Chapter 108: The Bitter War
The entire southeast plate was disturbed by the invasion of the demon clan.
Huiji City, which used to be spotless and orderly, is now noisy and crowded.
Continuous convoys transported all kinds of supplies from the warehouses and cities in the jurisdiction to the open spaces in the city, and after counting, they were transferred to the front line in different categories. The warehouses in Huiji City were already full of grain, forage and weapons, and some private warehouses outside the city were also requisitioned to store horses, gunpowder bullets and fierce fire oil.
The roads of the city were muddy all day long, and the crowded vehicles were mixed with shouting and swearing, and the sound of horses and other strange sounds was crushed by the endless carriages.
War is never a good thing.
For example, it will bring about soaring prices, for example, it will bring about a shortage of manpower, for example, it will bring all kinds of problems.
Of course, it is not without benefits, for example, there are absolutely no idle people at this time, and even the prison cells are empty.
Once a mistake is caught, the first thing to do is not to file a case, but to go to the front line or transport team to work as a civilian servant, and wait until the end of the war to liquidate. The guilt is offset by the reduction, and the innocent is given some symbolic compensation. The cost is far less than that of hired people, so officials of all sizes are very happy to catch criminals at this time, rather than them to arrest strong men.
As for prices, since the government compulsorily purchased war materials at pre-war prices and gave priority to supplying them to the front line, the people's daily diet inevitably increased. Although there are repeated orders for merchants not to hoard, the reality is that it is growing exponentially.
The head of each family wondered how this would fill the stomach of the family, and because of the wartime policy, not only would the work not be reduced, but the additional work would be done according to demand, and there was no extra money. The price of white rice has doubled, and the price of flour has risen by almost the same amount. As for meat or something, it's almost sky-high.
However, this does not cause disgust among the residents, at least they still have food to eat, at least they have clothes to wear. Although the work is hard, at least there is still life, as long as you get through it. If it is broken by the demon clan, it will be hell on earth, and when the time comes, I just want to work, and whether I have a life or not.
The more brutal side of the war is outside the city. There is a large area of martial law there.
This is a temporary camp for the disposal of the remains of the soldiers.
The soldiers of the Chen family who participated in the battle, as well as some other fighters, who could not be quickly dealt with on the front line, would be transported here for screening and counting, and then cremated. It is not known what will be on the battlefield, nor what weapons will be there, so no matter what kind of corpse it is, there is no guarantee that he will not inflict secondary damage. Even if you fight in the rear, in your own area, you will choose cremation.
Only a very small number of generals, after strict identification, will be dealt with extraordinarily.
The guards here are all veterans, and if you let the new recruits come here, I am afraid that they will either vomit or have a nervous breakdown. Even the veterans have a look of fear on their faces that can't be concealed.
The war started in the Chen family's territory, and it will be transported here in an endless stream in the future. Just by looking at the number of incinerators, one can guess that war damage would be an unimaginable number.
The veterans are accustomed to the blood of the battlefield, there is no stench and blood here, and for them, it is already considered heaven.
What terrified them were the different corpses.
In the places waiting for incineration, many of them are mutilated, or simply patchworked, and even the hands and feet are obviously not alone. What's more, it was mixed with parts that didn't look like a human body, which was a bit excessive, and picked up all the parts of the demon clan.
Normal is pitifully rare. The veterans subconsciously avoided this, not even wanting to remember that it was a pile of tragic things created by the legendary walking dead.
Those monsters who are swayed by demons and are not afraid of life, death and pain are the nightmare of all soldiers, even veterans of a hundred battles have no good way. They were completely unable to resist the brutal force, often losing in a matter of turns.
All you can do at this time is to die, and hopefully not to be too painful. Being able to keep the whole corpse is already a luxury.
The demon clan soldiers were extremely strong, and after the black wind couldn't withstand it, the Huang family also fought three battles with great difficulty, and finally failed to resist the momentum of the demon clan's undead army.
The territory of the Huang family is followed by the Chen family, and the volume of the Chen family in Haining is naturally not comparable to that of Quanzhou Huang Neng. After several build-ups, they even armed forty thousand soldiers. Many of them are new chicks. Undoubtedly, they were also the most miserable to die, even causing a rout on the entire front.
In the face of the demon clan's legion that is not afraid of life and death, the Chen family can only choose to avoid its edge again and again.
When the war first began, the children of the officials and eunuchs in the Li family's jurisdiction were excited, and they were eager to use a war to make a contribution. A large number of sons and daughters of the family were stubborn and demanded to participate in the conquest of the army.
But in any case, not a single recruit was drafted. It is rumored that during the war, no one will be called up except for the existing army.
The loss suffered by the Chen family made the decision-making level of the Li family and the entire command system realize that in front of the puppet army that was difficult to kill, any recruit would only be a human head who died in vain, and would not play any positive role.
With the establishment of the third line of defense of the Chen family, the war has been in a stalemate for more than ten days, although there are no soldiers who died in the battle, but groups of wounded soldiers who came back from the front line made everyone realize that this was an extremely tragic war.
Since most of the Chen family's manpower and material resources were used to resist the attack of the demon clan, the treatment methods on the front line were limited, so most of the soldiers who were convenient for transfer were transported to the Li family's sphere of influence for treatment.
Even the kingdom sent a lot of doctors and brought a lot of trauma medicine. This was not an easy task for the kingdom, which was supporting the Western Front campaign on the Central Front at the same time.
With the progress of the two battles of the Chen family, the number of wounded soldiers also decreased, but due to the continuous transportation, the original time was not yet the time to heal, so in addition to the original medical center and various private medical centers, the Salesian Bureau or temples were used as temporary wounded and sick stations.
In the face of the huge number of wounded, the only nursing staff was no longer enough, and later, it was the wounded soldiers who came in first and were recovering to take care of the new wounded.
However, even so, there is still an optimistic attitude that everyone believes that victory is a matter of time.
In hundreds of years, this was the most powerful attack of the demon race. Regardless of success or failure, it is worth the Terrans to analyze the reasons behind it.