During the Zhou Dynasty, these ethnic minorities were collectively called Barbarian Di Rong Yi. At this time, the Qiang people were still farther to the west. The Qin State only began to have contact with them after the Qin State destroyed the Yiqu State.
These ethnic minorities are called according to their location or characteristics. For example, those near the Huaihe River are called Huaiyi, and those in Qi are called Laiyi, which may be related to Penglai. They are also called Baidi, Chidi is called by color, and Shanrong is based on
The name of the living environment, etc.
After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, the writings and the carriages were in the same track. These foreign races were also required to be consistent with the Han people and gradually be Hanized. Otherwise, the ancient Wa country would be like those countries in the Far West, a piece of loose sand, or a loose federal system.
As for the other ethnic groups that the ancient Wa Kingdom came into contact with before the Xiongnu, the main ones were the Rong Di and the Rong Di Qiang barbarians.
In the early days of the Zhou Dynasty, until the Qin and Jin Dynasties became powerful among the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, the territory of the Zhou Dynasty's princes was still very small. There were many Rong and Di tribes in the surrounding areas and among the princely states, and even most of the princely states bordered these tribes.
Even the Qin State was almost surrounded by these tribes at the beginning. At that time, the territories of the various vassal states were not connected together, but were riddled with holes like a spider web.
There are many ethnic minority tribes in these countries, some of which submitted to the Guwa Tribe Alliance. Of course, by the Qin Dynasty, they had basically been assimilated and merged into part of the Guwa tribe.
This kind of mixing of different ethnic groups starts with the Guwa tribal alliance. Starting from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Guwa is actually a tribal alliance. The alliance includes not only the Guwa people but also people from many other races.
Therefore, the so-called abdication of Yao, Shun, and Yu did not exist, because during this period, alliance leaders were elected through tribal elections. Whoever was stronger would be the overlord. This method continued until the Spring and Autumn Period.
At that time, there was an astronomical phenomenon of suncatching in the sky. A tribe called Descendants wanted to shoot down the sun. Coincidentally, after they shot the arrows, the suncatching phenomenon disappeared. In the end, each tribe elected them as the leader of the alliance, and their leader was called Descendants.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, many foreign tribes existed as vassal states. The ancient Wa people conquered a place and built a city there to control nearby tribes.
For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Qin Dynasty, "a county with barbarians was called Dao." A county that built a city to take charge of nearby foreign tribes was called Dao.
In the early days of the Zhou Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou Jichang led his troops to attack the Quanrong (also known as Yiyi, one of the ancestors of the Huns) and defeated the Quanrong. Later, King Wu of Zhou built the city of Luoyi and drove the Rongdi to Jingshui, north of Luoshui.
Order them to donate their property regularly.
Later, the Zhou Dynasty distributed these cities to the princes, and they became various countries in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Some princes had multiple cities, and some only had one.
There were many foreign tribes between these cities. This was the situation faced by the fiefdoms of various countries from the early Zhou Dynasty to the expansion of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. It was not until the rise of Qin and Jin among the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period that the situation became clear.
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Qin and Jin were the two strongest vassal states. During the periods of Duke Mugong of Qin and Duke Wen of Jin, they expanded their territory massively and showed off their strong military combat effectiveness everywhere.
When Rong and Di were slightly unconvinced, they sent troops to attack. During this period, Rong and Di lived a very difficult life.
Under the strong attack of Duke Wen of Jin, Rong Zhai was driven to the Yuan and Luo areas of Xihe, which were called "Red Zhai" and "Bai Zhai".
Since Duke Mu of Qin was assisted by Yu Yu, he sent a large number of troops to attack Xirong and conquered 8 small countries in Xirong.
Under the powerful attacks of the Qin and Jin Dynasties, the Rongdi tribe had to be broken into pieces and scattered everywhere in order to survive and develop.
In this way, the Rong tribes named Mianzhu, Quanrong, and Dizhen appeared in Longxi. The Rong tribes such as Yiqu, Dali, Wushi, and Quyan appeared in the north of Qi, Liang, Jing, and Qi.
In the north of Jin State, Rong tribes such as Linhu and Loufan appeared. In the north of Yan State, Donghu, Shanrong and other Rong tribes appeared.
There are more than one hundred Rong tribes in total, living scattered along the valley, each with its own leader, and rarely having contact with the Central Plains. It was not until more than a hundred years later that the Duke of Jin Dynasty sent Wei Jiang to Rong Zhai to establish good relations with the Rong.
Zhai then began to pay tribute to Jin.
Among the many Rong tribes, Yiqu is a relatively developed tribe. Yiqu existed as early as the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Although it belonged to the Rong Kingdom, it also advocated "winning the trust of the people with virtue" and was not as civilized as the Qin Kingdom.
Up and down.
At that time, King Yiqu united people's hearts with sacrifices and strengthened the fighting capacity of the people with military force. When other Rong tribes were forced to break up into pieces in order to protect themselves, Yiqu State still maintained a complete organizational system.
They built cities to defend against the Qin army's attack, and gradually became stronger, occupying today's northern Shaanxi, central and northern Gansu, and Ningxia. Their territory was no less than that of Qin at that time.
Yiqu had a large cavalry force and often raided the Qin State, and once reached the Luo River Basin of the Qin State.
Therefore, the main external threats faced by the Qin State during this period were the Yiqu State and some Rongdi tribes. The Yiqu State was finally destroyed by the beauty trick of the Queen Mother Xuan of the Qin State. At that time, the Queen Mother Xuan of the Qin State also gave birth to two sons for King Yiqu. This is the queen
Let’s not talk about it for now.
Zhao Mengchun continued: "These Yiqu people are very cruel. They kill all the old, weak, sick and disabled men. They only plunder young men, women and children as slaves. They destroy what they can't take away."
Ye Feng frowned and said, "We have to find a way to save them."
Old Wu Tou said calmly: "It's not that we don't want to save this situation. There are at least seven or eight hundred people on the other side. Even if we crush them, there won't be enough for them to step on."
Ye Feng asked: "Where will these people be taken?" Ye Feng thought that if they couldn't be saved here, he would go to their destination and steal them back.
Zhao Mengchun said: "I don't know, very few people can escape from Yiqu Country. Their place is too big and easy to get lost. In addition, the people of Yiqu Country have been riding horses since they were young, and their riding speed is also faster, so it is difficult to
Someone escaped."
Zhao Mengchun continued helplessly: "And no merchants in the Zhou Dynasty dared to do business where the people of Yiqu State were, so no one knows the situation of Yiqu State."
Ye Feng thought for a moment: "That's true. If you go deep into the grassland or desert, the road will be difficult to distinguish. And with so many people walking, they will be overtaken by the cavalry very quickly."
"In addition, even if there are no pursuers, it will be a problem for so many people to eat and drink all the way. So we can only take action here, otherwise we will let them leave and there will be no chance."
At this moment, I heard the scream of a girl. Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw several cavalrymen from the Yiqu Kingdom teasing a girl who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Her mother was begging the Yiqu soldiers to let the girl go. However, the girl's mother was severely beaten by the Yiqu soldiers.
Seeing this, Ye Feng was furious and cursed: "Baga, Lusmida, these beasts. I can't bear it anymore, no matter how many people there are."
Old Wu Tou and Zhao Mengchun immediately grabbed Ye Feng and said, "Master Ye, please be patient. If you rush over like this, you will die."
Ye Feng said bitterly: "Can we just let them do whatever they want?"
Old Wu Tou thought about it and said: "If we can find the Qin army, we will have a better chance of notifying them to rescue them."
At this moment, Zhao Mengchun shouted: "It seems that the Qin army is coming." He saw Qin's chariots and infantry rushing towards him in the distance.
When the army rushed closer, Zhao Mengchun counted the number of chariots: "1, 2, 3...15 chariots with one kuang and about one infantry. One kuang is 450 people, and one kuang is four hundred and fifty people.
There are two hundred soldiers, and the total number of soldiers is six hundred and fifty."
According to the records of "Qi Yu" and "Sima Fa", the chariot strength of one chariot is ten armored soldiers and twenty infantry. Fifteen chariots are one wide, twenty-five chariots are one square, and twenty-nine chariots are one square.
One gin, fifty times is one liang, eighty-one times is one special, and one hundred and twenty times is one wu.
Infantry: Five soldiers form a group, ten soldiers form a small army, four small soldiers constitute a pawn, ten soldiers form a brigade, and five brigades constitute an army.
Before the early Spring and Autumn Period, there were clear requirements for the military strength of each country. For example, the emperor's six armies, the big country's three armies, the minor country's second army, and the small country's first army.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, it was often said that a thousand-horsepower country would have thirty people per thousand people and exactly thirty thousand people, which corresponds to the strength of the three armies. Of course, this constraint was no longer observed by big countries in the late Spring and Autumn Period. For example, the Jin and Chu troops had exceeded one hundred thousand.
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There are fifteen battlefields and 450 troops in Yiguang plus two pawns and 400 troops, a total of 850 troops. Although the numbers of both sides are equal, the Qin army is obviously at a disadvantage.
Because in the cold weapon era, cavalry often had greater impact and lethality.
The Qin army has a clear division of labor. The chariot troops of Yiguang attract the main force of the opponent's cavalry, and the infantry rushes to rescue people. Fortunately, there are many hillsides nearby, which is not conducive to large-scale cavalry charges, so the disadvantage of infantry becomes an advantage in some hillside positions.
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The Yiqu people were also very strong and immediately separated most of their main force to fight the Qin chariots, trying to eliminate the chariot soldiers as soon as possible before dealing with the infantry.
The soldiers on the Qin army's chariots were responsible for long-range attacks, close combat, and driving. The division of labor was clear and orderly. This Qin army was well-trained, and the chariots quickly formed a formation to resist the impact of the Yiqu cavalry.
The Yiqu State cavalry failed to break through the Qin Army's chariot array several times in a row. The Yiqu State adjusted the direction of the attack several times. The Qin Army was well-trained and could quickly adjust its response according to the attack direction of the Yiqu State Cavalry.
At the same time, the Qin army's crossbows caused great damage to the Yiqu cavalry.
On the other side, the infantry who rescued people rescued the people and suffered heavy casualties in order to cover the people's retreat.
Facing the enemy's cavalry attack, the infantry suffered a great loss, and in order to block the Yiqu State cavalry from pursuing the common people, they could only form formations on the plains to intercept them.
The advantage of the cavalry on the plains was immediately brought into play, and some cavalry had already broken through the infantry defenses and began to hunt down the people.
The situation is very unfavorable to the Qin Army, and it is only a matter of time before the infantry of this group are eliminated. If the Yiqu State cavalry eliminates these infantry, then turns around and attacks the Qin Army's chariots with all its strength, the Qin Army will be difficult to support.
I saw the Qin Army infantry launching "suicide" charges again and again in order to intercept the Yiqu cavalry. Some young men among the Qin people slowed down their escape, and even walked against the Qin Army's infantry to form a human wall.
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Ye Feng saw that the situation was critical and said: "Baga, Lu Smida, I can't bear it anymore. I'm going to help the Qin army."
Da Zhuang said somewhat mournfully: "We finally escaped, why do we have to go back?"
Ye Feng's eyes were filled with anger and he said: "Anyone who offends my Gu Wa's heavenly power will be punished no matter how far away they are. The purpose is to make these beasts have long memories. Gu Wa is not easy to bully."
Da Zhuang shouted: "They are from Qin, I am from Qi, and you are from Chu. Why should we take risks to save the Qin people?"
Ye Feng said angrily: "The Qin caravan that saved us, did they not save us just because we are not Qin people?"
Old Wutou said: "Brother Ye is right. Anyone who wants to come can come with me. I don't have a few years left to live as an old man. I will go with you to save the people of Qin, even if I return the Qin caravan."