Chapter 1052 The Five Steppes are also in troubled times
Quin suddenly became energetic, put the pitchfork on the ground, picked up a water bag hanging on the edge of the fence, poured a few sips into his mouth, then wiped his mouth and handed the water bag to Liu Yu.
, but he said: "The founder of the Rouran tribe is the ancestor of the Tuoba clan, a great leader more than eighty years ago, a slave named Tuoba Yulu, this Tuoba Yu
Lu was a famous grassland lord who reunited the Tuoba Dai Kingdom, which had been torn apart by civil strife, and was also the father of Tuoba Shi Yijian, the later king of the Dai Kingdom."
Liu Yu nodded: "I have heard of this Tuoba Yulu. He was the great leader of the grassland in the post-Zhao Shihu period. King Dai, the Rouran tribe you mentioned came from his escaped slaves?"
Kuai En nodded: "Yes, the leader of Rouran, Yujiulu Mugulu, turned out to be a riding slave of Tuoba Yulu. He was probably a prisoner during a certain attack on another tribe, or a descendant of a prisoner. He was a brave man in battle.
, cunning and scheming, once he fled directly to Mobei when Tuoba Yulu asked him to send orders to other troops to mobilize troops. At that time, Tuoba Yulu was busy with other things and had no time for him to take care of him. He probably didn't take care of an ordinary person.
The Cavalry Slave took it to heart, so I didn’t pay attention to it.”
"I didn't expect that this Yujiulu Wood Bone Law would become a climate in the cold Mobei. I don't know how he did it. He may have attached himself to some Tiele tribes successively, conquered and fought, and slowly developed his own
The slaves and forces of the Tuoba clan finally established themselves as the Rouran tribe. Since their establishment, he and his descendants have been actively loyal and surrendered to the Tuoba clan. Tributes have continued for decades, and Tuoba Daiguo pardoned him.
Treating them as a slave tribe for the crime of escaping, perhaps this is a typical example of a prairie slave regaining his freedom."
Liu Yu suddenly laughed: "This man is a slave. Only by escaping can he be free. And I am free, so why should I run away?"
Kuai En was stunned at first, then said thoughtfully: "Yes, you are different from Yujiulu Mugulu, you are free. Alas, it seems that I have stayed in this grassland where the weak are slaves for too long.
, don’t even know these basic laws of heaven in this world.”
Liu Yu curled his lips: "Mobei is a land of bitter cold. In addition to Rouran, I heard that there are tribes with nine surnames called Tiele. What is the strength of the Rouran tribe now, and what are the Tiele people like them?
What about the relationship?"
Quin smiled slightly: "In the past, when we were in the Dai Kingdom, the grassland outside the Great Wall was also divided into five parts. The Hanting area in the Yinshan Mountains was the place with the richest water and grass and the most suitable place for cattle and sheep to survive. It was called the middle part.
, the central people are often the leaders of closely related tribes. The southern part is the southern part of Monan near the Great Wall, just like the place where the Dugu tribe used to be nomadic, so the Dugu tribe has led the southern people for a long time. "
"As for the north, it is the place north of the desert, the place you call bitter cold. It is cold all year round and there is a lack of water and grass. You have to know that water and grass are the main source of food for cattle and sheep. Without these, it is difficult to survive. Mobei is all year round.
There is little snow, little sunshine, lack of rainfall, and low grass growth. Therefore, it is often tribes that cannot survive in Monan, such as runaway slaves like Rouran, who wander there. It turns out that they have always been from Tuo
The Shusun tribe, a close relative of the tribe that left the postpartum, is the northern master, but with the current situation, it is probably only a matter of time before the Rouran tribe takes over the northern master. After all, the country of Dai has been destroyed, and Dugu has to stand alone!"
"Those with the nine surnames of Tiele have always been the poorest and most primitive barbarians on the grassland. They have only been able to live in Mobei for thousands of years. After all, Rouran is a tribe that has lived with the king in Monan for a long time.
Those low-level Tieles were not the same, so in the past few decades, Rouran defeated and conquered the local Tieles and Gaoche tribes, clearly showing the demeanor of the king of Mobei, while the Dai Kingdom of Monan was destroyed.
Successors such as Liu Kuren and Liu Xian can only recognize their status in Mobei and maintain a superficial master-slave-subordinate relationship."
Liu Yu's heart moved and he asked: "How many soldiers and horses does the Rouran Department have, and what is its strength?"
Quin smiled and said: "That is something that the tribal leader is concerned about. How can ordinary herdsmen like us know about it?"
Liu Yu laughed: "You have to leave a way out for yourself. If the Dugu tribe cannot stay any longer and needs to rely on other tribes, you have to know which tribe can protect you, right?"
Quin nodded: "What you said makes sense. I heard someone else in the tribe mentioned that Rouran once sent an envoy to Master Liu Kuren, claiming to have 200,000 people who can control strings. Most of them are bragging, but
Even if there is only half of it, a hundred thousand soldiers and horses would be quite powerful. Even our Dugu tribe does not have this strength."
Liu Yu nodded: "Well, when the power of the grassland was at its peak, like when Maodun Shanyu was in Baideng, he dispatched more than 400,000 soldiers and horses. Now as you said, the five parts of the grassland have fallen apart, and He in the east has
The Lan tribe and the Tiefu Xiongnu on the Hetao in the west are not controlled by the Dugu tribe. They each have tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of troops and attack each other. They are in troubled times just like the Central Plains."
Quin smiled and said: "I just want to live a good life here. As for whether it is a chaotic world or a peaceful world, I don't care so much. If there is some kind of grassland hero who wants to unify all the tribes, then the war will begin. I'm afraid that I
Even if you want to be a happy herdsman, it’s difficult.”
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "But brother Da Zhuang, don't you want to join the army and make meritorious service and be exempted from taxes? If there is no war and we only rely on these more than a hundred sheep, I'm afraid we won't be able to live such a life."
Kuai En raised the corner of his mouth, and the smile on his face faded: "I feel sad when you say this. I heard that our Dugu tribe is going south to Bingzhou to fight against the Xiyan and Xianbei people. Maybe this is an opportunity. Many people are not willing to go, but
I just have to bite the bullet and give it a try. Brother Canglang, you are new to the tribe. You don’t have to pay taxes for two years, and you don’t have to risk your life. If I can’t come back, I have to ask you to take care of my peach blossoms.”
Liu Yu shook his head: "From what I saw along the way, maybe the Dugu tribe and Xiyan Xianbei cannot fight. The real enemy lies elsewhere."
Quin's expression changed. Just when he was about to say something, he heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance. Three cavalrymen wearing leather armor came closer from a distance. The two of them stopped talking and looked at Lai Qi.
, I saw the leader, with a dark face and a long beard. He looked at Liu Yu, looked him up and down, and said in a deep voice in Xianbei dialect: "Are you the Han man named Canglang who followed Gongsun's caravan to my tribe? Kuai
Well, you translate it for him."
Liu Yu smiled slightly and replied in proficient Xianbei dialect: "Yes, I am Canglang. May I ask some of the military masters for their advice?"