"Drive, drive......" The horse's hooves were sick, Meng Yuan rode back to Meng Yan's side, and said loudly, "Father, there is still no movement in the valley on both sides of the mountain pass ahead, could it be mistaken?" ”

"Absolutely not." Meng Yan said loudly, "There must be ambushes in the valleys on both sides!" ”

Meng Yuan said: "But our army is about to cross the mountain pass, why hasn't the Han army come out to intercept and kill?" ”

"No matter how much." Meng Yan waved his hand and said in a cruel voice, "The Han army ambush soldiers refuse to come out, and Mo Nan can't sing this good show, so we have to add another fire to force the Han army ambush out!" ”

"Forced out?" Meng Yuan said, "Father, do you mean to drive the Hun women and children, cattle and sheep into the valley?" ”

"Good son, there is progress!" Meng Yan said happily, "Yuan'er, you and Liao'er each lead five hundred horses, and give the Hun women and children, cattle and sheep to the old man and hurry to the valley, if you want to hurry, the Huns will come up quickly!" ”

"Whoa!" Meng Yuan and Meng Liao responded with a bang, and each ordered 500 cavalry.

Meng Yan said to Meng Keng again: "Second brother, let's go, the Han army is too small and unwilling to entertain us, we can't be here with a cheeky face, right?" Hahaha...... "Looking up to the sky and smiling, Meng Yan urged the horse to fly, and crossed the mountain pass with a smoke, and entered the territory of Dai County of Yan Country from the Monan grassland.

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The sky finally brightened, and more than 100,000 Hun cavalry finally approached the mountain pass.

Gu Nuoyan took the lead and galloped at the front, his left and right sides were the Left Valley Li King and the Right Gu Li King, and at this time they had already discovered that something was wrong. The Chu army that fled in front of them was only a few thousand horsemen at most, and there were not many women, children, cattle and sheep in tow, not as many as the uncle expected. Obviously, the uncle said that he had misjudged the situation again.

However, at this juncture, Gu Nuoyan no longer cares about settling accounts with his uncle, and the top priority is to quickly intercept the women and children and cattle and sheep in front, although there are only tens of thousands of women and children in Liao Liao and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, and the plough tribe wants to survive and reproduce. You can't do without cattle, sheep, women and children.

"Huh?!" In the middle of the rush, Gao Aduo, the king of Zuogu Li, suddenly let out a sigh of surprise and said loudly, "Why did the Chu army drive women, children, cattle and sheep into the valleys on both sides?" What are they doing here? ”

"Do they want to occupy the valley and defend it to the death?" Kayitu, the king of the right valley, was also a little surprised, so he immediately pointed his finger in front of him and shouted, "No, no, the Chu army has rushed out again." ”

"Don't worry so much!" Gu Nuoyan gritted his teeth and said. "Send thousands of men into the valley to gather women, children, cattle and sheep. The team continued to move forward, even if they chased to the ends of the earth, they would definitely kill these Chu Guoyans! "The Chu army ploughed the court and swept the holes. almost uprooted the plough part, this is a sea of blood feud for the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species.

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On the cliff, Zhao Mu and Sun Fen were already anxious like ants on a hot pot.

"Champion Hou. The Chu army has already driven women, children, cattle and sheep into the valley! ”…,

"Further, our ambush will be discovered, what now?"

"Huh? The Chu army rushed out of the valley again? Do they want no more women and children, cattle and sheep? ”

"Ah, it's not good, the Huns rushed in, they must be coming for women, children, cattle and sheep!"

"Oh no. The ambush was discovered by the Huns, who shot out of the valley. They're warning! ”

"It's not good, the Huns' brigade is back, the champion Hou, the Huns are back, they are coming at us, what should we do now, what should I do?!"

"What are you yelling about? Shut up the old man! Zhou Guanfu was also confused, he originally came to the Chu army, but how could he do it with the Huns in a daze? But it's all on this, even if you want to hide, you can't hide, when Zhou Guanfu pulled out the double iron halberd from his back, turned over on the horse again, and yelled, "Blow the trumpet...... All armies assembled! ”

"Woo woo woo woo ......" In an instant, the distant and low sound of a horn rushed from the valley.

In the continuous sound of the horn, the Han army hussars, the Han army elite cavalry and the Zhao army iron cavalry, which had been waiting for a long time, turned over on their horses one after another, and took out their bright swords, and surged out of the valley, and the Hun army that came back violently collided, and the two armies suddenly turned on their backs.

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"Father, father...... "Mengyuan and Mengliao are flying like horses, chasing after them.

Meng Yuan slowed down his horse slightly, and the little brothers quickly caught up, and Meng Yuan said loudly: "Father, the Huns are going back again, and the killing sound in the direction of the mountain pass is shocking, it seems that there are really ambushes in the valley." ”

"Needless to say." Meng Yan said lightly, "Of course there are ambushes in the valley. ”

Meng Liao said puzzledly: "Father, how can you be sure that there are ambushes in the valley?" ”

Meng Yan didn't answer, turned to Meng Keng on the side and said, "Second brother, you tell them." ”

Meng Keng said: "Yuan'er, Liao'er, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, if you want to see everything, you must pay attention to every detail around you, you must remember that details determine success or failure!" ”

Meng Yuan thought for a while, and asked again: "Uncle is saying that through careful work, you can see through the ambush in the valley?" ”

"Yes!" Meng Keng nodded and said solemnly, "This Eile Pass is the only way for Daijun to go deep into the grassland, and if the peddlers and pawns want to go to the desert to trade, they must pass through here, but we have encountered a group of merchants all the way south?" Or a peddler's pawn? Obviously, this pass has long been sealed. ”

After a pause, Meng Keng continued: "Then who sealed the lock of the Ole Pass, and why did it seal the lock?" After careful analysis, it is not difficult to guess who else will there be besides the Han army? ”

Meng Liao struck the festival and sighed: "The fate is like this, the fate is like this!" ”

Meng Xi snorted sullenly and said: "Boy, you are still very tender, don't think that after learning a few kung fu and reading a few books on broken soldiers, you think that the old man is the first in the world, and you have a lot of things to learn!" After a pause, Meng Yan said, "I'm not afraid to tell you, in fact, long before the division of troops, the general had already expected that the Han army would ambush troops here!" ”

Meng Yuan and Meng Liao couldn't help but gasp when they heard this, and their eyes also showed admiration.

Meng Yan said again: "Children, although Han Xiang Baimo is powerful, but he is just cautious in using soldiers, and the general's use of soldiers is really powerful, and Bai Mo is far worse than him." ”

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Seeing that Bai Mo was a little distracted, Liu Heng couldn't help but ask, "Father, what's wrong with you?" ”

Bai Mo woke up like a dream, and asked Liu Heng with some embarrassment: "King, where did the minister go?" ”…,

Liu Heng muttered in his heart, and replied respectfully: "Father Xiang just said that he would set up an official franchise for the benefits of Shanze. ”

The so-called benefits of the mountains and rivers mainly refer to rock salt and iron, the monopoly of salt and iron has a long history, the earliest practice of the person is Guan Zhong, Qin Guowei martingale changed the law, and also nationalized the salt and iron, Xiao He was the minister of the country, adopted the national policy of recuperating with the people, and at the same time liberalized the monopoly of salt and iron, allowing private operations, and Baimo did not take into account this aspect.

However, it is undeniable that the monopoly of salt and iron is extremely profitable, the most obvious example is that several huge wealthy families specializing in salt and iron have emerged in Guanzhong, such as the Sima family, which trafficked well salt from Ba and Shu into Guanzhong to sell, and its wealth was even no less than that of the Wang family, and the Lu family who operated iron tools was not far behind.

Now that the treasury of the Han State was empty, Bai Mo had the idea of monopolizing salt and iron.

Bai Mo also thought about following the example of Chu and promulgating new laws to encourage industry and commerce, but it would take a long time for this to show results, and the general situation under Fang today could not give Bai Mo so much time, so after weighing it again, Bai Mo still chose the salt and iron franchise, which was profitable and effective.

However, in order to realize the monopoly of salt and iron, it is necessary to defeat the Sima family, the Lu family and other giant merchants in Guanzhong.

However, the Sima family is a well-known wealthy family in Guanzhong, and its power is intertwined in the government and the opposition, and it is not easy to move, and the Lu family has been greatly weakened by Bai Mo and Chen Ping's joint suppression, but its invisible influence is still not to be underestimated, if Bai Mo really intends to uproot the Lu family, I am afraid that Zhou Guanfu will not be able to pass that pass.

Therefore, this matter has to be considered in the long run, in addition to making a fuss from the commanding heights of enriching the treasury, we also have to think of ways to open a gap in these giant businessmen, according to the investigation of the Black Ice Terrace, many businessmen in Guanzhong because they envy the national policy of encouraging industry and commerce in Chu, intentionally or unintentionally, they will always elevate Chu and belittle Han, but this is a breakthrough that can be used.

At that moment, Bai Mo said: "King, salt and iron are extremely profitable, if you can set up an official franchise, it will greatly enrich the treasury, and it can also greatly crack down on the illegal rich merchants in Guanzhong." ”

Speaking of this, Bai Mo paused deliberately, and then said in an aggravated tone: "As far as the ministers know, the Sima family, the Lu family and other giant businessmen rely on their wealth and power to often unscrupulously buy courtiers, and collude up and down. ”

Liu Heng's face changed slightly, and he said, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Bai Mo said: "This is all the news provided by the Black Ice Platform, and the king will know when he summons the Taishi to ask." ”

Liu Heng nodded, and was about to ask the waiter to summon Chen Pingping, but the waiter came in to report: "King, the Taishi asks to see you." ”

"Hurry up, please." Liu Heng waved his hand, the waiter bowed down and withdrew from the side hall, and after a while, he led Chen Ping and hurriedly walked in, Chen Ping's eyebrows were deep, and his face was a little dignified.

Sure enough, after saluting Liu Heng, Chen Ping said: "The king, the prime minister, just received the flying pigeon transmission from Jiuyuan, the hussars encountered the main army of the Xiongnu in the Eile Pass of Daijun, after a jī battle, more than half of the dead and wounded, the champion Hou has led the remnants to retreat to Jiuyuan, and the Han army and the Zhao army who participated in this battle were all wiped out!" ”

"Huh?" Liu Heng was shocked when he heard this, and instinctively looked at Bai Mo.

"Huns?" Bai Mo figured out the joints at once, and sighed at the moment, "This is the misfortune to the west, and the minister has fallen for the plan of Bishu's junior brother to lead the misfortune to the west, alas." ”。 ）