Chapter 253 Leading the Second Battalion
"Stop it. If it's a cardiac arrest, the resuscitation method may be useful. I've been pressing for a long time, but there's no turning around. There's no way to recover." Li Mengxi stretched out his hand to stop Liu Bei, who was determined not to give up until he died of exhaustion.
Only then did Liu Bei stop.
When Liu Bei stood up, he was so tired that he almost lost his balance and fell. Li Mengxi, with his quick hands and eyes, quickly supported him.
Beside, the little boy sitting on the ground had stopped crying for a long time, tears were drying on his face, and he looked helpless and confused.
Liu Bei didn't mind being dirty, he bent down and picked up the child, his movements were natural.
The little boy was not afraid of life and allowed Liu Bei to hold him.
"Grandpa is old, shall we bury him?" Liu Bei comforted the child while wiping sweat with the back of his hand.
When he heard that grandpa was going to be buried, the little boy was about to cry again, "Don't bury grandpa!" the little boy cried.
"My dear, there is no resurrection for dead people. If people eat the crops that grow in the ground, they have to be buried back in the ground when they get old. If you don't bury grandpa, what will happen if grandpa gets wet in the rain? What if grandpa is eaten by a wolf?"
Liu Bei patiently hugged the little boy and comforted him.
Liu Bei has many more methods than Li Mengxi.
This big warm man.
With Liu Bei's comfort, the little boy finally accepted the concept that people have to be buried in the ground when they grow old.
Just as Li Mengxi was about to find a shovel, a shovel was handed to him.
Li Mengxi raised his head in astonishment and took a look, "I'll go, isn't this Tian Bu?"
Military doctor Tian Bu is really interesting. I don’t know when he came here. He is a doctor who saves people. He came to save people and even brought a shovel.
Is this because of my rich experience and encounters with many people that I am able to be so considerate, or is it just a lack of care?
"Thank you." Li Mengxi thanked the military doctor in a somewhat sinister tone.
After driving away the idle people and letting them go on their way first, Liu Bei, who was holding the baby, Li Mengxi, who was carrying the shovel, and the military doctor who was used as a coolie to carry the dead man, walked to the grass-covered ridge far away from the road and prepared to
Dig a pit for burial.
The unscrupulous military doctor brought a shovel, and Liu Bei dug a deep burial pit half as high as a man with the shovel, sweating profusely.
When burying someone, the little baby cried loudly again, crying so hard that he couldn't breathe. He reluctantly watched his grandfather being slowly buried by shovelfuls of loess.
In this troubled world, there is another orphan.
It is said that happiness is the same, but misfortune has various kinds.
In one day, Li Mengxi saw too many things.
Under the words "people's livelihood is very difficult", there are countless human tragedies.
After the loess was buried, Li Mengxi proposed to build a small grave.
Liu Bei refused upon hearing this. It would be better if he could not afford the grave. If he raised the grave, he would be afraid of being remembered by thieves.
With poverty, people will do anything to make money.
Tomb robbers have been around since the Spring and Autumn Period and are not uncommon.
Liu Bei said that there was a rich man's ancestral grave in his hometown, so someone dug it up.
Liu Bei did not know at this time that in order to raise military expenses, Cao Cao secretly established an army specializing in tomb robbing, which was the famous Mojin Xiaowei.
"This is the south-facing road of Jizhou, Hejian County, and Wen'an County. It is about ten miles south. On the left side of the road is a hundred steps of barren grass. Be good, take note of this place carefully. In the future, when you can be crowned a marquis and become a general, you can return home in glory, and move my grandfather back to your home.
Ancestral graves, do you remember them?" Liu Bei touched the little boy's head with compassion.
"Yes!" The little boy nodded seriously.
After saying that, Liu Bei looked at Li Mengxi and the military doctor.
"Xi'er, please remember it too."
"In Wen'an County, Hejian County, Jizhou City, ten miles south of the south-facing road, a hundred paces to the left in a grassy hillock." Li Mengxi recited it without thinking.
"Military doctor, please remember this too."
Liu Bei was very considerate. He asked Li Mengxi and the military doctor to help him remember the location. He even took care of the little boy. Such a small baby would not be able to remember the location.
"Oh, let's go." Liu Bei stood on the grass hill, looked at the vast world, and couldn't help but sigh.
Digging and burying people took a lot of time, so the convoy had to start the search all over again.
Finally, when twenty empty cars moved forward from the back of the line and reached the front of the line, twenty cars were filled with nineteen and a half cars, with a total of 214 very young children, pregnant women, or
A very old man was sitting in the car.
On the left and right sides of the motorcade, there were more than a hundred children aged eight, nine to twelve or thirteen who could walk on their own.
For a normal population ratio, children should account for about one-sixth of the total population. There are more than 4,000 Yellow Turban refugees. For a normal ratio, there must be six to seven hundred children.
But the number of Yellow Turban soldiers who brought their families together, including all the children, was less than 300.
There are so few children, it makes one shudder to think about it.
Changing children to eat is an inevitable event in years of famine.
Twenty cars carried many children and elderly people, with older children also following the cars. Among the civilians in the army, those who had the hardest time moving and the slowest speed had gathered together alone.
Liu Bei was stationed beside the horse road. He watched the convoy gradually go away, wondering what he was thinking.
"Xi'er."
"Ah?" Behind Liu Xuande, Li Mengxi poked his head out from behind.
"You said, what if we send five more carriages and horses to patrol back and forth, but if we see someone who can't walk, we can get on the carriage and rest for a while?"
"...This method is very good!" Li Mengxi's eyes widened.
"Well, I'll divide you into five more carriages.
Meng Xi, these twenty cartloads of children, as well as hundreds of old, weak, women and children, are all yours to take care of." Liu Bei gave all the work to Li Mengxi.
"...That's okay." After thinking for a long time, Li Mengxi agreed.
If there are too many things to do, it will inevitably lead to more fatigue. It's not that Li Mengxi doesn't want to shirk it. If he shirks it, he will definitely be able to shirk it.
But Li Mengxi knew very well that there was no one in the army.
If someone could have discovered these negligences, they would not have been discovered until today.
Children are the most vulnerable group, and Li Mengxi cannot tolerate anyone bullying children. Li Mengxi is not completely relieved that so many children are left to others to take care of.
"Is there enough food for these hundreds of women and children?
I also have charge of the carriages and grooms?
Also, I need at least two thousand soldiers to help me."
After the matter was agreed to, Li Mengxi began to ask for things.
On the contrary, Liu Bei was very happy. Li Mengxi asked for something, which meant that he knew what was missing and must know how to take care of it.
"The soldiers will receive military rations once every seven days, and the civilian rations will be distributed by the cooks at each meal. In this way, the women and children will be under your control, Xi'er, and they will be independent from the civilian camp. The rations will also be changed to once every seven days, and the military rations will also be under your control."
If two soldiers join together, I can fight with you.
The chariots and grooms are also under your control."
During the siege, carpenters were called in to make siege ladders, and the carpenter battalion was established as the first battalion in the army.
Now, in order to manage women, children, the elderly and the weak separately, women, children, the elderly and the weak have been centralized.
The second battalion of the army was established.
It is a camp for women and children.
There are hundreds of people.
Chapter completed!