Chapter 803 Yixin Mountain

Chapter 803 Yixin Mountain

Chapter 803 Yixin Mountain

The wind blew the sand in gusts.

Yu Mie was caught off guard and got a mouthful of sand, which he began to spit out non-stop.

Yixinshan is a shabby place, far worse than Shengle.

During those few months in the northern capital of Dai State, there were many rivers, the soil was fertile, the grass was abundant, and it was suitable for grazing and farming.

Looking at Yixin Mountain again, what a weird place!

It looks like grassland from a distance, but it is sand when you look closer. There are so many insects and the wind is so strong that it almost blows away your soul.

This is Suotou’s hometown, and also the place where there are many old party members.

Yixin Mountain is a general term. In any case, Yu Mie asked many people, but no one could tell which mountain it was - don't ask, because the answer is that every mountain is called Yixin Mountain.

Yixin Mountain covers a wide area.

Perhaps knowing that the grasslands here were not as good as those in Henan south of the Yin Mountains, the Tuoba clan assigned the Yixin Mountain and Nuoshui River basins to the Helan and Hexi tribes. The two tribes lived near water and grass, and their relationship was pretty good.

Nuoshui is a Chinese name, which refers to the Aibugai River in later generations and its lower reaches extending all the way to Tengger Nur Lake. It is the place where Zhang Meng, Han Chang and Huhanye Chanyu made an oath of alliance.

Nuo means "black".

The Tuoba Xianbei liked to add "Zhen" after their names, which represented a person or a type of person. At this time, the Nuoshui was called "Nuozhenshui" by the Xianbei - which translates to "Black River", outrageous!

Yixin Mountain is roughly located in the area of ​​Siziwang Banner in Ulanqab today, and Nuozhen River is located in Damao Banner. The two places are adjacent to each other, and the pasture area extends to the current China-Mongolia border in the north and to the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain in the south.

Crossing the Yin Mountains is the old site of the Han Wuyuan County, which is the Baotou area. The Hedouling tribe grazed in Wuyuan.

The Helan, Hexi and Hedouling tribes were very "wild" and were typical of the old party. They were mainly nomadic, and some of them engaged in farming, but not much.

In mid-May, the Helan tribe was still grazing in Xinshan and had not migrated. Yu Mie stayed there for seven or eight days before waiting for Helan Aitou to return from the Hexi tribe.

"Coward! Idiot!" Helan Aitou started cursing as soon as he returned to the pasture.

At that time, Yu Mie had just spit out the sand in his mouth. When he saw Helan Ai's angry expression and then looked at the expressions of the tribal nobles, he knew what was going on.

Just as he was about to step forward and speak, the sound of horse hooves came from the distance.

The leader was a young man, followed by more than a thousand riders, galloping across the vast grassland.

Yu Mie was no longer in a hurry and watched calmly.

Well, the riding skills are very good and the morale is quite high.

But their equipment and weapons were of poor quality, after all, they relied mostly on Shengle's charity. Looking at the whole, there were not many iron armors, and the number of leather armors was not large either. At least more than half of the people were wearing fur coats.

If they want to fight the Yicong Army, they still have to strengthen their equipment, but Shengle and Pingcheng are probably very tight-lipped and will not provide them with funding unless a large-scale war breaks out.

Yu Mie thought that if possible, he should recruit as many Suotou as possible into King Liang's army, and after training them for a year or two, they would become a strong army.

Cavalry warfare is ultimately based on riding skills, and all actions on horseback are based on riding skills.

Those who had this kind of riding skill in the Han area were generally the children of wealthy families or above, such as Mrs. Yin’s brother Yin Xi, the brothers of the Jing family in Xingyang, and others who led their troops to join the army.

Or those who are descendants of the imperial cavalry and whose families have some property and can afford to support their long-term practice of riding skills are still too few in total.

To put it bluntly, it's all about cost.

Directly recruiting Xianbei people as cavalry can form an army more quickly and cost much less, but the disadvantage is that they are prone to rebellion.

The young man and more than a thousand cavalrymen quickly roared away and disappeared into the horizon.

"That must be Tuoba Yihuai." While he was thinking, an attendant came over and whispered, "I heard that Helan Aitou wants to marry another sister to Yihuai."

"What?" Yu Mie was shocked.

Tuoba Yihuai’s mother is Helan Aitou’s sister. Is he going to marry his aunt?
"It's very normal on the grassland." The attendant said calmly, "It's very common for uncles to marry nieces and nephews to marry aunts. There are even too many cases of nephews marrying aunts."

Yu Mie reacted and realized that this was indeed not uncommon on the grassland, especially when it came to politics. It was not a big deal.

"Have you found out in the past few days? How many people are there in the Helan tribe?" Yu Mie asked.

"They kept a close watch on us and didn't let us run around." The followers said helplessly, "I only counted three or four thousand men."

Yu Mie made a rough calculation based on the information passed on by everyone and said, "The Helan tribe should be able to dispatch more than 10,000 cavalry."

"Almost." The attendant nodded and said, "Otherwise, Tuoba Yulu would not have married into the Helan tribe. He must have chosen a large tribe to win over."

"Have you found out why the Helan tribe sent envoys south?" Yu Mie asked again: "This is a bit strange."

"No." The attendant replied, "They are very tight-lipped. Recently they have been saying that the tribe is going to migrate eastwards, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Yu Mie's heart moved.

Migration of grassland tribes is the norm.

The Helan tribe originated from the Helan Mountains in the west, but is now located north of the Yin Mountains.

The Hedouling tribe originally lived in Mobei, then moved to Guangning, and is now in Wuyuan.

As for the Tuoba clan, they originally lived in the Great Xianbei Mountains, and now their capital is Shengle.

As for the Tufa tribe who migrated westward to the Huangshui River Basin, we will not talk about them.

But there is always a reason for migration. What exactly happened?
"Let's go and ask Helan Aitou." Yu Mie made a prompt decision. ******
Helan Aitou declined the Jin envoys' request for a meeting and asked them to stay calm.

He first called back Tuoba Yihuai, and then summoned Helan Nugen and other close associates to discuss the matter together.

"The Hedouling tribe has replied." Helan Aitou looked at everyone and said, "The Hexi tribe has also received the news."

Tuoba Yihuai is twelve years old this year. At this moment, he is sitting next to his uncle Helan Aitou. His eyes are sinister, just like his father Yulu, with a hint of greed.

After that, Helan Aitou looked at his nephew again and explained, "The Kingdom of Dai is divided into three parts. The western part is where the Tuoba lords and their close tribes live. The central part is where the Tuoba, Wuhuan, and Jin people live together. The eastern part is mostly Wuhuan. The Qi family who killed your father and Shi Yijian's mother Wang are both from the east, so they ran to the east when something happened. If you want to succeed, the first thing is to win over the lords in the west, and then make friends with the lords in the central part who are willing to help you. As for the east, don't bother. Only Shi Yijian may have a chance, but you can't. Do you understand?"

The young boy Yihuai was a little unconvinced and didn't say anything.

"Pa!" Helan Aitou slapped his nephew, raised his voice and asked, "Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Tuoba Yihuai lowered his head and said through gritted teeth.

The three-part Tuoba division is a historical issue.

The eastern region is mainly inhabited by Wuhuan people, who have had frequent contact with the Han people and are highly sinicized. It is a typical Xindang region.

The western region was dominated by nomadic tribes and their in-laws (mostly Xianbei tribes, with a small number of other tribes, including the relatively barbaric nomadic Wuhuan people), with a low degree of sinicization, and was a typical Old Party region.

The central region was originally the old party, but in the past decade or so, a large number of Jin people have poured in. At the same time, there are already many Hanized Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Xianbei, making it a mixed area of ​​new and old forces.

Of course, this is just a rough division.

Just like in a certain country's general election, there are blue districts in red states and red districts in blue states. This is only the overall situation. There are changes when it comes to each tribe.

For example, Shengle City in the western Old Party area is a typical place where the New Party has an advantage, because it is too urbanized...

It was actually not easy for Tuoba Xianbei to digest such a pot of half-cooked rice, but it was also the only way for them.

If they don't assimilate, they will die. Only by assimilation can they have the possibility of internal unification and then have the opportunity to move south to the Central Plains. However, this is destined to be very difficult, and it is easy to take three steps forward and two steps back. It would be good if they can spiral upward.

Although Helan Aitou had a rude attitude at this time, he also had good intentions. He patiently taught his nephew the distribution pattern of domestic political forces so that he could have an idea of ​​it.

As for whether Tuoba Yihuai appreciates it or not, that is another matter.

"Since this spring, many tribes have not paid tribute, and tribes such as the Hedouling clan have raised troops to threaten Shengle." Helan Aitou continued, "The news came from the palace, and He Li was panicked. He thought that the tribes were not obedient and wanted to go to the southern capital Pingcheng."

Having said that, Helan Aitou smiled contemptuously, as if he looked down on Tuoba Heli who couldn't bear the slightest pressure.

The lords in the west did not rebel, they just spoke harshly and refused to pay tribute, and there were also some troublemakers who came out to scare people. Is that what you can't stand?
But then again, for Tuoba Heli, going to the southern capital Pingcheng might not be a bad thing.

Pingcheng has developed agriculture and many new parties. It is also close to the Wuhuan in the east, so it can be relied on as a backup while taking care of the west. It can attack when advancing and defend when retreating.

But now there is a little problem...

"Agan, are they going to Pingcheng?" Helanugen asked curiously.

"Qi rejected it." Helan Aitou said, "Pingcheng is too close to Jin. It would have been fine in the past, but now that Shao Xun has appeared, it's troublesome. You saw last year that Shao's soldiers are still very difficult to fight. Their cavalry is very troublesome when they charge, and their power is amazing. The infantry is also very disciplined and impeccable. Qi finally has some insight. If we live in Pingcheng, once Shao's soldiers attack, it will be difficult to move suddenly, and the losses will be great."

Helan Nugen suddenly realized that they were afraid of Shao Xun, and they thought the same thing.

"So are you going or not?" he asked again.

"I heard that the Qi family wants to move the capital to Dongmugen Mountain, build a city on the dangerous terrain, and control the four directions." Helan Aitou said with a gloomy face.

Dongmugen Mountain belongs to the central part and is the pastureland of the old party's Dugu tribe. It would be dangerous if it was occupied by the new party led by Qi.

That place is not far from the east, so we can summon the Wuhuan cavalry to help. It is also not far from Pingcheng in the south, so we can dispatch troops to the north at the critical moment. Once we let them take over, it will be very difficult to deal with them.

If things go wrong, the Dugu tribe and even the Lan tribe will be subdued by him. The Lan tribe was originally the Ulolan clan of the Xiongnu, and they were nomads on the grasslands north of the Dongmugen Mountains. Tuoba Yulu's grandmother, Concubine Lan, was from this tribe.

"If he goes to Dongmugen Mountain, all the trouble will be over." Helan Nugen said in surprise.

Helan Aitou nodded slowly, then became angry again: "I went to the Hexi tribe, and they were unwilling to send troops to fight the Qi family. They were a little afraid. They are really cowards and fools!"

"Where is the Hedouling clan?" Helanugen asked.

"Dou Qin said that if we march south to Shengle in large numbers, they will send troops to meet us," said Helan Aitou.

Helan Nugen was choked, it seemed that the Helan tribe had to take action first.

In this way, you look at me and I look at you, and in the end, no one sends out troops.

In the final analysis, everyone wants others to take the lead so that they can cheer for them.

If a battle is really lost, the tribe that stands out first will most likely be liquidated, while those who wave the flags and shout cheers may not be in trouble.

Damn, they are all cunning!
"Agan, what should we do?" Helanugen asked.

Helan Aitou pondered for a moment and said, "Let's contact more departments first to see how many people support us."

"If the mother and son of the Qi family really move the capital to Dongmugen Mountain, then it won't be us who will be anxious, but Liu Lugu, or even Wang Feng."

"Let the Jin envoy come over. I want to ask Shao Xun if he is willing to help us."

Helanugen nodded repeatedly.

Tuoba Yihuai listened from beginning to end without any chance to speak.

(End of this chapter)