Zhao Hongrun's not-so-resonant voice echoed in the main hall of the city guard's mansion, making these words with a hint of emotion even more bizarre.
"Is this a threat?"
"Is it a threat?"
A thought suddenly flashed through the minds of all the patriarchs present. I believe even a fool could hear the threatening tone in Zhao Hongrun's words.
It has to be said that if it were other Wei people, even if the relationship between Wei and Sichuan is now harmonious, I believe these unruly Sichuan people would already have displeased expressions on their faces, but when they saw Zhao Hongrun's expressionless face
But they didn't dare to express anything when they saw his face - this Wei man made the Sichuan people more in awe than the Wei court and the Wei king.
"The Di (Huang) tribe seconded the proposal." Lu Balong, the chief of the Lun tribe of the Yi tribe, immediately expressed his support, while the other heads of the Yi tribe also nodded in agreement.
It can be seen that the chiefs of these Sheang tribes have already had private discussions.
Seeing this scene, Halegoh, the leader of the Aries tribe, had a flash of worry in his eyes.
In fact, he had already expected that most of the Yi people would side with the Wei Kingdom and His Highness Prince Su. After all, the Yi people's recognition of the Wusu Royal Court was already low, but in any case, when Lu Balong and others
When the chiefs of the Yi tribe really expressed their support, Halegoh still felt a little worried: The Yi people have turned to the Wei people, so who is left? The Jie tribe?
Halegoh's eyes swept over the Jie Tribe's leader present—Gu Yigu, the chief of the Northern Sichuan Alliance.
For some reason, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance has absorbed very few Jiejiao tribes. In addition, Zhao Hongrun has integrated the Jiejiao forces from the defeated side, so that until the past two days, it was possible to walk into the meeting room of the chief clan leader in Sichuanluo.
However, there is still only one Jie tribe, the leader of the Yi tribe - Erdemo.
But unfortunately, Erdemo is not in Luocheng. He is stationed at the Yi Tribe, guarding against the probing attacks of the Wusu Tribe, Jie Tribe, and Ling Tribe. Therefore, the representative of the Jie Tribe in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance is
Only Gu Yigu, the patriarch of the Northern Sichuan Alliance, was left.
However, what is even more regrettable is that Gu Yigu, the leader of the Northern Sichuan Alliance, may not be of the same mind as them - he followed His Royal Highness King Su to Luocheng, which has already made the other party's position clear.
Obviously, Guyi Gu surrendered to King Su in exchange for a precious seat in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance. Therefore, he was able to sit here in a dignified manner as a defeated person. Moreover, Lu Balong and other Yi people
The tribal chiefs turned a blind eye to this.
This means that the power of the Jie people in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance has also turned towards the Wei people.
So let me ask, who is left on the opposing side?
Sure enough, perhaps noticing Halegoch's gaze, Guyi Gu, the patriarch of the Northern Sichuan Alliance, said with a smile: "We, the Northern Sichuan Alliance, will fully assist His Highness King Su in suppressing the rebellion..."
"Counter rebellion? You can actually say it?"
Harlegoch looked at Guyigu in disbelief.
In his opinion, it is understandable for the Yi people to "rebellion". After all, the relationship between the Yi people and the Jie people has never been good, and they don't have much respect for the Wusu Royal Court.
The Jie people!
However, after saying this, the cunning Guyigu just lowered his head and played with a bracelet made of polished sheep's teeth in his hand, as if he didn't want to make more eye contact with Halegohed.
"..."
Including Halegoh, the chief of the Aries tribe, the chiefs of the Hei tribe present here looked at the hall calmly.
The Yi people have taken a stand, the Jie people have taken a stand, and only the Yi people are left.
Halegoh took a deep breath and was about to speak when he saw Cheralhe, the leader of the Ubian tribe of the Shei tribe, said: "The Ubian tribe is willing to assist His Royal Highness King Su in the war against rebellion!"
"What?!"
The expressions of Halegoh and several other Sheo tribe chiefs suddenly changed, especially Halegoh.
Because he had contacted Ceralhe in private a while ago, and the latter said at that time that he would give him appropriate support. Unexpectedly, today Ceralhe decisively abandoned the "Hermit position" and stood aside.
His Royal Highness King Su.
"It's not that I'm unloyal. Can't you see that His Highness Prince Su is murderous?"
Ceralhe muttered secretly.
"Now we're in trouble..."
Seeing that the "position of the Shen people" was broken, Halegoh secretly thought something bad. At this time, he could no longer care about anything else and immediately said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness King Su, please listen to me, Halegoh."
Zhao Hongrun looked up and down at Harlegohe, and after about two breaths, two words came out of his mouth: "Say."
It must be said that that moment of pause made Hallegoch feel a great sense of crisis.
But because this matter was of great importance, he could only stare at the unkind eyes of His Highness King Su, and said bravely: "Your Highness, King Su, Halegoh thinks that there is still room for maneuver in this matter."
"..." Zhao Hongrun didn't say anything, just looked at him with a dull look.
Feeling the increasingly strong sense of crisis, Halegoh said sternly: "His Royal Highness Su Wang Mingjian, Wu Xu Wang Ting... are not actually on the side of Qin, they just... just hope to get your country's
...your country attaches great importance to it."
"..." Zhao Hongrun remained silent. He crossed his fingers with his hands and propped his elbows on the desk in front of him, as if he was willing to listen.
Seeing this, Halegoh said quickly: "The Wuxu tribe has always been the royal court of our Yi, Jie and Yi tribes. They will not take the initiative to provoke internal wars. They just..."
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun asked flatly: "Have you ever been in contact with him?"
"..." Halegoh's voice stopped suddenly, and he looked at Zhao Hongrun who was about to speak but hesitated.
"You have come into contact with the envoys from the Wusu Royal Court, right?" Zhao Hongrun asked calmly.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun looking at him intently, Halegoh, a middle-aged man in his forties, had a faint layer of sweat on his forehead.
"Is that envoy still in Luocheng? Ask him to come out." Zhao Hongrun said lightly.
Halegoch's heart beat suddenly, and he forced a smile and said: "His Royal Highness King Su..."
"Tell him to come out and tell me personally!" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Halegoh and said meaningfully: "Head of Halegoh, you represent the Aries tribe under the Sichuan-Luo Alliance, not the Wu
The representative of King Xu Ting... Therefore, the request of King Wu Xu Ting must be told to the king in person by the envoy, which is justified."
Hearing these heart-wrenching words, Harlegoch had no choice but to ask for the envoy.
After a while, a young man in his mid-twenties followed two Aries tribe warriors to the patriarch's meeting room. According to Halegoh's introduction, this young man was actually the youngest son of King Wusu——
Yin Dunbi.
It has to be said that the "son of King Wusu" is really a great honor in Sanchuan territory. Even the chiefs of the Sheang tribe such as Lu Balong can't help but take him seriously.
After all, King Wu Xu was indeed a wise and tolerant leader on the grassland, which the Sheang people must also admit.
Internally, King Wuxu advocated equality and harmonious coexistence among the three tribes of Sheng, Jie, and Sheng; externally, King Wuxu treated Wei both softly and hardly. He recognized Wei's ownership of Sanchuan, but he also made it clear that Sichuan people
He needed this land to survive, so he was willing to be a nominal vassal to Wei and pay a certain amount of tribute every year, but he strongly refused Wei's interference in Sanchuan.
Generally speaking, in the eyes of the Wei court, King Wusu was a grassland leader who was relatively "easy to communicate with." Therefore, when Wei Guocai and the Wusu tribe brokered the "Oath of Wusu", it was probably King Wusu who accepted it.
This title conferred by the Wei State recognized the status of the Wei State and bound the Sichuan people under its rule not to offend the Wei State, while the Wei State leased Sanchuan to the Sichuan people free of charge.
At that time, Wei was facing the threat from South Korea and was unable to recapture Sanchuan, so as a last resort, it finally reached an agreement with King Wusu.
As a result, there was peace between Wei and Sichuan for many years. It was not until King Wu Xu gradually aged that his influence could no longer deter the rebellious Jie people like Bitatu, and this caused war to break out again on the Wei-Sichuan border.
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Therefore, if in the eyes of the Wei State, King Wuxu is a neighbor who is easy to get along with and easy to communicate with, then in the eyes of the Sichuan people, King Wuxu is an outstanding leader, because this leader enabled them to establish a stronghold in Sanchuan County.
In this way, people can live on the grasslands with abundant water and abundant pasture.
Therefore, even the chiefs of the Sheang tribe such as Lu Balong still give the most basic respect to Yin Dunbi, the "son of King Wusu".
However, Zhao Hongrun had no respect at all. After all, in his eyes, King Wu Xu was an invader who forcibly occupied Sanchuan when Wei was weak and violated Wei's interests. If he had been born dozens of years earlier,
In the year, the target of his expedition to Sanchuan will be King Wusu.
Therefore, after seeing Yin Dunbi, Zhao Hongrun had no intention of setting up a table. He just said lightly: "Tell us the request of your Wuxu tribe."
After hearing this, Yin Dunbi, who was making a grassland salute to Zhao Hongrun, was stunned, with a trace of displeasure flashing across his face.
He originally thought that Zhao Hongrun, the young master of the Wei Kingdom, would respect his father, King Wu Xu, and give him enough respect - at least there would be a place for them to sit and talk, right?
However, thinking of his brother Udamuqi's instructions, Yin Dunbi still held back his unhappiness and said in a deep voice: "King Su of Wei State, Yin Dunbi came this time with the goodwill of my Wuxu tribe. I
The Wusu tribe hopes to gain your friendship, King Su..."
After that, he secretly glanced at Zhao Hongrun a few times, but Zhao Hongrun just looked at him expressionlessly.
Perhaps it was the gap in experience after all that made Yin Dunbi gradually unable to withstand the pressure under Zhao Hongrun's gaze, and spoke out the conditions they hoped for: "I, the Wusu Tribe, hope that the Wei State can recognize my brother.
Udamu
Qi inherits the title of "Wuxu King" and recognizes our Wuxu tribe's rule over Sanchuan, even if it is just a nominal rule... In addition, we, the Wuxu tribe, hope to join the Sichuan-Luo Alliance, and we, the Wuxu tribe, hope
Being able to manage Luocheng for Wei..."
He mentioned a lot of conditions, and finally said with a smile: "As long as Wei can agree, our Wuxu tribe will fully support Wei and His Highness."
"..." Zhao Hongrun looked at Yin Dunbi expressionlessly and asked calmly: "Are you done?"
"That's it." Yin Dunbi nodded in confusion.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun looked at Yin Dunbi and said something.