When it was almost noon in the game, Jiang Fei had looted two more towns. The number of refugees led by Hua Mulan had reached more than 13,000. Other than less than 700 soldiers, the rest were ordinary civilians.
"Great Messenger, the nearby towns have been evacuated. What should we do next?" Hua Mulan asked when Jiang Fei flew down again.
"The towns that are slightly further away have also been evacuated?" Jiang Fei was a little addicted to eating. After all, it was too easy to earn money this way!
"The remaining towns are relatively close to our fortress. The Nephilim Ambush Team will not dare to come close. Moreover, we can't take care of any more people!" Hua Mulan said.
"Hmm …" Jiang Fei thought for a while. Hua Mulan was speaking the truth.
After all, Hua Mulan only had less than 700 soldiers, including the guards of the various towns. It was already very difficult for these people to maintain order among more than 10,000 refugees. Moreover, as they had left in a hurry, many refugees did not bring enough food and water. Therefore, there had been many robberies among the refugees. This made Hua Mulan's soldiers even more exhausted.
"Alright! Let's move them into the hinterland first! "Jiang Fei thought for a while and made a decision.
Although looting a few more towns would bring Jiang Fei more wealth, if he did not quickly settle these refugees down, the refugees would turn into mobs in the blink of an eye. When that happened, Jiang Fei's Quest would be ruined.
Jiang Fei continued to pretend to patrol the non-existent Nephilim Ambush Team in the sky. Meanwhile, Hua Mulan was leading the refugees toward the Light Faction's hinterland.
More than 10,000 people marched forward. Very soon, they attracted the attention of the Light Faction. A cavalry unit flew over. However, Hua Mulan was a true Light Faction General. Moreover, she had the Saint's personal order. Therefore, after a brief understanding of the situation, the cavalry unit did not dare to stop her. They only flew back and reported the news to the frontline commander.
The frontline commander of the Light Faction, Bernard, was the same as the frontline commander of the Dark Faction, Ivan. They were both Level 85 High-Tier Commanders. When he heard that a large number of civilians were being evacuated from the frontline, he was furious.
"How can we do that? No! We must make them come back! "Bernard immediately ordered.
The reason why Bernard forbade the civilians from retreating to the Light Faction's hinterland was because these civilians could provide various resources to the Light Faction's garrison if they stayed at the border. If all these resources were transported from the mainland, not only would it consume a lot of resources, but they would also be easily intercepted by the Dark Faction's sneak attacks.
Not only that, if the war reached a critical state, these civilians would immediately be recruited as soldiers. They would be used as cannon fodder to the frontline and play a role in defending against the Dark Faction's attack. Therefore, these civilians staying in the frontline was very beneficial to the Light Faction's defense.
"Commander, we can't stop them! It was the Saint's Guard who organized the evacuation. Moreover, the leader is General Hua Mulan! "Bernard's subordinate officer said awkwardly.
"Saint's Saint! Saint 'Saint's orders! You were already caught because you tried to show off, and now you're giving me trouble! "Bernard frowned.
Although Bernard and the Saint were both loyal to the Light Faction, the two of them had completely different concepts of war. Bernard believed that the goal of war was to win. For the sake of victory, it was fine even if they started a war among the people, even if there were many casualties.
Although Bernard and the Saint were both loyal to the Light Faction, they had very different war philosophies. Bernard believed that the purpose of war was to win. It did not matter how many casualties there were.
However, the Saint believed that the purpose of war was to protect the people. If the lives of civilians were to be sacrificed, then there was no point in fighting the war.
In Bernard's opinion, this behavior was unreasonable. The value of a Saint far exceeded the value of a town's civilians. If a town's civilians died, then so be it. However, the Saint's capture immediately put the Light Faction in a passive position. In the following decisive battle between the Light and Dark Faction, they could only defend passively out of worry for the Saint's safety. They did not dare to take the initiative to attack.
Bernard could not accept the civilians leaving the battlefield because of their different war philosophies. In his eyes, as long as one was a member of the Light Faction, one had the obligation to sacrifice one's life for the Light Faction, regardless of whether one was a civilian or a soldier.
Although Bernard was determined not to allow the civilians to leave the battlefield, he frowned when he heard the soldier's report that Hua Mulan was the one who organized the evacuation.
It could not be helped. Although Hua Mulan was a female general, she was known to be invincible in the Light Faction below the Overlord rank. Moreover, she was very loyal to the Saint. If she had really received the Saint's order, even if Bernard tried to stop her personally, he would only be beaten up and embarrassed. He would not be able to do anything else.
"Eh?!" Bernard suddenly had an idea. He then said to his subordinate messenger, "Go to the field camp and invite Her Highness Sylvie here!"
"Yes!" The soldier accepted the order and left.
At that moment, the Templar Assassin, Sylphy, had been ordered to patrol the situation at the frontline. Therefore, she happened to be in the Divine Light Fortress. Bernard could not defeat Hua Mulan, so he thought of her. She was the disciple of the Moon God and was definitely an Overlord. With her around, Hua Mulan would probably have to show some respect.
Very soon, Sylphy arrived in front of Bernard. "Why are you looking for me so urgently? Is there a problem with the deployment?"
Although this girl was infatuated with Jiang Fei, she was still relatively normal when Jiang Fei was not around. She was very loyal to the Light Faction. Therefore, when she heard that Bernard was in a hurry, the first thing she thought of was that there was a problem with the deployment.
"Princess Sylphy, there is indeed a problem. The Saint's guard captain actually went to organize the civilians to evacuate from the battlefield. This has increased the pressure on our defense!" Bernard said.
"How can this be?! Hua Mulan must be carrying out the Saint's order again. Sigh! The Saintess is too softhearted! " Under normal circumstances, Sylphy was a cold-blooded Assassin. She was even willing to risk her life to assassinate the Nephilim Fourth Prince. Why would she care about the lives of the civilians?
Therefore, Sylphy's philosophy of war was the same as Bernard's. They both prioritized winning the war. Civilian casualties were not within their consideration.
"Princess Sylphy, what do you think …" Although Bernard did not say it clearly, his purpose of looking for Sylphy was to get her help. After all, if Sylphy was not a staunch supporter of winning the war, the Luminous Vatican would not have sent her to inspect the defense!
"I'll go with you!" Sylphy did not say anything else. She immediately decided to chase these civilians with Bernard.
"Let's go immediately!" Bernard rushed out of the fortress with a group of cavalry while Sylphy directly flew over.
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