After hundreds of years of management by the Wuhuan people, Liucheng has expanded a lot.
Although it is not as good as the mainland, in the north, it is a little less important than Ji County and Zhuo County.
In the past, this place was a sacred place in the eyes of the nearby fishing and hunting tribes. For example, the Murong tribe on the south side of the river valley regarded it as their destiny to take control of Liucheng.
But now, the glory of the past has faded, and after the fate of the Wuhuan people has fallen, the nearby tribes suddenly discovered that Liucheng was just an ordinary city.
After a night of fermentation, the news that the Wuhuan people's Liucheng had been captured by a group of Han people spread like wildfire, and more and more tribes knew the news.
The reason why it was delivered so quickly must be attributed to the Department of Yuwen.
These tribes were all envious of Yuwen's good deal. Even the Murong tribe in the mountains on the south bank was sighing, feeling that it was not as decisive as Yuwen's.
But at this moment, Yuwen Heihu, who was envied by everyone, was pinching his temples and having a huge headache.
Last night, he had just finished dealing with a group of clan elders. They came over to ask, since the Han people had won a great victory, when would they get the spoils belonging to their Yuwen tribe.
Yes, the principles of prairie people are so simple. Since we are leading the way and sending troops, they should have a share of the spoils.
Of course Yuwen Heihu thought so too, but it was too late last night and they were not allowed to enter the city for resettlement, so they were delayed.
But this morning, when he went to talk to the Han people about the loot, he was disappointed.
Because Zhao Yun's previous performance was too impressive, Yuwen Heihu did not dare to talk to this Shenweitian, so he went to Li Hu of the Feilong Army.
When Yuwen Black Tiger arrived at first, Li Hu was quite enthusiastic. After all, his contribution to capturing Liucheng was indeed due to the hard work of the Yuwen Department.
But when Yuwen Heihu talked about the spoils of war, Li Hu was silent.
In the end, Li Hu didn’t want to deceive Yuwen Heihu, so he told the truth:
"Brother, you helped me. Logically speaking, I want to help you too. But you may not know about our army. All the seizures of our army belong to the public. Even though I am a captain, there is no way I can do it privately. Allocate your spoils so this..."
When Li Hu said this, Yuwen Heihu waved his hands:
"Li Anda, you misunderstood. I'm not here to ask for trophies from you. Even for us Xianbei people, every time we go hunting, the shanyu or the minister allocates the prey. This is the power given to the nobles by nature. I think, If possible, can you introduce me to your king? I will go to see him with the most precious gift in my family.”
Li Hu did not agree directly, but said something else:
"Dude, you know, something happened last night."
Seeing that Yuwen Heihu was listening, Li Hu said softly:
"Yesterday evening, we followed the king into Liucheng. Originally, everyone was very happy because of the great victory. But what happened next made everyone very sad. I heard that you and Zhao Yun told Zhao Yun about the nearby field slaves before, so what if you Do you know the two-legged sheep?”
As soon as these words came out, Yuwen Heihu was shocked. He first looked around, but there was no killing intention as expected, so he hurriedly explained:
"I have heard about this. It is said that some tribes will capture some slaves. But this two-legged sheep is not used for eating. It is said that it is used for sacrifice."
Li Hu took a deep look at Yuwen Heihu and made him tremble.
Li Hu added a handful more firewood to the fire pit and smiled:
"It's okay. I know you don't eat people. You just use blood sacrifices for divination. We Han people understand this."
Seeing what Li Hu said, Yuwen Heihu nodded hurriedly, but suddenly realized something and hurriedly explained:
"No, our Yuwen Department has never done this. The Yuwen Department is a small department and is not qualified to talk to the sky."
Li Hu laughed, but this time he laughed until Li Hu’s face became increasingly ugly. In the end, Li Hu directly knocked over the firewood and cursed:
"Sacrifice, sacrifice, then tell me why the people being sacrificed are all Han people? Huh? Can you explain it to me?"
At this moment, Li Hu went berserk. He was really like an angry tiger with murderous intent.
Yuwen Heihu's face collapsed, and he hurriedly lay on the ground to explain:
"Li Anda, no, Lieutenant Li, you really misunderstood us! If you don't believe it, you can ask someone to go to our clan's totem site now. We really won't sacrifice human blood."
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Then Yuwen Heihu explained to Li Hu.
It was through Yuwen Heihu's explanation that Li Hu understood why he said that their Yuwen Department was not qualified to use human sacrifices.
It turns out that on the grasslands, as more and more tribes gather together, the original connections established by blood and language alone are no longer enough.
At this time, prairie priests and shamans are needed to offer sacrifices to the sky so that various tribes can form a tribal alliance.
Participating in grand and solemn sacrificial activities together with the same belief will deepen the connection between various departments.
Therefore, the Wuhuan Royal Court or the earlier Xiongnu Royal Court and Xianbei Royal Court would conduct large-scale sacrifices.
God's will is as important as the king's will, or even more important than the latter. Anyone who violates it will suffer divine punishment.
In order to please the gods, the shamans and priests of the royal court need to offer sacrifices.
Because war is the eternal melody of the grassland people, the warriors who emerge from the war are naturally regarded as the most noble beings.
Therefore, whenever the tribal alliance wins a great victory, they will sacrifice the enemy's warriors to the sky to show that they have presented the most noble gift.
Yuwen Black Tiger said that their Yuwen tribe was indeed a large tribe before, but because of their failure in the Xianbei civil strife, they had to abandon most of their tribes and migrate to the Daling River Valley in the southeast.
Today's Yuwen tribe has long since cut off the inheritance of sacrifices, and there are no sacrifices in the clan. They have even forgotten the objects of their sacrifices. How can they use human sacrifices?
In addition, the Ministry of Yuwen also said that the reason why the Taishan Army was able to find these traces of human sacrifice in Liucheng was because the Wuhuan people were just such a large tribal alliance. They had their own sacrificial team, their own totem poles, and even strict requirements for sacrificial rituals. Grades are graded.
Among them, apart from the noble chiefs of the tribe, the original Han people are generally regarded as the best sacrifices. Because they are more civilized and noble.
But most of the time the Wuhuan people did not have enough sacrifices, so they often kidnapped field slaves from nearby valleys as sacrifices.
After hearing what Yuwen Heihu said, Li Hu's anger calmed down.
He did not ask further about the situation of the Yuwen Department, but replied calmly:
"It's okay. The sacrificial team you mentioned was burned to death by my brothers last night."
"Burned to death?"
Yuwen Heihu was speechless.
Li Hu nodded, and then said sarcastically:
"When these people were wailing in the fire pit, it was obvious that their God did not appear to help them."
Yuwen Heihu was silent.
At this point, Li Hu didn't have much conversation anymore. He just told Yuwen that Heihu should be careful recently. Because of what happened last night, the officials of the Taishan Army had very objections to them, the Hulu.
Finally, Yuwen Heihu walked out of Li Hu's military tent in a daze.
Along the way, this former important town for mutual trade has now become much depressed. Wuhuan people are constantly being driven out of the city in groups. These Wuhuan nobles who used to be pampered and privileged are now lying on the ground like dead dogs begging the Han people to spare them.
They were unwilling to leave the city.
Yuwen Heihu sighed, not wanting to cause trouble, so he could only go around in a circle and leave the city.
When Yuwen Heihu came back, he found an unexpected guest.
Zhao Yun, also known as Shenweitian in Yuwenbu's mouth, was actually chatting and laughing with a group of clan elders in the big tent.
After seeing Yuwen Black Tiger return, Zhao Yun smiled and said:
"Brother Yuwen, Zilong has been waiting for you here for a long time. My king has invited you."
……
Zhang Chong only found out about last night's situation this morning.
But Zhang Chong didn't say much. He is an ideal realist. He has ideals, but he knows more about reality.
So he knew very well that the officials who were so excited last night did nothing wrong.
He also understood that the way everyone in Wuhuan died was not sinful. It was just a necessary process for any primitive nation to become civilized.
It is said that merchants came south from this area before, and finally settled in the Central Plains and became a member of China. Perhaps because of this, merchants also brought in the method of human sacrifice from the Northeast.
The products of this forest, sea and snowfield are indeed rich, but it does not affect its cruelty.
During spring, summer and autumn, the output in the mountains and forests is naturally enough to support the population. But when winter comes, heavy snow seals the mountains, and all life ends. At this time, the population becomes a burden, and killing the old and weak becomes a rational choice.
Maybe this is unconscious, or they really believe that one day they will be favored.
But this does not affect what Zhang Chong thinks.
But is this kind of cruelty only found in grasslands? Isn’t this also true for the Han people in Guizhou and Li?
Caomin, Caomin, means that these people are like weeds, withering and flourishing in spring and autumn, and can be discarded at will.
It is also the way of the world that Zhang Chong stood up bravely and earned a way for all ordinary people to survive.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong sighed.
Human nature, the huge inertia of the times, contempt, ignorance, the general background of this era always made him feel tired. He really doubted that in this barbaric world, could ideals really illuminate this dark age?
At this time, Zhang Chong can only use the story of "I care, and the fish cares too" to encourage himself.
Remind yourself, but walk forward without worrying about the future.
Standing on a high place, looking at General Hengchang who was rectifying the order in the city below, Zhang Chong fell into deep thought.
At this time, Zhao Yun came up, bringing with him the leader of Murong's tribe whom he had mentioned before.
Zhang Chong looked at the dark, unremarkable Yuwen Black Tiger below and said with a smile:
"The ones below are from the Xianbei Yuwen Department?"
After hearing these powerful words, Yuwen Heihu made an action that was beyond the expectations of everyone present.
I saw him lying on the ground with his hands, feet, and face, facing Zhang Chong on the high platform, and replied tremblingly and respectfully:
"King of the Han people, your servants and hunting dogs, Yuwen Black Tiger offers you his loyalty!"
For a long time, there was no sound from above.