No one could stop the horrific atrocities that occurred in the city because no one had the strength to stop it. In other words, no one wanted to stop it because they were numb.
Many people may not be afraid of death, but they are afraid of starving to death. If they had a choice, they would rather be hacked to death by Jian Nu than to be starved to bones and lie there slowly waiting to die.
I still have a knife in my hand. Since I don’t want to starve to death, I can only kill others to eat.
The unarmed common people and civilian husbands became the food for the soldiers. They were old and young, male and female. In the big pots, they cooked the loss of human nature.[
The conscience of the Liaodong Army was still intact. They did not monopolize the human flesh. Instead, after killing a batch, they distributed some to the surviving common people and civilians, and then the next day, they selected some of the strong ones among them to kill.
The ironic conscience is the most true portrayal.
It is obviously unfair to criticize those soldiers blindly. In this desperate situation, do they have any choice?
Life is precious. Taking away the lives of others for the sake of your own life seems absurd, but it is so real and so heartbreaking.
Dalinghe City was in a desperate situation and there was no way to escape. The Jin army dug deep trenches around Dalinghe City and surrounded it with heavy troops. Not even a fly could fly out, not to mention that they were so hungry that their chests were touching their backs.
Where are the living people? At this moment, even if the Jin army gives the soldiers and civilians in the city a way to survive, I am afraid that no one will be able to get out even one mile.
Cannibalism became the last and only option for the defenders. They had no choice but to do this, otherwise, they would have no choice but to surrender.
Of course, not everyone is willing to eat human flesh to survive, and He Kegang is one of them. Although he is a deputy general and the second-largest person in Dalinghe after Zu Dashou, he can only get some food at the beginning.
After the food was all gone, he faced the same dilemma of no food as the soldiers. However, he still had a bottom line as a human being. He was really ruthless enough to attack the unarmed civilians, and then separated them.
Eat their meat to fill your stomach.
Human flesh can make people survive, and it can also make people crazy.
He Kegang saw with his own eyes the soldiers slaughtering the civilians crazily and throwing their corpses into a cauldron of boiling water. At that moment, he was stunned. However, he did not even have the courage to give orders to stop it, because he did not have the courage to stop it.
Food was provided to these starving soldiers.
Stopping a group of soldiers who are so hungry that they are irrational and just want to live, there is only one outcome, and that is to be killed by them and then eaten.
Survival is the only thought of these soldiers. They are all commanders, generals, and guerrillas. It's all fucking bullshit!
Since cannibalism began, the generals in the city have been collectively speechless, and even Zu Dashou no longer appears in public, because they know that they can no longer stop the soldiers' crazy behavior.
………
"What's the date today?"
"Sir, it's the fourteenth."
"It's the 14th? So, I've been unconscious for two days... ugh."
He Kegang struggled to get up. Half a bowl of horse meat soup gave him some confidence, and his stomach was no longer so uncomfortable. Although he was still full of strength, he was much stronger than the dizziness before.
After getting up, he returned the half bowl of horse meat soup to Guo Yue, and said to Liu Yuying, Dou Mingde and others: "You haven't eaten for a long time, so share this soup."
After hearing this, Liu Yuying and Dou Mingde suddenly looked embarrassed. They looked at me and I looked at you, as if they were very ashamed. General Xiao Yongzuo buried his head low, fearing that He Kegang would see his face.
Face.[
"how?"
He Kegang thought that it was only half a bowl of soup and they were too embarrassed to share it. He was about to persuade him, but he stopped because he found that the faces of his subordinates were much rosier than his own.
He didn't want to think about it anymore, so he ordered Guo Yue in an imperative tone: "Drink the soup."
He knew that the child, like himself, had not eaten for many days, let alone eaten human flesh. Since Liu Yuying and the others did not need it, let the child drink the soup. Even if he really died, he had to make his stomach feel better.
Bar.
"Sir, I'm not hungry, so you should eat." Guo Yue shook his head, but his throat visibly swallowed. He suppressed his hunger and deliberately turned his face to look at Dou Mingde and the others.
"Eat as you are told. What, you won't listen to my order?" He Kegang and others pretended to be angry, and without any explanation, they handed the bowl to Guo Yue's mouth and drank: "Drink it!"
"Yes, sir!"
The habit of obedience formed over a long time made Guo Yue have no hesitation. Besides, he was really hungry! He opened his mouth and drank. "Gulu gulu" was two big mouthfuls. After drinking, he carefully picked up the horse meat in the bowl and put it into himself.
In his mouth, he chewed it loudly.
The taste of horse meat is really not good, not as good as beef and mutton, but at this moment it is the most delicious food in the world.
He Kegang just looked at the child licking the bottom of the bowl clean, then nodded with satisfaction, turned his eyes to Liu Yuying and others, and said to them: "Help me up, I want to see Zu Shuai.
"
"Hey, good!"
Liu Yuying hurriedly stepped forward to help He Kegang up, and Dou Mingde carried him step by step outside the tent.
…………
Outside the tent, what greeted us was the dilapidated city wall of Daling River, the houses that had been demolished to only bare frames, and the soldiers who were staggering due to hunger.
Seeing He Kegang coming out, the soldiers acted very numbly. They just sat there, motionless, and many of them did not even look at the deputy general. They just sat there blankly, with the
Your own spear, broadsword or firecracker.
The spear still has its tip, but the musket has become a burning stick.
Facing the contempt of the soldiers, He Kegang could only sigh secretly. Until now, the dignity of superiority and inferiority in Dalinghe City can be said to have disappeared. Even Zu Dashou could only restrain his own servants, and the other generals could only
You could be asking for more blessings.
Firelight and thick smoke can be seen everywhere in the city, and the smell of the air is also very strange. It has the smell of meat and a burnt smell, which makes it difficult to distinguish what it smells like.
The sky in the distance is very blue, but it makes it difficult to relieve the depression and despair in my heart.
The sun above our heads is very, very big, but no one can feel the warmth of the sun.
A lonely city, a dead city, even if there are still people breathing, it is already the Shura city of hell.
Looking around, there is no green patch in the city.[
…………
He Kegang's defense area is in Beicheng. However, it is said to be defense, but in fact it does not need to be defended at all, because the Jin army outside the city has no intention of entering the city, and they are surrounding it outside.
Anyway, the people in the city have long been out of food. Just wait for them to starve to death or surrender. There is no need to waste soldiers and attack the city, which is very uneconomical.
With a heavy heart, He Kegang was supported by his subordinates and walked in the city. He Kegang felt very uncomfortable. More than once, he saw hungry and swollen people trembling and huddled on the ground. He also saw a woman hugging him tightly.
The child was hiding in a corner where she thought no one could see her. When she heard the footsteps, she instantly became nervous and looked outside in fear with her mouth wide open.
He turned his face away in pain and quickened his pace. He Kegang didn't want the woman to be afraid anymore.
"Where is Commander Zu?"
When they walked to Nancheng, Zu Dashou and others were nowhere to be seen. He Kegang was a little surprised, so he asked Dou Mingde and the others.
Dou Mingde pointed towards the city and said, "When I came here just now, I saw Commander-in-Chief leading the young general to the city wall."
"oh."
He Kegang nodded and signaled Dou Mingde and the others to help him up to the top of the city.
Along the way, piles of white bones could be seen piled together from time to time, most of which were human corpses. He Kegang knew that these white bones with the flesh removed were used as firewood.
After the city ran out of food, firewood also ran out. At first, the houses were demolished to burn wood, but gradually there was no more wood to burn. They could not go outside the city to cut down trees, so they had to pick up the bones of the dead and burn them. Otherwise, the living people could only