Feng Lun's brows furrowed, and he said curiously: "What's going on?" Don't you Beji people intermarry and marry among tribes? And you are mainly fishing and hunting, as long as you occupy a forest, you can live well, and you don't have to fight all day long for pastures and water like the steppe tribes. ”

Tu Di Ji sighed: "Ambassador Feng, don't you know, our Su end department, originally relied on a population of more than 10,000 and more than 5,000 soldiers, and the strength of the Beji tribe was not weak, but our northern Heishui tribe has gradually become the strongest among the Beji tribes in the past few years, and now there are more than 50,000 people and more than 20,000 soldiers. In the last battle with the Great Sui, they did not participate, so their strength was not lost in any way, and the other ministries often lost more than they gained, and after they came back, they would be oppressed by the Black Water Ministry. ”

Feng Lun's eyes widened, and he said curiously: "Why, even between this white mountain and black water, there is such an existence of the weak and the strong?" ”

Li Shimin said calmly: "Ambassador Feng, do you know, the tribes that are mainly fishing and hunting are also limited by resources, especially fish, often after staying in one place for ten years, it is difficult to catch fish in the river, and the beasts in the mountains and wilderness will also become sharply reduced with the increase of the tribe's population and the increase of consumption. ”

Feng Lun suddenly realized: "Oh, I see. But this land of white mountains and black waters, with a radius of thousands of miles, even if it is your current dozens of Beji tribes, you don't have to worry about having nowhere to move. ”

Tu Di Ji shook his head: "It's okay to say it elsewhere, but this Su Su of ours." The situation is very special. We are the southernmost tribe in the Begi region. Close to the Turks, Khitans and Goguryeo, you can trade with them, and exchange mink skins and ginseng, which are special products in the mountains, for horses, iron tools and grain they produce. That's why the Blackwater Department has long taken a fancy to our place, and has been waiting for us to move so that they can take possession of it. ”

Feng Lun nodded: "This is also human nature. You don't produce iron or food here, and these things can only be exchanged through trade, but didn't the Blackwater Department have a marriage with you before? Can't this kind of thing be properly discussed? Do you have to meet each other? ”

Tudiji gritted his teeth: "Because the ambition of the Heishui Department is too great, their chieftain Beggars Renli wants not only land, but also people, and the surrounding small tribes have already been annexed by seven or eight, and on the seventh day of our return from Goguryeo, Beggars Renli sent a messenger to our Sumo. I want to beg for his son and propose to our husband's sister. ”

Feng Lun's eyes widened: "Isn't this a marriage?" A good thing. The strength of your Su Mo happened to have suffered, and now you are marrying the Black Water Ministry, isn't it just right to protect yourself? ”

Suddenly, Ji said angrily: "No, Ambassador Feng, you don't know the methods of the Black Water Ministry, they are used to this trick, first propose to the surrounding weak tribes, more than ten years ago when Qi Qi Renli himself was the son of the chief, he married the daughter of the Fu Ni Ministry, according to our Beji customs, it is to live in the women's tribe for three years, as a result, the Qi Qi Ren Li brought five hundred warriors to be the son-in-law of your Han people, but he took advantage of the trust of the Fu Ni Ministry, and shamefully assassinated the old chief at a hunting meeting of the Fu Ni Ministry, As a result, the Funi Department was taken as already owned and annexed it, and from then on, the strength of the Black Water Department increased greatly and became the strongest among the Beji tribes. ”

Feng Lun nodded: "This method of seizing power is sophisticated, and it is about to catch up with the level of our Central Plains." I can't imagine that there are such conspirators in the Begi area. ”

Tudiji sighed: "Five years later, begging Renli became the big chief of the Heishui Ministry, he proposed to the Bolu Department in the north again, the Bolu Department was weak, and he didn't dare to violate the will of the beggar Renli, but with the experience of the Funi Ministry, he took strict precautions against the son of the beggar Renli who came to marry him, and insisted that this son could only come alone and not bring a guard." ”

"As a result, the beggar Renli sent a weakest and sickliest son to the Bolu department, and within a year, the son died, and the beggar Renli said that the Bolu department deliberately persecuted, abused, and killed his son, so he sent troops to attack the Bolu department, and the Bolu department was almost destroyed, and less than a thousand people fled to the north, and now the whereabouts are unknown, and the beggar Renli also occupies the hometown of the Bolu tribe in a grand manner."

Feng Lun's face became more and more serious: "Using this kind of marriage to create all kinds of excuses to attack the surrounding tribes, this technique is quite slippery, but the tribes around you, haven't you found a way to unite and not be bullied by their Black Water Department?" ”

Tu Diji gritted his teeth: "The exchanges between the various departments have to pass through the territory of the Heishui Ministry, just like our tribe, if you want to go to the distant Anchegu, the number room and other in-law tribes, you have to pass through the Heishui Ministry, if the news leaks, wouldn't it give the beggar Renli a pretext to start a war?" And the beggar Renli is very shrewd, and will only take advantage of the surrounding tribes or encounter a famine, or internal strife, if these tribes are united internally, and the army is strong enough to protect themselves, the beggar Renli will lurk, and it is precisely because of this that we and their Blackwater Department have barely maintained peace for nearly ten years. ”

Feng Lun understood a little: "It's just that the current Heishui Ministry, seeing that you have suffered heavy losses in this war, and the other tribes are roughly the same as you, and they can't fight against the Heishui Ministry, let alone come out for the sake of your Su Mo, so he sent people to ask for his relatives, and he wants to repeat the old trick, not only to occupy your land, but also to annex your Sumo, right?" ”

Tu Diji nodded: "That's right, Ambassador Feng, you said that you are me, what should I do?" ”

Feng Lun laughed: "Chief Turk, are you really not sure of winning against the Black Water Ministry?" I see that although your tribe has suffered losses, the tribe is still very united, and there are hundreds of cavalry, and it is not necessarily impossible to defeat the Black Water Division, after all, they will not be able to come out of the nest, and the division is unknown, and they must also guard against the sneak attacks of other tribes. ”

Sister Furong said lightly: "According to my recent information, the Heishui Department and the eastern lord of Goguryeo, Yuan Taizuo, have been in secret contact, if we pour the strength of our tribe to fight against the Heishui Ministry, we can still fight, but if the Goguryeo people also make trouble from it and raid from behind, then we will definitely be defeated." Moreover, the sons of the beggar are all crooked melons and cracked dates, I will vomit when I see it, and I will not marry them if I die! (To be continued.) )