not stop them and even provided some supplies.
After collecting some ferries, hundreds of people crossed the west in a few days. Seeing this slow movement, Gao Yi couldn't wait any longer, so he crossed the river in person on April 10th and landed on the west bank of the Yellow River.
"Overseer." Several scouts galloped over and dismounted from a distance.
"How is it?" Gao Yi asked without dismounting, pointing his riding whip.
"Shi Le set up a fort on the Papaya Plain, sixty miles to the southwest, with an unknown number of troops." The scout said.
"Where is the Dugu tribe?" Gao Yi asked again.
"This unit is moving erratically and has not been able to find out its whereabouts," the scout replied.
Gao Yi wanted to get angry when he heard this, but he held it back and shouted: "Zhang Si."
"The general is here." He rode out and responded loudly.
Zhang Si was a surrendered general from Shi Le.
During his service for Shi Le, he went to "Shanbei" several times to lure Jiehu outside Yanmen Pass and north of Hengshan Mountain. He was very familiar with affairs outside the Great Wall.
"Tell me, where might the Dugu Department have gone?" Gao Yi asked.
Zhang Si secretly sighed that I didn’t know this, but he didn’t dare not answer. He could only bite the bullet and said: “Since Yilu’s death, the dispute between the old and the new Tuoba family has become more and more fierce. The leaders of the Tuoba clan are actually far-sighted and have been undergoing a painful process of feudalization. But how can this kind of political reform be so simple?
Shao Xun was so cautious in Henan, but Tuoba's methods were much more brutal, so the internal cracks grew day by day.
To put it simply, the old people, Suotou, are the most primitive nomadic tribes.
Newcomers mainly refer to Jin people and Wuhuan people.
There was great chaos in the Central Plains, and a large number of Han people took refuge in the grasslands. In addition, Tuoba Xianbei went south several times to merge with the state, and plundered many people. There were also Jin people in Yanmen and Daijun themselves.
In the political struggle with the traditional Xianbei tribe, the Wuhuan people sided with the Jin people.
The leader of Tuoba Xianbei was actually inclined to learn Han culture. Especially after occupying Yanmen and Daijun, and having many contacts with Bingzhou, he had no understanding of Han culture, regulations, and culture. The deeper the understanding of the system becomes, the more talents from these places are employed, gradually forming a force.
But Leader Tuoba is also very difficult.
The basic market is a "cable". Do you want to forcefully promote the Chinese version regardless of the sentiment of the basic market? Then the basic base will be gone from you.
In short, this kind of reform is actually very difficult, and every step is frightening, and there are even many flashes of swords and swords——
Tuoba Yilu and Tuoba Pugen are both "newcomers", They longed for the Han Dynasty and were determined to reform. For this reason, they did not hesitate to assist the Jin in many battles and attack the Xiongnu.
This behavior aroused dissatisfaction among the old people, who believed that this kind of war was unprofitable. On the contrary, many people would die and it was not worth it. However, Tuoba Yilu suppressed it with military orders.
After Yi Lu died, Pugen succeeded to the throne, and then his son died suddenly after a short reign. It is difficult to say whether it was a normal death. Anyway, Tuoba Yulu is now in power. The "old man" forces.
Such a complicated internal situation is very beneficial to Shao Xun, who is determined to conquer Tuoba, but Gao Yi cannot stand so high and cannot see that far. He only considers military issues: Where is the Dugu tribe?
At this time, several more scouts returned and brought a prisoner with them.
Gao Yi became energetic and asked: "Who is this?"
"Warlord, this person is from Liu Lugu's tribe. Because he did not want to go eastward, he went south to Shile, halfway. Captured by me," the scout replied as he dismounted.
"Eastbound? Where to go?" Gao Yi was startled.
Liu Lugu is the younger brother of Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiefu Xiongnu. After Liu Hu escaped, Liu Lugu led some tribesmen to surrender to Tuoba.
Tuoba Yulu takes a female wife as his wife and is treated very well.
“Dongmugen Mountain.”
Gao Yi looked at Zhang Si.
"Warlord, Dongmugen Mountain is in the north of Xinping City." Zhang Si said.
After answering this sentence, Zhang Si asked again in Xiongnu and Wuhuan languages, and then said with a solemn face: "General Governor, Tuoba Yulu has left Shengle and led his army to Dongmugen Mountain. Dugu and Helan The second department is not here anymore, it went to Niuchuan."
"Where is Niuchuan?"
"In the northwest of Xinping City"
Gao Yi was stunned. Subconsciously asked: "What does Tuoba Yulu want to do? Are these tribes his cronies?"
From an economic perspective, the old and new party members within Tuoba Dai are actually nomadic culture and farming. culture.
Tuoba Yulu relied on nomadic forces to come to power. Dugu and Helan were important parts of his power. They all left Shengle, and I am afraid they have big plans.
"Warlord, there are two possibilities for this matter." Zhang Si said.
“Let’s talk and listen.”
“First, Tuoba Yulu wants to control the newcomers. Secondly, Tuoba Yulu wants to compete in the Central Plains.”
Gao Yi was silent, and after a while he asked: "If he were to compete in the Central Plains, where would he go south from?"
"Go south from Yanmen and go straight to Jinyang, or go south from Kelan and attack Lishi." Zhang Si replied.
Hearing this, Gao Yi stopped being silent and immediately ordered: "Go back, back to the east coast."
Zhang Si also felt that the problem was serious.
Whether Tuoba Yulu wants to go south or not, concentrating the main troops on the grasslands north of Pingcheng is a huge threat in itself, and King Liang doesn’t seem to know it yet...
Of course, Tuoba Yulu may not have known that Prince Liang actually visited the northernmost part of Kelan County.
Both sides know nothing about the other's whereabouts.
(End of this chapter)