"That's right, we Acropolis soldiers are always at the forefront of the battle, but those city guards hide behind them every time. This time, we have to improve the treatment of our Acropolis soldiers no matter what."
"But do you think the Flame High Priest will agree? What should we do if he doesn't agree?"
"What else can we do? We will really mobilize soldiers to protest. Of course, during the protest, we must ensure that the soldiers cannot affect the defense of the city."
"We just want to make a gesture to show the high priest, we don't want to plunge the Holy City into turmoil!" Commander Bei Tiecheng reminded the commanders.
"Don't worry, we understand!" All the Acropolis commanders are sincerely serving the Holy City, otherwise they would not be willing to sacrifice their lives for the Holy City after suffering so many grievances.
Although they no longer obey the arrangements of the Flame High Priest, they do not dare to really affect the defense of the Holy City. They are afraid that they and others will cause turmoil in the Holy City. When the Holy City is breached, they will become sinners.
After the discussion was completed, several Acropolis commanders immediately jointly wrote a report envelope expressing their demands, and then had it sent to the temple.
I originally thought that the Flame High Priest would agree to their request this time, at least to distribute some food to them from the city guards.
But the result was beyond their expectations.
In the afternoon, when the letter arrived in the temple, all the Acropolis commanders couldn't wait to gather together to check it.
When they saw the letter, all the Acropolis commanders turned pale.
This letter not only did not agree to their request, but also asked them to behave themselves.
Because according to the letter, the city guards are the absolute force to defend the Holy City, and they, the city guards, are only responsible for cooperation.
In this way, the food rations of the city guards must be guaranteed, and they, the soldiers of the city guards, should feel aggrieved and not just think about enjoying themselves.
"What does it mean to be bent on enjoying? Are we enjoying it?"
"Also, the city guards are the absolute force that defends the city, so what do we think of our subordinates who have sacrificed their lives to defend the holy city in the past few months?" A group of commanders looked livid and cursed loudly.
They had never felt so angry.
Even if the Flame High Priest doesn't agree to their request, the following words are even more insulting to them.
"Everyone, since the High Priest of Fire has humiliated us so much, we can no longer remain silent."
"I asked you to contact your respective subordinates a few days ago, have you all done so?" Commander Bei Tiecheng asked at this time.
"We have been contacted. Our original captains expressed their willingness to obey our arrangements." The other Acropolis commanders nodded in affirmation.
"Very good. If that's the case, then let's go to the Holy City Square to protest tomorrow. The number of people doesn't need to be too large. We can draw some from various places. This can avoid problems with the defense of the city wall. Then we can gather 50,000 people!"
"Ok, no problem!"
Then, a group of Acropolis commanders completed their discussion and agreed to go to the square to protest tomorrow.
Moreover, in order to avoid problems with the defense of the city wall, these Acropolis commanders even thought of deploying manpower from different places.
In this way, the defense will not be empty.
It's just that they don't know that they are so focused on the Holy City.
But the Flame High Priest has a big pit waiting for them to jump down.
Early the next morning, the Acropolis commanders went to the Holy City Square with the agreed number of people.
Although now civilians no longer dare to go out, and even less have the energy to go out.
However, the huge movement of 50,000 soldiers in the Acropolis still caused many civilians to secretly peek through the cracks in doors and windows.
"Please ask the High Priest of Flame to make the decision. We Acropolis soldiers cannot continue to fight without enough food. Please ask the High Priest to treat the Acropolis soldiers and city guards equally!"
"Please the high priest treat the Acropolis soldiers and city guards equally!"
Fifty thousand fully armed Acropolis soldiers gathered in the square and shouted such slogans in unison, and the sound immediately spread throughout half of the city.
"High Priest, those Acropolis soldiers are already in the square!" The commander of the city guards seemed to be facing a formidable enemy and had already sent tens of thousands of city guards to guard the temple walls.
But the Flame High Priest was very calm, and even had a smile on his face, "Let them continue shouting for a while, and after the shouting is over, you can invite our Acropolis Captain in in my name!"
"Yes, Your Excellency the High Priest!"
The city guard commander immediately took the order.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the city guard commander followed the instructions of the Flame High Priest and led his people to invite the five guard commanders into the temple.
Of course, the commanders of the Acropolis now do not trust the Flame High Priest and the commanders of the city guards, so they still brought thousands of subordinates into the temple.
The city guard commander turned a blind eye to this and watched them enter the temple.
When they arrived at the temple, what surprised all the Acropolis commanders was that today's Flame High Priest was surprisingly easy to talk to.
They just put forward their request, and the Flame High Priest directly agreed to resume their two meals of black bread a day, and one meal of meat every week.
After hearing this, the commanders of the city guards returned home satisfied, and did not ask the city guards to switch to two meals of black bread a day like them.
After the Acropolis commanders left happily, they didn't know that they had completely fallen into the trap of the Flame High Priest.
After they left, the Flame High Priest immediately called for the civil affairs officer.
Then he ordered the civil affairs officer to stop the food distribution to some civilians in the city, and the number of these civilians reached one million.
The civil affairs officer was very surprised when he heard this, "Your Excellency the High Priest, if we stop feeding these civilians, they will starve to death."
"And if they lose their minds..."
"You don't need to think too much about these, you just need to do what I'm told."
"In addition, if those civilians ask why the distribution of supplies has been stopped, then you should tell them that their supplies have been distributed to the soldiers on the Acropolis!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Flame High Priest directly interrupted the Civil Affairs Officer’s reminder.
After hearing this, the civil affairs official took a deep breath.
I have to say that the Flame High Priest is really ruthless.
It is obvious that the amount of food for the soldiers in the Acropolis is not due to the civilians, but the high priest of the flames directly pushes it on them.
And once the civilians believe this, they will definitely denounce the Acropolis soldiers.
If the Acropolis soldiers don't want to be known as eating the flesh and blood of civilians, they may have no choice but to honestly give up their rations.
As for whether the Acropolis soldiers will suppress civilians because of this.
Regarding this point, the civil affairs officials are very clear, that is, absolutely not.
Because he knew very well the character of the soldiers on the Acropolis.
The soldiers of the Acropolis are all soldiers selected from the lowest level of believers.
It is different from the city guards of this holy city.
The city guards are all descendants of middle- and upper-class families, and they have a mentality of looking down on the common people at the bottom of their hearts.
The Acropolis soldiers are the complete opposite. They are real T-shirt civilians.
In this way, even if the Acropolis soldiers suffer injustice, they will not take action against civilians.
"Also, regarding this matter, I hope no one else knows about it except you, otherwise your family..."
"Yes, Your Majesty the High Priest, my subordinates will definitely not reveal a single word!" The Civil Affairs Officer's heart trembled, and he bowed his head honestly.
He is just a civil affairs official.
He has no military power in his hands and no authority over the people.
In this way, he could not control the dispute between the Flame High Priest and the Acropolis soldiers.
As a result, when food was distributed on the second day, such a situation occurred in many areas of the Holy City.
"There is no food distributed to you today?"
"There is no food distributed to us? That's why, if there is no food, we will starve to death."
"Yes, we will starve to death without food, so just be kind and give us some food."
"Look at my little Kelly. He is only three years old. Now he is so hungry that only his bones are left. If there is no black bread the size of a fist, she may not survive for three days!"
As the steward who distributed supplies informed them that there was no black bread to be distributed, the civilians who were already too hungry and had no energy started to make a noise.
For them, if it's just less food, it's still bearable.
But if there is no food at all, it means death.
What's more important is that the inside of the city is different from the outside.
Outside the city, you can also find wild vegetables and dig tree roots to eat.
To be continued...