Chapter 219: Refugees
Although he is naturally annoyed and angry now, there is no way, Zhao Yulong's army has already fled from here, and now he can't catch up if he wants to chase him. And the time of a few people is enough to dilute Zhao Yulong's footprints, so now there is naturally no way to follow.
So General Nalan had to go home, but fortunately, Zhao Yulong also left the military rations he had escorted before, at least it didn't seem to be a very loss.
It's just that there is really no way to remedy the dead soldiers, and it would be better to say that it was in peacetime, after all, there was still time to conscript. And now that we are in a time of national crisis, it is not easy to call in soldiers.
Not to mention whether there is enough time to train soldiers, even selecting them is a very difficult problem. After all, the form of the coalition army is not optimistic, and now the expeditionary force is about to hit the national capital, where are there civilians who dare to stay in these places, I am afraid that they don't want to live!
Even if some civilians are nostalgic for their homeland and do not want to flee, they will definitely not enlist. After all, in their opinion, now that the situation has been decided, there is only one word for the end of being a soldier: "death!"
So now there is naturally no way to recruit these soldiers, and even with the loss of a general, Nalan Fengxing has no choice but to admit that he is unlucky, who called himself Zhao Yulong?
So now, in his opinion, Zhao Yulong is not so much a general, but a god of soldiers. Because Zhao Yulong's use of troops is too elusive, he can't see through a single star at all.
In today's few encounters, the number of casualties on Zhao Yulong's side is only a handful, which can basically be described as zero casualties. On their side, they have already lost several thousand people, which is a particularly significant blow to the morale of the entire alliance.
After all, what a shame it is that an army of 10,000 people can't beat a team of 1,000 people led by scholars, and if this word reaches the ears of the enemy country, it won't be laughed to death?
But then again, these things are now a foregone conclusion, and I can't change them, so I have no choice but to withdraw my troops and return.
Although their army is now well fed, they know that the catastrophe caused by the war will inevitably lead to a shortage of food, and if there is no food for disaster relief, there will definitely be unrest among the refugees.
And such turmoil, coupled with the attack of the imperial state, it is clear that the whole country will disintegrate as a result. Therefore, such a situation is absolutely to be eliminated, but military rations must not be used to relieve refugees, after all, the country's soldiers are the foundation.
So now the only way to think of is to get some military rations from the enemy, and now Zhao Yulong's team has left a large amount of military rations.
The amount of these military rations is not small, after all, it is naturally not too small to be able to consume the military rations escorted by all members of a thousand-person squad. Now these military rations should be enough for an army of one million people to survive for more than a month, so this is a very good thing.
Naturally, Nalan Fengxing was worried that Zhao Yulong had already moved to the rescue army at this time, so he didn't care about the trouble of transporting military rations at the moment, so he took these military rations to a remote city, because only there was no army from the imperial kingdom.
And now Zhao Yulong's team is finally approaching the front line of the main army, in fact, it should have been able to reach it a day ago, but because the expeditionary force is still marching forward without hindrance these days, Zhao Yulong and they are also tired to follow.
However, now it is still going to the main army, so Zhao Yulong and the others don't have to worry too much about the pursuit of the enemy.
So naturally, now Jingrui and they are all relieved, and they are marching slowly, after all, after going to the battlefield, they need to be energetic to be able to defeat the enemy.
Therefore, in order to let the soldiers rest better and to be able to keep up with the main army, Zhao Yulong slowed down the pace of progress and changed to a carriage.
After all, there were naturally a lot of carriages that escorted grain and grass before, and after the grain and grass were released, the carriage was empty, just to facilitate the training of soldiers, so Zhao Yulong did not let them sit on the carriage, but let the entire carriage be empty.
But now these soldiers need a good rest, so naturally Zhao Yulong can't care so much. After all, just a day or two of relaxation will not make a difference.
But after more than ten days of exhaustion and running without rest, he must be unable to fight. So naturally, now these soldiers are sitting on the carriage, laughing with relief.
At this time, Jing Rui saw that he was at leisure, so he said directly to Zhao Yulong: "I am about to approach the army, how do you explain the matter of this military ration?"
"How else can you explain it, tell you the truth! After all, the number of people on the other side is greater than ours, and we can't risk being wiped out to ask for those grains and grass!"
"That being said, if you disobey orders in the army, you will be punished, and they only look at the results and not the process, and you will inevitably suffer a little this time. Jing Rui let out a long sigh when he said this.
After all, he grew up in this military camp, so he naturally understands the military system very well, and now he is worried about Zhao Yulong.
"Of course I know this, but I also know that he will never punish me. So don't worry about me, I'm fine. ”
Hearing Zhao Yulong's tone, he was not flustered, and Zhao Yulong's expression was not shocked, so Jing Rui couldn't say anything more, just Zhao Yulong knew it!
So now he just replied: "So I'm relieved, as long as you don't have anything, after all, I have heard that General Qitian's temper is not very good." And what is even more pity is that these military rations are a pity for the enemy army, and they get so much military rations that they can feed them for several days. ”
"Don't worry! No, if they don't have such military rations, they will be able to live for a few more days, but now that they have so much military rations, it is difficult to say whether they will survive. Speaking of this, Zhao Yulong looked at the book again, as if he knew everything in advance.
"Why is that? Could it be that you poisoned the rations?"
"Military rations are non-toxic, but people's hearts are the most poisonous. Think about it, what would the civilians and soldiers in those places do when they suddenly see that an army has a large amount of military rations after they haven't eaten for a few days?"
Hearing this, Jing Rui already understood, yes, hungry and panicked people have no reason, so this will lead to war. The war between countries is not just about surviving.
Now Nalan Fengxing is leading the team to Ten Thousand Wolves City, and the country of wolves has come to take wolves as gods.
So naturally, the wolf has become their symbol, and anyone who has achieved something will be given the title of wolf. And the reason why this Ten Thousand Wolves City is called Ten Thousand Wolves City is because there are a lot of wolves in it, so it is named Ten Thousand Wolves City.
But now the Ten Thousand Wolves City is no longer as powerful as it used to be, and the Imperial Expeditionary Force that passed through here defeated them. Now these wolves have basically been eliminated by the Imperial State.
So there is only one kind of people left in this city, and that is the refugees, and these refugees are not necessarily very happy to be gathered together, because there is simply not enough food to eat.
So in a short time, all the food in the city was eaten. But they were still hungry, and they wanted to survive.
And when it comes to the choice of life and death, the most primitive and wild side of man is revealed. Now they don't even know if they can survive, where do they know what Taoism means and what solemnity?
In short, at this time, the ugliest side of them was that they could no longer be hidden, so soon there was a situation of cannibalism in the whole city. But there is no one to manage here, because the administrators have long since forgotten where to flee.
But now this city is more like his name, Ten Thousand Wolf City! Because there are tens of thousands of hungry wolves gathered here, they kill each other, and they also prey on everything that passes here, so the number of people in the city is decreasing day by day.
Today it is different, yes, a convoy carrying most of the military rations has marched here. There are many horse-drawn carts, all of which are filled with grain.
Although these hungry wolves have long lost their minds, they recognize these things, these are food, these are life!
So today, after a long fight, these hungry wolves have reached an agreement. Yes, they will work together to snatch the grain and grass, and as long as they get the grain and grass, they will be able to survive, and they will not have to kill each other.
So the hungry wolves rushed out of the city in groups and headed for the team of 10,000 people. Although this team has 10,000 people, these hungry wolves are even more, they have at least hundreds of thousands.
Therefore, the comparison between these numbers is naturally terrifying, after all, it is not a simple matter to face such a large group of hungry wolves who have lost their minds but still have spiritual power.
And the general with this team of 10,000 people is Nalan Fengxing, and now he is going to Wolf Yue City, and he sees these refugees rushing out.
He was not a refugee, so he naturally didn't know what these refugees were thinking about, but he just thought that they wanted to share a part of the military rations. And for them, some military rations are nothing, so naturally Nalan Fengxing does not refuse much.
So now he said to these subordinates: "Don't be nervous, put down your weapons, they are not enemies, they are also our citizens, but it is pitiful to be hungry like this, give them some food to eat!"
Although these soldiers felt that it was inappropriate, no one dared to disobey the general's order, so they had to relax their vigilance and put down some of these military rations.
However, these soldiers and General Nalan thought that it was too simple, yes, it was too simple, and it was not feasible at all.
Now these refugees, who have long been hungry and crazy, only want part of the food, they want all the food, even the flesh and blood of these soldiers.
Therefore, after approaching here, they did not salute the ordinary people who saw General Nalan, but directly pounced on the soldiers and tore at their bodies.
Now General Nalan also sensed that something was wrong, but now they were inevitably surrounded, and it was obviously not easy to leave. So if you want to survive, you have to let these refugees die, naturally General Nalan no longer hesitated: "These people are crazy, the whole army listened, and did their best to kill as many as they could, so as to gain space for their comrades to escape." ”
These soldiers were already frightened and disgusted when they saw these refugees, but now that the general had already given the order, it was naturally impossible for them to hesitate. It was to draw his sword directly at these approaching refugees, and in an instant, flesh and blood flew everywhere.
But the refugees had clearly lost their minds, so the death of a few of their companions was not enough to frighten them. Some of the refugees even secretly rejoiced that the more they died, the less food they would have to give, and that those who died could also be used as food.
So when the blood splattered on their faces, they didn't flinch, but became more and more excited!
Fortunately, the gap between the strengths is a gap that can never be bridged, so these soldiers are not very difficult to deal with the refugees. It's just that the speed of these refugees is really terrifying, and as soon as one is killed here, several more are coming over there.
So even these battle-hardened soldiers were a little overwhelmed in the face of these refugees, and most importantly, these soldiers were a little tired after the long journey they had made.
And feeling tired at this time is very fatal, because life and death are just a matter of breath. If he slowed down like this, the refugees would pounce, and the soldier would have died.
Although a refugee can't hold him down, it doesn't mean that a group of refugees can't hold him down. And these refugees have already been driven crazy, so naturally it is impossible for them to act alone, so when they see a soldier being knocked down, they will pounce on them in groups.
And naturally, if no one comes to the rescue, this soldier will definitely die. But now these soldiers are taking care of their own affairs, and where do they have time to take care of their teammates, so naturally they can only watch their teammates die.
After all, who can protect others when it is difficult to protect themselves?
However, General Nalan naturally would not let this situation continue, because he knew that if he continued to consume like this, the team would be wiped out.
It was only now that he understood what his master said before he died: "It is not terrible to die at the hands of the enemy, because he is an enemy, and if he can kill me, he will say that he is better than me, and it is the honor of my three lives to be able to become an opponent with someone stronger than me, and I have no regrets in my life." And what I really fear is dying at the hands of my own people. ”
Yes, how unwilling to die at the hands of one's own people. He tried his life to protect these people who were hiding behind him, but they stabbed themselves in the back.
What a sad thing it was to die at the hands of the people he wanted to protect, but it had happened now, and just a few quarters of an hour ago he wanted to help these refugees.
But what about these refugees? They only want to die, to the death of these soldiers who have done everything in their power to protect them.
So naturally, General Nalan will no longer think about protecting them, and the most important thing is to kill them if he escapes from here, not to mention all of them, but at least to kill a bloody road.
Therefore, the current general Nalan is taking most of the soldiers to kill in one direction, as long as all the refugees in this direction are killed, they can escape.
If it weren't for these military rations, if it weren't for the thought of helping these refugees, they wouldn't have had to work so hard to deliver them.
But now these refugees are just thinking about how to kill them, so why do they care so much about what they do with these military rations? As long as their army is not starved to death, as for the other refugees, since they want to kill themselves, then let them go to hell!
It's just that this breakthrough is too difficult to open, not because the refugees here are stubborn, in fact, they are still very easy to kill. But no matter how many kills are made, other refugees will always fill the empty seats.
And there are so many refugees around, so it seems like it's never-ending now. But General Nalan knew that they could not give up, because there was a silver lining if they did not give up, and if they did, they would really die.
So they're still trying, they don't know how long they've been fighting, they don't know how many people they've died, they just know that if they want to survive, they're going to kill.
Yes, they are almost on the verge of madness, and this is the only way they can do it in order to survive, and the instinct to survive is also stimulated in their nature.
But after all, they still have to be firm, so they don't lose their minds so easily. It's just that now the endless killing has made them feel numb, as if whether they are alive or not has become a question.
But in the end, it was these soldiers who won, and yes, the difference in realm combined with the difference in moves and weapons allowed them to survive in the end.
But although they survived, they paid a lot of price. Now all of the refugees have died by the swords, but thousands of soldiers have also fallen to the ground.
Counting the number of people in the entire team now, I found that it was less than fifty. There has been an army of 10,000 people, and now it has not returned to Wolf Yue City, there are less than fifty people left, what a huge gap this is.
And the most important thing is that these soldiers did not die at the hands of the expeditionary force, nor at the hands of Zhao Yulong, but at the hands of the people they wanted to protect.
Yes, these refugees killed them with their own hands, and they killed with their own hands what they wanted to protect.
Although he survived now, General Nalan was not happy, he didn't know how to express his heart, he just cried. The crying was hard to hear, and the voice seemed to be laughing, but there were tears on his face.
He ignored the surviving soldiers and staggered away, no one knowing where he was going, only that he had fallen in a puddle and never got up again.
(End of chapter)