In the twelfth year of Tianfu, July 14, north of Youzhou, Tama Plain.

In the early morning, there is a solemn atmosphere on the plain of Tama, as far as the eye can see, those low green grass is full of fine hoarfrost, in addition to green, or green, gently breathe, will immediately turn into a white mist, it is hard to imagine, it is only the middle of July, to the depths of winter, I don't know what kind of situation it will become.

But in this world of green grass and hoarfrost, there is an exception, that is, this kind of small yellow flower called creeper, this small flower is tenacious, even in the middle of winter, pick up the thick layer of snow, you can also find that it still has the breath of life, and when the spring warms up, the spring breeze brings warmth, it will sprout, grow, and bloom again, so these Buyeo tribes like this kind of tenacious flower, they always feel that these small flowers, like themselves living in this barren land.

Buyeo is not peaceful now, large and small tribes are scattered in every corner of the northern boundary, they fight each other, kill their enemies, and re-establish new enemies, those small tribes are attached to the big tribes, and the big tribes rarely fight each other directly, what they like is to stab the knife in the back, but this is only a means that those kings like to play, the real samurai of the northern realm, they have never looked down on those who stab the knife in the back.

Nowadays, the weather in the northern plains is getting worse and worse, in the rainy season of midsummer, the heavy rain has washed the whole grassland, the earth is washed clean, the grain is carried away by the rain, brought into the river, or buried deep in the low, and the mud is wrapped together, so now it is common to see women and children holding a small wooden stick in their hands, hunched over and poking east and west, and when they touch the soft soil, they will take out a small shovel and gently cut a layer of soil to see if there is any food underneath.

Men naturally disdained such things, and in their eyes the only source of food was hunting, although they would eat it when the women brought it back.

The climate of this autumn is very strange, just into early autumn, an autumn wind, seems to bring all the winter cold, except for the creeper and those tenacious grasses, most of the plants have died in this frost, especially those crops that have just been planted, almost nothing left.

A girl in a thick animal skin coat looked at the withered yellow plants and sighed softly, her good-looking eyebrows frowned slightly, judging from her outfit, her identity should be a nobleman.

"Mayi." A man in the tent behind her softly called her name.

"Hey." She quickly agreed, turned around and lifted the curtain, and walked into the tent.

As soon as they entered the tent, a hot breath came to their faces, and several brothers stared at the crispy rabbit meat stewed in the pot and gently squirmed their throats, they were all extremely hungry, otherwise they would not be so out of shape, and now this ghost weather, even if they are nobles, they will inevitably be hungry, as for those slaves and poor people, I don't know how many are starving to death.

The person who called her was the eldest brother, the eldest brother stood in the pile, holding a bowl full of rabbit meat in his hand, and the other brothers didn't have to think about it, they all knew that the bowl must be the best meat on the rabbit, and the eldest brother loved this sister the most.

Mayi took the bowl and smiled sweetly, "Thank you, brother." ”

Sule smiled and rubbed her head, and said dotingly, "Eat quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold later." ”

Mayi hummed softly, but walked out of the tent with a bowl, Sule looked at her disappearing figure outside the tent, shook her head helplessly, smiled bitterly, looked at her younger brothers and said, "You can eat too." ”

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The sturdy boys of the Northern Realm were pardoned, as if Suller's words had untied the shackles on their bodies, and they took the bowls, each of them scooped a large spoonful into the bowl, and began to gobble it up, while Suller held a bowl of "meat" that was almost only soup, and stood silently aside, looking at the younger brothers.

He went out hunting yesterday, because he went too far, and did not come back until this morning, during which he also called a companion to return halfway, and told his family their itinerary, so that they could not worry, but fortunately, this trip was not in vain - Souler They found a rabbit nest, which was probably a rabbit family, and after a round-up, they caught nearly twenty rabbits, large and small, and in order to reward the few warriors who went out hunting with him, as well as his companions, he divided five rabbits, Let those samurai and their companions divide it for themselves, five rabbits, in the past, it seemed that it would not make people laugh off their big teeth when they took it out, but now, it is good to have meat to eat.

He brought all the remaining rabbits back to the tribe, kept three for himself, called his younger brothers and sisters, and opened a small stove for them.

Eating and eating, Su Le couldn't help but think that when the weather warmed up, he would go hunt a few good prey, so that the people in the tribe would open the meat.

At this moment, someone suddenly lifted the tent, he poked his head in, glanced at the princes who were feasting, and just beckoned to Sule.

Souler immediately understood, put down the unfinished bowl of soup, and walked out of the tent quickly.

"Uncle Timberwolf, but what is the matter with my father?" Sule came out of the tent, stood behind the old man known as the timber wolf, and asked softly.

The timber wolf nodded, and said without looking back, "I said that there is a big matter to discuss with you, so you don't need to ask more, and you will know it when you get to the big tent." ”

Souler hummed softly and quickened his pace, keeping up with the timber wolf.

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In the big tent, several nobles of the Leopard Gui tribe gathered here, and the Great Khan sat on his throne, looking down with a blank face, without saying a word.

It was only when the timber wolf brought Surle that the delicate atmosphere in the big tent was broken.

"Shizi." When the nobles saw Sule, they all stood up and saluted.

Sulle immediately returned the salute, but did not say much, and finally went to the Great Khan, called "Father" softly, and then returned to his seat.

The Great Khan nodded and said to the timberwolf, "You can begin." ”

The timber wolf also nodded in the same way, then turned to the various nobles present, and said, "Everyone, I think everyone has also seen that the situation in the northern realm is not optimistic now, and the great shaman has already predicted that the era of frost killing all herbs is coming, it is an era of heroes, but it is also an era of turmoil in the world, and no one can stay out of it." ”

The so-called great shaman is the most proficient in the art of astrology of the leopard tribe, they observe the stars in the sky, according to the ancient books left by thousands of people to deduce and calculate, so as to achieve the effect of "predicting the future", such people, in every tribe, large and small tribes, it can be said that in addition to the king of that tribe, the great shaman is the most respected person.

The great shaman of the Leopard Gui tribe was already a twilight old man, drunk all day long, crazy, and people who didn't know thought he was a madman, but every time he predicted was unexpectedly accurate, he didn't make a single mistake.

The faces of the nobles were serious, and they knew that the words of the great shaman could not be neglected.

"This hoarfrost is a sign of the arrival of that era," the timber wolf paused, and then said, "I think you all know that there is turmoil in Zhongzhou, the emperor who lives in Apocalypse City has been ousted from his throne, and now Zhongzhou is making a pot of porridge, me."

Our opportunity has finally come. ”

"We're going to ...... Sending troops to Zhongzhou?! A nobleman couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, he was still a little surprised by the decision of the Great Khan.

"Yes." This time it was the Great Khan who answered, he nodded, stood up, and said in a loud voice, "The land in the northern border is barren, and there are almost no crops to grow, and this year's weather is too weird, and almost all the crops we have planted are folded in this hoarfrost, we can't eat enough, and our prey is also not enough, deer, rabbits, wolves, almost every animal is decreasing, and if this continues, we will starve to death on our own land, so we must lead our troops south to grab a piece of land that can provide us with food." ”

"But the King Khan," another nobleman asked, "we are not very strong, and the surrounding tribes are eyeing us, if we send warriors south at this time, then the other tribes will definitely take the opportunity to eat us, even if we grab the land and food, if we come back without even the tribes, then what is the use?" ”

"Yes, so we can't go alone," the Great Khan's voice became a little more agitated, "we must lobby the tribes around us to join forces with them and go south together." ”

"Lobby them......" The nobleman who had just asked couldn't help frowning, "this matter...... I'm afraid it's hard to climb to the sky, right? ”

"It's hard to ascend to the sky, but it's still possible, since it's possible, you must try, otherwise no one knows if you can succeed," Surle stood up suddenly, and he bowed to the Great Khan, his father, and said, "Souler is willing to take on this important task, and he will never return until he finishes talking, and when I return, I will definitely come with the news that all the troops have agreed to join forces." ”

The Great Khan couldn't help but laugh, "Good, good, good!" Worthy of being the son of my Arel. ”

"My son will make some preparations first, and it is estimated that he will be able to leave tomorrow." Surel saluted again, and after obtaining his father's permission, he turned and withdrew from the tent.

The meaning of his father's call to come, he had heard almost from what he had just said, since he was going to lobby the ministries, he must send a persuasive person, so that person must be one of the big tents just now, either those nobles, or Uncle Timberwolf, or ...... His own father, either, is himself.

Father is the king of the leopard return department, of course, it is impossible to go out to lobby, as for those nobles, presumably they will shirk for various reasons, Uncle Timber Wolf may take over this task, but Timber Wolf is already old, and he is a short-tempered and unspeakable person, so he is not suitable to lobby, so suitable, probably only himself, before his father is embarrassed, it is better to stand up first and take over this burden, which is also regarded as the responsibility of an eldest son and a son.

When passing by a small tent, Mayi happened to come out of the tent, Sule knew that it was Mayi's playmate, and the two of them were going to be very good.

Mayi walked ahead and didn't seem to notice Sule, so Sule called her softly, "Mayi." ”

Mayi looked back in surprise and said, "Ah, brother, why are you here?" ”

"It's nothing," Souler smiled and shook his head, then reached out and rubbed Mayi's head again, and said, "Go back quickly, it's cold outside, I asked them to leave you a bowl of rabbit meat before, go back and eat it early." ”

"I'm not a child again," Mayi blushed a little, she didn't want others to touch her head outside, of course, Brother Sule was an exception, but she was still a little embarrassed.

Sule smiled, put down his hand, and said, "Go back quickly." ”