Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 3 Traitor
Chen Wentian took Lin Lin to eat something and got busy. First, he interrogated the Zhang family brothers. What trapped the two brothers was a deep and large trap dug by them alone. They just inserted some short bamboos to deliberately keep them alive. It was convenient for interrogation, so the Zhang family brothers were only injured and trapped in the trap. After finding that they could not escape, they begged for mercy repeatedly when they saw Chen Wentian appearing at the mouth of the well.

Chen Wentian questioned and learned that the five people were Li thieves in the nearby Nanshan Village. Because the official road at the foot of Gou Mountain was crowded with people, the village owner Qin Hu wanted to establish a branch here to expand his power, so he sent them first to explore the terrain as a first stop. of.

They saw an opportunity on the way and snatched two tickets. Among them was a woman's family in a thatched hut. His wife Cai, his son Gongsun Qi, his daughter Gongsun Juan, and a woman captured on the official road and his son were plundered into the mountains. The women are naturally used for pleasure. If the child is raised for two days, they can sell some money. The women looked healthy and could do some chores, so they left a few
Lin Lin washed up a bit, cleaned up the blood stains on her body, and with the help of Mrs. Cai, she found a set of slightly cleaner clothes to change into. It has been torn apart by thieves in many places.
Seeing Chen Wentian return to the hut with a sullen face, and hurriedly questioned the results of the interrogation, Lin Lin saw a woman in the hut before, but she couldn't see her face clearly because of the distance, although she felt that her best friend must have a stronger personality It won't be the docile and silent state at that time, but what if.
Chen Wentian shook his head and remained silent. He went straight to Cui Jing's corpse and groped a few times. He found a jade pendant with fine workmanship and strange lines and handed it to Lin Lin. He pointed to a direction outside the house and said coldly: " It is probably because of this jade pendant that these beasts thought her master was a wealthy family, so they ravaged her crazily."

After finding the place where the thief dumped the body and confirming that it was not Lin Lin's best friend Hua Zhixi, the two breathed a sigh of relief, went back to the hut to search in silence, and got more than 3000 stolen money from the five thieves. Part of it was given to Mrs. Gongsun, leaving a thousand dollars, and the rest of the property was returned to them for future use. Of course, the two ring-shou knives naturally became their protective weapons.

Seeing that it was getting late, they carried Cui Jing's body out of the house, and several people reluctantly spent the night in the hut.

However, Chen Wentian and Lin Lin didn't fall asleep much, because some horrible scenes would appear when they closed their eyes. The tragic scene of the dead woman was really unforgettable. Is this the ancient times?Is this the troubled times?The two had insomnia back to back until late at night.
The next day was not completely bright yet, and the two of them were woken up by the heavy rain outside and the busy voices of the two women. When they got up and saw their numb expressions, Lin Lin couldn't help asking Chen Wentian in a low voice: "How could they So, like it never happened?"

".Maybe I'm used to it. The things they brought should not be the lowest level of ordinary people in this era. According to my understanding, the people nowadays are called 'Qianshou'. They are living a miserable life. It is impossible to have these household items. , but if it wasn’t for Qianshou, it’s not likely that they and the Patriarch are the only people. Maybe they have encountered other disasters before. Forget about these, let’s eat something to help clean up and go back to Huang County first. A few of them were sent to Gongsun's house, and then to my adoptive father to stay temporarily, and then we continued to look for Hua Zhixi."

Lin Lin gave a absent-minded grace, and went to help clean up in silence.
After staying in Goushan until the third day, the rain finally subsided. The two of them took the four members of Gongsun's family and a little boy who had been silent all the time, and headed towards Huang County.

"Why is Wentian in such a mess? Who are the bloodstains? Are they?" Anxious Chen Zhong asked three times.

Seeing Chen Zhong's concerned look, Chen Wentian's heart warmed up, and he told him what happened a few days ago.

"You...how...why are you so reckless, you have caused a catastrophe this time." After hearing this, Chen Zhong was so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly.
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In the Xianbei barracks outside Yuyang City in Youzhou, Wei Guang looked at the two rows of strong Xianbei warriors who were holding weapons in the rain and wanted to threaten him.
As a downtrodden branch of the Wei family, his grandfather made his fortune by smuggling weapons to the Xianbei people, but he was discovered by General Ouyang and immediately killed his grandfather, and the clan's head found out about them and regarded them as scapegoats , not only removed their branch from the family tree, but also confiscated the property belonging to their branch.

The father and the two brothers have no choice but to lead the family to struggle for a living so far, and he, with his talent, managed to get a part-time job, but was repeatedly suppressed because his family was poor and he failed to make friends with the eunuchs.
Disappointment with the court has long been deeply rooted in his heart, and hatred for the master's family is even implanted in his bones. However, Wei Guang, who considers himself full of knowledge and wisdom, never considers his grandfather's own faults, and he does not want to be buried, so he has been Looking for another way out.
This time as an envoy to reprimand Xianbei, he knew that even if he did not die in the hands of Xianbei, he would most likely be imprisoned for insulting the court when he returned!This must be the arrangement that group of eunuchs made long ago for this unscrupulous thorn in his side.
So Wei Guang quickly made a decision. Even though there were quite a few members of the mission to escape, he braved the rain and went all the way, and asked his family members to follow the mission secretly.

I just didn't want to rush to Jiangyin to know that the Xianbei army had retreated. The disheartened Wei Guang had just returned to Taiyuan County and received news of the Xianbei invasion in Yuyang, Youzhou, so he hurried over again
"Emperor Han sent you here, what do you have to say?" Tan Shihuai frowned slightly hearing the thunder outside the tent as the rain was getting heavier, and then asked the calm and confident Wei Guang.

After inquiring that the attack was too sudden and the Han Dynasty had not had time to organize a large army to support the northern border, he had ordered an army of [-] to escort more than [-] captives and return to the grassland with countless looting proceeds with great fanfare. Wan Jingrui transferred to Yuyang County, Youzhou to expand the results of the battle, but he didn't want the prefect of Yuyang's strict precautions to cause his attack to fail.

Tan Shihuai still has a headache for the large cities of the Han people, but he is reluctant to give up the great opportunity. After all, Yuyang produces iron and salt. These are the materials they need urgently. There should be enough, so I plan to leave a small number of troops to besiege and monitor the city, and the rest will plunder nearby counties and countryside.

"It doesn't matter if you don't listen to the arrogant and foolish words of the Han emperor, but I have a thousand words of gold to offer Shanyu! Please also ask Shanyu to retreat to the left and right." He had already thought about how to win the trust of Tan Shihuai and get it reused during his mission. , At this moment, he was also confident, and he replied loudly after hearing the translation of the old soldier on the side.

"You all go down, Ben Chanyu wants to have a chat with the envoy alone." Looking around at the leaders under the tent, seeing that they were about to explode because of the arrogance of the Han envoy's arrogance, Tan Shi understood the meaning of the words Huai shook his head secretly and said.

"You can speak freely now." After the rest of the tent left, Tan Shihuai carried a hint of hope in his majesty.

"For the long-term development of the Xianbei people and the grand goal of the Shanyu, please immediately withdraw the troops from the Great Wall and send envoys to Handu to make amends."

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A few days later, there was an uproar in Huangxian County, Qingzhou. After the terrified Chen Zhong returned to the city to report to the officials, the county guard arrested Zhang Da and Zhang Er who were trapped, and interrogated and verified what happened.

There were no entertainment programs in the Han Dynasty, so there were many people who liked strange people and interesting things. Therefore, under the publicity of various "enthusiastics", Chen Wentian and his "feat" soon became a sensation in the county, and their reputation was still spreading. Spread, but this is only for Chen Wentian, everyone naturally ignores Lin Lin's contribution and hard work, although Chen Wentian tried his best to explain that he was not alone, but almost everyone only thought it was his humility words.

The broken thief Cao Caoke was ordered by the prefect of Donglai to host a banquet for Chen Zhong’s family at the Huaxia Restaurant as a show of condolences. He said it was a family, but in fact he invited Chen Zhong and Chen Wentian. The nominal cousins ​​Chen Hua and Lin Lin were obviously not included in the invitation. , but Lin Lin, who was already furious, insisted on going after hearing this. Chen Wentian was helpless, and Chen Zhong didn't think much about it when he was excited.

The screens that used to divide the seats on the second floor of the restaurant have been removed, forming a grand and luxurious banquet hall, with various layouts that are close to modern decoration styles. Chen Wentian and Lin Lin guessed at a glance that it was the masterpiece of the "predecessor" , At this time, a super large round table was placed in the center of the hall, which was the same as the private rooms for banquets held in many restaurants in later generations. The center was a large piece of plant landscaping, and there was a rotatable dish around the periphery, but it could not rotate automatically and did not spray water. and dry ice smoke
Si Li at the stairway kept singing the representatives of the various big clans in Huang County with a sharp male duck voice. Cao Ke, who was sitting in the chair, would stand up to greet each person, and then there would be some unnutritious opening remarks, and then In addition, catering to people who are already seated but come to chat with him from time to time, is simply too busy. It seems that this banquet is regarded as a great opportunity to help him make a name and make friends with the local clan
"You men really love business bragging and want to save face from ancient times to the present!" Lin Lin deliberately leaned over and taunted in a low voice, making Chen Wentian beside him turn green.
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"Chen Xiaozhuang is now well-known. Mr. Duan admires him a lot, and this official also admires him. The county guard's office has agreed to wait for the rain to subside, and then raise military funds to choose a day to wipe out the traitors in the South Shanzhai. Come, for the stability of Donglai, Everyone wins!" Cao Ke said to Chen Wentian and the others with a stern face, he didn't want to come, but he couldn't disobey the prefect's wishes, if it wasn't for taking the opportunity to make friends with some aristocratic families, he would miss me dignifiedly Cao, a broken thief in a county, wanted to entertain a child with a yellow mouth. Seeing that Chen Wentian brought his cousin to the banquet and introduced her achievements, he felt that Chen Wentian deliberately underestimated him, and he was even more angry. Good attack.

"The girl has a plan to capture Qin Hu's thieves. I wonder if my lord would like to hear about it?" Before Chen Wentian could reply, Lin Lin interrupted.Immediately, the atmosphere in the box dropped to freezing point, and the accompanying principals of several Huangxian Wang tribes all looked sideways.

"Qin Tiger Bandits, I will send troops to exterminate them myself, there is no need for you, an ignorant girl, to lie, hum, everyone, drink slowly." Uncle and aunt can't stand it anymore!When Cao Ke heard this, his eyebrows trembled, he bowed his hands to the representatives of all ethnic groups, and then walked away
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"My lord Dazhi, I just don't really admire him. Please accept Zixing's worship!" Wei Guang said excitedly. Although the communication was not smooth, the two chatted late into the night under the translation of his confidant. He found that his judgment was right. Tan Shihuai is indeed different from the common Xianbei barbarians, he is indeed a hero, and he will definitely be able to do something in the future by taking refuge in this person.

"Zixing doesn't need to be too polite." Tan Shihuai was very excited when he lifted Wei Guang up according to the etiquette of the Han people. He knew that his ambition in this life would be extremely difficult to fulfill, so the first thing he did after he came to power was to pretend to surrender and send people to go deep. After spying in the Han territory, Tan Shihuai carefully analyzed the strength gap between Xianbei and the Han Dynasty after the spies brought back pieces of information. He believed that it mainly lies in several aspects: First, the population gap is huge. After General Ouyang, the Han Dynasty did not The troubles on the northern border have been eliminated, there has been no major war, and there have been no major disasters in recent years. The population has grown considerably, and population is the most direct guarantee of military strength and national strength; Tents, the city houses of the Han people can be said to be warm in winter and cool in summer, and planting crops is more abundant and easier to store than nomadic food. However, the winter of Xianbei people is very difficult, which is why they go to rob foreigners every summer and autumn. The third reason is the gap in the level and quantity of craftsmen. The Han people have a large number of excellent equipment, especially the legendary dragon riders. In battle, the spears and horses in their hands can often cut off the weapons of the Xianbei people. , not to mention other additional equipment.

Therefore, over the years, Tan Shihuai has taken a series of targeted measures: first, transfer the looting targets of the Xianbei to other neighboring ethnic groups and countries, and increase the intensity of looting. The subjugated people did not hesitate, but maintained an attitude of submission to the Han Dynasty. He himself bribed the Xianbei Zhonglang General many times and even went to Luoyang to ask for relatives; , Xiongnu, Ding Ling and other small tribes were scattered and merged into their own tribes. For this reason, his hands were stained with the blood of hundreds of tribe leaders; In addition, women are rewarded as slaves and reproductive tools for those who have many children. The children are uniformly raised by the women of the tribe and belong to the tribe when they grow up. Fourth, pay attention to the breeding of livestock, especially horses, and improve the status of those who are good at raising livestock. And often organize to teach experience.

These measures allowed the Xianbei to recover their strength extremely quickly. Although the combat power was uneven, they still had [-] cavalry after all.

However, after talking with Wei Guang, he found that what Xianbei lacked most was strategy and outstanding governance talents, and there was also a person who knew the situation of the Han people to help make suggestions. After analyzing Wei Guang's suggestions, he felt that Wei Guang was the best solution to this gap. Good candidate.

First of all, Wei Guang proposed to abolish the three chiefs of the left, middle, and right, and set up chiefs based on the standards of Wu, Shi, Bai, Qian, and Wan, responsible for the in-depth reorganization of each tribe, and change the loose form of tribal alliances, thereby strengthening centralization and execution capabilities; Secondly, don’t kill all the men captured by captives, and leave some scattered among the tribes to replace the strong tribes in production and grazing, so that these tribes can break away from daily production and form professional elite troops for long-term training and combat; finally It is to gradually separate the tribal management power and war command power and strictly formulate combat discipline, especially the looting proceeds must be uniformly distributed by the Shan Yu.

In addition, Wei Guang suggested that Xianbei should adjust its development route again and turn to plundering Wusun, so as to continue to dormant and paralyze the Han Dynasty. Anyway, the harvest this time has solved many of Xianbei's urgent needs.

"Sir, what you said is indeed golden and jade good words, but Wusun is also a nomad and the journey is far away, so what you can get from plundering him may not be enough for Xianbei's winter needs." Tan Shihuai said slowly after thinking for a long time.

"Here, I haven't thought about it well. If you want to solve the food shortage in winter, you can temporarily return to the grassland to rectify the internal affairs. At the same time, you will secretly contact the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty. In the next year, they will attack the land of Hetao Shuofang and plunder the surrounding Han people. Gao, as long as you keep your livelihood, you can keep fresh and humble for a long time and not be trapped in winter!" Wei Guang was startled, his suggestion could be said to be drastic, but seeing Tan Shihuai's frequent nodding concentration, it seemed that he was ready to implement it. But when it comes to the issue of winter food, Tan Shihuai is still worried. It seems that he still underestimated this Xianbei Shanyu, and he doesn't know enough about Xianbei.

"Occupy the Great Henan Plain? Then how could the Han court give up? Wouldn't that be contrary to Mr.'s previous plan?" Tan Shihuai's voice raised unconsciously, obviously becoming more excited.

"The land on the southern ridge of the Yin Mountain is fertile, with staggered rivers and streams, and convenient irrigation. It is suitable for planting. If you manage it diligently, Xianbei will have no worries about food in the future. Now Emperor Han is surrounded by people who are greedy for money. Trust can bring more gold and silk treasures, just mediation at that time, not to mention that it is safe, but it is not difficult to get things done."

　The death of Tan Shihuai in history is rather bizarre. The author speculates that it is most likely to be the assassination of the Han people. However, after the traversers suppressed it in advance, the attention of all parties to this Xianbei Shanyu has been greatly reduced, so that he can live long. .
　　
　
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