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Today's Keelung Wharf is particularly lively, because there are three people who bump into each other intentionally or unintentionally.

The first pull was Lu Ren who came back from the "forbidden land", accompanied by Gongsun Gong;

the second pull, Lu Lan, who completed the Jiangdong tour, led the group back to Yizhou;

The third pull, but it was Sun Shangxiang who sent her old lady on the boat back to Jiangdong.

Such three people happened to collide together, so there is no need to say how lively Keelung Pier is here. Later, Lu Ren simply ordered a feast, which meant to do the three things of picking up the wind and washing the dust for Gongsun Gong, welcoming Lu Lan's successful return from the Jiangdong tour, and sending Wu Guomu back to Wu.

The feast is naturally very lively, but Lu Ren's feast is in the form of a buffet, which is convenient and casual, and it does not have as many cumbersome etiquettes as the wine banquet of the Han Dynasty. It's just that if you really want to talk about it, a person dressed in Hanfu walks around with a buffet plate in his hand, which occasionally makes Lu Ren feel that his lips are not right.

And if you really want to talk about it, the drinking and banquet mode that Lu Ren came up with was actually contrary to the traditional etiquette system at that time, but fortunately, in the late Han Dynasty, the social atmosphere was relatively "Shang Tongtuo", which in the vernacular is biased towards civilianism and casualness; second, Lu Ren has been working hard to promote a relatively open social atmosphere in Yizhou; The third is that Yizhou itself does not have any scholar class, and there will be no resistance in some things, so after people are familiar with this way of drinking and feasting, they also like the casualness and more convenient communication of this way of drinking and feasting.

But then again, it doesn't matter if the general banquet is chosen like this, but some formal and grand banquets, such as large-scale festivals and sacrifices, etc., the related drinking banquet method Lu Ren will still adhere to its original way. After all, there are some things that are the cultural traditions of Chinese civilization and should be passed on.

Okay, there is no need to say anything about those messy things, just say that when everyone was drinking and talking casually, Sun Shangxiang was invited aside by Lu Ren. In fact, it is not entirely a coincidence that the three pulls will meet together today.

In fact, a few days ago, Sun Shangxiang also took her old mother Wu Guomu to play in Wadao, Lu Ren took a telegram to Wadao when she asked Shirley to bring Gongsun Gong to Yizhou, and asked Lu Xun to tell Sun Shangxiang that it was almost time to invite Wu Guomu back to Jiangdong, and then out of etiquette and diplomatic needs, Sun Shangxiang naturally escorted his wife back to Yizhou first to Lu Rendao before sending Wu Guomu back to Jiangdong, instead of sending it back directly.

In other words, Sun Shangxiang was actually called to Yizhou by Lu Ren, but Lu Ren didn't expect that he would collide so well in time, and the three people actually bumped into each other. But it's not a big deal, it's quite lively when everyone gets together, it's just that it's lively, and what should be said still has to be said.

Wu Guomu was accompanied by Lu Lan first, and Sun Shangxiang rushed to Lu Ren's side. Needless to say, Sun Shangxiang also guessed what Lu Ren would explain next, so he followed Lu Ren to a place where there was no one around, and after confirming it again, Sun Shangxiang asked: "Lu Yizhou, do you have anything to say to Shangxiang?" ”

Lu Ren nodded, saw that there was no one around, and quietly stuffed a needle to Sun Shangxiang, and then pretended to be mysterious: "Ling Tang is old, and there will inevitably be some hidden diseases on his body. This time, in addition to treating Gongsun Gong's illness when I returned to the forbidden land, I also unexpectedly found a few potions that can prolong life, which can be regarded as a parting gift from me to Lingtang. ”

Sun Shangxiang has been mixing in Yizhou for many years, and of course he knows how to use this injectable medicine. But what moved Sun Shangxiang was what Lu Ren said about "prolonging life": "Lu Yizhou, shouldn't this be the legendary elixir of immortality?" ”

Lu Renxin said that it should be counted, but he must not say this: "Where is this?" To put it bluntly, this medicine is like a tonic such as a century-old ginseng, but it can remove hidden diseases from the elderly. If you are disease-free and healthy, you will naturally look younger, but it is definitely not an elixir of immortality. The reason why I handed it to you so quietly is that I am afraid that people will misunderstand, otherwise God knows what trouble will be under the false rumors. ”

Sun Shangxiang said "oh" and nodded again. And Sun Shangxiang is a very filial girl, now look at the medicine in her hand, I heard that this thing can make her mother healthy, people are naturally very happy, and her favorability towards Lu Ren has soared by several hundred at once.

So why did Lu Ren give Wu Guomu a cell activator? First of all, Sun Shangxiang is a very important figure, and it is necessary to make this girl's favorability of Lu Ren as high as possible; On the other hand, Wu Guomu also has a high opinion of Lu Ren, and Wu Guomu has a really huge influence on Sun Quancai. Next, Lu Ren wants to officially start the battle of Liaodong, and it is very important to do more things on Sun Quan's side and let Sun Quan not make any mistakes.

Carefully putting away the medicine, Sun Shangxiang just wanted to leave, but was called by Lu Ren again: "County Lord, haven't you and Boyan relaxed in preparing on the sea over Yamatai?" ”

Sun Shangxiang said: "Of course not! If you want to use Luyizhou, you can go anywhere. ”

Lu Ren gave Sun Shangxiang a thumbs up: "That's right." I calculated the time, and after Lingtang boarded the ship and set off tomorrow, you would immediately take a fast boat back to Yamatai and inform Bo Yan to act according to the previous strategy. You can do the offensive and defensive things yourself, and you don't need to send me news. ”

Sun Shangxiang's face immediately flashed with excitement: "It's been delayed for so long, and now it's finally going to fight?" ”

Lu Ren nodded: "It's been a long time." If it hadn't been for the accident in my division, this battle might have started three or four months ago. But remember, Lord of the County, your task is to delay, not occupy. I don't have the extra troops to garrison that place right now. ”

"Shang Xiang understands!"

In fact, for these things, Lu Ren only needs to take a telegram to Lu Xun, but

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Liaodong, Lelang County.

Before, Lu Ren handed over the matter of Lelang here to Gan Ning and Deng Ai, and then Lu Feng and Lu Yu came to appease the Liaodong soldiers here in Lelang. And Lu Feng and Lu Yu are big ghosts, Gan Ning and Deng Ai are experienced, so naturally they will not relax their vigilance, and they have not relaxed their guard against Gongsun Yuan at all.

But now it is surprising that Gongsun Yuan's army did not come, but a lot of the rest of the men and horses from the northeast of Liao. To be precise, Fu Yu is not a good bird, and he has long been willing to take advantage of the battle between Gongsun Gong and Gongsun Yuan. Now that Gongsun Yuan has suffered a defeat and returned to Xiangping, in fact, Gongsun Yuan's own strength has not suffered much loss, but he was frightened by Lu Ren's Yizhou army, and his morale is a little low, but what does the husband care about this? I heard that Gongsun Yuan suffered a defeat, and the husband had a move.

Because Gongsun Yuan's attention has always been on Lelang in the south, this sudden appearance of the remnant army caught Gongsun Yuan's clan generals who stayed in the north by surprise, and Gongsun Yuan's troops were just that, the south was fighting Lelang, but in the west it was necessary to guard against the line of Xisai Mountain, which led to several passes in the north of Xiangping almost being captured by Fuyu in one fell swoop.

Then Fu Yu began to raid the area north of Xiangping, and Gongsun Yuan naturally wanted to lead the troops to resist. Among the rest of the soldiers and horses, another branch with a large number of people went around Lelang and began to raid the Lelang area.

It's just that this team of husbands who thought they could pick up cheap horses didn't expect them to come to Lelang here, not pinching the soft pestle, but kicking it on the iron plate. If Lelang only had Gongsun Gong's soldiers and horses here, they would be able to take advantage of a lot of advantages, but now they don't want to think about the 8,000 Yizhou elite army guarding here with Gan Ning and Deng Ai.

Let's put it simply, the nearly 10,000 scattered horsemen who came over were simply the targets of the heads in front of the 8,000 elite musketeers of Yizhou, and they didn't understand what was going on, so they became cold corpses on the battlefield.

Chang'an has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Liu Bei has to be wary, and the alliance of the two clans came too suddenly, and Xia Houyuan and Zhong Xuan couldn't send troops to rescue Anding.

Until a few days ago, the Xiongnu and Xianbei allied forces drove to Chang'an City and launched a strong attack on Chang'an City. When Xia Houyuan and Zhong Xuan led the crowd to resist the enemy, they were shocked to find that the northern alien race, who had always been famous for their ranger cavalry and was not good at attacking Jiancheng, had set up siege weapons such as catapults, rushing cars, and ladders under Chang'an City! In addition to being stunned, Xia Houyuan and Zhong Xuan finally understood why Anding would be captured by the alien race so easily. In the face of these siege weapons, the low walls of Anding City are simply useless.

The next few days were the most tragic offensive and defensive battles in Chang'an. The alien soldiers and horses had siege weapons to help, so that the casualties of the soldiers and horses of Chang'an, which had a strong city as the basis, rose sharply; But on the contrary, the soldiers and horses of Chang'an still have a fresh memory of the alien Chang'an rebellion 20 years ago, and they fought desperately and defended Chang'an. But if it goes on like this, whether Chang'an can hold it or not, Xia Houyuan and Zhong Xuan are also uncertain. Even if he repelled the alien Hu cavalry, there were still 100,000 soldiers and horses of Liu Bei in Hanzhong.

Xia Houyuan threw his helmet aside and sat down beside Zhong Xuan: "Zhong Dali, what are you thinking?" ”

Zhong Xuan said: "I'm thinking about how the 50,000 people of the Xiongnu and Xianbei came out. There was something going on in the north today, and most of the soldiers and horses of the Duke of Wei had been assembled in the north, and the troops in the Chang'an area to the west were relatively weak. These 50,000 alien races suddenly appeared, and if Chang'an was captured by them, the Duke of Wei would fall into a situation where he would be attacked on his back...... In terms of the big picture, when did the Northland alien race, which has always only relied on martial arts, have such a far-reaching attack strategy? first take a stable foothold with lightning speed, and then rush to attack Chang'an...... and the siege equipment they used, although it can be seen that it is a temporary rush, the power should not be underestimated. I have been in Chang'an for many years, and I think I know a lot about these alien races, but when I see them today, I feel that I know very little about them. ”

Xia Houyuan said angrily: "No matter what he does, just fight!" I, Xia Houyuan, can I still be afraid of these nonsense!? ”

Zhong Xuan looked at Xia Houyuan and shook his head secretly in his heart. Judging from the current situation, if the Chang'an army can always work together to block the 50,000 Hu cavalry, it is still okay, but what should Liu Bei in Hanzhong do?

The soldiers and horses of Chang'an were finally able to breathe for a while, and the shouts of 50,000 Hu cavalry returned. Xia Houyuan and Zhong Xuan hurriedly got up and once again commanded the Chang'an soldiers to start a new round of tragic battles.

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Fierce fighting is raging under the city of Chang'an. This round of Hu cavalry's offensive was still fierce, and the cavalry and archery rain were dense, covering the siege equipment to storm the Chang'an city gate. The Chang'an soldiers fought desperately, but because of the long-term fierce battle, their strength was not sustained, and the counterattack was already a little insufficient. In the rain of arrows, several rushing cars have gradually approached the city gate.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Don't let the rush get close to the city gates! ”

Xia Houyuan screamed desperately, commanding his elite crossbowmen to gather in one place and block the hedge car.

Over there, Zhong Xuan was hit by an arrow, and temporarily retreated to the side to be bandaged by his own soldiers. In the bandaging room, a soldier rushed over to report: "Qi Dali, there is a department of about five or six thousand people coming from the direction of Tongguan at the east gate, asking to open the door to answer!" ”

Zhong Miao was overjoyed and said: "Tongguan direction? Is it reinforcements from Luoyang? ”

The soldier shook his head: "No, it's a folk trilogy!" On the banner are the words Xun and Lu. ”

"Xun and Lu!?" Zhong Xuan was taken aback, and after a little thought, he understood: "Could it be the children of the Xun family and the Lu family!?" Who is the leader? ”

"The person who came called himself Xun Lingjun's second son, Xun Mata!"

Zhong Xuan didn't think much about it, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly go and open the east gate to welcome into the city!" Be quick, don't let Hu Lu know and take advantage of the gap to attack my east gate, go quickly! ”

Xia Houyuan was commanding the soldiers to fight, and after hearing Zhong Xuan's words, he shouted urgently: "Dali, you must guard against fraud!" ”

"If you don't know, I'll be on your guard! But it's the Xun family's children who come, worry-free! The general waits, I'll come when I go! ”

Anxiously rushed to the east gate, thousands of children of Xun Lu's second clan had already entered the city, and the city gate was closed in time before Hu Qi arrived. Zhong Yu searched in the crowd for a long time, and finally found Xun Yu - Zhong Yu is also from Yingchuan, and he has been classmates and friends with Er Xun since childhood, and Xun Yu's second son Xun Yu has a very similar face and demeanor to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu also saw Zhong Xuan, and rushed over to salute Zhong Xuan: "Little nephew, see Uncle Zhong!" ”

"The virtuous nephew is far away in Yingchuan, why is he here?"

Xun Ma said: "A month ago, my father sent a letter, ordering my little nephew to quickly gather the young people in the family and rush to Chang'an. At first, the little nephew didn't know why, but after passing Tongguan, he heard about Hu Lu's invasion, so he knew his father's intentions. My father ordered me to come to the rescue of Chang'an. ”

Zhong Xuan was overjoyed, but when he looked at the thousands of people who had entered the city, his brows furrowed again. It would have been a good thing to have reinforcements, but the thousands of caravans dressed up, except for some guards with swords, guns and weapons, the rest of the people were unarmed. Think about it, when is this, where do you dare to put heavily armed Hao clan tribes at various passes? It is estimated that these thousands of people will have a lot of trouble when they pass through Tongguan a few days ago. However, the Xun family has money and a way, and if they really want to pass the test, they will not be unable to pass.

Xun Yu had already guessed when he saw Zhong Xuan's expression, and explained: "Uncle Zhong, don't worry! The little nephew brought thousands of young people by his father, although he has no sharp blades on his body, he has something that can be ten times better than a sword and a gun when defending the city! ”

"What a solution!"

Xun Yu said: "When my father's letter arrived, Yiquan Lu Yizhou also left two hundred craftsmen to my Xun family!" Uncle Zhong, please set aside a vacant lot so that the children of the Second Clan can hurry up and make weapons to defend the city! ”

"It's urgent, but!"

Xun Yu nodded and took the order, turned around and ordered: "Sons, start construction quickly!" ”

The children and craftsmen of the Lu Xun and Xun clans began to work one after another. When the curtain on the accompanying carriage was uncovered, Zhong Xuan found that it was full of all kinds of wood, tools, and many pedal lathes and drilling machines that Zhong Xuan could not understand. There are also some cars that have already been machined at all. When several craftsmen assembled the ready-made parts, Zhong Xuan exclaimed, "This is ......"

"Luyizhou's catapult!"

After Xun explained to Zhong Xuan, there were already three catapults assembled from ready-made parts. Some of Lu Xun's disciples stepped forward to report to Xun Yu, and Zhong Xuan immediately ordered the sergeants and civilian workers, leaving three catapults here as samples for other craftsmen to see, and the rest of the vehicle parts were quickly sent to the city wall of the battlefield.

It would not have been a good thing to rush in wartime. However, the exchanges between Yingchuan Xun and Lu Ren have always been very close, and Lu Ren had also specially sent some craftsmen to Xun with tools such as pedal lathes and drilling machines to teach and use to improve some livelihood production tools in the Central Plains. Speaking of which, this is also Lu Ren's original intention to introduce advanced industrial production technology into the Central Plains at the right time, and Xun Yu also realized the desirability of attaching importance to industrial development in some of the decrees proposed by Lu Ren after Lu Ren left Cao Ying, so that the Xun family could learn more from the Chaisang Lu family. Therefore, the thousands of people who have rushed to Chang'an now, although they are mainly Xun's children, and the craftsman group sent by Lu Ren is only about 200 people, but Xun's children are no worse than Lu's craftsmen when they play with lathes and drilling machines.

In other words, in this temporary arsenal now, the artisan group sent by Lu Ren is like a technical instructor, and the children of the Xun family are like skilled workers on the front line. It's just that in the past, the Xun children made some looms, ploughs, and mining tools, but now they are rushing to produce weapons and equipment with high precision requirements. However, there are technical instructors and special picture samples, and the Xun children are now not inferior. Thousands of people worked on the fine division of labor, and in just an hour or so, more than 30 parts of the catapult were rushed out, and Lu's craftsmen also extracted parts from various processing points to try and assemble three. Perhaps because they were in a hurry, these planes were only about 70% complete compared to the finished parts sent by Yiquan at the beginning, but they were already very rare.