Chapter 161: The Herd Effect
Yang Yi wandered back and forth for two steps and said, "Monkey Jian'er, take the old man and his grandson down, find some food for them, and settle down." ”
The old man seemed incredulous, and stood there motionless. Monkey Jian'er stepped forward and patted the old man's shoulder and said, "Let's go, I told you that it's a good thing to come with me, you still don't believe it, you have to let Lao Tzu scare you..."
After the old man was taken away by Monkey Jian'er, Yang Yi called Hong Zhi again and asked him to take people out and find some people to come back for questioning. But at this time, the people who were still wandering outside Xiguan were basically some refugees.
After one night, several groups of people brought in from the mountains and forests, but they did not get any reliable information, but they could only roughly know that there was an emperor's concubine in Xiguan, and the most useful information was that someone had seen the concubine from afar, about forty or fifty years old, looking very gentle and beautiful, and was locked up in the city lord's mansion.
Yang Yi immediately summoned several important generals to the Chinese army camp tent to discuss, and everyone was also vaguely listening.
Hong Zhi thought about it: "Listening to the description, it is very likely that it is Concubine Ning Niangniang." ”
Yue Jing on the side said worriedly: "But the emperor's royal car has already gone south, how can Concubine Ning be in Xiguan?" ”
Hong Zhishen said: "Maybe I was separated from the emperor's army when the army mutinied, and I was forced to enter Xiguan." If that's the case, then it's going to be a problem..."
"What's the trouble then, just kill it and rescue the mother!" Iron Bull roared as he nibbled on the naan.
Monkey Jian'er glanced at Tie Niu and scolded, "Eat your naan!" ”
Yue Jing looked at Yang Yi and frowned: "Xiguan has been a dangerous pass since ancient times, it is the last barrier to enter the Central Plains, the city wall is unattainable, and the equipment to defend the city in the pass is readily available, I am afraid it will be difficult to attack it with our current strength alone." ”
Yang Yi, who had been dull and silent, suddenly raised his head and asked, "What about Bai Yuanliang?" ”
Monkey Jian'er glared and shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't seen that drunkard since I set up camp, and I may have been drunk in which corner." ”
"Get him!" Yang Yining said.
If Concubine Ning was really in Xiguan, there was no doubt that Yang Yi would have to save his mother.
Xiguan is a fortress in Guanzhong, extremely dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, although I don't know how many Yang Jie's troops are stationed in it, but listen to Song Yong said, a few days ago, the emperor's hundreds of thousands of troops wanted to attack without success, with Yang Yi's 10,000 people, I'm afraid even the city wall can't get close.
Yang Yi can only find Bai Yuanliang now, hoping that this master or freak can think of a way for himself.
However, Yang Yi obviously forgot a truth, whether they are masters or freaks, they all have one thing in common, that is, there is never a reason to do things.
Bai Yuanliang disappeared, and it seemed to evaporate out of thin air.
Yang Yi rummaged through the entire military camp and the surrounding woods, but found no trace of this drunkard, if he hadn't found several empty wine jugs on the way out of the forest, Yang Yi would definitely think that the family had been taken away by wild beasts.
"I've always felt that this drunkard is unreliable, he must have run away from death in fear of death!" Monkey Jian'er said indignantly.
Yang Yi shook his head, and now he has no time to discuss why Bai Yuanliang left without saying goodbye, the master is gone, so everything will undoubtedly have to rely on himself.
Yang Yi thought for a long time and said, "Pass the order, from now on, no one is allowed to leave the camp." Then he turned his head to look at Yue Jing: "General Yue." ”
Yue Jing came out of the column and bowed: "The last general!" ”
"You arrange some scouts to go south at dawn tomorrow to find my father's army, and at the same time keep an eye on the movements of the fierce people."
"Command!"
"Lao Hong."
"The subordinates are here."
"The camp defense is left to you, although we are hiding in the woods, but it is not absolutely safe, if the situation is not good, we will immediately escape into the mountains."
"Command!"
Yang Yi nodded, and said: "Tie Niu, Monkey Jian'er, tomorrow at dawn, you two will follow me to the direction of Xiguan to have a look, maybe there are any useful clues." ”
"Your Highness, that's too dangerous!" Hong Zhi said urgently.
Yang Yi waved his hand and said: "It's okay, now that there are refugees everywhere outside, there will be no danger if we are less mixed in, we must find out if my mother is in Xiguan, otherwise I will not be able to sleep well." ”
Everyone didn't say anything, everyone knew Yang Yi's feelings for his mother, and they had to tell Monkey Jian'er and Tie Niu to protect Yang Yi and not go too far.
Nothing was said all night. As soon as it was dawn the next morning, Yang Yi took Monkey Jian'er and Tie Niu out of the forest in civilian clothes.
Yang Yi had heard last night that there were refugees everywhere on the official roads outside, but when he saw it, he was really shocked by the scene in front of him.
The three of them walked all the way, only to see the official road and the fields on both sides, squatting, lying or lying, densely packed with refugees. Most of these refugees are old and weak, women and children, all of them are already hungry and yellow-faced, and their eyes are lifeless. Those who can cry are already relatively good, most people are already hungry and don't even have the strength to cry, and some even lie on the ground without any movement, and they don't know whether they are dead or alive.
After walking for a while, Yang Yi suddenly saw a mother holding a baby in her arms on the side of the road, wanting to breastfeed the child, but the mother was already swaying from side to side with hunger, and she was about to fall, where was there milk for the child.
Yang Yi wanted to step forward, but was dragged by the monkey tip beside him, and said softly: "Your Highness, no!" ”
Yang Yi condensed and sighed, he also knew that he was also a refugee at this time, and he must not reveal his identity. But after looking at the mother and son, I still couldn't bear it, so I stepped forward and looked left and right, and when I saw that no one was paying attention, I took out a naan cake from my arms.
The woman holding the child suddenly saw a young farmer dressed as a man walking towards her, and she didn't pay much attention, still in a silent daze, but when Yang Yi quietly stuffed a naan cake, the woman's pupils instantly became larger, and she snatched the naan from Yang Yi's hand and ate it in a big gulp, while shouting: "Thank you!" Completely ignoring Yang Yi's motions to let her be quieter.
When the woman shouted "thank you" loudly, Yang Yi knew it was over.
Sure enough, the woman's voice immediately attracted the attention of the people around her, and when they turned their heads and saw the woman's mission munching on naan, everyone's eyes turned green, and then Yang Yi, who was squatting next to the woman, became everyone's target.
"Does the little brother still have anything to eat? I haven't eaten in days. ”
"Have mercy on us,"
"Give it to the stutterer..."
A naan cake is like a boulder thrown on the surface of a calm lake, and the waves are enough to make people fearful.
The potential of people is unlimited, and when people are hungry to the limit, the potential is even more incredible, seeing the person who was still lying on the ground and dying, at this time like a hungry wolf seeing food, Yang Yi was almost stunned.