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Chapter 146 Three Xianbei
Tan Shihuai is the prairie hero most feared by the Han in recent decades.

And this man's life is quite legendary. It is said that his father's name was Tou Luhou. At first he served in the army with the Huns for three years, but when he returned home three years later, he found that his wife had given birth to a son. Tou Luhou was very angry and wanted to kill the little boy, but his wife refused, and said that she was walking on the road when she heard thunder.

When she looked up, she saw that the sky was covered with dark clouds, and a snow-white hailstone fell directly into her mouth. She accidentally swallowed it, and then she became pregnant and gave birth ten months later. After giving birth to this child, she said that she did not do anything wrong to her husband, and she also said that this child must be the child of heaven, and she wanted to cast Luhou to raise him and grow him up.

When Tou Luhou heard this, he was furious, beat his wife severely, and threw the child out of the house. The wife told her family in private, asking them to adopt the child and name it Tanshihuai.

And after this child gradually grew up, he did show something different from everyone else. He grew up in his grandfather's house, but he never cried, never played around, and he was tall and strong, very brave. When he was 14 years old, a leader from another tribe came and robbed his grandfather's cattle and sheep. Tan Shihuai fought against them on horseback alone.

He killed dozens of people in a row, was invincible, scared the other party away, chased all the cattle and sheep back, and even robbed the other party's cattle and horses. In this way, his brave and invincible deeds spread, and everyone in the tribe began In awe of him, convinced of him, and during his time, he was regarded as the leader of the tribe. Tan Shihuai personally made laws and tried lawsuits. Because of his bravery, no one dared to violate his laws.

Because he handled things fairly, gradually, many people came to him for refuge.

When Tan Shihuai was in his 20s, he established a royal court in Tanhan Mountain and Qiushui. He commanded the warriors in the clan and fought everywhere. No one could resist his army. The tribal leaders in the west all surrendered to him helplessly, and this man unified many Xianbei tribes on the grassland. Taking this opportunity, he continued to plunder the border of the Han Dynasty to the south.

He plundered and resisted Ding Ling from the back, conquered Fuyu from the east, and conquered Wusun from the west. For a time, he completely occupied the entire territory of the original Xiongnu. Both Shuizawa and Yanchi are under its jurisdiction, and they are very powerful.

Of course, the Han Empire was most threatened by him. In July of the second year of Yongshou, Tan Shihuai personally led [-] cavalry, plundered Yunzhong County, and defeated the local soldiers. After that, he became a Han Empire. The confidant of the empire outside the Great Wall, he and Yanxi plundered the Youhe land three times in the first year, second year, and sixth year, which the Han army could not resist.

In the ninth year of Yanxi, Tan Shihuai was a little complacent and felt that he could occupy the remote and border land. He dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry to invade the nine counties in the border area, killed and plundered local officials and people, and conquered dozens of lands. In the county seat, there were no more than ten soldiers in the frontier fortress, which aroused the wrath of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Xiaohuan sent Zhang Huan to lead the Northern Army to attack Xianbei directly. Tan Shihuai was unable to win and left hastily.

However, the imperial court did not have enough money for Zhang Huan and others to conquer Xianbei. What's more, they came and went in a hurry without confronting the Han army head-on. With Yinshou, he planned to seal Tanshihuai as king, and wanted to make peace with him to show his friendship, but Tanshihuai not only refused to accept it, but even more aggressively invaded the border areas with the Han Dynasty.

He believes that if the big man wants to marry him, he is acknowledging his strength and fearing him.

And this year, the old Tan Shihuai wanted to teach the trusted big man a lesson and let him look at the mighty Xianbei outside the frontier, but he didn't expect that his soldiers had just approached and secluded, and they were killed. The always cowardly Wuhuan and the Hun allied forces were defeated. This was Tan Shihuai's first defeat since he spoke out. This also made him extremely irritable. Chop suey hand to hand.

Dan Khan Mountain,
Xianbei Royal Court.

In a huge yurt, there was a bed made of white wolf fur, and a sandalwood locust tree in military uniform sat on it with his head bowed, silent, and in front of him was his eldest son He Lian, He Lian sat beside him, and said with some sadness: "Father, the weather is getting colder and colder. Originally, if we could plunder some food at the beginning of the year, we could still fight with them, but now, the horses are starving and emaciated. No, our warriors can’t even eat!”

"At this time, how can we fight against the Han Dynasty?"

"I heard that the Southern Army was re-established by the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Now the Northern and Southern Army has more than 5 horses. They are grazing in Xiliang, and there are countless horses. If they start a war rashly, I'm afraid."

Tan Shihuai suddenly raised his head and stared closely at the son in front of him. He Lian was startled and a little frightened. Tan Shihuai asked coldly, "Do you think I'm old?"

He Lian shook his head and didn't speak. Tan Shihuai looked outside coldly, coughed for a while, gritted his teeth, and got up slowly. Pushing away abruptly, he stood up and said, "Don't think I don't know what you think, you are worried about the leaders of the three ministries, aren't you?" He looked at his son beside him coldly, seeing his submissive appearance, his heart Even more furious.

Because the territory is too large, for the convenience of management, he divided Xianbei into three parts, from the east of Youbeiping to the east of Liaodong, connecting more than 20 cities such as Puyu and Yeji, and the east, from the west of Youbeiping to Shanggu County There are more than ten cities in the central part, from the west of Shanggu County to more than 20 cities including Dunhuang County and Wusun, which is the west.

And each of them selected the bravest and most strategic talents in their own tents to be the leaders. Therefore, Xianbei will continue to become stronger, but this son, for some reason, has almost no bravery of his own. In the Xianbei tribe, he was unwilling to go out to participate in the plundering battle. Among the Xianbei tribe, his prestige was far inferior to that of the other three leaders.

And Xianbei is not a unified nation, but a union of many tribes, and they have no hereditary continuation system. Whoever is strong and has prestige is the king. Of course, as his son, Helian has the most powerful clan in Xianbei. The army, however, in terms of bravery and prestige, the three leaders completely crushed him. Therefore, he very much does not want to go to war with the Han Dynasty, because that will make the already powerful three leaders even stronger .

Prestige will also be higher.

But he, a prince who is not good at fighting, has no benefit at all. Even if the three leaders are seriously damaged during the war, he will give them horses and warriors to help them. This is the duty of the royal court. Tan Shihuai is helpless. Sighing, he walked slowly, and said: "The emperor of the Han Dynasty is dead, and a baby who is still breastfeeding has become the emperor. This time is our best chance. Look at what he has done."

"If we wait another ten years, heh, it's not us who are going to plunder the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty is coming to conquer us!!"

"Xianbei is strong, you are the king, if Xianbei is destroyed, you are not even as good as a groom!"

Tan Shihuai spoke slowly, and walked out of the camp. The strong wind was blowing outside, and Helian couldn't help shivering, and tightened his coat, but Tan Shihuai remained the same as usual, without any change. He looked at the In the distance, his loyal guard was feeding his horse. Tan Shihuai waved to him, and the guard led the horse and walked over.

Tan Shihuai took the rein from the guard's hand abruptly, walked slowly to the side of the steed, hugged the horse's neck with both hands, and was about to ride on it. Helian's face was full of worry, Tan Shihuai gritted his teeth, and let out a roar , instantly got on the steed, the steed raised its front hooves high, and neighed loudly, Tan Shihuai sat firmly on the horse's back, gasping for breath, and shouted: "Call me the three chiefs! !!"

(End of this chapter)