At the beginning of October, Zhao Hongrun took Wei Jiao, Zhou Pu, Lu Mu, Chu Heng, and Mu Qing five Zongwei, as well as Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, to Sanchuan County by boat at Xiangfu River Port. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, Zhao Hongrun was actually not happy to go to Sanchuan County so soon, not because he was ready to use the hands of the Qin people to weaken the strength of the disobedient Qian, but because the change of clothes of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army had not yet been implemented, and even if the Smelting Bureau and the Military Casting Bureau were rushing to work day and night these days, they had only created 3,000 sets of new weapons and equipment, and the average daily casting output was about 100 sets.

But the problem is that the army of the Qin State has already invaded Sanchuan County and Hedong County, and Zhao Hongrun can't ask the Qin army to wait until the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army have all changed their clothes, right?

So, Zhao Hongrun thought of an idea and decided to take Lintao Jun Wei Ji to Sanchuan County to see the reality of the Qin army, after all, Sanchuan County is not a completely undefended vacant place, in the west, central, and various tribes of the Qin tribe still have strong strength, Zhao Hongrun does not mind when the Qin people start a war with the Qin State, first explore the bottom of the Qin army.

As for the army carried this time, Zhao Hongrun ordered the Metallurgical Bureau to give priority to arming the three elite thousand-man generals of the merchant and water army, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming, but unfortunately when Zhao Hongrun was about to go to Sanchuan, half of Zhang Ming's 1,000-man team did not receive new equipment, so Zhao Hongrun had to give up and only brought two special 1,000-man teams of Ran Teng and Xiang Li, totaling about 2,400 people.

As for the Shang Shui Army and the other armies of the Yan Ling Army, after completing the change of outfits in the future, they will take ships to Sanchuan County one after another, which is the safest way that Zhao Hongrun thought of.

Of course, the premise of his use of this strategy is that the main force in the western part of Sanchuan County, that is, the Qin people, will not be beaten too badly by the Qin army, I remember that a few days ago, the Qin tribe was killed by the Qin army in a battle of more than 40,000 slave soldiers, which really made Zhao Hongrun startled.

Although the 40,000 people are just slave soldiers of the Qian tribe, and they are slave soldiers who have not even implemented the most basic weapons and equipment, but no matter how you say it, there are 40,000 people, and 40,000 people were slaughtered by the Qin army in such a battle, Zhao Hongrun really felt quite shocked when he thought about it carefully.

In just one day and one night, Zhao Hongrun and his entourage took a boat to the river port of Sichuan - Mengjin.

In the beginning, Mengjin was just a barren river beach with no name, but as the merchant ships of the Wei household department frequently transported and unloaded goods on this land, this land gradually prospered, and took a name, Mengjin, that is, according to the literal understanding, the ferry port of the Sichuan-Yu Alliance.

This river port, of course, is not as good as Xiangfu Port, let alone Bolangsha, after all, Zhao Hongrun positioned Xiangfu Port and Bolangsha as the general hub of the trade line, and Mengjin is just a stop in the land of Sanchuan River, and the status of the two is completely different.

However, as the first river port built in Sanchuan County, the Sichuan River Alliance has invested a lot of enthusiasm and support here, after all, the prosperity of the city is now all built on the trade route of the city - Wei State, so the construction of the Mengjin River Port is naturally important.

When Zhao Hongrun's ship docked in Mengjin, the Sichuan Alliance had already sent someone to wait there, and it was none other than Lu Balon, the patriarch of the Lun clan of the original Qiang clan.

On that day, Zhao Hongrun did not get off the boat, but picked up Lu Balon and other people on the boat, and then the boat continued to go west against the river to the west of Sanchuan County.

I have to say that seeing Zhao Hongrun again, Lu Balon was very excited, after all, in the past, the ability of the Sanchuan tribe to resist natural disasters was extremely weak, if the heavy snow during the winter froze too many sheep in the tribe, even the original strong tribe would be weakened, or even collapse suddenly.

Thinking about it, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of sheep were frozen to death by the cold weather in just a few days, this kind of devastating blow, not to mention the tribes of Sanchuan, even if it is the Wei State, I am afraid that they will vomit blood.

Therefore, the people of Sanchuan are very reverent of heaven, earth and nature.

However, in the past two years, as many tribes of the Sichuan Alliance have gradually replaced the previous way of life of using sheep as currency with the newly minted Sichuan Wei Yuan money of the Wei State, the threat of natural disasters to the Sanchuan people is obviously much smaller.

After all, no matter how cold the weather is, you can't freeze the copper coins that are already dead things.

I remember that last year, there was a small tribe in the Sichuan Alliance that lost most of its sheep in winter, if in previous years, this tribe would be considered finished, but now, they are not panicked at all.

The patriarch of the tribe organized the tribesmen in the tribe to shear the frozen sheep and peel them, and then soaked them in water and skinned them, and transported the wool, sheepskins, and frozen mutton to Luocheng. Then, they used these copper coins to buy grain from Wei as food for the next year.

In other words, the sudden snow and ice caused very little damage to that small tribe.

Even, as long as you find a few tribes that have a good relationship on weekdays and buy some lambs back, as long as you work for just one or two years, you can still restore the previous size of the flock.

It can be said that Sanchuan, which is backed by Wei, no longer has to be afraid in winter, which is the point that Sanchuan people are most grateful to Wei, and it is also the fundamental reason why the Qianjiao tribe is willing to forget about the Qianjiao tribe, after all, they are also afraid that one day they will be found by natural disasters.

For today's Sichuan Alliance, grazing sheep is no longer forced by grassland life, but a way to make money, after all, the terrain of Wei is not suitable for large numbers of sheep, which is destined to sell Sanchuan sheep in Wei very well.

In particular, mutton, which tastes better than pork, has been generally accepted by the upper class of the Wei state.

Although the mutton has some smell, but what are you afraid of, Wei has a very deep culinary foundation, and removing the smell on the mutton is nothing at all.

It is precisely because of these reasons that many tribes in the Sichuan Alliance can now be said to be very rich, such as Lu Balon, who appeared in front of Zhao Hongrun again at this time, wearing a Wei style brocade robe, much richer than before, and living like a rich man in the countryside.

This made Zhao Hongrun stunned for a while when he first saw Lu Balon, and then squeezed out an awkward sentence

“…… Lubaron, I haven't seen you for two years, and I'm much stronger......"

In fact, where is the strong, it is simply developing towards bloat, two years ago, the sturdy and burly prairie man, now the muscles on his body have gradually relaxed, it can be seen that in the past two years, he has been pampered and pampered.

Facing Zhao Hongrun's ridicule, Lu Balon was a little embarrassed on his face, patted his chest and swore that he could still charge for Zhao Hongrun.

Although Zhao Hongrun said that there was a look of trust on his face, he didn't think so in his heart, he was very skeptical that Lu Balon could still shoot a distant target on a galloping war horse like he had done at the beginning.

Of course, it doesn't matter, after all, Lu Balon is the patriarch of the Lun tribe of the Qiang clan and one of the leaders of the Sichuan Alliance, if even he has to fight in person, then the Sichuan Alliance will not be far from extinction.

The two sides exchanged a few words of greetings and joked with each other, and Zhao Hongrun introduced Lu Balon and Lintaojun Wei Ji to each other.

After that, Zhao Hongrun asked Lu Baron about the dispatch of troops from the Sichuan Alliance.

Seeing this, Lu Balon restrained the smile on his face and replied, "In fact, when I received a request for help from the Wubian tribe last month, I had already sent a team of warriors to meet him. …… According to the orders of His Royal Highness King Su, we only brought the Wubian tribe to our Sichuan, and did not clash with the army of Qin. A few days ago, after receiving a letter from His Royal Highness King Su again, our Sichuan Alliance organized 5,000 warriors, and I served as the overseer of this cavalry. …… These warriors set out for the west yesterday. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "What news did you send from the people of the Qian tribe?" …… This time, the people of the Qian tribe asked for help from my Great Wei so quickly, which was really a bit unexpected by this king. ”

Hearing this, Lu Balon said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Su doesn't know that the people of the Qin tribe are fighting with the Ba country, and they were also caught off guard when they suddenly learned that the Qin army had set foot in Sanchuan. As far as I know, at that time, several tribes of the Qian people gathered forty or fifty thousand slaves, and they thought they could resist for a while, but they did not expect that they would be killed by the Qin army within one day, and they were also very panicked. ”

When mentioning that the 40,000 or 50,000 slaves were killed by the Qin army, Lu Balon's tone was filled with a little regret, after all, in his opinion, if the 40,000 slaves were sold to the Wei State, whether they were sold to the Wei merchants as domestic slaves or to the Wei court as hard labor, this would be a huge source of money.

What is the most valuable thing in Sanchuan today? Aren't they sheep and slaves?

Therefore, in Lu Balon's eyes, the Qiang people who lost more than 40,000 slaves in a battle were simply losers.

On the side, Lintao Jun Wei Ji quietly listened to Lu Balon's story, and then frowned and asked, "Just a slave?" Didn't the warriors of the Qians go to war with the Qin army? ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Lintao Jun Wei Ji didn't understand the situation on Sanchuan's side, so he explained: "The way the people fight is like this, first use a large number of slaves to consume the physical strength of the enemy army, and then send the brave warriors of the tribe to defeat the enemy army in a wave of offensive. …… However, this time, the Qin army killed all the slaves of the Qiang people with the power of thunder, and the situation of the Qiang people was more embarrassing, unless they had to do so, the Qiang people would not be willing to let their own warriors make senseless sacrifices. ”

"Could it be that they just let the Qin army enter Sanchuan?" Lintaojun Wei Ji asked incredulously.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun could only comfort Wei Ji: "It's okay, there is no place to fight for in the Sanchuan grassland, and there is almost no danger to defend." Today, the Qin army gained momentum and swallowed a hundred miles of grassland; Tomorrow, when the Qin army gains power, this hundred miles of grassland will still have to be spit out......"

It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Hongrun does not care about the strength of the Qin army at the moment, after all, Sanchuan County is almost impossible to defend, even if the Qin army occupies a lot of land, in fact, there is no actual advantage, on the contrary, the more the Qin army goes deep into Sanchuan, they who are not familiar with the local environment will be restrained.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun was not in a hurry to let his Wei army enter the battlefield so quickly, but planned to borrow the strength of the Qin clan to explore the strength of the Qin army first.

Anyway, the Qian tribe refused to surrender to Wei at the beginning, and only accepted the cooperation of both sides on an equal footing, and now that their territory was attacked by the Qin army, Zhao Hongrun had no obligation to fight to the death.

For now, just wait and see the two tigers fight. (To be continued.) )