The Qiang are an ancient ethnic group in western China, calling themselves "Rimai" and "Erma", and are known as "the people on the clouds".

Legend has it that more than 4,000 years ago, the Yandi tribe fought with the Yellow Emperor tribe, and after the defeat, the Yandi led most of it to merge with the Yellow Emperor tribe to form the Huaxia tribe.

A small number of them moved west and south, integrating with the local aborigines, forming Qiang and other ethnic minorities.

The earliest detailed records of the Qiang began during the Warring States period.

Xiqiang, from Sanmiao, is another branch of the Qiang people, and lived between Hexi, Cizhi River and Huanghe River after three generations.

During the Warring States Period, the Qiang people flourished, and there were the Chinese Qiang that is Yue Anchor Qiang, the White Horse Species that is Guanghan Qiang, and the Sanliang Breed that is Wujun Qiang and so on.

Wu Yi Jian was the most famous Qiang leader in the early Warring States period, born at the head of the Xizhi River, captured as a slave by the Qin, and later fled between the Yellow River and Huangshui, and was promoted by the Qiang people as the leader.

He imparted knowledge of farming and animal husbandry to the Qiang people, which promoted the development of production.

The Qiang people called the slave "Wuyi", and the leader called the "sword", so it was called the Wuyi sword.

His descendants later came from the Cheng tribe and entered various parts of Ganqing, several of which entered the Bailongjiang River valley in the south, and became an important part of the Qiang people in Liangzhou and Diebu.

The tribes of the Qiang people are all named after the tribal leaders, such as the later Yanzhong Qiang, Xianling Qiang, and Burning Dangqiang.

The war between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Qiang, also known as the Qiang War, lasted for a hundred years.

Due to the internal migration of Xiqiang, there were frequent conflicts with the local Han Dynasty people in the Hexi Corridor and Longxi.

In addition, most of the magistrates in the northwest were cruel and harsh, which led to the rebellion of Xiqiang one after another.

The Xiqiang people slaughtered the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty army also slaughtered the Xiqiang people, and the Xiqiang replaced the Xiongnu in the Eastern Han Dynasty as the first foreign threat of the Han Dynasty.

The Zhao family and Xiqiang have been entangled.

The earliest is Zhao Chongguo in the early Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Guangli, the general of the second division, attacked the Huns, led 700 strong men to break out of the siege, and was worshiped by Emperor Wu as Zhonglang, and the official residence car cavalry general Changshi.

During the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, the successive generals Huo Guang's Du Wei, Zhonglang General, Shui Heng Du Wei, and Hou General, led the army to defeat the rebellion of the Di people in Wudu County, and attacked the Xiongnu and captured the King of Western Qi.

After the death of Emperor Zhao, he and Huo Guang and others respected Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and sealed the camp of Pinghou. In the first year of Shenjue, Emperor Xuan adopted Zhao Chongguo's strategy to quell the Qiang rebellion and carry out Tuntian.

The following year, Zhuqiang surrendered, and after Zhao Chongguo died of illness, he was called Zhuang. It is one of the "Eleven Heroes of the Qilin Pavilion".

Zhao Chong, Emperor Yonghe of Han Shun for six years, was the Taishou of Wudu. When Tang Qiang invaded internally, he broke through it and led the soldiers of the four counties of Xihe.

Emperor Shun issued an edict and ordered Zhao Chong, the Taishou of Wudu County, to serve as the captain of Huqiang, responsible for controlling and supervising the local troops of the four counties of Hexi.

At the beginning, Zhao Chong won many battles, but in the spring of the first year of Jiankang, he was ambushed by rebels in a battle of Jianwei Yinhe, and Zhao Chong lost his life and unfortunately died.

The most recent is Zhao Yun's father, Zhao Meng and others, who were attacked and killed by the Qiang people, and the third uncle Zhao Shu and the fourth uncle Zhao Ji died at the foot of Helan Mountain, and there were no bones.

Now, the leader of a small tribe called Laba turned out to be a woman, named Labazi, who seemed to have suddenly become powerful overnight.

The Labaqiang people have never violated other tribal records, and they are also friendly to the Han Chinese.

This is a very normal thing, and any ethnic group or tribe headed by a woman is relatively much milder than a man who is king.

However, the people of the Raba tribe are very aware that from the small tribe that was bullied everywhere in the past, to today, many small tribes and even medium tribes around them are vying to take refuge, and Rabazi's husband has contributed a lot.

This man seemed to have jumped out of the ground, and was picked up by the old chieftain Lu Foji more than ten years ago when he was grazing on the grassland.

He has amnesia, he doesn't know who his surname is, one thing is certain, he is definitely not a Qiang person, he can speak Chinese, and even Xianbei dialect, and the Qiang language can only know some simple words.

Lu Foji had no sons, but a daughter, Labazi, saw that the man he picked up was clear-eyed, better than all the tribesmen in the tribe, and very heroic, and named him Rida Muji.

At first, he was very unaccustomed to the name, and when others called it, they were stunned, as if the name had nothing to do with him at all.

Gradually, Hita Muki learned that the old leader thought that he was a cloud floating in the sky, and he specially chose this name, so he let it go and accepted the facts.

What really made him famous was the invasion of a medium tribe, he went to the enemy camp alone, killed more than 20 people in a row, and even the leader of the other tribe died under the big sword he snatched.

Killed in battle, and the new leader became Rabazi, she had a crush on Zhidamuki, and announced their marriage shortly after her father's funeral.

This year, their son Riwu Buji is ten years old, and their daughter Wusuzi is seven years old, and they have never given birth again, so they have two children.

For a person of unknown origin, the Xiqiang warriors will definitely not be indifferent, many people have come to challenge, and even a person known as the first warrior of Xiqiang also came to rob the marriage, and was directly cut off from the horse.

What makes many Qiang men vomit blood is that Rida Muji is strong in martial arts, and even the horseback riding skills are better than these men who grew up on horseback.

The husband of the tribal chief, he has never been a man of many words, sitting on the ground from time to time looking at the white clouds in the sky, always trying to find his lost memories.

During this time, Hita Muji was unwilling to show his face, it was a ritual to search the mountains for rain, even if Labazi was the leader, because he was a woman, he was not allowed to appear on the mountain.

The mountain sacrifice ceremony is the most solemn festival of the Xiqiang people, also known as "the mountain god meeting", "the tower meeting", "the mountain king meeting".

The purpose of the sacrifice is to ask the mountain god to bless the prosperity of people and animals, the abundance of grains, the prosperity of forests, and the peace of the world, these are all gimmicks, the most important is to pray for rain.

During the festival, it is strictly forbidden to go into the mountains to collect and hunt. The Qiang land is often dry in summer, so praying for rain is a regular religious activity of the ethnic group.

Before praying for rain, the mountain must be searched, that is, no one is allowed to go up the mountain to cut firewood, dig medicine, or hunt.

If a violator is found in the mountains, he is to be reprimanded and beaten until the bleeding stops. Otherwise, it is not enough for the people to please the gods, otherwise it is hopeless to pray for rain.

The grass on the ground has withered, and even the leaves on the mountains are curled, and it has been another year of great drought.

Asking for rain for nearly ten days in a row had no effect at all, and the cracks on the ground were the size of palms.

According to the customs of Xiqiang, if you can't ask for rain on the mountain, you can only go to the top of the highest mountain around to continue to ask for rain.

The mountain is steep, and Rida Muji leads the people to climb up step by step.

He also knew that he was not from Xiqiang, and after more than ten years of getting along, he had already regarded himself as a member of Labaqiang.

Midnight dreaming, looking at the quiet moonlight outside the window, the shadow of another woman always flashed in front of me.

Where is my home? Where is my wife? Do I still have sons and daughters?

Sometimes, he really wanted to let out a long howl to vent the depression in his heart.

Despite thinking about his thoughts, Hita Muji was not slow at all, walking on the mountain road as if he were walking on flat ground, and rushing up at the front.

Suddenly, there was an uproar in the ranks. You know, this is a great disrespect to the mountain gods.

"Cut down the troublemakers!" He didn't want to give a direct order.

"My lord, you can't cut it." One of the guards listened: "It seems that I have found an outsider in the mountains." ”

Alien? There was a hint of gloom on Hita Muki's face.