Chapter 163: Washing the City (Part II)

Dusk has arrived, and the soft light pours on the outer walls of the county town.

Wisps of white smoke rising from the tower, twisted and drifted towards the heights. At this time, the county town had become dilapidated under the baptism of war.

The outer wall of the city, which was originally magnificent and strong, was blasted out by trebuchets with countless breaches, and the two large wooden walls had not yet been repaired, and the heavy wooden mén with countless cracks was randomly placed aside, and the ground was full of debris that had fallen from the wooden mén, and the decay was scattered there.

Because the war had just ended, the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

This is the case with the scenes in the outer city, which look dilapidated at best, but when you follow the city into the county, what you see and hear makes people feel miserable.

This county town is considered a middle city, with about 30,000 people living here, and several main streets are spacious and flat, lined with shops, and it is a very prosperous place, but under the erosion of war, everything has become a mirror.

At this time, half of the population of the city has been removed, and the shops on both sides of the street have long been emptied. The bigger the merchant, the stronger the bloody smell wafting out of it.

On the streets, soldiers were constantly dragging dead bodies and clearing the roads, most of which were civilians.

The bodies of these civilians were dragged by Wu Jun haphazardly and piled on the side of the road, waiting for the next step of incineration.

On the ground, there are blood stains, stretched long.

The weather has begun to warm, and mosquitoes and flies are buzzing and swirling on the bloodstains.

The corpses in civilian houses are rarely cleaned up, anyway, after the army leaves, there will always be people to do these things, as long as the outside is cleaned up, it's fine.

From time to time, the sound of forbearance and crying dotted the county town after the war. Soldiers walked down the street in groups, silent everywhere they passed.

"Big brother, this is the Wucheng county town you mentioned, right? It seems that the war is over. The fight is really jī lie, even the city wall is broken like this. ”

Standing outside the city, looking at the scene in front of him, Tang Yuan sighed with emotion.

Seeing that no one responded, Tang Yuan turned his head and found Wu Xingzong walking to the other side: "Big brother, where are you going?

Wu Xingzong walked expressionlessly: "First find someone to inquire about the situation in the city, and then make plans." ”

Although on the way, they had already heard that King Wu had stopped washing the city and that the main army had left, but it was not appropriate to rush into the city.

In the direction he walked, there was a group of people digging a pit of earth, busy there.

He and Tang Yuan both looked like teenagers, and their proximity did not make each other vigilant.

"Uncle, let me ask you, has Wu Jun already left here?" Wu Xingzong asked.

"Are the two Xiǎo brothers from outside, are they looking for someone in the city?" an old man stopped and asked.

Wu Xingzong said: "Don't hide it from my uncle, I have a sister who lives in the city, and when I heard that Wu Jun attacked here, I couldn't help but worry and wanted to go to her house to have a look." ”

"Alas, evil creation, these beasts have slaughtered the city for three days, and your sister really lives in the city, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky. However, maybe it's still alive, maybe it's still alive. ”

The old man sighed, and said persuasively: "The army is leaving, although the generals left behind don't kill people, but they are still very fierce, you enter the city, but don't go to them for trouble, xiǎo heart left his life there." ”

Hearing that the army had left and there was no danger in the city, Wu Xingzong and Tang walked towards the city from afar.

Although the city was dilapidated, there were no soldiers patrolling.

In and out, there were also some people like them who went to look for their relatives, because they were just two ordinary teenagers, and the soldiers in the city did not make it difficult for them, and let them go directly.

"Big brother, where is your sister's house, do you know?" After the two entered the city, Tang Yuan asked and said.

Wu Xingzong said: "Go forward along this street, and after three more intersections, there is a xiǎo lane, and the last one is." I came with my dad once, so I remember. ”

"The situation in the city doesn't look good, so many people have died. Tang Yuan looked around and said with a frown.

Wu Xingzong didn't speak, but his speed was much faster.

The two teenagers were very bold, and they had no fear of dead bodies, and along the way, they also saw some living people.

"Big brother, I inquired just now, Wu Jun slaughtered tens of thousands of people, probably half of the city, and your sister may not be among the dead. Tang Yuan followed up after falling behind for a while.

"I hope that's the case!" Wu Xingzong took a deep breath and said, the two of them walked faster and faster.

"Here we are, here it is. Standing in front of a xiǎo alley, Wu Xingzong said.

Tang Yuan saw that Wu Xingzong was reluctant to go in, and couldn't help but persuade him: "Since you're here, let's go in." ”

Wu Xingzong then walked towards Xiǎo Alley.

Xiǎo Alley is long, but after walking so far, neither of them heard a single movement.

Could it be that everyone here has been killed?

The two glanced at each other, Tang Yuan's face was a little pale, but Wu Xingzong was shrouded in a layer of green qi, and the last big mén was tightly closed, standing in front of mén, Wu Xingzong took a deep breath.

Bang!

Mén was kicked away by him, and at the same time, a child's cry sounded in the courtyard, and he was quickly covered.

Wu Xingzong was overjoyed and ran towards the source of the sound.

The sharp-eyed saw a nv, holding the child, and running towards the house.

Not a sister...... Although it was just the back, Wu Xingzong could tell that the other party was not his sister.

"Who are you?" At this time, an old man and a young man, armed with a stick, ran out of the house.

Seeing that there were only two teenagers coming in, there was a clear sigh of relief on their faces.

"I want to ask you, who are you? Aren't Liu Changshun's family living here?" Wu Xingzong asked coldly staring at them.

The vigilant look that was still there disappeared immediately, and the old man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and replied, "They are all dead, they were all killed a few days ago." ”

The young man said, "We are also the Liu family, because their family is dead, and the deed here has been given to us by the patriarch Jiāo, who are you?"

After learning of Wu Xingzong's intention, the old man sighed and said: "The person has been buried in the earth, and he is buried in the ancestral tomb of the Liu family outside the city. ”

Wu Xingzong listened, didn't speak again, and walked out of Xiǎo Lane, following Tang Yuan beside him to try to persuade him, but he didn't know what to say.

"Let's go!" Wu Xingzong was silent for a while, and then walked out of the city the same way without looking back.

Tang Yuan followed him, and along the way, he saw several more waves of incinerated corpses, and the black smoke rose straight into the sky.

The sky over the entire city was filled with such black smoke, as if it was the unwilling soul of the deceased.

Liu Changshun's family was buried in the ancestral grave of the Liu family outside the city, as Guo Laohan said, looking for a new grave, and soon the two found the grave of this family.

Looking at the grave where he was roughly buried, the family was buried in one place, Wu Xingzong's eyes were a little red, although he had been separated for many years, the NV person buried in it was his only relative in the world, and he died like this.

"Big brother, where are we going next?" asked Tang Yuan after leaving the cemetery.

Wu Xingzong said: "King Wu, I won't go to take refuge, if you want to go, I won't stop you." ”

"Big brother has a grudge against him, how can brother xiǎo go to him again? Big brother, you also see me Tang Yuan!" Tang Yuan was very unhappy when he heard this, and said.

"Good brother!" Wu Xingzong's eyes flashed and he patted Tang Yuan's shoulder.

At the same time, he explained: "If I don't go to King Wu, not only do I have enmity with him, but I don't have this enmity of killing relatives, how can I take refuge in such a cruel person?"

"Whoever the eldest brother says to take refuge in, I'll follow Tang Yuan!" Tang Yuan said seriously.

Wu Xingzong knew that Tang Yuan was not a duplicitous person, and finally a smile appeared on his face when he heard this: "You and my brother, we must find a master before we go to take refuge!"

"Big brother, let's go, this city is not peaceful, not a place to stay for a long time. Tang Yuan looked at the soldiers who were holding swords in the city, and said.

Wu Xingzong stared in the direction of Cheng Mén, with murderous intent in his eyes.

"King Wu, hmph!" After a while, Wu Xingzong still chose to leave with Tang Yuan.

Leaving the county, the two changed their course and headed for a place undisturbed by the war.

While resting in a xiǎo town, he came across a caravan whose people were talking about a battle.

The place where they were sitting, not far from the caravan, and the loud voices that were talking, were in the ears.

“...... Now in the south, it is King Wu and Duke Shu who are the strongest. ”

"Chu Hou is also counted, I heard that there are a lot of cities. ”

"Hey, the Marquis of Chu didn't have much time to raise his troops, and it can't be compared, the Duke of Shu can now get the land of Shu, this time he attacked Jingzhou, and the 50,000 army surrounded outside Xiangyang City, if you want to say that the heroes of the world, the Duke of Shu must be counted among them......"

“...... I heard that the Duke of Shu was benevolent to the people, and Shu had been war-torn for a long time, but after unification, the fields were divided into households, and every family had land, and there were not many taxes, so it was peaceful in just two years......"

“...... Hey, haven't you heard? The Duke of Shu is blessed by the gods, and if the people hold a big sacrifice for the Duke of Shu, there will be a bumper harvest in the local area, no wonder the repeated battles can be won, and there must be heavenly help......

"The Duke of Shu is still alive, isn't it okay to have a sacrifice?"

"We can't stand it, who is the Duke of Shu? I heard that it is the reincarnation of the red dragon!"

In other words, Wang Hongyi attaches great importance to this

The most important name in China, what is good to say if you have a reputation, and to seize the world, the biggest name is to "be ordered by the sky"

Liu Bangdu won the world with "the Red Emperor and the White Emperor", how could Wang Hongyi not do it?

For a long time, when he was the county commander, he secretly propagated public opinion and advocated his own sacredness, but now, don't you work hard in this regard?

Therefore, these public opinions are released in cooperation with relevant personnel and are popular in the world, and the effect is quite good.

Even if they are sages and resolute people, they are inevitably affected by the limitations of the times.

No, these people's intermittent words entered Wu Xingzong's ears, Wu Xingzong's eyes lit up, he turned his head to look at his companions, and found that Tang Yuan was also like this.

"Big brother, have you heard? The Duke of Shu sounds good, King Wu can't vote, our brother should go to the Shu army!" Tang Yuan excitedly proposed.

Wu Xingzong thought for a moment and said: "Let's go and see first, if you can, go and join the Shu army, but it will take two or three months to go over!"

Walking to go, there are also thousands of miles to go, in ancient times, is to take this time.

"What are you afraid of, will our brother still starve to death?" Tang Yuan was a little unimpressed.

Wu Xingzong listened and nodded.