Subsequently, it turned out that Zhao Hongrun's "worst estimate" may not be necessary, because the tribal patriarchs found the "Yi" tribe and the "Yanjiao" banner they had been looking for at the end of the western hillside.

It was a very long distance from the army of the Horns, and there were not many tribal warriors near the battle banner, only a few hundred.

It was as if they were just spectators and did not intend to intervene in the war between the Wei army and the Jiaojiao.

This made Zhao Hongrun secretly relieved, but also vaguely guessed the intentions of these two groups of "spectators".

Obviously, the "Yanjiao", who was the guard of the Wuxu Royal Court, and the "Yi" tribe, one of the three major tribes of the Qiang tribe, and one of the four major tribes of the Qiang tribe, most of them had heard about this war, so they sent out men to wait and see the outcome of this war.

"Test the strength of my Great Wei army?"

Zhao Hongrun looked at the two groups of spectators in the distance and snorted coldly in his heart.

The Qian people's treatment of the Wei State made Zhao Hongrun have a bad impression of the "Yi" tribe, but for the Wuxu Royal Court, Zhao Hongrun did not want each other to become enemies, because once he became an enemy with the Wuxu Royal Court, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this time, the army of the city has been deployed in the west of the city, it is not difficult to guess that this is the omen of the army of the city of the city, no, the city has already sounded the alarm, a large number of merchant army on the city wall, increase the defense of the city wall.

"The army of Kakaku seems to be planning to attack the city...... King Rong asked again, the minds of the patriarchs should not have changed because of the two "honored guests" who came unexpectedly outside the city, right? ”

Zhao Hongrun didn't look back, and asked in a calm tone.

The patriarchs glanced at each other, and of course they understood that Zhao Hongrun's "honorable guest" was referring to the warriors of the "Yi" tribe and the "Yanjiao" of the royal court guard of the Liang tribe.

"King Su rest assured." The patriarch of the Aries tribe, Halgohe, stood up at this time and said: "Swearing to the heavens and making an alliance with blood is the most sacred covenant of the three tribes of our Qiang, Qiang, and Qiang, and since we have formed an alliance with the Wei State under the witness of the gods, we will not betray it." …… We will fight with King Su! With the army of the horns! ”

"Blood is an alliance...... Did the Sanchuan tribe pay so much attention to it?'

Zhao Hongrun was quite surprised, and after pondering for a moment, he said tentatively: "What if the 'Yi' tribe assists the Qianjiao tribe?" ”

"We will still support King Su!" Halegoch said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun paused for a moment and asked in a heavy tone, "What if Yanjiao also assists the Qiangjiao tribe?" ”

"This ......" Halegoh hesitated for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Don't dare to deceive King Su, if that's the case, we will be very embarrassed." ”

"However, no matter what, we will not betray King Su." Qi Muke, the patriarch of the Gray Sheep Tribe, assured from the side.

And the patriarchs of the Lun tribe and the Meng tribe, Lu Balon and Meng Liang, said in a deep voice: "The people of the Yi tribe will follow King Su. ”

Hearing this, the patriarchs of the other tribes were stunned, and they also opened their mouths to prove their loyalty.

This scene made the patriarchs of the tribes of the Qiang tribe change their faces slightly.

And in this regard, Zhao Hongrun was also a little surprised and surprised, he wanted to verify the determination of the patriarchs, but unexpectedly captured a message: the Wuxu Royal Court, the prestige among the Qiang tribe, is much smaller than that of the Shan tribe.

"By the way, the Qiang were slaves of the Qiang and the Qiang people a hundred years ago...... Therefore they have always had a grudge against the royal court of the tribe.

"Good." Zhao Hongrun nodded.

Hearing this, the patriarch of the Aries tribe, Halgohe, exhaled slightly and glanced at the patriarchs of the Aries tribe.

He realized that in the heart of His Royal Highness King Su in front of him, the status of these patriarchs was probably about to change.

Because the army of the city was still deploying the siege of the city, Zhao Hongrun and the patriarchs returned to the felt tent that served as the tent of the commander, and made some modifications to the garrison of the city according to the deployment of the people of the Qian tribe outside the city.

First of all, because the army of Qianjiao seemed to intend to attack the western city wall, Zhao Hongrun added 4,000 people again on the basis of the original "4,000 merchant and naval troops on the western city wall", as a reserve army, ready to rotate with the soldiers on the city wall at any time.

As the main battlefield, the west city wall should be commanded by Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Water Army.

Secondly, there are the northern and southern walls.

At this time, in the northern and southern suburbs of Luocheng, there was a small force of the Qian people stationed outside, and the small force of the Qian people on the south side may have temporarily defeated the Chenggao army, Zhao Hongrun estimated that the number of troops would definitely not be small.

Therefore, even if the Kajiao army did not show signs of launching an offensive against the northern and southern city walls, Zhao Hongrun still deployed 2,000 and 3,000 merchant troops on these two walls.

Among them, the southern city wall was guarded by Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Water Army, and the north city wall was guarded by a 3,000 general named "Lu Zhan" of the Shang Water Army.

Finally, there was the eastern city wall, and since there was no sign of the presence of the Kajiao army in the eastern suburbs outside the city, Zhao Hongrun only sent a 2,000-strong general named 'Chen Shu' to serve as a guard.

In addition, Zhao Hongrun deployed most of the generals in the merchant army on the west city wall, led by Wu Ji, after all, the west city wall is the main battlefield.

However, such a deployment greatly weakened the command power of the other three city walls, so Zhao Hongrun, after weighing it for a long time, planned to let these patriarchs go to the top.

"Patriarch Meng Liang and Patriarch Lu Balong, this king hopes that the two patriarchs can bring some soldiers to assist the Shangshui generals of the southern and northern city walls, I don't know what the two patriarchs want?"

"The north and south walls? Didn't the army of Kahkao attack the western wall?'

Meng Liang and Lu Balon glanced at each other, did not dare to disobey the King Su in front of them, and saluted and said, "I am willing to fight for King Su!" ”

After that, Zhao Hongrun deployed several Qiang tribes on the east city wall, and the vast majority of the Shan tribes on the west city wall.

"His Royal Highness King Su, is this a deliberate attempt to weaken the tribes of the Shan tribe and keep those tribes of the Shan tribe?"

From the side, Qiu Yu, the imperial history supplement who served as the supervisor of the army, faintly saw some clues from Zhao Hongrun's combat deployment.

In fact, in fact, the patriarch of the Aries tribe, Halgohe, was also aware of it, but he knew the cause and effect very well, so he didn't dare to say anything about it, but pretended to take the lead in responding to it, hoping to dissolve the mustard in the heart of the king in front of him.

And after making such a deployment, in fact, Zhao Hongrun still retains a full 5,000 merchant and water troops.

These 5,000 troops, Zhao Hongrun does not plan to use them for the time being, because he still does not believe in these tribes allied with his Wei State at the moment, although it is a tradition that the people of Sanchuan have always abided by the blood alliance, but after all, there is a case, what if any of the tribes really betray it?

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun had to reserve 5,000 soldiers and wait to deal with the betrayers.

Even if it turns out that he is worrying about the sky in the future, it will not be a bad thing to reserve 5,000 soldiers with sufficient physical strength to deal with emergencies.

Just when Zhao Hongrun made the final adjustments before the battle for the deployment of the previous days, a merchant soldier hurriedly came to the felt tent, knocked on the ground and clenched his fists and said: "Qi Su Wang, I came to ask King Su on the order of General Wu Ji." …… Fang Cai, the leader of the Karma Horn army outside the city, the patriarch of the Karma tribe, shouted under the city, saying that he wanted to speak to the highest-ranking commander of our army......"

"Bitatu?"

"Has Bitatu arrived?"

The tribal chiefs couldn't help but whisper.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun, who had been interrupted from the deployment of troops, glanced at the Shangshui sergeant who came to summon the message speechlessly.

"Wu Ji, he's too honest, isn't he? The Kajiao people said that they wanted to talk to the king, but he really sent someone to ask for instructions? Come on, that's the enemy! Besides, according to Bitatu's arrogant nature, this time the soldiers came to the city to show off their might, and this king went to see him, isn't it boring to seek revenge?"

Zhao Hongrun was speechless for a while.

The sergeant of Shangshui who came to summon the news was also a strange person, and he actually asked: "His Royal Highness King Su, are you going to see the leader of that Jiaojiao?" ”

Zhao Hongrun stared at the herald for a while speechlessly, and then said angrily: "Tell him to die!" ”

The herald scratched his head, returned to Wu Ji, and repeated Zhao Hongrun's original words to the latter.

Blinking blankly, Wu Ji thought for a while, and then realized that the 'he' in the mouth of His Royal Highness King Su was referring to Bitatu who was shouting outside the city, not him Wu Ji.

At this time, in the western suburbs outside the city of Luocheng, as Zhao Hongrun guessed, the patriarch of the Qianjiao tribe, Bitatu, was riding a horse and standing in front of the army with a proud face, waiting to meet the "Supreme Commander of the Wei People" in Luocheng.

After all, at this moment, he had already learned that the "supreme commander" of the Wei army who marched into Sanchuan this time was precisely the king of Wei Guosu, Ji Run, who had "said unashamedly" to lead the army to level his Jiaojiao tribe when he was hunting.

Because of this, Bitatu deliberately wanted to chat with Zhao Hongrun before the war to extinguish the prestige of this "arrogant boy".

But after waiting for a while, he didn't see Zhao Hongrun climb the city tower to meet him, he couldn't help but be a little irritable, so he shouted again: "General Wei in the city, why haven't you seen your army commander yet?" …… What about the kid who calls himself King Su? Don't you dare to come to see the patriarch? ”

Wu Ji heard clearly on the city wall, hugged his arms when he heard the words, and replied lightly: "Die!" These are the exact words of His Royal Highness the King of Junsu. …… King Su, I don't want to see you! ”

"......" Bitatu, who was trying to frustrate Zhao Hongrun's sharp spirit, turned blue when he heard this, and after snorting heavily, he turned his horse back to the main formation, and then raised his hand to the distant city, and roared like a roar: "Give me the siege!" ”

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"

On the side of the horn, three low horn horns sounded, and immediately, the slave army all over the mountain, under the threat of the Horn Overseer, carried inferior weapons and rushed towards the city.

The dense human heads, as if like a black tide, surged towards the city.

The slaves didn't notice that the western outskirts of the city were full of puddles, filled with a black, viscous liquid. (To be continued.) )