Shen Tang’s experiences along the way are not unique.

The other two groups of the Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition forces also encountered the same situation. Half of Yanzhou's active forces were mobilized. What was left to the coalition forces were land that could not be moved, burned buildings, and the old and weak who were holding them back.

became a problem.

There is a shortage of food everywhere.

The Union Army also had a hard time fighting the war.

Taking care of these old and weak people, they can only wait to be dragged down.

They are not like Shen Tang, who cultivates and rests for four years, and more or less saves a fortune. Shen Tang has the confidence to insist on his kindness, but they have no choice. Even if the choice is very difficult, they can only be cruel

I chose to abandon it.

Those who still have enough energy can be given a few days of solid food to make a living, and life or death depends on God's will; those who are powerless can only choose to stay out of sight. But people always have to keep their eyes open to look at the road. How can it be said that some pictures are invisible?

When it arrives, it will disappear?

The three soldiers and horses are in different places, but their moods are highly consistent.

Gu Ren has the help of his Yue family and a group of brothers who are very sincere and courageous. He is considered to be quite wealthy among the coalition forces. Evening out some food and grass will not hurt his vitality. This matter is left to the twelfth brother Chao Lian and the thirteenth brother Shaochong.

, and also give them some reputation.

But within two days he found that he was less depressed.

I usually eat two buckets in one meal, but now I can't even eat half a bucket.

"Thirteen, but someone is bullying you?" Even though Shaochong's mind gradually recovered, Gu Ren still used to treat him as a child. Children will be depressed if they are bullied outside.

Shaochong sat sulking. There was unused food in front of him. Gu Ren gently advised him to eat two more bites: "Thirteen is still growing. Only by eating more can you grow taller. Only when you grow taller and stronger can you fight for your elder brother."

Victory. Do you think this is the truth?"

Shaochong pursed his lips tightly and resisted silently.

Gu Ren had no choice but to find his twelfth brother to understand the situation.

Chao Lian knew what Shaochong was thinking: "Brother, Thirteen feels that he has eaten too much and wants to eat some."

Gu Ren knew the crux of the matter as soon as he heard it.

Asked: "What did Shisan see when he went out with you?"

Chao Lian punched the ground with his fist and confided everything one by one.

The matter was not complicated at all. That day, their brothers went out and saw an old man tremblingly crawling towards a half-coffin in a ruin that had been mostly burned and the remaining half crumbling. It was said to be half a coffin, because the coffin was also half-coffin.

Most of it was burned.

The old man crawled in and lay down, motionless.

Shaochong gave the old man the food he had brought with him.

The old man weakly raised his hand to refuse.

【No, don’t eat, don’t eat.】

When Shao Chong saw him, Ya Shao said: [You can soak it until soft and then eat it.]

The old man slurred his words: [... After eating, the old man couldn't bear to die... He couldn't bear to die... But he was still hungry, so he had to eat dirt... eat grass... The old man didn't go out for seven days...

It’s too uncomfortable, it’s too uncomfortable.]

As he spoke, his hands and feet suddenly moved wildly, as if he was having a flashback.

After that, he collapsed from exhaustion.

Chao Lian raised his hand to cover Shao Chong's eyes, and couldn't bear to say: [Thirteen, stop looking, let the old man have a good sleep, let's not disturb him, be good and be obedient, okay?]

Shaochong was stunned for a moment and then obeyed obediently: [Oh.]

After the two brothers left, it started to rain continuously. Shaochong asked: "Brother Twelve, is he dead?"

Chao Lian said: [The calamity has been completed and I have gone to the bliss.]

Shaochong asked again: "Can I eat enough there?"

Chao Lian: [There will be so much food that I don’t want to eat.]

He walked for a while and didn't hear Shaochong's steps. He turned around and saw his thirteenth brother looking elsewhere.

Chao Lian also followed his gaze and looked over.

It was a small shabby house located in the corner. At this time, the door was slightly closed, and two figures, one high and one low, were vaguely visible.

Chao Lian stepped forward and pushed it gently. He felt something blocking the door. He looked down and saw that it was a small stone.

The people hanging the beams were an old man and a young man, two grandsons.

The two people's tongues were hanging out extremely long, and their deaths were extremely painful. The exposed skin was covered with corpse spots. When Chao Lian pushed the door open a little, the strong corpse smell that hit his face made him raise his hands to cover his nose. Shaochong asked him:

【Have they also successfully experienced the tribulation?】

Chao Lian gently closed the door: [Hmm.]

On the way back, you can still see old and weak people sitting in the corner with numb faces, motionless to save energy, some of them maintaining a curled up stiff posture, with their chests not rising and falling. Shaochong has seen this kind of scene more than once, but it is a sign of his mental growth.

This was the first time he faced it. Before, he could just look at it and forget about it. At most, he was curious about why these people were sleeping on the roadside.

Now that his mind has grown, he understands the heaviness.

[Brother Twelve, I don’t feel this way when I kill people...] Shaochong raised his hand to touch his chest and looked down at his fingers, as if there was the enemy’s blood on them, [I only feel relaxed, but it’s also the same.

Dead man, why now...]

But he feels like someone is constantly pouring bitter words into his mouth?

Chao Lian could not give an answer.

After that, Shaochong started to act abnormally.

Hearing this, Gu Ren sighed: "It's actually like this - I don't know whether Thirteen's recovery of his mind is a good thing or a bad thing. If you are ignorant of pain, you won't understand what hurt is."

Chao Lian: "Brother, do you want to enlighten Thirteen again?"

Gu Ren shook his head: "Let him figure it out by himself."

This is what you have to get used to if you are born in this era.

Half the state was easily captured.

The three-way Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition forces successfully joined forces.

Although it was a great victory, no one could laugh.

Partly because of what they saw and heard along the way, they were heavy-hearted and unable to laugh, and partly because these places needed people and no one, money but no money, and food but no food... Winning the war would bring no benefit at all, and it would be like being beaten.

Zheng Qiao slapped him playfully.

Shen Tang was the last to arrive.

To be precise, Shen Tang and Qian Yong arrived last.

Zhang He and Tao Yan arrived one day earlier.

The eyes of everyone in the alliance army looked at Shen Tang more weirdly and complicated than before. Some admired and some laughed at, but without exception, no one questioned Shen Tang's reputation for kindness. Because this reputation could not bring her any substantial benefits.

But what she has to pay is real benefits. Gu Ren whispered: "Mr. Shen's good deeds, Gu has heard about it. If you have any difficulties, just tell me."

If Tang is short of food, he can borrow some within his ability.

Shen Tang smiled rarely these days.

She said: "If you really have difficulties, you must speak up."

Gu Ren's eyes fell on Yun Ce, Huang Lie's leader who followed Shen Tang. He frowned and said directly: "Gu remembers that this boy seems to be the leader of Huang Lie's tent? How can he follow Lord Shen?"

Shen Tang smiled bitterly and said: "Coalition Leader Huang was worried that my side was short of manpower, so he specially sent him here to help. The original intention was to reduce our pressure, but the enemy did not follow common sense..."

I didn't encounter any decent resistance along the way.

In fact, except for the first two captured cities, which were defended by veterans, almost all the subsequent counties and cities were abandoned, and the veterans also robbed things and fled. What Shen Tang and others saw were desolate ruins: "

...Thousands of people are born with death...Every living thing is left behind...Sigh, Shen sometimes wonders what the meaning of this rolling world of mortals is..."

The life of a person in power is magnificent, turning his hands into clouds and rain, but when they fall on the common people, they are always life-threatening knives.

Gu Ren avoided Shen Tang's emotion because he didn't know the answer, and the original intention of Shen Tang's emotion was not to get the answer from him. He just said meaningfully: "When did Leader Huang treat Mr. Shen so well?

Very thoughtful..."

Shen Tang: "I have no personal relationship with him."

The two families are allies on the surface but have no contact in private.

Gu Ren sneered and said: "That's not what Gu meant..."

He meant to tell Shen Tang to be wary of Huang Lie. One of them and Zhang He were playing poison and the other was playing medicine. In fact, their foundations were not very clean. Especially the leader of the alliance, Huang Lie, the opponent's main force of heavy shield warriors was basically useless on the battlefield.

No matter how hard he tried, he always hid his strength. And Shen Tang was closely related to the Gongxi clan, so Huang Lie's show of kindness to Shen Tang most likely had no good intentions.

Shen Tang didn't embarrass Gu Ren either.
To be continued...