ps: This chapter makes up for yesterday's post. I was delayed by something yesterday, so I'm sorry.
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During the confrontation between the two teams, Princess Yulong, Mi Jiang, and Mi Rui had already been protected by twenty clan guards.
Zhao Yuanli's Zongwei Chief Wang Jian and Zhao Hongrun's Zongwei Chief Shen Yu stood at the front of their ranks, showing no fear of the conflict that might occur.
It's no wonder, after all, the Zongwei exist for this purpose, especially the Zongwei chiefs like Wang Jian and Shen Yu. They will shoulder the responsibility of safeguarding the honor and disgrace of their princes and His Highness, which is far more important than their lives. responsibility.
Among the entire team, Princess Yulong was probably the only one who looked a little worried. After all, they only had twenty-five people to fight against, while the other party had thirty-five. If they really fought, they might not be able to gain any favor.
But the clan guards showed no fear or intention of giving in.
So what if the Jie people were born warriors? Their Zongwei came from Yu Linlang, the most elite Zongwei in the Wei Dynasty. They had undergone the most rigorous training since childhood, and they did not think that they would be inferior to the Yin Rong in front of them.
These clan guards quietly took out their hand crossbows from their bags on horseback.
It is no exaggeration to say that at such a close range, a single volley of crossbow arrows from twenty Zongwei can kill at least a dozen people on the other side. In other words, with one wave of attacks, the numbers of both sides will be equal. In this way, again What's there to be afraid of?
The Jie people on the other side also tightened their grip on the bows and spears in their hands. Their natural intuition made them realize that the Wei people on the other side were probably not as weak as the Wei people (commons on the border of Wei State) in their impression.
"Are you provoking the great Jie tribe and our Jiejiao tribe?"
The strong man who looked like the leader glanced at the hand crossbows in the hands of the sect guards, with a trace of contempt flashing in his eyes.
It's no wonder, after all, nomadic tribes used to look down upon missile (long-range) weapons, thinking that they were not weapons that warriors should use. Only cowards who dare not fight with the enemy with real swords and guns would use such weak weapons.
Later, as the bow gradually showed its overwhelming power in the fighting of the grassland tribes, the bow, a flying arrow weapon, was gradually accepted by the nomadic tribes and gradually became a skill that nomadic tribe warriors must master.
But the strange thing is that they can accept the bow. However, they hold a deep prejudice against the crossbow, which was also invented by the Central Plains countries. They believe that the crossbow is a weapon that extremely disrespects the existence of warriors.
For example, if a person like Zhao Hongrun, who knows nothing about martial arts, is given a bow and arrow and asked to fight an experienced and powerful Jie tribesman, Zhao Hongrun will most likely be killed by the opponent.
After all, the bow is a weapon that requires long-term training to master.
But the crossbow is different. If you throw a crossbow to Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun will be able to kill the Jie tribesman opposite him in most cases. This is the difference between a bow and a crossbow.
If the emergence of the bow posed a great threat to the warriors who were respected as warriors in the nomadic tribes, then the birth of the crossbow further aggravated this phenomenon, allowing people like Zhao Hongrun who did not understand martial arts to use this weapon to pose a life-threatening threat to those brave men.
This is exactly the reason why the Siji tribe, these proud and brave warriors, both hate and despise the crossbow.
provocative?
Zhao Hongrun looked at the Jie tribe members opposite who were shouting to catch thieves, and said calmly: "Jiejiao tribe? Are you the leader of the Jiejiao tribe?... If not, you are not qualified to talk to this king."
This king?
The Jie clan members looked at each other and thought to themselves: Could it be that the other party is actually a member of the Wei Kingdom clan?
At this time, Zongwei Shen Yu snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Jie people, the person you are offending is my eighth son, the eighth son of the Great Wei Emperor, His Highness Prince Su Ji Run!"
"King Su?" The leader of the Jie tribe was stunned, and looked at Zhao Hongrun carefully with his eyes wide open. Then he laughed loudly: "Ah haha, I heard earlier that a guy named Ji Run in your Wei Kingdom defeated Unexpectedly, the Chu State in the south is just a young kid... It seems that those Chu people are also weak people."
After that, he glared at Zhao Hongrun and said with a fierce expression: "Go back to your Wei State. Sanchuan is not a place where you Wei people can walk freely!"
"Presumptuous!" Seeing that the other party dared to threaten His Highness, Shen Yu was furious and was about to draw his sword, but Zhao Hongrun pushed the hilt back into the scabbard.
Compared with the angry Zongwei, Zhao Hongrun was neither surprised nor angry, and said with a smile: "Hey, who are you in the Jiejiao tribe? Are you the leader?"
The leader crossed his arms arrogantly and said in a deep voice: "I am the leader of the Jiejiao tribe, Bitatu."
"Oh." Zhao Hongrun nodded clearly and asked politely: "Then Chief Bitatu of the Jiejiao Tribe, I wonder why you are so hostile to me, the Wei people? If I remember correctly, We should have never offended you."
Bitatu snorted coldly when he heard this, and said coldly: "Don't think that I don't know what you Wei people are thinking. If you dare to seize this land, I, the Jie tribe, will break your Wei people's bones into pieces!"
"Chief Bitatu has misunderstood." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and explained pleasantly: "The reason why I, the Wei Dynasty, asked you to borrow a passage this time is just to support Longxi and has no intention of taking back the land of Sanchuan..."
"That's your business!" Bitatu interrupted Zhao Hongrun and said arrogantly: "I don't care what your purpose is. In short, as long as your Wei army dares to set foot here, I will regard it as an attack on our Jie tribe. The provocation!...is war!”
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The kind expression that Zhao Hongrun struggled to maintain gradually became unsustainable, because he felt that the other party was just an arrogant bastard with no hope of communication.
He sighed slightly and asked: "In other words, you Jie people will never agree to our Wei Dynasty borrowing the road, right?"
Bitatu snorted coldly, with a look of contempt on his face. He didn't even mean to reply. He threatened coldly: "Remember what I said, Wei people, get out of Sanchuan, otherwise I will personally kill you the next time we meet." Take off your heads!"
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"Wait." He called to the other party.
"..." Bitatu turned his head when he heard this, grinned fiercely and said: "What's wrong, boy! Do you want to have a fight with the heroic Jie tribe here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Jie clan members shouted "Oooh" one after another, as if they wanted to fight immediately.
However, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No. Chief Bitatu, you misunderstood. I have no intention of causing any conflict with you at this moment."
"Humph, you coward!" Bitatu snorted with satisfaction and contempt after hearing this, and then asked casually: "Then what did you ask me to do?"
"It's nothing." Zhao Hongrun's eyes glowed with a dangerous light. He smiled and said: "I just want to ask where your tribe lives."
Bitatu was stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Why do you ask this?"
"Of course I'm going to visit the Jiejiao Tribe." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "If this meeting does not go well, I will lead the most elite soldiers of the Wei Dynasty to find the place where your Jiejiao Tribe lives and capture your Jiejiao Tribe. The Jiaojiao tribe killed them all." After that, he pushed Shen Yu away gently, took a step forward, and continued in a gloomy tone: "I don't know how many proud warriors your Jiaojiao tribe has? Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? But it doesn’t matter. How many of you are there? I will kill as many as you want when the time comes!"
"Are you kidding?" Bitatu looked at Zhao Hongrun in disbelief.
"No, I am serious."
"Hahaha——" Bitatu and the warriors of the Jie tribe were stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.
"Hahaha——" At the same time, Zhao Hongrun also laughed.
Suddenly, a fierce look appeared on Bitatu's face. He raised his fist and swung it towards Zhao Hongrun. Unfortunately, his fist was caught by Zongwei Chu Heng.
Chu Heng squeezed Bitatu's fist tightly, making it difficult for the latter to withdraw his fist.
This scene shocked the Jie tribesmen. Only then did they realize that the Wei people across from them did not seem to be the weak Wei people they had remembered.
"Can you tell me where your Jiejiao tribe lives?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile.
"..." Bitatu's expression finally changed. He had a vague feeling that the smile of the seemingly inexperienced kid opposite him gave him a creepy illusion.
"Tell me where your Jiejiao tribe lives."
"..." Bitatu opened his mouth, and suddenly shook his arms to break free from Zongwei Chu Heng's restraints, and snatched a short spear from his clansman's hand.
His instinct told him: kill this child quickly. Otherwise, the Jiejiao tribe may really face irreversible disaster!
"Do you want to take action?"
Just when Bitatu was hesitating whether to take action here, Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "Don't forget one thing. Bitatu, the leader of the Jiejiao tribe, has five hundred tiger warriors from the Wei Dynasty in this camp. Imperial Guards. Furthermore, this place is only more than twenty miles away from Chenggao Pass in the Wei Dynasty. If you dare to take action here, you will never be able to return to your tribe alive."
Upon hearing this, Bi Tatu was even more hesitant, because they only came with thirty or fifty people on this trip, and as Zhao Hongrun said, there were five hundred Wei troops in this camp, let alone twenty miles away. , and there is Chenggao Pass where tens of thousands of Wei soldiers are stationed.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with provoking the Wei people, but if you really start a fight with the Wei people here, it is definitely a very unwise behavior.
Thinking of this, Bitatu threw the short spear in his hand to his subordinates again, and left with his tribesmen with a cold voice.
I have really grown up...
Uncle Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli watched quietly from the beginning to the end, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional at this moment.
Once upon a time, that young boy who kept saying that he would be his role model in life has gradually become a responsible man.
"Sixth Uncle was impressed, Hongrun."
Zhao Yuanli praised sincerely.
Zhao Hongrun was a little embarrassed to be praised by the uncle Liu Wang whom he had respected since childhood. He was about to say something when he suddenly heard several rounds of applause from a distance.
Zhao Hongrun turned around and took a look, only to find that Yong Wang Hongyu and his clan guards were walking towards this place. Several of the clan guards were putting their already drawn weapons back into their scabbards.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongrun felt warm in his heart.
"Brother Er Wang."
"Hmm." Yong Wang Hongyu nodded. After paying homage to Zhao Yuanli, he praised Zhao Hongrun: "You are worthy of being King Su who has been in charge of a large army. This domineering power is awesome...Brother Wang just broke into a cold sweat for you Hongrun."
Ah, I didn’t expect you, Hongrun, to actually frighten those arrogant Jie people.”
"Bluff?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun's stunned expression, Yong Wang Hongyu was also stunned.