Chang'an, telegraph communication station.

The so-called telegraph communication station was Zhao Yu's residence in Chang'an before, and all the large and small telegrams sent by Chang'an to Lu Ren were taken from here. In addition, this communication station can also be said to be the assembly point and command center of the Yizhou disciples here in Chang'an.

There are more than 1,000 Yizhou children sent by Lu Ren to Chang'an to help in the war, and the more than 600 that Xu Shang took away are the first batch of evacuees, so there are still four or five hundred Yizhou children in Chang'an at this time, ready to withdraw back to Yizhou after dealing with the finishing chores.

At this moment, not long after dawn, the children of Yizhou in the communication station are eating breakfast at this time according to their living habits. And Zhong Lihao, the stationmaster who took over after Zhao Yu and Xu Shang left, brought a bowl of porridge out of habit, and was drinking it at the gate while asking the night guard if anything happened last night.

"Senior Zhongli!!"

Zhong Lihao was stunned when he heard this familiar voice, and then looked for his reputation, and the rice bowl in his hand almost fell to the ground: "Nie Qian? Why are you here? Didn't you leave for Yizhou yesterday? ”

Nie Qian panted and ran to Zhong Lihao, waved his hand urgently, and said, "Don't say anything else." Senior Zhongli, last night or early this morning, was there any movement in the cavalry battalion here in Chang'an? ”

Zhong Lihao was stunned again, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "No! What's wrong? ”

Don't underestimate the energy of these Yizhou disciples here in Chang'an. If there is any military movement in Chang'an City, even if it is only a small-scale transfer of a few hundred people, these Yizhou disciples can also catch the wind and catch the shadow. And Nie Qian knew this, so after hearing Zhong Lihao's words, her expression immediately darkened, and she sighed: "Sure enough!" Chang'an did not send reinforcements at all. ”

Zhong Lihao was stunned again. He was able to become the number three person here in Chang'an after Zhao Yu and Xu Shang, and his own ability was also very good, so he knew that something must have happened in the blink of an eye, and he couldn't care about anything else at the moment, so he threw the half bowl of porridge in his hand and asked Nie Qian for details.

Nie Qian also gasped for breath at this time, so she told the whole story of the matter, and did not forget to add: "I arrived in Chang'an last night, and I went directly to Zhong Xuan because I was in a hurry to find reinforcements, and he promised to send reinforcements to rescue the university dean immediately." But now it seems that this reinforcement was not sent at all...... Senior Zhongli, from last night to now, there has really been no movement in the cavalry battalion or other camps in Chang'an? ”

Zhong Lihao shook his head. Again, don't underestimate the energy of these Yizhou children, especially for military mobilization, Yizhou children are still sensitive. However, in order to confirm, Zhong Lihao still asked the personnel on duty at night, but the answer was that he had not received any news about the military movement.

No one is calm at this time, and almost anyone with a little brain may have guessed that the so-called reinforcements are not at all. As for why this is so, no one thinks much about it at this time.

"What the hell! Our Yizhou children have been fighting in Chang'an for two years, and there is no merit and hard work, not to mention that the university dean and they fought with the Western Regions rangers in order to save the people, will it be difficult for Chang'an to send two or three thousand horsemen to help? ”

After scolding hatefully, Zhong Lihao didn't waste any more time, and ordered: "Immediately order the children of Yizhou who are now in Chang'an City to gather here!" Damn, the birds here in Chang'an don't save it, let's save it ourselves!! ”

Now there are more than 400 Yizhou disciples here in Chang'an, nearly 500. This batch is different from the first batch, in which more than half of the personnel are non-military personnel, and except for a small number of personnel in the medical and communications categories, the rest of this batch are all from military science departments. This is also one of Lu Ren's arrangements, after all, non-military personnel are prone to accidents on the way out if something happens, so they must be evacuated before the relationship with Cao Pi is okay, and the second batch is more convenient to deal with if something happens because of its strong combat effectiveness. But Lu Ren also didn't expect to gather under such circumstances.

Because there are many people scattered all over Chang'an City, it will take a little time to assemble. At this time, someone reminded Zhong Lihao that he should report this incident to Lu Ren immediately, and Zhong Lihao naturally nodded in agreement. So, the telegraph machine in the communication station took a picture of an urgent telegram......

"Die!!"

In the forest area, Xu Shang struggled to stab out the long sword in his hand, and the blade of the sword with a little cold light broke through the armor of the opponent in front of him and pierced the heart, and finally came out of the body.

With a kick to kick away the corpse and then withdraw the long sword, Xu Shang gasped and leaned against the tree behind him. Since those Western Regions rangers abandoned their horses and rushed into the forest area to fight hand-to-hand with the children of Yizhou, Xu Shang didn't know how long he had been fighting until now, but he only knew that there were more than a dozen Western Regions rangers who died under his sword. But in the same way, Xu Shang's own body is also full of scars.

When the Yizhou disciples retreated into the forest area, there were less than three hundred, and there were still fourteen or five hundred cavalry in the Western Regions that were pursuing, so Xu Shang was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops. And when it comes to the quality of individual soldiers, the Western Regions Rangers rely on their usual fierce style, and they are not under these Yizhou children in hand-to-hand combat.

In short, if it weren't for Xu Shang's well-trained and good at fighting in the forest area, they might have been slaughtered by the Western Regions rangers by this time. It's just that even so, there are only more than 60 Yizhou children left, and all of them are injured and panting, and they don't know how long they can hold on. The only thing that made them feel relieved was that the Western Regions Rangers had already thrown more than 400 corpses in this forest area.

"Dean, it looks like we're going to be here today."

Xu Shang looked at the junior brother next to him who was covered in blood like himself, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart. Die? Xu Shang is not afraid of a hot-blooded son, but Xu Shang has a regret and self-blame in his heart: "It's all my fault!" If it weren't for my meddling and taking you to intercept the enemy, it wouldn't have fallen into this position. My lord wants me to bring you all back to Yizhou. ”

Someone on the side laughed: "How can you blame the university dean?" Seeing innocent people robbed and killed by thieves, if we are still indifferent, then what kind of old men are we? Didn't the lord often tell us that since we decided to join the army, we should be good soldiers who can protect the people? So I believe that if the lord is here, the lord will also lead us to battle with the enemy. ”

If Lu Ren was present, I don't know if he would slap himself a few times after hearing this? But I also have to admit that Lu Ren has indeed cultivated a group of excellent children and a group of enthusiastic sons.

Xu Shang could only smile bitterly at this moment. At that time, if he insisted on giving the order to evacuate alone regardless of the people, it might not be wrong in principle, but he couldn't bear it psychologically, and these Yizhou children couldn't bear it psychologically. As for what Lu Ren would think...... He really didn't think of that at the time. But now that I think about it, the pride in my heart will probably make him look down on himself, right?

"Damn! These animals!! ”

An angry scolding interrupted Xu Shang's thoughts. When I looked over, I saw that some of the Western Regions rangers who had deceived into the forest were not looking for them, but were stripping their equipment from the bodies of those dead Yizhou disciples. It's okay to strip off the armor or something, but many of the Yizhou disciples who died in battle held their swords to launch the final blow to the enemy even before they died, so it was still difficult to break the fingers that held the sword after death. And those Western Regions rangers who picked up equipment encountered this situation, so they simply cut off the wrists of the dead Yizhou disciples and forcibly took the swords for themselves.

Xu Shang was angry, and the rest of the Yizhou disciples were also angry. How can such hot-blooded sons and daughters not be angry when they see the enemy treating the corpses of their classmates and comrades-in-arms like this?

However, Xu Shang always maintained some calm. After stopping the children of Yizhou who wanted to rush out, Xu Shang looked in the direction where Chang'an was, and sighed secretly in his heart, knowing that it was impossible for Chang'an to send reinforcements. Gritting his teeth again, he looked around at the Yizhou disciples around him, and asked in a loud voice: "Fellow juniors, are you afraid of death?" ”

"Don't be afraid!!"

"I'm afraid of wool! went to righteousness and saved so many people, just don't embarrass our children in Yizhou!! ”

"The country is in trouble, we have killed so many foreign enemies and thieves, it's worth it!"

Xu Shang nodded: "I plan that we are going to confess here, but even if we die, we can't let these foreign enemies and thieves take advantage of it, let alone lose the face of our Yizhou disciples!" If I didn't bring you back to Yizhou, I'm already sorry for the lord, if I lose face again, even if I die, I'm sorry for the lord...... Ladies and gentlemen, set fire! Let's give these animals another hard time in the fire forest!! ”

In Chang'an City, more than 400 Yizhou disciples have been assembled. Not only were they assembled, but they also borrowed or robbed enough horses. With Zhong Lihao's order, these more than 400 Yizhou disciples rushed out of Chang'an City and rushed to the scene of the incident under the guidance of Nie Qian.

At the head of Chang'an City, Zhong Miao hid in the gatehouse and quietly watched the more than 400 Yizhou disciples go away, but the people also let out a long sigh. The eldest son, Zhong Yu, approached and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't my father stop them?" ”

Zhong Xuan shook his head: "Look at their appearance, can you stop them?" Or do you want to see them cause a havoc in Chang'an City? ”

Zhong Yu shook his head after thinking about it. Indeed, these Yizhou disciples are all aggressive, if they are really stopped, the plot will start immediately.

Here, Zhong Xuan shook his head again: "These more than 400 Yizhou children can't have any big mess, but Yu'er, if there is really a fight, how should Lu Ren's side explain?" It is already difficult for Lu Ren to talk to those Yizhou children who are not rescued when they see death, and if these Yizhou children are stopped from going to the rescue, then it will be really difficult to say in retrospect. It's just that if we don't save it, we can still find an excuse to stop it, but if we don't let the Yizhou children in the back go to the rescue, the fault is completely on us. ”

Zhong Yu said: "Father, the child still doesn't understand why the lord doesn't allow his father to send troops to rescue in time......"

Zhong Xuan said: "These Yizhou children are too good, but they can't be used by the lord, and the lord is also ...... That's it, don't talk about it. Yu'er, for the sake of my father, in the future, our Zhong family will have to look at you and Hui'er (Zhong Hui), and I will tell you again for my father, the lord's heart is too ruthless, and you must be careful when you become an official in the future. It is said that a companion is like a tiger, which is not a joke. ”

“…… The child understood. But father, those horses that were snatched by the children of Yizhou? ”

I want to say here that although Zhong Miao got Cao Pi's instructions, he still has his own little Jiujiu in his heart. The horses that the children of Yizhou got were actually the reason why Zhong Xuan secretly released water to them, otherwise where could the children of Yizhou get horses so easily or rob or borrow? If you don't say anything else, you can borrow it, and if you grab the horse, you didn't fight at the time, isn't this a strange thing?

Zhong Miao still shook his head: "Let them go." It's just a few hundred horses, and it's unwise to completely fall out with them for this horse. As for the lord, he only said that he asked the old man not to send reinforcements too quickly, but he didn't say that he wouldn't send them...... Yu'er, you are also smart since you were a child, you should understand that the lord doesn't want to get too stiff with Lu Ren when he gives such an order, and he still has to do the drama that should be done. ”

Zhong Yu didn't speak, just nodded.

Zhong Xuan glanced at the direction over there again, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "Okay, you go and choose three thousand light horsemen now, and follow behind those Yizhou disciples." Some things can't be done too absolutely, otherwise it will be difficult to explain back. Also, after meeting the children of Yizhou, they said that their father accidentally fell and injured himself last night, and now they are still unconscious......"

“…… Promise. ”

When Zhong Xuan was playing a trick that was almost "there are no silver three hundred taels here" here, the telegram in the Chang'an communication station had already been filmed. What Cao Pi, Zhong Xuan, and even the children of Yizhou didn't expect was that Lu Ren had not left to return to Yizhou at this time, but was hiding in a certain body of water near Shangyong...... In fact, according to Lu Ren's idea, he wanted to see if there was something to be done, and he would directly use his landing craft to take the first batch of Yizhou children back to Yizhou. There are more than 600 people, and this landing craft can fit if it is squeezed.

Because of this, Lu Ren received the telegram from the Chang'an communication station at the first time. And such a telegram made Lu Ren stunned on the spot at that time. After Lu Ren figured out some things, Lu Ren was so angry that he slammed the table and scolded angrily: "Cao Pi! Are you really playing unloading and killing donkeys to my Yizhou kids!? You white-eyed wolf, I will never let you go!! ”

(Today, the network maintenance staff came to take a look, and the result made the bottle uncomfortable.) The network cable of the bottle was actually twisted into a twist! I really don't know which bear child is so cheap when he is full!! Who is in the way of the bottle's network cable? Disgusting!! It's too damn that he has no morality, this person!! ）