Chapter 41 The rules of survival of the Huns

A rooster crows, a rooster dies! A person is enjoying happiness at the same time, there is often another person is in pain, looking at the grand dance party in the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, the 'Zimu Boy' in the Panlong Pavilion across the river is about to go crazy with jealousy, the poor country in the past is now a 'whale turned over', and suddenly became rich, after dropping 10 plates, 6 teacups, and slapping the maid who swept the floor, Zimu Gongzi sneered again and again in the direction of the Crouching Tiger Pavilion: "No worries, little Taoist, Xiao Yi, let's see who has the last laugh... …”。

The next day a team of horses came to the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, and after acquiring a large amount of Wusan wine and iron tools marked with the ox's head, they left in a very low-key manner; Such a horse team now often frequents the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, so it has not been able to attract people's attention, with the support of the Liang family, now the Wuwu wine has been exported to all parts of Hebei, and even the capital Luoyang has begun to be sold, but today this horse team is very strange, they did not go to the south of the richer hinterland, but all the way to the north, over the Great Wall, to the depths of the grassland......

The grassland outside the Saiwai is now the territory of the Huns, if the interior is the year of Ruixue Zhaofeng, then the herdsmen on the grassland have experienced a cruel 'white plague', last year's heavy snow froze to death countless cattle and sheep and livestock of the Xiongnu departments, the herdsmen who regard cattle and sheep as their life immediately fell into hunger and cold, every day people freeze to death in the vast wilderness, and even after a heavy snowfall, some small Xiongnu tribes will disappear without a trace......

The Xiongnu are an ancient nomadic people in northern China, known for their toughness and warlikeness; After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he ordered the general Meng Tian to lead 300,000 Qin troops to attack the Xiongnu in the north, "but the Xiongnu were more than 700 miles, and the Hu people did not dare to go south and herd horses" to collect the Hetao and send troops to the county. It officially opened the prelude to the struggle between the Xiongnu and the Central Plains Dynasty. In the years of war between the two ethnic groups, a Xiongnu hero was born in this chaotic and punishing ancient grassland......

Mao Dun was the son of the Xiongnu Shan Yu Touman at that time, but his father Tou Manshan Yu did not like him very much, so he sent him to the hostile country 'Yueshi in the Western Regions' as a hostage, and then sent troops to attack the 'Yueshi', wanting to use a trick to 'borrow a knife to kill' to get rid of Mao Dun, and then set up the son born by the little wife as the prince of the Xiongnu.

Lao Tzu is ruthless, and he is not ambiguous as a son; After Mao Dun got the news, he stole a good horse overnight, and it took 30 days to escape from the distant Western Regions to the Xiongnu royal court; If it were in modern times, this rampaging Mao Dun would definitely be a first-class field racer, and it was estimated that he could win a title such as 'Desert Lone Wolf', but unfortunately there was no championship trophy in that era, and some were only the golden crown of kings! ……

Maudun knew that his father didn't like him, and that it was hopeless to inherit the throne in the natural order, so this 'lone wolf in the desert' simply did it himself, and had enough food and clothing! The Xiongnu were a nomadic people, from the nobles to the slaves, all of whom were fond of hunting, and the method he adopted was quite simple, direct, and effective, which can be summed up as four hunting, and the steps were as follows:

He first made a kind of arrow called 'Mingdi', stipulating that when he went out hunting, he shot Mingdi, and his subordinates would kill anyone who did not shoot with Mingdi to the same target.

The first time he hunted, he shot his BMW with a Ming Di, and those who did not dare to shoot on the left and right were immediately killed.

The second time he hunted, he shot his wife with a Ming Di, and there were still those who didn't dare to shoot on the left and right, and they were immediately beheaded.

On the third hunt, he shot Mandanyu's BMW with a Ming Di, and no one on the left and right did not shoot.

On the fourth hunt, Mao Dun used a song to shoot the head man, and the left and right sides followed with arrows to shoot the head man.

Subsequently, Mao Dun killed his stepmother and half-brother, killed all the ministers who dissided, and established himself as the Xiongnu Shan Yu.

A master is a master, although the method is simple, but it is absolutely direct and effective, perhaps in the eyes of the Central Plains people, killing the father and the king is a great rebellion, and it is definitely the biggest stain on morality; But in the eyes of the Huns, who believe in the law of wolves, it is normal--- on the grassland, the strong is king!

Shan Yu is like the head wolf of the Huns, when the head wolf is strong, all the tribal people will loyally support him, and can be born and die for one of his orders, and fight bravely for the survival of the tribe under the leadership of the head wolf.

But once the head wolf shows signs of old age and can no longer lead the wolves to hunt prey, there will immediately be a young and strong male wolf to stand up and challenge the position of the wolf king.

To put it bluntly, the Huns, like the wolves, need a strong leader to lead them to survive in the harsh environment of the vast grassland, this is the sorrow of the nomads, when survival and morality contradict each other, they choose to survive. This is also the reason why the nomads are so strong and good at war, and the tryouts at the cost of blood will definitely give them the most powerful wolf king.

Under the leadership of the powerful wolf king Mao Dun, the Xiongnu conquered more than 20 countries including Loulan, Wusun, and Hujie to the west, and controlled most of the Western Regions. To the north, it conquered the countries of Hunyao, Qu She, Ding Ling, Qi Kun, and Xinli, and to the south, annexed the territories of the south kings of Loufu and Baiyang Henan, and reoccupied the land south of the Hetao. So far, the Xiongnu have a vast area from Yinshan in the south, Baikal Lake in the north, Liao River in the east, and green mountains in the west, and are known as the people who lead the bow as a family, and have more than 300,000 people who can fight on horseback, becoming the most powerful nation in the north.

At the same time, the Central Plains region has fallen into a melee for many years, Qin Shi Huang is roughly known as the first emperor of the ages, but unfortunately his son is not angry, the successor Qin II is mediocre and incompetent, resulting in the people are not living, and oppression will inevitably lead to resistance, and finally in a heavy rain, an unknown poor young man who is unwilling to die shouted: "Princes and generals, rather have a kind?" ”

In the following 2,000 years, this slogan lit a bright light for countless poor people who had no way out! --"Power can be seized, and the emperor can take turns!" ”

The land of the Central Plains fell into the melee of the heroes, countless heroes went to desperately chase the lost deer of the Qin Dynasty, and Liu Bang, the last rogue of the Surabaya Pavilion, relied on his own wisdom, superior vision (this is Liu Bang's greatest advantage) and unparalleled cheekiness to become the final victor and seize the fat deer in the Central Plains!

This is a kind of victory of the common people, and this kind of victory has only appeared twice in China's 2,000-year-long history: "One is Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty!" The other one is called Zhu Yuanzhang! ”

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and after each of them eliminated the internal enemy, the two kings of their respective nations finally collided together.

In 201 BC (the sixth year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty), Han Wangxin rebelled in the Datong region and colluded with the Xiongnu to invade; After defeating the overlord Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, who thought he was invincible in the world, immediately confidently led the army north to conquer; As a result, at Baishan Mountain, he was surrounded by Mao Dunshan Yu with a large army of 400,000; After starving in the encirclement for 7 days, Liu Bang, who finally came to his senses, used his unique hooligan thinking, relying on the method of giving gifts to Mao Dun's wife, and escaped in disgrace while taking advantage of the heavy fog......

Under the inferiority, the Western Han Dynasty was forced to adopt a policy of harmony, giving the princess of the Han family to the Xiongnu Shan Yu as his wife, and the Xiongnu had a number of wine, rice and food; According to the statistics of the drama, the Han Dynasty sent a total of fifteen princesses, and there were countless maids to marry; For decades, the tears of the daughters of the Han family moistened the weeds on the plateau......

By giving women and gifts, the Han Dynasty gained decades of respite and accumulated national strength; It was not until Liu Bang's great-grandson Liu Che of the Han Wu Emperor succeeded to the throne that the Han Dynasty, which had reached its peak of national strength, finally shouted: "Those who commit crimes against the strong Han will be punished even if they are far away!"

From this point of view, Liu Che is a good grandson! Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reigned for 54 years, of which the war with the Xiongnu lasted for 44 years, relying on the super command ability of peerless generals such as Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, and exhausting the manpower and material resources of the whole country, and waving the army to the north 15 times before and after, and finally completely defeated the Xiongnu......

"This experience tells us, what if you can't fight for your father? It doesn't matter, we can still spell grandchildren! ”

Under the continuous blow of the Han Dynasty, the decaying Xiongnu was divided into two parts, the north and the south, and the northern Xiongnu were forced to move westward and completely disappeared in the long river of history......

The Southern Xiongnu were vassals to the Han and were placed in the Hetao area; In the following year, the court was moved to Meiji County, that is, "Xiongnu South Court". In order to protect and monitor the Southern Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty set up the official position of 'Protecting the Xiongnu Zhonglang General', and ordered the general to lead elite troops to be stationed in the Hetao area, just like a tame dog chained.

In the eyes of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, the steppe wolf, has been completely tamed, and can be like a guard dog, put it at his feet to watch the house, and the Huns did show enough deference, constantly waging their tails to their Han Dynasty masters and begging for mercy, the most famous behavior is "In the first year of Emperor Jianzhao of the Han Yuan Dynasty, the Xiongnu Shan Yu 'Hu Han Evil' asked the Han Dynasty for marriage three times in a row, so Wang Zhaojun, one of the four beauties in China, went out of the fortress and married the Xiongnu Shan Yu, called 'Ning Hu Yan'!" (The good cabbage is gnawed by the dogs...... )

In this way, the long river of history slowly flowed for another 60 years......

Even the most powerful dynasties had their declines, such as the great Roman Empire, which enclosed the Mediterranean Sea as an inland lake; Another example is the empire on which the sun never sets, which has dominated the earth for 300 years......

For hundreds of years, the Han Dynasty, which once dominated the world, has slowly declined, and the Huns have grown from a weak Chihuahua to a fierce Tibetan mastiff after decades of cultivation and business; When the Han Dynasty was strong enough, the Huns at their feet showed great respect, but once the master fell ill and fell, the Huns did not hesitate to break free of the chain and rushed up and took a bite, it turns out that the wolf that can wag its tail is still a wolf, and the wolf is always a cannibal!