The living environment on the grassland is extremely harsh, especially after the White Disaster. Liu Bao buried himself under the snow and hid for a night. Although he escaped the capture of the Han army and Huchuquan. But now, he has neither With horses, no food, and even the most important bow and arrow for the prairie people, it would be even harder to walk back to your tribe on two legs than to climb to the sky.
Liu Bao had no choice. He gritted his teeth, tightly held the only scimitar beside him, and walked in the direction of his tribe through waist-deep snow. Above his head, a group of crows circled If they don't go, they don't know whether they are attracted by the smell of blood on his body or whether they see that he is so weak that he is about to die. Anyway, they are waiting for the moment when he collapses and then have a delicious meal.
After the army set off, Yuvluo always felt a little uneasy and couldn't help but cough violently. The Hun girl waiting on the side saw this and quickly handed over a pottery bowl. Even in the upper class of the Han Dynasty, exquisite White porcelain bowls are also precious luxuries. The Xiongnu tribe living on the grassland has no way to obtain such treasures. Even as a Xiongnu Chanyu, they can only continue to use pottery bowls.
The pottery bowl contained a black liquid, which was a concoction made from several herbs on the grassland. It gave off an unpleasant smell. Humphrey frowned, the medicine was really bitter. It was hard to swallow and he didn't want to drink it.
Yuvro waved his hand and asked the maid to retreat. He picked up the cloth bag Liu Bao gave him from the side of the couch and put it under his nose. The fragrance made him intoxicated. Whenever his mind felt a little dizzy, Yuvrault would Fuluo took out the cloth bag and smelled it, and felt refreshed. He couldn't help but doubt what Liu Bao said, how could such a good thing be a poisonous weed?
It was already the fourth watch of the night, and Yuvroud, who had been suffering from coughing for most of the night, finally fell into a deep sleep. In his sleep, Yuvrault vaguely heard two screams from someone, and he woke up immediately, sat up from the couch and screamed continuously He asked: "Come here, what happened?"
This is Shan Yu's royal tent, which is not comparable to the tents where ordinary herdsmen live. There are maids who take turns guarding the outside day and night. Hearing Yu Fuluo's call, the two maids came in in a panic, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly. : "Please give me the Shanyu's instructions."
Humphrey saw their sleepy looks and knew that they must have secretly fallen asleep just now. They didn't hear what he said clearly. He was about to get angry when he coughed and gasped for a long time. He could only say slowly: "It's not fast yet." Go out and have a look.”
Suddenly, the tent door was opened, and a Hun man stumbled in, saying intermittently: "Chanyu, no... it's not bad, the enemy... the enemy is attacking..."
Humphrey was about to ask what happened, but he saw that the man had fallen to the ground with a "plop", and there was an arrow stuck in his back, which was shaking non-stop.
This man was fully dressed. He did not just run out of the felt tent. He was the guard on duty tonight. Now that he knew that Huchuquan and the others were going to be detrimental to his tribe, how could Yuvluo not take precautions? Well, after Liu Bao led the army to set off, he also strengthened the guards at the camp.
Hearing the word "enemy attack", Yuvluo broke into a cold sweat. Most of the young and strong men in the tribe had been taken out by Liu Bao. Except for the old, weak, women and children, there were only more than 500 young men left in the tribe. Strong men, these more than 500 people are his bodyguards, the Xiongnu Chanyu.
Humphrey glanced at the man lying on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Quickly, bring me some clothes!"
He wished he could rush out of the tent to find out what was going on, but he was already getting older and had been sick for a long time. In addition, it was freezing and snowy outside. If he went out wearing two single clothes like this, he would be already dead before the enemy could rush in front of him. He was half freezing to death, so the first thing that Huvrault thought of was to quickly put on his fox fur jacket. However, this also shows that Huvrault is indeed a not simple person. Facing the enemy attack, he didn't panic too much. .
But the two maids could not remain calm like Humphrey. There were shouts of killing and screams from outside. The hands of the two maids could not stop shaking. The fox-skin jacket could not be worn by Humphrey. on the body.
At this moment, the tent door was opened again, and a group of soldiers wrapped in white cloaks poured in, led by a tall and handsome young general.
Humphrey pushed away the two frightened maids angrily and sat back on the low couch slumped. He couldn't believe his eyes and blurted out: "Are you Han Chinese?"
His tent is the king's tent of the Huns. Not only is it the largest tent among all the tents in the camp, but the golden tent roof also exudes an alluring light even in the middle of the night. Ma Chao knows that to capture the thief first, capture the king. The reason is that before entering this camp, the target was locked.
At this time, most people in the camp were still asleep, and the guards at night were also dozing off. Ma Chao took advantage of their lax defenses to launch an attack, just like the scene he staged in the Liu Bao tribe. However, This was the king's tent of the Xiongnu. After hearing the news of the enemy attack, many Xiongnu didn't even bother to put on their clothes. They grabbed scimitars, bows and arrows and rushed out of the tent, desperately trying to block the Han army's offensive.
At this time, Ma Chao had already snatched a war horse and went straight to Yu Fuluo's royal tent. Along the way, countless Huns men and women fell under his spear. Ma Chao waved his spear like a long dragon or a giant python, spreading out His fierce fighting spirit made the Hun men and women who rushed over tremble with fear, unable to stop him from advancing at all.
When Ma Chao entered the royal tent, the entire battle ended. In the royal tent were not only their tribal leaders, but also the Xiongnu's Chanyu. The Chanyus all fell into the hands of the enemy, and they continued to resist. , will only hasten Shanyu's death. The Huns men and women who ran out of the tent threw away their weapons and stood shivering in the cold wind. In fact, even if they continued to resist, apart from ending up with their bodies and heads missing, There would be no other results. At most, it would add some casualties to the Han army. After all, they were all awakened from their sleep, and hand-to-hand combat was not their specialty.
Ma Chao glanced at the old Huns man who was coughing repeatedly, and said contemptuously: "Yuvro, surrender!"
Humphrey sighed and suddenly grabbed the scimitar beside his pillow. It was a sharp scimitar with many colorful gems inlaid on the handle. It was the sword of the Xiongnu Chanyu, and he followed him again.
Ma Chao took a step forward, pointed his spear, and shouted sternly: "Yu Fuluo, you still want to fight stubbornly, but you can't!"
Yuvluo suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, saying: "The Xiongnu Chanyu would rather die than surrender!"
Ma Chao's heart tightened, and when he was about to swing out his spear, he saw Yu Fuluo raising his neck, and the scimitar slit his throat, shooting out a blood arrow. As the two maids screamed, Yu Fuluo's body went limp. , fell on the couch.
Seeing a soldier coming forward to take Yu Fuluo's head, Ma Chao waved his hand and said: "Forget it, he is also a hero, leave his body intact."
Ma Chao also had secret respect for Huvrault's final choice to commit suicide. He took a step forward, bowed deeply to Huvrault's body, then took off the scimitar in his hand and turned around and left the tent.
The old, weak, women and children in the camp had been herded together and were looking at their king's tent anxiously. Suddenly, a young man strode out and raised the scimitar in his hand high. Against the background of the torch, The blood stains on the blade are faintly visible. For these Huns, this scimitar is very familiar to them. It is the sword of the Chanyu and is a symbol of the Huns' royal power. The ancient saying goes that where the sword is, the person who is there will die with the sword. This knife fell into the hands of the Han general, indicating that something unexpected had happened to their Chanyu.
Almost as soon as they saw the scimitar in Ma Chao's hand, all the Huns men and women in the camp knelt down and burst into tears.
Ma Chao looked around, his heart filled with pride. He was born in Xiliang and is half Qiang. He has been dealing with the nomadic people since he was a child, and he also knows the situation of the Xiongnu quite well. The scimitar in his hand It has been passed down through the hands of the Xiongnu Chanyus in the past dynasties. There were smooth handovers and violent plunders, but it has never fallen into the hands of the Han people. Today, he has done it. This is the first time! He wants to take this weapon The scimitar was brought back to Xiangyang, and the newbie was presented to Liu Xin.
What surprised the old, weak, women and children in the Yufuluo tribe was that these Han people did not massacre them, but only "liberated" the slaves in their tribe, and adopted a different strategy from those used to deal with the Liu Bao tribe.
In Liu Bao's tribe, Ma Chao turned the "liberated" slaves into masters, and the original Xiongnu families had reorganized into new families. That was because Liu Bao was warlike by nature, and the tribe plundered a large number of slaves. The number of slaves is actually twice that of the Yuvluo tribe, but the size of his tribe is less than half that of the Yuvluo tribe. In this way, those "liberated" slaves are fully capable of controlling the entire tribe. Moreover, Ma Chao Liu Bao's tribe and Yehan's tribe were also merged. With the addition of Hemuler and his tribe, there was no need to worry about the issue of tribe control.
Yuvluo's tribe is different. It is impossible to completely control the entire tribe relying on these "liberated" slaves, and there are no other tribes around that can merge with this tribe. Now these people are not resisting because the Han army is still Now, when the Han army leaves, it is difficult to predict what will happen.
Ma Chao was familiar with the habits of the nomadic people. He asked the "liberated" young male slaves to select unmarried girls from the Yufuluo tribe to form new families without completely destroying the original family structure. In this way, these " The "liberated" slaves will have marriage relationships with the Huvrault tribe, and they will be able to integrate well into the Huvrault tribe without being rejected too much. After all, there are not many Huvrault tribe left. Now that they are young and strong men, they also need to add some fresh blood. Otherwise, even if they resist and regain control of the tribe, they will become the targets of bullying by other tribes, and even be robbed as slaves by other tribes. This is the law of the jungle on the grassland. The law of cruelty.
After handling these matters, Ma Chao stretched out and walked towards Yuvluo's royal tent. After running around in the snowy field for so long, he needed to take a good rest and reward himself.
"General, no." A soldier stopped him and stopped talking.