Chapter 936 (2/2)
The dark haired wizard and the count of fury castle looked at each other.
”How many?” count Eckert asked a crucial question: ”who are they?”
”Civilians, nobles, businessmen... Are all people who are running for their lives or going to go to relatives. It seems that the whole eboden knows that there is going to war here!”
Lucian shook his head and looked a little ugly: ”as for how many... Please see for yourself.”
Along the direction pointed by the gray pupil boy, the two people... Together with Isaac behind them, desperately looked up and looked at the distant horizon.
Then they were stunned.
People.
People... And people who can't see the edge.
There are all kinds of people, pushing cars, driving carriages or ox carts, riding caravans or traveling quads, walking... But when they gather together, there are only smoke and dust and countless stirring black spots in the sky, which flow like a dark tide!
Like a pile of scattered sand, successive ants; Chaotic, disorganized, shoulder to shoulder, desperately surpassing the people in front, or closely following the team, not daring to disperse, rolling towards the Golden Lion Flag on a black background.
”Who can tell me whether this is eboden or... The big green sea of Boye?” Isaac couldn't help but say, ”this posture, this battle... I don't know which nomadic tribe was migrating!”
Count Eckert's face was suddenly startled and looked at the dark haired Wizard:
”Duke, do you say...”
”No, it shouldn't be so.” Loren shook his head and denied the guess of the count of fury Castle: ”if eboden has really fallen, there are definitely more refugees fleeing.”
And after the refugees, I'm afraid there should be defeated troops and pursuers sent by the Azores to hunt and kill the refugees... In short, it's impossible for so many people to pass through the Sifang Avenue in such a swagger.
More importantly, he didn't believe that eboden, with nearly 20000 professional mercenaries stationed in the wizard tower, would fall so soon.
”Master corona returned to eboden first. These should be the nobles and peacekeepers who just heard of the war and wanted to escape.”
Looking at the dark and magnificent team in the distance, Loren sighed and waved to the Knights behind him: ”let go of the road and let them go. Also inform the Legion commander sent by the emperor not to stop these fleeing people.”
Lucian gladly took command and turned away.
”Duke... The evacuation of a large number of civilians and nobles from the city will seriously weaken the urban defense of the city.” count Eckert couldn't help reminding: ”I know you may have some kind ideas, but the manpower and wealth needed to defend the city are not a fraction...”
”But they have begun to run. Even if we close the road now, how many people are willing to go back?” Loren shook his head. ”I'm afraid we have to fight this' rebel 'before we wait for eboden.”
Count Eckert paused.
”... from another point of view, it's also a good thing to evacuate civilians before the war - so that we can give up some unprotected civilian areas and concentrate more troops on key positions and lines of defense.” I don't know whether it's to convince ourselves or Loren, Eckert said in a deep voice:
”At the same time, the evacuation of a large number of refugees can also reduce the consumption rate of various supplies in the city and let us persist for a longer time. Reinforcements without considering logistics problems can also come to support us faster... It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.”
The dark haired wizard did not speak again, but smiled in agreement.
A quarter of an hour later, the ordered Byrne Knights scattered to both ends of the road and let the middle of the Sifang Avenue out for the refugees to pass through; The Legion soldiers in the back row did not seem to have any objection. They even took the initiative to maintain order, shunting the crowd with a shield wall to ensure smooth roads.
The refugees, who were crying with joy, hurried on their way and passed through the channels reserved by the army as fast as possible. They were lined up in a messy but orderly team and did not dare to be slighted.
Looking at the surging crowd and crowds of pedestrians, the black haired wizard sighed with emotion.
Just as the crowd gradually left and was ready to order the team to move forward, a strange figure suddenly burst into his sight.
Before he glanced, the demon hunters on the wings of the sky on both sides came forward and knocked the guy down.
”Pain... Hey, wait a minute! I'm not a bad man. I know... I know your Duke!”
”Duke Loren! Duke Loren Turin, do you remember me? I'm Locke, the owner of the old lame tavern!”
Huh?
The black haired wizard looked curiously at the ground struggling to get up and vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a guy.
The owner of the ”old lame tavern”, Locke, is a little famous bard and an intelligence dealer of the night watchman. He has no less than double-digit love debt. In addition, the green hat aristocrat who wants to let him die without a burial place has changed his face by relying on Peter FASA's Alchemy.
In addition, he is also the outside line of the eboden night watchman organization, controls several irrelevant intelligence networks, and has close private contact with eboden mercenaries. Therefore, he has also been sheltered by the Bellini family who controls eboden trade and mercenary business.
When the night watchman organization of eboden fell, Loren and Edward hid from the limelight in the tavern for some time.
However, as soon as the ”old acquaintance” came up, he told Loren a ”big news”.
”What are you talking about, eboden has fallen?!”
”No, it's not falling, it's civil strife!” the panting tavern owner waved his hand again and again, interrupted the surprised gray pupil boy, and then looked eagerly at Loren:
”The three mercenary regiments in charge of eboden's urban defense have collectively rebelled because they were in arrears with the Commission, but also occupied the urban defense and fortress, forcing the freedom Council to make up for the promised Commission.”
”Duke, if you don't solve this matter quickly, eboden will not be destroyed by foreign enemies, but will die in civil strife!”