Lord Moyu was forced to open

Xiongnu grassland.

Somewhere in the southern prairie.

A group of more than 3,000 Huns cavalry were trading with a group of Song caravans.

Packages of gold and silver property with blood stains were thrown on the ground, and the guys in the caravan picked them up and weighed them one by one.

Finally, he took out bags of grain and various other supplies, the most important of which were hundreds of iron pots and coal stoves, as well as more than fifty carts of coal, and traded them to the Hun cavalry.

The leader of the caravan, a middle-aged fat man with two whiskers at the corners of his mouth, stroked his whiskers and said to the cavalry leader in front of him with a smile:

"General Akeli, the things you stole this time can only be exchanged for so many things. If you give us more, we will lose money."

Akli, who was riding on the horse, immediately frowned and said in a loud voice:

"Song people, don't think I don't know. You have made a lot of money from us. Now I just want fifty more iron pots. Why don't you even want to give me this? If you are too greedy on the grassland, you will be hunted by hunters. For hunting!”

The middle-aged fat man shook his head firmly and said:

"General Akeli, we agreed at the beginning that it would be as much as we wanted, no more than one iron pot. Don't look at it. We made a lot of money, but we also took a lot of risks.

We told you the time to change the defenses of those two military forts, and we were the ones who helped you open the door from the inside. We also helped you intercept and kill the people who sent out to report the news from those two military forts.

Now we are helping you convert the things you grabbed into something you can use, and each piece of this is our cost.

In fact, we didn't earn much money, it was all hard-earned money. We really can't agree to your request for fifty more iron pots! "

"Fan! Aren't you afraid that we will kill you all here? Then everything will be ours!"

The guard beside Akli immediately pulled out the scimitar from his waist and waved it threateningly.

Akli was silent on the side, seeming to acquiesce in this behavior.

The middle-aged fat man stroked the beard on his lips and said with a smile: "We, the Fan family, are already one of the few merchants willing to do business with you Xiongnu. If the general kills us here today.

Then our Fan family will not do any business with the general's tribe in the future. In addition, our eight major caravans are in the same boat, and the other eight families will not do business with you again.

Now His Majesty has issued an order to sever all ties between the Song Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and to prohibit even a grain of rice from entering the Xiongnu grassland.

If it were not for us, then you would really have no choice but to watch your people starve to death in the Xiongnu grassland.

So, if the general wants, he can kill us all now. "

The middle-aged fat man's words were extremely arrogant. Both the leader Akli and the other Huns clenched their fists, but in the end they surrendered to reality and let go.

Akli said: "Fan Fa, you win, take your gold and silver and give us what we deserve!"

Fan Fa put his hand on his chest and bowed slightly, performed the Hun etiquette, and said with a slight smile:

"General Akeli, this is undoubtedly a very correct decision!

May the eternal God bless us and may the friendship between us last forever! "

"Bah! You treacherous Song people! Anyone who wants to be friends with you should go to hell!"

The guard just now spat on the ground and cursed angrily.

However, Fan Fa acted as if he hadn't seen it and just looked at Akli.

Akli was silent for a long time, and then said: "I'll wait for your next news!"

Fan Fa saluted again.

Akli turned the horse's head expressionlessly, picked up the bone flute on his chest and blew it hard. The sharp flute sounded. After receiving the news, the Huns put all the things they had exchanged on the horse and turned the direction.

Following the shouts of Akeli and others, these more than 3,000 Huns headed towards their tribes with their harvest.

Fan Fa stayed there quietly and watched Akli and others go away, with a smile on his face.

After Akeli and others completely disappeared from sight, a waiter on the side said angrily: "Shopkeeper, how can you bear it? These Huns rely on us to survive the winter, and you still dare to be so arrogant. ?

Don't they know they are not what they used to be?

As they are now, besides us, which Song caravan can they find to trade with them?

A group of homeless dogs still dare to show off their power here!

I bother! "

Fan Fa shook his head with a smile and said: "Okay, we are customers after all. As long as we in business can make money, what can't we tolerate?

As long as he lets me make money, he can call me daddy, but it's just a bit arrogant, so that's okay.

By the way, how much money is the property snatched back this time worth? "

Having said this, the boy from the Fan family immediately showed an excited smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, this time we're giving it away!

They had just counted it, and the things they snatched back this time were worth thirty thousand taels!

The little thing I gave them was not worth a thousand taels, it was thirty times the profit! "

Hearing the result, Fan Fa showed a satisfied smile and said slowly:

"Not bad! It's not a loss, but after all, it's just a village, and there aren't many valuable things.

Next time we need to find a good place and let them grab more goods.

Let's go, pack up and go back. I have to sell these things when I go back.

All we earn is hard-earned money! "

"Yes! From the shopkeeper!"

The Fan family's caravan also disappeared silently on the grassland.

What they don't know is that the border, which was not worth mentioning in the Song Dynasty in the past, has made the current emperor furious this time!

Huo Qubing, who had disturbed the entire grassland, was released by Emperor Xingwu because of this!

How long their activities can continue is still unknown.

……

"Drive! Drive! Drive!"

The ground shook violently, and more than 30,000 war horses carrying a total of 10,000 cavalry came toward the east of the river in a mighty manner.

After ten days of preparation, all the equipment and personnel required for the 10,000 elite cavalry were mobilized.

All the food and grass supplies along the way were notified and mobilized.

Today's northern cities are firmly under the control of the imperial court. No one dares to withhold military rations like before. If this happens, the new emperor Zhao Jun will massacre all the local people who may be involved!

Under Zhao Jun's iron-blooded tactics, the military rations were deducted?

Haha, whenever you have this idea, other people around you will immediately tie you up and send you to Bianjing to prevent you from harming them.

Huo Qubing came with 10,000 fine cavalry, one person and three horses, along Bianjing and Guanzhong all the way to the east of the river.

Finally, after thirteen days of traveling, the army finally arrived in Hedong, and was getting closer and closer to Yumen Pass.

Three hundred miles away from Yumen Pass, Huo Qubing raised his hand slightly, and the army slowly stopped.

There happened to be a river here, and the army took a break here to feed the horses some fodder and water.

Huo Qubing called his generals over, pointed to the map in his hand and said: "We have at most three days to reach Yumen Pass. This is the latest map outside the Pass that was sent from the Imperial City Department yesterday.

According to the Imperial City Secretary, when we made a big fuss with the Huns before, the power of the Huns had already retreated deep into the Xiongnu grasslands.

But in the past two years, as our Song Dynasty was recovering and had no time to take care of the grasslands, many Xiongnu tribes have moved back to the border areas.

This tribe is about five hundred miles east of Yumen Pass. It is a small and medium-sized tribe with a population of more than 2,000 people. There are a hundred cavalry in the tribe, and there are several other small tribes less than fifty miles away from him. The scale of thousands of people.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that behind these small tribes there is a medium-to-large tribe that just moved here not long ago, with a number of about 30,000 people and more than 5,000 cavalry.

The name is the Xun tribe, and it is said to be one of the branches of the Teng tribe, a large tribe of the Xiongnu.

According to my estimation, the Hun cavalry that attacked the border some time ago are probably from this Xun tribe. Otherwise, except for them, there is no other nearby Hun tribe that can take out 3,000 people at once.

Our main purpose this time is to clear out the Xun tribe, and then we will clear out all the Xiongnu tribes we see along the border.

This will also make it easier for us to enter the customs for supplies at any time. What do you think? Any other comments? "

All the generals shook their heads to express that they had no objection.

"Okay! If that's the case, let's continue on our way after half a day's rest, and we'll do this when we get out of Yumen Pass!"

Huo Qubing decided on his course of action and put away the map in his hand.

Then the army rested here for a long time and then set off again, heading towards Yumen Pass.

……

(End of this chapter)