People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 181 Shandan
Boo!Boo!Boo!
The rapid sound of horseshoes kept ringing, and many knights galloped out of the city, and then scattered in all directions.

They all had different missions, some were going to notify the counties to surrender in Kaesong, some were going to notify Li Xiong and Li Hu, who led the left and right cavalry troops, were going to continue westward, advance into Zhangye, and blockade the city.

In less than two days, Li Xiong and Li Hu had received the military order and quickly mobilized their subordinates. More than [-] cavalry in units of [-] rushed out of Wuwei and into Zhangye.

After entering Zhangye, you can feel that Zhangye has a better living environment than Wuwei.

The Qilian Mountains in the south provide sufficient water sources, and the Yanzhi Mountains in the north resist the yellow sand and cold wind. This creates a treasure land with blue sky and white clouds, lush water and grass. Against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains, it is like a fairyland outside the world.

The Xiongnu occupied such a place, no wonder they were able to become strong and establish a grassland empire, suppressing the Han Dynasty for decades.

After they were kicked out of the Hexi Corridor, they would sing sadly:
"Losing my Qilian Mountains will make my animals invincible; losing my Yanzhi Mountains will make my married woman colorless."

But such a treasure land has been abandoned for a long time, mainly due to frequent wars and a very short population.

No matter how good a place is, it can’t be done without people, and it can’t be done if people don’t work hard. Wars and chaos can’t break out frequently, and production must be developed stably, so that the treasure land can truly become a treasure.

It is in the middle of Zhangye, near Rile, where there is weak water nourishment, fertile land and lush grass.

Groups of livestock were grazing, and near these livestock, there were many herdsmen guarding them. They wore sheepskin robes, and their hair was neither tied nor loose. They were all tied into two braids. Anyway, they must not be Han Chinese.

The strongest one among them had a scar on his face. He was quite vicious and frightening.

His name is Kui Lang, and he is a Hun. He didn't live here originally, but lived in Juyan's vassal state.

The Zhangye vassal state and the Juyan vassal state were originally set up to resettle the Huns who surrendered. Even after the Huns split, the southern Huns were resettled in Bingzhou, and the northern Huns were directly beaten away. There are still many Huns tribes here.

But it didn't work later. Later, Xianbei rose rapidly, occupied the original territory of the Huns, and became the largest force in the grassland.

Their leader, Tan Shihuai, demanded that all grassland tribes call themselves Xianbei tribes and Xianbei tribesmen, otherwise they would send cavalry to completely wipe them out.

This is the first step in the rise of the grassland forces. Conquest, assimilation, and most of the grassland forces are like this. Today they can be Huns, and tomorrow they can be Xianbei. As long as they can survive, they can change their names at will.

This is normal. Xianbei women are not all sows, and it is impossible to give birth to seven or eight babies at a time. If you want to increase the population rapidly, you can only conquer and assimilate.

If you can integrate in, you can integrate in. If you can't integrate in, then kill all the men and take away the women and children.

Kui Lang is the kind who doesn't want to change his name. He thinks that the noble Huns must never be slaves. Xianbei and Wuhuan were both Huns slaves, so they chose to wander with their tribe and wandered all the way to Zhangye.

If the Han Dynasty sent troops to encircle and suppress, they would fight if they could, and flee if they couldn't. As a nomadic people, they didn't have a fixed territory.

They live by grazing, and at the same time, they also become horse thieves part-time. As long as there is a caravan passing by, if the defense is not strict enough, they will come out to plunder.

So they have been living fairly moist!
until today……

Kui Lang was riding on the horse, occasionally looking up at the sky, and soon found three vultures hovering near their heads all the time.

He was very uneasy, with an inexplicable sense of crisis, and the sense of crisis in his heart became stronger and stronger. This is abnormal, very abnormal. In the end, he cursed loudly, and then said to the clansmen:

"No grazing today, all go home to accompany women and children, if there is any danger, let women and children leave first!"

The herdsmen around them found it very difficult to understand. The weather is quite clear now, which is very suitable for grazing, and most of the Han people are in the city, so how could they encounter any danger.

But Kui Lang is very prestigious, and his people trust him very much. They drove the cattle and sheep back to the camp. The women and children were very surprised by this, why they came back so early today.

There was no time to explain, the sound of horseshoes came from all around, it seemed that the ground was shaking, and the number was definitely not less than a thousand.

Kui Lang's face changed drastically. He let the woman and the child go first, and he took the man with him.

But is it possible to leave?

Three thousand riders charged from three directions. The Kuilang tribe, whose number of men, even including women and children, did not exceed 2000, attracted 3000 people to encircle and suppress them.

They are archery first, and they all have skills in riding and archery, but the quality of the arrows varies greatly.

These Huns are still using bone arrowheads, copper arrowheads, and only a small amount of iron arrowheads. There is no fixed site, and there is no logistical support. Everything can only be done by looting.

The three thousand cavalrymen all used iron arrowheads, and they were all made of refined steel.

The gap came out, and the casualties of the Huns increased rapidly. Later, the two sides got closer and began to draw their swords and cut each other.

The results were obvious. All the Hun men were killed, even Kui Lang. He was also a fierce man. He killed three and wounded six.

The eyes are wide open, the mouth is open, it seems to be roaring, it seems to be cursing, but it is just like this, which also shows the strength of the enemy, as well as its own weakness, and the gap in equipment is insurmountable.

The three thousand cavalrymen all used hundred-refined long knives, and the long knives made of hundred-refined steel were not inferior to the ring-shou knives in the slightest. They even had a longer blade and a longer handle, which required higher usage, but it was also more conducive to chopping.

Cold knives basically have the same style, the difference lies in the material used, the better the material, the stronger it is.

In the end, those Hun women and children were also picked and picked. Older women and children who were taller than the wheel were also killed directly.

The rest of the women and children, along with the cattle, sheep and livestock, were driven away, leaving only a field of corpses left.

Shandan!

It used to be the military horse farm of the Huns, and later became the military horse farm of the Han Dynasty. Even in later generations, it is also the largest military horse farm.

But now it is deserted, only old horses, skinny horses, and pack horses... Since the Han Dynasty has deteriorated, there are often barbarians stealing horses, and the government is powerless.

A barbarian can steal it, but I can't?
So officials colluded with tyrants and sold military horses in exchange for money, until the Shandan racecourse was completely abandoned.

Who doesn't know that this place is suitable for raising horses, but without a powerful force, raising horses will only be worth the loss. The more time, energy, and financial resources are invested, the more losses will be lost in the end.

The government was helpless, and there were no powerful Han Chinese or Hu tribes who dared to come and occupy this place easily, so it was abandoned.

But today, the place is bustling again. Five or six thousand Hu people, women and children, and more than 8 cattle, sheep and war horses are now housed in the Shandan Racecourse.

Li Hu looked at these seizures, he was in a very good mood, and said to Li Xiong next to him:

"These women, children and livestock will be placed here temporarily!"

Li Xiong nodded and said:

"Leave some people and watch them so that they don't run away. We have to surround Qude. It's inconvenient to take them with us. We'll wait until the general comes over to deal with them!"

I haven't entered Zhangye's vassal state yet, Juyan's vassal state, only in Zhangye has such a harvest, the soldiers in the army are quite excited.

(End of this chapter)