Shiwei, also known as Shiwei, means "forest" in Xianbei language.
It turns out that there is a very large virgin forest near the residence of the Shiwei people. The name of the place is Daxinganling, and the Shiwei people got the title of "forest people" because of this. In the end, they simply called "forest" their name.
Tribe name.
Although they are known as "people in the forest", the Shiwei people do not live in the virgin forest, but are scattered around the Greater Khingan Mountains, starting from the Ergun River in the west, bordering the Waixing'an Mountains in the north, across the Nenjiang River in the east, and across the Nenjiang River in the south.
As far as the line between Bell Lake and Taisuo River, there is an irregular square area with a radius of more than a thousand miles.
Although this area is not small, the middle part is the Greater Khingan Range, which stretches for more than two thousand miles from north to south and five to six hundred miles from east to west. The only place where the Shiwei people can really graze is the Ergun River around the Greater Khingan Range.
, Heilongjiang, Nenjiang and other three major river basins.
Due to geographical limitations, it is impossible for the entire Shiwei tribe to live together in one place. Instead, they are scattered into five larger tribal groups: Nanshiwei, Beishiwei, Boshiwei, Shenwei butushiwei, and Dashiwei.
Shiwei.[
Among them, the largest tribal group, Nanshiwei, is itself divided into twenty-five small tribes. The other Shiwei tribes are slightly smaller, with probably more than a dozen small tribes.
"The chapter is updated the fastest" Slightly different from the Turks, the Shiwei people are not strictly a nomadic people.
Shiwei people are also engaged in farming, but their planting methods are very extensive.
For example, the Shiwei people actually left their strong animals unused, but used people to pull plows to cultivate the land. The Shiwei people's plows were not made of iron, but wooden. Other farm tools were also very crude, mostly made of rough wood.
Therefore, the crop yields of the Shiwei people are extremely low.
The main source of livelihood of the Shiwei people is herding, fishing and hunting.
However, the people of Shiwei do not herd sheep, but pigs! In addition, they also have some cattle and a small number of horses.
What’s even more incredible is that the Shiwei people actually live in a semi-matriarchal clan society. For example, if a man wants to marry a wife, he must first work as a coolie in the woman’s family for three years!
Such a production and lifestyle means that the Shiwei people are not particularly aggressive. Compared with Tiele and Khitan tribes, this Shiwei person can be said to be an honest child!
Because it is backed by the Greater Khingan Mountains and adjacent to Hulunbuir Lake and several major rivers such as the Heilongjiang, Nenjiang, and Ergun rivers, although the life of the Shiwei people is not rich, it is not particularly difficult. Even in years of famine,
Scenery. You can also make a living by relying on the mountains and rivers, and don't think about going south to invade the Central Plains.
But in this era, the Turkic tribes headed by Tiele dominated the grassland, and other tribes had to submit to the great power of the Turks. When the Turks wanted to invade the central land, tribes like Shiwei who were their younger brothers,
No matter how many, we still have to respond with troops.
Therefore, this time Yuwen Chenglong came to clean up the Wei department, it cannot be said that he had wronged them!
Carrying more than 80,000 men and horses, they came all the way to the north with great momentum. In just five days, Yuwen Chenglong's men and horses had traveled more than a thousand miles, crossing the original Khitan territory and crossing the Taisuo River.
Arriving at Nan Shiwei’s territory.
Nanshiwei mainly lives in the area of Nenjiang River, Xinghe River and Taisuo River, with a radius of five to six hundred miles.
The geographical location of this area is quite good. To the west is the Daxingan Mountains, which connects the north and south, dividing the Turks and Nanshiwei; to the south is the boundary between Nanshiwei and Khitan, and the Taisuo River runs east-west; although there is nothing dangerous to the east
But that side is where the Mohe tribes have a very small population. All the Mohe tribes combined are not as large as the people of Nanshiwei, let alone compared with the entire Shiwei tribe; and to the north of Nanshiwei,
Wei, the "stealing Sui" from Beishi, who was also from the Wei clan, was from Beishi.
Therefore, the life of the people of Nanshiwei has always been relatively stable.
A few years ago, the Khitan tribe was destroyed by Yuwen Chenglong. It can be said that the last factor affecting the development of Shi Wei has also been eliminated!
As a result, Nan Shiwei, and even the entire Shiwei tribe, entered a rare golden period of development.
When Yuwen Chenglong's troops arrived at Nanshiwei, these Shiwei people were busy preparing for autumn harvest and winter storage!
Because agricultural planting technology is so backward, even if this year's harvest is good, the grain harvested this year is still not enough to keep Shiwei people going until next autumn.[
Therefore, people in Shiwei today are busy repairing bows, sharpening knives, weaving nets, and building boats so that they can go hunting in the mountains and fish in rivers after autumn, so as to store more food before the harsh winter.
Unfortunately, the arrival of the Yuan army completely broke the peaceful life of the people of Nanshiwei.
Since Nan Shiwei and the Xianbei Yuwen Department had no old history, Yuwen Chenglong was very relaxed this time and directly ordered his soldiers to start fighting directly after arriving at Nanshi Wei.
"Stealing the Sui Dynasty" Moreover, when fighting, there is no need to stick to the issue of how many prisoners can be captured. Anyone who dares to resist will be destroyed directly!
Yuwen Chenglong's imperial edict was very domineering and leaky, but when it came time to implement it, something went wrong!
When the people of Nanshiwei saw the surging Yuan army, they didn't realize that there was an enemy invasion. As a result, there were many slutty idiots, and they even welcomed the Yuan army into the tribe with smiles on their faces!
It turns out that this is also a unique aspect of the character of these barbarians outside the customs: on weekdays, these barbarians are honest and hospitable, and when they encounter people from other tribes passing by, they will sincerely and warmly entertain them, with an attitude of being peaceful and kind to the people; but when encountering a famine,
In the new year, these barbarians immediately put down their pastoral whips, raised their butcher knives, and burned, killed, and looted everywhere. Their behavior was so cruel that they were even more violent than animals!
Among the troops who came to attack Nanshi Wei this time, the vanguard was the troops of the Xi tribe led by Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and other generals. In order to speed up the efficiency of the robbery, Yuwen Chenglong still adopted the strategy of dividing his troops in multiple directions and advancing simultaneously.
Therefore, there are not many people and horses from the Wei tribe in each Nanshi tribe. There are only five thousand Xi tribe people.
Everyone lives in Mobei, and you can't see them without looking up. These Nanshiwei people can naturally tell who they are!
"" Due to Yuwen Chenglong's mischief, all the men of the Xi tribe who were taller than a wheel were incorporated into the team. As a result, this motley army was really strong and strong, and the old, weak, sick and disabled coexisted.
And due to the lack of weapons, many of these people still carry daggers, sickles and the like! Moreover, since there is no specialized logistics force, many Shiwei people carry pots, pans, sheepskin and legs of lamb with them.
Something!
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, this group of people does not look like they are out to fight, but more like a group of fleeing herdsmen!
What's even more amazing is that because the people of Nanshiwei knew that the Xi people were good at doing business, when they saw such a battle, they thought it was a large part of the Xi people coming out to do business.
The land of Mobei is thousands of miles wide and sparsely populated. In normal times, it is rare to see one or two groups doing business in a year. But at this moment, the people of Shiwei are busy preparing for autumn fishing and hunting, and are in urgent need of purchasing a batch of
production tool!
At this time, such a large group of Xi merchants suddenly arrived. For the people of Shiwei, there was no doubt that it was like rain after a long drought!
After enthusiastically welcoming this group of guys who were suspected to be Shiwei merchants into the tribe, and diligently serving milk and pig head meat, the elders and leaders of the Nanshiwei tribe who led them slowly asked, "Dear guests of the Xi tribe
, I wonder what kind of goods your department brought during this business trip?"
Seeing that the Xi tribe people opposite were obviously stunned, the Xi tribe elders quickly added, "Dear guest, please rest assured, we Shiwei people have always been kind to others and never rely on force to lower prices. As long as the goods provided by the distinguished guest are
If it’s good enough, we will definitely give our customers a satisfactory price!” (To be continued.)