Part 2: Things about the Huns

Chapter 1 The Origin and Understanding of the Huns

Section 1: The descendants of Yan and Huang that you don’t know—the Xiongnu

The Xiongnu forgot to work when they heard the news, but the foreigners may not forget to work.

How do different people treat the same species, and make a nest with an owl under a red phoenix?

Don't you see that the princess of the Tang Dynasty was humiliated in marriage, and finally the old falcon of the Tang Dynasty came to meet her.

When I crossed the river, Bai Lai burst into tears, and future generations still regarded him as being in a coma.

I believe that the Xiongnu nation is no stranger to us. This powerful nation has harassed the Central Plains for hundreds of years. The most familiar phrase of Huo Qubing's "The Xiongnu is not destroyed, how can we call home?" It was influenced by the Han Dynasty.

Despite the intrusion of the Xiongnu, the nation was trembling under the background that the whole court was determined to solve this problem with the same enemy. So where did the Xiongnu nation originate? And where did it come from? The most important thing is how it came from a lonely place.

Did the nameless barbarians develop and grow into a desert wolf that has been feared by the Chinese nation for hundreds of years? These questions are worth exploring and drawing some historical wisdom from them.

Many people may not have thought of it, but the ancestors of the Huns were not barbarians, but descendants of the Xia Dynasty. After Shang Tang destroyed Xia, Jie, the conquered monarch of the Xia Dynasty, was exiled. Later, his son Chunwei led his tribe to flee to the north.

They lived and multiplied in the vast grasslands and gradually formed the Xiongnu nation. Later generations also classified the Guirong, Yiqu and other ethnic groups as Xiongnu. As for the branches of the Xiongnu, historians have no conclusion.

The reason why the Xiongnu became a relatively famous barbarian tribe in Chinese history is because the period when they appeared happened to be a relatively powerful dynasty in Chinese history. The Great Wall built during the Qin Dynasty was built by the Xiongnu.

It can be seen how much of a threat the Huns were to the Qin and Han Dynasties at that time. In other words, it can also be seen how powerful the Huns were at that time. If the Huns were not a strong opponent, presumably Qin Shihuang was not either.

Huge manpower and material resources will be spent to build the Great Wall. Because of this incident, the people in the country opposed Qin Shihuang's corvee work, leading to the death of Qin Dynasty II, and even the history of the Chinese nation may be rewritten.

So without further ado, let’s officially start telling the origin of the Huns.

As early as the Shang Dynasty, the ancestors of the Huns were still living in the distant Mobei and had little contact with the Chinese nation. It was only after the Zhou Dynasty that they began to have contact with the Chinese nation. However, the Huns at that time were very weak and had no contact with the Chinese nation.

It cannot be compared with the powerful Zhou Dynasty. King Wen of Zhou Jichang attacked the Quan Rong, one of the ancestors of the Huns. After defeating the Quan Rong, King Wu of Zhou later drove them to the north of Jingshui and Luoshui. He also ordered them to deliver property to the Zhou Dynasty on time.

In the next two hundred years, Quanrong had to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, and the Huns and the Chinese nation were in a state of peace.

So when was this state broken? This state was broken during the reign of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty.

The thing is like this, King Mu of Zhou was a lustful monarch. She heard that there was a beautiful woman in the Kunlun Mountains in the west, so he wanted to go and see her. But there were many barbarians in the middle. If King Mu of Zhou wanted to pass here, he had to

First, settle these ethnic groups. So he made an excuse, saying that they had not contributed property to the court for a long time. In the next two hundred years, Quanrong had to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, and the Huns and the Chinese nation were in a state of peace.

So when was this state broken? This state was broken during the reign of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty.

The thing is like this, King Mu of Zhou was a lustful monarch. She heard that there was a beautiful woman in the Kunlun Mountains in the west, so he wanted to go and see her. But there were many barbarians in the middle. If King Mu of Zhou wanted to pass here, he had to

First, settle these ethnic groups. So he made an excuse, saying that they had not contributed property to the court for a long time, and then sent a large number of troops to attack the Quanrong. The result was obvious. The powerful Zhou Dynasty defeated the Quanrong tribe and captured them alive.

Five tribal leaders, four white wolves and four white deer.

Both wolves and deer occupy a supreme position in the hearts of the Huns, especially wolves, and what they captured was the white wolf. The wolf is the totem of Quan Rong, and the white wolf is the wolf king. This suddenly angered Quan Rong, they thought

For them, this was a great shame and humiliation. From then on, the two sides became enemies, and Quanrong would never surrender to the Zhou Dynasty again.

Later, the power of the Zhou royal family gradually declined, and Quan Rong took advantage of this opportunity to frequently harass the borders of the Zhou Dynasty. It was not until King Xuan of Zhou came to the throne that the Zhou Dynasty became strong again and regained the ability to protect the people and property of the Central Plains. During this period

It was called Xuanwang Zhongxing in history.

King Zhou Xuan led the army to defeat the Quan Rong and drove them to Taiyuan. Then he built Shuofang City to resist the Quan Rong. But after King Zhou Xuan died, the notorious King Zhou You in history succeeded to the throne. King Zhou You had just succeeded to the throne.

At that time, the Zhou royal family still had strong control over the various vassal states.

King You of Zhou was a very lustful monarch. He had many sons. These sons competed with each other for the throne and the ministers on Lingcongchi. These court ministers were divided into two factions, competing for power and profit. Quanrong seized this opportunity and colluded with Baoguo.

For example, the Zhou Dynasty dedicated a beautiful woman named Baosi.

One of the biggest characteristics of this beauty is that she doesn't like to laugh. We all know what happened later. King Zhou You doted on this beauty very much. In order to win the beauty's smile, King You of Zhou did not hesitate to anger the princes from all over the world. He innocently lit beacon towers many times, and beacon fires appeared.

Playing on the ancient jokes of princes.

The princes from all over the world were teased by King You of Zhou, which greatly reduced the prestige of the Zhou Dynasty. Quan Rong seized the opportunity and attacked Haojing. King You of Zhou lit the beacon tower again. The princes from all over the country thought it was another tease, so they did not come to rescue.

Haojing was captured by the Quanrong, and King You of Zhou was also killed. After these barbarians burned, killed and looted the capital, fortunately the leader from the west, Qin Xianggong, led his troops to defeat the Quanrong and saved the Zhou Dynasty. Of course, this happened

This incident was also a turning point for Qin in history. Through this incident, Qin's status among the vassal states increased significantly. Previously, Qin was also looked down upon by the vassal states, thinking that they were also barbarians.

After this incident, Haojing could no longer continue to be the capital. The newly succeeded King Ping of Zhou had to move the capital to Luoyi. From then on, the strength of the Zhou Dynasty declined, and the princes from all over the country no longer listened to the orders of the Zhou royal family. The Zhou Dynasty existed in name only.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Central Plains entered a stage of vying for hegemony between princes. Quanrong also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, so he first attacked Qi State. The two sides basically fought in a draw and suffered heavy losses. Then Quanrong attacked Yan State, and Yan State

Unable to resist, he had to send people to Qi State for help. At this time, the monarch of Qi State was Duke Huan of Qi. Duke Huan of Qi sent a large army to rescue the State of Yan. The two sides worked together to defeat the Quan Rong.

This period was a period when various forces competed with each other. The Zhou Dynasty spread to King Zhou Xiang. King Zhou Xiang was unwilling to be bullied by the vassal states around the world. He wanted to change the situation as much as possible. So she established a good relationship with Rong Di.

, and married the daughter of their tribal leader as their queen. Then they attacked Zheng State together to show the strength of the Zhou Dynasty and make the princes everywhere obey.

This King Zhou Xiang was also a snobbery. After the two sides worked together to defeat Zheng, King Zhou Xiang didn't care much about his queen. His queen would definitely be unhappy, so she went to see King Zhou Xiang's stepmother Hui Hou.

, the two people discussed together and wanted to depose King Zhou Xiang and make Zidai, the son of Queen Hui, the king again.

King Zhou Xiang was defeated by Zidai and Rongdi troops who were united inside and outside. Zidai ascended the throne and became the king of Zhou. After entering the Central Plains, Rongdi invaded the Central Plains and plundered the Central Plains more frequently.

King Zhou Xiang sent people to ask for help from the Jin State. At this time, the head of the Jin State was Jin Wengong. Jin Wengong had long wanted to become the overlord, and this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So Jin Wengong called on the princes to respect the king and resist the foreigners.

Together they led an army to attack Quan Rong. Di Rong and Di were defeated, Zi Dai was killed, and King Zhou Xiang continued to be his King of Zhou.

During this period, the two powerful countries Qin and Jin competed with each other to become the overlords and fought against each other endlessly. In order to show their strength, they often sent troops to attack Quanrong. Finally, under the powerful attack of Jin Wengong, Quanrong was further driven to the outskirts.

area. On the Qin side, Duke Mu of Qin conquered the eight small kingdoms of Xirong.

In order to survive, the Rongdi tribe had to disperse its tribe into small tribes. As a result, more than 100 Rong tribes appeared later, including Yiqu, Loufan, etc., and several of them would be followed later.

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During the Warring States Period, these tribes outside the Great Wall had a new name - Xiongnu. This name was not a complimentary word, but actually full of the fear and contempt of the Han people towards them.

After the Jin State was divided into three by Han, Zhao, and Wei, the strength of the three countries was far inferior to that of the previous Jin State. Among these three countries, because the Zhao State's territory directly bordered the grassland peoples, the Zhao State often followed

Barbarians fight.

In the process of the two sides fighting each other, Zhao was often defeated by the Rong people at first. In order to change this situation, King Wuling of Zhao actively learned from the other party and carried out the reform of Hufu riding and shooting. After the reform, the Zhao army was greatly improved.

Combat power, in the subsequent battles with the Rong tribe, changed the previous situation of losing battles.

Among so many small Rong tribes, Yiqu is considered a relatively developed tribe. This tribe is as civilized as the Qin State. At first, in order to resist the attack of the Qin army, they built cities for defense. Later development

In the process, Yiqu continued to grow, and its territory was no less than that of the Qin State. It also had a strong cavalry force and became a powerful opponent of the Qin State.

King Qin Hui adopted the method of cannibalization, which angered King Yiqu. The two sides fought a battle on the ground, and the Qin army was defeated.

However, in 331 BC, civil strife broke out in Yiqu State. This civil strife greatly damaged the vitality of Yiqu State, and King Yiqu had to surrender to Qin.

Although Yiqu State surrendered to Qin State, King Qin Hui was still worried about them. He adopted the strategy of attacking them when the external situation was stable, and giving them heavy gifts to win them over when the external situation was unstable. This strategy of King Qin Hui was

Gongsun Yan told King Yiqu, and King Yiqu decided to look for opportunities to attack Qin.

In 318 BC, the five-nation coalition attacked Qin. In order to stabilize the situation in the rear, Qin took the initiative to give generous gifts to Yiqu. A group of kings accepted Qin's gifts, and then took advantage of the situation to rob and attack Qin. The Qin army was defeated by Yiqu.

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Four years later, King Qin Hui finally waited for the opportunity. The Qin State sent a large army to attack Yiqu and captured 25 of their cities. History entered the time when King Qin Zhaoxiang was young, and the power of the State of Qin fell to Queen Mother Xuan.

In her hands, Queen Mother Xuan had threats from five countries outside, and she had to guard against Yiqu Country. For the sake of the overall situation, Queen Mother Xuan had to form an alliance with Yiqu Country. Yiqu also developed during this period.

At this time, King Yiqu was a handsome, forthright and masculine man. Queen Mother Xuan of Qin's husband died early, and he was also young and lonely, so the two often borrowed the name of alliance.

A few years later, Queen Mother Xuan gave birth to two sons to King Yiqu.

During this process, King Yiqu gradually relaxed his vigilance towards Qin. Empress Dowager Xuan did not hesitate to sacrifice her appearance for the sake of Qin, allowing Qin to have time to strengthen its strength.

After 30 years of development, the whole country has become completely strong and no longer needs to fear the Yiqu Kingdom. In 272 BC, the Queen Mother Xuan planned to get rid of King Yiqu. The Queen Mother Xuan deceived the King Yiqu into the Qin Kingdom. While drinking,

, Empress Dowager Xuan ordered the soldiers to take the opportunity to kill King Yiqu.

The State of Qin took the opportunity to send troops to attack the State of Yiqu. Because the State of Yiqu was unprepared, it was quickly destroyed by the State of Qin, and all its territory was merged into the State of Qin. The State of Qin solved the worries of the rear and completely vacated the country.

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When Qin and Zhao were expelling the grassland tribes, the Yan State also attacked the northern grassland tribes. King Yan Zhao reused Qin Kai, who had been a hostage in Donghu. This man stayed in East Lake for several years and had a thorough understanding of Donghu's geography and army.

The situation was well understood, so King Yan Zhao sent him to lead the army to attack Liaodong.

In 300 BC, Qin Kai led his army to defeat the Donghu people, who had to retreat more than 1,000 miles north and west, ushering in a long-term peace for the Yan Kingdom.

Taking advantage of the remaining power of victory, Qin Kai continued to attack Jizi North Korea eastward. Why is it called Jizi North Korea? This is because the first king of North Korea was Jizi, an immigrant from the Shang Dynasty.

In this war, the Yan State fought all the way to the interior of Korea, and the territory of the Yan State expanded greatly. Qin Kai also led the soldiers and civilians of the Yan State to build the Great Wall of Yan, which was more than 1,000 miles long in the north of the Yan State.

As Qin, Zhao and Yan continued to push their borders to the north, the barbarian tribes in these places gradually integrated into the Huns, which expanded the strength of the Huns and squeezed the living space of the Huns. In this way, the Huns wanted to

After changing his living situation, he continued to cross the Great Wall and plunder the population and property of the vassal states in the Central Plains.

Short story: In life, we often say this sentence: "The aroma of wine is not afraid of the deep alley." It means that you are not afraid of burning yourself, no one will know. Gold will not shine when buried in the ground, and coal can only release energy when burned. To

Be bold and confident, dare to speak and act, dare to promote yourself, take the initiative to show yourself, prove yourself with actions, and truly show your potential.

"There are Bole in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. There are always thousand-mile horses, but Bole is not always there." There are many thousand-mile horses, but not all of them are unfortunate enough to be appreciated by Bole, and their worth will double. Therefore, horses must be good at selling themselves, and grow long.

What's wrong with whistling to attract Bole's attention?

A jar of good wine, with its fragrance overflowing, floats from the depths of the alley to the street, so passers-by know that there is a jar of good wine deep in the alley. This is of course assuming that the alley is not deep.

If it doesn't end, then this jar of good wine will inevitably be regarded as mediocre. No matter how good the wine is, it can only be enjoyed by itself if it cannot be tasted by others. If it is raised in a boudoir and unknown to others, many beautiful things will be lost in obscurity. In this way
To be continued...