Chapter 249

Since his comrades are reliable, Cheng Hui has an easy time.

It’s not that yesterday’s teammates are unreliable, but their strength is there, so Cheng Hui has to pay some attention to them.

The battlefield is a whole. If the demons break through the left and right sides, the Guangping army, which is in a besieged position, will not have a good ending.

On the other hand, here, both sides are filled with powerful legions. Although Cheng Hui is a newcomer and is not familiar with both sides, he is not blind and can tell how powerful these people are at a glance.

Let me put it this way, if the combat effectiveness of the Guangping Army is only 10, the combat effectiveness of these people is about 20.

Yes, these are just ordinary soldiers. Pick anyone from them at random, and apart from being unable to inspire the military spirit, they are no worse than Zheng Kai and Wei Yuanzhou.

As for the new recruits of Xiling State, it would be good if their combat effectiveness could reach 1, maybe only 0.5. If they are unlucky enough to encounter a camp explosion, it may even be a negative number.

This battle lasted for two full days. The demons attacked the city wall several times but were driven back.

When the battle finally ended, even Cheng Hui felt exhausted, and his soldiers simply lay on the ground, unable to get up.

My previous persistence was sustained by that one breath, but now that I have relaxed, I suddenly feel pain all over my body, and it doesn’t feel like my own.

Zheng Kai lay on the ground, unable to move. He tried to lift his hand, but he couldn't. No, to be more precise, he couldn't feel the existence of his arm at all.

When Cheng Hui caught his breath and got up from the ground, he saw the soldiers lying all over the ground in a mess, like a large-scale murder scene...

The corner of Cheng Hui's mouth twitched, and he picked up Zheng Kai. As soon as he let go, Zheng Kai slid down like dough and fell to the ground with his head down.

Cheng Hui: ...

He helped the man to his feet, feeling both amused and helpless, and then waited for the soldiers who were coming to replace them to drag the man to the barracks at the back.

He was now exhausted. He could walk, but it would be a dream for him to take away all the nearly 10,000 Guangping troops at the scene.

Soon, auxiliary soldiers in charge of logistics came up and escorted all of them down from the city wall.

Cheng Hui was awakened by hunger.

He opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling, and it took him a while to realize that this was his own tent.

Oh yes, they have already come down from the city wall and can rest for half a month before going back up.

Cheng Hui slowly got up and walked out of the tent. He looked up and saw—wow! The ground was covered with zombies!

When he looked closely, he realized that they were not zombies, but soldiers who were aching all over.

These people all had back pains and walked slowly in all kinds of weird postures. Their stiff steps and ferocious expressions made them look like a zombie siege.

“Gu——”

Obviously, Cheng Hui was not the only one who was woken up by hunger. Everyone looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

"Let's go, let's go. We are almost starving. Let's go ask the logistics department for food." Cheng Hui waved his hand and planned to take his zombie army to find food.

A group of people walked to the entrance of the camp. Cheng Hui looked up and was immediately happy.

Wow, a large group of firemen came to deliver food to them, carrying basins, buckets, bags and pushing carts.

The zombie army suddenly surrounded them, scaring the firemen. The fat man in the lead jumped up and scolded with a smile: "What are you grabbing! Have you never seen food? Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you came off the battlefield! I tell you, don't offend us firemen, or I'll feed you porridge every day!"

The soldiers burst into laughter, and then they lined up consciously.

There was a hint of surprise in the fat man's eyes. Obviously, he never expected that just a few words from him could make these soldiers obey him.

These soldiers are so disciplined, which shows that the military leader is also a disciplined person. If you have the chance, you might as well get to know such a person.

While he was thinking about how to explain to the leader of the Guangping Army, the fat man saw that these soldiers who had been lined up suddenly gave up their front positions at the same time.

The fat man looked up and saw Cheng Hui at a glance, and his heart suddenly felt relieved.

That's it, the opportunity has come.

As a fireman here, he has seen all kinds of legions, some fighting bravely, some cowardly and fleeing, some domineering and arrogant, and some polite and civilized. To be frank, he has seen at least 800 military leaders, if not a thousand. For a person to be so respected by the soldiers - respect rather than fear - it shows that this person is a good person, and it is definitely worth making friends with him!

Fireman Lao Xie was thinking about how to start a conversation, and more soldiers came out of the barracks one after another.

Seeing this, Old Xie temporarily put aside his own little thoughts and took the firemen to set up the platform first to feed the soldiers who were so hungry that their eyes turned green.

Cheng Hui was the first in line. Old Xie opened the lid of the wooden barrel containing vegetables with a smile. Just as he was about to serve him the vegetables, he glanced at him and his expression changed slightly.

Cheng Hui was about to serve the dishes, but Lao Xie's actions made him feel a little moved.

His eyes swept over the food.

Corn buns, cabbage stew with meat, cold cucumber salad...

It's not particularly good, but it's definitely not bad. At least for the soldiers, it's satisfying to eat.

Cheng Hui looked up at Lao Xie. Lao Xie forced out an ugly smile, with a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead.

Cheng Hui understood what was going on. Although he didn't know what was going on, there was no doubt that this guy was guilty.

So... who did something bad and was discovered by this fireman?

He didn't have an attack for the time being and planned to investigate after he finished eating.

As for whether someone poisoned it, he was not worried.

This is the Bloody Battle City, the rear base of the bloody battlefield. If anyone dares to poison here, it will be an internal fight among humans, and the most unbearable thing here is internal fighting.

There is an organization called the Supervisory Department in the Blood Battle City. The inspectors in it are all experts in investigating cases. They are also proficient in torture. If they catch you in the slightest, they can even find out that you wet the bed as a child.

There is no such thing as a case like poisoning where there are traces to follow and it is impossible to solve it.

In other countries, they might consider the face of powerful people and let the murderer go even if they know the identity. But this is not the case here. Any case involving harm to human beings will be punished severely and strictly. Killing someone for his life is the lightest punishment. Three or even nine generations of the family will be implicated at the slightest provocation.

The Inspectorate was notorious for its evil deeds. In the past, a prince had killed soldiers from a certain legion out of jealousy.

In his opinion, that man was just an ordinary soldier. He was a prince. Who would dare to cause trouble for him because of a lowly person?

However...it turns out that the Supervisory Department dares.

Not only did they dare to do so, they also arrested the prince and tortured him to extract a confession.

After torturing him for five or six days, they confirmed that this man killed the other person out of jealousy and was not colluding with the devil, so they finally sentenced him to death.

The guards who were ordered by him to kill people were also charged with the same crime.

Since then, the Supervisory Department has investigated and dealt with a number of cases, and finally established a rule that no human beings may be harmed for any reason in the Blood Battle City.

No matter whether you have hatred for your father's murder or hatred for your wife's seizure, as long as you are in the Blood Battle City together, you are all fighting together. If there are really irreconcilable conflicts, then wait until you leave the Blood Battle City to resolve them.

It was precisely because of that rule that the Blood Battle City was completely settled down and everyone was able to sleep peacefully.

Cheng Hui took the bowl of food, ignored Lao Xie's hesitant expression, strolled to a seat in the corner, sat down and started eating.

No matter what conspiracy there was, he had to fill his stomach first. He ate five big steamed buns in one breath, each of which was as big as a man's head. This was enough to suppress the feeling of hunger.

He yawned out of boredom, and suddenly someone appeared across the table.

He raised his eyelids and was not surprised to see Lao Xie's honest face.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Cheng Hui said lazily. He thought to himself, no wonder they say people feel better when they're full, it really is different.

"This..." The fat on Old Xie's face trembled, and he said with difficulty: "Let me make it clear first, this matter has nothing to do with me, Old Xie. Even if we had the courage, I would not do such a thing."

"Yeah." Cheng Hui responded nonchalantly, thinking to himself, if it were related, you would definitely not have the courage to appear in front of me. Even if you had the courage, you wouldn't be exposed so easily at the first encounter.

"So... who is behind this?" Cheng Hui decided to take the initiative and asked directly.

Old Xie hesitated for a moment: "I'm not sure, but this matter, how should I put it, is purely because the other party wants to disgust you."

"...Hmm?" Cheng Hui appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was completely bewildered. What did he mean? Disgusting us? Shit! Was there spit in the food?

Cheng Hui felt disgusted, but felt that the possibility was not high.

Fortunately, Lao Xie directly explained his confusion to him.

He rubbed his hands. "In Blood Battle City, everything is tied to military merit, and all benefits are awarded based on performance on the battlefield. Yesterday, your Guangping troops were guarding the middle western section of the city wall, which is the second-level wall. According to your salary level, your meals these past few days should consist of two meat dishes and one vegetable. And the meat dishes should be beef and mutton, not pork."

After Old Xie said this, Cheng Hui understood.

Good, someone has withheld their food!

How can this be tolerated?

Absolutely not!

As a member of a country of big foodies, he doesn't care about anything else, but he can't tolerate the withholding of food rations!

Soldiers all have to go to the battlefield, and they consume a lot of physical energy. Only meat can replenish enough energy. It is not to say that beef and mutton are necessarily better than pork, but here, everyone believes that beef and mutton are more nutritious and more expensive than pork.

Their meal today consisted of one meat dish and one vegetable dish. The meat dish was pork stewed with cabbage, with the cabbage making up the bulk and the meat not being too much. The reason Cheng Hui hadn't noticed was because the food they had eaten before was of similar quality. However, he had forgotten that they had changed shifts a couple of days ago, and with that came an increase in pay.

If Old Xie hadn't told him, he really wouldn't know when he would find out, which was naturally very annoying.

Just as Lao Xie said, this matter does not cause much harm, it is purely disgusting.

If he went to cause trouble for the kitchen, maybe someone would come out to apologize and say that they didn't know they had changed shifts, and then they would have to swallow their anger.

Cheng Hui frowned. The person who came up with this idea was really vicious. His purpose was to make them suffer losses without being able to say anything.

If he continued to pester the people in the kitchen, he might be considered petty.

"Tsk, this kind of person is disgusting." Cheng Hui looked unhappy.

After giving the reminder, Old Xie slipped away. It was true that he wanted to make friends with Cheng Hui, but he was a kitchen worker and it was impossible for him to side with Cheng Hui in this matter, otherwise he would not be able to live like a human being.

All he could do was to remind Cheng Hui to be careful about whether he had offended anyone.

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