"University Dean, look at the situation ahead, let's?"

Although Xu Shang has an official military position in Yizhou, these children of Yizhou are all from Yizhou Academy, and they usually prefer to call Xu Shang by the title of "University Dean". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info And they are helping in Cao Wei's territory, and they can be more intimate and group with such a title in peacetime.

Xu Shang frowned at this time. The order he got was to bring these Yizhou children back to Yizhou, and if it was not necessary, he really didn't want to have more trouble on the road. But as a young generation who grew up under the influence of Lu Ren, he is enthusiastic, has a sense of justice, and has a chivalrous spirit, so he can't do it if he turns a blind eye to what is in front of him.

Similarly, these Yizhou children are all hot-blooded young people in their twenties, and the education they have received all the time has also filled their hearts with a sense of justice and chivalrous spirit. It's hard to get them to ignore the things ahead!

The atmosphere is contagious to others, and at this moment, Xu Shang was influenced by his classmates, and that passionate feeling also overcame the excessive reason in his heart at this moment. Secretly gritting his teeth, Xu Shang made the decision to lead his classmates to rescue the people.

As a result, more than 600 enthusiastic Yizhou disciples rushed to the place of the incident. And when they arrived at the scene of the incident and saw what was happening in front of them, almost everyone exploded on the spot.

The raised butcher's knife is slashing at the unarmed civilians; In the pool of blood, many bodies have turned into corpses that are losing their temperature; Some women are caught in ropes and unable to break free, and are forced to pull behind the horses, and if they fail to keep up, they will become dragged forward by the horses on the ground. Occasionally, a few lucky people broke free of the noose, but they were cut down by the murderers who caught up.

The most important thing is that some of these women still have children with them, and once these children are freed from their mother's arms, they are either cut in two by the murderers or fall to the ground and trampled by the horses' hooves.

This is what the children of Yizhou can't stand the most. Most of the 600 Yizhou children here are from displaced people, and when they first came to Yizhou, they were children who had suffered from war, and they basically depended on their mothers. And now those mothers who have been bullied and children who have been abused and killed have brought back painful memories in their hearts.

"CNMD, kill these bastards!!"

I don't know who bit and roared like this, some of the six hundred Yizhou disciples had already rushed forward, and the first wave of arrows brought down dozens of murderers.

Seeing this situation, Xu Shang couldn't help but frown. It's not that he's cowardly, but that not all of the 600 Yizhou children are soldiers, and many of them are people such as medicine, art, machinery, etc., and even female members are not a few. With such a team, it is actually very troublesome to really fight with people.

But fortunately, the students of Yizhou Academy, even those who are not in military disciplines have received military training, and Lu Ren will not be able to relax his discipline in this regard, after all, this is an era where wars may be fought anytime and anywhere, so these Yizhou children still have relevant military literacy. At this moment, except for the dozens of people who rushed out first, the rest of the people hurriedly dismounted and lined up, waiting for Xu Shang's order. As for why they dismounted...... Yizhou has never been good at equestrianism because of its geographical location, so the horse fighting ability of these Yizhou children is not to mention. If you really let them meet the enemy on horseback, it is better to let them dismount and line up.

Xu Shang also dismounted and retreated to the middle of the formation, while directing the Yizhou disciples to release arrows to meet the enemy, while shouting that the dozens of people who rushed out before should return to the team quickly, and then let the surviving civilians flee to the back of the formation.

The sudden arrival of the children of Yizhou really disrupted the position of the murderers. And with their stragglers' combat methods, when they met the Yizhou children who formed a formation, they were basically crushed by the Yizhou children. There are those who are bold and ferocious and want to rush over and tear apart, but they are often brought down by fast arrows before they can get close.

At this point, I have to talk about the origin of these murderers. In the previous decisive battle of Chang'an, the combined forces of Cao Pi and Liu Bei did repel more than 100,000 horses of the Western Regions coalition army, but it was only a large-scale repulsion, not a large-scale annihilation. After that, the Western Regions Coalition Army mainly retreated to Wuwei and Tianshui, while the Xiongnu who colluded with the Western Regions Coalition Army mainly retreated to Anding. In other words, although the Western Regions Coalition Army that invaded Chang'an suffered a great defeat under Chang'an City, it still retained a considerable number of troops.

Of course, due to the internal strife caused by Hubdar's unexpected death, the Western Regions Coalition was no longer able to launch an offensive until a new strong figure emerged to reintegrate the Western Regions Alliance. According to Lu Ren's idea to Zhong Xuan at that time, Cao Pi and Liu Bei should pacify the Western Regions Alliance before the Western Regions Alliance Army once again appeared under the command of a strong person, or at least to beat the Western Regions Alliance Army out of Liangzhou.

In short, the Western Regions Coalition Army can be said to be scattered at present, and Cao Pi and Liu Bei are currently seizing the time to adjust their forces and prepare for a large-scale attack, but this is a matter that requires corresponding time. On the other hand, although the Western Regions Alliance army suffered defeat and internal chaos, they had already tasted the sweetness here in Liangzhou before, and they were not willing to give up, so under the suggestion of some personnel, they sacrificed the cavalry harassment tactics they were good at, and sent many small groups of cavalry to wreak havoc everywhere...... Well, it can also be understood that these people feel that the current situation is unfavorable, so they want to take advantage of the opportunity to reap more benefits.

What these six hundred Yizhou disciples have encountered now is one of the ranger harassment troops sent by the Western Regions Alliance. There are not many people, and they are just a thousand horses, and their combat ability is average.

But to be honest, if it is fought on the occasion of a formal battle, these 600 Yizhou children will not be able to bargain much, after all, more than half of these 600 Yizhou children are not soldiers, and their actual combat capabilities are limited. But now because it appeared suddenly, it was a little caught off guard, and the other party was a little confused about the details of the children of Yizhou, and there was psychological pressure, which also limited their combat ability. Besides, is it really a toy that Lu Ren distributes to the children of Yizhou?

So, under the pressure of the formation of the Yizhou disciples and the rain of arrows, this cavalry detachment of more than 1,000 horsemen of the Western Regions Alliance chose to retreat after throwing down some corpses. As for some of the money, food, property and women they had just snatched, they didn't care about it, so they directly cut off the towing rope behind the horse with a knife and then evacuated quickly.

Seeing such a situation, Xu Shang stopped the Yizhou disciples who wanted to chase in time, and to be honest, you can't catch up with it. The children of Yizhou just know how to ride horses, and if they really want to fight with those Western Regions coalition forces, they are asking for hardship. Besides, there are still a lot of people here, so it makes sense to take them to a safe place first.

Some of these people who lived after the catastrophe were crying, and some were rejoicing, but more of them were grateful to the children of Yizhou. Xu Shang didn't pay much attention to these things, and he didn't have time to pay attention to them, because he was a soldier after all, and he still had the task of bringing the children of Yizhou back to Yizhou, so the first time was to ask the rescued people if they knew how to go to the north entrance of Meridian Valley...... After rushing for a while in the dark night and fighting such a battle, Xu Shang was a little out of the way.

Fortunately, some of these people were locals, and they knew how to go, so they pointed out to Xu Shang. This finger doesn't matter, Xu Shang's scalp is a little numb. They had already adopted some line changes to avoid it, and after encountering this incident, they deviated a little, so they were now more than eighty miles away from the north entrance of the Meridian Valley.

More than 80 Han li, converted into the modern metric system is more than 30 kilometers, it should be said that it is not too far, if it is a horseback riding, it is only a matter of hours. But there is one thing, just now the children of Yizhou urgently dismounted to meet the enemy, and there was no one to restrain the horses at all, so the horses ran a lot during the battle, so now Xu Shang has only more than 100 horses on hand, and this means that the children of Yizhou have to walk this eighty-mile road.

Again, if the children of Yizhou take a rapid march and hurry up, they can run the eighty-mile road in one night, but there is still a group of ordinary people here, can they really leave them alone? This kind of thing, these hot-blooded Yizhou disciples with a sense of justice in their hearts can't do it.

After a little hesitation, Xu Shang still decided to take these people and immediately rush to the north entrance of Meridian Valley. Lu Ren had explained to Xu Shang the situation of the garrison at the north entrance of the Meridian Valley, so Xu Shang knew that as long as he could get to the north entrance of the Meridian Valley as soon as possible, with the fortifications of the station, the children of the Six Hundred Yizhou and these people would basically be safe, because those scattered cavalry troops of the Western Regions Alliance Army did not dare to easily invade the fortified area, and now Xu Shang was most worried that those scattered cavalry of the Western Regions who had just retreated would call other men and horses to retaliate.

It's no problem for the children of Yizhou to hurry, but the speed of these ordinary people is too slow, which slows down the speed of the children of Yizhou. And the remaining more than 100 horses are now ridden by some people with impaired mobility, and the children of Yizhou are all on foot, where can such a speed of travel be fast?

There is a saying that if you are afraid, you will come. Here Xu Shang and the others were hurrying on the road, and they vaguely heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance behind them. Those with relevant experience have calculated that there are about 2,000 riders. Two thousand horsemen may not be a large force on the battlefield, but for the current team, it is undoubtedly an enemy that is difficult to resist.

At this moment, there are still more than fifty miles away from the north entrance of the Meridian Valley, and it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the rear pursuers when almost all the people are on foot. Xu Shang wanted to give up the people at this moment, but looking at the panicked people, Xu Shang's heart couldn't bear it; Looking at the expressions of the Yizhou children, Xu Shang knew that even if such an order was issued, most of these Yizhou children would not listen, because this was a group of young people with a sense of justice and chivalrous spirit.

If you put it ugly, Lu Ren "brainwashed" these young people a little badly, but it can't be said that this is a bad thing. Aren't blood, a sense of justice, and a chivalrous spirit the virtues that a nation should have? When the people of a country and a nation have such virtues, who dares to say that such a country and such a nation are not strong?

It's a pity that Lu Ren rarely sees these things in modern society. And out of some different psychology, Lu Ren has been deliberately cultivating these spirits after crossing and taking charge of Yizhou. And at this moment, these spirits are finally embodied in Xu Shang's body:

"Children of Yizhou! In addition to the members of medicine and art, form a formation and prepare to meet the enemy!! ”

This order was issued, and the children of Yizhou understood something. No one said anything, because the blood in their hearts supported them in carrying out this order. There were about 60 members of medicine and art named by Xu Shang, but they asked Xu Shang in confusion: "University president, why don't you let us ......?"

Xu Shang immediately interrupted them: "You must lead these people to retreat to the Meridian Valley!" ”

There is another sentence that Xu Shang didn't say, that is, the vast majority of these medical and art members are girls, and Xu Shang doesn't want these girls to participate in the next battle. Moreover, those people do need someone to lead them.

The girls did not speak, but soon someone took down the arrow box they had with them and handed them to the combatants, leaving only the necessary weapons for themselves. They are people with military literacy, and they know that if they are hypocritical at this time, they are wasting precious evacuation time.

Next, the people continued to rush to the north entrance of the Meridian Valley under the leadership of the dozens of girls, while Xu Shang commanded the more than 500 Yizhou children here to regroup. And in order to mislead the pursuers, Xu Shang also deviated from the direction of the attack.

The pursuers were all cavalry, and they naturally came quickly, and soon saw the children of Yizhou who had formed a formation and were evacuating in a certain direction. Maybe it was because they wanted revenge, or they thought that the rescued people were blocked by this small army, so they launched an attack on the children of Yizhou as soon as possible.

This was an unequal battle, the personnel of the Yizhou disciples were less than a quarter of the opponent's, and many of them were not soldiers, and they were not fully equipped in terms of equipment, at least they lacked large shields and spears to deal with the cavalry charge...... Originally, they were just some people who were going to return to Yizhou, so how could they bring big shields and spears in addition to the basic equipment such as swords, bows and crossbows that they carried with them? So now in the face of the onslaught of more than 2,000 scattered horsemen, the only way to deal with it is to shoot crossbow arrows as quickly as possible.

However, crossbow arrows are indeed cavalry, at least one of the natural enemies of light cavalry. The standard crossbow in Yizhou has a relatively fast rate of fire and sufficient lethality, so the first two impacts of the stragglers have not made any gains. But in the same way, because the Yizhou disciples did not have the protection of big shields and spears, more than 20 Yizhou disciples on the periphery of the formation were torn out of the formation by the scattered cavalry in the two rounds of impact, and died under the blades and horses' hooves.

Xu Shang's purpose was to drag the other party and buy time for the people to escape, so he guided the formation to deliberately deviate from the direction of the north entrance of the Meridian Valley. And at this point, it is almost in the opposite direction to the north entrance of the Meridian Valley......