Chapter 337: The Legend of the Xianbei Royal Court

There is a reason why Tian Yu did not choose Kebineng as the first target to fool, because Kebineng is an ambitious person, and he has always had the ambition to conquer and unify the Xianbei tribes. A few years ago, he was ostensibly attached to the Wei State, but in fact, he had always been rebellious.

In his heart, he never even looked down on the Han regime, and never obeyed the jurisdiction and dispatch of the Wei court. He only symbolically gave the Wei court a small tribute, so that the Han court could relax its vigilance against him, so that he would have enough time to develop his own power.

He only had hatred and wariness of the Han court, but did not have any intimacy, which was the opposite of Su Li. This can be known from the fact that there were no war horses in the goods he paid tribute to the Wei State. Not only did he not pay tribute to the Wei state, but he also forbade his clansmen to sell the horses to the Han Chinese.

What's more, not only did he not allow his tribe to sell war horses to the Han Chinese, but he also tried to prohibit other tribes from selling horses to the Han people through mutual markets. His domineering behavior was also the main reason for the conflict between him and the Sully and other tribes.

This incident can fully reflect his disgust for the Han people, and at the same time, it can also be seen that he is a knowledgeable and even far-sighted person. Everyone knows the importance of horses to the grassland and to the grassland peoples, but in fact, horses are equally important to the Han army.

Without horses, the Han army would never be able to set foot in the grasslands, and Kebi could see this long ago, and implemented a plan to limit the export of horses to the Han country, thus serving the purpose of weakening the Han army. This is already a strategic arrangement, such insight and ambition are not something ordinary people can have, not to mention, he is just a Hu man who grew up on horseback and lacks formal education.

It can be seen that Kebineng is indeed not in vain, he is much stronger than Bu Dugen, the descendant of the Xianbei royal family who is red-rooted, and it is completely possible to describe this eagle on the grassland with extraordinary insight, foresight, and lofty ambitions.

It is very difficult to win over such a heroic character, and such a person will never even be able to return to others. Or they can give in temporarily, but only pretend to submit, such people can bend and stretch, as long as they are strong, as soon as the conditions come, they will definitely not hesitate to rebel and devour their master.

Therefore, Tian Yu did not consider winning over Kebineng at all when he went on an envoy this time, as for Bu Dugen, he had already been disabled, and he led tens of thousands of cavalry to escape into the grassland without a trace, and he couldn't find anyone to talk to them.

The tens of thousands of cavalry fled into the depths of the grassland, seemingly relaxed and chic, but in fact, they had lost the foundation of their survival and would face the danger of annihilation.

The foundation of their survival was the people living in the Xianbei royal court and the cattle and sheep and other livestock they raised. Now that these things are owned by the First Division, Budugen is wandering around the steppe with tens of thousands of unsupplied troops, what do they eat? Do you eat grass roots?

The horses under their crotches can eat grass, but the knights on the horses cannot, and not only does Budugen not pay these subordinates silver, but they can't even supply them with the most basic food, so what will happen to this army?

It's actually easy to imagine what happened, and quite simply, it was a collapse. An army that lacks military rations will inevitably collapse, and this kind of thing is true in ancient and modern times, not to mention the undisciplined Hu army.

Therefore, the Xianbei cavalry led by Bu Dugen began to desert on the second day after escaping the pursuit of the first division, that is, on the fourth day when the first division entered the Xianbei royal court. Then there were more and more deserters, and soon the whole army collapsed, and finally only about 10,000 paces of his descendants followed him westward.

The collapse of tens of thousands of horses made the steppe tens of thousands more rebels, who had no food and could only rely on looting everywhere. Don't think that these Hu people are hungry and crazy, and they will only rob the property and population of the Han people, in fact, they themselves often rob each other on the grassland.

The conquests between the various tribes of the Hu people were very frequent, and they were not even less than the battles against the Han Chinese. In order to survive, they don't care about the life and death of others, even if these people are Xianbei people like them, they will not make mistakes in robbing and killing.

For a time, all the large and small tribes on the grassland fell with blood mold, and there were many small tribes scattered on the grassland, and they were originally free to graze on the grassland, but now the whole grassland was stirred up by these routs, and those herdsmen were all miserable.

Putting aside the fate of these tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry for the time being, it is said that in that battle, the first division only pursued for three days before stopping and returning to the Xianbei royal court to rest. Because in three days, the Xianbei people who fled from the Xianbei royal court have almost gathered, and the Xianbei people who have not been able to catch up for three days are obviously running on horses.

The first division was infantry, and it was impossible to catch up with these horsemen for many days, so Zhang Bao did not waste time and decisively ordered to return to the royal court.

More than 100,000 Xianbei people captured by the First Division, as well as various types of cattle several times larger than the population, were driven south by the soldiers. Before they left, the entire Xianbei royal court was emptied, as long as it could be moved, no matter what it was, even those tattered tents and stinky blanket covers were not left at all.

The soldiers of the first division naturally did not need these things, but the more than 100,000 Xianbei people who accompanied them could use them. In line with the principle that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is also meat, the First Division refused to let go of any materials and property that could be taken away, and these more than 100,000 prisoners were the largest comprehensive property captured in this great battle, and correspondingly, the materials needed to maintain the survival of the prisoners could not be given up.

Fortunately, the Xianbei people also had a lot of oxen-pulled Lele carts, which could smoothly empty the entire Xianbei Royal Court, and because they had to flee before, most of the supplies had been packed and loaded onto the Lele carts, which saved the first division a lot of trouble.

The first division only rested in the Xianbei royal court for three days, and then set off to the south after sweeping the royal court clean. After they left, only a piece of white land remained in the entire Xianbei Royal Court. Everything that can be taken away has been taken away, leaving a few fixed buildings, those that can be burned were burned, and those that could not be burned were also blown up by the people of the first division blasting team with explosives ~ medicine.

Since then, the Xianbei royal court has disappeared into the trend of history. This city established by the Xianbei hero Tanshi Huai, representing the glorious history of the Xianbei people, has only existed in people's memories since then, thousands of years later, it is difficult to find evidence of the existence of this city even in the history books, and many deeds have become legends, making it difficult for future generations to distinguish between true and false.

Many archaeologists have spared no effort to find the ruins of this city, but unfortunately they have found nothing without exception, and the city is listed as a historical mystery like the ancient kingdom of Loulan and the mysterious disappearance of Atlantis. However, in many literary works and film and television dramas, the shadow of the city sometimes appears, but most of them are characters as a mysterious place and a treasure place, causing people to reverie infinitely.