The prisoners were held together by the local warriors with swords and guns, and they all looked dazed, not knowing what was about to happen.

"Xi'er." Liu Bei called back.

When discussing important matters, Liu Bei would call Li Mengxi by name; when not discussing matters, Liu Bei would call Xi'er.

Maybe, Liu Bei couldn't completely regard the young Li Mengxi as his counselor or subordinate.

Perhaps, because of this, Li Mengxi decided from the very beginning that he was not just a wise man among Liu Bei's forces.

Following Liu Bei, Li Mengxi followed Liu Bei and began to select people among the separated prisoners.

Li Mengxi is small, so it is difficult to find someone.

"You, um...come out."

Li Mengxi pointed to an old man holding a baby among the prisoners.

The little baby with a runny nose, as if he had a cold, looked familiar to Li Mengxi.

Isn't this the same couple I saw a moment ago?

Being pointed at by Li Mengxi, the old man was a little scared and wanted to hide inside while holding his grandson.

Seeing this, Liu Bei bowed his hands to the old man in the crowd.

"Don't worry, old man. My Xi'er saw you holding the baby. It's cold at night and he's afraid that the baby will get cold, so he invited you and me to sleep in the tent at night."

What Liu Bei said, coupled with the previous discussions among the prisoners, was that the big-eared officers and soldiers chopped off the silk and gave it to a peasant woman to wrap her child.

Therefore, the old man believed Liu Bei's words 80%.

When he heard that there was a tent for sleeping, the old man's face immediately showed joy, and he opened his toothless mouth and smiled silently.

Xiang Yong separated the sword and gun he was holding, and the old man came out with his grandson in his arms.

The old man came over. In the old man's arms, the little baby stared at the little brick.

Holding his brother's hand, Xiao Bian also looked at the little baby.

Li Mengxi noticed it, looked down at his brother, and smiled.

The younger brother probably regards the little kids of the same age as playmates and wants to find someone to play with.

Among this group of people, Li Mengxi picked another old woman who was leaning on a cane and looked shaky, and Liu Bei picked another woman.

Li Mengxi wondered, this young woman was not from a vulnerable group.

Just when Li Mengxi was puzzled, he noticed that the woman, who was carrying a bag and looking frightened, had a thin figure, but her abdomen was slightly bulging.

Li Mengxi suddenly realized that there was a pregnant woman among the prisoners.

At a loss, Li Mengxi also suspected that the peasant woman Liu Bei picked, who looked cleaner, had other hobbies similar to Cao Cao's.

However, with the heart of a villain, he saved the heart of a gentleman.

Guilty sin.

In the process of selecting prisoners, Li Mengxi discovered something.

Among the prisoners, the proportion of old, weak, women and children seems to be too high.

Is this the composition of the refugee population in the Yellow Turban Army?

wrong.

Li Mengxi was also a Yellow Turban refugee before and stayed in the Yellow Turban camp for a day or two.

Judging from the composition of the people in the camp at that time, most of the Yellow Turban camp, at least more than 50%, were young and strong, or they were young or middle-aged peasant women who had some fighting ability and were not weak.

But now, among the prisoners, 60% to 70% are old people, children and women.

The proportion of young people is only 30%.

Thinking carefully about the reason, Li Mengxi felt that it might be like this - before, the rebel army fought with the Yellow Turbans, and the Yellow Turbans were defeated in one battle. When they were defeated, it was difficult for the gods to catch up.

When something went wrong, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated at an unparalleled speed. The defeated troops scattered across the mountains and fields and fled in all directions.

Under such circumstances, those who were in good physical condition could run faster than rabbits. Naturally, the old, weak, women and children who could not run were captured by the rebels.

Thinking of this, Li Mengxi's doubts were suddenly resolved.

There are many old, weak, women and children, so naturally there are many people to pick out.

As people were picked out one by one, the people they picked out all walked behind Liu Bei, and naturally they also followed behind Li Mengxi.

The prisoner was behind him. Li Mengxi was afraid that someone would stab him. He was a little scared and turned around frequently.

In contrast, Liu Bei was calm and calm when he was a prisoner. He was infinitely superior to Li Mengxi.

He met a woman who held a baby in her arms, wrapped in silk swaddling clothes.
Chapter completed!