To the east of the North Sea, although it is only the end of autumn, the sky is constantly falling with snowflakes.

As far as the eye could see, the branches and leaves of the treetops were covered with snow, the frozen ground was black and white, and the field of vision was full of white and other colored spots.

"It's been the end of the road for a long time, but it's just a dying struggle." Murong Ke did not wear a mask on his face as usual, his once peerless beauty has been exposed to wind and sun for a long time, his facial features are still bright and beautiful, but his skin has become rough: "We can't go back for a long time." ”

"yes, I can't go back." Tuoba Han said with vicissitudes of life: "When I was far away to the north of Dalin (Xing'an Mountains), I had already expected it. ”

The remnants of the two Xianbei tribes did not get along with each other at the beginning after fleeing far away, and it should be said that they fought with each other for the pasture.

They fought against each other for two or three years one after another, and the population of each department became smaller and smaller, realizing that if they continued to fight, they would inevitably be weaker, and they divided the pastures with the greatest sense of reason, and although there were still many contradictions, no more major wars broke out, and they could be regarded as a little peaceful.

The north of the Khing'an Mountains is not a very good place, with at least two seasons of the year being in a snowy environment, and even three of the worse years when the snow and ice do not melt.

Agrarian peoples watch the sky and eat, and nomads are actually the same, and it can even be said that agrarian peoples are less dependent on the climate than nomads.

Staying in an environment where most of the time is cold and snowy, and there is not enough pasture, means that the livestock do not have enough forage.

Once there is not enough forage, livestock will multiply, and it is difficult to even ensure that the number of livestock does not decline rapidly.

Don't look at the nomads who live by grazing, but the main food of ordinary people among them is not meat, but actually various cheese products, and ordinary people want to eat meat if some livestock die of disease.

Without sufficient materials, it is not easy for livestock to reproduce, and even the milk production of female livestock is seriously insufficient.

For the remnants of the two Xianbei tribes, they came to a wild land, where grazing could not sustain food, and the frozen soil did not have a basis for farming, but fortunately there were many wild beasts around.

The only thing is that even if there are enough beasts, they will be killed after repeated hunting, or even let the beasts migrate, and gradually fall into the dilemma of lack of food sources.

Whether it is an agrarian or a nomadic people, the basis for population growth is that there is enough food, and without sufficient food, the population will only show a downward trend.

In just a few years, the total population of Tuoba remnants and Murong remnants combined had dropped to more than 100,000, and they had fallen from the level of contact with civilization to the stage of drinking blood from Ru Mao again.

If it weren't for the fact that the leaders of the two remnants of Xianbei were still more or less ambitious, they would have been like those nomads who had been glorious in the past, either self-annihilating and splitting into an unknown number of barbarian tribes, or being digested by the powerful peoples around them.

"The domineering of the Han people is beyond our imagination." Murong Ke lowered his head and touched his horse's mane: "I didn't expect them to use troops against us without solving Rouran, Donggaoche and Xigaoche." ”

The two Xianbei remnants did not pose a threat to the Han Empire from any point of view, and it should be the Rouran tribal alliance with a population of more than one million and the East Gaoche and West Gaoche that were the biggest threats to the Han Empire.

According to the usual reasoning, even if the Han Empire has any hatred for the remnants of Tuoba and Murong, it should temporarily ignore the two Xianbei remnants that are not much of a threat and concentrate on fighting the Rouran Tribal Alliance and the East Gaoche and the West Gaoche, right?

"It's the Han people who are too strong." Tuoba Han smiled bitterly: "Strong enough to start a war on all fronts. ”

Murong Ke also smiled bitterly, he also knew that it was like that.

The remnants of Tuoba and Murong ventured through the Great Khing'an Mountains, and there were about 80,000 people before they entered the forest, but there were less than 50,000 left when they left the forest.

The people are broken in half, but the rest are the essence, they accept Yu Jiulu's proposal to go to the alliance, and they will not tell the leaders of the coalition army openly, and even think of taking out all their family resources to make a façade.

When Murong Xianbei retreated, he not only took away a large number of people in Liaodong, but also brought wealth and materials with him. This is also the reason why they were able to survive in a completely unfamiliar and wild area after they were able to lose their territory. It's just that they still underestimate the harshness of the unfamiliar environment, especially the difficulty of obtaining food.

"I have three thousand armor and you have one thousand, eight hundred." Murong Ke said playfully: "Those forces alone are not inferior to the 100,000 soldiers of the coalition forces of all sides. What do you think they will think? ”

"It's either dependent, it's fearful." Tuoba Han said truthfully: "If they know that our people are running out, I am afraid they will be more inclined to kill us. ”

Most of the vehicles of the two Xianbei remnants who were on the way were abandoned in the forest area, and there were not many livestock in the team, and it was difficult for the whole team to see the elderly and children, even the women were very few.

If a tribe is predominantly male, it seems that it still retains enough force, but it depends on what kind of existence the other tribes around them are.

If you can invade the surrounding area by force, and constantly defeat other tribes and annex them, you will naturally be able to develop again.

If it is difficult to normalize the proportions of the tribal population by means of aggression, such as obtaining a sufficient number of women, then it will be impossible to escape the fate of disappearing even if it seems to be strong for a while.

Wasn't the former Lou annoying person a nomadic with strong force? But they not only like to slaughter the defeated indiscriminately, but also don't care about the women of their own race, and the result is that the gap between the proportion of men and women has increased again and again, and finally waiting for the death of a generation of young and old people, and Lou Fu has disappeared in the long river of history.

Coalition with various tribes to fight the Han Empire?

Murong Ke would not make such a choice, if he really had to work hard, he would have a better choice.

Tuoba Han did not hide from Murong Ke that he had defected to the Han Empire, and he had already reached an agreement with Murong Ke.

The remnants of Tuoba Xianbei pretended to form an alliance with various tribes, and what they had to do at that time was to act as an internal response to the Han army, and after they finished this battle, they would join the Han Empire and accept the end of the clan and the Han people.

Judging from the various signs and the news gathered from all sides, when the son of today wants to say which tribe among the various tribes looks at it differently, there is no doubt that it is the Tuoba tribe.

According to the understanding of the world, the Son of Heaven was relatively kind to Tuoba Xianbei out of love for Tuoba Xiu, and even the Tuoba family thought that it was like that.

The Tuoba clan has the protection of Tuoba Xiu, although after being annexed to the Han Empire, there is no longer the name of Tuoba Xianbei, but the Tuoba clan has not died out. For them, they think that compared to the exterminated tribe and other tribes, the end is already the best one.

Murong Ke often asked himself if Murong Xianbei could also get Tuoba Xianbei's treatment, would he choose to give up like Tuoba Han.

Every time he asked himself, Murong Ke's answer was "yes". But Murong Xianbei did not have a Tuoba Xiu, and they did not dare and could not hand over their fate to the unknown.

didn't dare to return, and after having great glory, his heart was not completely extinguished, and Murong Ke chose to take another path.

On a snowy day, after a long journey, the remnants of the two Xianbei tribes came to the gathering place where all the ethnic groups met.

Yu Jiu Lu Bati and Ah Aili joined forces to welcome the arrival of Murong Ke and Tuoba Han.

The two of them had already been told that a large number of armored cavalry equipment had appeared in the two Xianbei armies, and after they went out to greet them, they saw that batch of armored cavalry equipment with their own eyes, and their attitude was enthusiastic enough to make the ice and snow melt.

"The two of you really believe in people!" Yu Jiulu Bati had a rough appearance, but his voice was even rougher, and after a burst of "haha" laughter, he said: "With the help of two people, defeating the Han army is more certain!" ”

Ah Lili was originally the first to take a step and want to speak first, but he was robbed by Yu Jiulu Bati, and his expression flashed with a haze.

Murong Xianbei once entered the Central Plains and was influenced by a lot of Zhuxia culture, and his clothes were no different from those of the Han people in just a few decades.

Although Tuoba Xianbei did not enter the Central Plains, a considerable number of Han scholars defected to serve, and they also moved closer to Zhuxia in terms of culture.

A group of people, although Murong Ke and Tuoba Han were wearing armor, the outer cloak and the clothes inside the armor were all Zhuxia styles, and Yu Jiulu Bati and Ah Zhili were wearing animal skin clothes, which looked so out of place when they came together.

Facing the enthusiasm of Yu Jiulu Bati and Ajili Pickle, Murong Ke and Tuoba Han glanced at each other.

"Thank you, Khan." Murong Ke smiled heartily and said, "Down-and-out people, please take care of the khan in the future." ”

Tuoba Han said something similar.

They say that, but they don't look inferior at all, and in some ways show a little pride.

Yu Jiulu Bati didn't seem to see the attitude of the two Xianbei leaders, but still warmly invited the two into the camp, and said that he would order people to treat the rest of the Xianbei people who came to help in the battle.

"It sounds good......," said Ajiri, to the brave warrior Afuganzefu, "but there is contempt in their eyes." ”

"Nothing." Afu Ganzefu said bluntly: "If I have thousands of armor soldiers, I will also have such an attitude. ”

"Jiashi......" Ah Lili Pickle instantly had no words to refute, and said for a while, "too." ”

The entire Rouran tribal alliance didn't know if it could come up with five hundred sets of iron armor, but it was because Rouran had a friendly period with the Han Empire.

Donggaoche is too far away from the Han Empire, they have not developed any levels, it is a nomadic form that is close to the Stone Age, not to mention iron armor, not even many metal weapons.

Dong Gaoche was not too impressed by the strength of the Han Empire before, and he still saw that the Rouran people who could press themselves to the ground and rub themselves were beaten by the Han army and were powerless, so he could be regarded as imagining the strength of the Han Empire.

"Xianbei ......" Ah Zhili asked with such certainty: "Was it beaten far away by the Han people?" ”

Afu Ganzefu replied: "The Xianbei people once entered the Central Plains and lived a good life for decades, but they were indeed driven away by the Han people. ”

Ah Lili nodded, with a thoughtful expression.

A long time ago, since the Xiongnu were repeatedly defeated by the Han family, the steppe entered the stage of learning from Zhuxia. From that time on, learning to write Chinese characters and speak Chinese, and even learning the clothing habits of the Han people, was considered a way to become stronger.

Although the decline of the Western Jin Dynasty allowed the Hu people to dominate the Central Plains, they still believed that Zhuxia was a very powerful civilization and believed that learning from Zhuxia was the only way to become stronger.

If the Central Plains were buried through the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty would still not be able to recover the Central Plains after fighting for their lives, and the powerful impression of the Hu people on Zhuxia would definitely disappear after a long time, and they would embark on a time period of contempt for the level of Zhuxia civilization.

Liu Yan changed history, although the Han people fell for a while, but soon stood up again, and took bloody revenge on the Zhuhu who invaded the Central Plains, especially the slaughter of the Qian people, and re-made all ethnic groups realize that the Han people are powerful and cannot be offended.

Now, although the Rouran people and Ding Ling people have entered a full-scale war with the Han Empire, because they have been defeated again and again on the battlefield, they admit that the civilization of the Han people is still the most powerful civilization in the world.

Everyone entered the camp, Murong Ke observed the situation of the camp, and saw that the camp was extremely chaotic, and a kind of relief appeared on his face. He is not an uninformed person, he can even be said to be a person who knows the army, seeing that the camp is not in order at all, he does not expect such an army to defeat the Han army, and he is glad that he has made a plan earlier.

"When we were at our peak, we were a hundred times stronger than these brutes." Tuoba Han obviously had the same opinion, and said in a low voice in Xianbei dialect: "A hundred times stronger, it is still defeated by the Han army. The current Han army is more than ten times stronger than when they defeated us, and the results of the battle are clear at a glance, but they are still dreaming of defeating the Han army. ”

"Let's fight, it's better to lose even worse." Murong Ke smiled kindly when he saw Ah Lili looking at him. His eyes were looking at Ah Lili, and he said to Tuoba Han: "The worse they lose, the greater your credit, and you may be able to fight for an official position in the Han family." It will also be easier for me to receive their tribe. ”

Tuoba Han didn't respond. He chose to join with the remnants of Tuoba, firstly, because he knew that the Han Empire was really powerless to resist, and secondly, any ambition was completely consumed, even if he could get an official position, he would shirk it, and he wanted to live a rich life after being knighted.

"After leaving Dalin, we have discussed no longer using the name of Xianbei." Murong Ke seemed to have made some major decision: "There will be no more Murong in the future, I decided to change my surname to Ashina." ”

"Ashina?" Without much thought, Tuoba Han asked, "Do you want to return to the roots?" Decide to go west and not return to the east? ”

Murong Ke also thought about it for a long time before he made such a decision, and his choice of "Ashina" is a Xianbei language with a layer of meaning, probably a noble wolf. What is expressed here is the arrogance of not succumbing to the Han people, and there is also the meaning of recognizing that you really can't beat the Han people, and you should stay away.

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