In early October, Zhao Hongrun took the five clan guards Wei Jiao, Zhou Pu, Lu Mu, Chu Heng, and Mu Qing, as well as Lintao Lord Wei Ji, and took a boat to Sanchuan County at Xiangfu River Port.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun was not willing to go to Sanchuan County so soon, not because he was planning to use the Qin people's hands to weaken the disobedient Jie people, but because the change of uniforms between the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army had not yet been implemented, and Ye
Even if the Manufacturing Bureau and the Weapon Casting Bureau have been working day and night these days, they have only built three thousand sets of new weapons and equipment. The average daily casting output is only about a hundred sets. Who asked Zhao Hongrun to ask the Smelting Bureau to strive for excellence.
But the problem is that Qin's army has invaded Sanchuan County and Hedong County. Zhao Hongrun can't ask the Qin Army to wait until the Shangshui Army and Yanling Army have all changed their uniforms, right?
So, Zhao Hongrun thought of an idea and decided to take Lintao Jun Wei Ji to Sanchuan County to see the strength of the Qin army. After all, Sanchuan County was not a completely undefended and vacant place. In the west and central part of Sanchuan County, various areas
The Jie tribe still has great strength, and Zhao Hongrun doesn't mind exploring the background of the Qin army when the Jie tribe goes to war with Qin.
As for the troops he brought this time, Zhao Hongrun ordered the Smelting Bureau to give priority to arming Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming's three elite thousand-man troops. Unfortunately, when Zhao Hongrun was about to go to Sanchuan, half of Zhang Ming's thousand-man troops were still missing.
After receiving the new equipment, Zhao Hongrun had to give up and only brought two special teams of 1,000 people, Ran Teng and Xiang Li, with a total of about 2,400 people.
As for the other troops of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, they will take ships to Sanchuan County one after another after completing the change of equipment in the future. This is the safest method that Zhao Hongrun thought of.
Of course, the premise for him to use this strategy is that the main force in the western part of Sanchuan County, that is, the Jie tribe will not be beaten too badly by the Qin army. I remember a few days ago, the Jie tribe was killed by the Qin army in a battle.
There were more than 40,000 slave troops, which really shocked Zhao Hongrun.
Although those 40,000 people were just slave soldiers of the Jie tribe, slave soldiers who did not even have the minimum weapons and equipment, there were still 40,000 people anyway. In just one battle, 40,000 people were slaughtered by the Qin army.
Zhao Hongrun is really shocked when he thinks about it carefully.
In just one day and one night, Zhao Hongrun and his party took a boat to Mengjin, a river port in Sichuan Luo.
In the beginning, Mengjin was just a nameless, deserted riverbank. However, as merchant ships from the Wei State Household Department frequently transported and unloaded goods on this land, the land gradually became prosperous and was given a name, Mengjin.
Literally understood, the ferry of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance.
This river port is of course not as good as Xiangfu Port, let alone Bolangsha. After all, Zhao Hongrun positioned Xiangfu Port and Bolangsha as the main hubs of trade lines, while Mengjin is just the land of Sanchuan and Chuanluo.
It's just one stop, and the status of the two is completely different.
However, as the first river port built in Sanchuan County, the Sichuan-Luocheng Alliance invested a lot of enthusiasm and support here. After all, the prosperity of Luocheng today is entirely based on the Luocheng-Wei trade line.
, Therefore, the construction of Mengjin River Port is naturally important.
When Zhao Hongrun's ship docked at Mengjin, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance had already sent someone to wait there. It was none other than Lu Balong, the leader of the Lun clan of the original Qian people.
On that day, Zhao Hongrun did not get off the boat, but picked up Lu Balong and others on the boat, and then the boat continued westward up the river to the west of Sanchuan County.
It has to be said that Lu Balong was very excited to see Zhao Hongrun again. After all, in the past, the Sanchuan tribe's ability to withstand natural disasters was extremely weak. If the heavy snow in winter froze too many sheep in the tribe to death, no matter how strong they were originally,
The powerful tribes will weaken as a result, or even collapse suddenly.
Just think about it, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of sheep were frozen to death by the cold weather in just a few days. This kind of devastating blow, let alone the tribes of Sanchuan, even the Wei State would be affected.
To vomit blood.
Therefore, Sanchuan people respect heaven, earth and nature very much.
However, in the past two years, as many tribes in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance have gradually replaced their previous lifestyle of using sheep as currency with the Sichuan-Luo Wei Wan coins minted by the Wei State, the threat of natural disasters to the Sanchuan people has obviously become much smaller.
After all, no matter how cold the weather is, copper coins, which are already dead objects, cannot be frozen to death.
I remember last year, a small tribe in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance lost most of its sheep in winter. In previous years, this tribe would have been doomed, but now, they are not panicked at all.
The chief of the tribe organized the people in the tribe to shear the wool of the frozen sheep, then soaked them in water and peeled them. They transported the wool, sheepskin, and frozen mutton to Luocheng. In a few days, they replaced them with a lot of Wei Guo.
Copper coins. Then, they used these copper coins to buy grain produced in Wei State as food for the tribe in the coming year.
In other words, the sudden ice and snow caused minimal damage to the small tribe.
In fact, as long as you find a few tribes with whom you have good relations and buy some lambs, you can restore the previous size of the flock in just one or two years.
It can be said that Sanchuan, which is backed by the Wei State, no longer has to worry about winter. This is what the Sanchuan people are most grateful to the Wei State for, and it is also the fundamental reason why the Jie tribe is willing to forget about the Jiejiao tribe. After all, they are also afraid of being found by natural disasters one day.
Come to your door.
For today's Sichuan-Luo Alliance, herding sheep is no longer forced by grassland life, but a way to make money. After all, the terrain of the Wei State is not suitable for large-scale herding of sheep, which is destined to keep the sheep of Sanchuan in Wei.
Sales in China are very good.
Especially mutton, a meat that tastes better than pork, has been generally accepted by the upper class of Wei State.
Although mutton has a bit of a mutton smell, there is nothing to worry about. Wei Guo has a very profound foundation in cooking skills, and removing the mutton smell is nothing at all.
It is precisely because of these reasons that many tribes in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance are now extremely wealthy. For example, Lu Balong, who appeared in front of Zhao Hongrun again at this time, was wearing a Wei-style brocade robe and was much richer than before.
He looks like a rich country man.
This made Zhao Hongrun stunned for a long time when he first saw Lu Balong before squeezing out an awkward word.
"...Lu Balong, I haven't seen you for two years, you are much stronger..."
In fact, he is not strong at all, but has developed towards being bloated. The muscles of the grassland man who was strong and tall two years ago have gradually relaxed. It can be seen that he has been pampered in the past two years.
Facing Zhao Hongrun's ridicule, Lu Balong looked a little embarrassed, patted his chest and vowed that he could still charge into battle for Zhao Hongrun.
Although Zhao Hongrun showed an expression of trust on his face, he didn't think so in his heart. He doubted whether Lu Balong could still shoot at distant targets on a galloping horse like he did before.
Of course, it doesn't matter. After all, Lu Balong is the leader of the Lun clan of the Yi tribe and one of the leaders of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance. If he wants to fight in person, then the Sichuan-Luo Alliance will not be far from destruction.
After the two parties exchanged some pleasantries and joked with each other, Zhao Hongrun introduced Lu Balong and Lintao Lord Wei Ji to each other.
After that, Zhao Hongrun asked Lu Balong about the troop dispatch of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance.
Seeing this, Lu Balong suppressed the smile on his face and replied seriously: "In fact, when I, Chuanluo, received the Wubian tribe's request for help last month, I had already sent a team of warriors to greet it...According to solemn rules
What His Highness the King ordered, we just brought the Wubian tribe to
I, Sichuan Luo, have never had any conflict with the Qin army. After receiving another letter from His Highness King Su a few days ago, our Sichuan Luo Alliance organized five thousand warriors, and I served as the supervisor of this cavalry...
…These warriors set out for the west yesterday.”
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Did the Jie people send any news?... This time, the Jie people asked Wei Wei for help so quickly, which is really surprising to me.
Unexpected.”
Lu Balong smiled when he heard this and said: "His Royal Highness King Su didn't know that the Jie people were at war with the Ba Kingdom. He was caught off guard when he suddenly learned that the Qin army had set foot in Sanchuan. As far as I know, several Jie people at that time
The tribe had gathered 40,000 to 50,000 slaves, and they thought they could resist for a while, but unexpectedly, they were all killed by the Qin army in one day, and they were also very panicked."
When mentioning the 40,000 to 50,000 slaves who were killed by the Qin army, Lu Balong's tone contained a bit of regret. After all, in his opinion, if the 40 million slaves were sold to the Wei State, regardless of whether
Either given to Wei merchants as domestic slaves, or sold to the Wei court as hard labor, this is a huge source of money.
What is most valuable in Sanchuan today? Isn’t it sheep and slaves?
Therefore, in Lu Balong's eyes, the Jie people who lost more than 40,000 slaves in one battle were simply prodigals.
On the side, Lintao Lord Wei Ji quietly listened to Lu Balong's story, then frowned and asked: "Just a slave? Didn't the Jie tribe's warriors start a war with the Qin army?"
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Lintao Lord Wei Ji didn't understand the situation in Sanchuan, so he explained: "This is how the Jie tribe fights. They first use a large number of slaves to consume the enemy's physical strength, and then send tribesmen to fight."
brave warrior,
A wave of offensives defeated the enemy... However, this time, the Qin army killed all the Jie tribe's slaves with thunderous force. The Jie tribe's situation became more embarrassing. Unless they had no choice but to do so, the Jie tribe's people would not be willing to let their own tribe go.
A soldier who makes unnecessary sacrifices."
"Did they just let the Qin army enter Sanchuan?" Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, asked with a look of disbelief on his face.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun could only comfort Wei Ji: "It doesn't matter, there is no battleground in the Sanchuan grassland, and there is almost no danger to defend. Today the Qin army has gained power and swallowed up hundreds of miles of grassland; tomorrow the Qin army has gained power,
This hundred-mile grassland still needs to be spit out..."
It is for this reason that Zhao Hongrun does not care about the strength of the Qin army at the moment. After all, Sanchuan County is almost undefeable. Even if the Qin army is allowed to occupy a lot of land, there is actually no actual advantage. On the contrary, the deeper the Qin army goes,
Sanchuan, they are not familiar with the local environment, but they will be constrained.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun was not in a hurry to let his Wei army enter the battlefield so soon, but planned to use the power of the Jie tribe to explore the strength of the Qin army first.
Anyway, the Jie tribe refused to surrender to the Wei State and only accepted equal cooperation between the two sides. Now that their territory was attacked by the Qin army, Zhao Hongrun had no obligation to fight to the rescue.
For now, just wait and watch the two tigers fight. (To be continued.)