Chapter 868: Sending troops at the beginning of the year
By December, Zhao Hongrun had returned to Luocheng, preparing to spend his first winter in Sanchuan in this city that belonged to his own forces.
Luodi used to be the plain with the most advantageous geographical conditions in the entire eastern Sanchuan region. It had abundant water resources and the soil was suitable for pasture and arable land. Therefore, there were many Shen and Yi people who fought hard to defend this place, using both soft and hard methods. Finally, it was
This grassland was saved from the Jie people.
But now, Luo Di is not only coveted by various tribes due to geographical conditions. The largest free trade city in Sanchuan County has been established here, with 60% of the Yi people and at least 90% of the Yi people living here.
, regard this city as their protected home.
Of course, in addition to the Yi and Yi people, there are also tens of thousands of people living beside a river called Gushui in the west of Luodi. These people are the losers in the Battle of Sanchuan that year - members of the original Jijiao Tribe Alliance.
, these people established a vassal city here, Valley City.
Gucheng belongs to the northern Sichuan tribe, while Luocheng belongs to the Sichuan-Luo Alliance. The former, as the defeated party in the last battle of Sanchuan, surrendered to the latter.
At this time, Gucheng and Luocheng were heavily stationed.
Gucheng was stationed with 50,000 northern Sichuan cavalrymen from Grand Governor Bosile, while more and more Shangshui Army and Yanling Army were stationed in Luocheng. After replacing their new equipment, they took Wei's transport ships from Daliang to the alliance.
Jin, and then gathered in Luocheng.
Everyone knows that after the spring of next year, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance will join forces with the leader of the alliance, Wei, to launch a war. As for the target of the war, it is the Qin State that currently has occupied many lands in Sanchuan County.
Today's Qin State can be said to have become the public enemy of the Sanchuan people.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Hongrun asked people to spare no effort to smear the Qin State, thereby downplaying the negative impact of the massacre of the Wei army in Sanchuan County by the Dangshan Army.
After all, because of that massacre, many Yi people still hold varying degrees of hatred for the Wei State. However, the trading city of Luocheng is now too valuable, and a certain King Su has accumulated prestige in Sanchuan County.
It was also too big, which made some people unwilling to give up everything they had and become enemies of the powerful Wei State, even if they had a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts.
What Zhao Hongrun has to do is to find ways to make these people put aside their past grudges and make the cultures of both sides blend in.
In fact, this can now be clearly seen in Luocheng.
For example, almost all the Sheang or Yi people who open shops or sell goods in Luocheng can speak Wei dialect, and the currency in circulation here is gradually dominated by Wei yuan money.
In terms of clothing, the Sanchuan people living here gradually tried to dress like the Wei people, using brocade robes instead of ugly sheepskin jackets. It can be said that the Wei State was exporting humanities and culture to Sanchuan.
What makes Zhao Hongrun even more happy is that the Sanchuan people in Luocheng have accepted the cultural output of the Wei State, so that the architectural decoration in the city has gradually moved closer to the Wei style, and the shops in the city have gradually appeared to suit the taste of the Wei people.
Roast mutton, mutton soup, yokan, etc.
Perhaps in more than ten years or decades, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance will no longer exist, and will be replaced by a new county in the Wei Kingdom - Luo County.
And the Yi people in this land may also be tolerated by the Wei people and become the new citizens of Wei.
Of course, that is something that will happen in the future, but Zhao Hongrun believes that one day Wei Guoguo will once again regain Sanchuan County in a real sense, taking with it the people living on this land.
Near noon, Zhao Hongrun was once again invited by several clan leaders of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance to celebrate.
Actually, to be honest, there is nothing worth celebrating recently.
What to celebrate? To celebrate the Yi tribe’s defeat in front of the Qin army? Or to celebrate the Qin army’s capture of the western part of Sanchuan County?
Or maybe it was the snow and ice a few days ago that froze to death many sheep in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance?
The whole special horse race is a disaster, okay!
In the final analysis, this year's snow and ice still froze to death many of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance's sheep. In line with the principle of not wanting to waste food, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance just wanted to use up this batch of meat as much as possible for any reason.
Thanks to this, Zhao Hongrun has eaten roasted mutton, stewed mutton soup and other local dishes so many times in recent days that he almost loses his appetite when he smells the smell of mutton.
Fortunately, there are three large consumers nearby, namely the Northern Sichuan Cavalry, the Shangshui Army, and the Yanling Army. Therefore, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance made the frozen sheep into bacon and sold them to Zhao Hongrun at a low price as military meat.
At least some losses were recovered.
All three parties were happy about this: the Sichuan-Luo Alliance recovered some of the losses of a large number of sheep that had been frozen to death, Zhao Hongrun obtained a batch of good meat for the army, and the three armies of the Northern Sichuan Cavalry, the Shangshui Army, and the Yanling Army,
Then I feel happy to be able to eat good mutton.
The only person who is unhappy is probably the Household Department of the Wei Dynasty, because all they got was an IOU signed by a certain King Su of the country.
Although Zhao Hongrun is based in Luocheng, he is still particularly concerned about the recent war in Sanchuan County.
As far as he knew, the Yi tribe had moved their tribe to "Lushi" and hurriedly built the tribe's camp before the heavy snowfall.
The Lu family was once called "Guo Yi". Hundreds of years ago, after the Zhao family destroyed the small country of Guo, this city was granted to a group of Zhao family members.
However, after the Zhao family entered the Central Plains, the Lu family was also abandoned until the Wuxu tribe of the Yi tribe settled in this ancient city.
Yes, Lu's is where the "Wuxu Royal Court" is located. It has the largest natural pasture in the entire Sanchuan County, and it is the place with the most advantageous geographical environment in the central part of Sanchuan County.
Because of this incident, the relationship between the Yi tribe and the Jie tribe plummeted, and the Wusu Royal Court also criticized the Yi tribe. They believed that this move was an attempt by the Yi tribe to " divert disaster to the east" and attract Qin's army to the royal court.
This way.
Zhao Hongrun did not intend to pay too much attention to the disputes between the three. After all, except for the tribes in northern Sichuan, most of the Jie tribes refused to submit to the Wei State, let alone King Wu Xu, who believed that he could still be on an equal footing with the Wei State.
court.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun didn't mind letting Qin's army take care of the disobedient people in Sanchuan County, lest some people would be arrogant and have five to six men in front of Wei.
"His Royal Highness King Su, a letter from the Wusu Palace has been sent asking for help."
While eating meat together, Lu Balong handed Zhao Hongrun a sheepskin scroll.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was drinking mutton soup and had no interest in coming over to watch. He casually asked: "What did you say?"
"I'm asking for help, what else can I say."
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun had no intention of taking it, Lu Balong shrugged, opened the sheepskin scroll, took a look at it, and then threw it aside.
He is a member of the Yi tribe, and the Wusu Royal Court's status in his heart is dispensable. In the past, he followed the Wusu Royal Court's call just to find a backer, but now, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance is backed by the powerful Wei State.
As an ally, what else can the Wusu Royal Court do, which is deteriorating?
However, seeing Lu Balon's attitude, Halegoh, the leader of the Aries tribe, looked a little unhappy during the dinner, but he didn't say anything.
In fact, even the Yi people within the Chuanluo tribe are now somewhat dissatisfied with the Wuxu Royal Court.
After all, when the Sichuan-Luo Alliance was established, the Wusu Royal Court didn't even send anyone over to congratulate it. They simply turned a blind eye.
Later, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance gradually developed, and after making a lot of wealth from trade with Wei, some people in the Wusu Royal Court began to be a little jealous, and sent people again and again, hoping that the Sichuan-Luo Alliance could compete with the Wang Ting.
Some funding.
At that time, the Baiyang Tribe, Qingyang Tribe and other Yi tribes overpowered the Lunshi, Mengshi and other Yi tribes and funded a batch of materials for the Wuxu Royal Court for free. Unexpectedly, the latter was greedy and wanted to obtain the Sichuan-Luo Alliance for a long time.
free funding.
How can the Sichuan-Luo Alliance agree to this kind of thing? You must know that the people they have to support now are no longer thousands of people, but more than ten thousand people. You must know that the Sichuan-Luo Alliance today has hundreds of thousands of people.
Therefore, the Sichuan-Luo Alliance rejected the request of the Wusu Royal Court. To be precise, they rejected the requests of the sons of King Wusu. As a result, the relationship between the Wusu Royal Court and the Sichuan-Luo Alliance plummeted and gradually evolved into mutual respect.
An unpleasant situation.
"Answer them, we, the Wei Dynasty and Sichuan Luo, will organize a coalition army after the spring of next year to use troops against the Qin army." After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun said.
Lu Balong nodded, and then said: "In addition, they also want a batch of food... Your Highness, you know, it is free of charge."
"..." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Lu Balong expressionlessly.
To be honest, Wei is a major grain-producing country, and after this year's autumn harvest, the domestic grain reserves are quite considerable. Even if the Northern Xinjiang campaign lasts two years, there will be no problems with military grain.
But having said that, why should it be given to Wu Xu Wang Ting for free? Just because Wu Xu Wang Ting is the nominal owner of the land of Sanchuan? Come on, the Wei State is the real owner of this land, okay?
"That's the reply." Zhao Hongrun said calmly.
"I understand." Lu Balon nodded.
The days passed day by day, and the New Year was approaching in a blink of an eye. Zhao Hongrun also took the time to go back to Daliang.
After all, he is sitting in Sichuan Luo, and he actually has nothing to do. If he stays here and does not return to Daliang, his father, especially his mother and concubine, will definitely not have anything good to gain in the future.
Unfortunately, his brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan did not rush back to Daliang from northern Xinjiang to celebrate the New Year.
But think about it, after all, another army of the Qin State has entered Hedong County, and the "Northern Army" led by Prince Hongli of the East Palace is not having an easy time.
From the first month to the second month of the 20th year of Hongde, there was basically nothing to say. The Wei State was still paying attention to the "Battle of Northern Xinjiang" and the "Battle of Sanchuan of Qin and Wei" that was about to break out. The entire court was fully operational, and a large number of
The materials were transported to Northern Xinjiang, or to Luocheng in Sanchuan.
As for the Smelting Bureau and the Ordnance Casting Bureau, they were also operating at full speed: the Ordnance Casting Bureau was working day and night to forge weapons and equipment for the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army, while the Smelting Bureau was transporting pieces of war weapons to Sanchuan.
In early February of the 20th year of Hongde, the climate in Sanchuan County began to recover. At this time, the Qin army also sent troops out of Wuqiu and began to attack the Lu family.
Facing the continuous letters asking for help sent from the Wusu Palace, Zhao Hongrun finally made the decision to send troops.
On the sixth day of February, troops were officially dispatched from Luocheng to attack the Qin army!
The Battle of Sanchuan in Qin and Wei Dynasties began.