In the mountain road, Lu Ren and Zhao Yun's men and horses and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's men and horses had merged, and a team of more than 3,000 people protected the nearly 2,000 female prisoners who had escaped, and advanced towards the Meridian Valley station under the cover of night and mountains and forests. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because they had been prepared, the three thousand soldiers had brought some dry food with them, which had been distributed to the female prisoners at this time, so that they could eat while walking. There is no way, according to Lu Ren and Zhao Yun's investigation, these female prisoners basically had nothing to eat when they were imprisoned, and if they didn't replenish some food in time, don't expect them to have the physical strength to walk these dozens of miles of mountain roads.

"Come, take it. Eat slowly, don't choke, after all, you still have to hurry. ”

This is Lu Ren handing food and water to a female prisoner, and the female prisoner wanted to kneel down and salute Lu Ren after receiving it with a thousand thanks, but Lu Ren supported her in time and signaled her to continue to hurry.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were standing behind Lu Ren at the moment, and they couldn't stop nodding. Speaking of which, although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have always looked at Lu Ren unpleasantly, they can't stand Lu Ren's temper of knowing these two better. In fact, whether it is Guan Yu or Zhang Fei, they all have such a chivalrous spirit in their bones. Like Guan Yu, when he was young, he killed people because of his chivalry, and Zhang Fei did similar things, but Zhang Fei didn't need to flee like Guan Yu. And what Lu Ren is doing now to rescue the captured people is really very appetizing to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

In other words, Lu Ren chose such an enemy camp to attack, in fact, there was a layer of desire to follow the anger of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in it, and it could be regarded as a good thing. Not to mention that Lu Ren is opportunistic, in fact, Lu Ren has been mixed up for so many years, and he knows very well that if he does not ease the relationship between himself and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it will be too easy to go wrong when it comes to fighting in the army. But then again, seeing that so many people were rescued by his own hands, Lu Ren was still somewhat proud...... Although these two thousand female captives were only a small part of the many captives of the Western Regions Alliance.

After finishing the team, several people got on their horses again and rode together, but Guan Yu couldn't help but open his mouth first: "Mr. Lu, how should these rescued people settle down?" ”

Lu Ren is already an old fritter now, and he can hear that Guan Yu's tone of speech about him is no longer so bitter, and he can't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and then he smiles: "When we return to the Meridian Valley station, we will arrange some people to send them to Hanzhong for settlement." With us blocking the Meridian Valley crossing, they will be safe on the way. ”

Guan Yu nodded in agreement, and Zhang Fei picked up and said, "These big and small girls are walking a little slowly!" Judging from the current pace, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to the station until near noon tomorrow. If it weren't for the fact that they were women, I would have really wanted to whip them a few times so that they could walk faster. ”

As soon as Lu Ren heard this, he said in his heart, you Zhang Fei's problem of "respecting people and not caring for villains" really can't be changed. Thinking about the current point in time, Lu Ren couldn't help but shake his head secretly. It is now the twenty-sixth year of Jian'an, that is, in 221 AD, and Zhang Fei in history died in this year. Thinking about what Zhang Fei said just now, Lu Ren could only secretly say in his heart that it was really not an accident that you Zhang Fei would die at the hands of Fan Jiang and Zhang Da.

But Lu Ren did not deny that Zhang Fei did have a point, since Zhang Fei was willing to come forward to be this villain, Lu Ren was also happy to hide and play the good guy. In short, the two thousand female prisoners had to speed up their journey as much as possible under Zhang Fei's drive, and finally rushed back to the Meridian Valley station shortly after dawn. However, although they were driven away and scolded by Zhang Fei, the female prisoners did not complain when they arrived, how could they be willing to be arrested and continue to be ravaged and abused after being rescued?

After entering the station, what Lu Ren and the others had to do was to quickly deploy their defenses so that they could face the approaching pursuers. In fact, Lu Ren didn't say a word, that is, Lu Ren actually deliberately wanted to lure a part of the Western Regions Alliance Army to Meridian Valley, otherwise with the Western Regions Alliance's attitude of ignoring Meridian Valley, if he didn't take some action here, wouldn't it be meaningless to finally fool Guan Yu and Zhang Fei over?

As for the containment and harassment mentioned earlier...... Take the infantry to harass the cavalry? Looking for death? It's okay to say that the one who is closer is the one who is far away, and the one who is far away is looking for death, okay? Therefore, it is a more suitable strategy to take advantage of the fact that the Western Regions Alliance is still defenseless, pull a round of hatred, and then use the advantages of terrain and equipment to fight a defensive battle.

In this way, around noon, the pursuers of the Western Regions Alliance Army came. However, there are not many of them, and they are only two or three thousand horsemen, which shows how unwelcome the Western Regions Alliance Army is to the Meridian Valley crossing. And with just these two or three thousand horsemen, do you want to take down the Meridian Valley crossing, which is guarded by more than 6,000 people? Dream on!

Without further ado, after a not-so-fierce engagement, the pursuing Western Regions coalition forces left behind hundreds of corpses and retreated. And Lu Ren's side didn't even use the arrow rain tactics, but only dispatched more than 2,000 infantry to meet the enemy with phalanx tactics. This is not because Lu Ren is in charge, but because Lu Ren considers that the transportation of materials on the Meridian Valley Mountain Road is not very convenient, there is no need to spend arrows in this kind of sure battle, and on the other hand, it is just right for the infantry to use this kind of small-scale battle to practice their hands and familiarize themselves with the improved phalanx in actual combat.

After the battle, Lu Ren naturally didn't need to worry about cleaning up the battlefield, but Lu Ren went to the female prisoners, wanting to get some information about the Western Regions Alliance Army from the female prisoners as much as possible. These female captives were driven all the way here, and they could be regarded as following the Western Regions Alliance for some time, and there were always some things they knew that Lu Ren could use, for example, some female prisoners with a good appearance were once forced to become the playthings of the Parthian heavy cavalry, and Lu Ren learned some information about the Parthian heavy cavalry from their mouths.

Of course, I couldn't inquire about the specific information, but Lu Ren analyzed the approximate number of Parthian heavy armored cavalry here according to the information he obtained, and this number made Lu Ren a little secretly surprised. As mentioned earlier, the Parthian heavy cavalry is basically the son of the nobility, so whether it is a rest or a Kushan, there will not be too many such noble cavalry under normal circumstances, and one of seven or eight thousand in the heyday is about the same. And now there are 5,000 people who have come to the territory of Huaxia, which must mean rest or how much blood Guishan has paid?

In short, there were some questions that Lu Ren couldn't figure out for a while, so after nightfall, Lu Ren found a secluded place and thought about these things very carefully. Thinking about it, Shirley's communication came over...... By the way, because the distance between this split operation and Shirley was a bit far, Lu Ren brought a communicator.

Shirley: "Master, I have thrown Liu Bei into the medical cabin, and it is expected that I will be able to help Liu Bei recover in three days." Master, how's it going over there? ”

Lu Ren: "Oh, I went to the Meridian Valley as planned, stole a camp last night, rescued 2,000 female prisoners, and then fought a small battle with the pursuers today. Shirley, you're delaying your time there a bit, I still have some problems to solve here. Well...... Let's change the scheduled three days to seven days first, and we'll talk about what happens then. ”

Shirley: "Okay, then let Liu Bei sleep in the medical cabin for a few more days, it's no problem anyway." Also, I just received a communication request from Wan'er, do I need to help you answer it? ”

Lu Ren was stunned: "Wan'er sent it over?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Ren nodded and said, "Prepare to take it from me." Oh, I'll find a place where no one is. ”

It didn't take long for Wan'er's hologram to appear in front of Lu Ren, Lu Ren was silent for a moment, and then said tentatively: "Wan'er, why did you suddenly remember to look for me?" ”

Wan'er was also silent for a while before she said, "I don't know, but I always feel that I can't remember some things, maybe because I had a serious head injury before, so I wanted to ask you." But now that I've met you, I don't know what to ask. ”

This made the two sides silent for a while. After a long time, Lu Ren opened his mouth to break the silence: "Let me ask you something." How many Parthian heavy cavalry did you arrange for to come to China? I inquired, I'm afraid it's about 5,000, right? With the level of rest or Kushan, such a number are you not afraid of destroying the family of rest or Kushan? ”

Wan'er raised her eyebrows: "Are you asking me for information?" Do you think I'll say that? ”

Lu Ren shook his head: "If you don't try, how do you know if you will say that you will leak your mouth?" ”

Wan'er smiled: "Then you will be disappointed, I will not directly interfere with the decisions made by Kasili, I just set a general direction for her as a messenger of God." Besides, if you really want me to take care of it, I don't have the ability to do that. But I can tell you that most of the thousands of Parthian heavy cavalry who went to China rested in peace, and not many of the Guishan went there. ”

Lu Ren: "What do you mean?" ”

Wan'er tilted her head and thought for a while, and said with a smile: "According to what I know about Kath Yili, she wants to take this opportunity to reshuffle the aristocratic class in the resting realm, right?" Lu Ren, you should know these political things better than me. ”

Hearing the word "shuffle", Lu Ren roughly understood what was going on. In this era, both the rest and the Kushan were still using the aristocratic feudal system, and the aristocratic forces often threatened the status of the royal family. For example, if it weren't for Wan'er appearing out of thin air and inserting her foot in, then at this time, there would be an event of Sassanid replacing Sabbath.

Kass Yili is a strong man with skills and brains, of course, she will know very well what is going on in her family, so she will definitely find a way to suppress the aristocratic forces, so it is a very good choice to find an opportunity and reason to send these noble children to the battlefield. If they succeeded, the sons of these nobles would have built their new territories far from the political core, and they would all die in battle...... Needless to say.

Thinking about this, Lu Ren couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "It is said that war is a continuation of politics, and this is really true." ”

Wan'er also understood something at this time, and asked, "Shouldn't you be on Chang'an's side now?" ”

Lu Ren nodded. This matter can't be hidden, and it is only a matter of time before Wan'er learns about it. Besides, Lu Ren put aside the time of the round-trip journey, he can stay in Chang'an for two months at most, and Wan'er wants to make some moves, but it is completely too late in time. To put it mildly, by the time Wan'er reacted, Lu Ren had already gone back.

Wan'er obviously understood this, so after a moment of silence, she didn't bother about it. In fact, just like Wan'er herself said, she is a spiritual leader in her rest, and she doesn't ask about specific matters, as long as Kass Yili is going to cause trouble for Lu Ren in the general direction she wants. After being silent for a while, Wan'er finally spoke: "Lu Ren, I want to ask you, what kind of relationship did we have in the first place?" ”

Lu Ren looked at Wan'er, shook his head helplessly, and said, "I don't know what I should say...... Well, let's put it this way, you were originally a maid by my side, but I never regarded you as a maid, but as a lover. But I don't know if you remember any of that. ”

Wan'er looked back at Lu Ren, sighed and said, "There are some things that I can't think of, and I don't dare to think about them, because as long as I think about them, I will have a splitting headache." But I don't know why, I don't think you're lying to me, and I even think you're someone you can trust. ”

Thinking about this, Lu Ren couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "It is said that war is a continuation of politics, and this is really true." ”

Wan'er also understood something at this time, and asked, "Shouldn't you be on Chang'an's side now?" ”

Lu Ren nodded. This matter can't be hidden, and it is only a matter of time before Wan'er learns about it. Besides, Lu Ren put aside the time of the round-trip journey, he can stay in Chang'an for two months at most, and Wan'er wants to make some moves, but it is completely too late in time. To put it mildly, by the time Wan'er reacted, Lu Ren had already gone back.

Wan'er obviously understood this, so after a moment of silence, she didn't bother about it. In fact, just like Wan'er herself said, she is a spiritual leader in her rest, and she doesn't ask about specific matters, as long as Kass Yili is going to cause trouble for Lu Ren in the general direction she wants. After being silent for a while, Wan'er finally spoke: "Lu Ren, I want to ask you, what kind of relationship did we have in the first place?" ”

Lu Ren looked at Wan'er, shook his head helplessly, and said, "I don't know what I should say...... Well, let's put it this way, you were originally a maid by my side, but I never regarded you as a maid, but as a lover. But I don't know if you remember any of that. ”

Wan'er looked back at Lu Ren, sighed and said, "There are some things that I can't think of, and I don't dare to think about them, because as long as I think about them, I will have a splitting headache." But I don't know why, I don't think you're lying to me, and I even think you're someone you can trust. ”