During the six hours of searching, the horse-drawn carriages, ox-carts and donkey carts that set out later to pick up people also arrived one after another.
In total, more than 500 people died and more than 300 people were missing. The rest were not in danger. Those who were missing probably fell into a crack in the ground or were washed away by the flood.
Dongfang Xu asked a small group to continue searching, and then ordered people to bury the dead on the spot, bandage the wounds of the injured people, and distribute food and water to them.
Now, the war in the Yuwen family has subsided. From the beginning to the end, they have stayed far away from other people. Of course, in line with the principle of treating everyone equally, Dongfang Xu also sent people to bandage their wounds and distribute food and water.
Soon, several generals under Dongfang Xu brought people from other villages and towns here overnight and gathered with them.
Dongfang Xu asked someone to make a count, and there were now 11,108 people alive, and the others were dead and missing. According to his previous statistics, there were 12,300 people left.
Eighty-eight people, it seems, the mortality rate is less than 10%, which is good news.
"Now, I plan to take you to the northwest region, which is my territory. Are you willing?" Dongfang Xu looked at the more than 10,000 people who survived and asked loudly.
"Yes!" Except for Yuwendong's family, everyone else replied in unison, while looking at Dongfang Xu eagerly and gratefully.
Dongfang Xu turned to Yuwendong and asked calmly: "Where is the Protector, what are you going to do?"
"...Can you give me a dozen carriages? I'm going to take my family back to Beijing." Yuwendong was silent for a moment, then looked at Dongfang Xu and asked.
As soon as Yu Wendong opened his mouth, the other people's eyes shot fiercely at his face.
Dongfang Xu smiled faintly, then nodded and said: "Yes, but I can only give you a carriage. I have many old, weak, women, children and seriously injured people here, so I'm afraid there won't be enough vehicles."
When everyone heard this, they looked at Yu Wendong with more and more resentment: Well, it caused their wives and children to be separated. Not only did they not feel ashamed, they even shamelessly asked for so many carriages.
Yuwendong gritted his teeth, looked at the situation on his side, and then said in a pleading tone: "His Royal Highness, Prince Xu, can you give us at least three cars? In addition, if possible, it is best to give us a few horses."
Yu Wendong calculated that his niece, siblings and others here would definitely have to ride in a carriage, and walking would definitely not be possible. Moreover, there were several seriously injured people, so of course they would also have to ride in a carriage. At least three carriages were needed.
If you want a few more horses, the ones that are not injured, like Yu Wennan, Yu Wenxiang and others can ride, so that you can at least start.
Unexpectedly, Dongfang Xu still shook his head, "The horses here are all mounted by soldiers. There are no extra ones. I can only give you one carriage." After saying that, Dongfang Xu stopped talking to Yuwen Dong and turned around.
Instruct the soldiers to organize the old, weak, women, children and the seriously injured to get on the carriage, ox cart and donkey cart, while the other intact people and the lightly injured follow behind the carriage.
All the soldiers followed on horseback. With such a distribution, there were still not enough vehicles, and many people with injured legs still had to walk. So some soldiers took the initiative to pull the injured people onto their horses.
The people were so moved. Especially when compared with Yu Wendong's selfishness, they regarded Dongfang Xu and his army as living Bodhisattvas.