Under the deterrence of this iron-blooded method, the situation was immediately brought under control, and although some of them may not have committed a crime, there are some things that do not need to be cared about in such a moment of catastrophe.

As soon as the unrest in the city eased, a massive wave of migration began, with large groups of citizens, all of whom were rushing to flee the city, whether they were prepared or not.

It's as if there's something terrible in the city that wants to catch up with them.

For these people, Dimit did not stop them, and he could not stop them, the spirit of these people has been tense for a long time, and now they finally see the last straw, and it is impossible to give up easily.

Anyone who stops them at this time risks causing even greater riots and a large number of deaths.

Nearly 100,000 affected refugees fled San Marino, some of them from places like Rome and Pescara, and they came together to form a huge refugee flow.

From here, it was a three-day journey to the Po line of defense, but this was about the speed of horsebacking, and if it were only on foot, this time would have been extended to ten days.

Ten days, not long, not short, if it is the National Day holiday, it feels like it has passed in an instant, and it is not even too late to reminisce.

But these ten days will seem extremely long in the cold and frozen wilderness.

The refugees who fled San Marino and Florence converged and then dispersed in the northernmost mountains of the Italian peninsula.

Counting the people who fled the village, the total number reached 300,000, including men and women, old and young, most of them with their families.

300,000, a huge number, but scattered in the vast mountainous area at your feet, it seems scattered and not gathered too large a crowd.

In this way, the thugs were given an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Dirmit's iron-clad tactics in San Marino did not kill all the thugs, and a large part of them disappeared into the mountains outside the city with the crowd out of the city.

Subsequently, these thugs began to gather, quietly killing and plundering the ordinary people who were walking alone, plundering their belongings and food, and those who dared to resist were directly killed on the spot, and the corpses were left on the side of the road.

Countless poor people hurried along in fear of cold, hunger, and robbery, but the robbers lived very well one by one, eating and drinking and living comfortably every day, and at the same time amassing considerable wealth in the process.

Gold coins shine brightly, these robbers used to be at the bottom of society, and they can't see any day to turn over, but now they are taking advantage of this catastrophe and seeing a good opportunity to make a fortune.

Therefore, for them, this is not a disaster at all, but more like a godsend, and the disaster area has become a rare treasure for them.

After Dirmit dealt with the affairs of San Marino, he also began to lead the team to the Po River defense line, and along the way he also noticed the traces of these robbers, but unfortunately the land is so sparsely populated that even if he wants to get rid of these robbers, he can't find them.

The threat of robbers grows day by day, and sometimes dozens of corpses are neatly arranged on the roadside, and those corpses are in a miserable state of death, many of which are scarred by slashing.

They were all ordinary citizens, but now they were all killed by the robbers, which is simply an unforgivable crime, Dirmit trembled with anger when he saw it, but he could only order his subordinates to burn and bury the corpses, as for the robbers, they were long gone.

Under the threat of robbers, the refugees had no choice but to gather spontaneously and form a huge crowd to fight against those hateful robbers.

However, despite the cold weather, the Black Death did not completely stop, and when the crowd gathered to a certain number, the disease quietly stretched out its claws and entangled these poor people.

The denser the crowd, the faster the disease will spread.

A crowd of thousands of people, with just one Black Death patient in it, would be infected with the disease in three days.

Sickness and robbers, like two spiked walls, are slowly closing in the middle, and the refugees are walking along the narrow path in the middle, and if they are not careful, they will be stabbed by the spikes and die.

On the day of the snowfall, it was the eighth day of the movement of the refugees towards the Po River line, and the first group of people had already reached the vicinity of the Po line.

The defence line was prepared for the arrival of the refugees, and many were immediately quarantined, but this time for a relatively short period of three days.

After all, the number of refugees expected to arrive is large, and the number of rooms available for quarantine is limited, and the three-day quarantine observation is short, but it is enough to determine whether the disease is infected.

After three days of quarantine, these people will be transferred to the interior of the defensive line, which is not just a 'line', but an area where multiple lines are superimposed.

There are three areas: the forward area, the isolation area, and the evacuation area.

After a brief three-day quarantine in the forward area, the refugees will be transferred to a further quarantine area for a longer period of time, and will only be sent to the rear evacuation area for resettlement after it has been thoroughly confirmed that there is no problem.

Those who enter the evacuation zone will be much freer, they can choose to stay in the local area for a while, or they can leave the Po area and go to the inland cities, and the disaster army will no longer restrict their movements.

Of the three areas, the Forward Zone is the most important and the most dangerous, and Eugen has placed seventy percent of his men, nearly 35,000 soldiers, in this area to control the incoming flow of refugees.

The other 15,000 or so were placed in the quarantine zone, and the most important requirement for the quarantine zone is stability, as long as the quarantine zone is stable and there is no major turmoil, the situation will not be too bad.

The city of Verona is located in the very center of the quarantine zone, and Eugen's design of the Po River defense fence is carried out around the city of Verona.

So he had to make sure that Verona City could fully cooperate with him in order to ensure that everything went smoothly, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Quarantine rooms have been prepared in the forward area, and the supply of supplies is also very sufficient, and these materials are provided by the big merchants from all over the rear, including the former merchant Owen Ross.

In the case of Owen Rose, the quotations of these merchants are all very reasonable, even if some people want to be greedy, they dare not go too far.

After all, Eugen had the blood of an earl on his hands, and his murderous reputation was widely spread.