Xiongnu steppe.

Somewhere in the southern steppes.

A group of more than 3,000 Hun cavalry was trading with a group of Song caravans.

Bags of gold and silver with blood stains were thrown on the ground, and the men in the caravan picked them up and weighed them.

In the end, he took out bags of grain and other various supplies, and most importantly, hundreds of iron pots and coal stoves, as well as more than fifty carts of coal, and traded them to this Hun cavalry.

A middle-aged fat man with two mouse whiskers at the corners of his mouth at the head of the caravan said with a smile while stroking his mouse whiskers:

"General Akeli, what you have stolen this time can really only be exchanged for such a few things, and if you give us more, we will lose money."

Acrylic, who was riding on the horse, immediately frowned, and said in an urn:

"Song people, don't think I don't know, you have earned us a lot, and now I just want fifty more iron pots, why don't you even give this, if you are too greedy on the grassland, you will be hunted by hunters!"

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

"General Akeli, we said that we would have as much as we wanted, and we couldn't have more than one iron pot, don't look at us making a lot of money, but we also took a lot of risks.

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

Now we are helping you convert what you have grabbed into what you can use, and each of these piles is our cost.

In fact, we didn't make much money, it's all hard-earned money, and we really can't agree to you asking for more than 50 iron pots! ”

"The surname Fan! Aren't you afraid that we'll kill you all here? Everything will be ours then! ”

The guard next to Acrylic immediately drew the scimitar at his waist and brandished it threateningly.

Acrylic remained silent, seemingly acquiescing to this behavior.

The middle-aged fat man stroked the beard on his lips and said with a smile: "Our Fan family is already one of the few merchants who are willing to trade with you Huns, if the general kills us here today."

Then our Fan family will not do any more transactions with the general's tribe in the future, and in addition, our eight major caravans will be in the same spirit, and the other eight families will no longer do business with you.

Today, His Majesty issued an order to sever all ties between the Great Song Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and forbade even a grain of rice to enter the Xiongnu grassland.

If you don't have us, then you can really only watch your people starve to death in the Xiongnu steppe.

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

The middle-aged fat man's words were extremely arrogant, whether it was Akeli as the leader or the other Huns clenched their fists, but in the end they surrendered to reality and let go of their hands.

Akeli said: "Fanfa, you have won, take your gold and silver, and give us what we deserve!" ”

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

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

May the heavens bless us and our friendship for eternity! ”

"Phew! You treacherous Song people! Whoever wants to be friends with you will go to hell! ”

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

However, Fan Fa just looked at Acrylic as if he didn't see it.

Acrylic was silent for a long time, and then said, "I'm waiting for your next news!" ”

Fan Fa saluted again.

Acrylic turned the horse's head expressionlessly, picked up the bone flute on his chest and blew it vigorously, the sharp flute sounded, and the Huns who received the news put all the things they had exchanged on the horse and turned around.

With the shouts of Akeli and others, these more than 3,000 Huns went to their tribes with their own harvest.

In place, Fan Fa stayed quietly in place and watched Acrylic and the others go away, with a smile on his face all the time.

After the figures of Acrylic and the others completely disappeared from sight, a guy on the side said angrily: "Shopkeeper, how can you bear it, these Huns can only survive the winter thanks to us now, and they dare to be so arrogant?"

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

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

A group of lost dogs still dare to act here!

Phew! ”

Fan Fa shook his head with a smile and said, "Okay, after all, we are guests, as long as we can make money in business, why can't we bear it?"

As long as he asks me to make money and let me call my father, it's just arrogant, nothing.

By the way, how much is the treasure looted this time worth? ”

Speaking of this, the guy from the Fan family immediately showed an excited smile on his face, and said with a smile:

"Shopkeeper, we sent it this time!

I've already counted it just now, and the things they grabbed back this time are worth 30,000 taels!

The little thing they were given was not worth a thousand taels, it was thirty times the profit! ”

Hearing this result, Fan Fa smiled with satisfaction and said slowly:

"Not bad! It's not a loss, but after all, it's just a village, and there is not much value.

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

Let's go, pack up and go back, and when we get back, we'll sell these things.

All we earn is hard-earned money! ”

"Yes! Shopkeeper's! ”

The Fan family's caravan also quietly disappeared into the grassland.

And what they don't know is that the border, which was not worth mentioning for the Great Song Dynasty in the past, has provoked the current emperor to be angry this time!

Huo Qubing, who was disturbing the entire grassland at the beginning, was released by this Xingwu Emperor!

It is still unknown how long they will continue to do so.

……

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ”

The ground shook violently, and more than 30,000 war horses carrying a full 10,000 cavalry came towards the east of the river.

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

The supply of grain and grass along the way was also notified for mobilization.

Today's northern cities are firmly controlled by the imperial court, and no one dares to withhold military rations like before, this kind of thing is found in a case, Zhao Jun, the new emperor, will slaughter all the people who may be involved in the local area!

Under Zhao Jun's iron-blooded wrist, deduct military rations?

Hehe, if you have this idea, the other people around you will immediately tie you up and send you to Bianjing, saving them from this scourge.

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

Finally, after thirteen days of travel, the army finally came to the territory of Hedong, and got 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 rested 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 still have three days to reach Yumen Pass at most, this is the latest map outside the pass that the Imperial City Division sent yesterday."

According to the Imperial City Division, after we made a big fuss about the Xiongnu before, the strength of the Xiongnu had already shrunk back into the depths of the Xiongnu grassland.

But in the past two years, as our Great Song Dynasty has recovered and has not had the time to manage the grassland, many Xiongnu tribes have now moved back to near the border.

For example, this tribe is about 500 miles east of Yumen Pass, it is a small and medium-sized tribe with a population of more than 2,000 people, and there are a total of 100 cavalry in the clan, and there are several other small tribes in the area less than 50 miles next to him, all of which are thousands of people.

But this is not the most critical, the most critical thing is that behind these small tribes there is a medium and large tribe that has just moved over, but the number is about 30,000, and there are more than 5,000 cavalry.

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

According to my estimates, the Hun cavalry that attacked the border some time ago is estimated to be from this Xun tribe, otherwise except for them, there is no other Xiongnu tribe nearby that can take out 3,000 people at once.

This time, our main purpose is to clean up this Xun tribe, and then we will clean up all the Xiongnu tribes we see along the border line.

It's also convenient for us to enter the customs and replenish at any time, what do you think? Any other comments? ”

All the generals shook their heads in unison and said they had no opinion.

"Good! In this case, after resting for half a day, we will continue to hurry, and wait until we get out of Yumen Pass to act like this! ”

Huo Qubing settled on the way of action and put away the map in his hand.

Immediately after the army rested here for a long time, they set off again and headed towards the Yumen Pass.

……

(End of chapter)