He Lanmin narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Those are the results of Tuoba Si himself not following the rules of the grassland and killing everyone. He will definitely suffer backlash in the future. Liu Yu, these have nothing to do with freedom, Tuoba Si
In fact, he just wiped out several large tribes that openly opposed him.
For example, Helan tribe, Tiefu tribe, etc., he does not dare to do this to most other tribes, because it will offend the public, so he can only sacrifice our tribes, lure them with benefits, and divide our tribes.
People, enrich other tribes, make them happy, and call them back next time."
"But since Tuoba Si has broken the rules of the grassland in this way, it is not enough to destroy just a few of our tribes. He used the pretext of taking everyone into the colorful world of the Central Plains, so he brought hundreds of tribes and millions of tribesmen, almost
They evacuated the entire Monan and marched southward in a big way. After the Hou Yan Empire was destroyed, they said they would let everyone decide whether to stay or go back to the grasslands or stay in the Central Plains."
"Actually, most of the tribes still hold on to their previous ideas and plundered a handful of people in the Central Plains. After they had a population, food, cloth and silk, they returned to the grasslands and continued to live their nomadic lives. But the expansion
However, Basi threatened and intimidated, saying that his Tuoba tribe would definitely take over the Central Plains. From now on, he himself would stay in Pingcheng as the capital. It would be impossible for him to be in the grasslands as much as before, and it would be impossible for him to monitor effectively.
and arbitrate various disputes on the grassland."
"And, not only that, he also intentionally or unintentionally provoked disputes and conflicts between some small and medium-sized tribes, causing them to fight against each other for the population and treasures captured from Hou Yan. Once these tribes began to use the captured Hou Yan
When the soldiers were fighting, he announced that these tribes were harboring Hou Yan's remnants and had evil intentions and wanted to rebel, so he wiped out these tribes without explanation.
After doing this several times, all the tribes in Monan understood that Tuoba Si would never let them stay on the grassland safely. Once they violated his will, the Tuoba tribe and other tribes loyal to the Tuoba tribe would
All the servant tribes would tear themselves apart like wolves, so they could only succumb to Tuoba Si, reluctantly expressed their willingness to surrender to the Northern Wei Emperor, and led their tribes into the Central Plains."
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "But these tribes don't seem to have unified households and strict management like the people in the Central Plains. Tuoba Si has established some official positions of chiefs, and they are divided according to the size of the tribe and the number of tents.
Be the chiefs of the first and second tribes, and then let these tribes distribute among the mountains and forests from Bingzhou to Hebei, such as Er
The Zhu tribe is located in Xiurongchuan in Bingzhou. Just like Cao Cao before moving the five Xiongnu tribes to the south and entering Bingzhou, Tuoba Si still retained the production and lifestyle of these tribes, allowing them to still travel in the world in a nomadic way. This is the only way
, in order to ensure that they can continue to provide a strong enough cavalry force for the Tuoba clan’s court, I’m right.”
He Lanmin smiled slightly and said: "You are half right. In fact, it is those tribes with foreign surnames that are relatively distant from the Tuoba tribe and only rely on and submit to them, such as the Erzhu family and the Yu family, who have the title of leader.
Such official positions were placed in various places with pastures and water sources, allowing them to maintain the lifestyle on the grassland. As for the Tuoba clan's headquarters, as well as those tribes with close relatives and married tribes, there is another way, which is to become
city dwellers
, stationed in big cities, just like your gentry in the Spring and Autumn Period in the Central Plains, they became professional and standing military households in the Chinese way, while ordinary tribesmen were placed on the Monan grassland, setting up pastures, and prohibiting other people.
Due to large-scale migration and conflicts over the competition for water sources and pastures, they were given clear tribute tasks every year, requiring them to provide enough cattle, sheep and horses to supply the citizens stationed in various cities in the Central Plains."
Liu Yu frowned: "It's really the previous system of Chinese barbarians. It's just that the entire Monan grasslands have become horses for the Chinese people in the Central Plains. Oh, no, it's the city residents.
Equipment base? The war horses produced in Monan became the mounts of the city residents in the Central Plains. In addition to the war horses, all kinds of ordnance, weapons, and armor were probably produced in the Central Plains."
He Lanmin nodded and said: "Most of the iron weapons and armor were produced in the Central Plains. Only war horses were produced in the grasslands. Moreover, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, city residents actually lived in cities, which was equivalent to
A military camp has been opened in the city, but practicing martial arts has become a problem. If you just practice riding in the wilderness outside the city, you will slowly decline in the way of riding and shooting. It is not as good as those on the grassland.
Therefore, Tuoba Si also placed the capital on Pingcheng, which is located on the Great Wall, in order to allow the children of the Tuoba clan, as well as the noble children of closely related tribes, to have sufficient conditions to conduct martial arts training on the grasslands outside the Great Wall.
As for after entering the Central Plains, even the riding and archery skills have really declined."
Liu Yu said coldly: "In other words, these city residents are actually just the family members of the tribal warriors stationed in the city. They raise horses and herd cattle and sheep in the Monan grassland, and then provide them to the Central Plains. Oh, no, it should be
To be precise, they were provided as war horses to the city dwellers in the nine-border frontier land and adjacent to the grasslands. In addition to a small number of city dwellers, the southern states and counties of the Northern Wei Dynasty still relied mainly on the Han Han army from the Central Plains.
Right."
He Lanmin smiled slightly: "That's right, so the Northern Wei Dynasty had many military chess games, and the final conclusion was that if the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south were unified, they might launch a large-scale Northern Expedition. Once the Eastern Jin Dynasty Northern Expedition, they planned to abandon the Central Plains first.
The prefectures and counties in Henan retreated to Hebei, using the Yellow River as a dangerous obstacle, and defended with all their strength, wearing down the vigor and logistical supplies of the Jin army. In autumn and winter, when the horses were fat and strong, they recruited hundreds of thousands of cavalry from the grasslands to attack the Jin army.
The Jin army launched a comprehensive counterattack and defeated it in one fell swoop. Of course, when they did this kind of deduction, Nan Yan was still there, so the number one imaginary enemy was still Nan Yan. I used the Jin army to replace Nan Yan."
Liu Yu frowned: "This kind of attack is cruel enough. It is not easy to cross the Yellow River. And if fortresses are set up along the Yellow River, the river bank of more than a thousand miles will be impossible to guard against. Once the weather breaks out,
The cold ground is freezing and the Yellow River is frozen, so the Wei army's cavalry can come across the river and defeat them at once, but they will be beaten everywhere. Therefore, I cannot let the Wei army get what they want. In the war with the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is best to send troops directly from Qilu and march directly to Hebei."