The time passed quickly as the two talked.
After waiting for several hours, the army led the people who were willing to leave over.
At a glance, there were about three hundred people.
Pingli County had managed to hold out until now, and the conditions weren't too bad; at least no one was wearing ragged clothes. But these people had one thing in common: they were all extremely tanned, clearly not idle in the summer, but busy trying to survive.
Those people were carrying large and small bags and following the soldiers as they walked towards this side. Some were even pushing carts filled with bedding and thick clothes, with two children of four or five years old sitting on them.
Everyone knew that they would encounter winter if they set out on the road at this time, so when they decided to leave, everyone tried to bring as much luggage as possible in case of emergency.
The main reason was that the reputation of the Qinghe Wei family was too great. Some people who were unwilling to surrender to the Zhao family were willing to take a gamble and head to Qinghe County after hearing the soldiers describe the current situation of the Wei family's fortress.
More than a dozen clan members came over to greet him with excited expressions.
They had already learned from the soldiers that the patriarch was still alive and the clan was safe.
Wei Xiyin smiled and exchanged pleasantries with everyone, then said, "It's getting late. We need to set off immediately and stay in the next county tonight."
It is now the You hour.
The clan members nodded repeatedly, "As we should. We should hurry up and travel now, rather than being delayed on the road in winter."
Seeing that the centurion was still waiting, as if he had something to report, everyone looked at him carefully, asked him what was going on, and then dispersed and reorganized the luggage they had brought with them.
People dispersed.
The captain stepped forward and said, "Miss, there are over 2,000 survivors in Pingli County. Due to the tight timeline, many hesitated and were unable to make up their minds, so only about 360 people came out."
Among these more than 300 people, most of them had good relations with the Wei clan members, or had a life-and-death friendship with them this year. They were encouraged and encouraged by their clan members and decided to leave together.
Wei Xiyin said calmly: "It's okay. We can't take care of too many people. Three hundred people is just right."
The captain agreed.
Wei Xiyin: "Once things are settled here, you all should rush to Rao'an County to join the main force. I will lead the others back first."
The captain of a thousand men was a soldier from Zhongshan State. She had nothing much to explain, as General Chen and her third uncle could handle everything.
After the people rested for a while, the team prepared to set off.
More than a thousand soldiers saluted the girl and said goodbye, then headed south to Raoan County.
Wei Xiyin watched the soldiers go away, and then he and Gong Chun led their men on their way.
The group hurried on and arrived at the next county town after dark, where they rested.
Qin Shan led two hundred soldiers to guard nearby.
In the next few days, everyone focused on their journey and soon left Hejian County and entered Changshan County.
And at this time.
After nearly a month of travel, cousins Wei Xirou and Wei Xiyao finally arrived in Yizhou.
For the second half of the journey, they followed the same route as Wei Mingyuan had taken when returning to Yizhou. To enter Changshan County, they needed to pass through several counties within the jurisdiction of Changshan County and enter Qinghe County from Zaoqiang County.
There were more than 500 people who followed them. Because Dong Zhiyao hid the food in advance, they had no worries about food and drink on the road. Now when they arrived in Changshan County, half of the food carts were still left.
As for the empty cars, some were abandoned on the road, and some were used to store bedding and thick clothes found along the way.
That night, they rested in an abandoned village on the border of Changshan County.
"I originally thought we wouldn't have enough time, but it turned out to be so smooth." Wei Xiyao sighed.
Actually, it wasn’t too smooth.
The amount of food hidden by Uncle Dong was extremely large. For more than 500 of them, transporting this food on the road was not only difficult but also extremely slow.
Later, when they passed by several places where survivors were stationed, Uncle Dong simply sent them a few carts of food on the condition that those people escort them out of the country.
He was determined that he would rather give the food to strangers than leave it to the ungrateful people of the Song family.
The survivors who received the food were grateful to Dong Zhiyao and organized people to help them transport the supplies and escort them for a while.
Later in another county, they met some greedy people who wanted to take all the food for themselves, but they were easily dealt with by Uncle Dong.
Perhaps there were too many grain carts, which was really enviable. With the mentality of "if you can't beat them, just join them", many people were willing to follow them and leave for food.
The two cousins knew that their third uncle had already taken people back, so they were sure that the clan would be safe, and anyone who wanted to join them would be welcome.
By the time they reached Changshan County today, their number had more than doubled, from over 500 when they left to over 1,000 now.
When Wei Xiyao said this, Wei Xirou was holding the child and coaxing him.
A one-year-old child has reached the babbling stage and no one knows what he is saying.
On the way, what Wei Xirou was most worried about was her son crying at night. Even though the monsters were very weak now, there was still a difference between night and day, and the baby's crying would attract monsters.
For this reason, they can only find safe houses to spend the night and dare not sleep in the wild.
"The reason we were so successful is most likely because our third uncle and his companions had taken this road before, and they had cleared out all the monsters along the way. The ones we met on the road were probably those that wandered here later." Wei Xirou said to her cousin while coaxing her son.
Wei Xiyao deeply agreed with this.
Wei Xirou said, "But we still have a long way to go. The temperature has started to drop in the past two days. We must hurry and reach Qinghe County as soon as possible."
They were afraid that with only a short distance left, the weather would suddenly change, the monsters would become stronger, and they would be trapped in Changshan County and unable to move forward.
Upon hearing this, Wei Xiyao suddenly suggested, "Then, cousin, should we send someone back to pass on the message first? Even if the situation changes, it would be better for the clan to receive the news than to be trapped here and unable to move."
Wei Xirou thought it was feasible. They were pushing the grain cart and carrying the children on the road, so no matter how fast they went, they couldn't go much faster.
It would be better to send a few people on the road with light luggage and go back to report safety in advance.
"You're right. Let's just let my servants go back first tomorrow morning."
The matter is settled.
Wei Xirou coaxed the child to sleep and realized that Dong Zhiyao was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is Uncle Dong?"
Wei Xiyao smiled bitterly, "I guess he's staying outside again. I don't know how I can repay Uncle Dong for his kindness."
Not only did he save her and her nephew, he also escorted them to Shangjun. Later, he helped stabilize Guangyan County, trained militia, and supported the two sisters. Now he has spared no effort to send them back to their clan.
She owes Uncle Dong a lot.
Without Uncle Dong, she and her nephew would have died long ago.
Wei Xirou was silent for a moment. "That's true. I can't repay you for saving my life. Your kindness is too great. From now on, you and I, my sister, will treat Uncle Dong as our own elder."
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