Chapter 876 Refugees (Part 1)

Since the crazy revenge on Ulan City, the march of the vanguard has become smooth sailing, and they have never encountered a city that dared to resist.

However - just when the vanguard arrived at the gates of the 19th city, their smooth sailing was broken.

The name of the 19th city they encountered was Fuka.

The city lord of Fuka City, like the city lord of Ulan City, is a very hard-boned person.

After learning that the Britannia army was approaching the city, the lord of Fuka City did not surrender like the previous city lords. Instead, he closed the city gate tightly and chose to fight to the death with the Britannia army.

Seeing that the lord of Fuka City was unwilling to surrender, Deng Jiaer could only wave his flag and start the long-lost siege.

This siege is bound to be very difficult.

Because the walls of Fuka City are much higher and thicker than those of Ulan City, and there are far more defenders in the city than those of Ulan City.

There are very few strategies that can be used in siege warfare. When there are no clever strategies to use, there is no other way but to consume the combat power in the city bit by bit.

Just as Deng Jiaer was leading the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army to besiege Fuka City, the rescue force of the Holy Hiran Empire was finally about to arrive at the western front battlefield...

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"Bernard, wait a minute! There is a messenger!"

El looked in the direction pointed by Kuci's finger.

In front of them, they saw a soldier dressed as a messenger, sweating profusely, riding a fast horse, approaching them quickly.

After getting close to the range where the sound could be transmitted, the messenger loudly asked El:

"Excuse me——! Is this El Bernard First Class?!"

"Well, that's right." El nodded, "I am."

"Bernard wait!"

After approaching El, the messenger panted while giving a military salute to El.

It wasn't until his breathing became slightly smoother that the messenger continued to speak loudly:

"A large number of refugees are found ahead!"

After hearing the word "refugee", El's face changed slightly.

The messenger then continued:

"The coach has an order - we don't have time to take care of these refugees, so no one is allowed to deal with these refugees."

"...Yes." El responded in a calm tone without any emotion, "I understand."

"Then I will take my leave first."

After saying that, the messenger pulled the reins of the horse eagerly. It seemed that he was planning to go to the rear to convey the new order issued by Coach Nikita to the troops in the rear.

After the messenger left, El turned his head and said to Kuci beside him:

"Second Kolovin, did you hear what the messenger just said?"

"heard it……"

"Go and pass the order." El continued to say in a calm tone, "Inform the people in our army not to pay attention to the refugees who will come here soon, especially not to give any food to the refugees."

"Remember - you must tell your subordinates: you cannot give any food to the refugees." When El said this, he specially emphasized his tone.

"Yes, I will go and deliver the order immediately..."

Kuci, who seemed to be in a heavy mood, turned his donkey's head and went to inform his subordinates of the order that El had just given.

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As soon as Kuci finished delivering the order, the refugees arrived.

A large number of refugees formed a chaotic queue and walked past the army.

These refugees were ordinary farmers before the Britannian Empire launched its attack on the Holy Hiran Empire.

They all had to change from farmers to refugees and had to leave their hometown because of the arrival of the Britannia Army.

Each of these refugees was emaciated and shabby.

Even from a distance, El could smell the unpleasant smell emanating from these refugees.

There are two types of refugees.

One is that after the arrival of the Britannia Army, they were driven out of their hometown by the Britannia Army.

This kind of refugees can get some dry food from the Britannia Army, but this small amount of dry food is really pitiful and they are all eaten up early.

The other type of refugees received the news before the Britannia Army arrived, quickly packed up some things they could take away, and then followed the rest of the villagers to flee.

In order to increase the speed of escape, such refugees often cannot bring much food. After walking all the way here, the food will probably be eaten up long ago.

Almost all of these refugees have the word "hunger" written on their faces.

In order to beg for some food, the refugees looked at the troops passing by them with hope and a little fear.

However, Nikita had just given an order in advance not to allow anyone to have any contact with these refugees, so no one of the generals paid attention to these refugees.

Since these refugees appeared in the field of vision, El has been looking straight ahead, not letting his eyes scan the rest of the place, let alone the refugees passing by them.

It is unclear whether El did not visit these refugees because of Nikita's order or for some other reason.

At this moment, a young woman rushed into the queue holding a little girl who was probably only 3 or 4 years old, and knelt down directly in front of El.

"Please! Please give us some food!"

The woman repeated her words of prayer 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 hadn't eaten any decent food for a long time.

The little girl in her arms also had a sallow complexion. Just by looking at it, you can see that the little girl in her arms was very weak and very dangerous.

El's eyes flashed with reluctance.

"... I'm sorry, I can't help you."

After saying that, El quickly hid this reluctance, 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 just like that.

"I beg you!"

The woman hugged the horse's leg under El's crotch and cried to El.

"You don't have to save me, but please save my daughter!"

"My daughter is dying!"

"Please give my daughter something to eat!"

Listening to the woman's cry, El was silent for a while, and then apologized to the woman again:

"...I'm sorry, I really can't do anything."

After that, El was about to call the guards around to pull the woman away.

However-at this moment, something strange happened.

Unable to bear the tragic scene in front of him anymore, Kuci silently took out a half-left piece of bread from his arms and threw it to the poor woman.

"!!!" After seeing Kuci give the woman food, El's face changed drastically.

"You idiot!"

El, who was always polite, cursed at Kuci very rarely at this time.

"Who told you to give her food!"

El wanted to jump off the horse quickly and take back the half piece of bread that Kuci had just given.

But it was too late.