Chen Tang's experience along the way was not unique.
The other two armies of the Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition encountered the same situation. Half of Yanzhou's manpower was transferred away. All that was left for the coalition army was the land that could not be moved, the burned buildings, and the old and weak who were holding back. How to deal with the old and weak became a problem.
There is a shortage of food everywhere.
The Union Army also had a tough time fighting.
If we take care of these old and weak people, we can only wait to be dragged down.
Unlike Chen Tang, they didn't cultivate and rest quietly. It took them four years to save up a little. Chen Tang had the confidence to stick to his kindness, but they had no choice. Even though it was very difficult to choose, they could only cruelly choose to abandon.
Those who still have strength can give them a few days of dry food, so that they can find another way to make a living. Life and death are all up to fate; those who are powerless can only choose to turn a blind eye. But people always have to open their eyes to see the road. Can some scenes disappear just by not seeing them
The three armies were in different places, but their moods were highly consistent.
Gu Ren has the support of the Yue family and a group of loyal brothers. He is considered to be quite wealthy among the coalition forces, so it won't hurt the army to spend some food and grass. This matter is also handed over to the twelfth brother Chao Lian and the thirteenth brother Shao Chong to help them gain some reputation.
But within two days, he discovered that Shao Chong was depressed.
I usually eat two buckets of food in one meal, but now I can't even finish half a bucket.
"Thirteen, is someone bullying you?" Even though Shao Chong's mind gradually recovered, Gu Ren still habitually treated him as a child. Children would be depressed if they were bullied outside.
Shao Chong sat there sulking, with unfinished food in front of him. Gu Ren gently urged him to eat a few more bites: "Thirteen is still growing. You need to eat more to grow taller. Only when you grow tall and strong can you help your elder brother win the battle. Don't you think this makes sense?"
Shao Chong pursed his lips tightly and resisted silently.
Gu Ren had no choice but to go to his twelfth brother to find out what was going on.
Chao Lian knew what Shao Chong was thinking: "Brother, Thirteen feels that he has eaten too much and wants to share some of his food."
Gu Ren knew the crux of the problem as soon as he heard it.
Asked: "What did Thirteen see when he went out with you?"
Chao Lian punched the ground and confessed everything.
The story was not complicated. That day, the brothers went out and saw an old man tremblingly crawling towards a half-coffin in a ruin that was mostly burned down and only half was left. I say "half" because the coffin was also mostly burned down.
The old man crawled in and lay down, not moving a muscle.
Shao Chong gave the food he had with him to the old man.
The old man weakly raised his hand to refuse.
No, I don’t want to eat it. I don’t want to eat it.
If you see that he has few teeth, you can soak it until soft before eating.
The old man spoke incoherently: “… After eating, I can’t bear to die… I can’t bear to die… But I’m still hungry, so I have to eat dirt… Eat grass… I haven’t had a bowel movement in seven days, seven days… It’s too uncomfortable, too uncomfortable.”
As he spoke, his hands and feet suddenly moved randomly as if he had a last burst of energy.
After that, he drooped due to exhaustion.
Chao Lian raised his hand to cover Shao Chong's eyes, unable to bear it: Thirteen, stop looking, let the old man have a good sleep, we won't disturb him, be good and listen to me, okay
Shao Chong was stunned for a moment, then obeyed obediently: Oh.
After the two brothers left, it started to drizzle. Shao Chong asked: Twelve brother, is he dead
Chao Lian said: After going through all the tribulations, he has gone to paradise.
Shao Chong asked again: Can I get enough to eat there
Chao Lian: There will be so much food that I don’t want to eat.
He walked for a while and didn't hear Shao Chong's footsteps. He turned his head to look, but saw that Thirteenth Brother's eyes were looking elsewhere.
Chao Lian also looked in the direction of the sight.
It was a small shabby house in the corner. The door was slightly closed, and two figures, one tall and one short, could be vaguely seen hanging in the air.
Chao Lian walked forward and pushed the door gently. He felt something blocking the door. He looked down and saw it was a not-so-big stone.
The people hanging on the beams were a grandfather and a young boy.
The tongues of the two were sticking out very long, and their death was extremely painful. The exposed skin was full of corpse spots. When Chao Lian pushed the door open a little, the strong stench of corpses made him raise his hand to cover his nose. Shao Chong asked him: Did they also complete the tribulation
Chao Lian gently closed the door: Yeah.
On the way back, he could still see old and weak people sitting in the corners with numb faces, not moving to save energy. Some of them were curled up in a stiff posture, with their chests flat. Shao Chong had seen this scene more than once, but it was the first time he had faced it after his mental growth. Before this, he could just forget about it without noticing it, and at most wondered why these people were sleeping on the roadside.
Now that he has grown mentally, he understands the heaviness.
Twelve Brother, I don’t have this feeling when I kill people… Shao Chong raised his hand to touch his chest, lowered his head and looked at his fingers, as if there was still blood of the enemy on them. I just felt happy, but they are also dead, why now…
But he feels like someone is constantly pouring out complaints into his mouth
Chao Lian was unable to give an answer.
After this, Shao Chong started to behave abnormally.
Gu Ren sighed upon hearing this, "It's just like that - I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that Thirteen's mind has recovered. If you don't know or feel pain, you won't understand what hurt is."
Chao Lian: "Brother, do you want to go and enlighten Thirteen again?"
Gu Ren shook his head: "Let him figure it out himself."
This is something you have to get used to if you are born in this era.
Half of the state was easily taken.
The three-way Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition forces successfully joined forces.
Although it was a great victory, no one could laugh.
Part of the reason was that they were too depressed to laugh because of what they had seen and heard along the way, and part of the reason was that there were no people, no money, and no food in these places... Winning a battle without any benefit was like being played and slapped by Zheng Qiao.
Chen Tang was the last one to arrive this time.
To be precise, Chen Tang and Qian Yong arrived last.
Zhang He and Tao Yan arrived a day earlier.
The allied army looked at Chen Tang with more strange and complicated eyes than before. Some admired him, some laughed at him, but without exception, no one questioned Chen Tang's reputation for kindness. Because this reputation could not bring her any substantial benefits, but what she had to pay was tangible benefits. Gu Ren whispered: "Mr. Chen's kindness, Gu has heard about it, if you have any difficulties, just tell me."
If Tang is short of food, we can borrow some within our ability.
Chen Tang smiled, which was rare these days.
She said, "If you really have difficulties, be sure to speak up."
Gu Ren's eyes fell on Huang Lie's main rider Yun Ce who followed Chen Tang. He frowned and said directly: "Gu, I remember that this boy seemed to be the main rider under the command of Huang Alliance Leader? Why is he following Chen Jun?"
Chen Tang smiled bitterly and said, "Alliance Leader Huang was worried that I was short of manpower, so he sent them here to help. The original intention was to relieve our pressure, but the enemy did not act according to common sense..."
There was no decent resistance along the way.
Even, except for the first two cities that were still defended by veterans, the cities in the counties and prefectures were almost all abandoned, and the veterans also robbed their belongings and fled. What Chen Tang and others saw were desolate ruins: "... Ten thousand people died... Only one out of a hundred people survived... Alas, sometimes Shen I wonder what the meaning of existence in this world is..."
The life of a person in a high position is full of ups and downs. He can make clouds and rain with a wave of his hand, but for the common people, he is like a deadly knife.
Gu Ren avoided Chen Tang's sigh because he didn't know the answer, and Chen Tang's original intention was not to get the answer from him. He just said meaningfully: "When did Alliance Leader Huang treat Mr. Chen so well? You are so thoughtful..."
Chen Tang: "I have no personal relationship with him."
The two companies are allies on the surface, but have no contact in private.
Gu Ren smiled awkwardly and said, "That's not what I meant..."
He meant to let Chen Tang beware of Huang Lie. This guy and Zhang He, one of them is a Gu player and the other is a doctor, their backgrounds are not very clean. Especially the leader Huang Lie, the opponent's main force of heavy shield warriors basically did not make any effort on the battlefield, and always hid their strength. And Chen Tang has a close relationship with the Gongxi tribe, and Huang Lie's show of goodwill to Chen Tang is likely to have no good intentions.
Chen Tang didn't make things difficult for Gu Ren.
"I know, I will be careful."
So, Gu Ren said no more.
I believe that with Mr. Shen’s ability, he will not fall into the trap easily.
Although the Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition army had different thoughts, at this moment, they could only temporarily put aside their opinions and devote themselves to the tough battle that was to come. The fact that they could easily take over the remaining half of Yanzhou did not mean that Zheng Qiao's side was easy to bully. On the contrary, it was evidence that he was shrinking and concentrating his forces. The pressure that the Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition army would face next was even greater and heavier than the battle at Chaoli Pass!
Not to mention anything else, the long-established sixteenth-rank great master was a lingering dark cloud weighing on their hearts.
The opponent brought overwhelming pressure with just one incarnation.
What about the real person
Everyone was unsure.
But they knew that there was no turning back now.
Among the entire Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition, only Wei Shou knew the Sixteenth-rank Grand Master the best, so some people wanted to start from him and find out some of the Sixteenth-rank Grand Master's weaknesses. Unexpectedly, Wei Shou's answer shocked everyone: "He? No weaknesses."
"Have you ever fought?" Huang Lie asked.
Wei Shou said: "No."
Then someone said, "Since you have never fought each other, why do you say that this person has no weaknesses? You are just trying to boost his morale!"
If they could use the same method as they did to persuade Wei Shou to rebel, they could defeat Huang Chao without bloodshed. Some people had a beautiful idea, but Wei Shou's answer extinguished their dreams: "You probably don't know about his past. If you did, you wouldn't question my words."
Someone once used a trick to hold the wife and children of the Sixteenth Great Master hostage, using his old mother as a threat, and his answer was even more shocking: Women are like clothes, you can wear new clothes after taking off the old ones, and a man who has made great achievements should not worry about his gorgeous clothes? As long as he has gorgeous clothes, why worry about his children? As for his old mother, she has been ill for a long time, if she can be relieved, it can be considered a filial piety.
The words are saying -
If you have the guts, kill them all.
The enemy suspected that he said this on purpose. After the two armies started fighting, they pushed the old and weak to the front to continue threatening and also to undermine the morale of the other side. However, the sixteenth-level great warrior was still not threatened and shot them all to death with one arrow.
Do you think you can deceive the world by using a few fake products
Having said that, take the lead!
The enemy was confused by his operation.
The hostages are certainly not fake.
He did not feel any regret or sadness for killing his blood relative. On the day of the celebration banquet, he even let the wife and daughter of the defeated general dance for entertainment and held a grand banquet. Wei Shou thought that the other party was just pretending at first, but after a closer look, he found that the other party was really happy.
When he was drunk, he showed off proudly.
There is no more weakness in martial arts.
After listening to Wei Shou's story, everyone fell silent.
Although they were cruel, they were not so cruel as to disregard their biological mothers' lives, and they would not easily abandon their wives and children. Those who could do this could indeed be called "without weaknesses". For a time, the tent was filled with contempt and condemnation of this sixteenth-rank great master. Calling this man a beast was an insult to the word beast. Sheep kneel to thank their mothers for feeding them, and crows repay their parents for feeding them. This man has nothing!
As for money, fame, etc...
That goes without saying.
Zheng Qiao can give it all.
This person can only be taken down by force.
Huang Lie's gaze fell on Chen Tang and Shao Chong.
“Such a strong enemy, are you sure about Shen Jun?”
Gu Ren didn't wait for Chen Tang to answer and interrupted, "Alliance Master Huang, the gap between the sixteenth-level Great Upper Formation and the fifteenth-level Junior Upper Formation is too big. In my humble opinion, it is better to attack in groups, or to use a round-robin battle to consume them, so that there is a slight chance of winning."
Chen Tang's role is quite special, he is not only a general who charges into battle, but also a leader of a faction. No matter whether Chen Tang answers Huang Lie's questions with confidence or uncertainty, it will not please him. Gu Ren doesn't mind doing Chen Tang a favor.
There are some things that he is more suitable to say than Chen Tang.
Gu Ren's gaze fell on the black-robed warrior behind Huang Lie.
The latter kept his eyes down and said nothing.
At this time, someone murmured.
"Only a slight chance of winning? Is the gap really that big?"
Gu Ren gave a bitter smile, it really was that big.
This gap is not only the realm gap between the Wudan warriors, but also the national seal. If our side goes to fight at the other side's military fortress, our strength will be suppressed, while the other side will be enhanced. The gap is much larger than normal...
The only thing to be thankful for is that Zheng Qiao's side may not have much national luck, otherwise, the dragon-slaying game would have been a fart, and the other side would have slaughtered them all long ago. The coalition forces were gloomy for a while, until someone slammed the table, and the sudden sound startled them.
Chen Tang shouted, "Why are you all so gloomy?"
Going door to door waiting to attend a funeral
"Such a strong enemy..."
Chen Tang interrupted, "Such a strong enemy? So what if such a strong enemy? Just because the enemy is strong, should we not fight this battle?"
She thought this group of people was really interesting.
After fighting all the way, you finally reach the enemy's lair. The enemy also gathers heavy troops to prepare for the final battle, but at the last moment, you find yourself complaining about frequent and urgent urination... What did you do before
Chen Tang said fiercely, "It is our incompetence that Zheng Qiao lives one more day in this world! Not only must we fight this battle, but we must also push it all the way to Zheng Qiao's ancestral graves, dig up his ancestral graves one by one, grind up his bones and scatter his ashes to make wine. He has done so many evil things in the world, the King of Hell will read his crimes for days and nights... He is the one who created the hell on earth in Yanzhou."
He should atone for his sins with his life!
Gu Ren smiled and responded: "Mr. Shen, what you said makes sense."
Zheng Qiao has the right to do evil.
They also have the right to send him to see the King of Hell!
The world shouldn't be like this.