Song Dynasty

Chapter 168 Dead City ([-])

After entering the city, Kong Xian realized what Fang Worong said earlier, "You might as well keep these bean sprouts, maybe you can use them when you go back to the city."

Because this is food, and the city has been out of food for half a month.

What is the concept of half a month? It will kill people.Especially in the case of lack of water in this hot day.

Originally, there were several small hills in Qichun City, and the groundwater was rich.In good times, there is Qi water flowing outside, and you only need to dig a foot to see the water.But when this severe drought arrived, the well water that used to be abundant in the past disappeared without a trace overnight.

The only few water sources in the city have been strictly managed. With hunger and thirst, the people in the city fell one by one like grasshoppers in autumn.

Walking to the street, the situation in front of you is simply hell on earth.

I saw fallen corpses everywhere, the flies had already completely occupied the city, and landed with a bang, like putting a thick jacket on the dead, seeing people coming, they didn't know how to avoid them, they just greedily sucked on the human flesh .

The rotting corpse water flowed wantonly with white maggots, and the bones were thrown everywhere.

The smell is stronger, but because I have been smelling it for a long time, I am used to it, but the smell makes me want to cry.

"This, this, why..." Kong Xian's face was pale, his throat was rolling, and he wanted to vomit but couldn't.The wine and meat eaten at Wang Shen's place before got stuck in the esophagus, burning hot and painful.

"They're almost dead." Liu Fu sighed sadly. It's been a month since I saw him. This strong man has lost a lot of weight, and his face is full of beards.The hair has not been washed for a long time, and it is bloody and dusty, sticking together, as if wearing a hat.

"Dead?"

"They're all dead." Liu Fu nodded, his eyes full of despair: "When the army leader withdrew to Qichun to defend, he gathered nearly 4000 troops, and also conscripted all the people in the city, a total of [-]. At least General, guess how many are left now?"

"How many."

Liu Fu: "The combat troops are better. More than a thousand were killed, and there are still a little over 2000. As for the people in the city, there are still..." He held out four fingers.

"How much? Forty thousand?"

Liu Fu shook his head: "Four thousand."

"What, there are four thousand left?" Kong Xian's scalp tightened, his hairs stood on end.Just now Liu Fu said that there are 4000 people in the city, and now only [-] are left. So, what about the other [-] people?
They are all dead, the old city of Qichun is only a little big, anyway, there are only two streets, and it takes only one stick of incense to walk through the city: "So many dead people, where should we put them?"

"Wherever you put it, put it where you can." Liu Fu smiled wryly: "At the beginning, in order to prevent the disease from getting sick in the summer, the dead were dug and buried deeply. But there is not enough land to bury them here. Use it. Take a hoe and dig down in an open space, and you can dig up a few corpses. There is no choice but to burn, but the doors of the houses in the city have been demolished, and there is not even enough firewood for cooking. It can also be used to turn people into waste. In the end, everyone didn’t bother to take care of it, so they randomly found an empty house and threw the corpses in it until they couldn’t fit it in anymore.”

He had a miserable face: "It's all because of that old man surnamed Lu."

Kong Xian was amazed: "Master Lu, what does this matter have to do with Master Lu?"

"If you don't blame him, who else is to blame?" Liu Fu slapped the rammed earth wall of the next room angrily, and cursed: "The old killer is really hateful. The Zhiniang thief has all the bad ideas, and sent the dead soldiers out of the city to take the money." The rotting corpses are going to pollute the water source of the Sizhou Army. This is good, but I reminded that ruthless man Wang Daosi, who simply took the corpses and shot them into the city with a catapult. In this hot day, the dead They were all rotten, and a great plague suddenly broke out in the city. In fact, [-]% of the people in the city died of the plague, and the cause was all because of that old beast surnamed Lu."

When Kong Xian heard this, he felt sad for a while, and said for a long time: "I also heard about this when I was a prisoner. It was Wu Xianxian, the commander of the Sizhou army who defeated the Jie army, who shot the corpse into the city. Wang Daosi is benevolent and righteous." Gentleman, after hearing about it, he severely punished Commander Wu."

"A benevolent gentleman, a benevolent gentleman, Wang Shen is a ruthless and ruthless evil star. He can be a mere squire, but he can kill a seventh-rank defense envoy on the battlefield, command more than ten thousand troops, and govern the military and government of two states. He is not a kind character."

Kong Xian shook his head: "No, no, I trust my eyes."

"I hope so!" Liu Fu's eyes sparkled with longing, "Major General, are you here for peace talks?"

Kong Xian nodded: "Because of this matter, Wang Daosi is about to ask me to return to the city to facilitate this matter. He said that as long as my father can marry his sister-in-law to him, he will immediately withdraw from the siege and return to Huangzhou, so that our army can fight in Qi He also went to the imperial court to recruit our army. To show his sincerity, he is also willing to let the people in the city go out of the city to survive."

Liu Fu showed a smile on his face: "It would be the best if we can accept the recruitment. So many people have died, and the brothers are too hungry to walk, and no one wants to fight anymore. Yes, even though we are Judgment, but it doesn't matter if you are an officer and soldier of the court, as long as Wang Shen is willing to nod. His benefactor is the right minister Du Chong, and this matter will definitely get the court's nod. What is Qichun doing? Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng's reinforcements have been defeated by Wang Daosi, and there is no hope. Why are they still refusing to leave? Major General, I entrust this matter to you, for the sake of our Kong family army."

"Brothers in the army followed us from Hebei to Kaifeng, to Lianghuai, and now to Qihuang. There are so many troops, and now there are only two thousand left. They can't die anymore. At any rate, we should save some for us Hebei heroes. Seeds!" At this point, he bowed to the ground, tears falling down.

Kong Xian hurriedly put down the dustpan used to grow bean sprouts in his hand, and lifted him up, his eyes were red: "General Liu, don't worry, even if I try my best to be punished by my father, I will make him agree to marry Wang Shen anyway." Accepting the imperial court's offer, too many people have died, and this situation cannot continue."

At this time, suddenly, a black and thin figure jumped out from the side of the street, grabbed the dustpan on the ground, and shouted: "Eat, eat."

Then he picked up the bean sprouts and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing until the corners of his mouth were filled with green juice.

This is a wrinkled man. Judging by the color of his hair, he should not be very old, but he looks so old.

"Looking for death!" A guard raised his waist knife and slashed at his vest.

Kong Xian was shocked: "No!"

But it was still a step too late, and the sharp hand knife split the man's back.

But no blood came out.

The man staggered forward and threw himself on the door beside him.

"Boom!" The door fell down, and a black mass slanted down, pressing Kong Xian and Liu Fu firmly under it.

Those were half-corrupted corpses piled up in the house like firewood.

(End of this chapter)