Chapter 16: The Mystery of the Lotus Sixteen

Thirdly, this officer not only has no prestige among this group, but is somewhat looked down upon. Supposedly, they are the only ones, and the officers are their commanders. Boss Chen was bullying them by beating this officer. Not only did they not stop them, but they gloated on the side, instigating Boss Chen to lash out at the officers. It seems that not only do they not have team spirit, but they also do not know how to respect their superiors. Maybe this officer did something badly, or maybe the officer treated everyone badly. But soldiers can't treat their commanders like this, so how can they be united in this situation? The reason why the army can deter the enemy is not because of how good each of them is, but because they can play a role that others can't think of when they work together. The military trains soldiers not only in individual combat skills, but also in team combat skills. Only a team that cooperates with each other is an invincible army fighting group. If these principles are not explained to everyone, these people will not be regarded as real soldiers, and they will not be able to truly play the role of combat troops.

Fourth, this officer is really too unpopular. It is said that even if his subordinates do not wait to see their commander, there are always a few cronies or soldiers around the commander. Elder Chen has been working on the officer for a while, not only has no one come up to persuade him, but there is not even a person who can help the officer block a few times. This officer has no cronies and pro-soldiers here, there is only one possibility. is that he is not only bad to the soldiers, but also stingy and does not know how to lead the soldiers to fight. What is the use of an officer who does not care about his subordinates, is stingy, and does not know how to fight? If the people of the White Lotus Sect really hit it, would he be able to preside over the overall situation? Will he be able to lead everyone to resist the people of the White Lotus Sect? Or will he be able to kill this one? No, the answer is simple and definitive. No wonder he wore the clothes of a junior officer all day, and he was ready to run away at any time. It seems that this officer has long been prepared to abandon his subordinates and run away alone. It's no wonder that everyone doesn't like him so much, if Qin Tai had such a boss, he wouldn't care about the life or death of the officer.

Fifth, there is really quirkiness about this place. This is the original main altar of the White Lotus Sect, and the place is certainly not small. According to Boss Chen's introduction, it should have covered three or four nearby hills. It is said that when the White Lotus Sect was at its peak, Tang Sai'er held three oath meetings. The last time, known as the 10,000-person pledge meeting, it is said that the number of people will definitely not be less than 8,000. Would a place that could accommodate 8,000 people and accommodate so many people live together be small? Therefore, when attacking the main altar that year, the imperial court sent three groups of people, adding up to more than 300,000 people. Even after the occupation, there were no less than 1,000 people who stayed here every year. After Jinyi Wei took over, he carefully calculated for a long time and sent at least 500 people to cope with the daily guarding tasks here. These people should have been transferred later, so Boss Chen didn't know them, and they didn't know Boss Chen. But where did the former people go? It's not going to be all transferred, is it? There are too few people here to control the situation here. The people who transfer troops are not fools, they will not use these people to fill the number, and they will have to manipulate the number of people. The only explanation is that when they got here, some more people disappeared. Some of them fled in fear of death, and some of them were missing, so they became what they are now. Boss Chen beat the officers in public, and even if he fell asleep, he would wake up to see the excitement. Therefore, Qin Tai was sure that there were only less than two hundred people here, and they were all ordinary people who had not received normal training.

Sixth, Qin Tai saw a strange phenomenon, representing a secret that could not be disclosed. When Qin Tai and everyone arrived here, it was only afternoon, not when it was time to sleep at night. But some of us were chatting, but more were sleeping in it. They don't have to patrol at night, there are no major battles, it is impossible to be so tired. The only explanation is that they sleep not to rest, but to reduce exercise in order not to know that they are hungry. Qin Tai had seen this phenomenon in some places in the north, where the local people often slept day and night in order to save food. Because when a person falls asleep, he does not know that he is hungry, and he does not think about eating. But this way of waiting for death is something that only some old people in places who lack resources do, how can these people in the traditional army do this? There is only one point in this explanation, the people under the mountain have forgotten them, they dare not or are unwilling to go down the mountain. The food on the mountain is getting less and less, so I have to rest more and eat less. What does this almost death-threatening behavior represent? Is it the non-cooperation of the local government? Or is there someone who doesn't let them do their job? Or did they find something wrong.

Qin Tai looked at these soldiers who were leaning on each other to watch a good show, and he had an indescribable taste. Not because they are so good that they need to rely on each other all the time, but because they don't have the strength to stand firm alone. Even watching the fight, watching their commander being beaten, they didn't have the strength to stand firm, it can be seen that they are really too weak. Just look at their vegetable-looking faces, and almost none of them have had enough to eat these days. What happened to these people to become like this?

Boss Chen is still beating the officer, and he deliberately pulls the officer's clothes, which is to remind everyone that this officer's rank is not low. With a "hiss", Boss Chen inadvertently tore the officer's shirt. The officer showed skin that was whiter than Zhan Xiaoxiao, which made Boss Chen look down on this so-called "chief" even more. Boss Chen continued to chase after the officer, and the soldier on the side suddenly became quiet, looking at the officer's skin suddenly dumb.

Qin Tai saw a young soldier, suddenly turned around, and vomited heavily. The soldier was so hungry that he hadn't eaten anything serious for days, so he could barely vomit anything. But still spit out something, some undigested bark and leaves, and some weeds. It was more of a sour and smelly bitter bile, and the people on the other side couldn't help but vomit. Qin Tai frowned and looked at it, finally unable to hold it back.

He stepped forward and pulled the little soldier and said, "What are you spitting up?" What makes you so disgusting? Is it rat meat? Or raw meat from animals? Or human flesh? Have you ever eaten human flesh? Qin Tai's words were incomprehensible, and Zhan Xiaoxiao also felt that her husband was too irrational to talk like this. How can these people eat human flesh? Besides, where did the human flesh come from for them to eat? It's not like they're killing their robes and eating their flesh, is it?

Zhan Xiaoxiao didn't have time to stop him, but he saw the soldiers running away one by one. The people who couldn't walk also hurriedly turned their backs to Qin Tai and the others. This phenomenon made Zhan Xiaoxiao have to pay attention, didn't her husband Qin Tai talk nonsense? Zhan Xiaoxiao couldn't help but think of the events of that year, when the Japanese were in trouble along the coast. Qin Tai took everyone there, and it happened that a group of ordinary people also fled there. Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao saw that the people were hungry and hungry, and couldn't help but take out all the dry food they brought with them for everyone to eat. Qin Tai and they only have a few people, and there are a large group of ordinary people, of course, even one person is not enough. The old people and adults let the children eat first, and the children eat a few bites before the men and women in the prime of life eat, and finally it is the turn of the elderly. In fact, the elderly must not be able to eat, and even some women may not be able to eat. Zhan Xiaoxiao remembered that he still had a small piece of hare meat leftover, so he took it out and gave it to the child on the side. Unexpectedly, after everyone saw the rabbit meat, not only did they not rush to eat it, but they vomited one by one. Qin Tai inquired and learned that these people had wandered all the way, and they had run out of food for a long time, so they had to have something to eat. A few days ago, they were so hungry that they passed by a village that had been slaughtered by the Japanese and ate two corpses. I was too hungry to take care of it, and almost everyone threw up afterwards. After learning this fact, Zhan Xiaoxiao felt for the first time that he should not sympathize with these people. They are all human beings, and the dead are human beings, and those who have been killed by the Japanese should be respected even more. In order to survive, they can steal, rob, or even sacrifice themselves, but they cannot eat human flesh. This is something that even ordinary animals can't do, and generally speaking, animals don't eat the carcasses of their own kind. Are these people inferior to animals? It's not human.

Zhan Xiaoxiao recalled the clip just now, these soldiers are really the same as the refugees at the beginning. No wonder her husband Qin Tai was so excited, no wonder Qin Tai asked the little soldier like this. At the beginning, Qin Tai was angry with these refugees, but he was very indignant at the behavior of the Japanese invaders. Now that Qin Tai saw this, he was very disappointed with everyone. The little soldier didn't dare to face Qin Tai, and Qin Tai's eyes were full of anger and seriousness, making the little soldier dare not look at it. The little soldier would only cry, like a child who had made a mistake. When he cried like this, it was equivalent to admitting everything, which was equivalent to confirming Qin Tai's conjecture. Qin Tai and the others' faces became extremely ugly, and Zhan Xiaoxiao even wanted to cut this little soldier with his own hands.

Qin Tai gritted his teeth and said, "Say." Tell me the truth. Otherwise, I will tell your parents, your family, your relatives, and your neighbors about your cannibalism. Who will ignore you anymore? Qin Tai's words were to scare this little soldier, but in fact, the others didn't know who the little soldier was, let alone who the little soldier's parents were and where they lived.

But the little soldier did not know it, but he fell on his knees and cried, "Please, please." Don't say it. My parents are not in good health and will die if they hear it. My brother has a bad temper and he's going to beat me to death. My sister is about to get married, and if the other party knew, my sister wouldn't be able to get married. Also, you can't let Xiaohua know about it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have paid any attention to me. My dad tells you everything I know, please don't say it. As he spoke, he cried and said everything.