As Tuoba Si spoke, he took out a long arrow from his quiver and broke it. This oath to break an arrow is the most solemn oath on the grassland. Even the most evil person would not dare to break it casually. This shows that Sincerity.
Liu Yu nodded, and the image that had always existed in his mind became clearer and clearer. He laughed: "Then, let's become Agan."
Tuoba Si's eyes widened in disbelief: "What do you mean, you want to become an Agan with me?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "Since you are so sincere and make such an oath, I must also show corresponding sincerity, right? You should know that I, Liu Yu, value brotherhood the most. As long as brothers live up to me, I will trust him with my life and death, Tuoba Si, this is the grassland, and I am willing to marry you as Agan. As long as you keep your oath and never make a step against the Central Plains, I, Liu Yu, will do whatever I want, no matter where I am or what position I hold. Observe this Aqianqing."
Tuoba Si laughed and stretched out his hand towards Liu Yu: "Okay, this is what I want. I, Tuoba Si, am willing to marry Liu Yu as A Gan. I don't want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month and the same day. .”
Without hesitation, Liu Yu stepped forward and took Tuoba Si's hand, crossing their arms and saying, "I, Liu Yu, are willing to marry Tuoba Si as Agan. I don't want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month and the same day."
After he finished speaking, he hugged Tuoba Si tightly: "Tuoba Aqian."
Tuoba Si patted Liu Yu's back with his hand: "Liu Yu Aqian."
Seeing the actions of the two men, the many knights of the Tuoba Tribe around them finally relaxed and raised their weapons in unison, cheering: "The young master is mighty, the young master is mighty, the young master is mighty."
Liu Yu let go of Tuoba Si's hand and looked at his excited face calmly: "Well, now we can talk about the Helan tribe."
Tuoba Si smiled and said: "The Helan tribe is not a Xianbei tribe, but a Xiongnu tribe. Their earliest residence was not in the current Liaoxi and Modong areas, but near Lingzhou in the four counties of Hexi. Helan Mountain.”
Liu Yu's eyes widened in surprise: "The Xiongnu tribe? Are they the same as Liu Weichen's Tiefu tribe?"
Tuoba Si shook his head: "No, the Tiefu Xiongnu are the royal family of the Xiongnu and have noble blood. Although the Helan tribe has always been a large tribe on the grassland, it is not the royal family of the Xiongnu, just like in your Han Dynasty, people like Zhang It has a big surname, but it is not a royal family, it can only be said to be a big family."
"The Helan tribe was first in the Hexi grassland. Their nomadic land is Helan Mountain, a hundred miles west of Lingzhou. Helan is the name of the barge horse in the Xiongnu language. The so-called barge horse is a legendary beast. , not to mention tiger and leopard, when hunting with his master, he dared to bite the tiger's tail to help his master catch the tiger, so he was regarded as a sacred animal by the Helan tribe, just like the totem of our Tuoba tribe is the horse and cow. Horse is the totem of the Helan tribe, and the Helan Mountain, from a distance, also has trees that are green and white, and look like barge horses, so the Han people will also call it Barge Horse Mountain. Barge Horse means "Hello" in the Xiongnu language. Lan, after going back and forth like this, Helan tribe and Helan Mountain will be settled."
"After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu, the Helan tribe in Hexi followed the Aries King and Loufan King to fight against the Han Dynasty. They were defeated and surrendered. Together with the Southern Xiongnu, they were taken by the Han Dynasty as a servant tribe and settled in Monan. They left their traditional residence. The territory reached the Monan area, and was assigned to the land of Eastern Modong and Western Liaoning by the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu, as a frontier to resist the Xianbei tribe."
Liu Yu laughed: "The fate of this kind of servant tribe is always so miserable, and they are left to be slaughtered by others. Just like the Dingling people, when they came to the Central Plains, they were settled in Henan by Shi Zhao and Qian Qin successively as the first force to resist Jin. A line of defense. It seems that this is also a routine operation on the grassland."
Tuoba Si sighed: "On the grassland, only the headquarters and close relatives tribes can be trusted. This kind of unrelated servant tribes, called subordinates, are actually given to enemies who need to be monitored and placed on the border to follow them. The best outcome would be for the hostile forces to fight to the death. However, the Huns did not expect that the Helan Tribe not only was not wiped out by the Xianbei Tribe, but instead became friends with them during their long-term interactions and battles with them. Marriage and kinship, the dog that was originally used to guard against wild beasts, turned out to be a wolf that bit back on itself. After the southern Xiongnu tribes were moved to the Central Plains by Cao Cao, a huge power vacuum appeared on the grassland. Our Tuoba tribe, Murong tribe, etc. Taking advantage of the opportunity to rise, these Xiongnu servants all called themselves Xianbei. From then on, the Xiongnu Khanate ceased to exist, and all the grasslands became Xianbei."
Liu Yu nodded: "So, the relationship between the Helan Department and you started when I was resettled in western Liaoning?"
Tuoba Si said sternly: "Yes, the Helan Tribe is part of the Modong Tribe and is also very close to the Murong Tribe. They maintain contacts with the Tuoba Tribe and the Murong Tribe at the same time. It can be said that they are isolating us from the Murong Tribe. The two major forces of Xianbei, the South and the North do not have a buffer to conflict head-on."
"After the Yongjia Rebellion, our Tuoba tribe caused civil strife because of its rescue of the Jin State, and its power declined for a while. However, the Murong clan defeated the Yuwen tribe and the Duan tribe in Liaodong, and even defeated Shi Zhao who came to conquer later. The army was so powerful that the whole country was shocked for a while. When the Helan tribe saw that the Murong tribe was gaining power, they led all 35,000 tribesmen to submit to Murong Jun, who named him General Anbei and Chanyu of the East."
Liu Yu said with a smile: "It's a pity that the good times of Murong Yan State did not last long. The former Yan State was quickly destroyed by the Qin State, and your Tuoba clan revived, established the Dai State, and unified the desert, so the Helan tribe fell back to the Qin State again. You, including your mother, married her as a sign of marriage and loyalty, right?"
Tuoba Si nodded: "Yes, that's how it is on the grassland. If the big tribes want to keep their territories and not be attacked, they have to offer their loyalty to the ruling tribe. The Tuoba tribe is strong, and the Helan tribe offers their daughters to Tuoba. The Ba tribe and the Dugu tribe took charge of the grassland, and they immediately married my aunt over. This is the fundamental reason why the Helan tribe can stand on the grassland for a long time and still maintain a stable position after so many changes in hegemony."
Liu Yu took a deep breath: "So, who will be in charge of the Helan tribe now, and what is its strength?"
Tuoba Si's eyes flashed coldly: "The leader of the Helan tribe is my mother's brother and my uncle, Helan Ne. And he has two powerful brothers, Helan Lu and Helan Rangan, They are known as the Three Heroes of the Helan Family. They are all warriors with both wisdom and bravery. However, Helan Lu is very close to the Murong Family of the Yan State, and Helan Ranqian is my youngest uncle. He is very ambitious, a bit like the Yan State. Murong Lin, he is also one of the biggest obstacles for me to return to the Helan tribe."
Liu Yu turned his head and glanced at the knights of the Tuoba tribe in the distance, and said with a smile: "Are any of your brothers from the Helan tribe?"
