By September 20th, the 50,000-strong Western Expeditionary Army led by Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, had already set foot in the Qinling Mountains. Perhaps, they had made contact with the Wei people of the Jiwei clan in Longxi, and had a conflict with the Qin State.
A series of wars.◎,
On the Sanchuan side, Zhao Hongrun was entertaining the chiefs of more than a hundred tribes of the Yi, Jie, and Yi tribes in the land of Sanchuan.
I think back when the Wei State invited tribes twenty miles outside Chenggao Pass to discuss borrowing the road in the name of Heshou, only half of the larger tribes in Sanchuan came, and only the Jie tribe came.
Bitatu, the chief of the Horned Tribe, attended the meeting.
Now, Zhao Hongrun once again invited the tribes from the Sanchuan land near the tribal camp of the Jiejiao tribe in Chenggong, Henan. Almost all the established tribes in this land were present, and even the small tribes with a few hundred people were eager to
People gathered around, making this meeting a veritable meeting of over a hundred tribes.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun was too lazy to wait for the tribal chiefs who had not yet attended the meeting. Anyway, all the important tribe chiefs in the Sanchuan Land had already attended. The Luoshui Alliance could handle the rest by itself.
On that day, Zhao Hongrun held a cocktail party in a huge felt tent, entertaining the more than a hundred tribal chiefs of large, medium and small scales with the newly shipped Wei wine from Chenggao Pass and the delicious food provided by the Luoshui Alliance.
them.
However, for what purpose did these people attend this meeting in person? It is undeniable that their personal presence made Zhao Hongrun very satisfied.
Especially the presence of the chiefs of the Jie tribe.
It can be seen that not all Jie people are as conceited as Bitatu.
The only fly in the ointment is that Wu Xu Wangting has not sent anyone over until now, which makes Zhao Hongrun secretly unhappy.
It's okay to be unhappy, but for now, Zhao Hongrun doesn't have enough strength to accuse Wusu Royal Court.
After all, the Wusu Royal Court is like the royal family of the Zhusanchuan tribe. Even the Yi people who want to get rid of the shadows of the Yi and Jie tribes will almost always obey the will conveyed by the Wusu Royal Court.
There is no way, the rules of the Wusu Royal Court to rule the tribes in Sanchuan have lasted for hundreds of years among the three tribes of Yi, Jie, and Yi. Although Zhao Hongrun now has a good prestige in Sanchuan, compared with the Wusu Royal Court, he is still
It's a world of difference.
But thinking about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun felt that there was a good thing about Wu Xu Wang Ting not sending anyone. At least he didn't have to waste time thinking about whether he should take the sole seat of honor at the meeting or give it to Wu Xu Wang Ting.
's messenger.
At the banquet, Zhao Hongrun sat at the main seat with a calm expression. In the banquet, two groups of people sat on the left and right: the tribal chiefs of the Luoshui Alliance sat in a row, and the tribal chiefs who had not joined the Luoshui Alliance sat in a row.
In a row, with clear distinctions.
Looking at this arrangement, Baturu, the chief of the Jie tribe, and Acton, the chief of the Ling tribe, would look at each other from time to time while drinking, probably conveying some message to each other.
After a while, Baturu, the chief of the Jie tribe, said: "(In the language of the Yi tribe) Dear King Su, I thought that all the people attending this meeting are the chiefs of various tribes..." After that, he turned his head.
Looking at the leader of the tribe, Erdemo, who represented the Yi tribe, he asked with a smile: "Edemo, where is that old guy Feyantahun?"
Erdemo smiled slightly and explained: "The old patriarch's body is not as strong as the big patriarch. The old patriarch thinks that I can attend this meeting on behalf of the Yi tribe, and I also asked for King Su's understanding."
"Hmph." Batulu, the chief of the Jie tribe, snorted noncommittally, and then muttered lightly: "If I had known this, I would have sent someone to attend the meeting. Why bother to come here myself?"
After saying that, he glanced at Zhao Hongrun on the main seat, intentionally or unintentionally.
Oh, are you here for me?
Zhao Hongrun snorted secretly. After all, the Yi, Ling, and Jie are all large tribes of the Jie tribe. They have relatively harmonious relations with each other. There is no reason to be dissatisfied over such a trivial matter. Obviously, Batulu, the leader of the Jie tribe, he
The dissatisfaction in his heart was not due to the fact that the chiefs of the Yi tribe were not present, but because Zhao Hongrun used disguised threats to force them to attend this meeting.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun smiled and said: "The chief of the Jie tribe, did I not treat you well? I seem to be very dissatisfied with you."
Batulu, the patriarch of the Jie tribe, seemed not to have expected that Zhao Hongrun would express his dissatisfaction so bluntly. After looking at Zhao Hongrun deeply for a few times, he chuckled and said: "I just feel puzzled. I thought this meeting must be
Only the chiefs of each tribe can attend!"
He deliberately emphasized the word "must" in his words, intending to ridicule Zhao Hongrun's soft threat in that invitation.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Of course it must be the chief of each tribe. After all, what I want to state this time is a major matter related to Sanchuan... However, since the Yi tribe's
The patriarch is in poor health, so how can I, the king, be so inhumane and reject Erdemo's legitimate request?...Since I personally agreed, there is no problem!"
What do you mean, since the king personally agreed, there is no problem?
The leader of the Jie tribe, Batulu, obviously understood the hidden meaning of Zhao Hongrun's words, and his expression changed slightly.
Immediately, he said with a smile: "King Su is indeed a young man who defeated Bitatu. His magnanimity is truly remarkable... The young people in our Jie tribe are far behind King Su. Well, having said that,
, they don’t dare to speak to me like this, if I am angry, I will punish them to clean up the sheep’s excrement.”
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "It seems that the rules of the Jie tribe are loose... If it were in my country, Wei, tsk, tsk, I can't imagine it. The laws of our country are also quite strict. For example, on the body
This king, who belongs to the royal family, is rude and this alone is enough to sentence him to death... It is not as simple as cleaning up sheep manure."
"..." Batulu, the leader of the Jie tribe, had a sharp look in his eyes when he heard this, and looked deeply at Zhao Hongrun, but Zhao Hongrun was looking at him with a half-smile while holding the horn cup.
Inside the tent, the other tribal chiefs looked at each other in confusion.
Although the tone of Zhao Hongrun and Batulu's conversation just now was not abnormal, everyone could hear that their words were filled with sticks and sticks, and they were fighting against each other.
"King Su is so domineering... Is it because he defeated Jie Jiao?" Batulu asked calmly.
His calm words were full of irony.
Zhao Hongrun narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "No, defeating Jie Jiao is not enough to make me domineering, but it is the honor of me to invite the chief of Barutu to attend this meeting."
I have to say that the irony in Zhao Hongrun's words is even stronger.
Just as the two were tit-for-tat, the leader of the Ling tribe, Actun, stood up, stopped the quarrel between the two, held up a horn cup and said seriously: "I, Actun, came here this time because I heard that King Su wanted to resolve the issue.
If the war between the Wei people and the people of Sanchuan happens this time,
Meetings are all meaningless quarrels, so there is no need to hold this meeting... Batulu, put away your fiery temper. Our enemies today are the Pakistanis. Don't let this happen because of some trivial things.
Those who become friends become enemies.”
Batulu, the leader of the Jie tribe, smacked his lips in dismay, drank alone and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Acton turned to look at Zhao Hongrun and said sternly: "Please forgive us for our offense, the respected King Su. Although the wine in Wei is very delicious, we are not here to drink. Please start to state that, the respected King Su."
This matter is related to our Sanchuan affairs...Currently, our Ling and Jie tribes are at war with the Ba people. Please forgive me, King Su."
Are the Jie people at war with the Ba people?
Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised when he heard this, and then he suddenly realized: No wonder until Jiejiao's defeat, the Jie tribe, which was said to have a good relationship with Jiejiao, did not send troops to support Bitatu. It turned out that they were held back by the Ba people.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said: "Okay, in that case, I will tell you the purpose of this meeting." After saying that, he paused and said seriously: "This war between our Wei Dynasty and Sanchuan is due to borrowing.
Regarding the matter of Dao, Bitatu was arrogant and conceited. Not only did he frequently provoke us, the Great Wei, but he even tried to do harm to us, the Great Wei. Therefore, I led my army to destroy him. From now on, there will no longer be a clan named Jiejiao in Sanchuan!"
Hearing these categorical words, the tribal chiefs in the tent couldn't help but whisper in low voices. Only the tribal chiefs of the Luoshui Alliance seemed not to hear.
Raising his hand to signal the clan chiefs in the tent to quiet down, Zhao Hongrun added: "Of course, this does not mean that we, the Wei Dynasty, regard Sanchuan as our enemy. I believe that Jiejiao is just an exception. The vast majority of the Yi, Jie, and Yi tribes
The tribe still hopes to live in harmony with me, the Wei Dynasty.
Therefore, I imitated the Oath of Wu Xu and established the Luoshui Alliance. Today, twenty-four tribes (including the Wu Bian tribe) have joined it... I, today, represent our great Wei Dynasty.
Announce that we, the Wei Dynasty, have officially established diplomatic relations with the Luoshui Alliance."
Establish diplomatic relations with the Luoshui Alliance?
Rather than the entire Sanchuan?
What's going on? Does Wei regard the Luoshui Alliance as a country?
What about the rest of the tribe?
The tribal chiefs present were shocked and doubtful.
They originally thought that Zhao Hongrun summoned them and the tribal chiefs together after defeating the Jiejiao tribe, in order to scare them with the victory of the remaining Wei Dynasty in Jiejiao, but they did not expect that the other party just wanted to announce this matter.
However, when they thought carefully about the impact of this incident, they had different expressions.
However, Zhao Hongrun ignored the discussions of the tribes present and continued to state: "After we, the Wei Dynasty, and the Luo League establish diplomatic relations, they will start trade with each other, and we, the Wei Dynasty, will regard all those who threaten the Luo League and sow harmony between the two sides.
Power is the enemy..."
It has to be said that the generous treatment described by Zhao Hongrun made every clan leader present feel excited.
You must know that before this, Sanchuan had no transactions with the Wei State, but they were only private in nature. After all, every country has smuggling merchants, even the Wei State is no exception.
But now, the entire Wei State has opened its market to Sanchuan, which means that the sheepskin, wool and other specialties hoarded by the Sanchuan tribes can be exchanged for salt, rice, condiments, cotton, and even weapons from the Wei State's market.
The only problem is that Wei only established diplomatic relations and started trade with Luo League.
Faintly, the clan leaders present here have already realized what the major event that King Su is referring to that can affect Sanchuan is exactly what he is referring to.
That was really a big event that could cause earth-shaking changes in Sanchuan. (To be continued.)