Jiang Hou Manor.
Zhou Yafu's four subordinates had already returned from the desert.
During the Great Han Empire's war against the Xiongnu, Zhou Yafu's subordinates had ventured deep into the desert and brought back as many as 2,000 heads.
Every head was a battle merit!
The Four Generals of Green Dragon and White Tiger fantasized about entering the Imperial City and seeing the Emperor of Great Han whom they respected, the man with the greatest power in the world.
This time, the four of them had increased the Great Han Empire's territory by 500 li in the west…
A territory five hundred miles deep was a very vast territory.
Riding a horse into the grassland, traveling five hundred miles from north to south, and a thousand miles from east to west, dividing the territory!
This was called a thousand li in depth. The Great Han Empire's strategic depth had increased by five hundred li in this war against the Xiongnu.
……
Chang 'an, which had been under martial law for fifteen days, was finally lifted.
At the gate of the city, embroidered guards let them pass, and the common people could enter and leave Chang 'an.
However, compared to before the rebellion of the Ranger Society, Chang 'an had several times more guards.
Embroidered Guards in disguise were also mixed in the crowd…
Although the Ranger Society case was cruel, it was already in the past.
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Five hundred miles away from Chang 'an, the gate of Yanmen Pass was wide open.
Inside the city gate, goods were flowing out of Yanmen Pass continuously.
Li Guang stood on top of the city, patrolling the city. The cold wind blew his white beard.
Li Guang was already 46 years old this year.
Feng Tang was old, but Li Guang was hard to be conferred. What he wanted the most was to be conferred the title of Marquis.
To become a marquis, one had to have great battle achievements.
In order to gain battle merits, he had to kill more Xiongnu people!
Looking at the vast expanse outside the city, he was extremely excited. This time, he would probably be able to make a great contribution, right?
"General, the sand has been dealt with!”
Just as Li Guang was daydreaming, a palace guard walked over and reported.
"Have you done the experiment?" Li Guang nodded and asked.”
"Reporting to General, we have already tested it four or five times. After those animals eat it, it will not act up immediately. Instead, it will act up after six or seven hours.”
Li Guang nodded and led the soldiers to the military doctor's room. After asking some questions, he turned around and reported to the prefect.
According to the 'conspiracy' of the capital, the Xiongnu had gathered on a large scale this time, and there were tens of millions of horses and sheep.
And the Xiongnu nobles could not resist the porcelain, tea, and sand from the Central Plains.
Sand syrup was the sticky sugar cane juice.
These were all best-selling goods that the Xiongnu did not have.
The reason why they didn't attack was because they wanted to wait until after this round of horse market.
It would be good if they were to start a war in a hurry and take down Yanmen Pass. If they failed, they would have nothing left…
It was precisely because of this point that he thought of a way to defeat the enemy.
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Most of the merchants in the horse market were southerners, and the sand syrup was produced in the south.
One of the biggest merchants was called Nie Yi (the big merchant from the siege of Mayi).
This time, he brought a hundred carts of goods to trade with the Xiongnu.
It was also because of his trade with the Xiongnu that he became the richest person within a hundred miles of Wuzhong.
At this moment, Nie Yi sat in front of the bonfire, but his heart was wavering.
He had already brought the goods out of Yanmen Pass. The river at Yin Mountain flowed quietly.
In front of them was a vast grassland. The wind in the desert was very strong, and it kept whistling, mixed with the neighing of war horses.
Ever since he left Yanmen Fortress, he had felt something was wrong.
He was different from the other traveling merchants who collected their goods outside the east gate of Yanmen and happily rushed to Yunzhong.
Nie Yi found that not only did his caravan have some livestock, but there were also many youths around the age of seventeen or eighteen.
Although these youths were dressed in servant attire, they looked extremely powerful.
However, just as Nie Yi was about to negotiate, daggers were quietly pressed against his throat, forcing him to remain silent.
Nie Yi had no choice but to continue on his journey with the caravan, even though he found that the tracks of the carriage had become much deeper.
It was obvious that the goods in the carriage were much heavier than when they were sent to Yanmen Fortress a few days ago.
However, under the cold gaze of the leading youth, he rationally chose not to ask.
Instead, he let the servants of the caravan receive the goods and slowly left the Yanmen frontier fortress.
Along the way, these youths did not cause too much trouble for Nie Yi.
The leading youth stayed by Nie Yi's side the entire time.
Whenever they encountered a small water source such as a well or pond, they would unload a few terrines from the car.
He walked to the water source, washed it, and put it back into the car.
Whenever they encountered a small stream, they would bring along several livestock that did not belong to the caravan.
They left the caravan far away, but when they returned, they could no longer see any traces of the livestock.
As time passed, Nie Yi's caravan gradually fell behind the other traveling merchants.
Nie Yi had already guessed the identities of these youths. They must be military personnel.
The night gradually deepened, but Nie Yi was in no mood to sleep. He sat in front of the bonfire in a daze.
Charcoal ash that was blown up by the wind would occasionally fly onto his clothes with sparks, but it could not bring him back to his senses.
The sound of horse hooves in the distance finally woke him up.
Looking at the scattered flames that were rapidly approaching from afar, he knew that it was the Huns 'scouting squad.
At this time, Monan was holding a Chanyu meeting, so the Xiongnu people were naturally more vigilant than before.
Of course, the Xiongnu people were not worried that the Han Dynasty would send troops to provoke them. After all, millions of Xiongnu people had gathered.
Unless the generals of the Han Dynasty were desperate, they would not dare to bring their soldiers to the grasslands at this time.
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