Chapter 265: Wuxi Man
At this time, further west, it is basically the edge of the tribal distribution of Wuxi Man, or Wuling Man.
The nearby Guyue tribes were often at war with the Wuxi tribe.
The Guyue tribe suddenly gathered eighty percent of the young men and women in the tribe here, and the Wuxi tribe naturally did not react at all......
On the first night of Chen Gong's arrival in the Guyue Alliance, the Hook Snake Department caught a few Wuxi people who came to investigate!
I saw that the four people who were brought up were all men, although they were arrested, they still had a fierce face, and their style was similar to that of Shanyue, but the materials were linen cloth and silk cloth more than animal skins, and the war patterns on their bodies were also obviously different.
The war paints of the ancient Yue people are dominated by snakes, and these four people ...... The tattoos are basically tigers!
War pattern totem is also a small way to distinguish the descendants of the Yue people from the descendants of the Ba people, the Ba tribe has the most tiger stripes, followed by the fish, the dragon and the snake.
Silkworm Cong and Yuyuba, the founder of the country is at a loss - although the ancestor of Yubaba was once the lord of the Ba people, but now the most complete cultural transmission is still Baihuba.
And Jing Barbarians were already dying by the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and now the barbarians in Jingzhou have basically been Ba, and they all use the "tiger" as a totem war pattern.
On the contrary, it is closer to the Nanzhongman, the homeland of the pre-Qinba people, because it is very close to the settlement of the Qiang people, and the most common in the Nanzhongman, in addition to the tiger war pattern, there is also the Qiang sheep war pattern tribe.
The Shanyue people further east and near the coast also have tribes with birds as totems, probably influenced by Dongyi culture - from the Yellow Emperor's son Xuan Huan established a tribe in the East, most of the Eastern tribes are totems with swallows and phoenixes, and the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty are the descendants of Xuan Huan, so Shang also uses Xuanyao as a war pattern totem.
However, the so-called Shanyue in the east is only worshiped with birds as a totem, and there are no bird war paints, because there are only three Yue Ji left, without the support of Yue Ji, those who worship birds in Shanyue, there are no brute soldiers at all, and naturally there are no war paints.
It can also be seen from the totem war pattern that from the perspective of "Zhuxia" and "Yidi", although the people of the Han Dynasty are separated from the surrounding aliens, from the perspective of the three emperors and five emperors, and the descendants of Yan and Huang, the Ba and Yue in the south, and the Xiongnu and Xianbei in the north are all related to the three emperors and five emperors.
It's just that in the long Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Chinese civilization with the Central Plains as the core gradually lost its common language with agriculture as a whole, and fishing, hunting, and nomadism as the main tribes.
From the perspective of the city queen world, it is the city queen in the Central Plains, whose functions have been continuously optimized and transformed to adapt to agricultural civilization, and gradually stripped out of the totem war pattern system and turned to the system of war armor and official seals......
At this time, in the station of the Shanyue Alliance, Gou Cang interrogated several Wuxi people—compared to the Shanyue people, Wuxi people had more contacts with the Han people.
After seeing Chen Gong's dress, there were also Wuxi men who shouted words like "insidious, thief, and ...... murder with a knife".
In Shanyue, at least there are people with some status, who can speak some Chinese, and there are no more than 100 people who can communicate normally, but Wuxi is ...... How many words can a scout say?
"Did you bring the suggestion of the General's Mansion before?" Chen Gong asked the man who seemed to know some Chinese.
However, I don't know if the other party understood, so he just scolded: "Insidious Yang Yue, Jingfu will lead us, kill your women, and snatch your men!" ”
Chen Gong: ......
Chen Gong always felt that the other party's Chinese didn't seem to be learned well, but ...... The meaning has already been expressed.
Chen Gong did not react to this on the surface, but Gou Cang said: "Chen Junshi, it seems that the tribe of Wuxi has no intention of cooperating with the General's Mansion. ”
"Wuxi people have a lot of confidence in their 'Jingfu'?" Chen Gong asked tentatively.
For the situation of Wuxi Man, it should be more familiar with these Guyue tribes, just like before going deep into the mountains in the south of Luling, Chen Gong did not know much about the situation of the Guyue tribes.
"Jingfu" is the same as "Zongshuai", they are the rewards of the Han family, and for these barbarians in the south, the Han family generally canonizes its leader......
After all, in the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, the population determined that the Han people were sparsely populated in the south, and they could not make too many encounters with these barbarians, and the strong national strength of Emperor Wu was used to defeat the greater enemy, the Xiongnu.
After Emperor Wu, the Western Han Dynasty has been in a recovery period, and there will be no thoughts about the barbarians in the south, as for the Eastern Han Dynasty...... The eunuchs of the Chinese and foreign relatives take turns to sit in the village, the local families are rampant, and the dominance of the Han family over the local area is weakening, how can there be any intention of interfering with the southern barbarians?
Generally, the leaders of small tribes are named "Qu Shuai", and the leaders of various places also appointed themselves during the Yellow Turban Uprising, and the leaders of large tribes were named "Zongshuai" in Yangzhou and "Jingfu" in Jingzhou.
If you don't take the initiative to attack the county, everything is good, and you don't have the heart to assimilate them.
It's just that...... In Yangzhou, many of those small tribes are Han people who go up to the mountain, claiming to be Shanyue and actually protecting themselves.
But like these real Guyue tribes, they don't even speak Chinese in internal communication, so how can they use the names given to them by the Han people?
The so-called "patriarch" and "headhunter" are only translated Chinese, and when understood in their language, they mean "the leader of the tribe" and "the leader of the hunt".
But now it seems that the situation in Wuxi Man seems to be a little different, not only do even a few "scouts" know some Chinese, but also call the leader "Jingfu", obviously the degree of sinicization is higher!
Could it be that you have chosen the wrong teammate?
Chen Gong looked at the snake cultivator vaguely......
"Their king, Mohuken, is insidious!" Hook Cang said angrily.
"Mohuken? Is this one the only one? Chen Gong remembered that he had checked the official documents that Cheng Ji had kept, and there were three Jingfu and Zongshuai.
"Three years ago, there were three, after Moke died first, his son Mohuken inherited the position of Jingfu, and when he attacked the Han County through the Huimeng, he killed the other two Jingfu and annexed their tribes, becoming the most insidious king of the Wuxi people." Hooked Snake said.
Hearing his detailed explanation, Chen Gong understood......
A high degree of sinicization does not mean that you are close to the Han family, and you may also be more ambitious.
The previous generation of Jingfu Mo Kexian was really close to the Han people, and even assisted the family Hao right in the four counties of Jingnan to rebel against Liu Biao - to a certain extent, this can be regarded as close to the Han people...... The Han people who are close to Jingnan.
Therefore, Moke has indeed won a lot of benefits and resources for the tribe, and there are even rumors that Moke has come to be as depraved as the Han people, arrogant and lascivious, greedy for enjoyment.
Later, after Liu Biao quelled the rebellion, Mo Ke fled back to Wuxi in a hurry, but died on the way back, and Mo Huken inherited the position of Jingfu.
First, he once again declared himself a vassal to the controller of Jingnan, and then rebelled, and took the opportunity of a rebellion to beat his teammates and annex his teammates' tribes......
Compared with the Guyue tribe, there is no doubt that the strength of Wuxi Man is more condensed now.
"Speaking of which, this Mohuken knows you Han people better than us, but he also hates you Han people even more...... Of course, I don't mean anything else, hahaha. Wangkong said deliberately at this time.
"Well, Liu Biao in Jingzhou is greedy, and he has no ability to govern the world, and he allows the local tyrants to act arbitrarily, and the Wuxi people in Jingzhou must have a hard time, so we have to rescue them from the sea of suffering faster." Chen Gong responded with a smile.
"Even if Mohuken unifies the Wuxi tribe, the number is not as good as our Yue people, and the Wuxi people are not as brave as our Yue people, so there is nothing to fear." Mingtan also has some understanding of the Wuxi tribe.
But...... How much benefit did they gain when they participated in the Jingnan Rebellion? - Chen Gong is more concerned about this.
Whether it is the Shanyue people or the Wuxi people, because they can trade with those pseudo-Shanyue who "cast mountains for copper", the per capita metal possession is not low, but the weapons are very rough, mainly heavy weapons and blunt weapons, and there is no technology to cast iron armor, and the armor is very simple.
In addition to food and grass, Chen Gong also brought them weapons and equipment - of course, it was impossible to feed them directly.
A total of 1,000 longbows, 3,000 pairs of armor, and 10,000 ring-handled knives were all eliminated from the General's Mansion.
If the Wuxi people have enough equipment for the Han army, even if they are not as good as the eliminated products of the Great General's Mansion, if they can arm the whole, they are also a force to be reckoned with.
But Chen Gong didn't ask, lest the Shanyue people ask for it......
As for whether the Shanyue people will pay the price for underestimating the enemy?
What does that have to do with Chen Gong......
Chen Gong's purpose was originally to let them eat dogs, and then he and Zhang Liao took the opportunity to send troops to Jingnan.
Morally ...... The cooperation between Chen Gong and them was originally clearly marked, and what does it have to do with the General's Mansion if you underestimate the enemy and cause damage? There is no lack of grain, grass, and supplies that have been promised.
"Mohuken also has a younger brother, Shamoko, and needs to be careful." Hook Cang said at this time.
The Hooked Snake tribe seems to have regular contact with the Wuxi people, and it is not too kind of "contact"......
"Shamoko? Wait, aren't their father and son surnamed Mo? Chen Gong asked with some confusion.
"According to the habits of the Wuxi people, the heirs who generally inherit the family business will inherit the surname, when Moke was alive first, Shamoke was called Moshako, but after Mohuken became the leader, several brothers who were still alive also changed their names." Hook Cang said.
A few brothers who are still alive......
Well, seeing that the process of succession is still very bloody!
Chen Gong thought about it and understood that the old man died on the way back from the defeated army, and in that case, the heir issue was indeed prone to chaos.
Wangkong muttered something to Gou Cang, Chen Gong pretended not to understand and frowned, but ...... In fact, Chen Gong has been able to understand some key words, which should probably mean that Shamoke is a failure and not to be worried.
"Shamoko is only fourteen or fifteen years old now, and he was only a child at the beginning, of course he can't compete with his brother, and his brain doesn't seem to be very useful, and now he is the knife in Mohuken's hand...... The Fenyuan and Yutong in your clan are not his opponents with one hand! Hook Cang reminded.
When Chen Gong heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that he was just more powerful......
And Wangkong had already laughed and said, "Hahaha, a person without wisdom is not worthy of being called a strong man!" ”