Chapter 566: Rouran Tribal Alliance
The territory of the Rouran tribal alliance is probably Outer Mongolia and part of Russia in later generations, and their ethnic composition is very mixed, and the headquarters of the supreme ruling tribe Yujiulu clan is actually a branch of the Xianbei tribe.
The population of the Yujiulu clan headquarters does not account for the majority of the Rouran tribal alliance, and the most populous is actually the Zahu who has not formed a unified nation, and then there are Ding Ling people. It is unclear what the total population of this tribal alliance was, but during the war, it was the Khan of Rouran who gave orders to the tribal chiefs, who summoned the herdsmen to assemble at the designated places.
Today's Rouran Khan is called Tuhe Zhen, the son of Wu Ti. Wu Ti died in 444 A.D., and Wu Ti was succeeded by Tuga Zhen after his death.
In the autumn of 445 AD, he recruited 100,000 troops to go south from the Tianshan Mountains (Rouran Wolf Juxu Mountain), but he suddenly returned halfway through the march, and it turned out that the Donggaocha from the north suddenly invaded, forcing him to return to the army.
The news of the Rouran Tribal Alliance's war with the Donggaoche Tribal Alliance on the grassland is not taken seriously, and for other countries, the Rouran Tribal Alliance is an outsider, and many times no one will remember the existence of such a force.
The Eastern Gaoche Tribal Alliance was defeated by the Rouran Tribal Alliance, but the Eastern Gaoche Tribal Alliance did not seem to give up and continue to go south, resulting in the failure of Tuga Zhen's intention to go south, but because of this, there was no conflict with Tuoba Daiguo and Murong Yan Kingdom.
The further north it gets, the colder the climate becomes, and it is precisely because of the climate that the East Gaoche Tribal Alliance is moving south one after another, and Toga is really annoyed but there is no good way.
The grassland white plague is fatal to any tribe, and the climate factor makes the Rouran Tribal Alliance only capture and capture even if it defeats the Donggaoche Tribal Alliance repeatedly, and it is impossible to take a closer step to seize the grassland of the Donggaoche Tribal Alliance. The normalization of war is a very cost-effective consumption for the Rouran Tribal Alliance, and the cold snap has been pushing southward, not only in the territory of the Donggaoche Tribal Alliance, but also in the territory of the Rouran Tribal Alliance.
Murong Hao sent an envoy to Wolf Mountain (the name of the country for Wolf Juxu Mountain) and invited the Rouran tribal alliance to join the alliance to conquer the Han Kingdom.
Tuga really wanted to go south, but he just felt that the Hu people who didn't want to go south couldn't get on the stage, and there was a need to migrate when the climate became colder, but he didn't think about crossing the border to fight the Han Kingdom.
For the Rouran Tribal Alliance, not many people have heard of the Han country, what they know is the surrounding West Gaoche, East Gaoche, Tuoba Dynasty, Murong Yan Kingdom, Zhang's Liang Kingdom, and the Central Plains is a legend. And the legendary Central Plains was not occupied by a slave clan who turned out to be the Huns?
Suddenly, someone came to popularize knowledge, and Toga Zhen gave a good hospitality, and under the deliberate rendering of Yan Envoy Yangyu, Toga Zhen gradually understood the situation in the south of Rouran.
The Zhao State of the Qiang tribe is dying and does not really touch Tuhe much, in his understanding, the Shi clan of the Qiang clan is to take shit luck to rise, and the nouveau riche like the Qiang tribe has changed from a slave race to a hegemon, and then from the hegemony to the decline There is no need for a reason at all.
What touched Tuhe Zhen the most was that Murong Yanguo, who was very powerful in his eyes, actually regarded the suddenly rising Han Kingdom as a great enemy, and it seemed that Murong Yanguo was still a little afraid of that Han Kingdom, which surprised him and confused at the same time.
Murong Yanguo gives people the impression that it is quite strong, especially for the Xianbei tribes, Tuhezhen's full name is Yu Jiulu. Tuhe Zhen, Yu Jiulu is another department of Xianbei, which means that Rouran Khan is now Yu Jiulu clan, you can not know how many powerful countries there are in the world, but you must admit the strength of Murong Yan Kingdom.
In fact, Murong Yanguo is really powerful, which is based on a series of iron-clad facts such as Murong Xianbei destroying Yuwen Xianbei, completely destroying Duan's Xianbei, and scurrying around Tuoba Xianbei like a dog. Yuwen Xianbei and Duan's Xianbei were not weak in the past, and Tuoba Xianbei was also considered strong, and it would definitely not be difficult for any of them to bully Yu Jiulu Xianbei in the past, but now they are extinguished, crippled, and hidden.
Murong Yanguo, who can "punch the Nanshan Nursing Home and kick the Beihai Kindergarten", would be afraid of another country that was founded for five years, which is really incomprehensible to Tuhe Zhen.
Of course, the Han Kingdom is too far away from the Rouran Tribal Alliance, and there is still a Tuoba Dynasty in the middle, Tuga Zhencai doesn't care whether the Han Kingdom is really strong or not, he agreed to participate in the Han Alliance for only one reason, is to take this opportunity to swagger south, find out what kind of mountains and rivers the terrain is in the south, and see what kind of strength the Tuoba Dynasty Kingdom is.
The nations agreed to set the meeting place at the former site of Wolf Juxu Mountain, and Toga really readily agreed to be the host. In his understanding, all countries should know that Rouran is strong, so they will choose Tianshan as the location of the alliance, so as the host, can he be regarded as recognized as the leader of the alliance this time?
How do you say that Rouran is a tribal alliance? They are a nomadic people, but for the Huns of the steppe such as the Xiongnu and Xianbei, they should be completely uncivilized.
There is such an event in history, that is, the Tuoba clan developed after a series of tribulations, and the Tuoba clan established the Wei State (Northern Wei), and the Northern Wei and Rouran were in a long-term relationship of military friction. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Tao thought that Rouran had low intelligence, and that he only relied on force to fight, without strategy, and that he had more defeats and fewer victories, so he ridiculed them as insects who couldn't think, and ordered the military and civilians across the country to change the name of Rouran to "worms" for insulting insults.
Whether or not they have accepted the knowledge of Han civilization is probably the basis for judging whether the Hu people are civilized or not, and it is usually the Hu people who have accepted the knowledge of the Han civilization that will look down on other Hu people, and I have to say that discrimination is everywhere.
Of course, Toga didn't know himself...... Or what is the Rouran tribal alliance in the eyes of the rest of the forces that are also Hu people, he first ushered in the king of the Tuoba Dynasty with great enthusiasm, Tuoba Shi Yijian, the second king to arrive is Zhang Chonghua of the Liang Kingdom of the Zhang family, and Murong Hao asked the crown prince Murong Jun to replace him because of his serious illness.
The kings came to the territory of the Rouran tribal alliance, Zhang Chonghua with infantry, cavalry, retinue, and maids had more than 20,000 people, Fu Hong also brought 20,000 people, the most exaggerated thing is that Tuoba Shiyijian brought 50,000 cavalry, but Murong Jun only brought 5,000 cavalry. However, among the cavalry brought by Murong Jun were two thousand mink leopard cavalry.
It's a little more normal to change to the brain...... Or it's not an ignorant king, in the face of other countries' forces entering the country with troops, he will definitely not allow more than a few numbers, but Tuga Zhen has no opinion at all.
It can't be said that Toga is really ignorant, but it should be said that his cognition is the "nature" of nomads, as long as they don't come to fight for pastures and don't attack the tribes along the way, they won't have too obvious ideas of territorial belonging.
After all the people who should have come came, Tuga Zhen did not hold an alliance for the first time, he also deliberately separated the three forces, and ordered the leaders with more smart brains to contact the three kings to understand what the situation of the countries is now, and pay more attention to the intelligence collection of the Tuoba Dynasty.
Huimeng is Murong Jun felt impatient, and Tuhe Zhencai arranged the venue.
Murong Jun is the crown prince of Murong Yan Kingdom, when Murong Hao was seriously ill, he really didn't want to stay outside for too long, what he wanted was to get things done quickly and return to Dragon City as quickly as possible, but Murong Hao died when others were not in Dragon City, so it is still unknown whether the throne of King Yan will be seated by him.
It is very interesting that Tuga really asked to arrange the venue of the alliance, and he made people go to great lengths to get twelve golden people to stand at the location of the alliance, but the Rouran tribal alliance did not have smelting technology, and even if there was not enough copper, in the end, twelve giant statues carved from wood were placed in a nondescript manner.
The Tianshan Mountains of the Rouran Tribal Alliance used to be the wolf Juxu Mountain of the Huns, and the Huns used to worship their ancestors here, until Huo Quai's thousands of miles away from the twelve golden people used by the Huns, there are twelve giant statues made of copper erected here all the year round, which is a very meaningful symbol.
If you want to say that the Hu people recognize that one ethnic group, even if they are unwilling, they will recognize in their hearts that the former Xiongnu are the most qualified to be worshipped, and the more uncivilized the Hu population, the more they recognize the Xiongnu, so that Tuhe Zhen wants to imitate the Xiongnu when receiving visitors.
Zhang Chonghua was very unaccustomed to the climate and environment here, and said that the good King Huimeng came to a Prince Murong, and he felt that he was underestimated and regretted how to come in person.
The endless grass, so blue that it makes people feel pure sky, you will feel very comfortable when you first arrive, and you will be dizzy after looking at it for a long time.
Not to mention, the longer Zhang Chonghua stayed, he really felt that he fainted more times, and even occasionally felt that his breathing was a little unsmooth. He didn't know that this was a kind of altitude sickness, but he subconsciously didn't want to stay longer, and he had already decided to leave the important ministers to replace the alliance, but he was notified that the alliance would be held.
In addition to the twelve wooden statues of giants, Toga Zhen also made a wheeling platform, and also brought colorful fabrics, and made ribbons around the wheeling platform. He still asked the shaman, and learned from the shaman's mouth that the former Huns did this, so they drew gourds in the same way.
"Flowers and green, miscellaneous and fragmented ......" Zhang Chonghua saw such a scene from a distance, and held his forehead: "The widow feels even more dizzy." ”
The area of the platform is not small, and the surrounding area is crowded with people, and there are some girls singing and dancing around the campfire, and the bonfire is roasting cows or sheep, and the noise is very uncomfortable to the ears just by sounding.
"Your Majesty, bear with me." Zhang Wei actually felt out of place after arriving here: "On the first day, you can be replaced by a minister." ”
Zhang Yi was Zhang Chonghua's favorite courtier, and Jincheng, the most important town in the east, appointed Zhang Yi as the Taishou. This time, Zhang Chonghua participated in the alliance and designated Zhang Yi to lead the army to support him.
Zhang's Liangguo is a descendant of the Han family, from ideology to culture, and then talking about life customs, it can be said that it is really different from the Hu people. They are such a group of people in the old site of Wolf Juxu Mountain, which is that everyone else wears fur, but they are cloth, they are tied with their hair and crowned, and others are clothed, as long as they are not blind, they can see the absolute difference.
And it seems that after the arrival of Zhang's Liangguo, she enjoyed more "preferential treatment" than Murong Yanguo, Tuoba Daiguo, and Fu Hongdi, not anything else, it was the Rouran girl who found that sleeping with the people of Zhang's Liangguo could get some rare things, which caused the Rouran girl to have unimaginable enthusiasm for the people on Zhang's Liangguo's side, but the rest of the Rouran men didn't feel anything wrong, and even some Rouran men encouraged their daughters-in-law or daughters to drill into the tents on Zhang's Liangguo.
That's not the unrestrained people of Rouran or something, there is a custom on the grassland, that is, there will be women to sleep with after the guests come, in order for the race to have more fresh blood, but also to increase the population of non-close relatives, to put it simply, it is not caring about chastity or anything, and even whether the descendants have their own blood or not.
"The widow is almost unbearable." Zhang Chonghua smiled bitterly: "This trip to the far away is almost a widow's life!" ”
Zhang Yi was directly speechless, he was also very uncomfortable, okay, the rest of the people who came from Liangzhou were almost like this, and then there were soft women who were so enthusiastic that there were already people who accompanied them who died on the woman's belly, which was really laughable.
Zhang Chonghua was not completely unsuccessful on this trip, for example, the marriage was confirmed in the exchange with Tuhe Zhen, and the two sides finalized the trade of war horses. For Zhang's Liangguo, the marriage is extremely tangled, the reason is that Rouran women have no concept of chastity, and they really don't know if they will marry a person who is as good as she can be. In terms of war horse trade, Zhang's Liangguo will exchange cloth for it, and the first transaction volume is 20,000 war horses, which is extremely important for the current Zhang's Liangguo.
"The in-laws are coming slowly." Tuga Zhen does not know Chinese, Zhang Chonghua does not know Altaic, and the communication between the two sides needs an interpreter. Tuhe really got up from his seat to greet Zhang Chonghua very enthusiastically, and said in the next sentence: "The in-laws' body is a little worse, it's too empty!" After a short pause, he muttered, "Don't be unable to satisfy my sister'......"
Zhang Chonghua, who listened to the translation, was stunned at first, and then didn't know whether to be angry or smile bitterly.
After Zhang Chonghua came over, he found that everyone except himself was already present, endured the discomfort of his body and heart, greeted them one by one with more grace, and looked around after sitting down, and before he could react to what the situation was, Tuhe Zhen high-fived over there, and as soon as the applause fell, a large group of soft girls who only wore animal skin skirts around their waists rushed out.
After the Rouran girl came out, she jumped up directly in the open space on the field, her body movements had obvious charm, and from time to time she would do some ** postures in pairs, which simply made Zhang Chonghua want to hide her face, if he knew that the woman he wanted to marry was also jumping with her breasts exposed, she would definitely withdraw from the marriage.
However, for the Rouran Tribal Alliance, there was nothing wrong with doing such a thing......