Wedge Sima talks about Longxi, the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty poured their feelings into the distant people who have been in China for 5,000 years, and there are endless imperial things; the Qin Emperor burned down the Xianyang Palace in anger in the 20 years since the founding of the country; the Han Dynasty expanded the land for thousands of miles, and the Maoling Huma Mu Autumn Breeze; the emperor will be destroyed, and Lu Yan Xiaoer will rise to a tall building.

A few nonsense rhymes, lamenting the affairs of the family and country for thousands of years.

It is said that Pangu opened up the world and spread it to Nuwa, at this time the world was clear, and Emperor Wa suddenly felt lonely one day, so he mixed loess with water at the water's edge, according to his own appearance in the water, pinched into a little person, blowing fairy breath, and the little people walked all over the ground, these people because they got the fairy energy of Emperor Wa, they became people of equal wealth and nobility, and they quickly occupied the earth; when Emperor Wa created people, many mud spots scattered, and they also got immortal energy, and became people, and there were many disabled people in later generations; Emperor Wa sometimes used too much force, and threw some people into remote and barren places, and some of these people became poor people, and some became people who were barbaric in the four wilderness。

After Emperor Wa, the Fuxi clan came out and taught people to be civilized, the Shennong clan taught people to farm mulberry, and the Suiren clan taught people to use fire.

Then it was passed on to the Five Emperors, and the rules and systems of the world were set, and the reason why people are human beings and why Chinese people are Chinese is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Later, some emperors turned their backs on benevolence and righteousness, and some emperors expelled him and replaced him; after tossing and turning, in the Qin Dynasty, there was an unborn strongman, who swept away the eight wildernesses, annexed Liuhe, and reorganized the world into one.

For a while, he felt that he was superior to the three emperors and the five emperors, so he called himself the emperor, and he was the first emperor, and he wanted to pass on the world from generation to generation.

There are a few people who are subordinate to the people, and there are a few sons and grandsons scattered among the people, who saw the majesty of the first emperor and envied them in their hearts.

One said, "The husband should be like this," one said: "He can take his place," and one said: "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning?"

After the death of the first emperor, the second emperor killed his brothers and nephews in order to seize the emperor's throne.

The First Emperor didn't know that he thought of his children and grandchildren?

In an instant, heroes swarmed, the world collapsed, and Qin II died.

Han Gaozu and Chu overlord compete for the world, zuihou Chu overlord Wujiang killed himself, and Han Gaozu did the world.

Some said, the first emperor of Weishenme can calm the world?

Weishenme Han Gaozu can win the world?

weishenme and others can only watch them do the world?

Isn't it the arrangement of heaven and the creation of fate?

Another person speculated that if it were not determined by heaven, why did he grow up in the house of the emperor and the rich, and he was born in a remote and desolate village, in a slum, and achieved nothing?

Some people gathered around the streets and asked for fortune tellers; some people burned incense to worship the Buddha and prayed for blessings; some people gave up on themselves and did not pursue them; and some people simply engaged in illegal deeds.

In fact, a great Confucian in his previous life, named Fan Zhen, had an incisive argument: In the world of life, such as a flower blooming a tree, what are the high and low?

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind, and the flowers fell all over the ground, and a few pieces of beautiful silk brocade fell into the room through the curtains, as if a person was born in the home of a rich merchant and nobleman, and a few pieces swayed and fell on the road, on the dung heap, and in a moment they were mixed into mud, as if a person was born in a slum, destitute.

Where can you see which is noble and which is poor?

When the First Emperor swept away the Six Kingdoms, where did he think that his children and grandchildren would be killed soon after?

When Liu Ji, the head of the Surabaya Pavilion, fled to Mangdang Mountain, who would have thought that he could earn the world?

The so-called loser is the one who chooses the right time and does the right thing, so he goes along with everything; the so-called loser, or the wrong time, or the wrong place, or not looking for the right person, in short, is wrong again and again, zuihou loses all the games.

And who knows the price paid by the successful?

Exactly: how can there be a fortune in poverty, and the fate of life is in your own hands.

The sages have a poem that says: The ashes of the pit are not embers in Shandong, and Liu Xiang has not read since ancient times.

However, he said that this Han Gaozu sat in the world for 12 years and died; his wife Empress Dowager Lu helped her son Emperor Hui sit together for eight years, and almost killed Han Gaozu's children and grandchildren, which is not what Han Gaozu could think of, and the mother and son collapsed one after another; several old ministers in the court thought about it, and Zuihou invited a substitute king who did not have shili to the throne for Emperor Wen of Han; Emperor Wen of Han reigned for 23 years and passed the throne to his son Emperor Jing of Han; Emperor Jing of Han reigned for 16 years and passed the throne to his son Emperor Wu of Han.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was 16 years old when he ascended the throne, although he was just and weak, but he was eloquent and strategic, and had the ambition of his ancestor Yue.

Several old ministers in the court helped, and his grandmother in the palace supported the empress dowager, and the young emperor wanted to show his strength.

So, an edict was issued to solicit "virtuous and square"

, want the world's capable people to come out of the mountain and serve the court.

For a time, the talents and scholars of various counties and counties, as well as the strong men and heroes in the ranks, packed up one after another, and wanted to go to the imperial court to win fame and wealth.

When the news reached Longxi, it alarmed a talented man who had read the scriptures, studied heaven and man, and was familiar with astronomy and geography.

In the early spring of Longxi, the cold wind is cold, the sun is high, and the shops are not open.

A few pedestrians on the street hurried with their necks curled.

Suddenly, the west city gate opened in a hurry, and several horses rode away, and the officers on the horses shouted: "Everyone wait to get avoided!

All the way away.

The deserted Longxi City suddenly became lively.

The news of the invasion of the Xiongnu, the people of Longxi are commonplace, but some are not strange, at first hearing that the Xiongnu are coming, many people feel that they have heard it wrong, and do not believe that there is such a thing.

A few people waiting to leave the city stopped at the east gate, and a seven or eight-year-old child said to a person who looked like a Confucian student: "Father, I have not seen the appearance of the Huns. Shall we stop and see if the Huns are okay?"

Confucian said: "The Huns are no different from us Chinese. It's just a different outfit. ”

"I know!"

The child had some reckless meaning, "The Huns wore fur clothes and fox hats. I just want to see them like this. ”

Confucian nodded lovingly in agreement.

The child excitedly looked to the other side of the street.

An old man next to him shook his head and sighed: "Children don't know how powerful! How good-looking are the Huns? Those people are devils who kill people without blinking an eye! Robbers who eat people without spitting out bones! They have harmed I don't know how many people!"

The people next to him also echoed, and the frightened swarm left in a hurry.

A lot of soldiers and officials from Longxi County stood on the side of the street, and some officials announced along the street: "The edict of the Son of Heaven: The Huns are coming, and the power of the Han Dynasty is far away." In order to show that my Han Huaiyuan people and think of the meaning of those who come, wherever the Huns go, the government, businessmen, and people treat each other with affection and give what they want. Anyone who violates the Huns will be punished, someone who does not treat each other with affection will be punished, and someone who blocks the Huns will be punished..."

The boy looked at his father with some confusion, and at the crowd that had left in a hurry.

“weishenme？”

He finally asked.

The Confucian looked up to see that it was still early, and then looked at the west end of the street, where there was no movement, turned to the child and said, "We will not leave today." Stay another day and see the Hun figures. I'm afraid they won't arrive in a while, so we'll find a place to wait. ”

The two of them turned around and walked west, a wine shop had just opened, and the wine seller was standing at the door and looking west.

When I saw the two, I hurriedly greeted them.

The father and son asked for two dishes, a plate of mutton with sauce and a plate of salted beans, and the child ate them, and the Confucian asked for two bowls of wine, put them in front of him, and told the child while drinking.

"Qian'er, I let you read "Spring and Autumn", there is a sentence of "Bo felling Xuanli", Xuanxi, is today's Xiongnu; there are many names of Xiongnu, what Chunwei, meat porridge, Lynx and so on. It's roughly what our historical books say about Rong Di and the like. Their ancestors are also said to be the Yellow Emperor, and in the third generation, they also wanted to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven; although they sometimes fought wars with our China, most of the time they did not invade each other, and the Chinese went to Rongdi, and the Rongdi people also came to China. We have a lot of amazing people, heroes, and all of them are Rongdi people. How many do you remember?"

The child rolled his big eyes, looked up and thought, and said, "Well, there is a reason for the Qin country, from Xirong, and there is a dying one, and there is a needle tiger." Jin State is a fox protrusion. ”

Confucian shook his head in approval, "Actually, it's not just that. The impact of the Rongdi barbarians on China is not the business of a few people. Like Jin Wengong Chong'er, his mother is Zhai Ren, and there are many more. The blood shed on the bodies of us Chinese is not only from Fuxi and the Yellow Emperor, but also from those of us who are barbaric! It's just that we don't know it. The south of China is called Manyue, the east is called Dongyi, the west is called Xirong, and the north is called Hudi. Under the inducement, exhortation, and conquest of the sages of the past generations in China, some of them have already become Chinese, and they have integrated into our China in order to mix with Huayi; some claim to pay tribute, and some avoid barren mountains and deserts, and do not bother our China. Only the Beihu, they originally lived by water and grass, unlike us settled and cultivated in China, they each had their own commanders and called their own kings. By the time of Qin, only a few tribes such as the Xiongnu, Donghu, and Baiyang were also driven north of the desert by Meng Tian. Meng Tian built the Great Wall and prepared the Huns, but the Huns did not dare to herd horses under the Great Wall. But when the heroes of Shandong rose up and destroyed the Qin Dynasty, and then the heroes competed for hegemony, the soldiers fled, the Great Wall was destroyed, no one prepared the border, and the Xiongnu took the opportunity to sit big. At this time, the Xiongnu also produced a great hero, Mao Dun! This person was the son of the Xiongnu Shan Yu Touman, but his mother died early; Touman had a new Ran, the queen of the Huns, who loved the new Ran, and the Ranshi gave birth to a younger son, no matter how you look at it, the younger son is cute, and the eldest son hates it. What should I do? It just so happened that the Otsuki clan was asking for peace and forming an alliance and wanted a hostage, so Tou Manshan Yu sent the seven or eight-year-old Mao Dun to the Otsuki clan as a hostage. Poor Mao Dunniang died early, was calculated, and he had to go deep into the tiger's den at a young age, and Touman didn't really make an alliance with the Dayue clan. After sending his son, he actually wanted to start a war with the Otsutsuki clan!

The child's eyes were wide open, and there was anger, puzzlement, and sympathy in his eyes, and he asked anxiously, "What should Maudun do? Does Maudun know that his father is going to war?"

At this time, a few more people came to the wine shop, dressed like idlers in the market, and they all came around to listen to the story of the Huns told by Confucianism.

"The Xiongnu army drove to the border of the Dayue clan, and the Dayue clan soldiers and horses were neat, and while preparing for the battle, they sent people to arrest Mao Dun and kill the sacrificial flag. But no one could find Maudun. It turned out that although Mao Dun was young, his heart and courage were all first-class, and since he had decided to kill people with a knife, he seemed to have a mirror in his heart; and then on the way to the Yue Clan's royal court, he unintentionally asked the Yue people about the scenery along the way, how high the mountain was, how deep the water was, how many settlements, and the distance of the settlements. There are so many adults in the Yue clan and the Huns, but no one has thought of what this child is going to do. Mao Dun arrived at the Yue Clan, because of his young age, the Yue Clan people didn't take him to heart, but just sent a few people to monitor him. Mao Dun kept an eye on the Yue people's every move. When he found out that the Yue clan was preparing to send troops, he immediately pretended to be casual and asked the person who was watching him: "Where have the Xiongnu soldiers and horses arrived?" I didn't think about how he knew that it was the Huns who invaded the border, and I didn't think about what he meant by asking. At night, he waited until all the Yueshi people were asleep, then took out a short knife and stabbed them to death, took out a few Yueshi horses, which he fed every day, which was very humane, and put the water and dried meat prepared on weekdays on the horses. Along the road to the Huns, which he inquired about on weekdays, he galloped away. ”

That's called "Qian'er"

The children clapped their hands and applauded, showing a fascinated expression, and the adults next to them also applauded, no one could have imagined that such a young child could have such a mind and decision.

Confucian Sheng sighed: "Having such a talent is a blessing for the Huns, but it is a great disaster for me in China!"

Qian'er didn't know why, but several adults looked at each other and couldn't make a sound.

Mao Dun returned to the Xiongnu and led the Xiongnu army to kill the Yue's lair along the road he had already inquired about, and actually wiped out the Yue's nest in one battle! The rest of the Yue's people fled. Tou Manshan Yu saw that Mao Dun was so brave, and thought that God had given such a character to the Xiongnu, so he gave Mao Dun a place and let him develop on his own. Within a few years, Mao Dun first killed Touman, then killed Yan and his brothers, and other unwilling to obey, and then submitted to the Xiongnu tribes such as Donghu, Linhu, Lou Fan, and Baiyang. Then we crossed the Great Wall and plundered China!"

The owner of the liquor shop scolded: "These stinky dogs of the Huns have been attacking my Longxi every year, killing my people, and robbing my property." ”

He pulled back the clothes on his chest, and there was a terrifying scar on his black and red chest, ugly and hideous.

"This is a gift from the Hun dogs the year before last!"

Other people also chimed in and said, "In our Longxi, which family has not been killed by the Huns? Which family has not been robbed by the Huns?"

As these people spoke, they all pulled open their clothes, revealing the scars on their bodies, which was shocking.

Confucius stood up, bowed deeply to everyone, and said: "But it turns out that all of you are heroes who resisted the Xiongnu!

Everyone returned the salute one after another, and the owner of the wine shop said: "We scolded the Huns all day long, scolded the Huns for killing people and looting, but we don't know why the Huns can be so fierce and cruel? I don't know the name of the gentleman?"

Confucian arched his hand and said, "I am Xia Yang Sima Tan." ”

"Look up for a long time, look up for a long time. ”

Several people bowed their hands, but they were all at a loss.

Sima Tan winked at the child and smiled slightly.

These people grew up in the remote place of Longxi, perennial by the Xiongnu, little know about the situation in the world, do not know that the new emperor of the Han Dynasty is on the throne, eloquent and strategic, and have the heart to conquer the Xiongnu, and the first thing to conquer the Xiongnu is to select talents.

As a result, all kinds of geniuses and abilities gathered in Chang'an.

Although Sima Tan is young, he has a family history, his ancestors used to be generals of the Qin State, and when they arrived in the Han Dynasty, their family still served as officials in the court for generations.

Sima Tan was a man of great talent and knowledge, and he had great ambitions, so he traveled all over the world, read all over the world, had a broad mind, and had seen people well.

He is really a first-class figure in the world.

That child was his son Sima Qian, who traveled the world with him at a young age, opened his eyes, gained knowledge, and became a big figure in Chinese history when he grew up.

That's for later.

Now Sima Tan traveled to Longxi, want to understand the situation of the Xiongnu on the spot, Longxi County Shou once followed him to the Tang capital to learn the heavenly officials, Sima Tan was a guest in the county guard's mansion, and the county guard received the emperor's "virtuous and good square"

's edict, and he recommended Sima Tan to enter the court as an official.

Sima Tan took the county guard's recommendation, and the grandfather and son were about to leave Longxi and go to Chang'an, but they heard that the Huns were coming, Sima Qian wanted to see the appearance of the Huns, and Sima Tan also wanted to understand the situation of the Huns more deeply, so the two of them stayed.

Sima Tan sat down, and the shopkeeper diligently poured another bowl of wine, and said with a smile: "The villain invites Mr. to drink a bowl of wine." Please tell me when we will no longer worry about the invasion of the Huns, and what about the surrender of the Huns this time?"

Sima Tan thanked him and looked at the other people, who were all eager.

He said, "Well, I'll tell you." The Xiongnu have been endangering our borders for more than 60 years since Maudun. even looted outside Chang'an City. My Han Dynasty from Gaozu and Empress Gao, until Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, first, the country was poor and the people were poor, the country was unable to raise troops, and the people had no intention of following Rong; I had to use Liu Jing's strategy to send the princess of the Han family to make peace with the Xiongnu, and to marry the Xiongnu as a nephew and uncle, knowing that the Xiongnu were short of property, and sent the Xiongnu silk, gold and silver and other property, so that the Xiongnu would no longer enter the border of the fortress. Then I will rest with the people, lenient punishment and provincial punishment, and use it up and down, so as to quickly enrich the country and make the people strong. Then at the border, our Han sent troops to the border and set up beacon fires, wanting to keep the enemy out of the country, but the soldiers and border generals left their hometowns, working the people and losing money. However, the Huns relied on fast horses and iron hooves, coming like a swift wind and going like a thunderstorm, gathering when they were advantageous, scattering when they were damaged, and being aggressive, thinking of plundering China's property at any time. However, the Huns were not invincible. What they rely on is nothing more than the speed of horses, and then everyone learns soldiers. The Huns lacked grain, cotton, salt, and iron, and they did not produce these, and they had more horses, cattle, sheep, and skins. Since ancient times, the Central Plains and the barbarian Rongdi have coexisted with each other. But the Central Plains can be self-sufficient, we don't have fur, we can live well, the Huns can't do it, they wear fur in winter, it's warm, what about summer? They relied on a deal with the Central Plains, and once the deal failed, they looted. When it comes to war, our Central Plains is different from the barbarians. Since ancient times, we people in the Central Plains have been fighting wars, and the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass have gone first, as if there is no grain and straw, and once the treasury is empty, there is no way to fight; the Huns, on the contrary, do not need to prepare for war at all, but as long as they have nothing and want something, they will organize soldiers and horses and start a war. We are afraid of war, because war consumes a lot of goods, and the Huns are good at war, because war can bring them a lot of money!"

Someone asked: "Then wouldn't we just be bullied by the Xiongnu and other barbarian Rong Di?"

Sima Tan smiled slightly and said, "Their horses are fast and their knights are strong, which is indeed their advantage. Their old and weak men ate all the rough food, and all the delicate items were given to the sturdy knights, who were brave enough to fight. But this also determines their weakness: that is, they can't bring enough supplies to fight, they can only use war to feed the war, plunder goods, in order to continue the war, if we are where they come from, more beacons, and then the army and civilians see the beacon fire, the walls are clear, so that they can't get the goods, can't eat, can't drink, naturally they will retreat quickly!"

An old man said, "Yes, yes." During the Xiaowen years, there were a few times when we didn't leave a little thing for them in the field, and they had no food to eat, so they left in two or three days!"

"Our problem is that if there are too many soldiers and horses to be dispatched, there will be many people to be wiped out, and if there are too many soldiers and horses, a strong man, even with men and horses, needs at least three people to provide him with support, and the front line transferred from the Central Plains will cost a lot. The most haode method is to station soldiers in the border areas, these soldiers are soldiers in wartime, and they are people on weekdays, cultivating the fields and accumulating grain. If we set up dozens of garrison sites in the border areas of the Han court in the critical places where the Xiongnu entered and exited, each with several thousand soldiers, this would be comparable to the use of the Great Wall! Over the years, I have been to many places, and with the encouragement of the imperial court, our Han people have many people who raise horses, some of whom have 100 good horses and can compete with the county guards; and some of them have 1,000 horses, which are comparable to those of the princes. As long as the Han Dynasty has a few more figures like General Li Guang, it is just around the corner to fight back against the Xiongnu and drive the Xiongnu out of the Great Wall!"

Everyone applauded, and they were all gearing up to be strong men to fight back against the Huns.

"The surrender of the Huns this time shows that the Huns are not unified internally, and it gives me the opportunity for the Han to counterattack. The Huns are once again like the pre-Qin period, falling apart and falling apart, and they can only shepherd sheep outside the fortress, and they can't threaten our China, and the time is not far off when they don't dare to herd horses on the Great Wall!"

"Good!"

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Everyone was talking about it, and everyone admired the Confucian opinion in front of them.

When the sun turned west, a burst of noise came from the west gate, and the Huns finally arrived!

The first to appear was a group of Hun knights, fifty or sixty people, whose faces were not much different from the Chinese, but perhaps because of meat-eating, they were ruddy compared to the Han Dynasty guards on the street, with white leather robes and white skins, although the wind and dust servants, some clothes and hats were a little shabby, some people had wounds on their faces, and some people were holding their hands, but these knights did not care, and they looked forward to themselves one by one.

The horses under his command were not as tall as the Chinese horses, but they were very sturdy, and I don't know how far they had gone, but there was no sign of fatigue on their faces.

These horses don't know what kind of hard work and what kind of danger they went through to get to Longxi.

Then there was a team of more than 100 people, the Longxi county guard with a few people in front, and the lieutenant with people behind.

A soldier quietly instructed: "This is a little king of the Xiongnu White Sheep, because he lost the battle with the Qiang people, he was afraid of being killed when he went back, so he asked the Longxi county guard to surrender." ”

This team is obviously the elite of the Hun king, everyone is in their twenties, in their thirties, fierce and strong, but also a color of white robes and white hats, but obviously more exquisite, the carved bows on the back of the body, are more than five feet long, black oily, is the result of long-term friction, the bowstring is much thicker than the Han Dynasty soldiers.

Their horses were stronger than those of the knights in front of them.

These horses were wounded very much, and they were more serious than the knights in front of them.

"Look! That's the little king of the Huns. What is called, what is called, and what is called. ”

This little king of the Huns is about thirty years old, with small eyes, a fleshy face, and some mental malaise.

White mink hat inlaid with white jade, white mink robe, and pure gold belt.

The crotch of the horse is also like Yinlian, I can't see a single miscellaneous hair, there is a fight from head to tail, there are eight feet from the hooves to the back, and the end is a divine horse.

His horses are not to say that the soldiers have never seen them, even the county guards, and the captains have not seen them, Sima Tan has traveled the world, paying attention to the horses in various places, and it is the first time he has seen such a divine horse.

You must know that most of the soldiers in Longxi are locals, and they are mixed with the Xiongnu, Qiang and other ethnic groups outside the Guanxi all the year round, and the folk customs are fierce, riding fierce horses, drinking strong wine, waving fists and drawing knives at every turn, and the target is blood, and they know the horse best.

In the past, when I fought with the Huns, I had only seen their horses from afar, but today I looked so closely, so seriously and carefully, it was the first time.

Many people are convinced, people's horses are really good!

The county guard saw Sima Tan in the crowd and nodded at him, and Sima Tan smiled slightly.

Behind are the dependents of the Huns, and the women are also riding horses, carrying bows, and some are holding young children, and they are easy on the horses, walking slowly.

In the distance, there was the sound of hooves, the cries of livestock, a large herd of cattle, sheep, and horses coming through the city, hundreds of old Huns and children riding horses to drive the livestock, these gray-haired old men and teenagers, even seven or eight years old, waved their whips, and drove the horses to gallop.

Suddenly, a pony got out of the team and ran into the crowd, which made the crowd exclaim, and a Hun boy rode a horse and galloped, and the whip "snapped"

There was an explosion, and the boy jumped up from his horse and landed on the pony.

The onlookers cheered in unison.

In fact, the young man's movements are not necessarily extraordinary, but they are handled so neatly in such a large public, especially when he is only a teenager, and many adult Han people on the onlookers are ashamed of themselves.

The nation on horseback, the pride of the blue sky, is really extraordinary.

After the Huns entered the city, the people of Longxi put all kinds of food, wine, meat, and meals at the door of their homes or on the side of the street, and let the Huns take them.

Although these Longxi people were unwilling and unwilling, they did not dare to disobey the imperial edict.

For decades, the Xiongnu harassed and plundered China, often Longxi was the hardest hit area, the men of Longxi fought with the Xiongnu, for their homeland, the grandfather died, the father died, the son died, the elder brother died, the younger brother died, the woman in Longxi sent the father, sent the husband, sent the husband, sent the son.

The people of Longxi abandoned the cultivation because of the invasion of the Huns, and did not dare to harvest the mature fields, and the cattle and sheep were robbed, the grain was robbed, and the women were robbed.

Now, when I see the enemy, I have to take out what I have to entertain the other party!

Later generations commented: The warrior swallowed the chaff nucleus, and captured the enemy with food and clothing.

It is precisely that the hundred-year-old beacon fire enemy is in a hurry, and the sons and daughters of the border pass should repay the country;