Western Liaoning, Erdos Prairie, Daning City, Helan Province.
On the grassland, this is a rare city. Although compared with the cities in the Central Plains, it looks extremely primitive and rustic. It can be said that it is just a dirt fence with a radius of four or five miles. It is only one foot high. It is not only different from the cities in the Central Plains.
The prefectures, counties and cities cannot be compared, and even most of the county towns are stronger than this. If there is anything to compare with, maybe those granary cities or temporary military fortresses are more suitable to describe this Daning city.
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On top of the city, an old man in his fifties, with gray beard and hair, of medium height, quietly looked at the dozens of newly built tents outside the city. It was the place with the most abundant water and grass on this grassland, with thousands of
A cow and a sheep are eating the green grass by the river here. A horse and cow flag, as the symbol of the Tuoba clan, is flying high in front of the largest one among these new tents, which is similar to the one flying at the top of the city.
The Helan tribe's horse flags complement each other. The appearance of two tribal flags in one tribe is really a rare thing on the grassland.
Next to the old man, a big man in his forties with a full beard and a fierce face was none other than Helan Rangan, the deputy commander of the Helan tribe. And that old man was Helan Ne, the leader of the Helan tribe.
Rangan said angrily: "Brother, this Tuoba Si is a scourge. He causes trouble wherever he goes. Why should we take him in?"
Helan Ne frowned: "Second brother, please don't be rude. Our Helan tribe has been the masters of the eastern grassland for generations. Dai Guo is our old master. Tuoba Si is the eldest grandson of Dai Guo. We serve him.
Fulfill your duties as a minister, do you understand?"
Helan Rangan shook his head: "The Dai Kingdom has been destroyed for many years, so who is still our old master? To put it this way, our Helan tribe is originally from the Xiongnu. When we recognize the old master, we should also recognize that the Xiongnu Chanyu is the one.
Liu Weichen, the leader of the Tiefu Xiongnu in Hetao, is probably our old master."
Helan Ne's expression changed and she said in a deep voice: "Stop talking about horse racing. The Huns have left the grassland for hundreds of years and are no longer our masters. I still remember that when our Helan tribe joined the Xianbei Alliance, we already expressed
Have you severed all relations with the Huns? Do you want to violate the oath of your ancestors?"
He Lanran gritted his teeth: "The Xiongnu Khanate was destroyed, but the Dai Kingdom is also the same. In another hundred years, who will know that we once surrendered to the Tuoba clan? Our current Eastern Master is still the former
When Qin destroyed the Kingdom of Dai, it was granted to us, but now even the former Qin has become one. Who is our lord?"
Helan Ne smiled slightly: "My good brother, you finally asked a valuable question. Yes, these days, I have been thinking that the former Qin Dynasty has died and the Central Plains is in chaos. I am afraid that our Helan tribe will also have to
It’s time for change.”
He Lanran was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Brother, do you mean that we can take the opportunity to stand on our own feet and no longer be controlled by others?"
Helan Ne breathed a long sigh of relief, looked up at the sky, and murmured: "Yes, I think I, the Helan tribe, have been part of the Xiongnu tribe from the beginning. For hundreds of years, I have had no fixed place and have been wandering around.
Almost every new grassland overlord, after establishing its own hegemony, will move us out of the hometown where we have lived for decades or hundreds of years. Although we have always been on the right side and can always stand on the side of the winner, but again
After all, they are still outsiders. Even if they are related to others through marriage, they are still not as good as their own closely related tribes. They are just a little better than the servant tribes. If they want to be truly independent from others on the grassland in the future,
We can only take the opportunity to get rid of the rule of other tribes and control our own destiny."
He Lanran laughed heartily: "It should have been like this a long time ago. Over the years, I have been advising my eldest brother to be self-reliant when I have the opportunity, but I scold you every time I open my mouth. Today, my eldest brother finally figured it out."
Helan Ne smiled and patted Helan Ranqian's shoulder: "Even if you can think of something, how could I not consider it? It's just that we didn't have the opportunity before and couldn't stand on our own. Our Helan tribe was moved here.
Western Liaoning is the hometown of the Yuwen tribe. It has only been a few decades. The tribes here have not yet established a deep relationship with us. However, the Hetu Neighbor Tribe and the Hexi Tribe, who have been friends with us for generations, are still far away in Mobei.
, can't help. More importantly, the previous states of Dai and Qin were very powerful, including the former Yan Empire, and they were not something we could fight against. At that time, trying to stand on our own was tantamount to committing suicide and must not be done."
He Lanran smiled dryly and said: "Why can it be done now? Just because the Dai Kingdom fell and the Dugu tribe collapsed, even the former Qin Dynasty was finished? There is no owner on the grassland, so we can build our own world? In this case, we
Why should we take Tuoba Si in? This kid wants to restore the country, and we want to establish a new master over ourselves?"
He Laner smiled and shook his head: "My good brother, do you think we can be independent here?"
Helan Ranqian's expression changed: "Brother, what do you mean? This is our hereditary territory. We are adults from the East. Where else can we go if we are not here?"
He Lanner said sternly: "This Eastern lord is from the Dai Kingdom and the former Qin Dynasty. Now they are finished. If we want to be independent, we don't have to be here. Moreover, now that Murong Chui has successfully restored the country, they are Murong in Western Liaoning."
The land of Longxing, if we stand on our own here, do you think Murong Chui will let us go?"
Helan Ranqian raised the corners of his mouth in dissatisfaction: "Huh, his restoration depends on our efforts. If we hadn't lent him war horses and helped him train 20,000 armored cavalry, how could he have defeated the Jin army?"
, unify Hebei? You don’t care about our good, but you still want to repay kindness with enmity?”
He Lanner sneered and said: "There are only interests in this world, and there is no such thing as good intentions or grudges. Our cooperation with Murong Chui is just to get what we need. We have obtained the production and training methods of armor and cavalry equipment, and also
He had five thousand armored cavalry, while Murong Chui formed an armored cavalry regiment and swept across the Central Plains. It can be said that both families benefited. Now with the revival of the Yan Kingdom, this cooperation has ended. Don't even think about it. We are now
Where are you standing under your feet?"
Helan Rangan nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, this is Daning City, the former capital of the Yuwen Department. The Yuwen Department dominated the eastern grasslands back then, and even the Murong Department was once its subordinate. Later, it was
Xia Ke Shang destroyed the Yu Wen tribe. This Daning city was razed by the Murong clan, and later it was rebuilt into such a small earthen enclosure. We moved here to live here to warn us not to follow in the footsteps of the Yu Wen tribe.