On the thousand-mile border between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, there were not only wars, but also trade and trade that took place for hundreds of years.

The silk cloth, porcelain, tea, wine, and so on of the Central Plains Dynasty were certainly loved by the nomads who were not engaged in production. The horses, furs, cattle and sheep of the grassland are also necessary for the Central Plains.

In this era, although the status of businessmen is not high. But in this land of north and south, it is very popular. Therefore, many large families in the land of Yanzhao are close to the water, and they have made a fortune by relying on this road and accumulated considerable wealth.

Although there were frequent wars on the border between the two countries, and the wolf smoke on the beacon tower would warn every once in a while, it could not stop the merchants from tempting money.

Keep your eyes bright, be bold, and be quick...... This is the secret of the success of Yanzhao businessmen. How can silver or gold come to the house by itself? Those who are afraid of doing things, afraid of this and that, will not make a fortune. In a word: just dare to do!

Just last year, the imperial court suddenly decreed the opening of five border trade cities. Such a large-scale action is unprecedented! Later, it became known that this was the result of a compromise between the two sides under military pressure from the Huns.

This is an opportunity that must be seized! People who saw a huge business opportunity came here in droves, all trying to get a piece of the pie.

The hand is fast, but the hand is slow. Those who learned the news from the big guys in the DPRK and China in advance can be regarded as seizing the opportunity. Enclosure of land, buying shops, and accumulating goods, .......

As expected, the five border cities of Qiyi, Zhuyi, Jianzhou, Wuzhou, and Mayi have all developed very rapidly, but in more than half a year, they have been prosperous.

Merchants from the north and south, Hu merchants from the Western Regions, and even merchants from Dongyi have crossed the sea, and a large number of local families who have seized the opportunity have taken advantage of the situation and become more prosperous.

And the Nie family, who have lived in Mayi City for generations, is the family that has benefited the most this time. The Nie family was originally a wealthy man in the north, and the industry was all over Yan, Zhao, Dai and other places, after such a toss, the family property almost doubled several times, and it was faintly already the first big family north of the Yellow River.

A large part of all this comes from the best son in the family...... Nie Yi!

As the saying goes, "no treacherous business"! In the eyes of the world, it seems that businessmen are synonymous with profit-seeking and treachery. Of course, it is not surprising that people have this prejudice, the way of business, and the great profit is to conquer the country and the world, such as Lü Buwei of the Warring States. Small profits must be compared, and the market abounds.

But the Nie family is different. This family has inherited the martyrdom of the ancestors, and it has been infected with the generosity of the land of Yan Zhao.

Today, in the ancestral hall of the Nie family, there is a special farewell in a solemn atmosphere.

The old lady of the Nie family is over seventy years old, and as the patriarch, he led the whole family of more than 20 men, and respectfully put three sticks of incense on the middle ranking.

The population of the Nie family is still thriving, the old lady's name is Nie Huai'an, and the people of their generation are almost dead, and there are only three or four old brothers in the clan left, and they are all next to them today.

After the salute, the old lady Nie turned around, looked at everyone, and finally landed on the three sons in the front.

"Nie Yi, come here."

The son of the Nie family, who had just returned from Chang'an for a few days, looked a lot darker, and the fatigue of the long journey had not yet eased from his fatigue, and at this time, he heard the greeting of his father and took a step forward.

"Father, what else do you command?"

Nie Huai'an looked at it carefully, and in the blink of an eye, his son was almost forty years old, for so many years, the burden of the family was on his shoulders, and he didn't know if there would be a chance to see each other again after this goodbye!

"Wu'er, have you really decided to do this, do you have no regrets in your heart?"

"No regrets! For the country and the family, although there is no regret in death! ”

Nie Yi's expression was firm, and his tone was resolute.

"Okay, worthy of being a descendant of my Nie family! Let my son go, for the Father will seek their protection before the ancestors. ”

"Father...... Please forgive the child for being unfilial! If there are three long and two short, if you die, you will not be able to be filial in front of your knees for the rest of your life. ”

The middle-aged man, who had always been calm, was finally moved, bowed to the ground, and kowtowed respectfully to the gray-haired old father three times.

Go deep into the tiger's den, take on this heavy responsibility, the future is unpredictable, who dares to guarantee that it will be safe and sound! Everyone around them had a look on their faces, and even the younger children and nephews were already sobbing lowly.

Nie Huai'an's face that had experienced the vicissitudes of life also had a trace of sadness, and he reached out and brushed Nie Yi's shoulder, signaling him to get up.

"Alas! Since he belongs to the country, he has to take care of his family. I think my ancestors of the Nie family have always put loyalty first, and the word filial piety is ranked last, you have to keep this in mind, don't forget! No matter whether you succeed or fail, you must not spoil the legacy of your ancestors. ”

Nie Yi was taken aback, turned his head to look at the right piece of rank, and nodded heavily. The martyrs of the ancestors will never dare to forget!

The ancestral hall of the Nie family has more than a dozen tablets, and the one in the most conspicuous position seems to be very old, and the book is written with a few quaint Qin seal characters "Ancestor Nie Zheng's Position"!

The pen is sharp, like a knife like a sword, the handwriting is sensible, and the history is engraved!

It turned out that the ancestor of their Nie clan was the famous martyr Nie Zheng of the Warring States Period.

Nie Zheng, originally a Korean in the Warring States Period, was one of the four most famous swordsmen of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The Nie family's business history has a long history, because this swordsman Nie Zheng made a living by killing dogs and selling dog meat in the market.

Where Nie Zheng learned the martial arts, the world does not know. Since he was young, he has been famous for his chivalry, because "when the road is uneven, he roars, and when he should shoot", click...... killed a noble son who molested a woman from a good family, and had no choice but to run away!

took his mother and sister from South Korea to Qi State, and Nie Swordsman still sold dog meat on the street.

Some old sayings in the world are actually the truth, such as the phrase "the fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys", which is still very reasonable.

It turned out that Yan Zhongzi, the senior doctor of South Korea, was framed by the prime minister of the country, and fled abroad, thinking about revenge day and night, but he couldn't find a brave knight.

Later, Yan Zhongzi heard Nie Zheng's reputation, found him in turn, and did not hesitate to break the knot to become friends with him, and offered 10,000 taels of gold to celebrate Nie's mother's birthday, begging him to avenge himself.

Although Nie Zheng was very moved, because his mother was in the hall, he didn't dare to take himself lightly, so he didn't agree to Yan Zhongzi.

Even so, Yan Zhongzi still treated their family as before. After Nie Zheng waited for his mother's death and kept filial piety for three years, he recalled Yan Zhongzi's kindness, so on a dull afternoon, one person and one sword, cloth and clothes floated away!

A few days later, Nie Zheng's sword went straight into the Han capital, and hundreds of armor soldiers inside and outside the Prime Minister's Mansion could not stop the power of that sword. The sword qi is approaching the long sky, and the white rainbow runs through the sun!

After killing the prime minister and hundreds of armor soldiers in the house, in the face of the ironclad cavalry coming from the city, Nie Zheng, who knew that it was difficult to get out, looked up to the sky and roared, because he was afraid that after he died, someone would track down his sister, so he destroyed his face with a sword, gouged out his eyes and cut his nose, and then committed suicide by caesarean section.

At that time, the whole country was shaken, and the world spread its bravery! And the sister of the Nie family found the corpse of her brother in Han City, cried bitterly in the corpse, and after telling the world about her brother's chivalrous trip, she also committed suicide with a sword.

Since then, Nie's fame has become great, and people all over the world admire it whether they know it or not!

I never thought that the Yandi Nie family turned out to be the descendants of the Warring States Martyrs, but few people in the world knew about it.

Nie Yi told the clansmen in detail about the aftermath that he needed to deal with after he left, instructed the two younger brothers to protect the old father, bowed down a few times and bowed to the ancestral spiritual position, and then, like the ancestor, went out proudly and never ......looked back.

In the Yanmen Pass, in the mountains and valleys of Youbeiping, I don't know when a dense camp was set up, and a team of about 70,000 or 80,000 Han troops had been secretly lurking here for more than half a month.

This operation, which began two months ago, was named "Shooting Sky Wolf" by the son of the present day!

It is said that the name comes from the phrase given by the young marquis not long ago. “…… Will hold the bow like a full moon, look northwest, shoot the wolf! "There is no lack of noble descendants in the Han army, and many of them are from the sons and nephews of the old generals.

The Han Empire, the most important military merit, like the Marquis of Changle, who won the supreme favor of the two palaces, is an outlier after all. With immediate kung fu, one sword and one shot with the head of the enemy chief to make a name for himself is the right way for the children of the army.

Therefore, the middle-level generals above the rank of lieutenant and general who can participate in this big operation are still excited and looking forward to it.

The Fifth Route Army, a total of about 300,000 gathered, the first plan is to use the cavalry general Li Guang, the general of the protection army, Cheng Buzhi, the two most experienced generals in dealing with the Xiongnu, to block the front of the city of Mayi, divided into left and right wings of ambush. When all the Huns entered the big pocket and were ready to attack Mayi, they would give them a lightning blow with the most elite troops!

And with the general of the Tun army Wang Hui and the general Han Anguo each led 60,000 horses to ambush in the mountains and mountains outside the Yanmen Pass, as a pocket for the purpose of tying pockets, once the Huns were defeated and retreated, they cut off the back road, closed the door and beat the dogs.

In addition, he ordered Gongsun He, the general of light vehicles, to lead a team of about 50,000 people, including cavalry battalions, chariot battalions, and infantry battalions, as a mobile response force, to support the rest of the troops at any time according to the military situation.

I have to say that the emperor's action was planned very well and in detail, as long as the Xiongnu iron cavalry drilled into this pocket, the Han army waited for work, attacked more and less, and under the five-way attack, he was caught off guard, and there was still a lot of hope for victory.

Now the only question is, will the Xiongnu Shan Yu come to drill this pocket?

Through the news transmitted by the secret spies of the Han army on the grassland, combined with the information obtained from other channels, the emperor and his confidants and ministers finally came to the conclusion that this is a golden opportunity! As long as the bait is big and fat enough, the newly ascended Yizhi Evil Shan Yu will definitely take the bait!

At that time, above the Golden Palace, in front of the Son of Heaven, several ministers had a fierce dispute about whether this operation was feasible.

And in the end, it was Daxing Lingwang Hui's words that made the emperor make up his mind.

Faced with the doubts of several colleagues, this courtier, who had been on several missions to the northern country of the Western Regions and was most familiar with the situation of Fanbang, drew a half-arc on the map of northern Xinjiang with his hand.

"Your Majesty and the ministers do you know? How prosperous the five cities are now! It's like putting fragrant fat meat in the mouth of a hungry wolf, will it resist eating it? The defeat of the ancestor Emperor Gao was due to the fact that the Xiongnu fought on their home turf, and the time, place, and people were lost, and it was difficult for our army to exert its combat strength. And now, what if there is a great opportunity to put the Huns in the Yanmen Pass? Everything is in my favor, are you afraid that you won't be able to win! ”

The eyes of the Son of Heaven and his ministers began to shine, this is the temptation to achieve eternal deeds!

"Under the guise of princesses and relatives, with huge wealth as bait, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is about to appear! Now, everything is ready, only Dongfeng Er ......! ”