"alert!"
When the soldiers stationed here saw this scene, their faces immediately tightened. They shouted and drew their swords, pointing them straight ahead.
Just five meters away from them, a large group of black wild pigs appeared out of nowhere and were gnawing on the corpses on the ground with their heads down, making satisfied "smacking" and "gurgling" sounds in their mouths as they ate.
The body with only the head left was put into the pig's mouth. It was gnawed until only half of the face was left. The brain matter inside, mixed with red and white blood, slowly flowed out of the skull. The pig ate it while gnawing at it, relishing the taste.
"vomit!!!"
I don’t know who saw this scene and couldn’t control himself anymore. He bent over and knelt on the ground, vomiting uncontrollably.
Ji Fengshou quickly turned around and pulled Ji Fengyi away without letting him see.
Their faces were pale, and the scene looked both disgusting and horrifying.
Only the soldiers holding swords and guns remained calm, watching over there with alert eyes, and reminded the people behind them: "These pigs were specially released by the other side to clean up the battlefield after being hungry for many days. Don't just stand there and pick them up quickly! Otherwise, our brothers will be ruined by those blind beasts!"
These pigs can't tell who are the barbarians and who are their people.
"Brother, give me your arm, let's carry this body back." Ji Fengshou's face turned pale and blue.
Ji Fengyi took a few deep breaths and felt like vomiting when he smelled the strong smell of blood in the air.
He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and said, "Let's move quickly! We'll bring back every body we can. We all died defending our country. It's not good to die in such an undignified way."
The two men didn't even look up at the situation across from them. Instead, they lowered their heads and sped up their pace to piece together the nearby corpses as quickly as possible, load them onto the car and transport them back.
The soldiers carried their weapons and kept their eyes and ears open to prevent any enemies from hiding among the pigs and launching a surprise attack on them.
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When the garrison of Gan County arrived here, they had to report to the military officer stationed there about the defense line, layout, and personnel deployment and arrangements.
So it took quite a while to complete the handover.
After looking at the sky, Wei Ying and the others discussed and decided to return immediately before the pass was closed.
Although Ji Changying wanted to stay longer to understand the situation here, he didn't want to cause trouble for others.
After having someone pass the things in, he and Ji Changchuan took the empty carriage and followed the Red Sleeves Army back.
"Sister Ying!"
Ji Changying deliberately drove the carriage forward and walked side by side with Wei Ying.
"What's wrong?"
Hearing her shout, Wei Ying deliberately slowed down and moved towards her.
Ji Changying pretended not to know: "Sister Ying, I saw a lot of people from the station rushing towards the checkpoint. Could it be that they're fighting again?"
"You mean them?" Wei Ying sighed. "It just ended. Usually at this point both sides would refrain from fighting to allow time to dispose of the bodies. They should be transporting the bodies."
Ji Changchuan asked solemnly, "What happens to these bodies after they're brought back? Who usually does it?"
Wei Ying's expression was indifferent. "We'll assign someone based on the situation. We don't have a fixed team. If it's one of our own, we'll do our best to keep the body intact. We'll take it back for their families to handle, or burn it. Fellow villagers can take the ashes back. If we can't tell whose it is, we'll usually just throw it in a mass grave and burn it."
Ji Changchuan was stunned: "All burned?"
Wei Ying curled his lips. "There are so many people who died in such miserable conditions on the battlefield. Often, it's impossible to tell whose arms, legs, or bodies they belonged to. We can't bring them all back, and we can't just leave them there and let them spread disease. We have to burn them."
Ji Changchuan was silent. He knew that one could die on the battlefield, but he didn't know that death could be so tragic.
Not only was there no way to save the body, but we had to be crushed to ashes together with the enemy without distinction...
Seeing the stern faces of the brother and sister, Wei Ying suddenly felt like teasing them: "That's nothing. We've been quite humane. Do you know how the barbarians deal with corpses?"
Seeing the two of them looking up at her, Wei Ying smiled. "They keep a bunch of wild pigs in captivity, starve them for three or four days, and only give them water but no food. Then, after the battle, they drive them all to the battlefield. Guess what they eat when they're so hungry?"
Ji Changchuan's face turned pale, and even Ji Changying's expression froze.
“It can’t be…”
"Yes, just as you imagined. The skulls, leg bones, and arm bones make a crunching sound when the beasts bite them. The bones mixed with flesh and blood are so satisfying to eat! They even make a satisfying 'gurgling' sound. Once they're full, the barbarians will drive the pigs back and either eat them or save them for the next round."
Ji Changchuan couldn't bear it any longer, rushed out of the carriage and started retching towards the roadside.
Wei Ying laughed out loud when he saw this.
The people beside him looked at Ji Changchuan and shook their heads: "The brat still lacks exercise! We can still eat our meals with our brains in our mouths. What will he do when he goes to the battlefield in the future with such courage!"
"That's right! How can the men on our border be so timid? You should practice your courage now, otherwise you will be trembling every time a woman says something loud to you in the future!"
"Hahahaha... If I found someone like my wife, who would chase me with a kitchen knife when she got angry, I would be so scared that I would pee my pants!"
"Hahaha····"
The people around burst into laughter when they heard what was said.
Ji Changying knew they had no ill intentions, and she wasn't angry either. She followed Ji Changchuan with a water bag, patting his back and handing him water. "How are you?"
Ji Changchuan shook his head: "I'm fine, it's just..."
This was a bit of a shock to him.
I thought the corpses and chaos I saw during my exile were the worst, but I didn't expect to see that this world is even more cruel when I got here.
He took a sip of water to rinse his mouth, then turned to look at the people around him who were teasing him. "You're right! Talking is great, but action is lacking. Our peaceful days before were all earned by you risking your lives. I'm nowhere near as good as you."
Ji Changchuan had a look of guilt on his face.
After reading so many books, he always felt that the cruelty of the battlefield was normal, but as for how cruel it was, he had no specific impression, and after hearing so much about it, he didn't agree with it.
Now that he was really here, he couldn't control his inner fear and nausea after just hearing a few words from others, and made such an inappropriate move, which was really embarrassing.
His attitude made those who teased him feel embarrassed.
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