Nine hundred and forty-nine beacon fire
The Xiongnu's large-scale invasion of the south made all the Great Wall in the northern part of the Han Dynasty ignite the billowing wolf smoke, and for a while, the beacon fire was in the sky, like countless black dragons getting out of the trap in the world.
Raise fire to the sky, beacon fire wolf smoke!
This is the era, in order to convey the information of the enemy's attack in time, the soldiers on the border lit "fuel" on the beacon tower, and the smoke when it was lit was very large and thick, and it could be seen from a long distance.
In this way, the beacon towers were lit one after another, and the news of the enemy's attack was quickly transmitted.
One, two, three, three wolf smoke rose into the sky, from the beacon towers to the distance.
The three wolf smoke is already a high-level military warning in the border system of the Han army, which means that at least tens of thousands of foreigners are coming to the interior of the Central Plains......
Wolf smoke, these two words, on the northern border, do have a more terrifying intimidation and warning effect than wolves, but "wolf smoke" has nothing to do with wolf dung at all. ”
The "wolf" here does not refer to the steppe wolves, but to the Turkic cavalry with the wolf's head military flag; It is a steppe wolf cavalry that worships the wolf totem, takes the wolf as a model, has the strategy and tactics of the wolf, the wisdom of the wolf and the fierce character of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Mongolian, etc.
These steppe people have worshipped the wolf totem since ancient times; I have always liked to compare myself with wolves, comparing myself to wolves, and Han people to sheep; has always despised the sheep character of the farming nation with the pride of one block hundred.
And the ancient Chinese farming people have always regarded those barbaric, brutal and inhuman steppe cavalry as the most terrible "wolves".
The wolf smoke is used to warn the cavalry of the steppe people who worship the wolf totem to invade the pass.
For a time, Wuyuan County, and even all the northern cities on the border of Bingzhou, all closed the four gates, and the soldiers of various counties began to go up to the city to set up defenses, and the merchants in the markets everywhere immediately dispersed, and countless ordinary people either poured into the big cities, or began to move their families to the mountains, and a large number of refugees ran around, and the sound of wailing resounded through the fields......
At the same time, counties and counties that are short of manpower have also begun to urgently recruit new recruits and veterans.
As mentioned before, from the day of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the military tun system was implemented in the northern frontier, which was the integration of soldiers and people, and the people here were people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime.
Especially those veterans who fought on the battlefield back then, now they are standing up one by one.
Even some people are wearing the old armor they once wore because of the lack of weapons and equipment in the county stockpile.
Most of the blades in their hands are also simple and mutilated, although they are old, they all look calm, not chaotic at all, and even reveal a trace of excitement in their eyes, just like an old war horse when the flame of life is about to be extinguished, and once again get the excitement of the opportunity to charge on the battlefield.
This is a national battle that has been going on for hundreds of years.
In the long history of the development of human civilization, countless wars have broken out, and various ethnic groups have fought each other for survival, causing civilizations to rise and annihilate for thousands of years.
The contradiction between the agrarian people and the nomadic people is particularly prominent.
The distinction between agrarian and nomadic peoples is reflected in their different lifestyles, on the basis of which they form their own cultures.
Different ways of life naturally determine their different national destinies.
The first essence of civilization is survival.
The Han people need arable land, and under the condition that production technology cannot be improved, people can only increase the value of land output by expanding the area of cultivated land in order to feed more people.
The Xiongnu needed pastures, and warm and humid areas had a natural allure. The dispute over the Hetao Plain is a perfect example of how civilizational warfare lies in the struggle for living space.
As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because the northern environment where the Xiongnu was located was harsh, and it was not as rich in salt, minerals and other resources as the Central Plains, the most important items in the life of the Xiongnu were cattle, sheep and horses and other agricultural animals. So as long as winter comes, the Huns' food and clothing can not be solved, in order to survive, the Huns have to go to the Han areas in the south to rob and plunder, and leave after robbing, and come to rob again the next winter.
The unique harsh living environment in the north has created a fierce and ferocious national character, relatively equal interpersonal relations and simple and natural social customs.
This huge military regime, which once lived in the north, took animal husbandry as its industry and took pride in plunder, which was embodied in the military cultural sense of military organization, military training, military equipment, and military ideology with its own national characteristics, as well as the unique combat methods of the nomads and their strong adaptability to the war environment embodied in the war.
There are so many cakes, and when someone wants to get a little more, it is destined that someone will get less benefits.
So, war cannot be avoided.
However, there is one point, which is the advantage of Han nationality and other races.
There have been many civilizations in human history, but most of them have disappeared in the long course of history.
In contrast, our Chinese civilization has been passed down from generation to generation.
The war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu nation is a war between two ethnic groups, a war that has lasted for more than 100 years, and it is a symbol of the indomitable Han people.
This is also the bottom line of the Han nation.
The entanglement between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, a war that lasted for more than 100 years, is a monument of war in Chinese history.
The combat strategy comprehended by generations of generals in the war, and the monuments piled up from the corpses of soldiers, make every Han person awe-inspired.
Because, at this time, the people of the Chinese nation are proud in their bones.
Since the princes of Qi Henggong and Jiuhe became a prince, primitive cultural nationalism has risen.
Under this cultural background, China's ancestors tried their best to destroy the local religious beliefs and cultural scripts every time they expanded to replace them with Chinese institutions and rituals.
Its procedural process is hundreds of times more intense than the later Mi Di's forced implementation of folk cooking.
In later generations, the signature of the Emperor was called Free Folk Cooking.
The signboard of the Chinese is called teaching by word and deed.
Because you are so ignorant, we have traveled thousands of miles to provide a one-stop civilization transformation plan......
In the past few thousand years, most people have been grateful to Dade for the edification and transformation of Chinese civilization, and countless ethnic groups and cultures have been integrated into the mainstream of Chinese civilization.
Even the Huns were no exception.
Since the Xiongnu had contact with the Han land, they have been greatly influenced by the Han culture, and this influence is strongly manifested at all levels.
Specifically, from the six levels of language, writing, ideology, rules and regulations, production technology and social customs, the Xiongnu received a large number of influences from Han culture through wars and peace with the city.
Therefore, every invasion of the Xiongnu, even at the height of his might, could not completely annex the Han Dynasty.
This belongs to the Han Dynasty, a natural advantage!