Since the crazy revenge of Ulan City, the vanguard troops have become smoother and have never encountered a city that dares to resist.
However—just as the vanguard troops arrived at the 19th city, their smooth sailing was broken.
The 19th city they encountered was named - Fuka.
The city lord of Fuka City, like the city lord of Ulan City, is a very hard-bodied person.
After learning that the Britannia army was at the city, the city lord of Fuka did not descend like the city lords of the previous cities, but closed the city gates and chose to fight the Britannia army to the death.
Seeing that the city lord of Fuka City was unwilling to surrender, Deng Jiaer could only wave the order flag and start the long-lost siege.
This siege will inevitably be very difficult.
Because the walls of Fuka City are far higher and thicker than those of Ulan City, and the guards in the city are far more than those of Ulan City.
There are very few strategies that can be used in siege battles. Without any strange strategies, there is no other way except to consume the combat power in the city a little bit.
Just as Deng Jiaer led the vanguard troops of the Eastern Route Army to siege Fuka City, the rescue troops of the Holy Xilan Empire were finally about to arrive at the western front battlefield...
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"Bernard first class! There is a messenger!"
El looked in the direction that Kuci pointed.
In front of them, a soldier dressed in a messenger was riding on a fast horse in sweat and approaching them quickly.
After approaching the range where the sound could reach, the messenger asked El loudly:
"May I ask-! Is it El Bernard the first class?!"
"Yeah, that's right." El nodded, "I'm."
"Bernard first!"
When he approached El, the messenger saluted El while panting.
It was not until his breath was a little smoother that the messenger continued to whisper:
"There are a large number of refugees ahead!"
After hearing the word "refugee", El's face changed slightly.
And the messenger continued:
"The head coach has an order - we don't have time to take care of these refugees, so no one can take care of these refugees."
"…yes." El responded in a calm tone that could not hear any emotional color, "I understand."
"Then the official will say goodbye first."
After saying that, the messenger pulled the reins in a hurry. It seemed that he was planning to go to the rear and convey the newly issued order from Commander Nikita to the troops in the rear.
After the messenger left, El turned his head and said to Kuci beside him:
"Colowin Second Class, have you heard what the messenger said just now?"
"I heard..."
"Go and pass the order." El continued in a calm tone, "tell our troops not to pay attention to the refugees who will come here soon, especially not to give any food to the refugees."
"Remember - be sure to inform your subordinates: You can't give refugees any food." El specially emphasized his tone when he said this.
"Yes, I'll go and pass the order immediately..."
Kuci, who seemed to be in a heavy mood, turned his donkey head and informed his subordinates of the order that El had just issued.
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As soon as Kuci finished his order, the refugees came.
A large number of refugees lined up in a mess and walked past the army.
These refugees were ordinary peasants before the Britannian Empire launched an attack on the Holy Heran Empire.
They were all forced to turn from peasants into refugees and had to leave their hometowns because of the arrival of the Britannian army.
Each of these refugees was pale and thin and ragged.
Even though they were far away, El could smell the unpleasant scent of these refugees.
These refugees are divided into two types.
One is that after the arrival of the Britannian army, the Britannian army was driven out of their hometown.
Such refugees can receive some dry food from the Britannian army, but this dry food is so small that it is eaten up early.
Another type of refugee was before the Britannian army arrived, and he quickly packed up some things that could be taken away, and then followed the rest of the villagers to flee.
In order to increase the speed of escape, these refugees often cannot bring too much food. When they come here from afar, they probably have eaten up all the food.
Almost all these refugees wrote the word "hunger" on their faces.
In order to get some food, the refugees stared at the army passing by with a little fear in their hopes.
However, Nikita had already ordered in advance just now that no one was allowed to have any contact with these refugees, so no general was allowed to deal with these refugees.
Since these refugees appeared within their field of vision, El has been staring straight ahead, not letting his eyes sweep to the rest of the place, and not letting his eyes turn to the refugees passing by them.
It is unknown whether El did not visit these refugees because of Nikita's order or for some other reason.
At this moment, a young woman broke into the queue with a girl who was about 3 or 4 years old and fell directly in front of El.
"Please! Give us some food!"
The woman repeated the prayers over and over again, and kowtowed to El who was riding on the horse.
El looked at the woman.
Although El didn't know much about medicine, he could see that the woman was very weak and had probably not eaten any decent food for a long time.
The little girl who was held in her arms was also pale and her face was pale. Just by looking at it with her eyes, it could be seen that the little girl in her arms was very weak and very dangerous.
An unbearable look flashed in El's eyes.
"…I'm sorry, I can't help you."
After saying that, El quickly hid the unbearable look, pulled the reins in his hand, and drove the horse under his crotch to bypass the poor woman.
However, the poor woman did not let El go like this.
"I beg you!"
The woman hugged the legs of the horse under Elle's crotch and cried at Elle.
"You may not save me, but please save my daughter!"
"My daughter is almost out of reach!"
"Please give my daughter some food!"
Listening to the woman's cry, El apologized again to the woman after a while of silence:
"…I'm sorry, I can't do anything."
After saying that, El was about to greet the guards around him and pull the woman away.
However———At this moment, a mutant suddenly arises.
Kuci, who could no longer see the miserable scene in front of him, silently took out a half-left bread from his arms and threw it at the poor woman.
"!!!" After seeing Kuci giving the woman food, El's face changed drastically.
"You idiot!"
El, who is usually gentle and polite, cursed at Kuci very rarely at this time.
"Who asked you to give her food!"
El wanted to jump off the horse quickly and take back the half of the bread that Kuci had just given.
Chapter completed!