In February, the weather in Sanchuan County is still very cold. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, at this time, it was actually the coldest season in Sanchuan County, and the north wind mixed with rain and snow during the lunar month was the biggest threat to this land.

In addition, there are many towering mountains in the western and central parts of Mikawa-gun, so cumulus clouds have been blocked here for a long time, so it is not uncommon to encounter a snowstorm mixed with hail.

But despite this, the biggest threat in this land is still the wind.

No, Zhao Hongrun drove the war horse and led the army to slowly advance towards the central area of Lu's Sanchuan County, although it has been two months now, but the cold wind that blows on the face still seems to be able to invade the bone marrow, and even every breath of air, the chill that brings in it also makes the whole person feel like he is in an ice cave.

"Hoo ......"

He let out a long breath of turbid air, watching it turn into a trace of heat and dissipate, Zhao Hongrun moved his numb right hand.

At this time, he had already taken off the Wei style brocade robe, and put on the inconspicuous sheepskin jacket of the Sanchuan people, and wore a ridiculous sheepskin hat on his head, covering both ears.

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun's current appearance really ruins his image of King Su, if his appearance is known by the ladies of many families in China, I believe that most of the girls who still have a longing for a certain King Su will be stunned and their hearts will be broken.

But Zhao Hongrun didn't care.

What's the use of looking good? Can you withstand the cold weather in Mikawa-gun?

Didn't you see a certain Zongwei making fun of his dress before leaving, but now he is freezing like a dead dog?

Zhao Hongrun glanced back at Mu Qing, who was pale, with a malicious gaze, and a somewhat mocking smile appeared on his face.

Mu Qing obviously noticed the full malice from his highness, if it was in normal times, he would definitely fight back, but now, forget it, he was so cold that he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Even if you have a blanket wrapped around your body, it won't work.

Even, Mu Qing wondered if his legs were still there, otherwise why would he not be conscious?

"It's so cold in this place."

Zongwei Lu Mu rubbed his hands and exhaled a few hot breaths at his numb hands, but his hands only regained some sense, but they were still stiff and uncomfortable.

He finally understood why the Zhao clan, the royal family of his Wei State, moved to the Central Plains in the first place, but the weather in this ghost place was too cold.

After a few people nearby, I am afraid that Lu Baron, who is also the guide, has a calm face, and is not affected by this ghost weather in the slightest.

As a native of this land, Lubaron has long been accustomed to it.

"Actually, it's a lot better now, at least the north wind is not so strong, and the snowfall has basically stopped......"

Lu Balon showed a fuss on his face, and told Zhao Hongrun and the people nearby about the situation in the coldest time of their Sanchuan, which was not only the ice and snow blocking the road, but also the north wind swept over the sky with a blizzard mixed with hail, completely knocking down the tents and sheep sheds, which was called despair.

“…… I once met a few wandering Qiang people, and they said that they were fine before going to bed at night, and when they woke up in the morning, they found that the whole tribe was trapped in the ice and snow, and all the sheep in the tribe were dead......" Lu Baron sighed, recalling the despair on the faces of the few Qiang people at that time.

"Why don't you build a city?" Zong Wei Lu Mu asked curiously.

In fact, the winter of Wei is also very harmful, but the annual winter losses are insignificant compared to Sanchuan County, and the reason is that the walls on all sides of the city block most of the cold wind.

Lu Baron shook his head with a wry smile and explained a few words briefly.

In fact, the reason is very simple, because Wei is an agrarian country, so except for the requirements for irrigation water, the rest of the restrictions are very small; But the Sanchuan people are different, unless they are tribes that occupy the natural pastures of Huayang with abundant pastures like the Yi tribe, otherwise, the rest of the small tribes, they will move several times a year, and the sheep to graze eat up the grass in the nearby grasslands, and the whole tribe will migrate to other places.

Therefore, the Sanchuan people have no concept of building a city, because they are not fixed to live in a certain place at all, which is the origin of the word nomad.

"Is it so cold in Longxi, Lord Wei Ji?" Wei Jiao suddenly asked Lintao Jun Wei Ji.

Wei Ji, Lintao Jun who was wrapped in a sheepskin jacket like Zhao Hongrun, thought about it, shook his head and said: "Over there in Longxi, in fact, this month is still covered with ice and snow, but for some reason, I always feel that it is colder here than Longxi......"

It's humid here.

Zhao Hongrun smiled indifferently and glanced back at the Shangshui Army and Yanling Sergeant behind him.

As he thought, the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, these soldiers who were originally born in the Chu State, have a very strong ability to resist cold in this land, probably because of the relationship between the Chu State, which has a wide range of waters, and it is also a humid country.

Speaking of the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, to be precise, Zhao Hongrun really has some ideas about the new armor weapons on their bodies.

He originally thought that when he decided to go to war with the Qin army in two months of this year, it would be good for the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army to get together 10,000 soldiers who had replaced the new equipment, because in the first two months, even if the Smelting Bureau was at full power, only 3,000 sets of new weapons and equipment were built in those two months.

Therefore, from the beginning of August last year to February this year, this is about six months, and the forging volume of the Smelting Bureau is nearly 10,000 sets at best, but I didn't expect that the final number has tripled.

30,000 sets!

Although the Smelting Bureau has been using steel molds to replace the original clay molds, so that the number of mass-produced products has been further improved, the problem is that these require manpower to operate, and the manpower required is not just anyone can do it, but they all need experienced craftsmen, otherwise there will be a large number of defective products that do not meet the standard, and waste materials in vain.

However, at this time, Xu Xiao, the original Song Mo Juzi, brought back many craftsmen from the Song Dynasty and joined the Smelting Bureau.

Of course, Xu Miao didn't do things for Zhao Hongrun in vain, he also had conditions, his condition was that Wei allowed them to spread Mohist thoughts, in this regard, Zhao Hongrun, the Vertical Gong Palace, and the imperial court considered it for a while, and felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, so they allowed it.

However, to Zhao Hongrun's slight disappointment, Xu Xiao did not bring back the exact answer of the Song rebels to Liang Luqu. Even, from Xu Qiao's slightly vague description, Zhao Hongrun believes that the Song rebels should be resistant to Liang Luqu.

This is not surprising, after all, once the Lianglu Canal is completed, if the Wei State wants to send troops to exterminate the Song rebels, it can almost be said that the morning and evening are coming, so the Song rebels naturally have to consider carefully.

Based on this, what Zhao Hongrun can do at present is to negotiate with Song Yun, the leader of the Song rebels, through Xu Wan, the former Song Mo Juzi, to resolve this matter as peacefully as possible.

After all, the situation on the Song County side is a bit special, and Zhao Hongrun is not good at interfering directly.

But no matter what, Nangong Yao and Song Yun of Song County, these two people will definitely be solved, and after Wei Guo frees up his hands.

"Stump, Tread, Tread—"

The sound of horses' hooves from far and near interrupted Zhao Hongrun's thoughts.

He looked up, only to see several knights running towards them.

It was a warrior from the Lun tribe who served as a scout.

Seeing this, Lu Balongze immediately stepped forward and confirmed the identity of the other party, and then led the cavalry to Zhao Hongrun.

These warriors of the Lun tribe were sent by Zhao Hongrun to the Lu clan to inquire about the news.

The Lu clan, that is, the location where the Wuxu royal court is located, is adjacent to the Qian tribe and the Ling tribe, plus the Yi tribe who retreated to that land for the winter a while ago, it is not an exaggeration to say that now in Sanchuan County, in addition to the Sichuan Alliance, it belongs to the Lu clan, and the largest number of Sanchuan people gather.

And all indications show that Lu's place, located in the middle of Sanchuan County, will also become the first target of the Qin army's attack after the beginning of spring this year.

In fact, as Zhao Hongrun guessed, according to the warriors of the Lun tribe, at present, in the Lu clan, the Qin army and the tribes on the Lu clan's side have begun a war.

But compared with the united Qin army, the Lu side seems to have some meaning of fighting separately.

After all, in October last year, after the Yi tribe was defeated by the Qin army in Huayang, they abandoned the grassland and moved to the Lu clan in the central region of Sanchuan County.

It is believed that at that time, the two major tribes of the Antelope hated the Antelope tribe to the core. After all, it was for this matter that the two major tribes of Qiang and Ling, hastily ended the war with Pakistan and transferred a large number of troops back.

It is no exaggeration to say that no matter how advantageous the two tribes of Qian and Ling occupied in Pakistan in the past, I am afraid that there is not much left after this incident, and even they have fallen into the embarrassing situation of being attacked by the enemy on their backs, and are attacked by the Qin army and the army of Pakistan at the same time.

On the ninth day of the second lunar month, Zhao Hongrun led a large army to a dangerous valley between Kunshan and Xiong'er Mountain (now Hanhan Valley Pass), and ordered the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army to build military camps on the mountains on both sides, while he led the soldiers of the Sichuan Alliance to build a camp in the valley terrain.

Because further on, there is the Lushi Grassland, which is a wide flat terrain surrounded by mountains such as the Kuzhong Mountains and the Bears Ears Mountain, and there is almost nothing to defend.

In such a flat terrain where there is no danger to defend, resisting hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, with less than 100,000 troops in his hands, even Zhao Hongrun is a little frightened, after all, the Qin army is not a weak division.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun decided to block the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops in this narrow mountain terrain that had just been named Hangu.

As for the many tribes of the Qiang people in the Lu Clan's grassland, as well as the Wuxu Royal Court of the Shan Clan, Zhao Hongrun could only say sorry to them, after all, he had no reason to rescue some Sanchuan forces that were not very friendly to the Wei State at any cost.

His purpose is victory!

A hearty victory, a victory that makes the Qin people chill!

In order to curb the momentum of Qin's frenzied foreign expansion.

As for whether the Qin army will come, Zhao Hongrun is not worried about this, because the Lu clan is the only way to the city, and as long as the Qin state still has the intention of encroaching on the eastern part of Sanchuan, it will definitely come.

Sure enough, in late February, the warriors of the Lun tribe, who served as scouts, found traces of the Qin army about forty miles southwest of Hangu. (To be continued.) )