Five minutes later, all the movements suddenly calmed down. When the moonlight passed through the dark clouds and shone again, the whole camp returned to its previous coldness. However, the patrols all fell to the ground. Their bodies were twisted in all kinds of weird postures. All the bones in their bodies were broken. Naturally, no one could still breathe. These people were the one thousand and five hundred warriors of Wen Wen's forces who were prepared to block the leak. These people did not die in the hands of the zombies, but they died in the hands of their own people. They died in the hands of the poor people they wanted to protect.
At the edge of the camp, countless figures jumped out from the camp, like countless grains of sand gathering at the edge. There were about two thousand people gathered, most of them were holding steel pipes and wooden sticks. Among them, a hundred of them were holding knives and shields. The two leading men each held a rifle, which was taken from the patrols.
These people waited outside the camp for a few minutes. Seeing that no one came out, they did not speak and silently ran towards the tall wall in the distance. These people followed the edge of the gathering place, using the garbage dump as a cover, bypassing the construction vehicles in the center of the gathering place, and climbed up the wall from the edge.
Some of them came up to clear the zombies during the day, so they were familiar with this place. They knew that there were not many troops on the wall, and they were only there to monitor. The heavy firepower was arranged in the middle, so even if something happened, it would be difficult for them to deal with it.
Two thousand people sneaked under the wall. First, more than ten dexterous men climbed up the wall, holding short knives smeared with yellow mud, and moved towards the guards not far away. All the guards' energy and flesh were placed on the mountain of corpses, so they did not notice any movement behind them. Suddenly, there was a sound of wind coming from his body. The guard wanted to turn his head, but a dirty big hand covered his mouth and pulled him back. The guard lost his center of gravity and fell back. At the same time, a sharp knife cut his neck.
The dagger cut his throat and carotid artery. Amidst the gurgling sound of blood, the guard felt suffocated. He was gently placed on the ground, and a few large hands searched his body, taking away his rifle and magazine. He covered his neck with both hands and watched as more than ten figures moved towards his comrade. He wanted to scream, but he could only spit out blood.
More than ten people quietly killed more than twenty guards and returned with their weapons. They did not dare to continue killing. There was a heavy machine gun and a firepower squad in front of them. It was impossible for five people to be killed at the same time. Once they were alerted, they would be turned into sieves in front of the mountain of corpses.
Those people cut off the light lines near them and extinguished a few of them. The light source at the edge of the wall was a little dim. If one looked from afar, a large area under the wall was covered in darkness, and there were a few lights of Forest Star in the darkness. No one would think that something had happened here. They would only think that the light bulbs were broken.
Then, countless people climbed up the wall and jumped into the pile of corpses below. The pile of corpses had already started to decompose. Everyone crawled in the rotten flesh. More than a thousand people crossed the river that was more than ten meters long. They walked through the corpses to the foot of the mountain of corpses on the other side and climbed up. The hundreds of people in front were very successful. They quietly disappeared behind the mountain of corpses. The people behind them were scratched by the half-dead zombies in the mountain of corpses, but they did not care and continued to climb.
When the thousand people climbed over the mountain of corpses, the thousand people behind them followed. Suddenly, gunshots rang out in the second layer of the wall. A few people who were climbing in the middle of the mountain of corpses were shot to death. They rolled down the mountain of corpses and smashed more than ten people.
For a moment, everyone was panicking. Many people knelt on the ground and cried out in surrender.
"We have killed so many people. Even if we surrender, we won't be able to live. Why don't we move forward? Maybe we can find a way out. Don't forget those three hundred heads …"
One of the people in the crowd shouted. The people below seemed to have suddenly woken up. They no longer cared about the bullets around them. They shouted and climbed up with all their might. The bullets behind them flashed in the night sky and drilled into the bodies of their companions in front of them. Blood sprayed on their faces and bodies as they hit the bodies beside them.
The crowd struggled to climb up in the midst of the bullets. There were only two guards on the wall who noticed them. Two people could not stop thousands of people climbing. In the deafening gunshots, they could only use their fastest speed to sweep the bullets. They hoped that the people in front would slow down and allow the people behind them to arrive. While they were firing, more than ten light chains leaped out from the crowd below. The two guards were hit by more than ten bullets. One of them was shot in between the eyebrows and fell back powerlessly. The other one fell down the wall with his gun. The rifle and bullets on his body were taken away in the next second.
Without the harassment of the bullets, the crowd moved forward faster. They knew that safety was only temporary. Only after crossing the mountain of corpses could they be truly safe …
Early the next morning, Zhang Xiao Qiang, Qian Kaixi and the rest arrived at the bottom of the wall. In front of them were 25 corpses, 23 of them had their throats slit, and 2 of them had wounds all over their bodies. Half of them were Zhang Xiao Qiang's militia, while the other half were from the 3000 reserve troops. The 3000 reserve troops had been on the second wall the whole time, and after killing the zombies, they didn't even lose a single hair. Who would have thought that the first casualty was actually done by the poor people of the gathering place.
These 25 corpses were only a small part of the population. Among the poor people of the gathering place, there were still 112 corpses lying there. They were all armed men sent by Zhang Xiaoqiang to maintain order, including Qian Kaixi's two senior policemen. Without exception, all of them were dead. None of their bones were intact. When they were moving the corpses, they could not even lift them up. They were just like a pile of rotten meat. Every dead person's face was twisted. One could imagine how much pain they had suffered before they died.
Zhang Xiaoqiang's face was very ugly. Similarly, Qian Kaixi's face was as ugly as everyone else's. Qian Kaixi's two old subordinates were killed for no reason. The rest of them were thinking that they had died fighting in the front line. Their soldiers did not die in the hands of the soldiers, but died in the hands of the survivors they were protecting. The anger in their hearts could not be expressed in words.
There were more than 300 people kneeling beside the corpses. These people were captured by the reinforcements. Out of the 1500 people who escaped last night, more than 200 were shot dead. The rest were captured. These people kneeled on the ground with empty eyes. They knew what they were going to face. They did not beg for mercy because it was not necessary. They knew what they had done. If they were in Zhang Xiaoqiang's position, they would not forgive them either.
"I heard that they caught two people with guns. Bring them up and let me see …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang glanced at the captives on the ground and ordered the soldiers beside him.
Two soldiers immediately rushed into the middle of the captives and kicked a few of them over. Then they carried two people over. Seeing these two people, Zhang Xiaoqiang was a little surprised. Among the captives who were generally malnourished, these two people were tall and sturdy. Their faces were a little ruddy. It seemed like they had not been starving. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not know how they managed to blend in with the poor.
The two sturdy men were like two wet quails. They were thrown to the side of Zhang Xiaoqiang's feet and trembled. Zhang Xiaoqiang looked down at the two men, his eyes flashing with fire.
"Brother Cockroach, there are people who recognized them. They used to be big hands of small factions. Many small factions disappeared, and they mixed in with the commoners. Many of the thousand people who escaped were like them. Each of them had a life in their hands …"
Huang Tingwei reported in Zhang Xiao Qiang's ear. With such a huge incident last night, as the intelligence officer, it was hard for him to absolve himself from the blame. His heart was filled with apprehension as he interrogated Zhang Xiao Qiang thoroughly. As long as Zhang Xiao Qiang was interested in something, he would give a detailed explanation.
"Were you a soldier before?"