Chapter 1121: 1 Pack of Medicinal Dregs
When Zhou Shiyue came over, Lao Yu saw him at a glance.
Old Yu happened to have met Zhou Shiyue before.
"Your Majesty, why are you here? You've arrived just in time! Please go and save General Qiu as soon as possible."
When Zhou Shiyue heard his words, he immediately said in a deep voice, "What happened? Did the others follow General Qiu out of the city?"
"Yes, the general left the city with all his troops."
"Try to explain what happened to me as concisely as possible."
Old Yu was helped to sit down and quickly told Zhou Shiyue everything that had happened in the city in the past two days.
It turned out that after the man in blue No. 9 left that day, General Qiu understood from the accounts of the soldiers who had previously rebelled and acted as traitors that the torches were set by outsiders and that it was indeed a trick played by humans.
But according to what they told us, the foreigners did not have the ability to directly drag the soldiers out from underground.
I heard that they were in collusion with other people. The other group of people seemed very mysterious. When they appeared, they wore masks and black cloaks, covering their heads and faces.
General Qiu thought that it might be these mysterious people who took away the soldier, but since these mysterious people had to collude and cooperate with foreigners, it meant that they were not omnipotent and they always needed help from others.
Maybe they were using a sleight of hand.
Or maybe they have some talented people to cooperate with, even if they just have one or two ghosts on hand.
General Qiu felt that one or two ghosts were not scary.
Of course, no one knows why the general is so courageous.
Anyway, according to their thinking, ghosts, no matter how many there are, even if it's just half a ghost, are already quite scary.
But the general's courage inspired and influenced them.
General Qiu had not originally planned to take so many people out of the city, but when the morning mist was lingering that day, many strange noises suddenly appeared on the other side of Dead Horse Hill.
Simapo is very far away from here. Logically, the sound should not be able to reach here, but everyone heard it clearly that morning.
"What kind of sound is that?" Zhou Shiyue interrupted him and asked.
Old Yu said, "There were all kinds of noises, but the sound we heard most clearly was the crying of women and children. Those women and children cried very miserably, as if they were being tortured."
"In addition, there were some sounds like whipping, something falling heavily, people talking and cursing, and even the sound of wolves howling and dogs barking."
Everyone felt very strange when they heard Lao Yu's description.
How come there are so many strange sounds intertwined together?
And Simapo is indeed a bit far away.
Qinglin wondered, "At Dead Horse Hill, even if someone beats a drum, the sound may not be able to reach the city, right?"
Old Yu nodded.
"Yes, it shouldn't have been transmitted, but we all heard it very clearly that day. We all knew it was a weird incident, but the screams and cries of the women and children were so clear that the general couldn't sit still."
"The general said at the time that maybe they wanted to lure him out in this way."
"The general also thinks that the noise and crying may not be real, but what if it is?"
"Some people in the city left the city after suffering from disasters and running out of food."
Zhou Shiyue frowned, "In this kind of weather, why go out of the city? Even if there is a disaster and no food, it is more practical to go to Subei City. There is a vast wilderness outside the city. Can we find food outside?"
Old at explaining.
"There have been rumors and gossips about Dead Horse Hill in the city."
"It is said that there are some wild crops growing on the Dead Horse Slope. They are the food that the soldiers brought with them during the war many years ago. They have grown into seeds after they fell to the ground and have been growing well ever since."
"Because many soldiers died there, their bodies fed the land, so the land there is very fertile. Even without farmers to take care of it, the crops grow well."
"I don't know why there are rumors among the people that in addition to some quinoa and wild millet, there are also wild trees and wild fruits, and even the grass and grass roots covered by snow are sweet and crisp, and can be used to fill the stomach and taste good."
"In the past, when everyone had enough to eat, they would just think it was unlucky to go there, so they would avoid it. When passing by Dead Horse Hill, they would wish they had two more legs so they could walk faster. Naturally, no one dared to eat the plants growing there."
"But now is a special period. Some people are really hungry and worried that their family members will starve to death. They don't care about luck or bad luck. As long as they have something to fill their stomachs, they are not afraid even if it is fattened by corpses and bones. So at that time, a small group of people did leave the city."
Everyone was silent when they heard this.
It seems that the people in Guancheng suffered the most from the disaster.
But it is true that there is not much arable land in Guancheng.
"Deputy General Li once wrote a letter to General Qiu about this, but the general might have overlooked it or just glanced over it and didn't pay much attention to it. It was only after we heard those noises that we mentioned it to the general again. The general then speculated whether those noises were made by the people who left the city."
"Some method was used by the foreigners to transmit the sound far to the city wall."
After hearing this, Shi Yue finally understood.
"So General Qiu wants to take people to rescue those people."
Old Yu nodded.
"The general did think so, but he didn't want to bring so many people at the beginning. But someone on the city wall saw thick smoke billowing from the Dead Horse Slope."
"The general was worried that there would be a lot of casualties, so he took most of the soldiers out."
Old Yu sighed and continued, "An hour later, someone came back to the city to report that the general encountered strange things at Dead Horse Hill, and many people were dragged into the fields and disappeared."
"Lieutenant General Li was worried about the general, so he brought the remaining soldiers over, hoping to lend a helping hand to the general."
They know what happened later even without me telling them.
After they went out, they never came back, and no soldier came back to report what had happened.
"Then what's going on with you guys?" Zhou Shiyue asked.
"Your Highness, we were all stationed on the tower at the time, and we were all eagerly waiting for the general to bring back his men. Naturally, we all looked out of the pass, and we didn't dare to walk away, for fear of missing our own people running back for help. Suddenly, for some reason, a gust of wind blew over, bringing with it a cloud of thick smoke."
"The smoke floated over and enveloped us. Everyone smelled a strange smell in the smoke. Then I didn't know what was going on. I felt dizzy and couldn't hear anything far away. But when the prince spoke beside me, I could hear a little bit. It was like some psychedelic and vague voice deep in my ears."