Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

At first, no one paid attention to this detail, thinking that what they were eating were all the dead horses left on the battlefield, mixed with the newly slaughtered horses.

But as time passed and there were no more horses available in the camp, but there was still a steady supply of meat, the soldiers finally discovered something unusual.

Not only that, one night, a soldier who got up at night accidentally saw a group of Chu Xiang's personal guards pulling back several carts tightly covered with straw from outside the camp.

Driven by curiosity, the soldiers secretly followed the cart to Huotou Camp.

When he saw the fresh corpses being unloaded from the cart by the Huotou Army and then pulled into the kitchen, he understood everything instantly.

The soldier did not call out their actions on the spot, but quietly returned to the camp and informed his fellow officers of the matter.

However, when the other soldiers listened to the other party's narration, not only did they not show too much surprise, the instructor looked at the other party with a mocking look.

"So what if I know?"

"Can you stop eating if you know it?"

"If you don't eat, you won't have the strength to fight tomorrow, and you will die on the battlefield."

"If you eat it, you might still have a chance to survive. It's you. How do you choose?"

After saying that, all the other soldiers had playful expressions on their faces:

"When we were hungry for meat in the past, we would secretly get some, but this is the first time we can taste it openly like this."

So, the next day, the atmosphere in the entire Northern Zhou camp changed instantly.

Everyone no longer hides the greed in their hearts. After every battle, they will take the initiative to take the corpse back and hand it over to the kitchen of Huotou Camp.

At first, when Chu Xiang heard that the soldiers were acting strangely, he thought that his secret would be exposed and the morale of the army would be thrown into chaos, so he felt very uneasy.

But a whole day passed. Not only did there not be any mutiny in the camp, but the fighting spirit of the soldiers became extremely high. When they attacked Shaanxi Guoguan, they were completely risking their lives. This made Chu Xiang feel Somewhat confused.

Until she heard that the soldiers came back with the corpses and took the initiative to hand them over, she immediately vomited in the darkness of the camp.

It was from this time on that the cannibalism in the camp changed from behind the scenes to in the dark.

Regardless of whether the corpses of the soldiers were those of Paoze who died in battle or those of Tang soldiers, whatever they saw would be taken back directly.

It doesn’t matter if you are eating someone else’s food today, or whether you will become someone else’s food tomorrow.

As long as he goes to the battlefield, he will fight in a life-threatening manner, just to get an extra piece of meat.

I don't know whether it was the human flesh that aroused the animalistic desires of these soldiers, or whether the physical and psychological torture over the past few days made these soldiers crazy.

Every day at dawn, without the supervision of the commanders of each battalion, these people would get up on their own initiative, then gather around Huotou Camp, take a piece of meat, eat it dry and wipe it clean, then they would take the initiative to pick up weapons and start to assemble. , heading towards Shaanxi Guoguan to kill.

It was as if they were not going to attack the city, but to hunt.

The transformation of the Zhou army greatly increased its combat effectiveness.

For this reason, after Chu Xiang confirmed that his army would not mutiny and was extremely enthusiastic about fighting, he gave them the name "Legion of the Living Dead".

The already shaky Shaanxi Guanguan thought that after seeing through Chu Xiang's conspiracy, they attacked the opponent's granary and cut off the opponent's supplies, which would cause the opponent to collapse without a fight.

But he didn't expect that this move not only failed to defeat the opponent, but even created such a terrifying army.

Li Ji took over power since Li Shimin fell into coma.

In the past few days, he had tried every means to mobilize all personnel in Shaanxiguan City to participate in the defense of the city.

Although they barely managed to withstand the opponent's crazy attack, as time went by, the city of Shaanxi Guanguan gradually became unable to hold on any longer.

The first is the issue of ammunition.

Although their military supplies are abundant, they cannot sustain such consumption.

The ammunition depot in Shaanxi Temple is being consumed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The supplies from the rear, for some reason, have not been responded to for a long time.

Not only that, the messengers sent out to ask for help were like a mud cow entering the sea, and they never returned.

If Li Shimin hadn't still been in the city, Li Ji and his subordinates would have thought that they had been abandoned by the Tang Dynasty, and Shaanxi Guoguan had become an isolated city.

However, this is not the most important thing.

Due to the delay in receiving supplies and reinforcements, the defenders, who had been full of confidence after winning several victories, were now somewhat unstable.

Moreover, because of Li Shimin's fainting, rumors even spread among the army that His Majesty the Emperor had abandoned the city and fled, and that they had become the abandoned sons of His Majesty and the Tang Dynasty.

At first, faced with these rumors, Li Ji found out and killed them one by one.

But gradually, these rumors became more and more intense, and even his butcher knife could no longer deter the soldiers.

On the contrary, the more they killed, the more soldiers felt that they had told the truth correctly, so the morale of the soldiers was once again weakened.

Even once, the soldiers watched the Northern Zhou army launch a massive attack, but they were indifferent.

I wanted to use this silent protest to get Li Ji to give an explanation.

In the end, there was really no other choice. Li Ji had no choice but to bite the bullet and, risking the crime of disrespect, arranged for several leading soldier representatives to enter Li Shimin's camp and "visit" the unconscious Emperor.

This move was finally recognized by the soldiers, which restored Li Ji's little remaining prestige, allowing the soldiers to take up arms again to resist the Northern Zhou attack.

Although he suppressed the situation, Li Ji knew that it would definitely not be possible to continue like this.

Without support and supplies, the troops in the city were demoralized. Although they were the ones defending the city, they could not hold on for long.

If it hadn't been for the previous sneak attack that burned Chu Xiang's granary and supplies, as long as the other party launched another round of artillery bombardment on Shaanxi Guan, then the city would no longer need to be defended.

It was precisely because of this that Li Ji felt powerless and desperate.

He didn't know when reinforcements and supplies would arrive, nor when Chu Xiang would receive supplies, nor how many times he could appease the soldiers.

The only thing he can do now is to place his hope on Li Shimin, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor will wake up as soon as possible and continue to preside over the overall situation.

He even hoped that the mysterious Da Zhou Xizuo would once again send him unexpected information, allowing him to turn defeat into victory.

Unfortunately, Li Ji's dream is destined to be shattered.

After Lin Wan sent the information to Li Shimin and watched Li Ji sneak attack the granary and supply point, she thought that the battle was over, and Datang could take advantage of the situation to catch all Chu Xiang and eliminate one of Chu Xin's arms.

But what she never expected was that Li Shimin would faint at the most critical moment, giving Chu Xiang a chance to breathe.

Not only that, thanks to his own blessing, Chu Xiang also cultivated an extremely terrifying "Legion of the Living Dead" during this crisis, which made everyone in the world talk about it!