0560: Staying in the middle of things

"Although the soldiers are fast, but ......" Xiao Chen looked up and saw that there were Chinese warships flying slowly in the distance, and he sighed: "In order to avoid the reconnaissance of enemy warships, we can only move at night. ”

"Humble duty understands." Ren Kangde nodded and said, "This is the most correct way to do this." ”

"Then you have a good rest, by the way, Xiufeng, you go back to Lord Yunlang and ask for a batch of weapons, and send them early."

Xiao Chen stood up and patted Ren Kangde on the shoulder, glanced at Xiu Feng, and then simply left decisively.

Xiu Feng explained a few words to Ren Kangde, and chased after Xiao Chen unhurriedly.

"Your Excellency." As soon as Xiu Feng bypassed the peak, he saw Xiao Chen and Yun Xiao standing there, and hurriedly walked a few steps forward.

"Although there is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, but for the sake of the lives and safety of thousands of soldiers in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, you still send more people out to find out their news, and you have to keep it secret, do you know?"

"Yes." Xiu Feng hurriedly bowed his head and replied, "Actually, before reporting to the adults, the lowly official had already sent five groups of people out to inquire about the news. ”

"You're doing a great job." Xiao Chen smiled and said, "Look at those people, look at the arrangement." ”

"Yes, sir." Xiu Feng quietly looked around, he lowered his voice and said: "My lord, before identifying them, I want to use the death camp as an excuse to separate them from the Xiaocai battalion, and only one base number of weapons and ammunition will be issued for the time being, if there is really a rebellion, try to minimize the losses......"

"You've thought it through...... The war is coming, the people are unpredictable, we don't have time to verify others, we can only take the risk of gathering talents, Hugh Feng, you have bothered more. Xiao Chen stood straight, looked up into the distance, and said leisurely.

Although Xiao Chen did not show such affection as Ren Kangde, Xiu Feng was even more moved in his heart, because Xiao Chen was affectionate from the heart, not acting.

Xiao Chen handed over the burden of the marching plan to Xiu Feng, and he took Yun Xiao and a few pets back to the back mountain to mess around the rocks, planning to enter the system again.

When it was about to get dark, Xiu Feng, Yunlang and Ren Kangde had already agreed on a marching plan, and just as they handed over the plan to Xiao Chen, a Royal Forest Army escort arrived with a person.

"Young Master Xiao? Is it really you? Before Xiao Chen could understand why the guards of the Imperial Forest Army had brought someone without telling him, he heard a familiar voice shouting in surprise.

"You are? Lord Huo? Xiao Chen asked in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

"Oh, my Xiao Gongzi, the gods opened their eyes and finally let me meet an acquaintance." The person who came was Huo Qingyuan, who took Xiao Chen into Beijing.

"Master Huo, don't get excited, calm down and then say it well." It is rare to see an acquaintance, Xiao Chen said with a good smile.

"Can you not be excited? On this day, I was so frightened that I almost died several times...... By the way, if there is anything to eat, give me the whole order, preferably the kind of instant meat you treasure. ”

Huo Qingyuan quickly calmed down, and he knew clearly that he was begging for food.

"Master Huo, you seem to have been promoted, why are you still so embarrassed?" Xiao Chen asked amusedly, while asking Hugh Feng for compressed cookies.

"It's hard to put into words...... Hurry up and get food, I'm hungry and panicking. Huo Qingyuan didn't say politely to Xiao Chen at all.

Xiao Chen didn't give Huo Qingyuan instant meat, because he had deceived Ren Kangde's feelings with compressed biscuits not long ago, and now he gave him better instant meat, what would Ren Kangde think?

"There is not much instant meat, and it will have to be left for the wounded to replenish their bodies in the future, so you should eat some military rations to meet your hunger."

"Okay." Huo Qingyuan is also a personal essence, knowing that Xiao Chen does not give him instant meat at this time, it naturally makes sense, and he is no longer entangled in the current knowledge.

"Tell me, what news did you bring us?" After thinking about this meeting, Xiao Chen figured out the purpose of Huo Qingyuan's sudden brought.

"Xiao Gongzi is still so smart, he really deserves to be the young and handsome man that the prince likes......" Huo Qingyuan habitually slapped a sycophant, then raised his hands above his head in a proper manner, bowed respectfully, and said solemnly.

"Lord Xiao, please save the students of the Three Hundred Imperial Capital Schools in the Earthquake City......

"Earthquake city? Three hundred students? What's going on, you take your time. Xiao Chen's heart was shocked, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

"The incident is like this, at the beginning of the war, His Majesty the Emperor gave my ministry three secret orders, and the next official ordered to go to the imperial capital school, and led three hundred elite students out of the city overnight, originally we were going to board a ship in Zhencheng and go to Zifeng City in the south, but I didn't expect the enemy to be too powerful, and actually blew up our battleship, and we were trapped in Zhencheng, and we were helpless, so we had to let some people disguise themselves as refugees and secretly go out of the city to find reinforcements......"

Xiao Chen listened carefully for a while, and under Huo Qingyuan's methodical narration, he gradually sorted out his clues.

The first emperor made many arrangements before his death, one of which was to secretly transfer some students from the imperial capital.

Having been an emperor for decades, the first emperor knew the importance of talent to an empire, and he also knew that King Langya was cruel by nature, and he would definitely not show mercy to people or families who did not submit to him.

Therefore, when the emperor was alive, he secretly selected 300 outstanding students, of course, those most outstanding students were secretly monitored because they had a halo, so in order not to startle the snake, so there were not many secret transfers.

The destination of the transfer was Purple Maple City, which also made sense, first, the students of the Imperial Capital Academy were all teenagers, and they were still being taught, so their studies could not be suspended because of the war.

And Purple Maple City has the most famous Purple Maple Academy in the empire, which can allow these elite students to continue their studies.

Second, of course, Purple Maple City has a blue top sky in charge, and the war is not so easy to spread to this city, so it is safe and secure.

As for why he went to Zhencheng to transfer to a warship, firstly, because the imperial capital did not allow long-distance cabins or warships to dock, and secondly, for secrecy.

However, Huo Qingyuan and the others never expected that there was still a mistake in their trip, and when they were about to board the plane, the battleship was blown up by spies, and there were twenty or thirty casualties.

Now, three hundred sons and dozens of middle and low-level officials are tied up in the earthquake city, if they are not rescued in time, when the order of King Langya is delivered, there is only a dead end waiting for everyone.

Of course, the selected students are openly or secretly against King Langya, and King Langya has never been soft on people with disrespectful or malicious intentions.

"It's going to be hard." Xiao Chen touched his chin and muttered to himself in embarrassment.

"Master Xiao, among the three hundred students, twelve of them are your students, don't you think about the others, do you want to watch them being brutally slaughtered?"

"Master Huo, don't worry, of course we have to save people, but we can't blindly save them, let alone act recklessly, and let our soldiers shed blood and sacrifice in vain."

Xiao Chen comforted Huo Qingyuan, touched his chin and turned around, quietly watching the sunset.

If it was just to break through the blockade line, Xiao Chen didn't find it difficult, after all, it was impossible for the enemy to block all of them in an area of dozens of miles. Moreover, when marching at night, there is no need to worry about enemy warships reconnoitring in the air, and even if they are exposed, it is easy to flee at night.

However, if you want to rush into the city to save people, and then kill out of the city, and get rid of the pursuit of the enemy, all these aspects must be considered clearly, otherwise, not only will you not be able to save people, but you will also take yourself.

The so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, but once the army is in charge, it must be for the sake of the soldiers under his hands, and he cannot disregard human life in vain.

The lives of the student officials are their lives, and the lives of the soldiers of the Xiaocai Battalion are also their lives, and both ends must be taken into account, of course, they must think of a practical plan.

"My lord, why don't we make a new course of action?" Xiu Feng stood behind Xiao Chen and said in a low voice.

"No, it's too late...... Yunlang, you go and count how many summoners there are in the army, and give me an answer as soon as possible. Xiao Chen said without replying.

Xiao Chen just thought of some past events, and the thoughts in his mind rushed by like a tide, and he suddenly realized that he had always regarded himself as a spectator.

From the very beginning of coming to this world, he felt that there was a strange conspiracy around him, he joked about the world, and thought about a lot of things, like playing a game to pass the levels.

No matter who he knew or who he was friends with, he seemed to have fun and play with a condescending attitude.

Whether it is being bullied, becoming a waste in people's minds as a habit, or designing others to go away from the battlefield in style, he has this mentality.

However, just now, perhaps from the time when he was separated from Zhu Xiaoxiao in the city, Xiao Chen suddenly felt like he was in the story and in the game.

He no longer looks at the world from the perspective of a bystander, but is in the world, so he has just thought about many things for the first time.

"Left and right are just a game." Xiao Chen touched his chest, feeling his heartbeat and heat, as if he was comforting himself, and as if he was seeing through all the vanity and muttering to himself.

(End of chapter)