René guards the world in search of Dipp. However, even if he finds it, Dipu will not return to Skar City. Although they were ignorant of the latest situation, these days, Dipu and the others have realized that the situation is not good.

The main thing is that there was a rout, and it was a large number of routs. And these routs scattered in all directions, quickly spreading the panic everywhere. Then there was the wave of refugees, and the social order was dissolved, and there was a state of anarchy.

So on these days, everyone looked at Dipu with a very strange gaze, which made Dipu uncomfortable. ......Fortunately, before Dip was complacent about his wisdom, Felicia poured a basin of cold water in time: "Crow's mouth, go to death!"

However, when the defeated soldiers and refugees arrived, the young men recruited by Dipu also completely changed their views. Compared to those refugees, it is simply paradise now. At least you won't be starved from the cold, and you won't be robbed and killed. Therefore, in the minds of these people, Dipu suddenly changed from a great demon full of evil to an angel of light with immeasurable merits. Therefore, sometimes people's perceptions change without even a twist.

However, at this time Tipp was no longer in the mood to enjoy that kind of adoring gaze, and what was before him was the problem of the rout of the army and the refugees.

The rout of the army is easy to solve, and even the ruffians who are in chaos can be solved, and the leaders who do many evils are caught and killed, and the rest are all incorporated into the army. Under the knives, guns and sticks, who dares to talk nonsense?

But those refugees can't be simple and rude. After all, Dipu led the army of the Empire, and after those refugees found out, they began to gather around, scolding and scolding, and they could not disperse, and gradually increased by more than 50,000. However, as a result, dragged down by those refugees, Dipu's original "mobile" tactics could not be implemented.

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A leeward valley is crowded with black pressure. There were campfires everywhere, cooking rice and hot soup. Piles of refugees gathered around campfires to keep warm. And the bitter refugees were all full of sorrow, and only the children playing in the campfire did not seem to understand sorrow.

At this time, Dipu was also surrounded by officers, and they were also sad, looking at Dipu's gaze. It seems to want to ask, "What should I do?"

"What should I do?" said Dip, too. Who would have foreseen such an unexpected situation with hindsight? But in the current situation, the most taboo thing is hesitation. To put it bluntly, it is much better to make a decisive wrong choice than to hesitate to be right.

So I thought about it for a moment. Dipu gave the order: "We will not go forward, and we will not divide our troops." As planned, the nearest was the city of Toth. ”

Then Tipu named several of the officers who led the rout: "Bring all the original foot soldiers, and give you 15,000 young men to escort all the refugees into the city." Your Excellency Commander Jem, I will give you a warrant in a moment, and you will take command of the city of Toth. Anyway, how to arrange the defense of the city? If you recruit young people from the city and among the refugees? How to collect grain and grass? You know everything. Relying on the city of Toth, the first barrier is formed. ”

"Your Excellency, Commander Cem, from the moment you enter the city. Hold the city of Torth for three months, and I will take credit for you. However, I'm going to have to say something ugly. And thou shalt preach it unto every man in the city. If the city is broken, then the whole city will be loyal to the Empire! I don't want to hear of people alive after the war, whether they surrender or flee. Anyway, I have a roster here, and every family knows it, and I will send you all together as a family. ”

"The rest of you, follow me around the city of Thoth. It's better to save the people first, and then prepare for battle!"

"Yes, sir!"

However, the head of Jem hesitated for a moment. He carefully put forward a condition: "My lord, the first thing to defend the city is, grain and grass are more important than soldiers and horses." So many people have passed, and there will continue to be refugees in the future, I am afraid ......?"

Dipu immediately decided: "I'll give you 1.5 million pounds first." You save some money. ”

"Master Xie!" Captain Jem finally smiled.

But just as the officers were about to split up, a voice suddenly sounded: "My lord! Although Skar City is young and strong, it has only gone to more than 2,000 foot soldiers, and it is definitely inexperienced. Humble thoughts...... Let's go with more than a thousand rides, shall we?"

It was Sanger, a deputy captain of the Hurricane Knights, who spoke. Since more than 1,000 of the more than 3,000 defeated soldiers were on horseback, those people faintly took him as the leader. And these routs have been frightened by the menacing attack of the black bandits. So this Sanger is very inopportune and "early bird".

"Smack!" Dipp's answer was also very crisp, and even his voice was crisp, and he slapped him firmly, "Don't go to Toth City, okay?

Looking at the fierce light in Dipu's eyes, all the officers were silent......

The first refugees were sent away. But the situation has not improved. Groups of refugees went south, still gathering around the troops. Tipp could only arrange for men and food to send them to the city of Toth again and again.

And the 400,000 men of the bandits finally converged with Higgins' main force. Since the Duchy of Hiss has used all its elite to defend against the invasion of the mountain barbarians, it can no longer care about the black bandits who are marching towards the empire. Therefore, the bandits have been able to move unhindered.

In the following ten days, in the border area, the bandits swept through the entire region, including more than a dozen towns in the Verona Empire, and the number of people entrapped exceeded 700,000 at once, known as "million". What is even more terrifying is that due to the large number of captures, tens of thousands of cavalry, nearly 20,000 berserker troops, and 50,000 elite armor have been organized among the bandits. By this time, Higgins's bandits had already faintly become the climate.

And these more than 700,000 people were like a tidal wave down to the south, and the first to bear the brunt of it was the city of Tos in Dipu and then the city of Skar.

At this time, Tipu had already asked all the young men to escort the refugees into the city of Toth, leaving only the cavalry in their early 5,000s by his side. The good news is that Dipu is finally mobile again. The bad news is that he doesn't have much food or grass around him to help the refugees.

The Great War was already on the verge of breaking out, and the vanguard of the bandits was only a hundred miles away from the city of Toth. Due to the lack of food and grass, in fact, Dipu's tactic of "long-term disturbance" has gone bankrupt. In desperation, he could only sigh very philosophically: "There is no choice in life, let's be as brilliant as fireworks!" )