After hundreds of years of management by the Wuhuan people, Liucheng has expanded a lot.
Although it is not as good as the mainland, in the north, it is a little less important than Ji County and Zhuo County.
In the past, this place was a sacred place in the eyes of the nearby fishing and hunting tribes. For example, the Murong tribe on the south side of the river valley regarded it as their destiny to take control of Liucheng.
But now, the glory of the past has faded, and after the fate of the Wuhuan people has fallen, the nearby tribes suddenly discovered that Liucheng was just an ordinary city.
After a night of fermentation, the news spread like wildfire that the Wuhuan people's Liucheng had been conquered by a group of Han people, and more and more tribes knew the news.
The reason why it was delivered so quickly cannot but be attributed to the Yuwen Department.
These tribes were all envious of Yuwen's good deal, and even the Murong tribe in the mountains on the south bank sighed, feeling that it was not as decisive as Yuwen's.
But at this moment, Yuwen Heihu, whom everyone envied, was pinching his temples and suffering from a severe headache.
Last night, he had just finished dealing with a group of clan elders. They came over to ask, since the Han people had won a great victory, when would they get the spoils belonging to their Yuwen tribe?
Yes, the principles of the prairie people are so simple. We are leading the way and sending troops, so they should have a share of the spoils.
Of course Yuwen Heihu thought so too, but it was too late last night and they were not allowed to enter the city for resettlement, so they were delayed.
But this morning, when he went to talk to the Han people about the loot, he was disappointed.
Because Zhao Yun's previous performance was too impressive, Yuwen Heihu did not dare to talk to this Shenweitian, so he went to Li Hu of the Feilong Army.
When Yuwen Black Tiger arrived at first, Li Hu was quite enthusiastic. After all, his contribution to capturing Liucheng was indeed due to the hard work of Yuwen Department.
But when Yuwen Heihu talked about the spoils of war, Li Hu fell silent.
Finally, Li Hu didn’t want to deceive Yuwen Heihu and said honestly:
"Brother, you helped me. Logically speaking, I want to help you too. But you may not know about our army. All the seizures of our army belong to the public. Even though I am a captain, I can't do it privately.
Distribute the spoils to you. So this..."
When Li Hu said this, Yuwen Heihu waved his hands:
"Li Anda, you misunderstood. I am not here to ask for trophies from you. Even for us Xianbei people, every time we go hunting, the shanyu or the minister allocates the prey. This is the power given to the nobles by nature. I think,
If possible, can you introduce me to your king? I will bring the most precious gift from the clan to see him."
Li Hu did not agree directly, but said something else:
"Brother, you know, something happened last night."
Seeing that Yuwen Heihu was listening, Li Hu said softly:
"Yesterday evening, we followed the king into Liucheng. Originally, everyone was very happy because of the great victory. But what happened next made everyone feel uncomfortable. I heard that you and Zhao Yun told Zhao Yun about the nearby field slaves before, so what if you
Do you know what a two-legged sheep is?"
As soon as these words came out, Yuwen Heihu was shocked. He first looked around, but there was no killing intention as expected, and he hurriedly explained:
"I have heard about this. It is said that some tribes will capture some slaves. But this two-legged sheep is not used for eating. It is said that it is used for sacrifice."
Li Hu took a deep look at Yuwen Heihu and made him tremble.
Li Hu added a handful more firewood to the fire pit and smiled:
"It's okay. I know you don't eat people. You just use blood sacrifices for divination. We Han people understand this."
Seeing what Li Hu said, Yuwen Heihu nodded hurriedly, but suddenly realized something and hurriedly explained:
"No, our Yuwen Department has never done this. The Yuwen Department is a small department and is not qualified to talk to Tian."
Li Hu laughed loudly, but this time he laughed until Li Hu's face became increasingly ugly. In the end, Li Hu directly knocked over the firewood and cursed:
"Sacrifice, sacrifice, tell me why the people being sacrificed are all Han Chinese? Huh? Can you explain it to me?"
At this moment, Li Hu went berserk. He was really like an angry tiger with murderous intent.
Yuwen Heihu's face collapsed, and he hurriedly fell to the ground to explain:
"Li Anda, no, Lieutenant Li, you really misunderstood us! If you don't believe it, you can ask someone to go to our clan's totem site now. We really won't sacrifice human blood."
Then Yuwen Heihu explained to Li Hu.
It was through Yuwen Heihu's explanation that Li Hu understood why he said that their Yuwen Department was not qualified to use human sacrifices.
It turns out that on the grasslands, as more and more tribes gathered together, the original connections established by blood and language alone were no longer enough.
At this time, prairie priests and shamans are needed to offer sacrifices to the sky, so that each tribe can form a tribal alliance.
With the same belief, participating in grand and solemn sacrificial activities together will deepen the relationship between various departments.
Therefore, the Wuhuan Royal Court or the earlier Xiongnu Royal Court and Xianbei Royal Court would conduct large-scale sacrifices.
God's will is as important as the king's will, or even more important than the latter. Anyone who violates it will suffer divine punishment.
In order to please the gods, the shamans and priests of the royal court need to offer sacrifices.
Because war is the eternal melody of the grassland people, the warriors who emerge from the war are naturally regarded as the most noble beings.
Therefore, whenever the tribal alliance wins a great victory, they will sacrifice the enemy's warriors to heaven to show that they have presented the most noble gift.
Yuwen Black Tiger said that their Yuwen tribe was indeed a large tribe before, but because of their failure in the Xianbei civil strife, they had to abandon most of their tribes and migrate to the Daling River Valley in the southeast.
Today's Yuwen tribe has long since cut off the inheritance of sacrifices, and there are no sacrifices in the clan. They have even forgotten the objects of their sacrifices. How can they use human sacrifices?
In addition, the Ministry of Yuwen also said that the reason why the Taishan Army was able to find these traces of human sacrifice in Liucheng was because the Wuhuan people were just such a large tribal alliance. They had their own sacrificial team, their own totem poles, and even strict requirements for sacrificial rituals.
There are grades in grades.
Among them, apart from the noble chiefs of the tribe, the original Han people are generally regarded as the best sacrifices.
Because they are more civilized and noble.
But most of the time the Wuhuan people did not have enough sacrifices, so they often kidnapped field slaves from nearby valleys as sacrifices.
After hearing what Yuwen Heihu said, Li Hu's anger calmed down.
He did not ask further about the situation of the Yuwen Department, but replied calmly:
"It's okay. The sacrificial team you mentioned was burned to death by my brothers last night."
"Burned to death?"
Yuwen Heihu was speechless.
Li Hu nodded, and then said sarcastically:
"When these people were wailing in the fire pit, it was obvious that their God did not show up to help them."
Yuwen Heihu fell silent.
At this point, Li Hu didn't have much conversation anymore. He just told Yuwen that Heihu should be careful recently because of what happened last night, the officials of the Taishan Army had very objections to them Hulu.
Finally, Yuwen Heihu walked out of Li Hu's military tent in a daze.
Along the way, this former important trading town has now become a lot of depression. Wuhuan people are constantly being driven out of the city in groups. These Wuhuan nobles who used to be pampered and privileged are now lying on the ground like dead dogs, begging the Han people for mercy.
Own.
They were unwilling to leave the city.
Yuwen Heihu sighed, not wanting to cause trouble, so he could only go around in a circle and leave the city.
When Yuwen Heihu came back, he found an unexpected guest.
Zhao Yun, who is also known as Shenweitian in Yuwenbu's mouth, was actually chatting and laughing with a group of clan elders in the big tent.
After seeing Yuwen Heihu coming back, Zhao Yun smiled and said:
"Brother Yuwen, Zilong has been waiting for you here for a long time. My king has invited you."
…
Zhang Chong only found out about last night's situation this morning.
But Zhang Chong didn't say much. He is an ideal realist. He has ideals, but he knows more about reality.
Therefore, he understood very well that the officials who were so excited last night did nothing wrong.
He also understood that the way everyone in Wuhuan died was not a sin. It was just a necessary process for any primitive nation to go through to become civilized.
It is said that merchants came south from this area before, and finally settled in the Central Plains and became a member of China. Perhaps because of this, merchants also brought in the way of human sacrifice from the Northeast.
The products of this forest, sea and snowfield are indeed rich, but it does not affect its cruelty.
During the spring, summer and autumn, the output in the mountains and forests is naturally enough to support the population, but when winter comes, heavy snow seals the mountains, and all vitality ends, the population becomes a burden at this time, and killing the old and weak becomes a rational choice.
Maybe this is unconscious, or they really believe that one day they will be favored.
But this does not affect what Zhang Chong thinks.
But is this kind of cruelty only found in grasslands? Isn’t it the same in Qianli of the Han people?
Cao Min, Cao Min, means that these people are like weeds, withering and flourishing in spring and autumn, and can be thrown away at will.
It is precisely because of this world that Zhang Chong stood up bravely and earned a way for all ordinary people to survive.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong sighed.
Human nature, the huge inertia of the times, contempt, ignorance, the general background of this era always made him feel tired. He really doubted that in this barbaric world, ideals can really illuminate this dark era.
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At this time, Zhang Chong can only use the story of "I care, and the fish cares too" to encourage himself.
Remind yourself, but walk forward without worrying about the future.
Standing on a high place, looking at General Hengchang who was regulating order in the city below, Zhang Chong fell into deep thought.
At this time, Zhao Yun came up, bringing with him the leader of Murong's tribe whom he had mentioned before.
Zhang Chong looked at the dark, unremarkable Yuwen Black Tiger below and said with a smile:
"The ones below are from the Xianbei Yuwen Department?"
After hearing these powerful words, Yuwen Heihu made an action that was beyond the expectations of everyone present.
He was seen lying on the ground with his hands, feet, and face, facing Zhang Chong on the high platform, and replied with trembling respect:
"King of the Han people, your servants and hunting dogs, Yuwen Black Tiger, offer you my loyalty!"