Chapter 60: The Misery
Seeing this scene in front of him, Tu Lintian was silent, not because no one recognized him, but because he saw that the state of these people was really very bad, some of them were no longer human, their faces were yellow and thin, and they were skinny, as if they had not slept for many days, and their spirits were sluggish, as if they were facing tens of thousands of dead people, which made Tu Lintian's heart extremely depressed at the moment, this feeling had never been before, and it was the first time to be in such a scene.
Many people no longer have a complete and clean set of clothes, their clothes are tattered, and although it is not winter, they are already shivering. It's not caused by the temperature, but their bodies are too weak, they haven't eaten anything for many days, their body's supplies can't keep up, they are just consuming the original energy in their bodies, and if they can't go on like this, I'm afraid they will die soon.
They are alive now, just like stealing their lives, the food in Liangshan City has long been insufficient, it has lasted for a long time, and there is no external supply, so they can only be consumed like this, the civilians present are about half of what they were a few months ago, and the rest of those people, only a few of them were quietly sent out by Tu Lintian, and at one time, only a few dozen people can be sent out, and it will be over.
And the remaining civilians who were not there, obviously, were dead, for a variety of reasons, whether they starved to death or committed suicide.
It was understandable that he was just here for a moment, and he was almost overwhelmed by that oppressive atmosphere, not to mention these ordinary people, who had been in this atmosphere for months, and it was still getting worse.
He originally thought that it was already very difficult for him to constantly use his spiritual power to support the city protection array, conduct several battles, and even lose his loved ones, probably the hardest people in Liangshan City, and he was almost unable to survive.
But now it seems that the life of these civilians is probably even more miserable than their own, and they have lived too long without enough food and clothing, and their own children may have died inside and outside the city gates, which makes them unacceptable, and they don't even have the opportunity to cry and mourn.
The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 dollars. Even if the relatives and sons of these civilians are in Liangshan City, it is almost difficult to see each other, because the harassment and attacks of the Great Wilderness Clan are too frequent, they must guard the city gate all the time, and they cannot relax for a moment, in addition, there are too few monks guarding the city, and they have no opportunity to work shifts, even if their families are in the city, they rarely have the opportunity to visit.
They withstood the pain of lovesickness, and their families in the city could understand it, but since then, they have been separated from each other by life and death, and they can never see each other again, which is unacceptable, and I don't know if such a sacrifice is worth it.
If they had been with their families earlier, the result would have been nothing more than that.
This is an insinuation, no matter whether Liangshan City can persist until now, and how it persists here, the people in the city will not live well, they will all suffer, this is something that cannot be changed, although it is difficult to say, but this is the reality, and we have to face it.
What is sad is that even the City Lord's Mansion, which has existed in Liangshan City for a long time, no longer exists at this moment, and it is no longer the majestic majesty of the past, and now it has turned into a scorched earth.
These people also know in their hearts that they feel almost the same as in their hearts, no matter how optimistic they were before, they are now desperate, and the army of the Great Wilderness Clan is overwhelming, and they know in their hearts that there is a great possibility that they will not be able to leave and die here.
Tu Lintian walked in the crowd like this, as heavy as carrying a mountain, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart, like bitterness, like grief and indignation, infected by that atmosphere, and unable to say a word.
"I have three children......... There are two of them, who died in the previous war......" In the crowd, an old woman said to the people next to her, the old woman was in tattered clothes, unkempt, skinny, and had dark circles under her eyes, and she had not slept well for more than ten days, "and one ....... Just yesterday he wrote to me and told me that he had hope of living, and that it was given to him by the lord of the castle, and that he was willing to believe in the lord of the castle. ”
"He also told me..... Tell me....... Don't worry, he'll be safe, and when the war is over, he'll come back to see me.....," the old man said, clutching the letter his son had written to him tightly, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.
This letter can be said to be her last thought now, supporting her to live until now, but she is also like a walking corpse, living without a purpose, and even she doesn't know that he will never see the son he thinks about day and night again.
His three sons, who did their best for Liangshan City, died and were worthy of anyone, but they were sorry for their mothers, and they couldn't fulfill their filial piety by her side, which was their eternal regret.
Next to the old woman, the middle-aged woman had been listening very carefully, her eyes were slightly red, as if she was moved, she was comforting the old woman, but the child in her arms was crying.
The middle-aged woman is also miserable now, she hasn't eaten much for a few days, it's hard to walk, every step feels like the world is spinning, she has forgotten when the last time she ate meat, she lives on a small amount of water every day, her child was born not long ago, but she has to suffer with her, she has no food, the child can't eat anything, her child has a fever, and she can't even cry on weekdays.
This made her very worried, and she didn't want her child to die before she could call her mother, how could she bear it? But she really had no choice, and even thought of stealing other people's food to feed her children, but at such a point, who could still have food at home? Even the city lord Tu Lintian once opened the granary, and there was nothing to eat in the city lord's mansion.
Liangshan City has come to this point, and it is truly exhausted.
The envelope in the old woman's hand had been crumpled by her, even then she didn't want to let go, that was her last hope, holding the envelope was like holding the hand of her only son, how dare she let go?
Hearing her story, the middle-aged woman next to her felt even more, touching the hot forehead of the child in her arms, and couldn't say a word.
Her lips are already chapped, and she hasn't drunk a drop of water today, she just wants her child to live, and it doesn't matter if she suffers on behalf of her child. But she wanted to stay with her child so much, to watch him grow up, to take care of him, and now, I don't know if there is such an opportunity, and such a situation really makes him desperate.
Tu Lintian walked in the crowd, silent, and every step he took, he felt like lead was poured into his legs, and it was difficult to walk.
He even wanted to walk with his eyes closed, he couldn't bear to see this tragic scene in front of him, he couldn't bear it, but he couldn't do anything, and because of this, his powerlessness was infinitely magnified at this moment.
As the lord of a city, he felt for the first time that he was so incompetent that even the most basic survival of the people in the city could not be guaranteed.
In fact, it's no wonder that he, under such an offensive of the Great Wilderness Clan, there are many cities in the Yunhai Mountain Range that are isolated and helpless, and what city lord is not like this?
The hope that Tu Lintian can give them life is already very good, if it weren't for the fact that the city protector of Liangshan City is a star-moving scroll, I'm afraid the result will only be worse, and he can't save anyone, just like the city lord of Yishan City chose the magic circle to explode, countless civilians were buried with him, this is helpless, if there is any other way to choose, he will not do this.
In the few places in the crowd, there were voices talking like this, but their voices were too low, because their bodies were so weak that they didn't even have the strength to speak, and every moment of living here was just breathing to live, and nothing else.
Tu Lintian's normal clothes and vigorous steps were too conspicuous in the crowd, and they were not at all the same as them, and they did not look like people who had suffered for so long, and the difference was very great.
But, even so, no one accosted him, no one asked him anything.
This is because his appearance has changed too much at the moment, and no one will think that he is the city lord of Liangshan City, Tu Lintian, not to mention that many people present have never seen the original Tu Lintian's appearance, and they don't know him very well.
Another reason is that they really don't have the strength to talk to this stranger now, even if they have doubts, they don't have the strength to speak, and staying here aimlessly is no different from waiting for death.
In the hearts of some people, their behavior like this, to put it mildly, is waiting for the help of the heavens, and it is not hopeless to escape from here, there is still a glimmer of life, but it is ugly to say that they are digging their own graves, they will die here, and become a mass grave, such a large open space, enough to bury them all.
Because, at this juncture, not everyone is willing to believe the words of the South Vietnamese, and not everyone believes that in this case, there is still a way to transfer them, which is too beautiful, beautifully unrealistic.
Not long ago, some people had seen the collapse of the City Lord's Mansion, and they thought that maybe there had been some accident in Tu Lintian, and it was possible that he was assassinated by the barbarians, even if he abandoned everything and fled first.
"Huh..... I really don't know why we are waiting here so stupidly...... I think he is a turtle with a shrunken head, a bastard, who left us here as bait, and waited for those Manchus to take the bait and aim the spearhead at us, and he took the opportunity to escape!"