Around October, the Wei army began to withdraw from the Sanchuan area.
The first to evacuate was the Chenggao Army stationed near Yishan.
It has to be said that Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao Army, had a very good strategic vision. His strategy of using Yishan as a stronghold made the Jie and Ling tribes restless for a time.
In fact, in Zhao Hongrun's backup plan, if the destruction of Jiejiao is not enough to deter the Jie people, he also plans to build a strategic stronghold in Yishan and use Luoshui and Yishui to transport a large number of strategic materials to Yishan.
Waiting for opportunities to expand the front.
After all, in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, Yishan is very suitable as a strategic base for attacking Sanchuan. Sending troops to Yishan from Yangzhai is far faster and more convenient than sending troops to Chenggao Pass.
More importantly, to the west of Yishan is a flat and vast plain area, and it is the hinterland of the grassland where the Jie tribe herds their sheep. This means that as long as Zhao Hongrun sees that the Jie tribe is unhappy, he can send a cavalry over at any time.
The Jie people's flocks of sheep were wiped out.
However, in view of the current destruction of Jiejiao and the defeat of Bitatu, the people of Sanchuan are generally more cooperative. Even the three large tribes of Jie, Jie, and Ling have successively revealed their willingness to make friends with Wei Guoping. Zhao Hongrun then gave up.
I have the backup strategy in my mind.
As the saying goes, haste makes waste. This time, Zhao Hongrun has successfully won over half of the tribes in the Sanchuan land. Zhao Hongrun is already very satisfied and there is no need to ask for more.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun happily made the Chenggao army evacuate Yishan, and "friendly" reminded Jie of the strategic significance of the hills of the Ling tribe. In fact, he did not need to remind him. When the Chenggao army occupied Yishan, Jie
, the two tribes of Ling have already realized the importance of this hill.
If nothing else goes wrong, after the Chenggao army evacuates from Yishan, the Jie people will definitely build a tribal camp on Yishan to prevent such a thing from happening again.
In addition, when the Chenggao Army evacuated, it met up with the Shangshui Army in Luocheng, which was also retreating to Luocheng at that time, and took away the two war weapons of the Shangshui Army's crossbow chariots and catapults, preparing to use them
Used for the defense of Chenggao Pass.
This was Zhao Hongrun's reward for the many help and support given by Cheng Gao Army and its general Zhu Hai in this battle. After all, Zhu Hai and the soldiers of Cheng Gao Army were very coveted to help Shang Shui Army defeat Jie Jiao with more than 200,000 soldiers.
The army's continuous crossbow chariots and detachable catapults, but Zhao Hongrun was too lazy to transport these heavy war weapons back to the Wei State, so he simply gave them to Cheng Gao's army.
Anyway, he is in charge of the Smelting Bureau and can develop newer weapons of war at any time.
While the Chenggao army withdrew to Chenggao Pass and the Shang Shui army withdrew to Luodi, the tribal chiefs and tribal warriors from the Luoshui Alliance Zhonggong and Luo also followed Zhao Hongrun back to Luodi.
Among them, there are also the 50,000 to 60,000 original Jiejiao cavalrymen and the family members of the 50,000 to 60,000 original Jiejiao cavalrymen who are the hostages.
As a punishment for the defeated, the word Jiejiao was banned. The Jiejiao tribe and the tribes that existed dependent on it, such as the Wujiao, Wutu, Black Sheep and other tribes, were all merged into the ancient Gray Horn tribe.
It was renamed the Northern Sichuan Tribal Alliance and integrated into a large tribe, with Gu Yigu as the leader.
As for Bitatu's adopted son Bosile, Zhao Hongrun appointed him as the Grand Governor of the 50,000 original Jiejiao Cavalry, now the Sanchuan Cavalry or the Northern Sichuan Cavalry, and his position was equivalent to that of Wei's garrison general.
This is an arrangement made by Zhao Hongrun taking into account the emotions of Jiejiao people, and it can be regarded as a kind of comfort.
Before Wei went to war with South Korea, the mission of the 50,000 Northern Sichuan Cavalry was to patrol the northern border of the Sanchuan Land and fill the gap in strength caused by the destruction of the Jiejiao tribe, so as to prevent the barbarians from the North from taking advantage of the situation.
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Of course, considering the loyalty issues of this newly established northern Sichuan tribe and the northern Sichuan cavalry, Zhao Hongrun decided to let the Luoshui Alliance control the former two after deep thought.
This restraint is mainly reflected in food control. That is, the tribe in northern Sichuan is not allowed to own sheep. The food of this tribe is provided by the Luoshui Alliance. This means that once the original Jiejiao people rebel, the Luoshui Alliance can pass
Restricting food will starve these people to death.
To put it bluntly, the tribe in northern Sichuan is now like a military camp belonging to the Wei State. What the clan leader Guyigu and the great governor Bosile need to do is to train these men from the original Jiejiao forces into excellent cavalry.
Although Gu Yigu sighed in response to this, he had no choice but to do so, because they were the defeated, and it was a fluke that they were alive. No matter how harsh the conditions were, they could only accept them.
After all, the people of Sanchuan only believe in the strong and will not pity the weak.
Their only way out now is to fight for the Wei State for ten years. After all, Zhao Hongrun told them that as long as they serve the Wei State for ten years, they can restore their stripped family name.
This is their only hope at the moment.
As for rebelling against the Wei State, I am afraid those original Jiejiao people would not even dare to think about it. After all, their food and their families are all controlled by the Luoshui Alliance, and the Aries Tribe of the Yi people and the Yi people who are in charge of the Luoshui Alliance
The Lun tribe, no matter how you look at it, is firmly on the side of Wei.
Obviously, those who belong to the original Jiejiao forces have no chance of winning.
"Dear King Su, do you just want me to maintain peace in the northern border of Sanchuan? In fact, I can capture more Hu slaves for King Su and for Wei..."
Before carrying out the patrol mission in northern Sichuan, Bosile, the commander of the northern Sichuan cavalry, privately told Zhao Hongrun that he did not know where he had heard that the Wei State needed a large number of labor forces.
I have to say that although Bitatu is an arrogant bastard, when he was leading the Jiejiao tribe, the Jiejiao cavalry, no, I should say the Northern Sichuan cavalry, was simply called the Hu tribe that defeated the Northland.
Over the years, I don’t know how many Hu slaves have been captured from the north.
It is no exaggeration to say that the southern part of the Northland is simply equivalent to the hunting ground of the cavalry in northern Sichuan. They can go hunting whenever they want.
But after Zhao Hongrun thought deeply, he still rejected this rather tempting idea.
After all, Jiejiao is Jiejiao, and Wei is Wei. Although Jiejiao can bully the small and medium-sized tribes of the barbarians in the north, Wei must be committed to maintaining its own public opinion. More importantly, Zhao Hongrun does not want
Push the barbarians from the North to the South Korean side.
"No need, you just need to do your job well." Zhao Hongrun ordered.
"yes."
Bosile bowed respectfully.
The matter of the tribes in northern Sichuan was settled, and then Zhao Hongrun was busy with the affairs of the Luoshui Alliance.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun very much hopes that the more than 60 tribes in the Luoshui Alliance can be integrated into one. In this way, when he appoints Halegoh, Lu Balong, Amutu, Meng Liang and other clan chiefs who are friendly to Wei to serve as
When there is a big clan leader, it is easier to control this big tribe.
Unfortunately, these tribes are not the losers. Therefore, the method of forcing the Jiejiao, Huijiao, Wujiao, Wutu and other tribes to merge into one does not apply to the Luoshui Alliance. It can only be done slowly and subtly.
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Zhao Hongrun is not in a hurry about this. After all, he is only fifteen years old and has plenty of time to deal with this matter slowly.
By early October, the reconstruction of Luo Di was almost complete.
In Luodi at this moment, there are more than just the original Gong and Yi tribes in the Luo area.
It is no exaggeration to say that from Henan City to Luodi, then to Gongdi, to Mengdi in the north, and to the place where the Lun tribe once grazed sheep in the south, this large area of land has become the name of the Luoshui Alliance.
The gathering place of ten tribes.
This matter once caused complaints from many people of the Yi, Jie, and Yi tribes. After all, the tribes were so densely located that when they herded sheep, they had to drive the sheep to far away grasslands in order to ensure that the sheep could eat enough food.
Grass.
But complaints are complaints, but no tribe is willing to leave Luodi. After all, Zhao Hongrun has announced to them that Luodi will become the first free trade city. In this city, they can trade with Wei merchants who have come here.
The special products of the Sanchuan tribe, such as sheepskin and wool, were exchanged for copper coins from the Wei State, as well as grains, salt blocks, tea, wine, seasonings, and even bronze, lacquerware, pearls, etc. from the Chu State.
However, although it was said that the transaction was with merchants of the Wei State, in fact, the first batch of transactions with the tribes of the Luoshui Alliance were still the household members of the Wei State's imperial court.
In mid-October, those ships flying the flag of the Great Wei Hubu, loaded with grains, tea, salt blocks and other goods, followed the Luoshui River to the simple temporary port of Luodi.
After verbal negotiations, a large amount of sheepskins and even sheep were exchanged.
The arrival of these Wei imperial transport ships made the tribes near Luodi almost boil. After all, they had never carried out trade with other countries on such a large scale.
While almost all the people of the Yi, Jie, and Yi people were extremely happy to take their tribe's specialties to trade with the household officials of Wei State, Zhao Hongrun stood far away, frowning slightly, as if wondering why.
And worried.
"Da Wei, can you really digest so many sheepskins?"
Lu Balong, the leader of the Lun tribe, came to Zhao Hongrun at some unknown time.
It could be seen that the clan leader was smiling and in high spirits because he had just received the compensation promised to his tribe from Zhao Hongrun.
"We, the Wei Dynasty, have six to seven million soldiers and civilians, and 30% of them still lack winter clothes to keep out the cold. What do you think?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile.
As soon as he heard the two figures of six to seven million and 30%, Lu Balon's eyes lit up. After all, although he was impulsive and reckless, his mind was not rigid. How could he not be able to calculate the huge profits contained therein.
"Do the soldiers and people of the Wei Dynasty like to eat mutton?" Lu Balong asked again.
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun chuckled lightly, then sighed and said: "Most of the sheep shipped to our country, the Wei Dynasty, are not used for meat..."
"What is it used for?" Lu Balong was very puzzled. After all, in Sanchuan, eating meat is the main way to kill sheep.
"Plowing land." Zhao Hongrun took a breath and said calmly: "We in the Wei Dynasty have a serious shortage of cattle. Cattle, sheep and other livestock are rare in our Wei Dynasty, but we can't bear to kill them for meat..."
Lu Balong was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed that Zhao Hongrun seemed to be not very interested, and he felt a little puzzled.
After all, in his opinion, His Highness Prince Su in front of him had promoted fair trade between Wei and the Sanchuan tribe. This was a great achievement that could be praised by both parties. But why did Prince Su look so uninterested?
Just when Lu Balong was wondering, he suddenly saw Zhao Hongrun's Zongwei Mu Qing galloping from a distance on horseback, shouting urgently: "Here, Your Highness, someone is coming!"
Who is coming?
Glancing at Zhao Hongrun who was looking happy, Lu Balong turned his head and looked into the distance. In the distance, he saw a horse-drawn cart loaded with goods, slowly coming here.
Lu Balong looked back at the temporary port, where the Wei imperial household officials were trading goods with the Sanchuan tribe one by one. Then he looked at the lone horse-drawn cart in the distance, and scratched his hair in confusion.
As always, he still couldn't guess the thoughts of the young royal family of Wei in front of him.