Northern Myanmar: Years of Dehumanization

I looked at the corpses all over the ground and my heart became numb.

I wanted to feel a sense of sadness in my heart, but I found that my heart was already full of sadness.

He silently took out a cigarette, lit it, took a long puff, and then exhaled.

The saying "One general's success is built on the bones of thousands of soldiers" probably means something like this.

In the distance, birds had begun to peck at the bodies of these people.

"Jiang Bai, are you okay?"

At this time, a crisp voice was heard.

Wang Shiyue came in front of me, looked me up and down, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that I had no wounds.

However, facing Wang Shiyue's concerned look, I didn't dare to look at her, and my eyes couldn't help but avoid her.

I really don’t know how to explain this to Wang Shiyue.

Although she was the one who told Wang Dezhong about the incident, I was the one who killed the person, so I am also partly responsible.

Besides, Wang Dezhong has been with Wang Shiyue for so many years, so it can be said that he is as important as a family member.

Perhaps, Wang Shiyue confided in Wang Dezhong because she was worried about me, but Wang Dezhong made his own decision.

"I'm fine."

I shook my head to indicate that I was fine.

"You said you were fine, but your shoulder was injured."

When Wang Shiyue said this, she couldn't help but give me a blank look with her beautiful eyes.

While the two of us were talking, an armed man's joyful voice came:

"Brother Bai, Brother Wang has found..."

The only thing is, when he saw Wang Shiyue standing in front of me, he regretted saying that.

"Uncle Wang? He has come to this place too. No wonder I can't find him. Where is he?"

Wang Shiyue obviously heard what the man said, then looked around and asked like this.

"this......"

After hearing what Wang Shiyue said, the armed man showed an embarrassment on his face, and then looked at me for help.

"Take Shiyue with you. We have to find out eventually."

I sighed and nodded to the armed man, not letting him hide anything.

Wang Shiyue seemed to understand something when she saw the two of us, and she covered her mouth in disbelief.

Wait until the armed man brought us to a man who was blackened and mutilated by the explosion.

My heart skipped a beat. When Wang Shiyue saw this, she staggered and quickly knelt in front of Wang Dezhong.

"Yesterday, I arranged for him to stop others, but my command was wrong, which led to this result."

Looking at Wang Shiyue's trembling shoulders, I said this.

I did not say how Wang Dezhong asked me to assign him a task and then I sent him on it.

The person is dead, what's the point of saying all this?

"Uncle Wang, he is so old, how can you bear to let him do such a task?"

Wang Shiyue's watery eyes were sparkling as she stood up, biting her lips and questioned me loudly.

"No, it's like this..."

County Chief Lin, who had lost an arm, followed after his wound was treated. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but explain it to me.

"That's enough! Shut up. This is my business. I will handle it myself."

I glanced at County Magistrate Lin and said this.

"Tsk, good intentions don't go unrewarded."

County Magistrate Lin sighed softly and murmured.

"Sorry, it is my fault."

I looked at Wang Shiyue's almost broken appearance, and said this without any excuses.

"Pah, if you apologize, will Uncle Wang be able to come back to life?"

"Bang, you witnessed the death of two of my relatives, but you didn't do anything..."

"Pah, why, why did you let him go..."

Wang Shiyue slapped me three times in a row, all with good reasons. I remained silent and did not say anything.

"I hate you!"

Wang Shiyue had a complicated look in her eyes, and then said this.

Then two armed men carried Wang Dezhong away.

My face was burning and my mouth was filled with a faint fishy taste.

I didn't think there was anything wrong with this. On the contrary, I hoped that Wang Shiyue could hit me a few more times so that I would feel better.

"You, if you had let me prove it to you and explain what happened, wouldn't you have been spared this beating?"

At this time, County Magistrate Lin came to my side and said to me.

"Just like Shiyue said, she lost two of her loved ones, so she must be feeling sad. It's not good to hold it in. Hitting me and letting it out won't hurt her body."

I spat out a mouthful of blood foam and said lightly.

When County Mayor Lin heard me say this, he was speechless and said nothing more.

Maybe, even he didn't know what to say when he heard me say this.

"If you have nothing else to do, help me deal with the bodies of our brothers."

I looked at County Magistrate Lin next to me and said.

County Magistrate Lin shrugged his remaining shoulders.

"Do I have any choice?"

......

It took a few days to clean up and finally dispose of the body.

There are about 600 people in total, not counting those whose traces can be found.

As for how they dealt with it, they buried it at first, but later it was too late, so they just burned it.

There is no way, there are simply too many corpses and we cannot deal with them all.

Someone may say, aren’t there a lot of people on your mountain?

No one is uninjured in a war, they are all recovering.

In the blink of an eye, it was October 10th.

The officers of the Lin family brought their soldiers to Heilongshan and proposed a merger with the mountain stronghold.

For various reasons, I did not refuse.

"Well, your term of office has expired."

The officer from the Lin family looked at me and said lightly.

"what do you mean?"

When I heard his words, I was stunned for a moment and couldn't react.

"What he meant was that you failed to command properly in the battle with the Bao and Wei families, and you are no longer worthy of being a leader!"

Before the officer finished speaking, a voice came from behind me.

I am very familiar with the voice, it's Wang Shiyue's.

Wang Shiyue came to my side and looked at me indifferently.

"Well, isn't this reason enough?"

Seeing that I didn't say anything, Wang Shiyue added this sentence.

"That's right. The new army will be led by Shiyue. She will become the first battalion commander of Mengbo County!"

The officer saw Wang Shiyue coming here and said these words.

"You guys are really not doing this right, are you?"

Ading, who was standing next to him, was so angry that he couldn't help but yell.

"enough."

I stopped Ading and turned to look at Wang Shiyue seriously:

"That's certainly reason enough."

In the end, Ading and I no longer held any positions and became idle personnel.

I went outside, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled, with a complex expression in my eyes:

"Ading, my time is over, it's time to go..."