Under the protection of several soldiers, Zhao Xuening left the battlefield with Mi Youzhu and soon arrived at the temporary care camp.
When he arrived at the gate of the nursing camp, Zhao Xuening found that many soldiers, like himself, had returned with living Chinese women they had searched for from the battlefield.
Some of them were crying, some had dull faces, some had intact bodies, some were covered in scars, and some were missing arms and legs.
Zhao Xuening sighed.
After returning to the camp, Zhao Xuening found Chu Sui, the deputy captain of the first battalion in charge.
"Have you finished counting? How many people are there?"
"President, the current statistics are 2,106, of which 1,917 are women, and the rest are men who are used as handymen by the Xishan bandits. They are all cooks. , As for those that have just been sent, the statistics have not been completed yet.”
"Well, how many people were injured?"
"A lot. There are currently 806 people."
"How many women have the thieves raped?"
"Most of them have been ruined. We arrived late. Many people are seeking death and survival. We have limited manpower and cannot stop them. Several people have already committed suicide."
"well……"
Zhao Xuening shook his head and sighed, hating the Xishan Army more and more for these bastards who were inferior to beasts.
Chu Sui's eyes quickly fell on Mi Youzhu, the black man with dirty hair and dirty face next to Zhao Xuening.
"President, this is..."
"Please remember, Mi Youzhu, rice's rice, young bamboo, Mi Youzhu, the survivor just found on the battlefield."
"Oh well."
Chu Sui wrote Mi Youzhu's name on the paper: "Are you okay? If anything happens, tell the doctor over there. If nothing happens, you can go to the camp to rest. There are hot meals and dishes there."
Mi Youzhu raised his head and looked at Zhao Xuening pitifully.
Zhao Xuening reached out and touched her head.
"I am the president, and I still have many things to do. I can't follow you all the time, right? Since you are literate, you must not be an ordinary woman. You cannot be resurrected. You have to be strong and look forward. Don't worry. I will arrange for you properly."
Mi Youzhu pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, timidly let go of the hand holding Zhao Xuening's wrist, then lowered her head and walked slowly towards the camp. After taking a few steps, she looked back at Zhao Xuening.
"Go ahead, it's safe here."
Zhao Xuening waved his hand towards her: "Go and wash up. Your body is all dirty. Wash it up, change your clothes, and get some sleep. A ship will soon arrange for you to go to Lanfang."
Mi Youzhu looked at Zhao Xuening one last time, nodded, turned around and walked quickly towards the camp.
Chu Sui looked at Mi Youzhu and sighed: "A woman who can read and write? There are not many like this."
"Yes, my father runs a rice trade and is a wealthy businessman with a good background. It's a pity that the family was ruined overnight, and she was the only one left."
Zhao Xuening sighed: "It's not just her, there are all such miserable people here. Chu Sui, we are still too late, too late..."
"President, this is already the fastest speed. Although it is a pity, but..."
"I know, we are already the fastest, but so many lives, so many poor people whose homes have been destroyed..."
Zhao Xuening patted Chu Sui's shoulder, took a deep breath, and said coldly: "I will never destroy Xishan, and I will never be a human being!"
Subsequently, Zhao Xuening personally arranged the resettlement of this group of refugees.
Because there are only women in the nursing camp, and Lanfang's operation is urgent this time, all male soldiers are dispatched, and the female soldiers are not here, so some things are inconvenient to operate.
So in the evening, Zhao Xuening ordered his subordinates to find women who were in good mental and physical condition to form a team and ask them to help those women who were physically or psychologically injured.
There are many such women, but not many can adjust their mentality and help others in such a short period of time. After searching around, I found more than 90 people who responded to Lan Fang's call.
What surprised Zhao Xuening was that Mi Youzhu was one of them.
She was rescued just now, but she was willing to stand up and help others so quickly. She adjusted her mentality in just half a day. This psychological quality is really good.
What surprised Zhao Xuening even more was that after Mi Youzhu washed away the dirt on his body, he revealed an extremely delicate face, especially those peach blossom eyes that seemed to be able to talk, which made many Lanfang soldiers dumbfounded. .
No one doesn't like beauty.
But now was not the time to care about these things, Zhao Xuening quickly stepped forward and lectured these women.
"You are all good. You are all strong enough to stand up and help us at this time. I admire you very much, but people like you are in the minority. Most of your sisters still have many problems that need your help to deal with, especially The most important thing is to keep an eye on them and don’t let them do stupid things.”
Zhao Xuening bowed to them: "As long as people are still alive, there is hope for everything. It is the fault of the Xishan bandits that things have developed to this point, not their fault. You must explain this to them. I leave it to you. .”
The girls responded in twos and threes. Facing Zhao Xuening, they were obviously quite embarrassed.
Zhao Xuening then asked how many people could read and write. Three people raised their hands, and Mi Youzhu was one of them.
So these three people were appointed as team captains, each with more than 30 women to form a team, to look after three different nursing barracks, and to help those women who were not in good mental and physical condition to deal with some male soldiers who were not in good condition. Things that are easy to solve.
Zhao Xuening gave each of the three of them a roll of paper, a pen, and some ink, and asked them to take notes on the women who needed to focus on.
When walking in front of Mi Youzhu, Zhao Xuening said softly.
"Well done."
Mi Youzhu said nothing, lowered his head, took the pen and paper from Zhao Xuening with both hands, and silently stepped back.
When the lights were turned off that night, Zhao Xuening received news from Nie Fangliang.
Nie Fangliang encountered a Xishan Army of more than 2,000 people in the northwest of Jiading Province. They were besieging a Chinese town. The local Chinese were trying their best to resist. At the critical moment, Lanfang's army arrived and joined the battle on the spot. This Xishan army was quickly defeated and completely destroyed.
Later, the Chinese people in that town came out to thank the Lanfang Army. They learned that they were from the Lanfang Republic and had come to save them. They were extremely moved and expressed their willingness to follow them back to Lanfang.
According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 8,000 Chinese in that town, including men, women, old and children. Nie Fangliang is planning to take them back the same way they came.
Zhao Xuening was very happy about this.
Later, Zhao Xuening fell asleep.
Near noon the next day, Zhao Xuening, who was arranging for the Chinese refugees in the care camp to go to Lanfang in batches, received a piece of news.
Something happened over there with Nie Fangliang.
Nie Fangliang led his troops to escort more than 8,000 Chinese residents in the town back to the care camp early this morning. However, not long after leaving, they encountered a Xishan Army of more than 5,000 people approaching them from the flank.
It was a beast army that had completed its plunder. It carried a large amount of property and plundered Chinese prisoners of war with it. It did not seem to deliberately move closer to Nie Fangliang's troops.
Nie Fangliang originally wanted to move quickly, but among the Chinese escorting there were young and old, they could not move quickly. Nie Fangliang made a decisive decision to build fortifications on the spot and sent someone to ask Zhao Xuening for help.
They did not carry heavy weapons and had limited ammunition. They could not support them for a long time. They hoped that Zhao Xuening would come to help as soon as possible.
Zhao Xuening was shocked when he heard this and immediately sent an order to reorganize the army. He would personally lead the soldiers to support Nie Fangliang.
Chu Sui, who came after hearing the news, expressed his willingness to lead troops there.
Zhao Xuening shook his head.
"The situation is dangerous. You don't have much combat experience. Just stay here and I will personally lead people to rescue Fang Liang."
"But there are too many thieves, you..."
"I was also killed out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!"
Zhao Xuening said coldly: "Does it mean that if I become president, I will no longer have the blood of a soldier?"
"This is not what I meant."
Chu Sui immediately apologized.
Zhao Xuening took a deep breath and patted Chu Sui's shoulder.
"Watch the care camp and don't let these people get hurt again."
Zhao Xuening mobilized 1,500 men and horses. In order to travel quickly, he did not carry heavy artillery. Instead, he carried some light field artillery and loaded it into vehicles. The whole army marched forcefully and rushed to the rescue site quickly.
At the same time, a difficult blocking battle commanded by Nie Fangliang was going on.
