People on the grassland grew up on horses, and horses were their partners and brothers. Therefore, people on the grassland loved horses, especially horses. Yehan's mount was a rare horse, but it was even worse than
It was not as good as Liu Bao's snow green horse, so after Yehan's death, Liu Bao didn't want the horse, but gave it to his personal entourage.
The attendant was naturally full of joy when he got the horse, but he was on duty last night and did not dare to take off the saddle. So as soon as he arrived at the camp today, he couldn't wait to take off the saddle so that the horse could relax.
Yehan had been hiding the bag of tea leaves behind the saddle like a treasure. Now that the saddle was removed, the treasure was revealed. The attendant opened the bag and took a look. He didn't recognize it. He put it under his nose and smelled it.
I smelled it, and it had a delicate fragrance. My followers didn’t dare to keep it secret, so they sent it to Liu Bao without hesitation.
Liu Bao took the bag of tea leaves and looked at it, but he didn't recognize it. In fact, Liu Bao had seen tea leaves and drank tea, but at that time, the tea leaves were roasted or burnt black, and were crushed into a ball.
The tea in his hands was completely different, so how could he recognize it? Liu Bao also put the tea leaves under his nose, and the fragrance was refreshing.
"It smells so good!" Liu Bao praised it, grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth. However, he heard the attendant repeatedly stop him: "Your Majesty, be careful!"
Liu Bao opened his mouth wide, stopped his hand and asked, "Why?"
The attendant said cautiously: "The origin of this thing is unknown, and it is rare to hide it so secretly. I am afraid it is poisonous."
People on the grassland have the ability to identify poisonous weeds. Some poisonous weeds smell fragrant. However, let alone people, even cattle and sheep can be poisoned if they eat it by mistake. It can range from coma to death. The attendant said this package
It's not unreasonable to be poisonous.
"Poisonous?" Liu Bao pondered for a while, then suddenly his eyes flashed and he said with certainty, "Yes, this bag is a poisonous weed!"
If Liu Xin knew that the precious tea leaves that he worked so hard to prepare for great use were actually described by Liu Bao as a poisonous weed, Liu Xin would definitely hit the wall in depression. In fact, at some time more than a thousand years later,
Thousands of miles away, the British Empire indeed regarded tea as a poisonous weed and launched a vigorous campaign to quit tea. Of course, the British did not do that because tea was poisonous, but because in the trade with China, tea brought great consequences to Britain.
There was a huge trade deficit.
The next day, before dawn, Liu Bao drove everyone up and accelerated the march. It was not until the second watch that everyone could not stand the cold, and then he ordered to camp and rest.
Although the ten followers were reluctant, they faced
Facing the cruel Liu Bao, no one dared to speak out. As a result, after a night, before dawn, Liu Bao woke everyone up, and some of his followers wanted to stay in the tent for a while longer.
, Liu Bao just whipped him over with a riding crop.
After eating some mutton, Liu Bao saw a dozen followers slowly dismantling the tent, and couldn't help but said angrily: "Stop, everyone, get on your horses and let's go!"
All the followers looked at each other. The winter grassland was bone-chillingly cold. If they didn't bring tents, most of them would freeze to death if they couldn't reach Huvroud's camp at night. Several followers hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them.
He said: "Your Majesty, let's all help together. Move quickly and bring the tent with you."
Liu Bao's eyes widened and he said: "If you don't want to freeze to death in this snow, hurry up and get on your horse. If anyone wants to wait any longer, I'll kill him first!"
Each tent was dismantled and turned out to be a lot of materials. The felt alone required two horses to carry. These materials were very heavy. The ground was already full of snow, and the horses were even slower as they loaded up the weight. Liu Bao wished he could spread his wings and fly to Yuvluo's tribe, but why would he want to travel so slowly again?
However, Liu Bao's order felt a bit like breaking the boat. Dozens of followers knew that if they could not reach Hufro's tribe before dark, what awaited them would be an unstoppable cold. In this way, The team advanced faster, and everyone rushed their horses desperately. The arrival time at the Huvrault tribe was advanced by half a day, and they arrived at Huvrault's camp at dusk.
Yuvluo is getting older and his health is not as good as before, and every winter is the most difficult time for him. A few days ago, the Han army's bloodbath of dozens of Xiongnu tribes bothered him so much that he stayed up all night long. Unable to sleep, and suffering from the cold, he fell ill on the bed. Hearing that Liu Bao came to see him, Yuvluo frowned and said, "Let him in."
Liu Bao hurriedly lifted the tent curtain and walked in. This tent was obviously three or four times larger than the other tents. Especially the golden tent roof made Liu Bao's heart move the most. This was the king's tent of the Xiongnu, on the Xiongnu grassland. Without a city, the place where the royal tent is located is the royal court of the Xiongnu, which is equivalent to the capital of the Han people. How Liu Bao longed for this royal tent to be his own.
Yuvluo saw the greedy light flashing in Liu Bao's eyes, and felt unhappy, and said: "Liu Bao, it's snowing heavily outside. If you don't stay well in the tribe, why are you here?"
Liu Bao calmed down, made a big salute, and said: "Returning to Shanyu, I have discovered a confidential matter, and I came here to report it."
Hufro knew his son's temperament and didn't quite believe what he said. After hesitating for a moment, he sat up straight and waved his hands. The two Hun girls who had been waiting beside him bowed and exited the tent.
Liu Bao took a step forward and said: "Thank you to Shanyu, the boy got the news, Huchuquan united with Chiwule, Gu Tu'an, and wanted to rebel!"
To be honest, Yu Fulo trusted Huchuquan more than Liu Bao. He snorted and said, "Liu Bao, I know you were dissatisfied when I didn't give you Xubu Guduhou's tribe." , but you can't just talk nonsense. Huchuquan and the others were sent as envoys to the Han Dynasty under my order, and they haven't come back yet, so how can they rebel?"
Liu Bao knew that Yu Fuluo would not believe what he said, so he smiled and said: "The Shanyu sent Huchuquan and others as envoys to the Han Dynasty, but they have been back for many days and have not come back to Shanyu. Just because of this , we can conclude that they have secretly harbored different intentions.”
Yuvrou was stunned and said: "How do you know they have been back for many days?"
Liu Bao took out the bag of tea leaves from his arms, presented it to Yu Fuluo with both hands, and said, "Please look at it, Shan Yu, have you seen this before?"
Humphrey felt a fresh fragrance coming to his nose, but he didn't know what was in the bag, so he shook his head numbly.
Liu Bao put the tea leaves on the short table in front of Yu Fuluo, chuckled twice, and said: "This is the poisonous weed that Huchuquan and others brought back from the Han Dynasty. They wanted to poison Shanyu and me. Fortunately, I was After seeing through it, I hurried here."
When he was young, Humphrey was also a hero among the Huns, so he was elected to the position of Shanyu by the tribal leaders for the second time. However, as he grew older, Humphrey became more and more afraid of death. Hearing that what was placed in front of him was a poisonous weed, Humphrey couldn't help but shrink back and asked: "Where did this thing come from, and how did you know about it?"
Liu Bao embellished Yehan's confession, and said in a serious manner: "At that time, Yehan's tribe was hit by a disaster, so I sent him some fodder, cattle and sheep, and he invited me to drink, but quietly took away these poisonous weeds. Put it in the wine cup, if the maid on the side had not picked up the wrong wine cup, I would have been poisoned to death."
Small tribes on the grassland attach themselves to large tribes in order to survive, but this relationship is not very close. Many small tribes will also switch to other large tribes. This is also normal. Everything depends on who is more beneficial to their tribe. .Although the original large tribe will be dissatisfied with the departure of the small tribe, they will not stop it, let alone commit a vendetta. This is the rule on the grassland.
Yuvluo couldn't help but ponder. Yehan is the tribal leader who is attached to Liu Bao. Regardless of whether Yehan's tribe continues to be attached to Liu Bao or wants to switch to other tribes, Liu Bao has no reason to use force against Yehan. From this point of view, Come on, Liu Bao's words are somewhat credible. More importantly, based on Yu Fuluo's experience, the bag of "poisonous weeds" in front of him has indeed never been seen before. It obviously came from the Central Plains. And Yehan should have no chance. Going to the Central Plains, then this bag of "poisonous weeds" is most likely really brought back from the Han Dynasty by Huchuquan and others. The most critical problem is that when Huchuquan and the others returned from their mission to the Han Dynasty, they did not immediately return their orders. There must be a ghost.
Liu Bao saw Yu Fuluo's face gradually darkening, and knew that his words had had an effect, so he couldn't help but step forward and said: "Chan Yu, it's not too late, we should make preparations early."
Humphrey sighed and said, "In your opinion, what should I do?"
Liu Bao lowered his voice and said, "Take the initiative!"
The civil strife that had just subsided just a few days ago was about to trigger another civil strife. Looking at the entire southern Huns, they only had a small population. After a few more attempts, they were about to be wiped out. Yuv Luo was hesitant. Uncertain, he said: "It's just that I'm old and ill. I can't draw my bow, and I can't even ride a horse."
Liu Bao slapped his chest and said: "My child is willing to be a pioneer! The royal court has more than ten thousand elite soldiers, and there are still five thousand young men in my tribe. If we recruit some people from other tribes, it will be enough to deal with this villain Huchuquan!"
Now the entire Southern Xiongnu does not have more than 100,000 young herdsmen. Yu Fuluo, Liu Bao, plus the small tribes attached to them, can make up 30,000 people, accounting for 30% of the entire Xiongnu force. And Chiwu Well, Gutu'an is originally a small tribe attached to Huchuquan. The foreign aid they can bring in is limited. After all, they can't do this kind of thing with great fanfare, so the number of troops they can gather will not exceed 20,000. In this way , Liu Bao and Yuvluo still have a good chance of winning.
Yuvluo hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind and said: "That's fine, I will put all the troops under your command and notify the people of each tribe to gather here within five days! Defeat Huchuquan first, It will be easier for the others."
Liu Bao didn't expect to get the military power of the royal court so smoothly. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, saluted again, and said: "Shan Yu Yingming, we should strike first!"
At this time, in Chiwule's tent, Ma Chao also said the same thing: "Strike first is the strongest!"