The Xiongnu, as the most populous and powerful ethnic group on the grasslands, always 'reduced' the population of other ethnic groups.
But after their leader was killed and their main force was wiped out, although they still had the largest numbers...
But they were a disorganized mess, lacking any sense of cohesion.
Therefore, they have now become easy prey for the Rouran people to reduce their population.
The Rouran Khan's troops would launch a massacre every few days, making the winter very difficult for the Xiongnu people.
They were scattered and disorganized... and driven to a barren area with no water or vegetation.
They had no food in the winter, let alone any stored grain or fodder, and people froze to death in droves!
In reality, no matter how large a country or nation's population is, without the appeal of a ruling regime and the leadership of heroic figures, it's just a herd of cattle and sheep...
Furthermore, these Xiongnu tribes looked down on each other, and there were many sharp contradictions within them.
Grassland civilization and agricultural civilization differ in their underlying logic.
In an agrarian society, you cultivate your land, I cultivate mine, and neither of us should bother the other.
If natural disasters or man-made calamities occur, people can stick together for warmth and support.
The saying "a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative" applies here!
But for grassland civilizations, pastures and water sources are their lifeline. In many cases, it means that if your tribe gets them, our tribe will starve!
Therefore, it is also inappropriate to say that there were internal divisions and conflicts among the Xiongnu tribes, or that there were contradictions related to survival competition.
Even within the Xianbei people, didn't the Changsun and Tuoba tribes almost go to war over something similar?
Jiang Ming had ample grain reserves, equivalent to an extra year's worth of grain for the entire Yan Kingdom.
He not only provided relief for the domestic famine and supplied the front lines at Maiqiu with a steady stream of grain, but also used a considerable portion of it for his political work with the Xiongnu.
He dispatched troops from Changsun's tribe to deliver food to some scattered small Xiongnu tribes...
The Xiongnu weren't stupid. Although they had a grudge against the Xianbei, they couldn't defeat them in a fight, and the Xianbei even sent them grain. They were grateful and accepted the gifts from the Changsun tribe.
The fact that Jiang Ming assigned Changsun to this task demonstrates his political wisdom!
The Xiongnu and Xianbei were enemies!
But the enmity was only with the Xianbei Khan... but not with the Changsun tribe of the Xianbei.
To the Xianbei, the Changsun tribe was like one of the vassal states under the Great Gan Tianxia.
The fact that the State of Jin was at war with the Xiongnu did not mean that the people of the State of Yan could not cooperate with the Xiongnu.
Therefore, the relationships here are very complicated!
The Changsun tribe did not participate in the Battle of Yanshan, where the main force of the Xiongnu was annihilated...
Therefore, the Xiongnu and the Changsun tribe did not have a deep-seated hatred for each other!
The traditional habitat of the Changsun tribe was also far from the Xiongnu people, and the two sides had no prior history of enmity...
Besides this relationship, there is another reason!
That's because the Changsun tribe is famous for its beautiful women!
Not only were the nobles of other Xianbei tribes fond of it, but the Xiongnu nobles were also envious...
Historically, the Xiongnu and Xianbei had a honeymoon period.
Many beautiful women from the Changsun tribe married into Xiongnu tribes, and many tribal leaders still have Changsun blood in their veins...
Not to mention others, even the Xiongnu Chanyu Aixin, who was burned alive by Jiang Ming, had a grandmother and maternal grandmother who were both women from the Changsun tribe of the Xianbei.
They not only provided food, but also helped them through their current difficulties.
Jiang Ming also dispatched Tuoba Ren, the eloquent and highly emotionally intelligent Left Chancellor of the Tuoba tribe, to spread the "truth" of history to the Xiongnu people!
That is, the army that attacked the Xiongnu tribe's old camp was not the Yan army at all, but the people of the Zhongshan state!
That general surnamed Luo slaughtered the Chanyu's family and stole the Xiongnu's golden wolf used for their sacrificial rites!
Tuoba Ren appealed to their emotions and reasoned with them, and many of the Xiongnu people believed him... After all, they didn't really know what was going on; they had only heard it from others...
Tuoba Ren told them that they should blame Ai Xin for being so stupid!
You made the right choice from the start!
However, they couldn't resist the deception of the Zhongshan people, who shifted the focus of their attacks and began to attack the Yan state again, ultimately leading to this tragic end!
Many Xiongnu people who were dissatisfied with the Aixin family also echoed this sentiment and gradually migrated to the vicinity of the Changsun tribe.
In this world, whoever feeds you is your mother!
No matter what they're saying about you in their hearts, or what their ulterior motives are...
At the very least... as long as I can give you food and you call me "Dad," it's not a big deal.
Thus, over the course of several months, more than 300,000 Xiongnu people migrated to the grasslands north of the Yanshan Mountains...
More than 300,000, what does that mean?
Equivalent to the population of a county in modern society...
Standing atop the Yanshan Mountains and looking out into the distance, all I could see were densely packed people!
The grain obtained through Luo Gongzi's trading network proved far more effective than that obtained through the Golden Wolf at this time!
With a way out, the news spread like wildfire, and more and more Xiongnu people fled towards the Yanshan Mountains...
Jiang Ming knew in his heart that these bastards were impossible to tame!
They're only being subservient on the surface because they're being fed!
Once spring arrives next year and the aquatic plants become lush and green, they will immediately turn their backs on you!
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