Chen Ning walked through the crowd on the third floor inside and the outer three floors, and he found that whether it was Ah Diao, or the women and half-grown children who were surrounded here, their expressions were a little weird, and their eyes were very complicated, and tens of thousands of people looked at him with such complicated eyes, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything wrong?

Chen Ning came to the depths of the residential area, where countless bamboo buildings and wooden houses were built in a scattered manner, and even a square was built in the center of the residential area.

Zhao Yucai and more than 20,000 old men, all gathered in the square at this time, Zhao Yucai and several respected old men all sat on bamboo chairs, and the rest of the old men were all standing together.

When everyone saw Chen Ning coming, those wearing hats took off their hats one after another, and those who were disheveled tidied up their clothes, and then gave way to Chen Ning while nodding to Chen Ning, these old men showed extremely high respect for Chen Ning. Of course, this scene was very strange in Chen Ning's eyes, especially the more than 20,000 people at the scene, all of whom greeted him in unison, but the audience was silent, and the scene was not only weird, but also a little scary and scary.

Chen Ning finally walked through this group of old people and came to the old man led by Zhao Yucai, Chen Ning looked around at the crowd, and said lightly: "Old Zhao, you said that you gave me an answer before midnight tonight, I don't know how you discussed, when will you evacuate?"

Zhao Yucai stared at Chen Ning tightly, his voice trembled a little, but his eyes were very resolute, and he asked, "Sir, can you tell us about your next plan?"

Chen Ning frowned slightly, but he still said: "As you know, more than half of the soldiers in Hukou Pass have been sacrificed, and there is still a shortage of food, and your people have already run out of food, and the remaining food is all supplied to more than 5,000 soldiers, and it can only last for another three days." So I basically have no choice, the only plan is to send you to flee for your life, I will lead the Black Army to defend to the death, I have notified all my subordinates, so that they are ready to die with me. ”

Zhao Yucai nodded: "Sure enough, it is worthy of the light of the empire, if every officer in the empire is as upright and brave as you, why worry about the immortality?"

Chen Ning: "Calculate that I and the soldiers are determined to die in battle, but it is estimated that the Hukou Pass will not be able to hold it, not to mention anything else, just if the soldiers run out of food, the legion will be finished." In order to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, I implore you to evacuate first. ”

Zhao Yucai's tone suddenly became unfriendly: "Hehe, you let a group of old men in our seventies and eighties go, we have been hungry for a few days, and we have no food at all, can we walk?"

At this moment, the other old men who had not spoken all this time began to speak out, as if they were all condemning Chen Ning.

Someone said loudly: "That is, we are all going to starve to death now, we are spinning to see things, we can't walk our legs, you let us walk now, we consume our physical strength, and it is estimated that we will die faster." ”

Someone said, "Yes, if you want us to go, divide our food, and we will go, or else you will starve us to death, lest we become a burden to you." ”

Someone else said: "That is, if you don't give us food to go on the road, it is an ulterior motive, for fear that we will become a burden to you, that we will all starve to death here, and that neither you nor your warriors will starve to death, and you will be gossiped and your reputation tarnished." ”

The buzzing of 20,000 bees can make people's scalps tingle, let alone 20,000 old men denouncing it, Chen Ning felt that he was pointed out by Wanfu and did not die violently on the spot, which was already very good.

He waved his hand helplessly, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Zhao Yucai saw that Chen Ning had something to say, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone be quiet, let's see what our Chief Chen has to say?"

Zhao Yucai's words fell, and soon all the old men began to quiet down, Chen Ning smiled bitterly, and said to Zhao Yucai and the others: "What you said is also true, you have been hungry for a few days, and you have not eaten a grain of rice, and you are trembling when you stand and walk. If you evacuate in this way, you will probably have many people starving to death on the road, so I will only leave a day's food for the soldiers of the Black Legion, and the rest of the rest of the food, all your 30,000 inhabitants will take away. It's not that I'm stingy, but there's only so much food, I can't give it all to you, I still have to give my brothers a day to eat, I can't let my brothers go hungry, right?"

After Chen Ning finished speaking, Zhao Yucai laughed, the old men who denounced Chen Ning just now, who spoke harshly and meanly, all looked at Chen Ning with relieved eyes, as if they could finally make a major decision with confidence.

Chen Ning was confused again, and asked in astonishment: "Old Zhao, why are you laughing?"

Zhao Yucai looked at Chen Ning and said with relief: "Colonel Chen, we really didn't misunderstand you, your integrity and kindness have deeply impressed us and a group of old men, in this case, in order to let us live, you are willing to distribute most of the food to us, so that we can have the opportunity to escape, Chen Ning, you are a true gentleman!"

Chen Ning smiled bitterly: "The reason why I distributed the food to everyone is because I know that the Hukou Pass is likely to be undefended, and my brothers and I will die in battle sooner or later, so I will give you some food so that you can have a chance to escape, which is a last resort." ”

Zhao Yucai stood up, his expression was extremely solemn, he looked around at the scene of more than 20,000 old men, and said loudly to Chen Ning: "Chen Ning, you are kind and righteous to us, the temper of the people of our southern province is that you do not bear me, I must not bear you." Therefore, if you treat us like this, we will never ask you for a single grain. ”

Chen Ning was dumbfounded: "Then what you just said?"

Zhao Yucai said indifferently: "It's just a deliberate deception, we want to test you again at the last moment, but you passed our test, and we didn't misunderstand you." ”

Chen Ning was confused: "Old Zhao, what do you mean?"

Zhao Yucai: "You treat us well, we can't drag you down, and we can't go far with food, and we can't survive in this vast occupied area." So we're not going to leave here, at least we've made it a home. But don't worry, we won't drag you down, and the only thing we want to ask you for is that if you can hold this place, or retreat from here, I hope you take the more than 10,000 women and children outside. It's not a pity for us old men to die, but if you have the chance, I want you to give these children a future. ”

Chen Ning felt bad: "Old Zhao, I don't really understand. ”

Zhao Yucai: "Our group of old men have decided to be all here tonight, end our lives, and refuse to be a burden to you." ”

Chen Ning lost his voice: "Absolutely not!"

"We have made up our minds, Chen Ning, don't persuade us again, in the occupied area, the rebels are short of food, and there are often things like children being eaten, and when our group of old men all commit suicide, your soldiers, women and children, can treat us as food, this is our group of old men, after thinking about it, I feel that we are the only ones who can help you." ”

Chen Ning said angrily: "No, never!"

Zhao Yucai smiled, took out a pair of scissors from his arms, and was about to commit suicide in front of Chen Ning.

Chen Ning stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Yucai's wrist: "Old Zhao, you can't do this, there are always more ways than difficulties, let's think of other ways, please ......"

Before Chen Ning's words were finished, an old man's kind voice came from behind him: "Chen Ning, this way!"

Chen Ning turned around, and then saw an old man holding a dagger with a smile, and said with a smile: "Goodbye, child!"

The old man, after saying that, killed himself, blood splattered everywhere, and he fell to the ground and died.

Before Chen Ning could react from the shock and grief, someone on the other side shouted: "Chen Ning, this way!"

Chen Ning turned his head, and another old man committed suicide.

"Chen Ning's ...... here"

"Kid, ...... over here"

"Goodbye, kid!"

Countless goodbye words rang out around Chen Ning, countless old men took out the sharp weapons they had already prepared, and began to commit suicide one after another, with Chen Ning as the center, the old people fell down in pieces, and the square became a sea of bright red in an instant!

Just when Chen Ning was shocked and grieved and was about to suffocate, Zhao Yucai also took advantage of Chen Ning's inattention, suddenly stabbed his heart with scissors, fell down in front of Chen Ning, and said the last words in a trembling voice: "Chen Ning, remember to give the children a future ...... if you can."

More than 20,000 old men, they all fell in less than a minute, Chen Ning's feet had been drowning in shocking blood, he knelt weakly in the blood, his eyes were dripping, and suddenly raised his face full of tears, and roared angrily: "Thunder tyrant, I want to destroy you!"