In the summer of the second year, on the south bank of the Shaye River (the Chu River in present-day Kazakhstan, the most current Sui Dynasty, so the author temporarily believes that it was also called the Shaye River in the past), about hundreds of cavalry in different costumes were scattered on the vast grassland.

These lazy-looking cavalrymen were not really a formal group of cavalry, but some of them were dressed in leather armor with some copper and iron sheets scattered on it, which looked more decorative than defensive. The most ornate of them were the bow and quiver attached to the back of the saddle, embroidered with some patterns, which were very old but had a bit of an artistic component. The distinctive peaked hats on their heads tell their companions that they are of Cypriot descent.

The Sai people are the old inhabitants of this area, and the banks of the Ile River, the side of the Broken Leaf River, the north of the Green Mountains, and even the foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the Golden Mountains were once their pastures. But since the early years of the Han Dynasty, the Yueshi people who were defeated by the Huns have poured in. The unstoppable Cypriots fled either to the south and to the west of Tianzhu (present-day Kashmir and the Indus Valley region), where they established many small states, or to the west of the Wuhu River basin. Some of them stayed in the Western Regions and slowly established their own small countries, such as Shule, Xiuxun, and Drug Donors, all of whom were descendants of the Cypriots. The other small part continues to stay in the original place of the Shiba River and the Ile River, and have lived until now.

Some of these cavalrymen wore felt hats, carried horned bows and quivers, and they were all Yue, Wusun and Xiongnu. The Yueshi drove the Cypriots away and occupied the place. Later, the Wusun people came again, and most of the Yueshi people also followed in the footsteps of the Sai people and went south, leaving these Yueshi people to live with the local Sai people and establish the Kangju country. Then the Huns also came, and this powerful nomadic people who were driven out of the Mobei royal court by the Central Plains Dynasty once made all the Kangju people feel terrified. But soon, the leader of the Huns who fled west, Zhidanyu, was killed by the Han army, and some of the Huns continued to flee west. Some of them remained. Integrate into the Kangju people.

There was a time. The Dayue clan people were in the limelight, not only drove away the Sai people, but also pursued south, defeated the Great Xia country they established, and even Kangju succumbed to it, and the Dayue clan people at that time could be said to be the most powerful force in the two river valleys.

Recently. The Great Moon Kingdom soon fell apart, and was replaced by the Kushan Empire, and Kangju and other countries all submitted to it. However, with the defeat of Kushan by the Sassanid Persian Empire in the west, the vast empire suddenly split, and its power could only remain in the area east of the Xintou River (Indus River), and the rest of the region became "independent" and divided into dozens of countries.

The current Otsutsuki people have long since lost their former prestige, and they live in a mixed state with the local Serbs and Tocharians. It's already integrated into the area. And now Kangju is even more in name only. The word Kangju refers to a region rather than a country. In the southern region of the former Kangju Kingdom, that is, the upper reaches of Yaozhishui, the Yueshi people, the Sai people, the Tocharian people, and even the Wusun people and the Xiongnu people were united. The capital of Tashkent (present-day Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was also known as the Kangju State, while the Sogdians to the west occupied the rich riverside land and established dozens of city-states. Everyone knows that the original Kangju power has long been wiped out.

The medicine killing water is downstream to the area of Shayechuan, which is the hometown of the Kangju people, and the people here still maintain a nomadic lifestyle of living by water and grass, and the same is true of these cavalry. Today, they gathered not to participate in any national festival, but to participate in a military event on the orders of the leaders of the various tribes, and the target was Yishui County in the eastern part of the northern prefecture of Xizhou.

The Northern Kangju (to show that it is different from the Southern Kangju of the Tongue City) took military action against the Yishui County of the Northern Prefecture, and it was not because they learned of the proposal of the Northern Prefecture to conquer the Kangju in the west. Because although this bill was passed last winter, due to the long distance and the closure of the road in winter and snow, it has just been conveyed to Xizhou and Shazhou. The two prefectures were only able to receive orders from Chang'an, but they did not have time to entrust merchants to spread the declaration of war from Beifu throughout the Lianghe region. Moreover, even the Northern Kangju tribes knew that the Northern Mansion had declared war on Kangju, and they also thought that they were only declaring war on the Kangju Kingdom in the south, and it had nothing to do with them.

These Beikangju people did not know the edict of Beifu, nor did they know that Beifu's sworn enemy, the Qianhu, was a "deep-eyed, high-nosed, and bearded" race, but these characteristics were very similar to some of the Beikangju people. God testifies that the Kangju people were originally a hodgepodge, all hundreds of years old, and who knows where these characteristics came from.

This time, the Northern Kangju tribes gathered here to prepare to invade Yishui County, Beifu, but it was only because the cavalry of Beifu had attacked the Lianghe Valley too badly and had already aroused public outrage, so there was this revenge of the Kangju people.

Since the Northern Mansion destroyed the country Wusun and took over the Western Regions, Xizhou has become the territory of the original Wusun, Yueban, Hude, Turkic and others. Yue Pan was originally a branch of the Western Xiongnu, and since he followed Beifu, he was divided into Yishui County in Xizhou and Jinshan County in Hezhou under the rule of "New Life".

The Hude people originally lived north of Yueban (the upper reaches of the present-day Erdos River, the northern foothills of the Tarbaha Mountains, the area from Zaisan Lake to the southern foothills of the Altai Mountains). It is bordered by Wusun in the southwest, Qigu in the north, and Turkic in the east. Due to the oppression of Rouran and Qigu, they are migrating to Wusun. According to the history of another world, this tribe would appear in the valley of the two rivers in 357-367 AD together with the Yuepan and the former chariot masters, conquer Sogdiana, and conquer the city that the Greeks called Sogdiana (present-day Hob, Samarkand).

Band, Zeravshan River Basin), and then attacked Persia in the west, rejected Rouran in the east, flourished for a while, the territory was centered on Ili, Sogdia, and Bactria, and the Hindu Kush Mountains in the south to Dhara and Khazina, and the Kurgan River flowing into the Caspian Sea in the west, and the Green Mountains to the South Tianshan Road in the east, and were called the Bada people by historians.

But history has changed, and the Hude people, like the Turks, have become the subjects of Beifu, they still live as nomads, and they are still brave and good at fighting, but they wear cashmere coats made of Guzang, carry swords and bows from Xianyang, and hang a yin-yang fish charm around their necks.

These brave warriors were led by Jiang Nan, Hu Lawyers' Association and others. Inheriting the "customs" of the Wusun people, as soon as the summer arrives, they will run in a group of horses, gallop on the vast grassland north of Yaozhishui, and even "mistakenly" enter the river area from time to time, robbing the cities and merchants there. Especially last year, when Chang'an's trend of conquest of Kangju quickly spread to Xizhou and Shazhou, although the keen Jiang Nan and others had not yet received the order. But they knew there was a lot going on. So they stepped up their attacks on Kangju, Dawan and other places.

The attack of the Beifu army finally made the tribes of the two rivers countries angry. Rabbits bite when they're in a hurry! But the southern city-states are not good to come forward directly, after all, those government soldiers are all in the name of thieves to go south, and they have nothing to do with the northern government, you were robbed, purely because your own place is not quiet, and compared with the trade with the northern province, this loss can only be a trivial matter. The southern city-states were reluctant to immediately tear their faces with Beifu, but the lesson was still for Beifu to taste.

Therefore, Dawan, Southern Kangju, Sogdia and other countries agreed that they would contribute money and weapons, and the Northern Kangju tribes would send men and horses to launch an attack on Yishui County, with "thieves" against "thieves".

Turning over a hill, the hundreds saw a huge camp appear before their eyes, and the destination had finally arrived.

Shuo Wei Tiping carefully removed his saddle. Then gently place it on the ground. This is despite the fact that the Kushan style saddle is very worn. And it is also a second-hand goods "donated" by a nobleman in Nankang's country, but Shuo Wei Tiping, who once had nothing, took it very seriously and was ready to pass it on as a family heirloom.

"Poor Shuo Wei Tiping. Beware of the grass cutting through your precious saddle. The prayer house next to him teased, and several companions next to him also laughed.

Shuo Wei Tiping's face did not change, but turned his head and replied calmly: "My ancestor originally left a saddle, but unfortunately it disappeared with my father when he fought with the Wusun people more than twenty years ago. There's no way, I've been fighting with the Wusun people for decades, and there's nothing left. If it weren't for the donations from the rich and noble lords in the south this time, I guess I would have to fight with bone arrows. ”

"It's really providence, we went to Yishui this time, and we actually avenged the Wusun people and said with a wry smile. Unlike the Saichong Dishuo Wei Tiping, he and several of his companions were Huns, and their ancestors followed Zhidanyu in the Former Han Dynasty.

Hearing the words of the Qi Zhiwu, Shuo Wei Tiping couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at a group of people in the distance. Those were the nobles of the Wusun people, and they were walking towards the big tent. They had fought with them for decades, but then they fled with some of their men when the country was destroyed, and now they have to fight side by side with them. Many people believe that this eastward attack on Yishui County is another task to avenge these Wusun people, otherwise how could these Wusun nobles jump up and down, lobby desperately, and finally promote this operation.

"I really can't think of it." Shuo Wei Tieping let out a long sigh, and then led the mount to the side with the prayer house, tied the reins, and then piled a pile of grass and let them eat by themselves, and a few of them gathered around the other side, set up a bonfire, boiled a pot of water, and then roasted a few pieces of lamb shank in the bag and ate it.

"I hope that I can grab some good things and come back when I go to Yishui this time, and the cold winter is coming." Shuowei Tiping was gobbling up the rare leg of mutton, if it weren't for this operation, it would be really difficult for Shuowei Tiping, who had been herding sheep for the leaders for more than 30 years, to eat such fat and tender mutton every day.

"I heard that Yishui is very rich now." The Yue's man took a sip of the hot soup and said.

"Have you been?" Qi Zhiwu asked quips.

"How dare I go to Yishui?" Wen Jishu replied with a red face, the Beifu area in the east is no longer the same as before, and it can be "crossed" casually, and the cavalry cruising there are very powerful, and they can kill people if they don't agree with each other.

"I heard from Uncle Maud Aihe." Wen Jishu hurriedly replied.

As soon as everyone heard it, it was clear to everyone that Uncle Mo De Aihe was a well-known singing artist in this area, plus he knew some "medical skills", and he could be regarded as a "doctor" who could even treat people and livestock together. It is quite popular in this area, and it is also one of the few people who can freely enter and exit the Yishui grassland.

"I heard that every household there has been allocated their own pasture, and that they raise their own cattle, sheep, and horses, and that every year merchants come to buy cattle, sheep and horses, and that the wool is said to be profitable. These Yishui herdsmen took the merchant's land money and could go to the market to exchange it for other things. "The more he talked, the more excited he became, as if he was talking about his own good life." There was everything in the bazaars, a strong bow to shoot down an eagle, an iron-tipped arrow to pierce a cow, a steel knife to split stones, a thin layer of cloth to ward off the biting winds, wheat from afar, and a fragrant black

There is also a kind of liquor that makes you feel hot when you drink it! It is a rare and delicious wine, and it is only brewed by the people of Beifu in the east. I'm afraid it's Burushaburo (formerly the capital of the Kushan Empire. The aristocratic lords of present-day Peshawar, Pakistan, did not drink either. ”

Speaking of which. Wen Jishu hurriedly added: "This is what Uncle Mo De Aihe said, he once cured the son of a herdsman's family in Yishui Grassland, so he drank such a pot. ”

The people next to him could hear it, and they couldn't help but yearn for it, if they could get these things that they couldn't dream of in their dreams, how nice it would be.

"Damn, I'm going to Yishui this time. Lao Tzu wants to grab some well. There was silence for a moment, and one of the Cypriot cavalrymen said fiercely. His words were immediately echoed by the companions next to him, and they began to think about how he would show off among his people after grabbing these good things.

"Uncle Mo De Aihe said that these things were only available after the herdsmen of the Yishui grassland returned to Beifu." The warmer continued. It may be that the mouth of the drinker is soft, and Mo De Aihe drank the wine of the other people, so he naturally has a lot of good feelings for Beifu, and the words of the turn also carry these good feelings and kindness. "They used to be the same as us. They are all poor herdsmen who depend on the sky for food. ”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent again. Therefore, there is a suspicion of promoting Beifu, but everyone has no intention of pursuing these things at present. They thought more about it, and they all thought about it in their hearts.

"The sky and the earth on this grassland, the cattle, sheep and horses have all belonged to the leaders of the head since ancient times, and those things on the Yishui grassland are probably deliberately made by Beifu to deceive Uncle Mo De Aihe." After a while, a Wusun man spoke.

"Possibly. There is such a good thing in the world. Everyone seemed to wake up all of a sudden, and they all echoed, "It's still the right thing to think about how to grab more." ”

"Qizhiwu, what do you think of those people in Beifu?" Shuowei Tiping, who is in his forties, is the oldest of these people, and he is also the most thoughtful. So he turned his head and asked about Qizhiwu, after all, his ancestors were Huns, and they had dealt with the distant Central Plains, and now the Yishui grassland has become like this, precisely because it is under the control of the Central Plains.

"According to the elders of our clan, our Xiongnu once occupied the land of Mobei for thousands of miles, and there were one million brave soldiers. Under the leadership of the great Mao Dun Shan Yu, we captured the emperor of the Central Plains alive and forced him to pay tribute to the beautiful princess and countless treasures, and begged for the forgiveness of our Hun warriors. The prayer house seemed to be intoxicated with the great glory of the ancestors, and the people next to it couldn't help but stop and listen.

"After hundreds of years of preparation, the Central Plains people, who had been pretending to give in, began to fight back. After hundreds of years of fighting, we were finally forced to leave the Mobei grassland and began to move westward. And the Central Plains also paid a great price, I heard that they spent the last copper coin, and almost half of the population died. Qi Zhiwu finally said, "According to our elders, the Central Plains people are very weak and not good at martial arts, and ten Central Plains people are the opponents of a Hun warrior. But they were too rich, too vast, and so resilient, and we were defeated and driven out of the beautiful Mobei steppes because we had been exhausted in hundreds of years of confrontation, and the treachery of other tribes. ”

Hearing this, a Cypriot cavalryman couldn't help but sneer: "A Hun warrior can deal with ten Central Plains people, how can he be driven out like a wild dog?" ”

Qi Zhiwu couldn't help but be furious, and refuted loudly: "Although our Huns were driven out, but they defeated the Yueshi people and the Wusun people along the way, I don't know if you Cypriots have defeated them?" ”

The Cypriot was suddenly speechless, the Yueshi people were driven over by the Huns, but the Yueshi people beat the Cypriots and left their homeland, and were forced to honestly give up their territory; Then the Wusun people fought with the Xiongnu, and they also moved westward, and as a result, the Yueshi people were dizzy; In the end, the Huns were forced to move westward, but along the way, they defeated the Wusun people and the Yueshi people to subjugate themselves, if it were not for the Western Regions generals of the Han Dynasty to send troops to kill Zhidanyu, maybe this place has become the territory of the Huns.

Shuowei Tiping seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but glance at the Qi Zhiwu who had already recalled, and his heart was full of unknown fear. First the Yueshi people, then the Wusun people, and then the Huns, one string after the other, each more fierce than the other. Now it is the Central Plains who drove the Huns out of their homeland who are coming west, what will he bring to the two river valleys? Shuo Wei Ti Ping and Qi Zhiwu and other people who understood a little bit in their hearts secretly thought about it.

In the contemplation of Shuowei Tiping and others, others began to argue about whether the Yueshi people were powerful or the Wusun people were powerful, and even the Wenjisu people were involved. The voices of these people grew louder and louder, and soon more people from the side of the argument joined in, and finally it became the liveliest place in the camp in the dark night.

The loud quarrel finally drew reproach, and a cavalry with the orders of the leaders of the men reprimanded loudly: "Tomorrow we will go east to fight, why are you arguing here instead of raising your spirits?" If it affects the rest of the old man again, be careful of eating whips! ”

When they had heard the lecture, they did not dare to say anything, so they all dispersed and went back to their respective places to rest.

Note: There were many ethnic groups in ancient Central Asia, and the origin is also varied. Lao Zeng only chose the arguments in it, which may be different from the arguments of some book friends, so I would like to inform the book friends, please don't argue too much about these very complex historical issues.