The entourage responded, and after a while, he led a woman out of the back hall, that was Xu Yuan's concubine, because she was the most favored by Xu Yuan, so even if she was fighting, Xu Yuan had always taken her with her, that concubine was even worse than those soldiers, she was stupid and stupid, and she couldn't cultivate at all, just see this woman who was once as beautiful as a flower, and now she has become disfigured due to hunger, withering like a flower lacking water, and looking at the soldiers suspiciously, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Master, what are you doing in a hurry to call the slave family out?"

Xu Yuan had a strange smile on his face, and said astringently: "There is food, so I specially invite Mrs. to come out." Saying that, he took out half of the dry and hard white cake from his arms, although the woman had doubts, but hunger made her lose the ability to think and the demeanor of a lady, snatched the white cake, turned around and stuffed it into her mouth, just gnawed two bites but remembered Xu Yuan, hurriedly broke off half and handed it to Xu Yuan, and said softly: "Husband, you also eat some, you haven't eaten real food for several days." ”

Xu Yuan reluctantly smiled and said: "Silly girl, the husband is an immortal, and he doesn't need these hungry!" When the woman heard this, she was no longer humble, and she stuffed half of the white cake into the □ in three or two bites, seeing that she was almost choked, Xu Yuan took her into his arms with a heartache, and said softly: "Slow down, don't worry, after eating this meal, you won't be hungry again in the future." ”

The woman was a little strange when she heard this, and was about to ask, when she suddenly felt a tightness in her neck, and saw Xu Yuan grab her neck, and the next second she had broken her neck bone.

Xu Yuan bowed his head and bowed to her, turned to the soldiers who were full of surprise and choked up: "Tianjiang has been out of food for many days, Xu Yuan hates to cut meat for food, in order to relieve the hunger of the soldiers, but Xu Yuan, as a deputy commander, shoulders the heavy responsibility of guarding Tianjiang, this cheap life cannot be easily abandoned, so he had to kill his own woman and use it as military food." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the few martial artists who were in the concubine beside him, sighed slightly, and with a sudden wave of his two fingers, several lasers suddenly pierced the chests of the five martial artists: "Cook them together, and feed the soldiers to ...... hunger."

All the soldiers were shocked, and they all knelt on the ground, choked up and couldn't speak......

Twilight is gradually falling, shrouded in the dead silence of Tianjiang City, this is the moment when families are cooking smoke, every household is reunited, and the whole family sits around the table to enjoy the most sumptuous dinner of the day, but now Tianjiang City can not see a wisp of cooking smoke, and can not hear a laugh.

The whole city has been out of food for many months, I really can't imagine how the six thousand soldiers in the city survived, He Yu with He Bao, Li Hongru and others, is on the city wall to inspect the movement of the enemy, Xu has experienced a lot, now He Yu and He Bao are no longer the naïve and casual character of the year, what to do now also learn to plan accurately!

He Yu and the others came to the city wall, obviously the most eye-catching existence, in the case of extreme hunger and drastic reduction in combat effectiveness, they were still able to hold Tianjiang City, facing the 100,000 horses of the Ghost Emperor Kingdom, less than 6,000 people The soldiers of the Imperial Kingdom defeated the other party under the leadership of Wang Mo, and He Yu and them, as Wang Mo's brothers, obviously got the respect they deserved!

As the most critical person and the greatest hero of guarding the Heavenly Frontier, although Wang Mo and the others have priority to get food security, they are only rice bran and wild vegetables, and even eating rice bran and wild vegetables can only be full of hunger, although Wang Mo and the others do not need food to satisfy their hunger, but in the Tianjiang City where the aura is lacking, even the Death Gate Immortal is obviously uncomfortable when he does not eat for a long time.

He Yu couldn't imagine how those low-level cultivators who had no food security at all could survive this unprecedented famine, not to mention that these soldiers were more or less injured.

"Third master, fourth master, go back and rest early, here we are!!" Lian Xing reminded in a low voice, resting when you are hungry can conserve physical strength and reduce hunger, which is a valuable experience from those who have experienced it firsthand, and this is even a life-saving experience.

While He Yu and the others were talking, a few screams suddenly came from a thousand meters ahead, together with the abrupt cry of the child, obviously the throat was cut by a sharp blade, He Yu was shocked, and lost his voice: "It's not good! The enemy army has entered the city!" Without waiting for him to act, Li Hongru and the others had already rushed over, but there was no sound of fighting in front.

There was only a hellish silence and a faint choking sound or two, He Yu and He Bao rushed there in three or two steps, but seeing the magic weapon in the hands of Li Hongru and Lu Feihong, the light appeared, and around them, more than a dozen soldiers surrounded them in the center with swords in their hands, but there was no hostility in their eyes, only a deep despair and helplessness.

"What's the matter?" He Bao hurriedly asked, and saw Lian Xing's eyes pointing behind the soldiers with red eyes, and choked up: "Fourth master, look!"

He Baoer followed Lian Xing's hope, and saw two large carts dragged behind the soldiers, and the cars were full of corpses, most of them were mortals, and even blood was dripping down, converging into a dazzling stream on the ground, and the top few corpses were still squirming in Huiwei, obviously just dead.

He Yu was shocked, and at a glance he saw the wounds on the necks of those mortals, which had been cut by sharp blades, and the screams and cries he heard just now were obviously from their mouths.

He couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"

One of the middle-aged men was the leader of this team, although he was restrained by Li Hongru with one hand, there was no fear on his face, only endless grievances and guilt.

In the face of He Yu's questioning, he suddenly cried like a child: "Deputy Commander Xu asked us to raise food, and we didn't want to, but the deputy commander gave a strict order, and if we couldn't raise food, we wanted to make military food." ”

"Xu Yuan asked you to raise food, but he didn't ask you to kill these surviving mortals!" As soon as He Yu's words came out, his face changed color, and a fear that he had never felt before suddenly rose in his heart, and a chill instantly permeated his whole body, making him cold from his bone marrow to his soul.

He stared deeply into the leader's eyes and asked in a snull voice, "Is this... XU Yuan.. What does Deputy Commander Xu mean? Does he know what you're doing?"

The leader nodded affirmatively: "Deputy Commander Xu can even kill his own favorite concubine, let alone ordinary people? Of course this is what he meant, otherwise how would we dare to commit such an atrocity that is indignant to the people and gods?"

On the side, He Bao hurriedly asked in a trembling voice: "How many such food teams are there?"

The leader choked up, "In addition to us, there are at least three other teams, all looking for the bodies of some dead soldiers, as well as surviving mortals"

"Tell them to stop immediately, and I'll go to Deputy Commander Xu immediately!" He Yu suddenly hissed, "No one is allowed to kill another person without a new order!"

As soon as the words fell, He Yu He Bao and the others drove all the way to the City Lord's Mansion, the livestock in the city had already been killed and hungry, and the only remaining food had been eaten, but He Yu and they never expected that these people would eat the corpses of the dead and eat the flesh and blood of the living.

He Yu and the others ignored the guards' obstruction, broke in all the way, and finally entered the inner hall, and finally saw Xu Yuan, who was carefully checking the map.

"Xu Yuan, did you tell the soldiers to kill people to raise food, and you want to use the corpses of the surviving mortals and dead soldiers as military food?" He Yu shouted with his eyes red.

Xu Yuan turned his gaze back from the military map on the wall, waved his hand and motioned for He Yu and the others to sit down, and replied calmly: "Yes, this is what this deputy commander meant. ”

"How can you let a soldier kill people to satisfy their hunger?" He Bao couldn't help but take two steps forward and asked sharply, "How can you commit such an atrocity that is the anger of people and gods? Could it be that in the eyes of immortals, mortal life is really like an ant?"

Xu Yuan met He Bao's angry gaze, and asked lightly: "Then what should I do?" ”

He Bao was stunned and argued: "The purpose of our defense of Tianjiang City is to protect the people and save the people from fire and water.

"There is a world of difference!" Xu Yuan said calmly, "They died under the butcher's knife of the enemy, died under the claws of wild beasts, it is just a senseless sacrifice, if it is used as military food for the soldiers to feed their hunger, they are the greatest heroes in defending Tianjiang, you want to protect the people of Tianjiang City, and I want to protect hundreds of millions of lives in the entire Imperial Kingdom, for this greater goal, it is to sacrifice the soldiers and civilians of Tianjiang City, that is also at the expense." ”

Xu Yuan paused slightly and said coldly. "Do you think I don't know the miserable condition of those mortals, do you think I don't have guilt and anxiety in my heart? Do you think my conscience will be good? But if there is still a trace of countermeasures, how can I bear to give such an order? If you have a way to raise food for the soldiers, I will immediately ask the food team to stop moving, if not, please shut up!"

He Yu and the others were speechless, the surviving people of Tianjiang City and the hundreds of millions of living beings in the Human Emperor Kingdom were more important, it was clear at a glance, once Tianjiang City was lost, and the enemy army was approaching, I am afraid that one after another immortal cities would be breached, and one after another living beings would die, but in the depths of their hearts, they felt that they could not make such a comparison.

Each of them has the same right to live, but He Yu and they can't figure out the relationship between the primary and secondary ones, so they can only ask weakly: "Even if you use mortal people as military food, the surviving mortals are only a few thousand, and you can't hold out for long, if that day comes, what will you do?"

Xu Yuan said lightly: "I have discussed with several other deputy commanders, first use the corpses of mortals and dead soldiers as military food, if the reinforcement above still has not arrived by then, it will be the turn of the weak soldiers in the army, and then all the soldiers will draw lots to decide life and death, in a word, as long as there is still one person in Tianjiang, you must stick to the last moment." ”

He Yu and the others felt that chill that penetrated deep into the bone marrow permeated their bodies again, and their tones trembled a little: "You ......"

For the first time, He Yu met the kind-faced man in front of him, with an unimaginable perseverance and iron will, and he began to faintly regret that he and his second brother had laid out the defensive formation together, with the Tianji formation laid by their three brothers and the four Death Gate Immortals, the defenders of Tianjiang City were enough to resist the attack of the Hanggui Emperor even if they were weak, which was originally a move to defend Tianjiang City, but instead made mortals fall into a hellish disaster.

But without their strength, once the Heavenly Frontier is not protected, the Ghost Emperor Kingdom will go straight up, and the entire Human Emperor Kingdom will be exposed to the enemy's butcher's knife, and the greater war will implicate more living beings......

He Bao choked up and shouted, "If you do this, aren't you afraid that my second brother will know?"

At the mention of Wang Mo, Xu Yuan sighed slightly, his eyes immediately turned red, and even his tone was a little choked: "The second master is the most responsible commander I have ever met, and he is also the person I Xu Yuan admires the most." ”

"But because of this, I can't let the second master worry about these things anymore, when he held on to Baishui City, the second master's life hung by a thread, desperately protecting us and others to retreat to the heavenly frontier, and a few days ago I was injured and raided the enemy army, but... Can... The second master is the commander again, no matter how strong he is, he is also a human being, and he only has one life, and now that the second master is in retreat to heal his wounds!! do you want me to disturb the second master and let him solve it?"

Suddenly, Xu Yuan knelt down in front of He Yu and the others with a "poof": "Third master... I beg you... Don't tell the second master, let him heal well... When he gets out of the customs, he will punish and kill me, Xu Yuan didn't say half a sentence... I beg you!I beg you!!"