The wind picked up the sand and blew it in waves.
Yu Mi was unprepared for a moment and ate a mouth full of sand, and immediately started vomiting.
This poor place in Yixinshan is far worse than Shengle.
Just a few months in the northern capital of Dai Kingdom, the rivers were crisscrossed, the soil was fertile, the water and grass were abundant, and it was suitable for both grazing and farming.
Take another look at Yixinshan, what the hell kind of place is it?
It looks like grassland from a distance, but it looks like sandy land up close. There are so many bugs and the wind is so scary that it almost blows away people's souls.
This is the hometown of Suotou, and it is also a place where there are many old party members.
Yixin Mountain is a general name. Anyway, after Yu Mian asked many people, he couldn't tell which mountain it was - don't ask, just ask, every mountain top is called Yixin Mountain.
Yixinshan covers a wide range of areas.
Perhaps knowing that the grassland here is not as good as that of Henan south of the Yinshan Mountains, the Tuoba clan allocated the Yixinshan Mountains and the Nuoshui River Basin to the Helan Tribe and the Hexi Tribe.
Nuoshui is the Chinese name for the later Aibugai River and its downstream extending to Tenge Nur Lake. It is the place where Zhang Meng, Han Chang and Hu Hanye Chanyu swore an alliance.
Nuo means "black".
Tuoba Xianbei liked to add "Zhen" after his name to represent someone or a certain type of person. At this time, Nuo Shui was called "Nuo Zhen Shui" by Xianbei - which translates to "Black River", which is outrageous!
Yixin Mountain is roughly located in the current Siziwang Banner of Ulanqab, and Nuozhenshui is located in Damao Banner. The two places are adjacent. The pasture range reaches the present-day Sino-Mongolian border in the north and the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain in the south.
Across the Yinshan Mountains, you will find the old land of Wuyuan County in the Han Dynasty, that is, the Baotou area, where the Hedouling tribe grazed their cattle.
Helan, Hexi, and Heduling tribes are very "wild" and are typical of the old party. They are mainly nomadic and they also have some farming, but not much.
In mid-May, the Helan tribe was still grazing cattle in Xinshan and did not move. Yu Mi stayed here for seven or eight days before waiting for Helan Aitou to return from the Hexi tribe.
"Coward! Idiot!" Helan Aitou yelled as soon as he returned to the pasture.
At that time, Yu Miao had just finished spitting out the sand in his mouth. He saw He Lan's angry face and looked at the expressions of the nobles of the tribe, and he knew what he was doing.
And just when he was about to step forward to speak, there was another sound of horse hooves in the distance.
The leader is a young man, followed by more than a thousand riders, galloping across the vast grassland.
Yu Mian stopped being impatient and calmed down to watch.
Well, my riding skills are very good and my morale is quite high.
However, the equipment and weapons are poor. After all, they mostly rely on charity from Shengle. Looking at the whole situation, there are not many iron armors and the number of leather armors is not large. At least more than half of the people are wearing furs.
If we want to fight the Yi Congjun, we still need to strengthen our equipment, but Shengle and Pingcheng are probably very tight and will not support them unless a large-scale war breaks out.
Yu Miao felt that if possible, he should recruit as many rope heads as possible into the Liang Wang army. After training for a year or two, he would have a strong army.
Riding combat is ultimately based on riding skills, and all movements on horseback are based on riding skills.
Those who had this kind of riding skills in the Han Dynasty usually had to be the descendants of wealthy families, such as Mrs. Yin's brother Yin Xi, the Xingyang Jing brothers and other people who led their tribes to join the army.
Or they are descendants of the Forbidden Army cavalry, and their families have a small fortune, which can support them to practice riding skills for a long time, but the overall number is still too small.
To put it bluntly, everything is a matter of cost.
Directly recruiting Xianbei people as cavalry can form an army faster and cost much less. The disadvantage is that it is easy to rebel.
The young man led more than a thousand cavalrymen and quickly roared away, disappearing into the vast sky.
"That's Tuoba Yihuai." While he was thinking about it, a follower came over and said softly: "I heard that Helan Aitou wanted to marry another sister to Yihuai."
"What?" Yu Miao was shocked.
Tuoba Yihuai's mother is Helan Aitou's sister. Is he going to marry his aunt?
"It's normal in the grassland." The attendant said without changing his expression: "It's very common for uncles to marry nieces and nephews to marry aunts. There are even nephews marrying aunts. There are too many."
Yu Mi reacted. Indeed, this is not uncommon in the grasslands, especially when it comes to politics. This is nothing to worry about.
"Have you found out in the past few days? How many people are there in the Helan tribe?" Yu Miao asked.
"They are keeping a close eye on us and don't let us run around." The attendants said helplessly, "I only counted three to four thousand men."
Yu Mi made a rough calculation based on the information from everyone, and said: "The Helan tribe should be able to dispatch more than 10,000 cavalry."
"Almost." The entourage nodded and said, "Otherwise Tuoba Yulu wouldn't be able to marry the Helan tribe, and he would definitely have to find a big tribe to win over."
"Have you ever found out why the Helan tribe sent envoys south?" Yu Mi asked again, "This is a bit strange."
"No." The follower replied: "They are very tight-lipped. They have been rumoring that the tribe will migrate eastward recently, but I don't know whether it is true or not."
Yu Mian's heart moved.
Migration of grassland tribes is the norm.
The Helan tribe originated from the Helan Mountains in the west, but now it is north of the Yinshan Mountains.
The Hedouling tribe was originally located in Mobei, then moved to Guangning, and is now in Wuyuan.
As for the Tuoba clan, they were originally in the Daxianbei Mountains, but now their capital is Shengle.
I won’t talk about the Bald Hair Division that moved westward to the Huangshui River Basin.
But there is always a reason for migration, so what happened?
"Let's go and ask Helan Aitou." Yu Mi made a quick decision.
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Helan Aitou declined the Jin envoy's request to meet and asked them to be calm.
He first called Tuoba Yihuai back, and then summoned Helanugen and other close associates to discuss matters together.
"The He Douling tribe has responded." He Lan looked at everyone and said, "The He Xi tribe has also received the news."
Tuoba Yihuai is twelve years old and is sitting next to his uncle Helan Aitou. His eyes are sinister, just like his father Yu Lu's, with a hint of greed.
After saying that, He Lan looked at his nephew again and explained: "The country of Dai is divided into three parts. The west is where the Tuoba lords and their close tribes live, the middle is where Tuoba and Wuhuan people live, where Jin people are mixed, and the east is where many Wuhuan people live.
.The Qi family who killed your father and the Wang family, Shi Yijian's mother, both came from the east, so they ran east as soon as something happened. If you want to succeed, the first thing you need to do is win over the adults in the west, and then make friends with the people in the middle who are willing to help you.
Adults, as for the east, don’t bother, only Shi Yiqian may have a chance, but you can’t, do you understand?”
The young man Yi Huai was a little unconvinced and said nothing.
"Pah!" Helan Ai slapped his nephew in the face, raised his voice and asked, "Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Tuoba Yihuai lowered his head and gritted his teeth.
Tuoba Sanfen is a problem left over from history.
The eastern region is dominated by the Wuhuan people, has many contacts with the Han people, and has a high degree of Chineseization. It is a typical New Party area.
The western region is dominated by nomadic tribes and their in-laws (mostly the Xianbei tribe, with a small number of other tribes, including the relatively barbaric nomadic Wuhuan people). The degree of Chineseization is low and it is a typical old party area.
The central region was originally an old party, but in the past ten years a large number of Jin people have poured in. At the same time, there are many sinicized Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Xianbei. It is a mixed area of ​​old and new forces.
Of course, this is only a rough division.
Just like there are blue areas in red states and red areas in blue states in a certain country's general election, this is only the overall situation, and there are changes in each tribe.
For example, Shengle City in the old party area in the west is a typical place where the new party has an advantage because it is too urban...
It is actually not easy for Tuoba Xianbei to digest such a pot of raw rice, but it is also the only way for them.
If you don't Chineseize, you will die. Only by Chineseizing can you unify the interior and have the opportunity to go south to the Central Plains. However, this kind of thing is destined to be very difficult, and it is easy to take three steps forward and two steps back. It would be good to spiral upward.
Although He Lan's attitude was rude at this time, he was also kind-hearted and patiently taught his nephew the distribution pattern of domestic political forces, so that he could understand clearly.
As for Tuoba Yihuai's lack of appreciation, that's another matter.
"Since this spring, many tribes have not paid tribute, and some tribes such as the Hedou Ling clan have raised troops to threaten Sheng Le." Helan Aitou added: "When news came from the palace, He Li was panicked, thinking that the tribes were not aware of the situation.
Kuanshun, I want to go to Pingcheng, Nandu."
Having said this, He Lan smiled contemptuously, seeming to look down on Tuoba He Lai, who couldn't bear any pressure.
The adults in the west did not rebel, they just said harsh words, refused to pay tribute, and at the same time some thorns came out to scare people. Can't they handle this?
But then again, for Tuoba Heli, going to Pingcheng, the southern capital, might not be a bad thing.
Pingcheng has developed agriculture and a large number of new parties. It is close to Wuhuan in the east. We can rely on it as a backup and take care of the west. As the saying goes, we can advance, attack, retreat and defend.
But now there is a little problem...
"Agan, are they going to Pingcheng?" Helanugen asked curiously.
"The Qi family vetoed it." He Lan said with his head: "Pingcheng is too close to Jin. In the past, it was no problem, but now that Shao Xun has appeared, it will be troublesome. As you saw last year, Shao Bing is still very difficult to fight.
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The cavalry charge is very troublesome and powerful. The infantry is also very orderly and impeccable. The Qi family finally has some knowledge. Yanruo lives in Pingcheng. Once Shao's troops attack, it will be difficult to move suddenly and the losses will be huge."
Helanugen suddenly realized that he was afraid of Shao Xun, but he thought of joining them.
"Should we leave or not?" he asked again.
"I heard that the Qi family wanted to move the capital to Dongmugen Mountain, build a city on the edge of danger, and control all directions." Helan Aitou said with a gloomy face.
Dongmugen Mountain belongs to the central part and is the pastureland of the Dugu tribe of the old party. If it is occupied by the new party led by Qi, it will be in danger.
That place is not far to the east, where Wuhuan cavalry can be summoned to help. It is also not far from Pingcheng in the south. At critical moments, troops can be mobilized north. Once they are entrenched, it will be really difficult to deal with.
Maybe, the Dugu tribe and even the Lan tribe will be subdued by them - the Lan tribe was originally the Uluolan clan of the Xiongnu, nomadic on the grasslands north of Dongmugen Mountain, and Tuoba Yulu's grandmother Lan Fei was born in this tribe.
"Let him go to Dongmugen Mountain, and the big thing will be over." Helanugen said in surprise.
Helan nodded slowly, and then became very angry: "I went to the Hexi tribe, but they were unwilling to send troops to fight against the Qi family. They were a little afraid. They are really cowards and idiots!"
"Where's the Hedouling clan?" Helanugen asked.
"Dou Qin said that if we go south to Shengle in a big way, they will send troops to meet us." He Lan Aitou said.
Helan Nu was suffocated and asked Helan Bu to take action first.
In this way, you look at me and I look at you. Don't end up with no troops sent out in the end.
At the end of the day, everyone wants others to come forward and shout their own flag.
If the battle is really defeated, the tribe that takes the lead will most likely be liquidated, while the one who waved the flag may not be in trouble.
Damn, they are all human sperm!
"Agan, what should we do?" Helanugen asked.
Helan Aitou pondered for a moment and said: "First, contact various ministries to see how many people support us."
"If the Qi family and their son really move the capital to Dongmugen Mountain, then it won't be us who are anxious, but Liu Lugu and even Wang Feng."
"Let the Jin envoy come over. I would like to ask Shao Xun if he is willing to help us."
Helan Nugen nodded repeatedly.
Tuoba Yihuai listened from beginning to end and had no chance to speak.
Chapter completed!