At the end of 555 AD, a new overlord, the Blood Wolf, rose in the Golgong steppe.

Ashina Qijin, the wooden pole khan, launched the last attack on the remnants of Rouran, and the Rouran Khan Yu Jiulu Deng Shuzi was defeated, and led his troops to defect to the Western Wei Dynasty, which was the future Beiyin.

At this point, the Rouran Khanate withdrew from the stage of history.

Before the war mobilization, a large number of Rouran displaced people had already poured into Zisai and settled down.

After that, the blood wolf broke through the west and drove the Khitan to the east, completely replacing the former position of the overlord of the grassland and subduing the foreign countries.

(According to Chinese historical records, they originally lived north of the Great Wall, called the Slippery Kingdom.) They are descendants of the Central Asian Cypriot nomads and the Dayue people of the Han Dynasty)

The following year, Beiyin replaced Western Wei.

And their sworn enemy, Beichen, had successfully plotted to usurp the throne and replace the Eastern Wei Dynasty five years ago.

At this point, the northern regime established by the Xianbei Tuoba Jue was also the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the first dynasty of the Northern Dynasties perished.

In the same year, Yintaizu Yuwentai died of illness in Yunyang, and his son Yuwenjue, who was only fifteen years old, succeeded him.

During his lifetime, Taizu founded the famous government soldier system.

Its general content is that there are eight pillars and twelve generals.

The 12 generals each managed the 24 Kaifu, and each of the 24 Kaifu had an army in his hands.

In this way, the Western Wei had twenty-four armies under unified management.

During the Western Wei Dynasty, the eight generals of the Zhu State, known as the "Eight Pillar Kingdom" in history, were: Yu Wentai, Yuan Xin, Li Hu (Li Yuan's grandfather), Li Bi (Li Mi's great-grandfather), Zhao Gui, Yu Jin, Dugu Xin (Yu Wenyu and Yang Jian's father-in-law, Li Yuan's maternal grandfather), Hou Mo Chen Chong.

Among them, there are two special people in the Eight Pillars Kingdom, one is Yuwentai and the other is Yuan Xin.

Yuwentai is the actual ruler of the Western Wei Dynasty, needless to say.

And Yuan Xin is the representative of the Western Wei clan, and he just has a name.

In this way, among the Eight Pillars, only the Six Pillars are really responsible for commanding their subordinates.

The Six Pillars State manages twelve generals, and it just so happens that each person can manage two generals, namely: Yuan Zan, Yuan Yu, Yuan Kuo, Yu Wendao, Hou Mo Chen Shun, Da Xiwu, Li Yuan, Dou Luning, Yu Wengui, He Lanxiang, Yang Zhong (Yang Jian's father), and Wang Xiong.

Doesn't it sound familiar?

That's right, many of the people here are the founders of the Sui and Tang dynasties in the future......

Of course, that's not an afterthought.

Well, since so much nonsense has been said.

Does it have anything to do with the book Purple Sai Autumn Wind?

Well, it's also a little related.

And our protagonist - Geshu Hanyuan

At this time, it's just a small person among small people.

The surname Geshu is a rare compound surname, derived from Rouran, from the Western Rouran 'Geshu Department' during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and belongs to the clan name.

Later, Rouran was divided due to the struggle for power, and was divided into two parts, East and West.

The West Rouran tribe is mainly active in the east and west of Zisai, while the East Rouran tribe is active in the north and south of the desert.

And the young Ge Shu, it was at this time that the family migrated to the Western Wei Dynasty with his family.

Geshu Hanyuan, its original name is Geshuyuan.

Less negative temperament, talent and sensitivity, especially good at the art of war, born with divine power, without a crown, can hold a bow of 300 stones.

At the same time, he is also a veritable marksman who wears through Yang in 100 steps.

Han was given by Ge Shu because of his military exploits when he served as the Yuwentai tribe.

It means drinking Mahanhai.

It can be seen that Yuwen Taizu has deep expectations for this alien boy.

At this time, Ge Shuyuan probably didn't know.

More than 200 years later, his descendants, Liang Guogong, Zuo Servant Shot, Tongping Zhangshi, and Hexi Jiedu Envoy Ge Shuhan - did what he did not do until his death

Even, he went to a place he had never arrived at - Kukunaoer

So much so that the Western people of the Tang Dynasty sang in "Geshu Song":

The Big Dipper is high, and Geshu carries a knife at night.

So far, I have peeped at the herding horses and dare not pass Lintao.

This is an ode to the famous general Ge Shuhan by the people of the northwest of the Tang Dynasty.

However, the experiences of the two are very different.

In his early years, Ge Shuhan only served as a small county lieutenant in Chang'an, and he felt that he could not display his talents, so he went to Hexi to serve in the army in a fit of anger, and later defeated the Tubo army in the battle of Shibao City.

He deservedly became one of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, and since then he has been deeply appreciated and valued by Tang Xuanzong.

In contrast, Ge Shuyuan is much luckier than his juniors.

When he was young, he was favored by Yu Wentai and became a close attendant.

He also assigned three people from the Eight Pillars Kingdom at that time to teach him poetry, calligraphy and music, civil and military cavalry and archery, and the art of war.

Even Yuwentai himself, in his spare time, would personally study his studies, which was unimaginable at that time, when he was born into a wealthy family, a relative of the emperor, and a warlord in the military town.

The Geshu tribe, in Rouran, still belongs to a wealthy family.

However, in the Western Wei Dynasty, where there are many powerful families, I am afraid that it is not even a poor family.

It is not an exaggeration to say that these outsiders may be a little lower than the common people.

Later, Ge Shu attacked Beichen with the army, and he had several military exploits and moved to the general of Yamen.

In the same year, he was sent to Zisai Border Pass as a cavalry general.

Before leaving, Taizu made a trip for him, drank three rounds, and then asked Yuan: "Today, the secretary has a heavy responsibility, what is the desire of the secretary?" ”

Ge Shu said: "If the blood wolf tribes come with the world's soldiers, I will be the king to refuse; If you want to send 100,000 people, a certain king will swallow them. ”

Taizu is good, and everyone is strong.