The Han Dynasty was the prosperous period of the Qiang people, with many branches and names.
They lived to the west of the Han Dynasty and were called Xiqiang and Xiling. They lived as nomads and sometimes raided the Han territory and various parts of the Western Regions.
Among the Xiqiang tribes, the most powerful tribal alliance is the 'Xianling Qiang'.
By the time of Emperor Wu, the Xianling Qiang formed an alliance with the Fengyang Qiang and Laojie Qiang, and colluded closely with the Xiongnu. They combined more than 100,000 troops to attack Han Lingju, Angu and other places.
By the middle of the Han Dynasty, a large number of Qiang people who had been defeated and surrendered moved inland, mixed with the Han people, integrated, and were gradually assimilated. They began to engage in agricultural production and contributed to promoting the economic development of the Han people.
The Qiang people who did not surrender moved far away to avoid disaster.
The Qiang can be subdivided into Nuo Qiang, Fa Qiang, Tang Yak, Wuyi, and Badi, as well as many tribes in the southwest such as Yak Qiang, Baima Qiang, Qingyi Qiang, Shenlang Qiang, and Rangan Qiang.
All Qiang, Di and other southwestern barbarians are also called Xirong.
At this time, a big happy event is brewing in Chang'an, the wedding of the champion and the princess.
The prosperous Chang'an City entered a festive atmosphere early.
In the northwest of Han Dynasty, the night is getting darker.
Many Qiang leaders from Xianling Qiang gathered.
The characteristic of nomadic tribes is that they usually fight among themselves and are fierce, but when they encounter a more powerful or wealthy target, they will unite and fight against the outside world.
Some Qiang people who are feuding themselves can also get together and fight against the enemy together.
"I summoned all the ministries because I received news that the Han people wanted to expand the country's borders. The emperor of the Han people actually sent a decree to us and other ministries, asking us to go to Chang'an to meet the ministers. If we don't comply, we will send troops to attack.
All ethnic groups in our northwest and southwest will become the Han people’s primary targets. "
The speaker is Dian Zhen, the chief of one of the Xianling Qiang tribes.
This man is in his early forties, in the prime of life, with a brownish-red complexion. He is not tall, but extremely strong.
The Qiang people are distributed in the northwest of the Han Dynasty and all the way to the coastal areas where the southwest and Baiyue meet. There are hundreds of tribes, large and small, with uneven strength.
The ancient Qiang under the rule of Dianzhen was one of the most powerful tribes, with over 10,000 capable warriors.
He commanded the ancient Qiang, which was located in the northwest corner of the Han Dynasty and was closest to the Han Dynasty. He had repeatedly collaborated with the Xiongnu to rob and kill the merchants who had emerged in the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty in recent years, and robbed property.
If the Han army attacks in a large area, they will retreat to avoid it. If the Han army attacks in a small area, it will be difficult to effectively attack them.
"The Han people have wanted us to surrender for a long time. How have they ever succeeded? It's just a delusion of the Han emperor."
The speaker was Mulangtuo, the leader of another small tribe. He was thin, wearing a felt hat, and had a fierce face:
"The big boss summoned us, but we want to gather all the ministries to raid the Han people and show them how powerful they are?"
Mulangtuo spit out thick phlegm and said sternly:
"I heard that the Han army defeated the Xiongnu royal court. The Han emperor announced this to the world and praised the achievements of the Han army and Han generals. I think he defeated the Xiongnu and made them feel that they can defeat us and other ethnic groups!"
Mulangtuo and Dianzhen have always been close and formed an alliance.
Mulangtuo's tribe had few people and horses, and was attached to the ancient Qiang tribe in Dianzhen.
At this time, all the Qiang people gathered in the ancient Qiang tribe's village. They were located in a large hall built of loess, wood and stone, with the walls covered with animal skins for decoration. The torch burned brightly, and the light and shadow flickered.
Dian Zhen sat in the main seat, looked around at the dozens of tribal leaders sitting around, and said:
"I also heard about the defeat of the Xiongnu royal court, but the news from the north said that the Han army took the credit for the sneak attack. The Xiongnu were in the summer animal season, and not all their troops were assembled before they were defeated by the Han army. Take advantage."
He added: "We should be careful, but there is no need to be afraid. We have fought hundreds of Han armies over the years and know them well enough."
Mulang Tuo said: "The Han people are deceiving us that the Qiang people are scattered and cannot work together. Otherwise, why should we be afraid of the Han army?
If all the ministries can cooperate, I will kill every Han army that comes! "
Dian Zhen saw that the preparation was almost complete and said: "The Han and the Huns have fought twice this year, and they are absolutely unable to send troops to us now.
If all ministries are willing to cooperate, now will be a good opportunity for us. We can show the Han people how powerful they are. By the time they react, we have already retreated and dispersed into the southern woods to see what the Han army can do. "
————
The night is dark.
The conversation between Huo Qubing and Master Dong broke down, and the heads of various clans also got out of the car with Master Dong.
After Dong Zhongshu left, the clan heads gathered again in a large house in Chang'an to discuss their next move.
"Dong Zhongshu and Champion Hou are involved in the dispute between soldiers and Confucianism. Should we participate in this matter?" Wang Qian, the head of the Wang family, asked.
"Participate? Do you want to participate in the dispute between the Bing and Confucian families?"
Li Zhong sneered and said: "Your Wang family's spurge is still in the hands of the champion, don't you want it back?"
Li Zhao also said: "Master Dong can not be afraid of the champion, but I can't.
Not only did the inherited items fall into his hands, but the ancestral precepts of our clan also did not participate in government affairs. Otherwise, how could it have survived until now?
What's more... I, Li Guang of the Li family, am also a general in the court. No matter which angle we look at this matter, we should not get involved. "
Wang Qian said: "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Do you want to take back your family's inheritance?"
Wang Qian: "Of course!"
Several other family heads expressed their opinions one after another, and their meaning was very clear.
The inherited items are still in the hands of the Champion. On the surface, they side with Master Dong, but in fact, neither side can offend them. Secretly, they are also preparing to get closer to the Champion. They will lick them if they can. The situation is stronger than others and they will not be embarrassed. They strive to get the things. return.
The basic principle of each clan is not to participate in court disputes and to protect themselves prudently.
Wang Qian asked tentatively: "The champion is about to get married. Should we prepare a generous gift?"
Li Zhongdao: "It's superficial. It's not just a generous gift. There should also be some other expressions."
Several companies quickly reached an agreement and each went to take care of it.
————
In October in Chang'an, the weather became a lot cooler.
early morning.
In the dining hall of Cui Yuyuan, Liu Qing buried his face in the quilt and refused to come out.
"I'm going to court." She heard Huo Qubing getting up.
"Yeah." A soft voice came from under the thin quilt.
Then Liu Qing leaned his ears under the quilt and heard the sound of the door opening and the sound of leaving footsteps.
She then moved the quilt down, and then she saw Huo Qubing standing next to the bed with a smile. She let out a low cry and pulled the quilt back.
Huo Qubing smiled and went to court.
What I was thinking about was the process of last night.
This princess is really a beauty in the world, her skin is better than snow, and she is so graceful that it is indescribable...
After a while, Liu Qing, who was on the couch, revealed his clear black and white eyes from under the quilt. He was sure that Huo Qubing was really gone, but felt a little disappointed.
The relationship between the two developed by leaps and bounds last night, and they almost used the contents of the secret book.
Liu Qing agreed to several conditions that were extremely shameful now that he thought about it, so that he could avoid being killed for the time being.
At this time, she stood up from the couch, with long hair hanging down her temples. She was messy and lazy, her clothes were also slightly scattered, and her long legs as straight as jade were exposed under her middle coat.
She got off the couch, slipped her bare feet into her shoes, and tiptoed to the bronze mirror, taking a look at herself, with a pink face and rosy cheeks.
She looked down and tidied her clothes shyly.
I touched my cheek and felt a little burning. When a man and a woman are together, they feel... intoxicated. In short, they are closer to each other.
Liu Qing thought generously, and a maid came in to help her wash up, dress up, and change her dress.
Liu Qing sat next to the mirror, and the pictures in his mind flashed, including those from last night and those he had read in the palace secret book, and some of them overlapped.
She stood up with light steps and asked the maid: "Is the Marquis going to court?"
"Yes. I ordered the kitchen to warm up breakfast for the princess, and asked her to get up and have breakfast while she was doing other things."
Liu Qing felt sweet in her heart and said with a smile: "What do you have for breakfast? Can someone bring it to you?"
Huo Qubing left the Cuisine Yuyuan on a very busy day.
First go to the court, and after the court is over, go to the guard hall to handle various military affairs.
At noon, he went to an ordnance manufacturing department under the Chang'an Guards, took out the bronze arrow clusters that came back from attacking the Huns, and studied them along the way.
In later generations, there were methods of adding grooves to bullets to reduce wind resistance and increase attack power.
In this world, you can engrave incantations to increase the power of the attack.
He wanted Mojia Gongzao to use a similar method to study it and see if it could further improve the power of the crossbow.
After leaving Gongzao, we returned to the Guards Hall again. It was already mid-afternoon and dusk was approaching.
Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao were called to inquire about the progress of recruiting soldiers from all over the world to form Yulin and Huben armies.
After all this work, it will be getting late.
After Yao Zhao and Zhao Ponu left, a guard from the imperial army walked in with his embroidered clothes order, Ru Bohu.
Ru Bohu was dressed in a reddish-brown official robe, with a smile on his slender face: "The champion is getting married in two days. It is inconvenient for me to show up, so I will send the gift first."
Although Ru Bohu can leave the wooden building, he will still reduce his public appearances and will not participate in Huo Qubing's wedding.
The gift he sent was a bronze box.
Given his status, the things inside are probably of great value.
"What else is going on with the Embroidered Clothes Order?"
It is impossible for Ru Bohu to come here just to send gifts.
"The King of Huainan is dead." Ru Bohu took a seat behind the low mat on one side.
"Um?"
Huo Qubing also had an unknown secret arrangement in Huainan.
When they were in Beiguan, a Xiongnu team attacked, and the King of Huainan also sent people to go there secretly. The leader was Tian You, one of the Eight Dukes of Huainan.
Na Tianyou was suddenly attacked by Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao, and all his entourage were killed, but he was the only one who was able to escape back to Huainan.
In fact, it has been manipulated secretly.
Huo Qubing had not long mastered the magical power of borrowing corpses to bring people back to life, and he was able to attach ritual engravings of the magical power to bamboo slips.
In the process of chasing Tian You, Zhao Ponu sacrificed the resurrection plan carved on the bamboo slips. It was like a spiritual seed, attached to Tian You invisibly and without substance, and could exert a slight influence on him.
Huo Qubing had the intention of trying out how to use skills.
By the way, he used it to monitor the movements in Huainan.
But during this period, Huo Qubing focused on attacking the Huns. After Huainan was handed over his military power, the effect of Tian You's resurrection plan gradually weakened as time went by.
In the past few days, Huo Qubing could no longer feel the changes in Tian You.
Unexpectedly, I suddenly heard the news of the death of King Huainan.
"Is the news accurate?"
"Well, King Huainan hanged himself!"
Ru Bohu said: "There are two people, five and two, who are beside King Huainan. One is civil and one is military. They came to me in secret before to embroider clothes and surrender. The time was before King Huainan openly rebelled.
Therefore, the credibility of the two people is very high. Huainan's several subsequent actions were all discovered in time, and it was also because of these two people.
I received a secret report. They were the first to confirm that King Huainan was dead! "
Lei Feng and Wu Feng, the close ministers around King Huainan, were two secret agents. They were the first to report King Huainan's rebellion, which is quite consistent with the records in history books.
After Huo Qubing heard this, he felt quite strange about the death of King Huainan:
"Has the body been examined?
He deliberately conspired to rebel, and after being defeated, he was so weak that he wanted to hang himself? "
Ru Bohu said: "I also think this is strange, but my embroidery envoy has gone to Huainan, and there is no doubt about the body. The only thing to worry about is that a few relatives such as Liu Qian, the eldest son of the King of Huainan, are missing."
This matter can be regarded as a minor incident, and the Huainan matter will not affect Chang'an.
Moreover, the strange death of King Huainan is something that Ru Bohu should be concerned about to find out. When Huo Qubing heard this, he thought of resurrecting the soul through the corpse. He is still dormant in the counties around Beiguan, and the power in the dark has not changed. trend.
Huo Qubing was embarking on the military campaign to pacify the Siyi people and had no intention of worrying about anything else.
But before that, we have to get married first.
For the wedding at the beginning of the month, Jiang Yan of the Yin Yang family gave two auspicious dates, one on October 4 and one on October 10.
Liu Qing chose the Double Ten day, as obtaining it symbolizes the completeness of the couple.
The wedding day is approaching.
Chang'an City started a few days earlier, and even the city gates were decorated with decorations. The whole city celebrated together, which was a national ceremony.
The day before the wedding, the emperor issued an edict: In addition to his duties as a doctor, Huo Qubing would be promoted to a general of hussars from Yao.
Hussar is an official name. According to historical records, it was supposed to be established in the second year of Yuanshou, which was more than a year ago. Huo Qubing was appointed as the emperor, with a gold seal and purple ribbon, and the same position as the Three Dukes.
Since then, each dynasty has continued to use it, sometimes with the word "big" added, and it can be called "husband general".
The hussar general is the second rank or the first rank, generally lower than the general. Huo Qubing was appointed as a hussar general, but his salary was the same as that of a general, which was a special case.
At this moment, because Huo Qubing had attacked the Xiongnu twice and routed their army, this title was released a year and a half ahead of schedule.
However, after the general was granted the title, he did not have the gold seal and purple ribbon, and his position was the same as that of the Third Duke.
That means you can still be promoted even if you haven't reached the level of a general.
At this time, Huo Qubing was promoted to the rank of general. It was a gift from the emperor for the wedding, and it was also a legacy of his previous achievements in attacking the Huns.
The wedding is getting closer, and all preparations are in place.
The food and jade garden is already decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, and it is brightly lit even at night.
Tomorrow is the official day of the wedding.
Ps: Some book friends asked about the gathering place. Let me tell you, at the end of Chapter 114...
(End of chapter)
