Rouran?

An unfamiliar name crashed into Cao Pi's mind, and he was at a loss when he heard it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"He said that he is not a Xianbei person, he is a Rouran person, and who is Rouran?" Cao Pi was obviously not knowledgeable enough, and looked at Jia Xu in a daze.

Jia Xu has a wide range of knowledge, so he has naturally heard of the name of Rouran, but he didn't expect that this leader of Rouran, named Zhebei, would lead so many Rouran cavalry and appear here, which really made Jia Xu change color slightly, and he was secretly surprised in his heart.

He approached Cao Pi and explained in a low voice: "Rouran is located in the north of the desert, their sphere of influence is at the extreme of the north of the desert, near the Hanhai, originally slaves belonged to the Xiongnu, since the division and decay of the Xiongnu, it has been divided into dozens of large and small, each fighting for each other. ”

Cao Pi suddenly realized that although he was not knowledgeable, he still knew the name of Hanhai.

In that year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to war with the Huns, the battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing led the iron cavalry deep into Mobei (now the Mongolian Plateau), and the Huns who killed were frightened, and directly killed the Xiongnu Wangting Wolf Juxu Mountain, and after sealing the Wolf Juxu, he continued to pursue the defeated Xiongnu army to the north, and chased it to Hanhai (now Lake Baikal).

The desert grassland that looks north across the Great Wall is divided by a desert from west to east, and is divided into two regions, the south of the desert and the north of the desert, and the Hanhai is in the north of the desert arctic!

Thinking of this, Cao Pi couldn't help but look shocked, and shouted: "What's going on, could it be that we have been lost these days, and we have actually passed through Monan, crossed Mobei, and got lost in Hanhai?" ”

"Impossible!" Jia Xu immediately shook his head and denied, "Hanhai is thousands of miles away from Daqin, with our travel speed, even if we walk for two or three months, it is impossible to reach Hanhai, Chen guesses that most of us are not far from Monan, and this should still be on the territory of the Xianbei people in Mobei." ”

"That'...... So how did we bump into any soft people? Cao Pi was even more confused.

Seeing him and the two ministers whispering, Na Zhebei frowned, showing some dissatisfaction, turned his horse forward, pointed at Cao Pi and asked, "What did you just say that you are the second prince of the Great Qin Kingdom, and where is the Great Qin Kingdom?" I've only heard of a great Han country. ”

Cao Pi was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Jia Xu's eyes rolled slightly, he hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a calm smile: "You don't know this leader, the Great Han Kingdom has now collapsed, and now it has been replaced by our Great Qin State, and our second prince is the second son of the Great Qin Emperor." ”

After listening to the explanation, Na Zhebei jumped off the horse, and said in a very respectful tone: "It turns out that the noble prince from the southern Middle Earth, I am really lucky to be able to meet you." ”

The other Rouran cavalrymen, seeing that their leader was so polite to these Middle-earthers, also lowered their scimitars and showed respectful expressions.

Cao Pi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the other party respected him so much, he was not only relieved, but also secretly felt self-assured.

The corners of his mouth raised a hint of pride, and he said, "In that case, this Jebe chief, can you give us some horses and food, so that we can go to Xianbei smoothly." ”

"Go to Xianbei?" Jebe immediately became alert, "What are you going to do in Xianbei?" ”

"My Great Qin Kingdom and Xianbei are friendly countries, so I naturally went to see King Xianbei and pay tribute to him from my father." Cao Pizuo said Xianbei in the left, and another Xianbei did not leave his mouth.

Obviously, he thought that the most powerful existence of the Xianbei grassland, and the Rouran people also had to look at the faces of the Xianbei people, and he showed that he had a close relationship with the Xianbei people, and the Rouran people would definitely treat them more politely.

"Are you friends with the Xianbei people?" Jebe's face changed slightly, and his tone became a little heavier.

Jia Xu's eyes were sharp, he saw some fame, and hurriedly glanced at Cao Pi.

Cao Pi didn't notice it at all, and still said proudly: "It can also be said that we are indeed good friends of the Xianbei people." ”

Zhebei's face finally darkened completely, and he said in a deep voice: "Xianbei is our enemy, a friend of the Xianbei people, and an enemy of our Rouran people!" ”

As he spoke, Jebe jumped on his horse and shouted orders at the Xianbei cavalry on the left and right.

Before Cao Pi could react, several times the Xianbei soldiers jumped off their horses, rushed up, forcibly unarmed Cao Pi and the others, and tied them up.

Cao Pi and his group were already weak, all of them were exhausted, and where were these fierce Xianbei opponents, they were subdued almost without any resistance.

"What are you doing, I am the prince of Great Qin, you dare to do this to me, let me go!" Cao Pi was furious and yelled at Na Zhebei.

But Jebe ignored his angry rebuke and threw him and Jia Xu into a prisoner's cart, and the group headed north.

"Wenhe, what do you say about these captives, why did his attitude suddenly change drastically, and he wanted to do this to us?" Cao Pi, who was in the prisoner car, yelled at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu sighed: "Your Highness doesn't know, I heard that this Rouran tribe was originally a slave tribe of the Xianbei people, and it was because the Xianbei soldiers and horses gathered on the front line of the Great Wall over the years and focused on the Wei War, and the Mobei army was empty, so that Rouran took the opportunity to get out of the control of the Xianbei people, and possessed the extreme northern grassland in the Hanhai area. The Rouran people are naturally hostile to Xianbei, and His Royal Highness claims to be a friend of the Xianbei people, so he doesn't annoy these Rouran people. ”

Cao Pi suddenly realized at this time, and couldn't help complaining: "I said Wenhe, then why didn't you remind me earlier?" ”

"I've been secretly glancing at His Highness, but His Highness hasn't seen it." Jia Xu said with a bitter face.

Cao Pi realized at this time, and remembered that Jia Xu seemed to be looking at him again and again, but he was too proud to relax his vigilance, and he really didn't notice it.

"So what should we do now, where are these Rouran people going to take us?" Cao Pi asked in a panic.

Jia Xu sighed, and said helplessly: "I think most of this Zhebei led the people south to Monan, and came to wash and plunder the Xianbei territory, and now that he has captured us, there is a chance that he will take us back to Hanhai, maybe from now on he will treat us as their slaves for them to call." ”

"Slave!?" Cao Pi was shocked, and he was anxious on the spot, "I am the prince of Great Qin, how can I be that despicable slave, I don't want it, I don't want it!" ”

Jia Xu just shook his head and sighed, comforting: "Now that the matter has come to this, we have no other way but to wait for the time being to endure and act when the opportunity arises." ”

As a result, Cao Pi and Jia Xu, as well as more than 100 of his subordinates, were treated as slaves and taken all the way to the extreme north of the grassland by the Rouran people.

At this time, although it was close to summer in Middle Earth, the temperature in the Mobei grassland was still quite cold, and the Rouran people only gave Cao Pi and Jia Xu a torn leather jacket to keep warm.

The two of them have different identities, and Zhebei gave them a prisoner car and a torn leather jacket, but the more than 100 Qin soldiers did not have such good treatment.

These more than 100 unlucky ghosts, who can only wear the clothes of the spring in Middle-earth, walk on two legs, and are either beaten or scolded by the Rouran people along the way, and even eat worse than dogs, and before they reach their destination, more than half of them are either starving to death or freezing to death.

The Rouran people did not bury them, but only let the corpses of these Qin soldiers fall on the grass, waiting to be eaten by wild wolves or eagles in the sky.

And along the way, Jia Xu finally figured out the way of this Jebe, as he guessed, this Rouran leader did take his subordinates, sneaked into the territory of the Xianbei people to rob, this time the harvest of the south is not small, robbed nearly 10,000 cattle and horses, and there are more than 1,000 people in Dingkou.

However, it is obvious that in the eyes of the Rouran people, the lives of these slaves are not as precious as those livestock, and most of the cattle and horses they stole were carefully cared for by them and survived, but nearly half of the thousand slaves died in the middle of the road.

In half a month, Cao Pi and Jia Xu were locked in a prison car, suffered from hunger and cold, and slave-like abuse, crossed nearly a thousand miles of Mobei grassland, and finally approached the vicinity of Hanhai, where the Rouran people lived.

At dusk that day, Cao Pi finally saw the endless blue sea through the prisoner car, like a huge sapphire, inlaid on the boundless green grassland, which set off the grassland even more boundless.

"This is the legendary Hanhai, the Far North Sea that Huo Qubing once reached?" Cao Pi lay on the prisoner car, looking at the vast blue sea in a daze.

Jia Xu had no intention of appreciating the magnificence of the Han Sea, and only muttered: "Next, I don't know what kind of fate we will encounter......

The two of them sighed with emotion, and were finally brought into the Gray Eagle Tribe of Jebe, a small tribe located in the southwest of the Hanhai Sea with a fertile meadow.

Cao Pi and the others finally no longer had to huddle in the prisoner car, but they were locked up in a tent and guarded day and night by seven or eight strong Xianbei soldiers.

Cao Pi was naturally worried about whether the Xianbei people would kill them, even if they didn't kill them, would they really treat them as slaves, in that case, it would really be better to live than to die.

However, the clever Jia Xu saw that Jebel did not directly shackle them and treat them as slaves as he did with other captives, but put them in tents, not only guarded them closely, but also gave them food and drink.

This made Jia Xu realize that Jebe still had some scruples about his and Cao Pi's identities, and did not treat them like ordinary prisoners of war, which made Jia Xu see a glimmer of hope and constantly comfort Cao Pi.

Sure enough, a few days later, Jebel appeared in front of them again, and without saying a word, he took the two of them on the road.

Jebe led them out of the Gray Eagle Division, along the Hanhai all the way to the east, walking for about forty miles, and came to another tribe that was slightly larger than the Gray Eagle Division.

Jebel took the two of them to a tent of spired sweat, told them to wait outside, and even slipped inside, and then there was a burst of incomprehensible soft words, apparently Jebe was talking enthusiastically with a leader of the soft ran.

Half an hour later, several Rouran came out of the tent and pushed the two of them in.

Cao Pi and Jia Xu looked up, but saw that Jebe was talking and laughing with a soft man, drinking mare's milk wine.

The man was no more than thirty years old, with a burly figure, a broad forehead, a pair of cat's eyes, a long thick beard on his chin, and a deep majestic aura permeating his body.

The Rouran man glanced up at the two of them, and asked slowly in the same stiff but deep Chinese, "Listen to my brother Jebel, you are nobles from southern Middle-earth, aren't you?" ”

"I am Cao Pi, the second prince of the Great Qin Kingdom of Middle-earth, this is my advisor Jia Xu, I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" This time, Cao Pi's attitude was quite cautious, and he didn't dare to be half self-assured.

The Rouran people drank all the mare's milk wine in the bowl, and said lightly: "I am the Khan of this Rouran Mongolian tribe, Temujin. ”