Chapter 964

East of the North Sea, although it is only the end of autumn, snowflakes are falling in the sky.

Looking up, the branches and leaves on the tree tops accumulated snow, the frozen soil on the ground was black and white, and the field of vision was full of spots of white and other colors.

"It's already a dead end, but it's just a dying struggle." Murong Ke didn't wear a mask as usual. After a long time of wind and sun, his facial features were still bright and beautiful, but his skin became rough: "we can't go back long ago."

"Yes, I can't go back." Tuoba Han said full of vicissitudes: "when he was far north of Dalin (Xing'an ridge), he had long expected."

The two remnants of Xianbei didn't get along well at the beginning after they fled far. It should be said that they fought with each other for the pasture.

They fought against each other for two or three years, and the population of each department became smaller and smaller. They realized that if they fought again, they would be weaker. They divided pastures by negotiation with the greatest reason. Although there were still many contradictions, there was no more war, and they could be regarded as a little peaceful.

The north of Xing'an Mountain is not a very good place. At least two seasons of the year are in an icy and snowy environment. In worse years, even three seasons will not melt.

The farming people eat according to the weather. In fact, the nomadic people are the same. It can even be said that the farming people depend less on the climate than the nomadic people.

Stay in an ice and snow environment for most of the time, and there is not enough grassland, which means that livestock lack enough forage.

Once there is not enough forage, the livestock will multiply wantonly, and it is difficult to ensure that the number of livestock does not decline rapidly.

Although nomads live on grazing, the main food of ordinary people among them is not meat. In fact, it is all kinds of cheese products. If ordinary people want meat, some livestock die.

Without sufficient materials, it is difficult for livestock to reproduce, and even the milk production of female livestock is seriously insufficient.

For the two remnants of Xianbei, they came to a wild land, where grazing is difficult to maintain food sources, and the frozen soil does not have the foundation for farming. Fortunately, there are many wild animals around.

The only point is that even if there are enough original beasts, repeated hunting will kill them all, and even let the beasts migrate, and gradually fall into the dilemma of lack of food sources.

Whether farming or nomadic, the basis for population growth is sufficient food. Without sufficient food, the population will only show a downward trend.

In just a few years, the total population of the Tuoba remnant and the Murong remnant dropped to more than 100000, and then fell from the level of contact with civilization to the stage of almost drinking blood.

If the leaders of the two remnants of Xianbei were not more or less ambitious, they would be like those nomadic peoples who once had scenery. They would either destroy themselves and split into unknown number of wild tribes, or be digested by the powerful nationalities around them.

"The domineering of the Han people is beyond our imagination." Murong Ke lowered his head and touched the horse's mane: "unexpectedly, they didn't solve Rouran, Donggao car and Xigao car, so they used troops against us."

The two remnants of Xianbei do not pose a threat to the Han Empire in any way. It should be the Rouran tribal alliance with more than millions of people and the biggest threat to the Han Empire is donggaoche and xigaoche.

According to the usual truth, even if the Han Empire hated the Tuoba and Murong remnant, it should temporarily ignore the two Xianbei remnant without much threat and concentrate on fighting against the Rouran tribal alliance, donggaoche and xigaoche, right?

"The Han people are too strong." Tuoba Han said with a bitter smile: "strong enough to start a war on the whole line."

Murong Ke smiled bitterly, and he knew that it was true.

The remnants of Tuoba and Murong ventured through the Daxinganling. There were about 80000 people before they entered the forest, but there were less than 50000 left after they left the forest.

Half of the antithetical couplet is half broken, and the rest is the essence. They accept the proposal of Yu Long Lu to mention the alliance, and will not speak clearly to the leaders of the union, or even think of all the family property.

When Murong Xianbei retreated, he not only took away a large number of people in Eastern Liaoning, but also brought wealth and materials. This is also the reason why they can still sustain themselves in a completely strange wilderness after losing their territory. But they still underestimated the bad of the strange environment, especially the difficulty of obtaining food.

"I have three thousand armour and you have eighteen hundred." Murong Ke said thoughtfully, "those forces alone will not lose 100000 troops of the coalition forces of all parties. What do you think they will think?"

"Either rely on or fear." Tuoba Han said truthfully, "if they know that our department has run out of people, they may be more inclined to kill us."

Most of the vehicles of the two Xianbei remnants on their way were lost in the forest area, and there were not many livestock in the team. It was difficult for the whole team to see the elderly and children, even women.

If the majority of a tribe is young men, it seems that they still have enough force, but it depends on the existence of other tribes around them.

If we can invade the surrounding areas by force, constantly defeat other tribes and annex them, it will naturally develop again.

If it is difficult to normalize the various proportions of the tribal population by means of aggression, such as obtaining a sufficient number of women, it will appear that the force is strong for a time, but it will never escape the fate of disappearance.

Once the building was annoying, wasn't it a nomadic people with powerful force? However, they not only like the indiscriminate slaughter of the defeated, but also don't care about the women of their own race. As a result, the gap between the ratio of men and women in the back has widened again and again. Finally, waiting for the death of a generation of young and old people, Lou fan has disappeared into the long river of history.

Alliance with various tribes to fight against the Han Empire?

Murong Ke will not make such a choice. If he really has to work hard, he has a better choice.

Tuoba Han did not hide from murongke that he had taken refuge in the Han Empire. He had an agreement with murongke.

The remnant of Tuoba Xianbei pretended to form an alliance with the tribes. What they should do at that time is to be the insiders of the Han army. After the war, they will belong to the Han Empire, accept the family and become the outcome of the Han people.

Judging from various signs and news gathered from various parties, if the emperor wants to give a different look to any tribe among all ethnic groups, there is no doubt that it is the Tuoba tribe.

According to the understanding of the world, the emperor's relative kindness to Tuoba Xianbei is due to his love for Tuoba Xiu, which even the Tuoba family think is the case.

The Tuoba people had the protection of Tuoba Xiu. Although they no longer had the name of Tuoba Xianbei after they were attached to the Han Empire, the Tuoba people did not die out. For them, compared with other tribes, the Capricorn who thought they had been destroyed by the family, the end has been the best one.

Murong Ke often asked himself if Murong Xianbei could get the treatment of Tuoba Xianbei, would he choose to give up like Tuoba Han.

Every time he asked himself, murongke's answer was "yes". But Murong Xianbei didn't have a Tuoba show. They didn't dare and couldn't deliver their fate to the unknown.

Not daring to attach, murongke chose to take another road after his great glory.

On a snowy day, after a long journey, the two remnants of Xianbei came to the gathering place of all ethnic groups.

Yu jiulu Bati and a Fuli salted together to welcome Murong Ke and Tuoba Han.

They had been informed before that a large number of armour riding equipment appeared in the two Xianbei armies. After the welcome, they saw the armour riding equipment with their own eyes. Their attitude was warm enough to melt the ice and snow.

"You two really believe in people!" Yu jiulu Bati's appearance is rough, but his voice is thicker. After a burst of "ha ha" laughter, he said: "with the help of two, it's more confident to defeat the Han Army!"

A Fuli salted originally wanted to take steps and speak first. He was robbed by Yu jiulu Bati. His face flashed through the haze.

Murong Xianbei once entered the Central Plains and was influenced by many Zhuxia cultures. In just a few decades, his clothes were no different from those of the Han people.

Although Tuoba Xianbei had never entered the Central Plains, a considerable number of Han Scholars defected to the Central Plains, which was also close to Zhuxia in terms of culture.

A group of people, Murong Ke and Tuoba Han, although they were wearing armor, the cloak outside and the clothes in the armor were all Zhuxia styles, while Yu jiulu Bati and a Fuli pickle were wearing animal skin clothes, which looked so out of place.

Facing the enthusiasm of Yu jiulu Bati and ah Fuli, Murong Ke and Tuoba Han looked at each other.

"Thank Khan for welcoming me." Murong Ke smiled forthrightly and said, "the poor man, please take more care of Khan in the future."

Tuoba Han also said something similar.

They say that, but they don't have the appearance of inferiority at all, and they show a little pride in some aspects.

Yu jiulu Bati didn't seem to see the attitude of the two Xianbei leaders. He still warmly invited them into the camp and said that he would order people to treat the other Xianbei people who came to help the war.

"It sounds good..." ah Fuli said to the soft and brave general Ah Fu ganzefu, "but there is contempt in their eyes."

"Nothing." Ah Fu ganzefu said bluntly, "if I had thousands of warriors, I would have the same attitude."

"Armour......" ah Fuli salted and retorted without a word. He made a half ring and said, "too."

The whole Rouran tribal alliance gathered together. I don't know if it can come up with 500 sets of iron armor. That's because Rouran had a period of friendship with the Han Empire.

Donggaoche is too far away from the Han Empire. They have not developed any level. It is a nomadic form close to the stone age, not to mention iron armor. They don't even have many metal weapons.

Before, donggaoche was not very impressed by the strength of the Han Empire. It was only when he saw that the soft people who could rub themselves on the ground were beaten by the Han army without parry, that he had a basis to imagine the strength of the Han Empire.

"Xianbei..." ah Fuli pickled asked not so sure: "was it beaten away by the Han people?"

Ah Fu ganzefu replied, "the Xianbei people once entered the Central Plains. After decades of good days, they were indeed driven away by the Han people."

Ah Fuli nodded and looked thoughtful.

A long time ago, since the Huns were repeatedly defeated by the Han Dynasty, the grassland entered the stage of learning from the Zhuxia. Since then, learning to write Chinese characters, speak Chinese, and even learn the dress habits of Han people has been regarded as a way to become stronger.

Although the decline of the Western Jin Dynasty brought the Hu people into the Central Plains, they still believed that Zhuxia was a very powerful civilization and that learning from Zhuxia was the only way to become stronger.

If the central plains were buried through the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty would still be unable to recover the Central Plains through the northern expedition. Over time, the strong impression of Zhuxia by the Hu people would certainly disappear and embark on a period of contempt for the level of Zhuxia civilization.

Liu Yan changed history. Although the Han people declined for a while, they soon stood up again, and bloody retaliated against the Hu invaders in the Central Plains. In particular, he killed the Jie people, making all ethnic groups realize that the strength of the Han people is not offensive.

Now, although Rouran people and Ding Ling people entered the moment of full-scale war with the Han Empire, because they lost again and again on the battlefield, they admitted that the Han civilization is still the most powerful civilization in the world. Seeing the serious Sinicization trend of Xianbei people, they not only didn't feel anything wrong, but even envied.

When the people entered the camp, Murong Ke observed the situation of the camp and saw that the camp was very chaotic, with a relief on his face. He is not a person without knowledge, even a person who knows the soldiers. Seeing that there is no order in the camp, he doesn't expect such an army to defeat the Han army. He is glad of his early plan.

"At our peak, we were hundreds of times better than these barbarians." Tuoba Han obviously had the same view and said in a low voice in Xianbei Dialect: "the Han army is still defeated by the Han army. The Han army is more than ten times stronger than when it defeated us. The war results are clear at a glance, but they are still dreaming of defeating the Han army."

"Fight, it's better to lose more miserably." Murong Ke smiled friendly when he saw Ah Fuli pickle looking at himself. He looked at ah Fuli pickle and said to Tuoba Han, "the worse they lose, the greater your credit. Maybe you can win a post in the Han Dynasty. It will be easier for me to accept their tribe."

Tuobahan no longer responded. He chose to take the remnant of Tuoba with him. First, he knew that the Han Empire was really unable to resist. Second, all his ambitions were wiped out. Even if he could get an official position, he would shirk it. He wanted to live a rich man's life after being knighted.

"After coming out of Dalin, we have discussed not to use Xianbei as the name." Murong Ke seemed to have made a major decision: "there will be no Murong in the future. I decided to change my name to ASHNA."

"Ashner?" Tuoba Han didn't have to think too much and asked, "return to the origin? Decide to go west instead of East?"

Murong Ke also thought for a long time before he made such a decision. His choice of "ASHNA" is Xianbei language, which has a meaning, probably the noble wolf. What is expressed here is not to yield to the arrogance of the Han people. It also means to recognize that Chu really can't beat the Han people and stay away from them.