"I see......

After listening to Meng Liang's explanation, Zhao Hongrun, who was a little pale, understood the reason why Lu Balon, the patriarch of the Lun tribe, came alone to intercede this time.

But this does not mean that he will forgive this person's "betrayal" and change his mind to let the Lun tribe live in the land.

After thinking about it, he said: "Since it is because of the losses caused by our army's siege of the city...... In this way, this king asked the Dangshan Army and the Shangshui Army to take a part of the military food for you, which is enough for your Lun tribe to survive the winter. …… As for allowing your Lun tribe to continue to live in peace, I'm sorry, but this king will not trust a tribe that has shown hostility to our Great Wei army. ”

"How do you ......?"

Lu Balon raised his head and looked at Zhao Hongrun in shock, he didn't expect Zhao Hongrun's attitude to be so resolute, he would rather give their tribe a batch of food that was enough for them to survive the winter, rather than agree to let them continue to live in the land.

Seeing this, Meng Liang, the patriarch of the Meng tribe, opened his mouth to intercede and said, "King Su ......"

It's a pity that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Hongrun raising his hand: "Patriarch Meng Liang, this king also has the principle of behaving in the world, don't let this king violate the rules of doing things, okay?" …… Wouldn't it set a bad precedent if this alone pardoned the Lun tribe? ......'Fighting a war with the Wei State? It's okay, fight, anyway, even if you lose the fight, you can get a pardon if you ask for mercy afterwards." If such a misunderstanding is formed, the king will be very embarrassed. …… Since you have chosen to be the enemy of my Great Wei, then, you must bear the corresponding responsibility! Isn't it? ”

"......" Meng Liang was speechless, after all, what Zhao Hongrun said was conclusive, so he couldn't refute it.

At this time, Lu Balon gritted his teeth and suddenly said, "King Su, what if all the soldiers of my Lun clan fought for King Su?!" Can we forgive my people for their previous sins? ”

"Fighting for this king?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned, he really didn't expect Lu Balon to mention this matter.

"Yes." I saw Lu Balon nodding and said solemnly: "I heard that the Qianjiao tribe has gathered hundreds of thousands of slaves, and with such a huge army, even the Wei army must feel embarrassed. And my Lun tribe, men over the age of ten can be soldiers under the command of King Su, King Su can order them to do anything, even if all the people are killed in battle, our clan will not have the slightest resentment! …… I just want that my people can still live in Sanchuan, even if it is a remote and barren grassland. ”

"Over ten?" Meng Liang was taken aback when he heard this, his eyes widened and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Lu Balon, are you crazy? Then what else do you have in the Lun tribe......"

"At least there is hope for my Lun tribe." Lu Balon looked at Meng Liang and said calmly: "Those children under the age of ten in the clan can grow up in only ten years, and my Lun clan still has a chance to prosper. On the contrary, if I go to the Northland, there is a chance that my Lun tribe will be eaten up by the Hu people. With that, he turned his head to look at Zhao Hongrun, his eyes blazing, and he looked at the latter expectantly.

"......" Looking at Lu Balon's resolute eyes, Zhao Hongrun was slightly moved, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

At this time, the patriarch of the Aries tribe, Halgohe, whispered beside him: "King Su, in fact, the Lun tribe has always been friendly to your country, and on this point, King Su can ask General Zhuhai of Chenggao Pass in your country. …… To put it mildly, the reason why Lu Balon was bewitched by the Black Sheep Patriarch Rabitu is that the Dangshan Army of your country has defeated the innocent 'Hu Clan' tribe......" After saying that, he paused, looked at Zhao Hongrun and said sincerely: "The relationship between the Lun clan and the Hu clan was quite good in the past, and the hundreds of women who were merciless and did not kill by the Dangshan army have been taken to his clan by Lu Balon...... Would King Su like to see him? ”

『……』

Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this, and after glancing at the three patriarchs of Halegohe, Meng Liang, and Lu Baron, he exhaled lightly and fell into deep thought.

It is undeniable that Sima An was not stopped as soon as possible, so that the general led the Dangshan army to create several senseless massacres in this land of Sanchuan, and destroyed several tribes that were originally friendly with Wei, which is the only regret that Zhao Hongrun has so far made during the period when he led the army to the land of Sanchuan.

What made him even more ashamed was that it was impossible for him to really kill an outstanding general like Sima An for the sake of the Hu tribe, like this kind of self-destruction of the Great Wall, as the prince of the Wei people, he would never be able to do it.

Even if Sima An was not persuaded by him and was still unruly, at most he was only temporarily removed from the ranks of Sima An's deputy general of the first army and the general of the Dangshan army for the purpose of punishment.

Is this protection?

This is, of course, favoritism.

Because of this, when Halgoh mentioned the Hu tribe that was destroyed by the Dangshan army, Zhao Hongrun suddenly didn't know how to deal with it.

Although it was the murder of Sima An and Dangshan Jun, as the commander of the former, the commander of his subordinates naturally has joint and several responsibility, which cannot be avoided.

"Those hundreds of women...... What is the current situation? Zhao Hongrun asked in a deep voice.

Lu Balon was stunned, and while Halegoh and Meng Liang frequently gave him a look, he lowered his head and whispered: "Except for a few self-inflicted suicides, the rest of the women, the current situation is okay, it's just ...... A little ...... to the Wei people"

In the second half of the sentence, he said very vaguely, believing that what he wanted to say was that those women "hated the Wei people deeply".

Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly, then changed his sitting position, faced Lu Balon, solemnly bowed his head and bent over, bowed apologetically, and said, "Regarding this matter, Ji Run apologizes deeply. …… Sima An was a general under Ji, but Ji failed to stop him in time, so he made such an ugly massacre, I'm really sorry. ”

Seeing this, the faces of the five patriarchs in the felt tent were moved, you know, according to what they just felt, this King Su of Wei was a great nobleman of Wei who was more powerful than Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, and he was decisive in killing and decisively deciding the fate of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 people with one word, just like a young king.

But such a king actually bowed his head to them at this moment to apologize for the massacre, which made the five patriarchs present only feel that there was a special strong feeling in their hearts, and suddenly filled their chests.

That's respect!

It's respect for them!

"King Su, please get up." The patriarch of the Aries tribe, Halgohe, hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhao Hongrun.

At this moment, the several patriarchs in the tent can be regarded as truly recognizing the 'Wei people'.

Although there were butchers and executioners like Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, there were also Wei kings who had the courage to bear the mistakes of their subordinates and sincerely apologize to the weaker tribes like the young Su King in front of him.

How can a country that is a member of the domestic royal family but can deign to bow its head to the small tribes of the land of Sanchuan and admit its mistakes, how can it be an arrogant country?

Thinking of this, Meng Liang, the patriarch of the Meng tribe, also knelt down beside Lu Balon and pleaded for the latter: "King Su, our clan is also willing to fight for King Su, and I implore King Su to open up to the Lun tribe." …… I heard that you have a saying that "make up for the merits", can you let the Lun tribe fight against the Qiangjiao tribe for the king of Su and make up for the merits? ”

The other three patriarchs also interceded on their behalf.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun pondered for a moment, and solemnly said to Lu Balon, the patriarch of the Lun tribe: "Patriarch Lu Balon, this king asks you again, are you willing to become a friendly neighbor and an ally with my Great Wei." ”

"A thousand wishes." Lubaron said happily.

"You have to think clearly, in the past, your Lun clan was not an ally of my Great Wei, so even if you made a hostile move against my Great Wei, this king still pardoned you and did not harm the lives of your people. …… But if in the future, you and my Great Wei have become allies, but during the period when my Great Wei trusted you, you made a betrayal move, at that time, this king will definitely not show mercy, and will inevitably eradicate the betrayer as he did in the future to destroy the Qiangjiao tribe. ”

When Lu Balon heard this, he said with a serious expression: "If there is really someone in my Lun tribe in the future, I, Lu Balon, will first kill the betrayer, sacrifice his head to King Su, and then apologize to King Su for his sin!" …… The rest of the clansmen, let King Su fall! ”

"Good!" Zhao Hongrun nodded, immediately helped Lu Balon up, and said with a smile: "In this case, this king sincerely invites the Lun tribe to continue to live in the land. …… No, in this land of three rivers, no matter where your tribe wants to live, my Great Wei will not interfere. Moreover, if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, your tribe may wish to ask for help in Chenggao Pass, and my Great Wei will definitely send reinforcements to support our friendly neighbors who are friendly to Great Wei! …… This oath can be learned from heaven and earth! ”

Hearing of this kind of favor, the patriarch of the Lun tribe, Lu Balon, looked overjoyed, and immediately said: "In this way, I, Lu Balon, will immediately gather the clansmen, as I said, the clansmen over ten years old are all driven by King Su. ”

"That's not necessary." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said with a smile: "If the Patriarch of Lubaron sincerely wants to help our army, he only needs to send some adult men from the tribe to investigate the surroundings of this place for this king, and this king will know the movements of the Qiangjiao tribe." ”

"That's it?" Lu Baron was stunned, and then patted his chest and swore solemnly: "King Su rest assured, this matter is on Lu Balon." ”

When Zhao Hongrun heard this, he smiled and invited Lu Balon into the table, and personally poured him a glass of wine from the Wei State.

The other four patriarchs glanced at each other and raised their glasses in congratulations.

Congratulations, congratulations.

At the same time, the remaining nearly ten patriarchs, after being driven back by Zhao Hongrun, gathered together privately to discuss countermeasures.

After all, they didn't want to leave this fertile land with their people.

"How is it good that the king of Wei is unwilling to pardon us?"

"The bastard boy of the Qingyang tribe deceived us, saying that the Wei people would let us go......"

"Actually, the boy of Wuwu didn't deceive us, and the Wei people did not mean to kill our people, did they?"

"But they're going to force us to leave the land!"

"Otherwise, let's go to the Qiangjiao tribe?"

"Are you crazy? The Wei army has such a terrible weapon of war, and it is not something that the Qiangjiao tribe can win by relying on a large number of people alone. If we take refuge in the Qiangjiao tribe, even if the Qiangjiao tribe defeats the Wei army, it is difficult to guarantee that the Wei State will not send another army...... On the contrary, if the Qianjiao tribe is defeated, how will the king of Wei be spared once again? ”

That's what it says...... Huh? Wait, where is the Lu Balon patriarch of the Lun tribe? ”

The tribal patriarchs looked at each other.

Only then did they discover that Lu Balong, the patriarch of the Lun tribe who was in the most difficult situation, was somehow not here. (To be continued.) )