Chapter 172: Dispatching troops to rescue (IV)

Base, inner city canteen. read

It was already dark, and usually after evening, there would be almost no one here. Even if there were people, it would be Su Antong who was cooking in person, preparing "delicious food" for Luo Ren.

But today, the cook Li Jiu is still busy, because he got the order from the chief to cook some dishes for these two guests who came from afar.

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Li Jiu looked sideways and saw two people wearing royal army uniforms sitting upright, holding rice bowls in one hand and chopsticks in the other. They were eating the food with big mouthfuls and muttering something. They were too far away to hear clearly. , we can only guess, it should be:

"What is this? This is so delicious."

Turn off the heat and plate.

Li Jiu walked up to the two Kingdom Army soldiers with a dish in his hand and put the dish on the table. Seeing the wolfish look, Li Jiu smiled and said: "Eat slowly, no one will grab it.

By the way, why are you coming to our base? "

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuancyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusha fornori. They are here to deliver a message. Our Sanctuary City No. 1 is..."

Mobile base.

Luo Ren looked at the letter in his hand under the light. It was a letter sent from Sanctuary City No. 1. The content was handwritten by Xia Chuan.

Luo Ren was very happy after seeing the content of the letter.

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Su Antong poured a glass of water over, put it on the table in front of Luo Ren, and asked curiously: "Your mouth is split to the base of your ears when you smile. What's going on? Are you so happy?"

"Now, take a look." Luo Ren handed the letter directly to Su Antong, then picked up the water on the table and drank more than half of the glass.

Su Antong quickly read the letter and then handed it back to Luo Ren. After thinking for a while, she said: "Yesterday, Sunset City asked for help. Today, Sanctuary City No. 1 asked for help. Which one are you going to help?"

Luo Ren smiled softly and said, "Children only make choices, and I want them all."

"Yes." Su Antong nodded slightly, and then asked: "The letter says that we can raise the conditions as we wish. So what conditions do you plan to raise?"

"Since I can raise the conditions, I can't be polite anymore." Luo Ren stretched his waist and said.

"You're welcome? Do you plan to give Sanctuary City No. 1 the same conditions as Yuhui City?" Su Antong was slightly startled and then asked.

Before Luo Ren could answer, Su Antong saw the decision in his heart and said: "The base and the Wasteland Military Region are not enemies. We have cooperated with each other before. Moreover, Liu Yongnian of the Wasteland Military Region is Liu Lianxin's father. Are you sure you don’t want to think about it and change the conditions?”

"I know." Luo Ren rubbed his brows and said, "But sometimes you have to make a choice. If the Wasteland Military Region thinks that my conditions are too harsh and feels that I am taking advantage of others and hates me, then there is nothing I can do about it.

And if I send troops to rescue them, then I will leave home to fight. Sacrifice will be inevitable. The lives of the Guards soldiers are worthy of these conditions.

Besides, I'm not taking advantage of the situation. If they can solve the zombie siege by themselves, they won't have to ask me for help. And if I don't rescue them, they won't be able to solve the siege, and they will become food for the zombies.

Of course, I don't want to see the hundreds of thousands of people in the two cities reduced to evolutionary nourishment for zombies. However, if I send troops to save them in vain, they will still be them, I will still be me, and there are not only those zombies.

What if they are besieged by zombies next time? Should I still send troops to rescue him?

Okay, I will send troops to rescue you next time, but what about next time? "

Luo Ren's words were concise and to the point. Su Antong understood it very clearly, and the reason behind it was also very clear. She nodded immediately and said, "Brother Ren, I understand."

The next day, afternoon.

Luo Ren handed over two identical letters to the two Royal Army soldiers who came from Sanctuary City No. 1, and said, "Everything I want to say to Deputy Commander Xia Chuan is in the letter."

The two Royal Army soldiers saluted, then got into their cars, exited from the east gate, and returned to Sanctuary City No. 1. And when they just drove out of the city gate, they saw an off-road vehicle approaching from a distance, and its target was the base.

Two cars passed by each other, and the Royal Army soldiers looked at the other car. However, the windows of the other car were covered with privacy film, so they could not see the people in the car clearly.

The off-road vehicle stopped in front of the east gate of the base, and a person got out of the vehicle. It was Xu Liang. He was surprised to see the tall city wall that stretched for several kilometers. However, it took more than half a year to build it with manpower alone. There is no such building.

This gave him a new understanding of the base.

"Who? What's the purpose?"

When Xu Liang was looking at the city wall, Tian Xingjun on the city wall asked.

Xu Liang looked up at the soldiers on the march on the city wall, smiled slightly, and said: "Excuse me, I am the lord of Yuhui City, Xu Liang. I am here to see Chief Luo Ren because I am asking for help."

"Wait a moment." The Sky Marching Soldier on the city wall said, then turned and left.

After seeing off the soldiers of the Royal Army, Luo Ren was having breakfast with Su Antong when suddenly a report came from outside the door: "Sir, sir, there is a man coming from outside the city, claiming to be the Lord of Yuhui City, Xu Liang. He said he came to see you specifically to ask for help. "

"Lord of Yuhui City?" Su Antong just took a bite of the egg. When he heard the report from the soldiers outside the door, he looked at Luo Ren in surprise.

Luo Ren was a little surprised at first, but he quickly came to his senses and said with a smile: "It seems they have thought of a way to make me feel at ease and send troops."

He quickly stuffed two eggs, drank a glass of boiled water, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and said to Su Antong: "I'll go and eat slowly."

Although he came here for help, Xu Liang was the city lord of Yuhui City after all, so he still had to be polite and respectful.

Arriving at the east gate in a vehicle, Luo Ren waved his hand and said, "Open the city gate."

The city gate rose and Xu Liang drove in. When he saw Luo Ren, he immediately stopped the car, walked forward with a smile, bowed slightly and said, "Sir Luo."

Luo Ren smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "City Lord Xu Liang, long time no see."

The two shook hands, both smiling and having their own thoughts at the same time.

"The construction of this new city has not been completed yet. Come with me back to the old city to talk about it." Luo Ren said.

Xu Liang smiled and nodded, and responded: "I'm a guest as the host does. We can talk wherever Chief Luo says."

Luo Ren knew that Xu Liang's attitude was most likely fake, but Luo Ren still took advantage of it. He opened the car door, got in first, and then invited Xu Liang to ride with him.

Naturally, Xu Liang would not refuse, and immediately got into the car from the other side. As for his own car, the soldiers of the Tianxing Army drove it away and parked it, and "cleaned" the stains inside and outside the car.

The vehicle started. The road outside the city had not yet been repaired and was quite bumpy, so the Tian March soldiers who drove the car deliberately slowed down a little so that they could enjoy the scenery along the way.

In fact, the new city is still deserted, with no scenery. There are only many residents under construction. As the cars pass by, they pay attention one after another. There is no fear and hatred in their eyes, nor numbness and silence, but enthusiasm for life. .

This scene, Xu Liang saw, brought him a lot of shock. At this time, he felt as if he had returned to the countryside before the end of the world. The residents who were building were the villagers working on the fields, and the warm sunshine was scattered. Underneath, there was a pleasant feeling.

The vehicle drove onto the streets of the inner city. There were houses on both sides, not simple shanties, and children of four or five years old could be seen in groups, chasing each other and playing. Xu Liang felt like he had come from the village to the bustling city again.

At this moment, Xu Liang felt comfortable in his heart.

Luo Ren looked sideways, noticing the changes in Xu Liang's expression and eyes, seeing the smile on his lips, and thought to himself: "It seems that this Xu Liang is a little different from what I imagined."

Previously, his impression of Xu Liang was that he was wily and scheming. After all, he gained the strength of Sanctuary City No. 3 and Sanctuary City No. 4 without spending a single soldier. He was simply the biggest winner.

But now, seeing Xu Liang's reaction when he saw the harmonious scene in the base, Luo Ren felt that he still yearned for beauty.

The car stopped at the conference building, and Luo Ren said: "We're here, let's get off the car."

After saying that, Luo Ren opened the door and got out of the car and walked towards the conference building.

Xu Liang got off the car immediately, and then followed Luo Ren into the conference building.

The two came to the conference room.

Luo Ren sat down at the main seat, then made a gesture of invitation and said: "Please sit down."

After Xu Liang sat down, Luo Ren called: "Here comes someone."

The receptionist outside the door came in, and Luo Ren ordered: "Go and give City Lord Xu a glass of water."

"Yes." The receptionist responded and turned around to pour water.

Luo Ren then looked at Xu Liang and smiled slightly, but did not speak.

Xu Liang smiled back, knowing that Luo Ren wanted to speak first, so he stopped keeping silent and said: "Chen Yun once came to the base to ask for help. You should be very clear about the difficulties in coming to Afterglow City, Chief Luo, so I won't go into details.

Deputy City Lord Chen Yun returned to the city last night and told me, Chief Luo, you agree to send troops for rescue, but there is one condition. That is Afterglow City surrenders to the base and becomes part of the base.

To be honest, this condition really shocked me. However, after thinking about it carefully all night, I felt that this condition was nothing.

If zombies attack the city, all humans in the city will become food for the zombies. Rather than doing this, it is better to join the base. Therefore, I organized a meeting this morning and agreed to this request.

I came here now because I want you, Chief Luo, to send troops as soon as possible. We in Yuhui City do not have enough ammunition. "

"Since you agreed to my request, it is natural to send troops, but how can you guarantee that you will not kill the donkey later?"

Luo Ren asked this question clearly and knowingly. Xu Liang, the lord of the city, came to the door in person, which already explained everything.

However, some things can be seen but cannot be said by oneself, but need to be said by the other party, which is more reasonable.

Xu Liang chuckled and said: "I'm not Yang Zhiye, and I won't do anything like killing a donkey. I'm just afraid that you won't trust me, Chief Luo, so I came here to be the hostage of the base."

In this way, Chief Luo Ren can send troops with peace of mind. "

Luo Ren laughed, nodded, and said: "Now that the words have been spoken, it is natural to send troops.

However, there is no rush. Yesterday, the deputy commander of the Wasteland Military Region, Xia Chuan, wrote to me, saying that the No. 1 Shelter City where he was was also besieged by zombies and asked me to send troops to assist.

Just like you, Xia Chuan also said that I will propose the conditions. I won’t lie to you. The conditions I proposed to Xia Chuan are the same as yours. Therefore, I have to wait for two days to see how Sanctuary City No. 1 responds. "

"Oh——" After Xu Liang heard Luo Ren's words, he immediately remembered that the two vehicles with the Royal Army logo he met were also asking for help.

He couldn't help but feel a little curious, so he asked: "I wonder if Deputy Commander Xia will accept such conditions?"

Luo Ren smiled slightly and said, "Whether it is possible, we will know in two days."

After saying that, Luo Ren stood up, stretched out his hand towards Xu Liang, and said with a smile: "Now that the matter is settled, I will welcome you to the base in advance."

Xu Liang looked calm, stood up, shook hands with Luo Ren, and said with a smile: "Thank you."