Text Chapter 350 Desperate Lifeless

On August 9th, the weather was so hot that everything on the land was about to be roasted, and what was even more terrible was that Winterfrost City had no food supplies for nearly 4 days.

Lin Muyu's war horses have also been slaughtered, and even Min Yulin's own mounts have been used as food, but it still doesn't help. The remaining 20,000 soldiers almost ate up everything in Dongshuang City, and the bark in the city has been destroyed. Stripped naked, many soldiers dug three feet to find earthworms, mice and other animals, and the entire Winter Frost City was dead silent.

With a gurgling sound in his stomach, Lin Muyu held the hilt of the Dragon Spirit Sword at his waist, and walked step by step on the city avenue. As far as he could see, he could see the imperial army sitting powerlessly by the side of the road. Have the strength to get up and move around, let alone a daily workout.

"Brother."

Qin Yan ran over excitedly, wiped his chapped lips, and said, "Go back to the camp quickly, I made some delicious food, maybe I can fill my stomach a little bit."

"oh."

Lin Muyu followed him back to the camp, but saw Shen Han cooking a big pot, and there was a faint fragrance from the pot, he couldn't help but asked in amazement: "What, didn't we eat everything two days ago?" gone."

"You'll find out soon enough."

After a while, Qin Yan lifted the lid of the pot, and saw pieces of dark things rolling in the boiling water, it was these things that gave off a faint fragrance, Lin Muyu couldn't help frowning, and said: "This is What."

"I hate cowhide, I hate cowhide that I took out from the armor." Qin Yan said excitedly: "Although I hate cowhide, it will loosen like pigskin after being boiled in boiling water for an hour. It must be good, brother, sit down, I will serve you a bowl, and you can wait to enjoy the delicious meal."

Lin Muyu smiled wryly: "I just need a little bit, give some more to the brothers, they have been hungry for many days."

"Well, I see."

A few minutes later, a bowl of soup was brought to Lin Muyu, with a palm-sized piece of cowhide floating on it. The skin had been boiled and exuded a faint fragrance. When I picked it up with chopsticks and took a bite, it was as if I was biting a piece of hard paper. Lin Muyu frowned, no matter how much it was, he quickly chewed it, and swallowed this piece of disgusting cowhide with a "gudong". He didn't know what it tasted like, but somehow it still left something in his stomach.

At this moment, an orderly shouted outside the camp: "Deacon Lin Muyu of the Temple Camp, the Lord has summoned the generals to discuss matters."

"Understood, go now."

"good."

Lin Muyu stood up, ordered Qin Yan and Shen Han to put away the camp, and then went to the city lord's mansion. All the generals in the city lord's mansion were pale, and even Min Yulin's complexion was not very good. His face was a little scary. He was not like this in Yancheng.

"Generals."

Min Yulin stood up slowly holding an iron spear. The prince's robe on his body was a little wrinkled due to sitting for too long. He looked at the crowd and said calmly: "We... are ready to go home."

A Chief Wan of Muyu City was stunned: "Your Majesty, we are now surrounded by demons, how can we go home."

Min Yulin smiled slightly, and said: "Five days ago, General Chai Hong, the commander of the Tomahawk Battalion, led his troops to dig a tunnel under the east wall of the city. This tunnel is two miles long, completely beyond the encirclement of the demons. Tonight, let’s retreat at night, each battalion will summon generals above the centurion to retreat together.”

Lin Muyu's heart sank, and he asked, "What about ordinary soldiers?"

Min Yulin shook his head: "If there are too many people... the demons will definitely find out. The generals above the centurion are all elites of the empire. We will not be afraid of running out of firewood to keep the green hills. After returning to Lanyan City, we can still recruit recruits. After training, it will be a strong soldier, and it will not be too late to avenge the soldiers who died in Winterfrost City."

Xu Ying nodded: "Your Majesty's words are reasonable, each battalion should follow suit immediately."

Lin Muyu was inconvenient to say anything more, so he cupped his fists and said, "Yes."

...

Time passed bit by bit, at night, when the stars were dim, Lin Muyu led Qin Yan, Shen Han and other generals above the centurion to the east of the city along the alley, only seeing people sitting quietly on both sides of the road. Some of the silent imperial soldiers had been dead for a long time, and they were starved to death. As for the tens of thousands of people in Winterfrost City, they had already starved to death, and many of them were snatched away by the imperial army. Naturally, the rations cannot survive.

Qin Yan frowned and said, "The rest of the people can only stay and wait to die."

Shen Han sighed and didn't speak.

Lin Muyu said indifferently: "Let's keep our useful body and avenge them. I didn't expect the demon clan to descend from the sky before Yihe Kingdom's blood debt is paid."

Qin Yan said: "Compared to the uprising and the country, the demons are probably more cruel, and they also... eat people..."

Lin Muyu remained silent.

The flames flickered in front of him, but no one spoke. Min Yulin stood on the edge of the cave in his royal robes, watching the officers of the Tomahawk Battalion enter. There are still seven or eight thousand people in the Tomahawk Battalion, so all the senior generals added up can also be counted. After seventy or eighty people entered the cave one by one, the veteran Xu Ying raised his hand and said, "Let's talk about it first when Commander Chai Hong finds out the situation at the exit of the cave. After it's safe, protect the prince and retreat."

Everyone clasped their fists together and said in a low voice, "Yes."

...

However, after Chai Hong and the others entered the cave, they did not come out again. After nearly an hour, Min Yulin frowned and said, "What's the matter, it took so long, Min Zhan, go down and see the situation."

"Yes, father."

Min Zhan pulled out his sword and jumped into the hole, but the next moment he turned over, his legs were covered in muddy water, and said, "Father, it's bad, it's full of water."

"What?" Min Yulin turned pale with shock.

Seeing that the water at the entrance of the cave was about to be level with the ground, everyone who entered the cave before must have drowned, Xu Ying's face was full of pain, and he said: "It's over... these bastard demons must be He discovered the cave, so he dug the water from the tributary of the Daojiang River and poured the water into the cave, and Chai Hong led him..."

Everyone was silent, and the last vitality disappeared instantly again.

Min Yulin closed his eyes, his body trembled slightly under the starlight, his face was full of pain, he looked up at the sky, and said, "Why is it me, Min Yulin, why..."

"Father..." Min Zhan looked up at Min Yulin and asked, "Now, what should we do...Everyone is out of control."

"Go back to the city lord's mansion..." Min Yulin said lightly: "We have run out of food and grass, and 25,000 people can't sustain it. We are going to open the city gate tomorrow morning and fight the demons to the death. Maybe Wang Xi is right. Yes, instead of waiting to die here, but to die in a heroic battle, even if you kill one more armored demon, it is also an allegiance to the empire."

"yes."

Min Zhan, Xu Ying and other hundreds of high-ranking generals followed suit, only Lin Muyu, Qin Yan and others remained here.

...

"Brother, don't we go?" Qin Yan asked in surprise.

Lin Muyu looked at the Daojiang water in the cave, his eyes were very clear, he suddenly smiled bitterly, and said: "A Yan, I have entered several fishermen's homes before, and there are many fishing nets in their homes, you take a few people to clear these fishing nets. Find it out, Lord Shen Han, go to the Temple Camp and the Spirit Fire Division, call over those who still have a little strength, let them dig and widen this tunnel, and bring in a large amount of water from the Daojiang River."

Qin Yan and Shen Han's eyes lit up at the same time, Qin Yan smiled and said, "Brother is really smart, he actually knows how to use tricks."

"It's just a stopgap measure, let's do it quickly."

"yes."

In the middle of the night, hundreds of people worked hard to dig together, and quickly widened the tunnel entrance into a pond with a radius of hundreds of meters. The bodies of Chai Hong and others gradually floated out, and they were all buried on the spot under Lin Muyu's order. As expected, the water in the Daojiang River brought many fish. Qin Yan caught a fish weighing at least three catties with his first net throw, which won the applause of a group of soldiers.

Shen Han and others also followed suit, fishing with fishing nets. Not long after, the Temple Camp caught fish weighing at least a hundred catties, and directly set up a large pot on the side. The pot, everyone gathered around to share the food. In fact, everyone only ate 30% full, but it was enough.

At midnight, nearly a hundred catties of fish were caught, and under Lin Muyu's order, Qin Yan took these fish to Min Yulin.

That same night, pieces of food suddenly fell from the sky, including wild boar legs, venison, and even prey like dead hares.

The soldiers in Winterfrost City cheered.

"These foods are inedible."

Lin Muyu looked at the sky and said firmly: "A Yan, pass down the order that no one can eat anything that falls from the sky."

Qin Yan nodded: "Yes."

Shen Han wondered: "Why, Chief Deacon..."

"How could the prey fall down from the sky? It must be the winged men of the demon clan... They know we are very hungry and want to poison us to death. Don't eat it."

"yes……"

However, all the imperial soldiers in the city were hungry and crazy, and they talked about whether it was poisonous or not. Many people swallowed it knowing that it was poisonous. All the seven orifices of the people who airdropped food were spared and died of bleeding.

...

In the early morning, the office hall of the City Lord's Mansion was completely silent.

"How many people were poisoned to death?" Min Yulin asked lightly.

"3000 people." Xu Ying said.

Min Yulin showed a painful expression, and said: "The cunning demons are really too cunning...Come on, please cooperate with Master Lin Muyu to widen the water source of the Daojiang River, catch as many fish as possible to feed your hunger, and don't let others starving."

At this time, a Qihai City officer in the crowd, wearing the rank of Commander Wan, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I have a solution."

"General Shi Huo, please speak."

Shi Huo looked cold, and said: "The soldiers who died not long ago, their bodies..."

"Shut up."

Min Yulin jumped up against the table and said angrily: "I, Min Yulin, would rather starve to death than eat people."

Shi Huo was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and said: "Yes, Junhou Yingming, let's not say anything as a subordinate..."