sweeping the world

Chapter 796

In the contemporary era, no one in the Central Plains knows how the Rouran people rose to prominence, or who their ancestors were.

Even in later generations, since Rouran people have no written language, there are no written records. If you want to understand Rouran, you can only find out about this suddenly rising grassland tribe alliance from some records of the Central Plains regime.

Liu Yan's rough guess about Rouran is that just as the Donghu and Yuezhi people weakened and were replaced by the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu weakened and were seized by the Xianbei to rise, the vacuum caused by the large number of Xianbei tribes moving south will inevitably create new The Rouran people became the new overlords of the grassland.

For the nomads on the grasslands in the present or in the past, only the former Huns established an empire, and the rest of the grassland overlords did not form a real country, but an alliance system that formed a coercive relationship between tribes.

Compared with the national system, the tribal alliance system has many inherent deficiencies. The most obvious is that although they are in a subordinate relationship, the supreme leader does not rule them from the system. The rule is based on the brutal force. superior.

In fact, it is a necessary "procedure" to control violence and then rule. No matter which nation or country is no exception, it is basically impossible to rule without force. The difference is to gain the right to rule after mastering violence. What methods are used by those in power to rule.

Leaving aside the rest of the ethnic groups, the ruling methods of the nomads have never changed. The royal court must have half or more of the force of the entire ethnic group in order to deter and subdue the rest of the tribes.This is naturally because their social system is destined not to be just a certain group of armed forces, but as long as they form a tribe, there will be armed forces.

The way of life of nomadic peoples is fundamentally different from that of farming peoples.Farming peoples have fixed habitats, while nomadic peoples do not have fixed habitats, and their people are on the move for a long time. In many cases, it is difficult for the royal court to know where a certain tribe is, so how can they carry out strict surveillance? , Even strict monitoring cannot be done, so there is no room for supervision.

"It's impossible for them to appear out of thin air." Li Tan has his own speculation about Rouran: "Although they are becoming Rouran now, they should have been Huns, Xianbei, Dingling, and Qiang before..., together with Guifang and Gou Rong, Beidi and many other ethnic groups later changed into ethnic groups with other names."

There has never been more than one ethnic group on the grassland, but after a certain ethnic group is strong enough, people with no ethnic concept take the initiative to attach to it. The "blood" is weak, and soon there will be quite a few tribes "changed" on the grassland, and then a new overlord will be decisively won, and then there will be a new tribe name.

What are Liu Yan and others discussing?It was after Yu Jiulubati asked Han to provide supplies in the name of aid, he guessed what kind of existence Rouran was.

Rouran's current territory is not small, but judging from the territorial area, their territorial area is actually much smaller than that of Gaoche, which is dominated by Dingling people. It is hard to have an intuitive impression that it is the same as the later generations of Outer Mongolia. The area is about the same.

Like many nomadic peoples, their productivity determines the number of tribes. Without enough food support, it is certainly impossible to produce a population explosion.According to Han Guo's guess, there should be between 60 and 70 people in Rouran.

That is based on the guesswork of how many soldiers Rouran can call. With the military system of the nomads, at least one soldier can be produced in one account, and it is not ruled out that there can be many soldiers in one account. Around 12.

Of course, don't expect the so-called army of the Rouran people to be the real army. Like all nomads, they only recruit young or strong women from various tribes when they have military operations. Those people are naturally herding at ordinary times, basically They have not undergone formalized training in a serious manner, and their weapons and equipment are also infinitely close to the Stone Age. They only master very few metal weapons, and most of them are bronze weapons.

After the Han Kingdom formed contact with Rouran, the first time they met was to say "Hello" to each other in the form of war. It was the defeat of Rouran's army by the Han Kingdom that could make Rouran people communicate with the Han people calmly. The urine of the nomads, if Rouran wins, Rouran will not communicate with the Han people on an equal footing.

The Han army defeated the Rouran army. The relationship between the two sides is naturally that the Han people are in a favorable position. In some respects, the Rouran people will also obey some assignments from the Han Kingdom Center, such as asking them to find Ding Lingren and Xianbei people. .

After the establishment of diplomatic relations, Rouran obtained commodities from Han through transactions, including but not limited to civilian and military supplies, but they were all sold as finished products and did not provide any commodities such as raw materials.

The Han State sold some weapons to Rouran, most of which were eliminated by the Han State military, and a very small amount was new goods transferred from the warehouse.

The weapons eliminated by the Han army may have been out of track with the times. For example, the Han country developed better weapons, and the original ones were already inferior, or those weapons were damaged and repaired.Even so, the Rouran people were still elated after receiving the goods. Before they were even short of bronze weapons, they would not be unhappy if they could get iron weapons.

The batch of brand new weapons that Han sold to Rouran was extremely rare, just enough to arm Yu Jiulubati's five hundred personal guards.The type of standard equipment ranged from far and near weapons to armor. If it weren't for the Rouran people who wore their own national characteristics to serve and put on the red shirts of the Han army, they would look no different from the Han army.

In the trade between the Han Kingdom and Rouran, it is the status quo that the Han Kingdom is making a lot of money. The people of Rouran not only spend a lot of precious metals, but also have a huge amount of livestock. What is more meaningful to the Han Kingdom is to decide The various Rouran tribes provide a steady supply of wool.

Purchasing wool from Rouran is a strategic state policy of the Han Kingdom, not to take care of any trade surplus.The purpose of this policy is, of course, to manipulate the Rouran people from an economic point of view. Once a long-term relationship is formed, and even the selling of wool by the Rouran people becomes the only means of livelihood, the Han Dynasty will truly determine the rise and fall of Rouran.

"The total amount of military supplies we sold to Rouran did not exceed [-]. What gave them the courage to propose such an amount?" Sang Yu didn't need to stay in New Chang'an, he was the country's highest justice (Doctor Imperial Envoy), there are very few opportunities to perform duties in normal times, and you have to show your skills in major cases: "Is it like what the Xianbei people said, Rouran people have no brains at all?"

The saying that Rouran people are "worms" did not wait until the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Tuoba Daiguo, which has always had military conflicts with Rouran, has made relevant comments for a long time.The Northern Wei Dynasty happened to be founded by Tuoba Xianbei, so it is not surprising that they left "Xixui" for the Rouran people in the history books.

"Probably can't stand the multi-line military pressure." Li Tan briefly explained the current situation that the Rouran people are facing, and then said: "The big man does have the same interests as Rouran at present, and it may be because of this. Create a kind of request, even if they can't fully fulfill it, we will be moderately satisfied, wait for some impressions?"

The Rouran people have fully understood the strength of the Han State, and they dare not show aggression towards the Han State as if accepting their fate, and are even willing to cooperate to attack the Han State's enemies.In terms of diplomatic relations, Rouran has become a vassal state of Han to some extent, that is, the two sides have not clarified that relationship at all.

"The big man needs Rouran to support him." Liu Yan seems to be more accustomed to staying in a tent than living in a palace. This is fundamentally related to his long-term military expeditions in the north and south.He said: "What I want is that we cannot let them think that we have achieved the original goal."

Of course, the country of Han needs Rouran to continue to be active. It was established when a large-scale natural disaster broke out in the country of Han. It has already used troops in the Asan continent and the Western Regions. It really shouldn't be used in other directions.In this case, it is most appropriate for the Rouran people to deal with Ding Lingren, Tuoba remnants, and Murong remnants.

However, while the Han Kingdom needs Rouran to be a thug, it also needs to guard against Rouran getting too strong in the process of attacking Ding Lingren, Tuoba Remnant and Murong Remnant. That really requires superb manipulation skills.

The Rouran people's current way of fighting is completely dependent on physical fitness. Although the Dingling people are in a similar situation, the Tuoba remnants and Murong remnants they have to deal with are "nourished" by the Central Plains.

Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei are no longer serious nomads. In fact, they have completed the evolution to semi-agriculture, and at the same time acquired a lot of knowledge and technology from the Central Plains. It is clearly reflected in the iron soldiers possessed by their soldiers. The number of weapons produced is extremely high.

"Tuoba Xianbei will be less, and Murong Xianbei is planning to withdraw to the Xianbei grassland." Li Tan must have relevant information, and said, "Murong Xianbei is now the best equipped team on the grassland, and there are even nearly a thousand Equipped with 2 armored horses. The Rouran people once encountered Murong Xianbei's Diaobao army, and more than 3000 people were easily defeated by more than [-] Murong Xianbei including the [-] Diaobao army."

The Han Dynasty successfully regained Liaodong, and even marched into the Northeast Plain. During the march, a considerable number of Murong Xianbei's troops were wiped out, but some important clansmen and elites including Murong Xianbei were escaped.

If you count it carefully, among the Hulu ethnic groups that entered the Central Plains, it is true that Murong Xianbei has the best vitality preserved, and their preserved vitality is even stronger than when they first started. The old country of Han is definitely far inferior.

"When Murong Xianbei was the strongest, he had nearly 200 million subjects, and now they still have nearly [-] followers." Lu Tai should know Murong Xianbei best, and it is directly related to the military affairs he is in charge of: "Mr. After many investigations, even if there are only [-] troops, it is only stronger than Murong Xianbei's strength at the beginning of his rise."

Lu Tai just came here not long ago, first of all, he has no important military affairs, and secondly, Liu Yan will pass through his jurisdiction, so there is no harm in going a little farther to meet him, and staying by Liu Yan's side has special political significance for anyone significance.

The stage of Murong Xianbei's rise that they said happened at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, because the Karasuma people hugged the thighs of the Han Empire, even though the Karasuma people were far smaller than the Xianbei people in terms of population, the Karasuma people were still able to The Xianbei tribes rubbed against the ground.

When Xianbei was showing a rising trend, Murong Xianbei was not the strongest one, it should be Yuwen Xianbei who was the strongest internally, but the strongest Yuwen Xianbei had a population of [-] to [-], and the population was so small However, it is impossible to talk about high-quality military equipment.

Liu Yan knows one thing, as one of the descendants of Donghu, Xianbei, no matter which tribe they belong to, their vitality is surprisingly high, higher than any nomadic people!

The most direct manifestation is Tuoba Xianbei, Murong Xianbei, and Duan Xianbei. They were destroyed after founding the country many times, but they can always seize the opportunity to restore the country again, and even continue to survive with a different "signboard".

Yuwen Xianbei was destroyed in the initial stage of the Five Husty Rebellion, but who could have imagined that the Khitan and Xi tribes (Mokuxi) who split from Yuwen Xianbei were inconspicuous and mastered the metal smelting technology first. The ethnic groups that had glorified during the Wuhu Chaos period were destroyed one after another, but they had been "obscure" for hundreds of years, and when they suddenly jumped out, they directly became the masters of the Central Plains.

Liu Yan didn't want his enemies to "resurrection" one day, and they would chase and kill them endlessly.

The patrolling team didn't stay long at Mount Khan, and even stopped at Junji Mountain for only a day. The huge team stopped just after leaving Junji Mountain. A huge team of about [-] is heading south.

"My patrol this time was not kept secret." Liu Yanke was not in a panic: "Are you here to target me?"

Yu Jiulu Bati was "wheezed" for several days, and he took the initiative to bring it up many times but did not get a positive reply. When he learned about such a matter, he didn't know what kind of thought it was, and he roared: "Big Han emperor, There is no need to dispatch the Han army, we can do it for you.”

Liu Yan glanced at Yu Jiulubati and smiled.After a few days of contact, he felt that if Yu Jiulu Bati was just pretending, then he really played the role of a fool very successfully, but no matter whether he was really stupid or fake, it would have no effect at all. What should Han Guo do? Rouran's established policy will not change.

"Your Majesty, the Rouran people do have an army in the west." Li Tan said that the west is within the territory of Rouran, and he said very practically: "Perhaps we can mobilize that Rouran army and complete the battle against the Ding Ling with us." Human double-teaming."

Coming from the northwest direction of Junji Mountain, there is really no one except Ding Lingren. The scouts also gave some information, mentioning that they saw the banner of the Di tribe.

"Has Fu Hong not died of illness yet?" Liu Yan knew that the news of Fu Hong's illness came from the Western Regions: "He thought it would take 8 people to complete the beheading?"

Before going out to patrol the grassland, Liu Yan had already been mentally prepared for the enemy troops, which should be said to be one of the purposes of the patrol.

(End of this chapter)