Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Lite 11 years, spring March.Hexi Xihai County, Juyanze.

Juyanze, in the spring and Autumn period, was called Daze and Xihai in ancient times, with weak water and quicksand.In the Han Dynasty, the Juyan tribe of the Xiongnu lived here as nomads, and it was called Juyanze, which means "Tianchi" in the Huns language.

During the Han Dynasty, the Juyan vassal state was established here to govern the remnants of the surrendered Huns and the Lushuihu tribe.The great Han people garrison fields here to guard against the nomads in the north.

However, following the Qiang rebellion in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the war in the Eastern Han Dynasty, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the fertile land here had been occupied by the Xiongnu tribe among the captives, and they harassed the counties of Liangzhou from time to time.Cao Wei set up a county under Juyan, named Xihai, which only governed one county of Juyan. (Juyan Han bamboo slips were unearthed here)

The setting sun is like fire, and the sunset glow is red through half the sky.From the camp of the Han army that fell by Juyanze, wisps of cooking smoke rose up.If it is a general who has been in the army for a long time, it can be inferred that there are ten thousand cavalry soldiers stationed in the camp.

Scattered horses walked slowly by the marsh, chewing the delicious spring grass with their heads down, neighing up to the sky from time to time, startling a flock of birds to hover in the air.The sandy peaks of the lakeside grassland are undulating continuously, like stormy waves.

Taking a closer look, in the camp of the Han coalition army, the voices of Xianbei people and Lushuihu people were bustling, and the ministries were very happy to lead the allocated spoils.Captive Huns can be seen everywhere, including many women, children and young children.

The women looked terrified and held their sons tightly in their arms, trembling.As members of the grassland, they knew the rules of the grassland where the weak preyed on the strong.

Whether the victors are Han Chinese or other grassland people, the future of themselves and their children will become slaves of others, and they may even become military prostitutes and let others ravage them.Fortunately, they met a big man who was short of people.

Wei Yan led the army out of the fort this time, but he had a heavy responsibility. He assured Zhuge Liang that the Hu people who moved back [-] households for the big man would be used as military households, which would be more than [-] people.

Holding the long sword in his hand, Wei Yan, surrounded by the Xianbei tribes and the leaders of Lushuihu, walked slowly in the camp, pointed to the surroundings and said, "I will take all the captured Hun people. The belongings of the Tanzhe tribe, cattle and horses are up to you." Divide equally. As for the pastures in Juyanze, it depends on who contributes more in this battle. Those who contribute more will first take the land with abundant water and grass, and those who contribute less will divide the pastures."

After passing the translation, everyone looked different.Juqu Mujian, the leader of Lushuihu, changed his face slightly. Wei Yan's move seemed fair, but in fact he had his own personal thoughts.The number of Xianbei people who went out with the army was far greater than that of Lushuihu people. How could my tribe compare with the Xianbei people.

In this expedition against the captives, Wei Yan led [-] cavalry out of the fortress, Hexi Xianbei sent more than [-] cavalry, and belonged to Lushui Hujuqu clan and other tribes sent more than [-] cavalry and served as guides.Nearly ten thousand cavalry from the three armies marched out of the fortress to conquer the Juyan tribe of the Xiongnu tribe living near Juyanze.

It seems that the Han people clearly wanted to introduce the Hexi Xianbei into the Juyanze Ruoshui Basin (Lushui) to limit their Lushuihu and other tribes.

Lushuihu, as the name suggests, is a Hu people living near Lushui.But if one goes back to his ancestors, Lu Shuihu is a Hun who surrendered.

After the ancestors were defeated by the Han Dynasty, they were moved to live in the Lushui area of ​​Hexi, mixed with the local Xiaoyuezhi people, and some of them mixed with the Qiang people in the Hehuang land.During the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were often recruited by the imperial court to fight north and south with the Han Dynasty. Over time, some people were Sinicized, some of them were promoted in military merit, or they married Han people.

As for the Lushui Hu Juqu family, the Xiongnu had the officials of Zuoqiu and Youqiu, who moved into the Han Dynasty, so they called them by the Juqu tribe, and the leaders also used this as their surname.

Wei Yan glanced at Juqu Mujian, and asked lightly, "Do you have any opinions?"

Juqu Mujian lowered his head slightly, and said, "Juyanze is far away from Hexi, but very close to our tribe. I wonder if it is convenient for Xianbei to migrate here?"

The leader of the Xianbei Chegai Department smiled and said: "We and other people live in the water and grass, how can we be inconvenient!"

Wei Yan caressed his beard lightly and said with a smile: "Everyone, rest easy, you will all get something from this rebellion. Besides, the world is so big, is it the Han land? Above the Han land, the Han barbarians are all Han people, and wherever they live, they are all ordinary people." .”

Hearing this, Juqu Mujian could only put his dissatisfaction in his heart, and said: "What the general said is reasonable!"

This is a policy of the minority nationalities set by the Han Dynasty to "use barbarians to control barbarians".Move the Hexi Xianbei to various places, monitor the Lushuihu, Qiang people, and Di people in various places, and at the same time use Lushuihu, Qiang people, and Di people to monitor the Xianbei people in turn.

"General, the leader of Juyan, Tan Zhe, is here!"

While talking, a Hu man with disheveled hair was pushed over by Han soldiers with his hands tied behind his back.

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Tan Zhe didn't kneel, the soldiers kicked him on the knee, but Tan Zhe's leg was slightly bent, and then straightened up again, his bones were very hard!
Wei Yan waved his hand, signaled the soldiers to retreat, squinted his eyes slightly, and asked: "Is it possible to invade Han Liangzhou and plunder the Han people today?"

Tan Zhe raised his head, said with a sneer, "If Juqu Mujian hadn't led the way, how would you have known this place? Tugui will avenge someone when he comes, so don't be too happy."

Saying that, Tan Zhe looked at Juqu Mujian, spat, and said, "After you have been a barbarian in vain, you will be punished by heaven in the future."

The Hu people are called themselves by the Huns, and they are also called the proud sons of heaven (Note ①); the Huns are the contemptuous name given to the Hu people by the great Han.

Juqu Mujian curled his lips, he had belonged to the big Han for hundreds of years, and living in Liangzhou was not the Huns outside the Great Wall.Besides, this fellow used to bully Zhangye Lu Shuihu with his strong soldiers and strong horses.

Wei Yan looked at Juqu Mujian, and asked doubtfully, "Who is Tu Guilai?"

"Tu Guilai is also the leader of the Xiongnu nomads near Juyanze, and he has good friends with Tanzhe. But six or seven years ago, he went to the east of Juyanze to herd herds." Juqu Mujian said.

The leader of Xianbei's Yiyun tribe looked excited, and said: "This man, Tugui, I know that there are more than a thousand people in his tribe, and more than three thousand people who control strings. My tribe may be willing to be the general's guide and find this tribe."

It seems that Tugui has been oppressing Hexi Xianbei for a long time. Wei Yan glanced at Tanzhe coldly and said, "Thank you for telling Yu Xie. With Xianbei leading the way, we will surely destroy his tribe."

Hearing this, Tan Zhe cursed directly in the Hun language, struggling to throw himself at Wei Yan.

Raising his hand at this, Wei Yan said: "Drag him down and behead him, and hang his head in the counties in Hexi to show the might of the great man."

"promise!"

In March, Wei Yan, under the guidance of Sinicized Lu Shuihu as his guide, took the Xianbei tribes in Hexi as his servants, and went out to Yanze to sweep up the tribes.

In April, General Wei Yan of the Left of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, Dingling and Hu coalition forces, beheading more than [-] ranks, capturing more than [-] people, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and tens of thousands of horses.Shi Zhang, the governor of the Western Regions, led the countries of the Western Regions to conquer the Hu Abhi division outside the Great Wall, beheading and capturing tens of thousands of captives.

In May, Tugui, the leader of the Xiongnu, came to lead his troops to ask for surrender, but Wei Yan refused, so he beheaded him and made his nephew Weida the leader.

In June, Zhang Jiuqian captured 2000 people of Jiehu and moved them to Longyou, and distributed the rest among the countries in the Western Regions.Wei Yan divided the ranch into the Hexi Xianbei tribes, the bald Xianbei moved to the Hehuang Valley to graze, and the Chegai, Yiyun, Sipan and other five Xianbei tribes moved to Hexi.

Wei Yan and Zhang Jiu moved [-] households of Xiongnu, Jiehu, and Dinglinghu into Longyou.

"Han Ji·Er Wu Wei Ma Huang Biography": "In the 11th year of Jianxing, at the beginning, Han Ping Liangzhou, the captives Tanzhe, Tu Guilai and Ding ordered Hu Wanyu to attack border counties, and Jiehu Abi division invaded other countries. Yan Sui Shangshu asked Zhang Jiu, the governor of the Western Regions, to attack the captives together, and Yan Yu went to the east and west to fight against the Hu captives. Yan, then moved five thousand Hu households to Longyou, and became Han herders. Moved to Jincheng Marquis, There are [-] households in Zengyi, and the first [-] households, making a total of [-] households."
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① "Shan Yu sent envoys to leave Han Shu" said: "There are big Han in the south, and Qiang Hu in the north."Hu Zhe, the proud son of heaven, does not bother himself with small gifts. '