sweeping the world

Chapter 217
The sentence "I can send troops here" expressed all of Ran Min's attitudes, and instantly moved Liu Yansheng inexplicably.

Not everyone has the courage, and courage does not mean that they are willing to do it. If Liu Yan ignores Shi Hu's order, then the Han Dynasty may really face the attack of a million troops. How courageous and courageous it must be Do you have the courage to say you are willing to support?

Ran Min's current strength is not strong, and he even has to rely on Li Nong to get along a little better, but just like this, he directly expressed his willingness to send troops over if necessary.

Today, the most powerful Han Miao descendant in the Central Plains is Li Nong, who has a begging army under his command.As for the Beggar Army, you should know what kind of armed force it is from the name. It is a product of the incompetent rule of the Sima royal family, and it is a collective that only gathers to survive.When this army was founded, it fought constant bloody battles with the Hu people. It is unknown how many people died in the fighting with the Hu people. Later, Shi Jie defeated the beggar army and recruited it. In some respects, the beggar army became Shi Jie. Zhao used it to suppress the disobedient executioner troops.

It is difficult to say how to evaluate the changes before and after the begging army. In the era when there was no national righteousness, it is a luxury to ask some people to persist for the so-called righteousness. It is very difficult to live.

Liu Yan and Ran Min chatted a lot, and Ran Min did not hide some things.

The Zhao State of Shijie is mostly in a desolate state of the states and counties. Only a few areas such as the core area of ​​the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and Northwest are densely populated, but that is the habitat of the five major clans.

Hu people have such a habit, they always like to gather as many people as possible into one place, unlike Huaxia Miao who will spread out and develop.

"There are 50 Jie people in Xiang State alone, and there are very few Jie people in other parts of the world." Ran Min intended to let Liu Yan know more about the situation: "The Qiang people gathered near Xiang State have a population of about 30. They are a Qiang tribe that directly obeys the command of Yao Yizhong. There are also millions of Qiang branches in the northwest. If they are slightly involved in Guanzhong, they are divided into familiar Qiang and raw Qiang. There are about 15 Di people near Xiangguo. The rest of the Di people are scattered throughout the Guanzhong."

Zhao Guo of Shijie has never done a census, and they are always called by the five major clans, but no one knows the exact population of each of the five major clans.

"So the Qiang people in the northwest are the most powerful, and the Di people in Guanzhong are the strongest, and they have ethnic groups that will live separately in various states and counties in the world." Ran Min said very seriously: "If the Jie people are now the overlord and ruler of the Central Plains, the Qiang people and The Di people are the helpers that the Jie people rely on to rule the world."

The Qiang people may be the most populous among all the ethnic groups in the Shijie Zhao Kingdom today. There are 400 million people in the northwest alone. Adding in those scattered in the Central Plains and other places, the total Qiang people definitely exceed 500 million.In fact, this is really not surprising. During the Western Han Dynasty, the Qiang population in the five counties of Hanyang (Tianshui), Jincheng (Lanzhou), Anbei, and Longxi in the northwest region reached 26 households, with a population of more than one million. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang people even expanded. When we arrived at Sili (near Chang'an), after so many years, how could it be that the price had not increased?

Then there are the Di people, who occupy Guanzhong, where the agricultural development is relatively complete, and they have enough food to reproduce the population wantonly, and the number will not be less than 180 million.

The population of the Xianbei is also very large, but the Xianbei clan split into various tribes on its own, and continuous civil wars occurred, resulting in a large decrease in the population of the Xianbei, but the population of the Xianbei in the Murong Yan State alone exceeded 140 million.Duan's Xianbei is currently in a state of collapse and division, and its population may be less than 27.Tuoba Xianbei established the Dai State, with a population of 13 according to statistics.Yuwen Xianbei was repeatedly attacked by Murong Xianbei, and the population was greatly reduced, but there were still about 200.Several large Xianbei tribes, plus some scattered Xianbei tribes that do not belong to the big tribes, the entire Xianbei tribe definitely has a total population of more than [-] million.

When the Jie people were still slaves of the Huns, some data show that there were nearly 20 people.The Huns led the Jie people into the Central Plains. Shi Le rebelled and defeated the Huns and established themselves. From the founding of the country to the Shihu period, the Jie people were always in a dominant position.Speaking of which, to be able to become the overlord with a population of 20, how brave and good at fighting must the Jie people be?It is precisely because the number of Jie people is too small that they can only show cruelty to scare other ethnic groups.Decades later, there are about 50 Jie people in Xiangguo alone. Counting the Jie people in other areas, the total number should be nearly 70?
The Xiongnu, a Hu people with a long history, several major Xiongnu tribes have withdrawn from the Central Plains and moved to the northern part of the country. According to ancient habits, they are divided into five tribes (Cao Cao’s handwriting), that is, the left, right, south, north, and middle tribes. .However, several "divisions" of the five Huns actually exist in name only. The real "pure" Huns are not strong, but the "mixed" Huns are stronger, such as the Tiefu tribe of the Huns (many).If we count the pure Huns, their number is the smallest among the five major tribes, not exceeding 20. Adding the various Tiefu tribes, the number is close to 60.

Liu Yan didn't know where Ran Min's data came from, but when he added it up, the population of the five major clans alone exceeded 1000 million, excluding all kinds of nonsense!

No one has done statistics on the population of Zhao State in Shijie, but Murong Yan State has already done a population census.So how many Zahu and Jin people should there be in Shijie Zhao?
"The number of miscellaneous Hus will not be less than 600 million, and it is difficult for Jin people to have 300 million." Ran Min kept sneering, he said: "Jin people have always killed at will, and it is very surprising that there are 300 million."

Liu Yan knew that 300 million was just a vague number, and it might not be that many at all. The number of the five major ethnic groups and miscellaneous Hu people was relatively accurate, but the population of the Hu people would only be more than 600 million, not a small number. .

Do you know the population of the area ruled by Xiao~chao~ting in the Eastern Jin Dynasty?The Sima royal family did not conduct a census, but some data can be obtained from the end of the previous Three Kingdoms melee.

The population of Jingzhou and Wudi should have been 250 million at the end of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, plus the so-called southward migration of nearly one million people, and the other areas are mixed together. Between 400 million and 450 million.

Not counting the Chinese Miao population south of the Yangtze River, the Chinese Miao population in the Central Plains is already a minority, and the descendants of the Han family have become a minority. Even if the population of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is added, the total number is 1 The population of 1 people is more than double that of the Hu people.

"We can survive because the Hu people are not monolithic." Ran Min looked at Liu Yan and said emotionally, "If we don't unite, the Han family will be wiped out sooner or later."

Ran Min may be due to his own harsh living environment, or it may be that the Jin people hiding under his wings are struggling to survive. Since last year, Shihu has persecuted the Jin people again, and the population of the Jin people has begun to decline sharply. Do you know if there are still 250 million people?
If you don't resist, you will be extinct!It is the Miao descendants of the Han family north of the Yangtze River who are about to be exterminated!This is definitely not scaremongering, for Ran Min to say those words, one can imagine the crisis.

From a political point of view, Ran Min had those feelings only after encountering a harsh environment, but if he did not have the heart of his compatriots, as the righteous grandson of Shi Hu, he should be able to survive no matter how bad the environment is?He himself can survive, but most of the Jin people who have the foundation of strength will be killed.Once a Jin man is almost dead, he is like a tiger without its claws and cannot become as powerful as it wants.

Liu Yan didn't want to look at Ran Min from other nasty angles. Nowadays, there are almost no people who can have the heart of their fellow countrymen... especially those officials in the Shijie Zhao regime.

Li Nong is more powerful than Ran Min, but has Li Nong thought about his compatriots?Maybe there are, but when Li Nong killed people, he hardly saw any consideration for his compatriots.

"Maybe my resistance in Qingzhou will become my last song..." Ran Min said sadly, "I can't bear to stand idly by."

The scribes that Ran Min brought over were negotiating business with Ji Chang.A huge amount of salt, plus weapons and armor, was almost as much as the Han Ministry could provide, and they all planned to eat it all at once.Not just supplies, they also mentioned buying artisans.

In addition, Zhang Gan said: "If you want to, you can transfer your parents, wife and children...to the Marquis Xiucheng, and we will save our lives if we risk our lives."

Without the latter sentence, Ran Min seemed to want to accept the inheritance of the Han Dynasty.

If the situation in the Han Department does not seem to be so critical, it can even be said to be in danger, and the proposal to ask for the parents, wives and children of the officials in the Han Department is enough to turn the face of the Han Department. After all, from some levels, parents, wives and children Can be considered a hostage.

Ji Chang shook his cheeks so much that it looked like he was twitching.He looked at the people on Ran Min's side. They were all sad actors, clenching their fists and wanting to punch them one after another.

The Han tribe looks quite dangerous, but it is not without a way out.Don't forget that the Han Dynasty has territories in eastern Liao and North Korea. No matter how bad things happen, there are Miaodao Islands where you can live. Why do you need to leave your parents, wives and children to others for protection?

It was Liu Yan who wanted to fight to the death. Regardless of whether Shi Hu really had an army of millions, he still planned to fight.

Based on the fact that the larger the number of troops, the more difficult it is to ensure logistics, Liu Yan and others calculated that as long as they could persist for three months, what else could Shi Hu do except retreat?
Risks are always accompanied by benefits. If the Han Dynasty can bear it, it must be a situation in Megatron. At that time, Liu Yan's political prestige will be the same, and he will have enough appeal, then he may be able to do something. One call thing.

Liu Yan was still talking with Ran Min on the other side, and the two had a lot in common.Furthermore, it must be said that Liu Yan actually respected Ran Min very much, and he also hoped to learn more about the current situation from Ran Min.

(End of this chapter)