The source of the Yellow River is actually the Qinghai region. It has long been the origin of the Chinese ethnic group, and countless people have inhabited this place, because of the climate or the migration of ethnic groups.

There have been a lot of soldiers on this land, they are the soldiers of Xia, Shang and Zhou, Zhou was frequently invaded by the Rong and Di people, the soldiers of the Chinese ethnic group were extinct here for a period of time, and the land that originally belonged to the Chinese ethnic group was occupied by the Rong and Di people.

The history of China has entered the chapter of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin army has been trying its best to open up the northwest frontier for a period of time, the Qin army defeated Rong Di, defeated the Yiqu, defeated the Qiang people and once again stepped on the originally lost land, but then because the Qin State tried its best to expand to the east, the northwest frontier could not be taken into account too much or did not pay attention to it, this land was once again full of Rong people, Di people, and Qiang people.

The Xiongnu and other Hu people failed to invade the south, the road to retreat from Yanmen County and Dai County to the grassland was cut off, and the Hetao was also occupied by the Han army.

When Touman led the army to retreat to the Qinghai Plain, this grassland Hu army, which was not a remnant of the defeated army, desperately needed time to recuperate, precisely because they still had enough troops, they began to attack the people who originally inhabited this land, attacked the Rong people, Di people, and Qiang people, robbed the horses, cattle, sheep and other things that belonged to the local people, and plundered the population to become slave labor or slave soldiers.

Relying on a series of violence near Qinghai, Touman re-increased his forces to nearly 250,000, and in the process, all the slower-running tribes that inhabited the land suffered. The violent plundering of the Xiongnu and other steppe Hu people allowed them to recover their strength slightly, but it also stimulated the overlord group in the area, that is, the Qiang people.

It's hard to say whether the Qiang people are the same ethnic group, and it is probably what other people call for some specific ethnic groups? There is a plateau Qiang above the plateau, a flatland Qiang above the plain, and a forest Qiang in the primeval forest. There are wetland Qiang ...... in the swampy area Some people living in different regions are regarded as Qiang people, much like the Zhuyue in the south, right? So it's really hard to be sure whether the people who are called the various Qiang are the same blood group.

In the era of slow transmission of news, a series of things done by the Xiongnu and other steppe Hu people were spreading information to the surrounding areas at a slow speed, and some Qiang tribes who were related to the victim tribe launched revenge first, but the end was not very good, and the Qiang people who came to take revenge were either killed or captured.

In fact, it is a bit inexplicable, the Qiang social system is primitive to the extreme, and they are also scattered to the point that they do not seem to be organized at all. There was no communication between the head people, there was no unity between tribes and tribes, and tribes of all sizes ran to seek revenge on the Huns and other steppe Hu people. It has become a ridiculous thing to send people for hundreds of miles and even thousands of miles to send people's heads, and the result is just to add more slaves to Touman's command.

When a region is overlord, the rest of the region's races are doomed to oppression and plunder. On the side of the Chinese ethnic group, the grassland people, who were chased like lost dogs, because they were more advanced than the "natives" in terms of social system, that is, they had the most basic organizational strength, but they repeatedly won overwhelming victories in the face of various Qiang people who were more backward.

The Qiang people frequently sought revenge and were repeatedly defeated or wiped out, or only a few escaped, and for more than a year, groups of Qiang tribes were no longer seen on Qinghai. Not only the Qinghai Plain, but also some swamps and plateaus and mountains, the Qiang tribe seems to have suddenly disappeared.

The Qiang people in this area suffered heavy losses, but they did not disappear. They fled at least 100 years earlier because of the "diversion of history", and a hundred years later the expansion of the Western Han army forced them to flee, and now they are forced to migrate to the plateau by the Xiongnu and other steppe armies.

"Han Xin!"

"Huh? Hey, don't grab it! ”

In the background is a blue sky and green grassland, and the location is the plain of the northwest of Qindi. Zhong Liwu walked quietly behind Han Xin, who was sitting on the ground and looked down at the letter, and suddenly roared and quickly snatched the letter that Han Xin hadn't had time to read.

Not far from the two of them was a group of Han soldiers strolling on the grass or simply lying on the grass looking at the sky, judging by the number of this force should be more than 4,500 people. Not far from them, there were at least fifteen thousand horses of all kinds of fur. Some of the horses were munching on the grass with their heads down, while others were trotting into the shallow streams.

If you don't look at the rows of neatly arranged saddles, stirrups, and other riding equipment, and if you don't look at the rows of mounted spears and armor that are also neatly arranged. Whether it is a person's armor or a vest, there are traces of sharp bumps on it, and no one can imagine that this is a commando cavalry brigade that has just retreated from the front line to the rear to rest.

Yang snatched the letter in his hand, the letter paper made a crisp sound in the wind as it shook, Zhong Liwu smiled evilly with a prank on his face: "It's written by Yu Ji again, what did you say this time?" ”

Han Xin is very helpless, every time he reads a letter, someone always jumps out, either Zhong Liwu or other robes, and every time he makes fun of Yu Ji.

Of course, Yu Ji is that Yu Ji, who is now a nineteen-year-old girl, and she is a famous beauty in Nanling City. And this beauty was married by Lu Zhexu to Han Xin, who was only thirteen years old at the time, when he was twelve years old, although the two did not grow up together in open crotch pants, but lived under the same roof for two years, and then Yu Ji was picked up by his brother Yu Ziqi, but he still lived in the same city, and he could often meet how he could be regarded as childhood sweethearts.

Han Xin entered the army at the age of fourteen, and was sent to the south by Lu Zhe at the age of sixteen for training. He used to be on duty in China, and his correspondence was more frequent, but after he went north, because his army was always in a mobile posture, the contact of letters became not so convenient, and he could only exchange letters once a month when he left the grassland.

"It's not like that, Niangniang (Lu Pheasant) has always wanted to recognize Yu Ji's sister, and Niangniang's own sister (Lu Xiao) has always ...... All the time, huh? What a statement! "Han Xin doesn't understand, why does Lu Pheasant recognize Yu Ji as his sister, and what is so jealous about Lu Xiao, not only jealous, but also all kinds of nonsense.

Zhong Li's cheeks twitched a few times, and he looked at Han Xin strangely, thinking, "Guy who lacks roots, it's not that you have a bright future. Lu Niangniang is thinking about the fifth prince (Lu Ying) in the future. ”

Of course, Lu Pheasant wanted to recognize Yu Ji's sister for Han Xin, but it wasn't entirely for the sake of winning the heir or something. Lu Pheasant wants to win the help of Han Xin, and try his best to give Lu Ying the opportunity to become the crown prince, and the second is that even if Lu Ying does not become the prince, he can be the king, and no matter how he looks at it, he will become an important general of the imperial military in the future...... That is, Han Xin's family tie is very advantageous, no matter how you look at it.

The system of the country is destined for the princes to have a variety of choices after the crown, which can be to become a duke or something in the homeland, but they cannot enter the military or magistrate system, they can only eat and wait for death or do other things. If the princes are good enough and agree to it, then they will go out and establish their own fiefdoms. Become a lord of a place outside of the empire.

"Hehe, I heard, I just heard it......" Zhong Li's face was mysterious, and there was a kind of evil joke hidden under the mystery: "Niangniang originally wanted to match you and Lu Xiao?" ”

As if thinking of some indelible memory, Han Xin's face immediately changed, as if he was constipated.

There is such a thing, it happened four or five years ago, when Lu Zhe had just founded the country, and there were only three women in the harem: Zhao Wan, Lu Pheasant, and Wei Wen. At that time, Han Xin lived with Lu Zhe, which was convenient for teaching and learning.

Lu Zhe was impressed by Han Xin, and everyone could see the fact with their eyes. If he didn't impress and pay absolute attention to it, why didn't Lu Zhe accept anyone as an apprentice, but accepted Han Xin? As a result, a large group of people also looked at Han Xin with "colored eyes" because of Lu Zhe's relationship.

The teacher-student relationship in these days is not the modern one. Although it has not yet reached the level of "being a teacher for one day and a father for life", after all, it is now called "master" instead of "master", and the teacher is also an "apprentice" rather than an "apprentice" to the object of teaching, but there is nothing worth questioning about the intimacy of the relationship.

All the causes originated from Lu Zhe. Han Xin, who was originally fatherless and motherless, was taken captive before he had time to be frightened, but suddenly became a "fragrant bun", as Lu Zhe's career became bigger and bigger, and Han Xin's status also rose. So the people who approached Han Shin naturally had various purposes.

"I see, why do you look so much like a long-tongued woman?" Han Xin was a little annoyed, but before he could become even more annoyed, Zhong Liwu suddenly changed the subject.

After a haha, Zhong Liwu put away the banter on his face: "Believe, the Hu people have changed their strategy, and after more than two months of shrinking, Touman sent a guy named Hu Yanmi to finally attack with more than 60,000 people." Tell me, what's going on? ”

Han Xin has a feeling of internal injury, his relationship with Zhong Liwu has always been like this, after being molested in various ways, Zhong Liwu will not give him the opportunity to fight back, and will always show the majesty that belongs to Shangguan to suddenly turn the topic serious.

Zhong Liwu liked to see Han Xin's depressed expression, and just when Han Xin was about to adjust his mood and get down to business, he smiled and said, "By the way, you haven't said anything written on Yu Ji's letter." ”

Didn't you say it? It's not already said! Han Xin was not angry, nor was he crazy, he just sighed suddenly: "Yu Ziqi suggested that Yu Ji accept Niangniang's kindness, so for such a thing, Yu Ziqi was transferred to Jingling to become the captain of Jingling." ”

Jingling is a high-class county in Nanjun, with a population of more than 150,000 in the county, especially there are several very important shipbuilding bases, and it is also an important transit station for the Hanshui water transportation line, which can be regarded as a relatively important one among hundreds of counties in the country.

"Sure enough, although they are all merit assessments for transfer and appointment, there are people above who are good officials." Zhong Liwu was just expounding one fact: "It's just that the utilitarian heart of that Yuzi period is too strong, it won't be a good thing for you, right?" ”

Han Xin has also been worrying about this, Yu Ji is his fiancée, and Yu Ziqi is his uncle. In his impression, Yu Ziqi is not a talent, and can only be said to be an ordinary literate student.

Yu Ziqi has always wanted to restore the glory of the Yu family, but he first failed to become the county magistrate or county magistrate of a certain county in the assessment, which can be regarded as a literate, right? Anyway, he just didn't look down on the position of a non-chief official, and he was unwilling to start from the grassroots level, so he cut off his path as a civil official.

Then, Yu Ziqi simply went to the military academy to assess, because of the relationship of cultural literacy, he was admitted very smoothly this time, and he was sent to study for more than a year and was decentralized, that is, he was sent to some areas to become a grassroots officer such as a military commander and a chief. This time, she showed enough patience and went to Lingnan for half a year before being transferred back to Nanling to continue her studies.

“…… The problem is that he is not happy, I was embarrassed last time, and I lost my face before I begged for favor to transfer him to the local garrison within the framework allowed. ”

"Yes, yes, it seems that because it's just the head of one place, there's another trouble later?"

"Well, in fact, being able to become the commander of the tun in addition to his meritorious achievements is enough, and there is also some luck."

"The king wants the sanctity of the law, how can he destroy the system, if he thinks that he can get privileges because you are the king's apprentice, it is too much."

But it's not, Han Xin himself is also crawling from the grassroots, after having a good foundation, he has gone through bloody battles, and he can only be promoted with merits, he is not becoming a military marquis now because of the identity of Lu Zhe's apprentice, if Yu Ziqi thinks that he can obtain an official position by asking for personal favors, it is definitely a big mistake.

"So, it's a kind of luck and a kind of bad luck to stay with you," Zhong Liwu slowly lay down, his hands resting on the back of his head, and his eyes looked at the white clouds in the sky: "Luck is that there will be more credit to be made, and bad luck is where the difficulty is to be assigned to where." ”

Han Xin's response was a wry smile, Zhong Liwu said the truth, Lu Zhe has great expectations for Han Xin, but he can't be promoted without any reason, that can only be to let Han Xin fight with real knives and guns, the more dangerous it is, the greater the credit, and at the same time use substantial credit to get the promotion of the position, why not temper it like steelmaking?

"So what?"

"So this time we have work to do again."

"Use a small number of troops to deal with the 60,000 enemy troops led by Hu Yanmi?"

"That doesn't have our share, the soft persimmon has Zhang Cang's share, and what we want to gnaw on is hard bones."

Han Xin didn't bother to ask what kind of hard bones it was, he claimed to be a member of the glorious cavalry, and those guys who made battle plans seemed to have an enmity with him, and his number had never had an easy task, and he was facing difficulties or something every time.

"Sometimes I really suspect that they want to kill you."

"Well, I think so too." (To be continued......)