Section 2 The split within Khitan

Song under the plug·Part 6

Tang Dynasty: Rong Yu

The north wind withers the white grass, and Huma's sun shines brightly.

After night, I garrison the building under the moon, and when autumn comes, I will keep my heart in mind.

The iron clothes are heavy with frost and dew, and the war horses are old with age.

Since Lulongsai, smoke and dust have been flying to this day.

For several years, the Khitan people have been living in the relatively closed Liaohe River Basin. The water and grass here are abundant. They herd sheep and horses, leading a self-sufficient life with little communication with the outside world. However, there is also a big drawback, which is that it causes them to interact with the outside world.

The huge differences among the farming peoples of the Central Plains.

Regarding this point, the Khitan people gradually gained a deeper understanding. There began to be divisions within the Khitan people, and most people aspired to live a superior life like the Central Plains people. Therefore, the Khitan people began to make tentative contacts with the Central Plains.

At this time, in the Central Plains, after the Five Husties disrupted China, the Northern Wei Dynasty unified North China. When other surrounding ethnic groups saw that the Northern Wei Dynasty defeated many ethnic groups in the north, they gradually realized the difference between themselves and the Northern Wei Dynasty, so they had no choice but to follow the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Be attentive.

The Khitan people, who were preparing to communicate with the Central Plains, saw the opportunity and sent envoys to the Northern Wei Dynasty. Since then, the Khitan people have sent envoys to the north on time every year to donate famous horses.

This year, the Khitan tribe contributed gifts to the Northern Wei Dynasty as in previous years. It was this congratulation that completely changed the future destiny of the Khitan.

The leader of the envoys this time was named He Chen. Emperor Tuoba Hong of the Northern Wei Dynasty received him just like he received envoys from other ethnic groups. He Chen was very happy. When it came time for the banquet, Tuoba Hong gave He Chen the last position.

This made He Chen even more flattered, because the Khitan people had never received such high courtesy before. After He Chen returned to Khitan, he explained to the people the prosperity and prosperity of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Because at this time, the Khitan people had already begun to trade with the Central Plains.

They already had admiration for the prosperity of the Central Plains, and this time they were stimulated again. So the eight tribes of Khitan began to absorb the culture of the Central Plains crazily. For a time, Khitan's culture, economy, military and other aspects have been greatly developed.

and improve.

At the same time, Rouran in the west of Khitan also gradually developed. And Rouran's development rate was much faster than that of Khitan. This made the Khitan people feel great pressure. Not only that, Khitan was also threatened by other surrounding ethnic groups. And

I was often violated by them.

The Khitan people knew that their own strength was greatly different from that of the other party, so they were very smart and endured it alone. In the end, the Khitan leader Mo Fuhewu wrote a letter to the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, pitifully telling the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty how miserable his life was, and the final request was enclosed.

.The Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty happily agreed to their request.

Therefore, Mo Fuhe Wuyu led more than 10,000 Khitan people and 3,000 chariots and horses to migrate to Bailangshuidong. Here, the Khitan people continued to learn the culture of the Central Plains, and their strength in all aspects developed rapidly, and even began to expand outwards.

Not long after, the Northern Wei Dynasty fell. Northern Qi Dynasty became the boss of the entire north, but he was busy dealing with civil strife and had no time to take care of other things. This undoubtedly gave the Khitan people an excellent opportunity. Others immediately seized the opportunity and accelerated their outward expansion.

pace.

At first, the Khitans wanted to practice with Rouran first, but they unexpectedly won. The Khitans were overjoyed and immediately sent troops south to attack the border of Northern Qi.

They didn't know that at this time, Emperor Gao Yang of the Northern Qi Dynasty was suffering from the fact that his prestige could not be compared with that of the previous Northern Wei Dynasty. This time the Khitan came to their doorstep, and they could take this opportunity to enhance our country's prestige, so they immediately ordered a counterattack against the Khitan.

As a result, the Khitan was beaten to a complete defeat, more than 100,000 people were captured, and their livestock were robbed. The Khitan suffered a fatal blow and had to surrender to the Northern Qi Dynasty.

As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly, but blessings never come singly. The rapidly rising Khitan was regarded as a thorn in the side of the emerging Turks. The Turks destroyed Rouran and now began to attack the Khitan. At this time, the Khitan had not yet recovered its strength, and was attacked by the powerful Turks.

They were naturally powerless to fight back against the attack. At this time, some people proposed to move eastward, away from the powerful Turks. But most people objected because they were already greedy for the happy life in the Central Plains and did not want to go back to the past.

It was from now on that the original eight parts of Khitan were divided into three parts. Some people became prisoners of the Northern Qi Dynasty, some people moved eastward, and some people came under the rule of the Turks.

What must be mentioned here is that the Khitan people first exchanged their own products, including livestock products and hunting animals, for agricultural and handicraft products in the Central Plains. Later, they gradually began to rob the Central Plains of property. This kind of robbery was also called

It is called "bandit" or "bandit".

Life insights: Many people have the habit of procrastinating. Because of procrastination, they delay the train, are late for work, and even miss opportunities that can change their lives.

Remember: "Now" is the time to act.
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