From August 26 to August 29, Zhao Hongrun led a large army towards the tribal camp of the Qiangjiao tribe.

Along the way, Zhao Hongrun encountered several abandoned tribal camps, although there was not a single corpse in the camp at this time, from the red ground under his feet and the smell of blood in the air, it is not difficult to guess that many people died here not long ago.

And looking at this tribal camp that revealed a desolate atmosphere, the leader of the tribe, Erdmer, did not look very good.

The reason is simple, because this is a tribal camp of their Qiang tribe, and it has been attacked by the Wei army.

In other words, this is the Wei people's "revenge for those who assisted the tribesmen of the Qiangjiao".

It has to be said that the weakness of the nomads in defense is reflected here.

For example, although the Qiang tribe has probably one of the best cavalry in the world, and their offensive ability is unmatched, their defense against foreign enemies is quite poor, unless the Wei State can never find their tribal camp, otherwise, if an army attacks the tribal camp of the Qian, the Qianren will suffer unbearable losses.

"I don't know how many of the Qiang tribes that are attached to the Qiang tribe have been poisoned by the Wei people......

Erdemer exhaled secretly, but when he noticed Zhao Hongrun's gaze when he looked at him not far away, he still barely showed a little smile.

"[Hundred] is a pretty great young man, isn't he?"

The patriarch of the Wubian tribe, Cheralhe, came to Ordmer's side at some point and asked with a smile.

Erdemer glanced deeply at Zhao Hongrun in the distance, and then turned his head and asked, "(Zong language) Wubian, do you want to join the 'Luoshui Alliance'?" ”

"Of course." Cheralhe smiled, and then said melancholy: "The 'Qin' in the northwest is about to drive our clan crazy, and I need a strong ally in Wubian. With that, he looked at Ordmer with a deep meaning.

As if he had guessed Cheralhe's thoughts, Ordmer said helplessly: "Patriarch Cheralhe, the Yi tribe will give Wubian some help and support, but you must know that it was Wubian who took the lead in provoking Qin ......."

Hearing this, Cheralch frowned and said, "Wubian did not provoke Qin ......"

"You burned down a county seat of Qin!" Erdemer said in a low voice.

"It was the Qin people who robbed the sheep of my Wubian tribe first!"

"You killed the Qin people's sentinels first!"

"It was the Qin people who killed the slaves who shepherded sheep for us!"

At this point of argument, Erdemer spread his hands helplessly, as if he did not want to argue with the other party anymore.

But Cheralch still said solemnly: "It's different from the past, Ordmer, the Qin people are expanding abroad, and they are no longer satisfied with the land they currently own......"

"I know, I know." Erdemer spread his hands helplessly and promised: "When the matter on the Qianjiao side is over, we have reached an agreement with the Wei State, and I will persuade the great patriarch of our Yi tribe to ask him to send troops to support Wubian." …… We can provide soldiers for a fee, but there are still weapons and equipment and food ......" Speaking of this, he nodded to Zhao Hongrun in the distance, intentionally or unintentionally.

Cheeralch frowned when he heard this, because he had already made a plea to Zhao Hongrun two days ago about this matter, but unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun had not given him a definite answer so far, which made him very uneasy.

After hesitating for a moment, the patriarch of the Wubian tribe, Cheralhe, came to Zhao Hongrun and gave him a grassland salute: "King Su." ”

"Patriarch Cheralkh." At this time, Zhao Hongrun was filling his hunger with the unique sheep cake of the Qiang people, and when he heard the words, he swallowed the food in his mouth and stood up as a sign of respect for the other party.

"Honorable King Su, I don't know what happened to my request two days ago, how did the respected King Su think about it?"

Hearing this, a hint of discoloration flashed in Zhao Hongrun's eyes, and he asked in a strange tone, "Is it about Qin?" ”

"Exactly."

"Qin ......" Zhao Hongrun muttered to himself, and he couldn't help but think of the friend he had made when he was hunting, Qin Shaojun.

It is undeniable that if it weren't for Qin Shaojun's guards at that time, he mistakenly thought that he Zhao Hongrun was going to be unfavorable to the former, in fact, Zhao Hongrun and Qin Shaojun had a rather speculative conversation at that time.

They have many languages in common, for example, they are both from the royal family of the same country, and both have a younger brother. Moreover, there are constant domestic and foreign troubles, and so on.

Think about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun has never met such a speculative chat friend since he was a child.

But unfortunately, the other party is a Qin person, and it is the royal family of the Qin State.

Although it is said that the Qin people have had a deep friendship with the Wei state for hundreds of years, at the moment, because of the problem in Longxi, the two countries are destined to become enemies.

"Patriarch Cheralhe, can you be sure that Qin is expanding externally?" After pondering for a moment, Zhao Hongrun asked.

Hearing this, Çelal patted his chest and affirmed: "This matter is true, respected King Su. After that, he explained in a low voice: "I didn't know about the county town where the Qin people were burned and killed, and it was a leader in the clan who made his own opinion, but afterwards, even if I handed out to Qin the intention of reconciliation and was willing to hand over the murderer to stop the war between the two sides, Qin still did not let go of ......."

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Cheralhe, nodded slowly, and said in a low voice: "The patriarch is tired to draw a map of the Qinling, Longxi, and Wubian tribes, and let this king think about it." ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Cheralch was stunned, and muttered with some hesitation: "Do you also want a map of the area around my Wubian tribe?" ”

As if he had guessed the other party's thoughts, Zhao Hongrun said angrily: "This king only needs the map of the area of that area, and he didn't let the patriarch draw the location of your tribe on the map, what is the patriarch worried about?" ”

"Oh." Ceralch understood and breathed a sigh of relief.

It is no wonder that after witnessing the revenge of the Wei army against these tribes of the Qiangjiao forces, Cheralhe really did not dare to tell the king in front of him the location of the camp of their Wubian tribe, God knows if they offended the other party in the future, whether the other party would send an army to directly sweep their tribe.

"The weapons and food ......," Cheeralhe cheekily reminded again.

"If it is a bartering transaction, this king can make an exception and provide a batch of weapons and food."

Hearing this, Çelalhe's face was overjoyed, but after a while, his face showed a little embarrassment, and he said embarrassedly: "Can you take credit?" ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Cheralkh when he heard this, although there are many military equipment in Wei that are facing scrapping, as long as they are polished a little, it is a good weapon for these Sanchuan tribes, but the question is who can guarantee that this investment will be rewarded?

That is the Qin who fought the Wei people in Longxi to ask for help from the Wei State, the Wubian tribe tried to fight against Qin, whether they could survive this battle is unknown, in case it was destroyed by Qin, who did Zhao Hongrun ask for money?

But then again, the patriarch of the Wubian tribe, Cheralhe, personally promised to be willing to join the Luoshui Alliance, and only waited for the end of the Karma incident to make a blood alliance, in other words, he was his own person.

After all, Zhao Hongrun didn't believe that Cheralhe had the courage to cross the river and tear down the bridge, otherwise, without the Wei State doing anything, the tribes under the name of the Ruoshui Alliance would tear it apart angrily.

On the other hand, looking at Qin, Zhao Hongrun did not believe that those Qinling people were willing to become vassals of Wei.

On the one hand, the Wubian tribe was willing to submit to the Wei state, and on the other hand, the Qin was in the stage of external expansion and posed a great threat to the western border of the Wei state.

"Wait for the king to finish the matter with the horn first, and then make a conclusion. …… The Wubian tribe alone is not enough to stop Qin! Zhao Hongrun said.

Chelalch was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face, because he realized that perhaps he might get more support and help from Wei than he expected.

And just when Celalch thanked Zhao Hongrun, suddenly, Zong Wei Gao Kuo walked over towards Zhao Hongrun.

"Your Highness, the Dangshan Army sent someone to deliver the news."

"......" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Cheralch when he heard this, and the latter snorted very knowingly and left.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun asked Gao Kuo: "What is the matter with General Sima An?" ”

I saw Gao Kuo hugging his fists and whispering: "General Sima An wants to convey to His Highness that about 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry have returned to Henan. ”

"Henan" here does not refer to a place name, but a city, which was built hundreds of years ago by the Ji Zhao clan when it was founded in the land of Sanchuan, and for decades, this city played the role of the royal capital.

There are a total of five cities like Henan, which were once the capital of the Wei kings, in the land of Sanchuan, and these five cities arranged in this way from west to east clearly prove that the process of Wei gradually moving eastward over time has a certain symbolic significance.

It's a pity that these Ji Zhao clans were once the royal capital of the Wei Kingdom, and with the three clans of Ji, Qian, and Lu living in Sanchuan, their architectural culture has already been almost destroyed, just like the city of Luo, except for the city wall that is about two zhang high, Zhao Hongrun can't see what Wei atmosphere this city has.

However, Zhao Hongrun was puzzled, why didn't the Dangshan Army attack Henan?

You must know that before Bitatu led the thirty or forty thousand cavalry to retreat to Henan City, the Dangshan army had enough time to capture this ancient city.

Why not?

Could it be that Sima An was afraid that this city was once one of the royal capitals of their Wei people?

Joke!

Sima An is not the kind of pedantic person.

"What is he doing?"

Zhao Hongrun was really puzzled.

The next day, the last day of August, Zhao Hongrun led the army to Henan City, and on the southeast side of Henan City, it successfully joined the Dangshan army.

After the convergence, Zhao Hongrun summoned Sima An to him and asked him why he didn't attack Henan City.

However, Sima An's explanation then made Zhao Hongrun realize that this great general, for the Shang army, no, it should be said that it was for the army of Wei, created an excellent stage to show force and warn the rest of the tribes in the land of Sanchuan. (To be continued.) )