716: The Oppression of a Sixteenth Rank Grand Shang Zao (Part One) [Please Vote for This Chapter]

Shen Tang's journey had been no isolated case.

The other two routes of the Dragon Slaying Bureau's Alliance Army had run into the same situation. All the able-bodied people in half of Yanzhou had been taken away, leaving the Alliance Army with nothing but land that couldn't be moved, buildings that had been burned down, and the elderly and weak, who only dragged them down. What to do with the elderly and weak had become a difficult problem.

There wasn't enough food anywhere.

Even the Alliance Army was scraping by during the war.

If they took care of the elderly and weak, they could only wait to be dragged down with them.

They weren't like Shen Tang, who had spent years carefully building up and restoring her territory, doing so for four whole years. At least she'd managed to accumulate some resources. Shen Tang had the means to hold on to her benevolence, but they didn't. Even though the choice was painfully difficult, they could only steel themselves and abandon them.

Those with a little to spare could divide up a few days' worth of rations, letting the people find their own way to survive and leaving their lives or deaths to fate. Those who could do nothing had to choose to turn a blind eye. But people had to open their eyes to see the road ahead. Could some scenes really vanish just because they chose not to look?

Though the three armies were stationed in different places, their hearts were in perfect accord.

With help from his wife's family and a group of brothers who would lay down their lives for one another, Gu Ren was fairly well-off even among the Alliance Army. Giving away some provisions wouldn't hurt his reserves. He'd also entrusted the task to his