Guan Yu said that some civilians escaped at night. Li Mengxi couldn't understand why the civilians wanted to escape.

Zhuozhou recruited 20,000 Yellow Turban refugees at that time, but none of them escaped.

What's the problem?

The recruitment process in Zhuozhou is exactly the same as the recruitment process after the city was broken.

With deep doubts, on August 19th.

Not long after the march started, Li Mengxi looked out from the carriage and saw a ranger passing by the carriage.

"Yangqi, stop!" Li Mengxi called to the cavalry from the car window.

"Hey!" When the knight heard Li Mengxi's greeting, he quickly reined in the reins and drove his horse over.

"What are the military advisor's orders?"

As we got closer, the cavalryman bowed his head and asked.

"Excuse me, please give me a ride," Li Mengxi smiled, "Take me along and take a look backwards and forwards."

Then, Li Mengxi and his two brothers got on the cavalry horses and went to inspect the marching column.

It would be better to take a closer look to see if there is anything I didn't notice that caused some civilians to escape time and time again.

This matter is important.

To be honest, there is nothing to lose by running away from one or two civilians.

The key point is that in the military camp, if one of you escapes today, two of you will want to escape tomorrow.

What if a group of civilians suddenly fled in disorder at night and caused chaos in the entire military camp? Wouldn't the camp be blown up?

Because Li Mengxi did not know how to ride, the cavalrymen carrying Li Mengxi and the two brothers did not dare to speed up, and the horses walked slowly along the road.

Li Mengxi then followed the road and carefully observed the current situation of the civilian team.

Along the way, Li Mengxi saw thousands of civilians, and he found that there were many children among the captives.

Some children are dragged along by their parents, while others fall behind as they walk.

There was also a little baby holding a tall straw mat. It seemed that he could no longer hold him. He was so tired that no one helped him. Seeing that he was alone with no adults around, he was probably another orphan.

He was about seven or eight years old and slightly bigger than a brick.

As the horse passed by, Li Mengxi looked at the little boy on the horse. The tired and sweaty little boy sniffed and looked up at Li Mengxi.

They are obviously the same age, one has enough food and clothing, and the other is helpless.

The boy looked at Li Mengxi riding a tall horse, his eyes full of envy.

I don’t know how many children I have seen.

Although the rebels are in charge of everyone's food, even a child without the ability to work will still have food to eat, but who knows if they will bully them. How can children, especially children without parents, compete with others for food?

You can't grab it.

Li Mengxi and his younger brother had the experience of almost starving to death in the Yellow Turban Army. Seeing other children alone, he felt the same way.

A little kid of seven or eight years old cannot eat enough, and it is even more difficult to take care of himself. If he gets sick again, his fate will be worrying.

The way the sheep are managed in the minfu camp is fine for adults, but it is absolutely not suitable for children.

Li Mengxi frowned. He was negligent.

After also figuring out why the civilian husband wanted to escape, Li Mengxi discovered a new and more important problem.

After inspecting the civilian camp, which had been delayed for several miles, Li Mengxi became more determined. This would not work, and the march would be slowed down.

The rebels only had at most 400 animal-drawn vehicles. These vehicles were not enough to haul food. They also seized a lot of food and grass in Wen'an County, and there were no vehicles. Many of the materials seized were carried on people's backs, and there was no way to distinguish one vehicle from another.

Cars come to pick up women and children.

No matter how few cars there were, Li Mengxi made a decision. No matter how few cars there were, twenty cars must be freed up to transport the children.

As for what to do with food, think of a way to give each citizen half a bag of food. As for the people eating secretly, there is nothing we can do. Let every village warrior also carry food, as if it were full armor, and prepare for the heavy step as soon as possible.

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"Brother, let's go to the front and find Liu Xuande."

Li Mengxi patted the cavalryman on the back and said.

The cavalrymen accelerated their horses slightly and chased forward.

After a while, Li Mengxi caught up with Liu Xuande, who was leading the way with about two to three hundred soldiers.

Liu Bei was surprised when he saw Li Mengxi coming on horseback.

Because usually, during the daytime march, Li Mengxi stayed in the car and would not come out.

"Mr. Xuande, can you give me twenty empty carts?"

As soon as Li Mengxi saw Liu Bei, he asked for something. Twenty carts and matching mules and horses were not a small sum of money.

The number was too large, and Liu Bei hesitated.

The army's vehicle capacity was full, and Liu Bei did not immediately agree to Li Mengxi's request. He only asked Li Mengxi why he needed so many vehicles and horses.

"Among the whole army, women and children march the slowest. If women and children are organized into a separate battalion and ride on carts, the army can march much faster."

"I see that there are orphans in many armies. If there is no one to take care of them, I am afraid that these orphans will not survive, so they must be cared for in a unified way."

Li Mengxi expressed his thoughts.

Liu Bei thought for a moment and said, "The chariot and the horse are with you."

With a wave of his hand, Liu Bei allocated twenty cars to Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi hurriedly thanked him.

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At Liu Bei's order, the rear army's baggage train stopped, and the brave men of the baggage train began to move the carts. Each grain cart was tied with piles of tall sacks with straw ropes. The straw ropes were untied, and they jumped on the carts.

The two men in the car, Xiang Yong, carried a sack and threw it down, while people stood on the ground to pick it up.

Packets of grain were thrown down one by one. After a while, the grain truck was emptied.

Fortunately, there were a lot of empty sacks. The villagers divided the big sack of grain into three bags, each carrying thirty kilograms, so they would not be so tired.

Twenty empty carriages were lined up on the roadside. "Xi'er, the carriages are ready." Liu Bei rode over and gave Li Mengxi the right to use the carriages.

"Thank you!" Li Mengxi was very happy and thanked Liu Bei with a fist in his arms.

"Mr. Xuande, can you come with me?" Li Mengxi jumped onto an empty cart and stood on the cart to invite him.

"Let's go." Liu Bei stood on his horse and raised his whip in response.

Twenty empty carts went against the marching direction and chased the rear of the Chinese army. After a while, the convoy caught up to the rear of the army.

Then, start from the end of the line and move forward.

Hearing the squeaking sound of the wheels behind them, the people who were on their way looked back curiously and continued on their way.

Li Mengxi stood on the car railing, looking around.

The cart was slowly moving forward, pulled by an old scalper.

Li Mengxi's eyes carefully scanned the sparse crowd, for fear of missing someone.

"Stop." Li Mengxi saw the first person in need of help and asked the groom to stop the car.

Before the car came to a complete stop, Li Mengxi jumped out of the car with a bang.

"Little brother, stop!" Li Mengxi chased an unkempt little boy. The confused little brother stopped. Three or five steps behind the little boy, a young man in ragged clothes carrying a manuscript mat also came.

Stopped.

When the little boy saw Li Mengxi running over, he thought Li Mengxi was going to arrest him. The dirty little boy hurriedly ran to his father and nervously grabbed his father's arm, for fear that Li Mengxi would kidnap him and sell him.

"Are you his father?" Li Mengxi came over and asked.

The young man pulled his son behind him and looked at Li Mengxi warily.

"Follow me and put the children in the car. Babies can't walk fast and will delay my army's schedule. The car will carry you." Li Mengxi explained.

He was obviously doing something good, but Li Mengxi said it in a serious and business-like manner.

The young and strong peasants looked at Li Mengxi suspiciously. Many peasants didn't know Li Mengxi yet and didn't believe that a kid like Li Mengxi could keep his word.

Liu Bei came with him. Liu Bei's face brush was better than Li Mengxi's. Liu Bei looked aura, like a person in charge. He looked nothing like Li Mengxi. He was just a baby, and no one else believed him.

"Come here with your baby, there are twenty cars here, you can fit in them." Liu Bei said to the young man with a smile.

Hearing what Liu Bei said, the young man no longer hesitated, took his son and walked towards the car.

The car was there to pick up the child, but after the young man carried his son into the car, he jumped in himself.

Li Mengxi opened his mouth, not sure what to say.

"Let's go." Li Mengxi shouted to the groom.

In this way, Liu Bei and Li Mengxi rode in the car and rushed forward from the end of the marching team. Whenever they saw children, they picked them up in the car. Not long after, they picked up a car full of dirty dolls, and the car quickly
To be continued...