The people of the grassland grew up on horseback, and the horses were their companions and brothers, so the people of the grassland loved horses, especially horses. Yehan's mount is a rare horse, but it is not as good as Liu Bao's snow-green horse, so after Yehan's death, Liu Bao did not ask for that horse, but gave it to his personal entourage.

The man was glad to have the horse, but he was on duty last night, and he did not dare to take it off, so as soon as he arrived at the camp to-day, he could not wait to unload the saddle, so that the horse could relax.

Ye Han had been hiding the bag of tea behind the saddle as a treasure, and now that the saddle had been removed, the treasure was nowhere to be seen. The person who opened the cloth bag and looked at it, but he didn't recognize him. Put it under your nose and smell it, it has a fragrance. The relatives didn't dare to hide privately, so they sent it to Liu Bao.

Liu Bao took the bag of tea and looked at it, but he didn't know it. In fact, Liu Bao had seen tea and drank tea, but the tea leaves at that time were all fried and blackened, and kneaded into a crumbled ball, which was completely different from the one in his hand, how could he recognize it. Liu Bao also put the tea under his nose, and a wisp of fragrance refreshed his heart and spleen.

"It smells so good!" Liu Bao praised it, grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth. But I heard the relative entourage stop him repeatedly: "Lord Wang, 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 that it will be poisonous." ”

The people on the grassland have their own ability to identify poisonous weeds, some poisonous weeds smell fragrant, however, don't talk about people, even if cattle and sheep eat by mistake, they will be poisoned, and they will be comatose at least and die at worst.

"Poisonous?" Liu Bao pondered for a long time, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and he said with great certainty, "Yes, this package of things is a big poisonous weed!" ”

If Liu Xin knew that the baby tea that he had worked so hard to make out and was ready to be put to great use was said by Liu Bao to be a big poisonous weed, Liu Xin would definitely hit the wall in frustration. In fact, sometime more than a thousand years later, the British Empire, thousands of miles away, did regard tea as a poisonous weed, and came to a vigorous tea abstinence movement. Of course, the British did this not because tea was poisonous, but because tea had caused Britain a huge trade deficit in the trade with China.

The next day, before dawn, Liu Bao drove everyone up, and accelerated the speed of the march, until the second watch, seeing that they were all too cold to bear, so he ordered to camp and rest. Although the dozens of entourages were reluctant, no one dared to say anything in the face of the murderous Liu Bao. As a result, after a night, and before dawn, Liu Bao called everyone up, and a few of his entourage wanted to lie in the tent for a while, but Liu Bao directly whipped it over.

After eating some mutton, Liu Bao saw more than a dozen entourages slowly dismantling the tent, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Stop for me, get on the horse, and go!" ”

The retinue looked at each other, the winter steppe was bone-chilling, and most of them would have frozen to death if they did not bring tents to the camp in Yufro at night. A few attendants hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Lord Wang, let's all help the handle, move quickly, let's bring the tent with us." ”

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 the horse, whoever wants to grind again, I will kill him first!" ”

Each tent was dismantled with a large pile of materials, and the felt alone had to be carried by two horses, which were very heavy, and the ground was already full of snow, and the horses were even slower when they were loaded. Liu Bao couldn't wait to fly to Yufuluo's tribe, where would he be willing to hurry slowly like this again.

However, Liu Bao's order was a bit of a ruin, and dozens of his followers understood that if they could not reach Yufuluo's tribe before dark, they would be met with an irresistible cold. In this way, the speed of the team's advance was faster, and everyone rushed the horses desperately, and the time to arrive at the Yuvro tribe was half a day earlier, and they arrived at the camp of Yuvro at dusk.

Yuvro is getting old and not in good health, and every winter is the hardest time for him. A few days ago, the Han army's bloody cleansing of dozens of Xiongnu tribes made him very worried, and he couldn't sleep all night, and suffered some wind and cold, and he fell ill on the bed. Hearing that Liu Bao came to ask for a meeting, Yu Fuluo frowned and said, "Let him in." ”

Liu Bao hurriedly lifted the 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 the most excited. This is the king tent of the Xiongnu, there is no city on the Xiongnu grassland, and the place where the king tent is located is the royal court of the Xiongnu, which is equivalent to the capital of the Han people. How Liu Bao longs for this royal tent to belong to him.

Yu Fuluo saw the greedy light flashing in Liu Bao's eyes, and his heart was displeased, and said: "Liu Bao, it's snowing outside, why don't you stay in the tribe and come here?" ”

Liu Bao gathered his thoughts, made a big salute, and said: "Reply, the child has found out about a confidential matter, and I have come to report it." ”

Knowing his son's temperament, he didn't believe his words very much, hesitated for a moment, sat up straight, and waved his hand. The two Hun girls who had been waiting beside them bowed down and withdrew from the big tent in a playful manner.

Liu Bao took a step forward and said: "Yu Danyu, the child got the news, Hu Chuquan united with Chiwule and Gu Tu'an, and wanted to rebel!" ”

To be honest, compared to Liu Bao, Yu Fuluo trusted Hu Chuquan more, he "snorted" and said: "Liu Bao, I know that I didn't give you the tribe of the Marquis of Xubu Bone at the beginning, and you are dissatisfied, but you can't talk nonsense. Hu Chuquan They sent an envoy to the Han on my order, and they have not come back so far, how can they rebel? ”

Liu Bao had long known that Yu Fuluo would not believe his words, and said with a smile: "Shan Yu sent Hu Chuquan and them to envoy the Han Dynasty, but they have been back for many days, but they have not come to return to Shan Yu, just based on this, it can be concluded that they have secretly disagreed." ”

Yu Furo was stunned for a moment and said, "How do you know that they have been back for many days?" ”

Liu Bao took out the bag of tea from his arms, presented it to Yu Fuluo with both hands, and said, "Shan Yu, please see, have you seen this thing?" ”

Yu Fuluo only felt a fresh fragrance coming to his nose, but he didn't know what was in the cloth bag, and shook his head blankly.

Liu Bao put the tea on the short table in front of Yu Fuluo, laughed dryly, and said: "This is the poisonous weed that Hu Chuquan brought back from Dahan, they wanted to poison Shan Yu and me, but fortunately I saw through it, so I rushed here." ”

When Yu Fu Luo was young, he was also a hero among the Xiongnu, so he was elected to the position of Shangshan Yu by the leaders of various tribes for the second time, but as he grew older, Yu Fu Luo became more and more afraid of death. Hearing that it was a poisonous weed placed in front of him, Yu Furo couldn't help but shrink back and asked, "Where did this thing come from, and how did you know about it?" ”

Liu Bao added fuel to Yehan's confession, and said in a matter-of-fact manner: "At that time, the tribe of Yehan was affected, so I sent him some forage and cattle and sheep, and he invited me to drink, but quietly put these poisonous weeds in the bosom of the wine. ”

The small tribes on the grassland are attached to the big tribes in order to survive, but this relationship is not too close, and many small tribes will also switch to other large tribes, which is also very normal, everything depends on who is more beneficial to their own tribe. Although the original big tribe will be dissatisfied because of the departure of the small tribe, it will not stop it, let alone do vendetta things, this is the rule on the grassland.

Yuvro couldn't help but groan. Yehan is the leader of the tribe attached to Liu Bao, 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, Liu Bao's words are somewhat credible. What's more, based on Fu Luo's experience, the bag of "poisonous weeds" in front of him has indeed never been seen, and it is obviously from the Central Plains. And Yehan should not have the opportunity to go to the Central Plains, so it is very likely that this package of "poisonous weeds" was really brought back from Dahan by Huchuquan. The most critical problem is that Hu Chuquan and they sent the Han to return, but they did not immediately return to themselves, there must be ghosts in it.

Liu Bao saw that Yu Fuluo's face was gradually gloomy, and knew that his words had already played a role, so he couldn't help but take a step forward and said, "Shan Yu, without further ado, you should prepare early. ”

Yu Furo sighed and said, "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Liu Bao lowered his voice and said, "Take the initiative!" ”

The civil strife just now has only subsided for a few days, and this looks like it is going to cause another civil strife, looking at the entire Southern Xiongnu, just a little population, tossing a few more times, and seeing that it is about to be tossed, Yu Fuluo hesitated in his heart, and said: "It's just that I'm old, and I'm sick, I can't pull the bow, and I can't even ride the horse." ”

Liu Bao patted his chest and said, "The child is willing to be a pioneer!" There are more than 10,000 elite soldiers in the royal court, and there are still 5,000 young people in my tribe, and some people from other tribes are recruited to deal with the villain Hu Chuquan! ”

Now the entire Southern Xiongnu will not exceed 100,000 young and strong herdsmen, Yu Fuluo, Liu Bao, plus those small tribes attached to them, can make up 30,000 people, accounting for 30% of the entire Xiongnu army. And Chiwule and Gutu'an were originally small tribes attached to Huchuquan, and the foreign aid they could bring in was limited, after all, they couldn't do this kind of thing with great fanfare, so they could not gather more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. In this way, Liu Bao and Yu Fuluo's side still have a good chance of winning.

Yu Fuluo hesitated again and again, and finally relented, and said: "In this way, I will hand over all the men and horses to your command, inform the people of all tribes, and rush here to assemble within five days!" Defeat Hu Chuquan first, and the others will be able to do it easily. ”

Liu Bao didn't expect to get the military power of the royal court so smoothly, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, made another big salute, and said: "Shan Yu Yingming, I should strike first!" ”

At this time, in the big tent of Chiwule, Ma Chao also said the same sentence: "The first strike is the strongest!" ”