Chu Hu strode over, and where he passed along the way, people gave way one after another.

He seems to have a wordless deterrent that makes people automatically avoid it.

"What a big man!"

There was a long table under a row of cool tents, and a group of Han officers dressed in red and blue were sitting there, and they also saw Chu Hu coming.

Chu Hu really deserves their praise, he is at least two meters tall, a big man like a black bear, shaved a big shiny bald head, wearing a rope armor on his body, carrying a waist knife on his waist, and two double-edged axes on his back, which looks like it was produced by the Great Han.

But the most striking thing is not only his huge size, but also his two big hands at this time, one hand grabbing a large handful of hair.

It's not just hair, but every hair has a human head attached to it.

The bloodstained human head, as if he had just pulled back a large bunch of potatoes from the ground, carried a bunch in one hand. The iron armor on his body and the axe on his back were still stained with blood.

Chu Hu strode to the front of the account.

He stood there and hesitated for a moment, then raised the two large strings of heads in his hand.

Thirteen on the left, twelve on the right, Liu Muzhi had secretly counted them, he was surprised in his heart, could it be that these heads were all captured by this big man alone?

Chu Hu stood there, raising his head in both hands, but he didn't know what to say.

He doesn't speak Chinese.

At this time, Liu Muzhi took the initiative to get up and asked Chu Hudao in fluent Mongolian, "May I ask what the warrior is called, which tribe." ”

Chu Huzheng didn't know how to communicate with the Han people, but he didn't expect them to speak Mongolian so fluently, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"My name is Chu Hu'er, from the Tumut Ministry."

"It turned out to be a warrior from the Tumut tribe, but I don't know if it's East Tumut or West Tumut?"

Tumut has a long history, it is said that their ancestors were Xianbei Tuoba, originally the Xianbei people, and the Tang Dynasty also called them Trojan Horse Turks. Also known as Dubo, Liaojin is a blockade, and by the Yuan Dynasty they were already Mongolians.

In fact, this is also normal, as is the case with the nomadic tribes of the steppe, who often fight and annex. But everything changes and does not deviate from its ancestry, Xianbei Tuoba, known as Dongyi, also known as Suolu, they are the people of the comb.

From the Yuan Dynasty, it was ruled by the Mongols. It gradually became a branch of the Mongols, and they were the same as the Mongols in terms of speech and living habits.

In general, they are all descendants of Xianbei Tuoba, known as Balbasi in Mongolia and people in the forest by the Mongols, who resisted Genghis Khan and were conquered and became Mongols.

After the Tumuts were annexed to Mongolia, they were ordered to guard the 12 passes of the Altai Mountains during the Great Mongol Empire, and were called "Twelve Tumuts"; In the 15th century, they began to migrate to the rich lands of Yinshan and Tumochuan. Become a well-known Mongolian right-wing Tumutwanhu.

Since Genghis Khan established the Mongol Khanate, the system of territorial division has been implemented, and the golden family or Genghis Khan's meritorious officials have concurrently served as the head of ten thousand households, the head of one thousand households and various local officials. During this turbulent period, the eastern Mongolian tribes united to form six tribal groups. and divided into left and right wings. At the beginning of the 16th century, the left-wing Mongols consisted of the Chahar, Khalkha, and Uliangha tribes, and the right-wing Mongols consisted of the Tumut, Ordos, and Yongshebu tribes.

After arriving at Yan Khan Zhongxing and unifying the eastern Mongol tribes. Dayan Khan divided the 60,000 households on the left and right wings, and 50,000 households in addition to the Uliang Hawan households to his descendants. Among them, the right-wing Tumut part was given to the fourth son, Alsuboroth.

More than 100 years ago, only two years after Dayan Khan's death, his son died only two years after he succeeded to the throne. Therefore, he was succeeded by the eldest grandson. At that time, according to Mongolian tradition, the tribes carried out another division of property and land between the pastures and the tribes, and the second son of Balsborot, who was only 13 years old at the time, that is, the new Great Khan, the younger brother of the Northern Yuan Bodi Arak Khan, shared most of the Tumutwan households and became the supreme leader of the Tumut Wanhu.

Altan, later Altan Khan.

Altan Khan was the grandson of Dayan Khan and a prominent Mongol chieftain. He rose during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and his tribe was nomadic in the area of ******** in present-day Inner Mongolia at the beginning, and then gradually became stronger, and drove the suzerain, Chahar, to Liaodong, he became the leader of the right-wing Mongolia, and his control range stretched from Xuanhua and Datong in the east to the north of Hetao in the west, to the Gobi Desert in the north, and to the Great Wall in the south. Later, in order to open up pastures, he conquered Qinghai, and even used troops in Tibet for a time.

He also had troops under the city of Beijing, forcing the Ming Dynasty to open up trade, and the Ming Dynasty was forced to open Xuanfu and Datong to trade horses with Mongolia. After several wars, the Ming Dynasty canonized Altan Khan as the king of Shunyi and opened 11 border trade ports.

After Altan Khan, his wife Sanniangzi ruled the Mongolian right wing for 30 years, restrained the Mongolian ministries, and maintained a peaceful tribute and mutual market relationship with the Ming Dynasty.

During the time of the Oda Khan, the power of the right-wing Tumut Altan Khan grew rapidly, and to the east, it was the pasture land of the Doyan Uliangha people. At that time, when the Chahar tribe on the left flank moved south to control the northern tribes of the Uliangha, Altan Khan fought for control of the southern tribes of the Uliangha.

At that time, in order to manage and control these Uliangha tribes, Altan Khan sent his eldest son Xin Ai Huang Taiji and his descendants to lead some of the Tumut tribes to migrate eastward from the Tumochuan area, and arrived in the Mantaoer area outside the Xuanfu border, Dushi, and Jizhou, and co-governed with the Uliangha people in the southeast.

Later, Altan Khan died, and Xin Ai Huang Taiji returned to Hohhot to inherit the throne of Khan and Shunyi, and then married the third lady. His territory in Eastern Tumut was ruled by his son Galtu, who continued to paddle with the Uliangha.

By the time of Lin Dan Khan, the left wing Chahar became strong again, and Lin Dan Khan tried to emulate Dayan Khan and reunify the Mongol tribes.

In this war, the Eastern Tumut tribe was finally defeated, and after the defeat, the Eastern Tumut tribe was led by the son of Galtu, Ombu Chuhuer, and attached to the Houjin. After they annexed the Houjin, they moved eastward from their original station, Mantaoer, to the nomadic area of Chaoyang in present-day Liaoyang.

After they arrived in the Chaoyang area, they continued to have close contact with the Uliangha, and with a closer marriage relationship, the Uliangha people also became the Tabu Sac of the Golden Family, that is, the horses.

In the ninth year of the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty named Embu Chuhu as Zasak, and compiled his subordinates and the place where he was stationed as the right-wing banner of Tumut, and the Tabu Nang Urliangha people Mang Gurdai who married with the Eastern Tumut, his subordinates moved to the Fuxin area near Chaoyang in the Later Jin Dynasty. And led the Mongolian Lejin Mongols in the Tumut tribe, to the third year of the Later Jin Tiancong, Mang Gurdai's grandson Shanba led the troops to join the Later Jin, and the Later Jin compiled the Shanba tribe into the Tumut Left Wing Banner and named him Zasak.

Therefore, the Eastern Tumut Department has formed a situation in which the golden family Taiji and Uliangha "Tabu Nang" have different surnames and herdsmen.

When Altan Khan was strong, he used to imitate the capital of Yuan and the city of Beijing, south of Daqing Mountain and between the big and small black rivers. A steppe city was built, Kuku and Tun, which means the city of blue. After that, he also continued to build an outer city that was 20 miles long, and established a grassland handicraft manufacturing industry, so that the city's population increased year by year, and the grassland city had a larger scale.

For nearly 100 years, it was extremely prosperous.

However, after Altan Khan, Feng Shui took turns. When he arrived at Lin Dan Khan, the Chahar tribe who had been driven to Liaodong was killed again. After defeating the Eastern Tumut, they marched all the way to the right-wing Mongolian region, defeating the Karaqin and Tumut divisions successively. Occupied ******** and controlled a vast area of right-wing Mongolia. At that time, Tumut Boshoketu Khan (grandson of Altan Khan IV) fled to Ordos and died the following year. His people did not want to be enslaved by Lin Dan Khan and fled in all directions. The Tumut Department is in a state of disintegration.

After Jinxi's expedition to Har, he realized the importance of the strategic location of the West Tumut region, and understood that it could control Mobei and Moxi in the north. Dominate Mongolia, the south can also chase the Central Plains to attack the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, Tumut was also a large tribe in Mongolia at that time, especially with a strong prestige, second only to the suzerain's department Chahar, so it has been left behind to guard the general.

After Huang Taiji changed Jin to Qing, the Jurchens divided the remaining herdsmen of the Xitu Mut tribe into two wings, one flag on each wing, and appointed two new banner owners. However, these two banner lords were not descendants of Altan Khan, so as to eradicate the Golden Family's rule over Tumut.

Today's Tumut is divided into two major parts, east and west, and the eastern Tumut moved north from the northwest of Liaoning, in the province of Monan. And Xitu Mot is in the northern part of Shanxi Province in Suiyuan Province.

But whether it is the two-winged banner of East Tumut or the two-winged flag of West Tumut, after experiencing the civil war on the left and right flanks of Mongolia and the suppression of the Jurchens, they continue to shout loudly, the pastures are reduced, the territory is constantly compressed, and the strength is greatly reduced.

Originally, the Jurchens moved Chahar to the north of Datong and divided the four banners, and now the territories divided by the eight counties of Chahar in the Han Dynasty are actually the territories of Tumut in the past.

The present Tumert is divided into two parts, east and west, each divided into six counties, a total of four counts, and a large group of viscounts and barons.

Therefore, Chu Huguang said that there was a Tumut, which was not clear at all.

"Left Wing Front Banner of the Eastern Tumert Division." Chu Hu said.

Liu Muzhi immediately understood that the left wing of Dongtu Mot was the tribe of the original Golden Family's Tabu Nang, the Uliangha, and the Mang Gurdai.

Speaking carefully, the left wing of the Eastern Tumut is actually not a Tumut, they are Uliangha, and they can only be said to be the in-laws of the Tumuts.

Moreover, the Han Dynasty divided the Mongolian tribes into subdivisions, and the original two-wing banners of the Eastern and Western Tumuts have now become six counties, which are actually divided from four banners to twelve banners, which has been diluted three times.

However, now the Han Dynasty does not call the Mongolian tribes as the alliance flag, but as prefectures and counties, and they are subordinate to the provinces.

The front banner of the left wing of Dongtumut is actually Yimin Mansion in Monan Province, and it is also Woye County in Wu'an Prefecture, Monan Province.

In one place, there are two sets of management systems, one is the central court, and the other is the feudal princes. But whether it is a prefecture or county established by the imperial court or a princely territory canonized by the imperial court, the name no longer has a tribal name.

The four wings and twelve flags of the East and West Tumut have all been changed to names such as Woye County in Wu'an Prefecture, and there is no connection between them at all on the surface.

This is also the intention of the imperial court, first to divide the various departments in detail, and then to disrupt the division to various places, and then gradually dilute the connection between them, and finally make them two completely strange territories, rather than two sub-tribes under one tribe.

"Chu Hu Warrior, are these your gains?"

"Yes, my lord of the Han nationality, these are all Horqin people who Chu Hu personally killed, a total of twenty-five." Chu Hu proudly lifted the heads of the two hands high, and more than twenty heads seemed to have no weight in his hands.

A sergeant major stepped forward and took a closer look.

"They're all young."

Chu Hu'er shouted, "These are the Horqin people I killed with my own hands, they are all fierce warriors, but they were all killed by the more brave Chu Hu'er. ”

"The Han Emperor promised that each rebel soldier's head could be exchanged for ten silver dollars, and he still didn't count?"

"The Holy Emperor of the Han Dynasty, of course, counts. Twenty-five heads here will give you two hundred and fifty silver dollars at once. Liu Muzhi immediately said.

"No, no, no, Han general, I don't need silver dollars."

Liu Muzhi was a little surprised, "The Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty will definitely give it if he says it." ”

"That's right, I'd like to trade the head for something else." Chu Hu'er said.

"That's no problem, we have all kinds of commercial goods here, tea, tobacco, spirits, even salt, grain, weapons, etc., what do you want to exchange, I recommend that you actually receive the reward directly, and then use the money to buy it, which is more convenient."

"Oh, my lord, you don't understand what I mean, I don't want money, I don't want tea, tobacco and alcohol, I want to use these twenty-five heads in exchange for a knighthood."

"Head for title?" Liu Muzhi was surprised.

"What, can't you? I was the bravest warrior of the left flank of Eastern Tumut, and I single-handedly cut down twenty-five Korqin warriors. Am I not a brave warrior? I hope to exchange these heads for a knight's title. ”

Speaking of the back, seeing that Liu Muzhi didn't react, he said, "It's really not good, it's okay to change to a samurai title." ”

Liu Muzhi had come back to his senses at this time.

He smiled, "Do you really want to exchange your military merit head for a knighthood?" I have to tell you that although these warriors and knights are also called knights, they are not princes and lords, and even if they are knighted, the court cannot divide them into fiefs for you. ”

The titles conferred on the Mongolian princes, starting from the marquis, are the founding county marquis, the founding county marquis, the founding county uncle, the founding county son, and the founding county male, as well as the six ranks of lords.

Among them, Hou Bozi and male lords can be called lords, and they can get a piece of territory given by the imperial court, but the lord can only get a fief. Hou Bozi and other male lords are called princes, and they have great rights in their own domains, such as having most of the administrative, judicial, military, and financial powers, and can have a number of guards within the prescribed number of titles, and they can get one-third of the taxes in their domains.

The knighthood and samurai titles were actually newly added later, which can be regarded as supplements.

They can't even be counted as knighthoods, they can only be called honors.

What they owned was a knight's land, also known as a knight's or samurai's land, which was equivalent to a landlord, but they had no administrative, judicial, and tax-related rights over the people on the land. (To be continued.) )