By December, Zhao Hongrun had returned to the city, preparing to spend the first winter in Sanchuan in this city belonging to his own forces. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the past, it was the plain with the most superior geographical conditions in the eastern part of Sanchuan, where the water source was abundant, and the soil was suitable for pasture and arable land.

Today, however, the land is not only coveted by tribes in terms of geographical conditions, but also has established the largest free trade city in Sanchuan County, where 60% of the Qiang people and at least 90% of the Shan people live here, and regard this city as their home for protection.

Of course, in addition to the Qiang and the Qiang, there are also tens of thousands of people living beside a river called Gushui in the west of the land. These people were the members of the original tribal alliance of the defeated side of the Battle of Sanchuan that year, and these people established a vassal city here, Gucheng.

Gucheng belonged to the northern Sichuan tribe, while Yucheng belonged to the Sichuan-Yu Alliance, and the former was subject to the latter as the defeated side of the previous Battle of Sanchuan.

At this time, Gucheng and Yucheng were heavily garrisoned.

The 50,000 cavalry of the Grand Overseer Bo Xile were stationed in Gucheng, while in Ruocheng, there were more and more merchant and Yanling armies, who, after replacing with new equipment, arrived in Mengjin from Daliang on Wei transport ships, and then gathered in Luocheng.

Everyone knows that after the beginning of spring next year, the Sichuan Alliance will join forces with the alliance leader Wei State to launch a war, and as for the object of the war, it is the Qin State, which currently occupies a lot of land in Sanchuan County.

Today's Qin State can be said to have become the public enemy of the Sanchuan people.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Hongrun asked people to spare no effort to discredit the Qin State, so as to downplay the negative impact of the massacre of the Wei army of the Dangshan Army in Sanchuan County that year.

After all, because of that massacre, there are still many people of the Yi nationality who have varying degrees of hatred for the Wei State, but the value of the trading city of Yucheng is too great now, and the prestige of a certain King Su in Sanchuan County is too great, so that some people are reluctant to give up everything they have and become enemies of the powerful Wei State even if they have a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts.

What Zhao Hongrun has to do is to find ways to make these people abandon their past grievances and grievances, so that the cultures of the two sides are blended.

In fact, this can be clearly seen in the city today.

For example, almost all of the people of the Wei or ethnic groups who set up shops or sold goods in the city spoke Wei dialect, and the currency in circulation here was gradually dominated by Wei money.

In terms of dress, the Sanchuan people who live here also gradually try to dress like the Wei people, replacing the ugly sheepskin jackets with brocade robes, so it can be said that the Wei State is exporting humanistic culture to Sanchuan.

What made Zhao Hongrun even happier was that the Sanchuan people in Ruocheng accepted the cultural export of the Wei State, so that the architectural decoration in the city gradually moved closer to the Wei style, and the shops in the city gradually appeared roast mutton, mutton soup, mutton soup and so on suitable for the taste of the Wei people.

Perhaps in a dozen or decades, the Sichuan-Yu Alliance will cease to exist, and will be replaced by a new county of Wei State--Luo County.

And the people of this land may also be tolerated by the Wei people and become the new nationals of the Wei State.

Of course, that will be for the future, but Zhao Hongrun believes that one day he will recover Sanchuan County again in the true sense of the word, along with the people living in this land.

Near noon, Zhao Hongrun was once again invited by several patriarchs of the Sichuan Alliance to celebrate.

Actually, to be honest, there's not much to celebrate lately.

What to celebrate? Congratulations to the Yi tribe for suffering a defeat in front of the Qin army? Or is it to celebrate the capture of the western part of Sanchuan County by the Qin army?

Or was it the ice and snow that froze to death a few days ago?

Is it okay to be a disaster in the whole Tema!

In the final analysis, this year's ice and snow still froze many sheep to death in the Sichuan Alliance, and in line with the principle of not wanting to waste food, the Sichuan Alliance casually made a reason to consume this batch of meat as much as possible.

Thanks to this, Zhao Hongrun has eaten roast mutton, stewed mutton soup and other local dishes many times in recent days, almost to the point where he lost his appetite as soon as he smelled the smell of mutton.

Fortunately, there are three large consumers in this vicinity, namely the three armies of the Northern Sichuan Cavalry, the Shangshui Army, and the Yanling Army, so the Sichuan Alliance made the frozen sheep into cured meat and sold it to Zhao Hongrun at a low price as military meat, so as to recover some losses.

In this regard, the three parties were very happy: the Sichuan Alliance recovered some losses caused by the freezing of a large number of sheep, Zhao Hongrun got a batch of good meat for the army, and the three armies of the Northern Sichuan Cavalry, the Shangshui Army, and the Yanling Army were happy to eat the best mutton.

The only thing that is not happy is probably the household department of the Wei court, because all they got was an IOU signed by His Royal Highness King Su of their country.

Although Zhao Hongrun was in Luocheng, he was still particularly concerned about the recent war in Sanchuan County.

As far as he knew, the Yi tribe had moved the tribe to the Lu clan and hastily built the tribal camp before the heavy snow fell.

The Lu clan, once also known as Yuyi, hundreds of years ago after the Zhao clan destroyed the small kingdom of Yu, once gave this city to a group of Zhao clansmen.

However, after the Zhao clan stepped into the Central Plains, the Lu clan was also abandoned, until the Wuxu tribe of the Xuan tribe entered this ancient city.

Yes, the Lu clan is the location of the Usu Royal Court, which is the largest natural pasture in the entire Sanchuan County, and is the most advantageous place in the central part of the Sanchuan County.

Because of this incident, the relationship between the Yi tribe and the Qi tribe plummeted, and the Wuxu royal court also complained about the Yi tribe, believing that this move was the Yi tribe's attempt to bring disaster to the east and attract the army of the Qin State to the royal court.

Zhao Hongrun didn't plan to pay too much attention to the dispute between the three, after all, except for the northern Sichuan tribe, the vast majority of the Qian tribes refused to submit to the Wei State, let alone the Wuxu Royal Court, which thought that it could still be on an equal footing with the Wei State.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun didn't mind asking the army of the Qin State to clean up the disobedient guys in Sanchuan County, lest some people be arrogant and have five or six people in front of him in the Wei State.

"His Royal Highness King Su, the Wuxu Royal Court has sent a letter asking for help."

While eating meat together, Lu Balon handed Zhao Hongrun a sheepskin scroll.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun was drinking sheep soup, and he was not interested in coming over to watch it, so he asked casually, "What do you say?" ”

"What else can I say if I ask for help?"

Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't mean to take it, Lu Balon shrugged his shoulders, opened the sheepskin scroll and looked at it twice, and then threw it aside.

He is a member of the Yi tribe, and the status of the Wuxu Royal Court in his heart is dispensable, in the past, he listened to the call of the Wuxu Royal Court, just to find a backer, but now, the Sichuan Alliance is backed by the powerful ally of Wei, what else is the Wuxu Royal Court doing in the worsening situation?

However, seeing Lu Balon's attitude, the patriarch of the Aries tribe during the banquet, Halegohe, had a faintly unpleasant face, but he didn't say anything.

In fact, even the people of the Qiang tribe within the Sichuan tribe are now a little dissatisfied with the Wuxu royal court.

After all, when the Sichuan Alliance was established, the Wuxu Royal Court didn't even send someone over to congratulate it, and simply turned a blind eye.

Later, the Sichuan Alliance gradually developed, and after earning a lot of wealth from the trade with Wei, some people in the Wuxu royal court began to be a little red-eyed, and sent people again and again, hoping that the Sichuan Alliance could provide some funding with the royal court.

At that time, the Baiyang tribe, the Qingyang tribe and other Shan tribes, overwhelming the Lun clan, the Meng clan and other Shan tribes, funded a batch of materials for the Wuxu Royal Court free of charge, but I didn't expect the latter to be greedy enough, and actually wanted to get free funding from the Sichuan Alliance for a long time.

How could the Sichuan Alliance agree to such a thing? You must know that what they have to feed now is no longer thousands of people or more than 10,000 people, but you must know that there are hundreds of thousands of people in the Sichuan Alliance today.

Therefore, the Sichuan Alliance rejected the request of the Karasu Royal Court, to be precise, the request of the sons of the Karasu King, so that the relationship between the Karasu Royal Court and the Kawasu Alliance plummeted, and gradually evolved to the point of disagreeing with each other.

"Reply to them, I, Great Wei and Chuan, will organize a coalition army after the beginning of spring next year to fight the Qin army." After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun said.

Lu Baron nodded, and then said, "In addition, they want a batch of grain. …… Your Highness, you know, gratuitous. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Lu Balon expressionlessly.

To tell the truth, Wei is a big grain producer, and after the autumn harvest this year, the domestic grain reserves are quite considerable, even if the Northern Xinjiang Campaign lasts for two years, there will be no problems with military rations.

But then again, why should you give it to the Wusu Royal Court for free? Just because the Ursu Royal Court is the nominal owner of the Land of Three Rivers? Please, Wei is the real master of this land, okay!

"That's it." Zhao Hongrun said lightly.

"Understood." Lubaron nodded.

The days passed day by day, and the New Year was approaching in a blink of an eye, and Zhao Hongrun also took the time to go back to Daliang.

After all, he is sitting in Sichuan, and he actually has nothing to do, if he doesn't return to Daliang here, his father, especially his mother's concubine, will definitely not have any good fruit to eat in the future.

It is a pity that his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, did not rush back to Daliang from northern Xinjiang for the New Year.

But think about it, after all, now that another army of the Qin State has stepped into Hedong County, the Northern First Army led by Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, is not having a good time.

From the first month to the second month of the twentieth year of Hongde, there is basically nothing to say, the Wei side is still concerned about the Northern Xinjiang Campaign and the upcoming Qin and Wei Sanchuan Campaign, and the entire imperial court is completely operational, transporting a large number of materials to the northern Xinjiang, or to the city of Sanchuan.

As for the Smelting Bureau and the Military Casting Bureau, they are also running in twelve points: the Military Casting Bureau is working day and night to forge the weapons and equipment of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, while the Smelting Bureau transports war weapons to Sanchuan one by one.

At the beginning of February of the twentieth year of Hongde, the climate in Sanchuan County began to pick up, and at this time, the Qin army also went out of Wuqiu and began to attack the Lu clan.

Faced with a series of letters for help sent from the Wusu Royal Court, Zhao Hongrun finally made the decision to send troops.

On the sixth day of the second month, he officially sent troops from Yucheng to use force against the Qin army!

The Battle of Sanchuan in Qin and Wei began with this. (To be continued.) )