The nomads relied on the methods of the Central Plains.

There are only two.

The first is trade.

Everyone is harmonious and wealthy, and they communicate with each other.

There is agriculture in the Central Plains, which can grow grain, while there are cattle and sheep in the grassland area, and the people of the Central Plains eat more grains and grains, and they also want to change their tastes and occasionally eat meat.

So the deal can be done.

The second is robbery.

In the event that they can't get along, or the steppe nomads can't come up with something enough to attract the people of the Central Plains, they won't sit back and watch themselves starve to death, so they have to resort to violent means.

Therefore, if we look at history again, we can find a pattern.

It is the Central Plains, the more chaotic it is, the more ferocious the invasion of nomads.

For example, the Warring States Period, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

The end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty.

This has little to do with whether the Central Plains is strong or not.

The state of Zhao during the Warring States period was also very strong, and repeatedly defeated the Xiongnu, but the Xiongnu still kept coming, and there were more people coming at a time than at a time.

It's not that they aren't afraid of the strength of the Central Plains Dynasty, but because they want to survive.

If there is a unified dynasty in the Central Plains, the two sides can also conduct peaceful trade.

And without a unified dynasty, it would be difficult to do trade.

Just like now, the Central Plains Dynasty is divided into three countries, the original Han court, Liu Zheng's Han dynasty, and Yuan Shao's puppet Han dynasty, which is on the verge of collapse.

It was precisely because of such troubled times that those Xianbei and Karasuma people could not sign a consistent peace trade treaty with the Central Plains Dynasty.

In this way, they have no way to exchange for food, cloth and other daily necessities needed for survival.

Therefore, "Hanshu, Xiongnu Biography" has been recorded.

When the two sides exchanged trade, it was the Xiongnu who were all pro-Han and traveled to and from the Great Wall.

This means that in the entire Xiongnu, except for Shan Yu, other people like the Han Dynasty very much. He often went in and out of the vicinity of the Great Wall and traded with the Han Chinese. Cattle and sheep were exchanged for grain, cloth, and even salt and iron.

Interestingly, this kind of happy scene was not happy for the Huns.

Why would the Xiongnu be unhappy?

Why did the Xiongnu not like the Han Dynasty?

The reason is actually very simple.

The political system of the nomads is different from that of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty is the king of a country, and the whole country is the emperor's.

The political status of the nomad is basically determined by his military role.

Because of military battles, a unified commander is needed, and once the nomads are threatened militarily, their single people have absolute power.

On the other hand, when the military needs are reduced and everyone coexists peacefully, the nomads who exist in a tribal situation are not very interested in this status.

It's more about the leaders of the various tribes being more resigned.

The leaders of each tribe began to act on their own, and Shan Yu's status naturally became lower.

Therefore, in times of peace, everyone is happy, only unhappy.

Therefore, when you become a single person, you always like to do something.

For example, Mao Dun Shan Yu in the Qin and Han dynasties not only dared to make the feat of besieging Liu Bang, but also dared to flirt with Liu Bang's wife Empress Lu.

Its purpose was nothing more than to make enemies, so that the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty would not be so peaceful.

Therefore, nomadic regimes such as the Xiongnu and Turks, and pro-trade policies, were of little use to them.

In the early period of the Han Dynasty, they often made peace with the Huns, but it was useless, and this kind of peace could only maintain a short period of peace, and they would often go south to rob.

In this case, it was not until the emergence of the later Liao Dynasty that the Song and Liao were able to maintain a hundred years of peace.

Because the political structure of the Liao Dynasty was completely different from that of the Xiongnu and Turkic.

Later, the nomads did not rely entirely on the Central Plains, in addition to trading with the Central Plains Dynasty in the south, they were also able to trade in the west.

So the demand for the Central Plains has decreased.

And now, in Liu Zheng's era, the nomads in the north basically have to rely on the Central Plains Dynasty if they want to have enough to eat.

That's why, every two or three years, the north is just looted by these nomads.

In the first two years, these nomads were still able to do business with Yuan Shao and trade some supplies.

But now, Yuan Shao is dead, and the Yuan brothers are beaten and killed, and they have not formed an effective unity.

Yuan Xi himself only occupied a mere Youzhou, and in this Youzhou, most of it had already been occupied by the Karasuma people.

This made the Karasuma and Xianbei people have some difficulties.

Naturally, they also wanted to go to Liu Zheng or even Liu Bei to seek cooperation, but both sides had a tough attitude and did not have a good impression of the nomads.

Liu Bei and the Xiongnu people were relatively close, and they didn't have much friendship with the Karasuma people and the Xianbei people, and even because of Yuan Shao's relationship, Liu Bei and the Karasuma people still had some grudges.

And Liu Zheng has always had no good impression of these nomadic people, so he doesn't have any good feelings for nomads.

If it weren't for the fact that his own territory did not border these nomads, I was afraid that Liu Zheng would have led his soldiers and horses to kill the tribes of these nomads.

Looking at it this way, it is conceivable that these nomadic people will unite and attack Liu Zheng's side.

Another day.

Xu Huang's army, more than 10,000 cavalry, killed Xindu and joined Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses.

Although Xu Huang's men and horses came, Xu Huang only had more than 10,000 cavalry, and his effect was not great.

Even if Xu Huang was allowed to go out of the city to fight these Karasuma people, it would be impossible for more than 10,000 cavalry to repel the tens of thousands of troops of these Karasuma people.

Liu Zheng still has to wait, and he has to wait for the war elephants and horses under Wen Ping to come over.

And it's to quickly use the war elephant army to give these Karasuma people some color in one fell swoop.

However, from the arrival of Xu Huang, Liu Zheng and these people also knew that the people of Wenpin were not far from Xindu.

Time was pressing, and they didn't need to wait for the arrival of the army of Wen to fight these Xianbei people.

Wen Ping's army is here, it is the trump card, and it will directly hit these Xianbei people, and before that, Liu Zheng plans to let his cavalry team first test a wave.

Look at what these Xianbei people are capable of.

Evening.

The scorching sun extinguished his might, and the afterglow was not yet gone.

The gates of Shinto Castle opened.

Liu Zheng climbed the city tower, and Xu Huang led 10,000 cavalry to rush out of the city.

Bun Dun and Yuan Xi, who were camped not far from Xinbu, received the news and quickly reacted.