On the vast prairie, there was a huge procession, countless warriors in random clothes, riding war horses, driving herds of cattle and sheep, happily advancing, and there were many wagons loaded with countless sundries, drinking water and food.

The whole procession was very orderly, with the women in the middle, surrounded by warriors armed with swords and guns, and the slaves toiling over the miscellaneous items.

Such a scene can be seen from time to time in this vast prairie, and it is obvious that a tribal group is migrating.

For nomads, such a migration is also normal, the smaller the tribe, the more displaced, but the team in front of it can not be said to be a small tribe, roughly calculated, there are more than 10,000 men riding war horses alone, in addition to many women and slaves. With such a scale, it can already be said that it is a medium-sized tribe in the steppe.

It's just that at this moment, the person who is obviously the leader is constantly shouting in a voice that does not belong to the prairie, which is very strange.

"Brothers sing to me!"

"Ready...... Rise! ”

"Eilechuan, under the Yin Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four wildernesses. The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep. Male blood, heroic color. Cheer for me, the river and the sea echo. The mountains are lonely, and the water is dead. Running vertically and horizontally highlights the edge. ”

Behind him were a number of warriors who seemed to be guards, and although they obviously didn't want to open their mouths, they still muttered weakly and disorganized because of the leader's words.

"Hey, hey, hey! What do you do? Haven't eaten? Be louder! ”

The leader cursed angrily, but the warriors were not interested. The more chaotic it becomes. He even began to make things up with pleasure.

Next to the leader was another burly man. Judging from the clothes, the status should not be low, and he couldn't help but complain: "Zhou Jiang ......"

"Huh?" The leader glanced at him instantly.

"My lord, don't toss, the warriors only attacked and annexed a small tribe this morning, where is the spirit to sing! Besides, how can they still sing now that they are almost in the dark, and they are worried and suspicious about their current actions? ”

"This is a folk song that has been passed down through the ages, and you are not interested? It's boring! “

This person surnamed Zhou and calls himself an adult is none other than him. It is the commander of the border guards of the Chu State who has been missing for a long time, General Wei Zhou Zhi.

The burly man who followed him next to him, of course, was unlucky and was pulled onto the thief ship by Zhou Zhi, the commander of the Northern Army of the Chu State Border Army, and the shooting general Jia Kui.

It's just that if they don't speak, no one can know that the two of them are Han at all. They have Xianbei hairstyles, wear equipment that Xianbei people like, and their entire clothing is all Xianbei people's appearance. Of course, it's not just them, it's all the people on this team.

Jia Kui is crazy about Zhou Zhi from time to time. Obviously, there is no way, but to divert attention by changing the topic.

"My lord, I really don't understand why you robbed so many women and slaves and took them away this morning. Also merging the warriors of that small tribe, does that really make sense for our plans? Isn't it a drag? ”

"Isn't that what the steppe tribes do?" Zhou Zhi squinted at Jia Kui and said.

"But we are not a grassland tribe, we are soldiers of the Chu State!" Jia Kui lowered his voice and said dissatisfied.

"No, no, no!" Zhou Zhi stretched out his right index finger and shook it gently.

"Remember, we are now an ordinary grassland tribe, although we are Han people, but we are Han people who are willing to rely on the Xianbei tribe, there are people in the tribe, there are prisoners on the run, there are poor people, there are friendly and Xianbei Han people, but there are no soldiers, you are organized because of me, fleeing to the territory of Xianbei, seeking the grassland of survival, seeking the protection of the strong!"

"I understand! But we ...... after all."

"No, but!" Zhou Zhi resolutely interrupted his words and looked deeply.

"If you really remember the original intention, then from now on, forget everything in the past, you are the hero of this tribe, until the final completion of the mission."

Jia Kui was silent, his expression complicated, and it wasn't until a long time later that he finally sighed: "My lord, I chose to follow you to do this feat, I don't know if it was right or wrong?" ”

"Does it matter right or wrong?" Zhou Zhi said lightly.

Jia Kui couldn't answer, in fact, he knew it very well in his heart, but it was just a little difficult to accept, he looked into the distance for a long time, and finally sighed, and could only put aside all the emotions in his heart.

"How do you want to achieve your goal, but I still want to say something, otherwise it will be difficult for me to do things well if this continues!"

"That's right! Finally said something reliable! ”

Zhou Zhi smiled and slightly accelerated his horse's speed, as if he wanted him and Jia Kui to be farther away from everyone to avoid any possibility of being heard.

"This journey is far away, there are many dangers, it can be called nine deaths, if we want to complete the purpose alive, the first thing we have to do is to get the approval of Tuoba Xianbei!"

"Gain the approval of Tuoba Xianbei?" Jia Kui was dumbfounded, he was really frightened, he never thought it would be so complicated.

"Of course, otherwise we would travel thousands of miles within the radiance of its hegemony, do you think it is possible? Or do you think you can defeat Tuoba Xianbei with 10,000 people, or even all the western Xianbei tribes living in this area? When Zhou Zhi said this, his eyes were very calm.

Jia Kui looked at his eyes and shook his head instantly, for fear that it would be slow!

Everyone knows that it is absolutely impossible for a person to defeat the entire Tuoba Xianbei with this point!

Tuoba Xianbei can be different from those small Xianbei ethnic groups, this is the majestic Xianbei Lord Tan Shihuai, one of the five major Xianbei ethnic groups in the west personally set up, is a real big tribe, the history can be along the dozens of generations, rising in the farther north, several times to move south, until Tuoba Lin and Tuoba Jiefen father and son alternated, this only lived in the Han Dynasty Liangzhou to the north of the rich grassland of Bingzhou, ruling this area. There are countless subordinate tribes, and even many small tribes of other ethnic groups are also attached to it, such as the Xiongnu, Ding Ling and other ethnic groups.

Light and four years. That is, in 181 A.D. After the death of the majestic Xianbei Lord Tan Shihuai. His son "Helian" was unable to control the huge Xianbei tribal alliance, which caused the royal court of Danhan Mountain to lose prestige, so that a total of twelve tribesmen in charge of the eastern, central, and western regions were unscrupulous, competing for power and profit, attacking and annexing each other, killing countless people and reducing their strength sharply. Within a few years after that, He Lian led the crowd to invade the Han realm. Looting the supplies needed by the tribe, he was shot and killed in Northland County without thinking.

After his death, his son Qianman was still young, so his brother's son Kuitou temporarily took power, but he didn't expect Qianman to grow up quickly, and then he competed with Kuitou for power, the two of them This move is tantamount to giving the Xianbei tribal alliance the final blow, the court of Danhan Mountain exists in name only, and the people are scattered. The attacks of the Xianbei lords of each tribe became more and more serious, and the entire Xianbei tribe declined. Among them, especially the major tribes in the western Xianbei suffered the greatest losses, almost all of them weakened rapidly, and only two of them survived, even if their strength declined significantly, they still could not be underestimated, and Tuoba Xianbei was one of them.

After that, the head died, and his younger brother Budugen became the new Xianbei Alliance, but in fact, he was in name only, the same as the other Xianbei adults.

Therefore, in today's Xianbei ethnic group, in this desert grassland from Liangzhou to the north of Bingzhou, Tuoba Xianbei is the overlord and the right to speak.

As a general, how could Jia Kui not know this, so he reacted very strongly, with more than 10,000 lone troops in the depths of the grassland to fight against the Tuoba Xianbei tribe, it was ten deaths!

Zhou Zhi saw Jia Kui's palpitating appearance, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Since we don't dare, then we can only make it agree, and the way to make it identify is to attach and integrate into it, only if they feel that we are their own people, they will really rest assured." ”

"But will they agree with us? Although we look like Xianbei people now, most of us only know Chinese, and we are Han after all! ”

"Don't you know? Tuoba Xianbei was already divided into ten departments as early as when Tuoba was an adult, and all direct brothers controlled each department, and under these ten departments, there were a large number of subordinate tribes, and these small tribes even had mortal enemies such as the Xiongnu and Ding Ling, how could they not tolerate the Han people? It only cares about our nature, not our race! ”

Saying that, Zhou Zhishen exhaled and shook his head with a smile: "The rules of the grassland are the law of the jungle, we must adapt to the rules of the grassland now, only by integrating into the grassland and acting according to the rules of the grassland, will we not cause the hostility of Tuoba Xianbei." On the grassland, there are countless tribes, large and small, and it is common for them to swallow each other, and the Tuoba family will not care about this, as long as we do not threaten him, act within his control, and give him a sufficient amount of worship according to our own scale, then we will not care what we do. ”

"On the contrary, if we don't rob and fight, it will cause the other party to suspect that we have bigger plans, not to survive on the grassland, to graze and reproduce, then it won't be long before Tuoba Xianbei's butcher's knife will point at us, and then this grassland will be our grave."

"Look at our captive tribesmen!" Zhou Zhi pointed behind him again, and then said: "They are still shouting and fighting this morning, but when we are conquered and express our willingness to accept them, then these people will be quiet, and even many of them will take the initiative to help take care of the cattle, sheep and horses, because this is the way of life of their ancestors, the big tribe will have its own glory, will have its own dignity, and will have faith, and the smaller the tribe, the more it will be displaced, today it will depend on this, and tomorrow it will depend on that, how can we talk about cohesion?" ”

"We can't fight against the Xianbei people, but if we consider ourselves a part of it, then we have enough strength to even become stronger. Throw away all the military regulations of the past! The stronger the warrior, the more women can be loved, and the richer you can be! ”

"Here, we live according to the rules of the grassland, protect everyone in the tribe, rob the weak tribes, absorb other tribes to depend, we must gain a foothold in this grassland, we must become a part of this grassland, only in this way, can we live through this vast grassland." (To be continued......)