"Move them! Give them something to eat.www --" Wu Dong said.
He was very sad in his heart! Such a scene goes against human ethics and is one of the cruelest scenes in the world! Who would do such a thing if they were not extremely hungry, if they were not facing death? Cannibalism, even if it is
Many animals will not do this, let alone humans as the spirit of all things?
In the past, Hua Shigang of the imperial court was a scourge to the world, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River could not survive. People often cannibalized people. At that time, Wu Dong only heard about it and had a very "hungry" impression in his heart. Now he knows it after seeing it with his own eyes.
How cruel is this phenomenon!
He stood there blankly, with no joy in conquering the city but only sadness in his heart!
Those people had been separated by Liangshan soldiers, and some soldiers distributed their food to them! Some soldiers took off their military uniforms and covered the boy's body. Later, someone would take the body outside for burial.
Wu Dong headed towards the city lord's palace with a heavy heart. He saw countless corpses along the way. Most of these corpses were starved to death. Every corpse was skin and bones. Some corpses had been chewed like the young man's corpse.
Wu Dong felt like he was in a ghost town in such a city! Except for Wu Dong, the other officers and soldiers also felt very uncomfortable! This kind of thing also happened in the Central Plains of the Song Dynasty, but it was very unusual for so many people to starve to death in one city.
of rarity.
"Prepare disaster relief first! Give some food to people like this! By the way, it's best to have some porridge! These people are so hungry that they can't eat anything else now." After Wu Dong entered the city lord's mansion,
Arrange this matter immediately.
Originally, we were on the way to fight. The most important thing now is fighting, and people's livelihood is by no means the most important! It can even be said that people's livelihood is very unimportant. Now disaster relief may even delay the battle. But Wu Dong doesn't care, he must do this
Do it. Yue Fei didn't stop him. Yue Fei is a soldier, and combat is his first priority. However, Yue Fei also knows that in such a small city, disaster relief does not need to consume too many manpower. He only needs to let the civilians behind him allocate part of it.
This thing will be fine.
"The north has been fighting for years, and things more miserable than this are common! When the Jurchens conquered Jinzhou, countless children aged two or three were slaughtered by the Jurchens as a game! All women under the age of 40 were raped and died by the Jurchens
!As for people who starve to death and people who eat people, it’s not just Zongzhou City, not just the north, but all over the Central Plains, and Jiangnan. It’s only within the scope of my rule in Liangshan that the people can live better.”
Yue Fei said.
"I hope I will never see such a cruel scene again in my lifetime! This requires your soldiers' continuous efforts to eliminate all corrupt regimes!" Wu Dong said.
"Yes!" Yue Fei nodded and agreed.
"We have conquered Zongzhou City. When will the news reach Zhongjing?" Wu Dong said.
"It will take more than ten days." Yue Fei said.
The communication conditions in ancient times were extremely limited. Things that seem very simple now would have required countless manpower, material resources, and time in ancient times! If it were summer, it would be better, and it would not take long to get to Zhongjing from here. But now
It's winter, and there's heavy snow in the sky. If you're not careful, you may fall into an ice cave and never come out. Even if the Jurchens have spies here, it will take half a month to send the news back.
"The weather is so cold that the soldiers are marching in the snow. Let them rest in the city for one night today. We will continue to set off tomorrow morning towards Lizhou," Wu Dong said.
"Yes." Yue Fei nodded.
He also planned to let the soldiers rest for a night. Even if Wu Dong didn't say it, he would suggest it to Wu Dong. Moreover, if what Wu Dong said was not conducive to the military plan, he would definitely refute it.
He immediately arranged for the soldiers to have a day's rest in the city. After he completed the arrangements, he returned here again and said: "Grand Governor, Han Qinghe would like to see you."
Wu Dong said: "Let him come!"
Wu Dong has now remembered who Han Chang was. He was the number one brave general under Jin Wushu in later generations. No wonder Yue Fei praised Han Chang's martial arts.
"Let Han Chang go too!" Wu Dong thought for a while and said hurriedly.
Han Qinghe has arrived, and he already knows that the Governor of Liangshan is personally supervising the battle and is here now. He did not dare to hesitate at the moment, and he didn't even have time to look at Wu Dong's appearance. As soon as he entered here, he knelt down!
"Father!" Suddenly there was an exclamation from beside him. Han Qinghe turned his head and realized that it was his son Han Chang. He was overjoyed. When father and son met, they were very excited.
"You all get up! Han Qinghe, if you are willing to surrender the city, all your past sins will be forgotten! And your son Han Chang, we will also spare him." Wu Dong said.
"Thank you, Grand Governor!" Han Qinghe saw this man sitting in the center with an extraordinary bearing. He immediately recognized that this was the Grand Governor of Liangshan and said with great respect.
"I also know the pain of the Han people in the north! Under the rule of the Liao Kingdom, the Han people in the north were oppressed by the Liao people. The Jurchens occupied the north, and they would be oppressed by the Jurchens. The Han people in the north, whether they defected to the Liao people or to the
The Jurchens, that's nothing, they have nothing to do! Speaking of which, the Han people in the north are like rootless ducks, they have no country of their own.
Without an army of their own, they can only act based on other people's faces! But things are different now. From now on, the northern Han people are also the real owners of this land! They live in their own land, and those foreigners are outsiders. They
Instead, you have to act based on our faces! Han Qinghe, Han Chang, you are also Han people, and you must protect the land under your feet from now on," Wu Dong said.
Han Qinghe and Han Chang were stunned. They had never thought about this problem. They had always thought that they were living in this land. The owners here were Khitans or Jurchens, never Han people! At this moment
Hearing such words, they couldn't help but feel agitated in their hearts! When will the Han people be the masters of the country in the north? Will they no longer have to live a life of a second-class race?
"Han Chang, you are good at martial arts, would you like to join our Liangshan Army?" Wu Dong asked again.
"Yes, I have martial arts skills and am about to make a difference!" Han Chang said excitedly.
He doesn't want his martial arts skills to go to waste! Ever since he was a child, he has danced to the sound of chickens every day and practiced diligently without practicing! If he can't join the army, his martial arts skills will be in vain. How unwilling would he be?
A smile finally appeared on Wu Dong's face, and he nodded, feeling very satisfied in his heart. He did not doubt Han Qinghe and Han Chang's sincerity in surrender. The Han people in the north could not have much loyalty to foreigners! Of course, those
Except for the rotten scholars who read the wrong words! Those rotten scholars only have one word "loyalty" in their hearts. They are absolutely loyal to the king, even if the king is a foreigner! You want to
If the minister dies, the minister must die. Even if the foreigners treat the Han people as a second-class people or slaves, they are still willing to serve the foreign kings, and they regard this as a "virtue" and are complacent about it! Of course!
This is the most devout kind of rotten scholar. Ordinary rotten scholars tend to adapt to the changing circumstances. As long as they see that their master is dying, they will immediately find another master for themselves.
"Are the Khitans mainly in Zongzhou City, or are we Han people?" Wu Dong asked.
"It's mainly us Han people who are the main ones," Han Qinghe said.
The number of Han people in the north was not very large, especially north of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
It just changes more and more.
"It turns out they are all Han Chinese! As I walked along, I found many people dead in the city," Wu Dong said.
"There is no way, there is no food in the city now." Han Qinghe said.
"Didn't you plant crops in previous years?" Wu Dong said.
"We also planted crops and learned from the foreigners to shepherd sheep! However, due to the continuous war in the north, all the crops were destroyed. Our cattle and sheep were also taken away by the Khitans and Jurchens and eaten up! So the people had nothing to eat." Han
Qinghe said.
"This kind of thing will never happen again in the future! You first help the army maintain order in the city and help with disaster relief. When the war is over, I will ask people to transport some seeds and try to slowly restore the people's livelihood here." Wu
Dongdao.
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief," Han Qinghe said.
Wu Dong waved to Han Qinghe and Han Chang to leave! They discussed the battle situation for a while, and then the generals also left one after another.
Han Chang found Yue Fei and expressed his willingness to follow Yue Fei. Yue Fei was also very happy. He also liked such a person with strong martial arts. At the moment, he first asked Han Chang to be a soldier. If Han Chang performed well on the battlefield in the future, he would slowly
Promotion.
That night, Wu Dong's dreams were filled with cruel scenes of cannibalism.
In the early morning of the next day, Liangshan's army was dispatched again. First the cavalry headed towards Lizhou, followed by the infantry. The civilians headed towards Lizhou with siege equipment and various supplies.--