After listening to Meng Liang's explanation, Zhao Hongrun, who looked slightly refreshed, finally understood the reason why Lu Balong, the leader of the Lun tribe, came alone to plead for mercy.
But this does not mean that he will forgive this person's "betrayal" behavior and change his mind to let the Lun tribe live in Luodi.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Since the losses were caused by our army's siege... Well, I will ask the Dangshan Army and the Shangshui Army to give you part of the military rations, which will be enough for your Lun tribe to survive the winter...
As for letting your Lun tribe continue to live in Luodi, I'm sorry, but I will not trust a tribe that has shown hostility to our Wei army."
How come...
Lu Balong raised his head and looked at Zhao Hongrun in shock. He did not expect that Zhao Hongrun's attitude would be so resolute. He would rather give their tribe a batch of food sufficient for them to survive the winter than allow them to continue to live in Luodi.
Seeing this, Meng Liang, the leader of the Meng tribe, begged for mercy: "King Su..."
Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhao Hongrun raising his hand: "Clan Chief Meng Liang, I also have principles for conducting myself in the world. Don't let me violate the principles of doing things, okay?... If it's just like this,
Then he pardoned the Lun tribe. Wouldn’t it set a bad precedent? … Fight with the Wei State? It’s okay, just fight. Anyway, even if you lose, you can get pardon if you ask for mercy afterwards. If such a misunderstanding is formed, I will
The king will be in a very difficult position...Since he has chosen to be an enemy of Wei, he must bear the corresponding responsibilities! Isn’t it?”
"..." Meng Liang was speechless. After all, what Zhao Hongrun said was conclusive, leaving him unable to refute.
At this time, Lu Balong gritted his teeth and suddenly said: "King Su, what if all the soldiers of our Lun clan fight for King Su?! Can you forgive my clan's previous mistakes?"
"Fight for me?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned. He really didn't expect Lu Balong to mention this matter.
"Yes." Lu Balong nodded and said seriously: "I heard that the Jiejiao tribe gathered hundreds of thousands of slaves. With such a huge army, even the Wei army would be in trouble. And I, the Lun clan,
In the tribe, all men over ten years old can serve as soldiers under King Su. King Su can order them to do anything. Even if all members of the tribe die in battle, our tribe will not have any resentment!... I just ask that our tribe can still
Living in Sanchuan, even in remote and barren grassland."
"More than ten years old?" Meng Liang was shocked when he heard this. He opened his eyes wide and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Lu Balong, are you crazy? Then what else does your Lun tribe have..."
"At least our Lun tribe still has hope." Lu Balong looked at Meng Liang and said calmly: "Those children under the age of ten in the tribe can grow up in just ten years. Our Lun tribe still has hope.
The opportunity is great. On the contrary, if we go to the north, our Lun tribe will most likely be eaten up by the barbarians." After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Hongrun, his eyes bright, looking at the latter with expectation.
"..." Looking at Lu Balong's resolute eyes, Zhao Hongrun was slightly moved, and felt a little at a loss for a moment.
At this time, Halegoh, the patriarch of the Aries tribe, whispered: "King Su, in fact, the Lun tribe has always been friendly to your country. On this point, King Su can ask Zhu Hai of your country's Chenggao Pass.
General... To put it bluntly, the reason why Lu Balong was bewitched by Rabitu, the leader of the Black Sheep clan, was because your country's Dangshan Army once attacked and destroyed the innocent Hu clan..." After that,
He paused, looked at Zhao Hongrun and said sincerely: "The Lun family and the Hu family used to have a good relationship. The hundreds of women who were not killed by the Dangshan army have been taken into his clan by Lu Balong... Su
Would you like to meet the king?"
…
Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this. After glancing at the three clan leaders, Halegoh, Meng Liang, and Lu Balong, he breathed a sigh of relief and fell into deep thought.
It is undeniable that the failure to stop Sima An as early as possible allowed the general to lead the Dangshan Army to carry out several unnecessary massacres in this land of three rivers, attacking and destroying several tribes that were originally relatively friendly to Wei. This is what Zhao Hongrun said
The only regret I have had so far is when I led the army to conquer the land of Sanchuan.
What made him even more ashamed was that he couldn't really kill an outstanding general like Sima An for the sake of the Hu tribe. As the prince of the Wei people, he would definitely do something like destroying the Great Wall.
Can't come out.
Even if Sima An was not persuaded by him and remained rebellious, at most he would only temporarily remove Sima An from the rank of deputy general of Xianxing Army and general of Dangshan Army for the purpose of punishment.
Is this protection?
Of course this is protection.
Because of this, when Halegoh mentioned the Hu tribe that was attacked and destroyed by the Dangshan army, Zhao Hongrun immediately didn't know how to deal with it.
Although the murder was committed by Sima An and the Dangshan Army, as the former's commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief is naturally jointly and severally responsible for the murders committed by his subordinates, which cannot be ruled out.
"What's the current situation of those hundreds of women?" Zhao Hongrun asked in a deep voice.
Lu Balong was stunned, and while Halegoch and Meng Liang frequently winked at him, he lowered his head and whispered: "Except for a few who committed suicide in love, the current situation of the other women is not bad.
It's just that... I'm a little bit a little bit fond of the Wei people..."
In the second half of the sentence, he was very vague. I believe what he originally wanted to say was that those women hated the Wei people deeply.
Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly, then changed his sitting position, facing Lu Balong, bowed his head solemnly, bowed and apologized and said: "Ji Run deeply apologizes for this matter... Sima An is a general under Ji,
But Ji failed to stop him in time, causing him to commit such an ugly massacre, I'm really sorry."
Seeing this, the five clan chiefs in the felt tent looked moved. You must know that according to what they had just felt, King Su of the Wei State was a powerful aristocrat of the Wei State who was more powerful than Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army. He wanted to kill him.
Decisive, deciding the fate of tens or even hundreds of thousands of people with one word, he is like a young king.
But such a king actually bowed his head to them to express his apology for the massacre. This made the five patriarchs present feel a special strong emotion in their hearts that suddenly filled their chests.
That's respect!
It’s respect for them!
"King Su, please rise." Halegoh, the leader of the Aries tribe, quickly stepped forward to help Zhao Hongrun up.
At this moment, the several clan leaders in the tent truly recognized the Wei people.
Although there are butchers and executioners among the Wei people like Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, there are also members of the Wei royal family like the young King Su in front of him who have the courage to bear the mistakes of his subordinates and sincerely apologize to the weak tribes.
How could a country where a member of the royal family condescends to admit its mistake to a small tribe in the land of Sanchuan be an arrogant country?
Thinking of this, Meng Liang, the leader of the Meng tribe, knelt down beside Lu Balong and pleaded for the latter: "King Su, our tribe is also willing to fight for King Su, and I beg King Su to spare the Lun tribe.
…I heard that in your country there is a saying about making amends for one’s mistakes. Can the Lun tribe fight for King Su against the Jijiao tribe and make up for one’s mistakes?”
The other three clan leaders also interceded on their behalf.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment and solemnly said to Lu Balong, the chief of the Lun tribe: "Chief Lu Balong, I would like to ask you again, are you willing to become a friendly neighbor and ally with me, the Great Wei Dynasty?"
"Thousands of wishes." Lu Balong said happily.
"You must think clearly. In the past, you, the Lun clan, were not our allies in the Great Wei. Therefore, even if you took actions that were hostile to our Great Wei, I still pardoned you and did not harm the lives of your people...
...But if in the future, you and I, the Great Wei, become allies, but make a betrayal while I, the Great Wei, trust you, then I will never be merciful, and will definitely destroy Jiejiao in the future.
Like the tribe, we will root out the traitors."
After hearing this, Lu Balong said with a serious expression: "If someone from our Lun clan really betrays us in the future, I, Lu Balong, will kill the traitor first, offer his head to King Su, and then commit suicide in front of King Su to apologize!...
…The rest of the tribe is at the mercy of King Su!”
"Okay!" Zhao Hongrun nodded, immediately helped Lu Balong up, and said with a smile: "In this case, I sincerely invite the Lun tribe to continue to live in Luodi... No, in this land of Sanchuan, no matter how noble your tribe is,
Want to live
Wherever there is, I, the Wei Dynasty, will not interfere. Moreover, if there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, your tribe may wish to ask for help at Chenggao Pass. I, the Wei Dynasty, will definitely send reinforcements to support our friendly neighbors who are friendly to us, the Wei Dynasty! ... This oath can be made by heaven and earth.
Check it out!"
After hearing this kind of favor, the leader of the Lun tribe, Lu Balong, looked happy and said immediately: "In this way, I, Lu Balong, will immediately go to gather the tribesmen. As I said, all tribesmen over ten years old will be driven by King Su."
"That's not necessary." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said with a smile: "If Chief Lubalong sincerely wants to help our army, he only needs to send some adult men from the tribe to explore the surroundings for me. I want to know that Jie
The movements of the Horned Tribe.”
"That's it?" Lu Balong was stunned, and then he patted his chest and vowed: "Don't worry, Prince Su, this matter will be taken care of by Lu Balong."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled and invited Lu Balong to the table, and personally poured him a glass of wine from Wei.
The other four clan leaders looked at each other and raised their glasses in congratulations.
Congratulations, congratulations.
At the same time, the remaining nearly ten clan leaders, after being driven back by Zhao Hongrun, gathered together privately to discuss countermeasures.
After all, they are not willing to take their people away from this fertile land.
"(In the language of the Yi people) King Su of Wei is unwilling to pardon us, what should we do?"
"(In the language of the Yi people) The bastards from the Qingyang Tribe lied to us, saying that the Wei people would let us go..."
"(In the language of the Yi people) In fact, that boy Wuwu didn't deceive us. The Wei people really didn't mean to kill our people, right?"
"(In Shen language) But they want to force us to leave this land!"
"(In the language of the Yi people) Otherwise, we can go and seek refuge with the Jiejiao tribe?"
"(In the language of the Yi people) Are you crazy? The Wei army has such terrible war weapons. The Jiejiao tribe cannot defeat it simply by relying on large numbers of people. If we surrender to the Jiejiao tribe, even if the Jiejiao tribe defeats the Wei army, we will not be able to protect Wei.
The country will not send any more troops... On the contrary, if the Jiejiao tribe is defeated, how will King Su of the Wei Kingdom spare us again?"
"(In the language of the Yi people) That's what you said... Huh? Wait a minute, where is the leader Lu Balong of the Lun tribe?"
The tribal chiefs looked at each other in confusion.
Only then did they discover that Lu Balong, the leader of the Lun tribe, who was in the most difficult situation, was not here for some reason.