The ancient Qiang nationality is a big family with many branches, some of which are divided by region, such as Bailan Qiang and Dangchang Qiang. There are also ethnic divisions, such as Tangut Qiang and Tugu Hunqiang.
During the Han Dynasty, a large number of Qiang people migrated to Longhe and Guanzhong areas. At this time, Dangxiang lived the life of a primitive nomadic tribe and knew nothing about crops and plants. They took tribes as dividing units and surnames as tribal names, and gradually formed eight famous Tangut branches, of which Tuoba was the most powerful. In addition, there are black Tangut, Snow Mountain Tangut and other tribes.
During the Sui Dynasty, some Tangut Qiang people began to attach themselves to the Central Plains regime. During the Tang Dynasty, the Tangut gradually concentrated in Longdong and northern Shaanxi, including Lingzhou, Qingzhou, Zhou Xia, Yinzhou, Suizhou, Yanzhou, Shengzhou and other places, and was still dominated by scattered tribes. They live with Shiwei people, Gu Hun people and Han people. The economy is dominated by animal husbandry, and the "Tangut Horse" was very famous at that time. In the Tang Dynasty, the central government set up Jimi Prefecture in the gathering place of Tangut ethnic groups for management, and the meritorious Tangut tribal chiefs were appointed as state secretaries or other official positions.
During the Huang Chao Uprising in the late Tang Dynasty, the name of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty spread all over the country. Tuoba Sigong, Yizhou secretariat, Tangut, sending troops, uniting with other forces to defeat the insurgents. In the battle, TaBaSiGong's younger brother TaBaSiZhong died. Tang Xizong gave Tuoba Sigong "our time is difficult for the army", and was later named Xia Guogong, giving him the surname Li. At this point, the Tangut Tuoba Group has the territory including Xia, Yin (now southeast of Yulin, Shaanxi), Sui (now Suide), Yi (now east of Jingbian) and Jing (now east of Mizhi), and has the military power, becoming a veritable buffer region.
On the other hand, Tuoba is descended from Xianbei, and Li Yuanhao, the founding monarch of Xixia, claimed to be descended from Xianbei. Finally, with the rise and invasion of the Mongolian empire, it was extinct. This is the history of the party township.
The relationship between the genocide of the Tangut and Genghis Khan (the following contents are reproduced from the Internet, which does not guarantee authenticity, but there is no doubt that the Tangut was exterminated by the Mongolian army).
During the period of 1226, Xixia kingdom lost its territory under the crazy attack of Mongolian army, and the soldiers and civilians suffered heavy casualties. This made Li, the last emperor of Xixia kingdom, always worried. Finally, he died of overwork, anxiety and depression. However, Li has a favorite concubine named Bailing. This Tangut girl named Bailing was born in beautiful Yinzhou, which is now Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province (it should be said that it is the story of Dixim, Li and Li Zicheng. Are all her hometown). The lark girl gave birth to a peach blossom.
After Li's death, in order to rescue the soldiers and civilians trapped by the Mongolian army, Bailing sneaked out of Zhongxing House at night under the cover of imperial guards. It turned out that she wanted to move reinforcements to Di Jinze's uncle to save the people trapped here by the Mongolian army, but unfortunately, on the way, they fell into the hands of the Mongols. Genghis Khan, who was originally greedy for sex, was overjoyed when he got this peerless beauty.
This Genghis Khan is not a kind person. Although he is over 60 years old, he is still full of longing for life. Not only that, this old thing, like those despicable animals and corrupt officials now, likes renovation and excitement. Therefore, he forced Miss Bailing to play "oral work" for him every day.
Besides, the Tangut woman Bailing is a person with great national integrity. The destruction of the country, the destruction of life and the death of her husband are all related to this mortal enemy. Thus, a bold revenge plan that allowed the enemy to die naturally and left him childless stood out.
On this day, Genghis Khan, as usual, played a stimulating role. When Bailing saw that the time had come, new hatred and old hatred welled up in his mind, and with one bite, he bit Genghis Khan's toy, a toy that had hurt many women. At the moment, he was bleeding profusely, and Genghis Khan screamed, rolling and crawling. Seven days later, a generation of lean Genghis Khan was separated by Yin and Yang.
After the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian army retreated, keeping silent about the cause of Genghis Khan's death and keeping the news secret. All this is because Genghis Khan died disgracefully.
After Genghis Khan's death, the Mongolian army did not immediately execute Bailing. Cruel Mongolians don't want to forgive this "sentimental" lark girl because of a moment of anger. They want to torture the most beautiful woman in the world in the most cruel way.
Therefore, from then on, the Mongolian army will take the lark out in every battle against Xixia. Once the Xixia city is broken, they will kill all the men, women and children in the city in front of the lark. Not only that, when Xixia was completely defeated and lost its resistance, the Mongols carried out a dragnet search for thousands of miles in Fiona Fang, Xixia, killing all the Tangut people, leaving none. At this point, the Xixia kingdom perished, and the Tangut nationality disappeared in the long river of history, leaving no trace.
Some people may say: At that time, there were many ethnic groups living in Xixia, such as Tangut, Tubo, Uighur, Qidan, Han and Mongolia. How do Mongols know which one is Xixia?
The answer is yes: yes. Because all this is because of that damn Li Yuanhao, because shortly after he proclaimed himself emperor, he issued a strict haircut order to Xixia. He asked all Xixia men to shave their hair styles different from other nationalities, and he also took the lead in shaving their hair. It can be said that it was the arrogant and hateful Li Yuanhao's haircut order that completely brought genocide to the party and township!
Later, after Genghis Khan's death, Mongols once again surrounded Zhongxing House, the capital of Xixia, with larks. Then a fierce attack was launched. Due to the desperate resistance of the soldiers and civilians in the city, the fighting was extremely fierce and both sides suffered heavy casualties. Seeing that the Mongolian army could not attack for a long time, it had to stop attacking temporarily, and then surrounded Zhongxing House like Tietong.
The destruction of Xixia is also a fate. Soon, there was a strong earthquake here. Due to the destruction of the earthquake, Zhongxing House completely lost its last resistance. However, on the eve of the fall of Zhongxing Mansion, a group of 300 Xixia warriors, with a large number of gold, silver and jewels from Xixia Palace, quietly escaped from Zhongxing Mansion under the cover of night. The 300 brave men who escaped from death did not rush to escape, but took advantage of the night to get into the tent of the Mongolian army and found and successfully rescued their beautiful princess Bailing.
After the Mongols discovered it, they pursued it. Bailing and the 300 Xixia warriors fled all the way to the northwest. Finally, they fled to a place called Black Water City, and the Mongolian army caught up with them and surrounded them. So, in the case of no escape, the 300 Xixia warriors dug up an underground palace under a stupa and hid Bailing and all the gold and silver jewelry they brought in the underground palace under the stupa. When he left, Bailing tearfully told the warriors: If any of you can survive, come and save me, otherwise, this is my final destination.
Later, all 300 Xixia warriors died, and none survived. Therefore, together with those jewels, Bailing stayed in the underground palace under the pagoda forever.