In November, the earth officially enters winter.

The duration of the sun's presence in the sky is getting shorter and shorter, and the cold nights are extraordinarily long, as if they will never pass.

The wind swept up the snow and ice in the air, and the whistling sound sounded like the cry of evil spirits, and the poor refugees shivered in the cold wind and hugged each other, their hair and beards were sticking to the ends of fine ice edges, and the muscles and skin on their faces were frozen, and they could no longer make any expressions.

The snow was too big to make a fire, and the darkness was like a shroud of death, gradually wrapping around the poor refugees.

There was hardly any shelter in the wilderness, and they could not stop the heat from draining, and their bodies gradually cooled and hardened from the inside out, and darkness finally came.

On the second day, there were many more lifelike 'ice sculptures' on the earth.

On the side of the road, the family snuggled up to each other, and the expression on their faces was forever fixed in this moment.

Many of the refugees who had made it to the road did not survive the cold winter and died on the way to the Po River defense line.

Dimmit's troops, with tents and ample supplies, were able to survive the winter, and all the refugees they met along the way were taken in by the troops, and according to Dimmit's words, they could save one by one.

Along the way, the number of people left behind by Dirmit reached 2,000, including men, women and children, and they were in the army, which could be regarded as more hope for life.

Unlike other spontaneously organized teams, Dirmit also knew a lot about the Black Death, and he ordered the team to report to him as soon as there was a suspected illness, and to isolate the patients, and behead those who violated the order.

Under the harsh punishments, the infected people in the ranks had nowhere to hide, and Dirmit dealt with them by killing them all and burning their bodies.

The use of such means to eliminate the hidden danger of the disease effectively curbed the spread of the Black Death.

After the heavy snowfall, the nearby wilderness, the mountains in the distance, and the sky above were all a blank white color, as if mourning the suffering of the world.

On the side of the road, the team encountered many corpses frozen to death by the bitter cold, they were in different postures, and some even stood in place with their eyes wide open, thinking that they were living people from a distance, only to find that they had already stopped breathing.

This apocalyptic sight caused a riot in the ranks, and many refugees could not stand the irritation and began to fall to their knees and beg God for forgiveness in tears.

Not only ordinary refugees, but even the soldiers in the ranks were demoralized, apparently affected by the dead.

No one has counted how many people died along the way, but in the end, the Po River defense line contained less than 200,000 refugees, which means that nearly 100,000 people remained in this desolate land.

100,000 people, this is a number that makes people feel scary to think about, as an intelligence officer, Dirmit has seen too many joys and sorrows of life and death, but even so, his heart began to tremble at this moment.

It is the reverence for life, the mourning for death, and the fear of the road ahead.

No one knows if they, like those people, will stay on the land forever.

The more in this atmosphere, the more the power of religion can be manifested, and it was during this period that there was a saying that began to circulate from nowhere.

The story is that on the banks of the Po River, a hero of the time established a sacred line of defense to protect the people, and as long as he reached this line, he could find peace and rebirth.

The Po River defense line has resolutely become a beacon of hope in the minds of all refugees, invisibly giving them the strength to survive.

This rumor spread more and more among the crowd, and the more it spread, the more it spread, and some strange content began to appear, such as what the hero was an angel who came into the world, was sent by God to save the world, and so on.

It was accompanied by countless glorious deeds of this hero, most of which were fabricated, but when I heard people talk about them, they were conclusive about the time, place and event, and even dared to swear that they had seen it with their own eyes.

In the process of spreading, Eugen's name also spread widely, and people compiled and polished his deeds, and many bizarre and bizarre versions came out.

For example, when he killed Count Mead, he was actually made up of Eugen fighting a terrible demon alone, this demon came from hell, was the tenth son of Satan, and the disease was brought about by it.

In the imagination of countless simple people, it was a heroic hero, holding a golden sword, and slashed the terrifying demon with two horns and black wings on his back.

The name Mead has not been changed, after all, no one knows what the names of the demons in hell are, and in this case, it seems that there is nothing wrong with a demon named Mead suddenly running out.

It is a great irony that Count Mead probably could not have imagined that he would leave his name in such a form, and if there really is heaven and hell in the world, it is not known whether Count Mead's soul will be able to obtain a status worthy of his name......

Five days after the heavy snowfall, Dimmit's troops arrived at the port of Venice, where the journey from San Marino was smoother and the distance was shorter.

As early as three days ago, the Venetian harbor was in a state of overcrowding.

Originally, there were not many garrisons here, and more than half of the refugees who came out of San Marino came to the city.

Under these circumstances, the troops stationed here immediately became overstretched, and the resettlement of refugees became a great problem.

Fortunately, Mayor Gellas is very capable, and under his full control, the defense line has finally maintained stability, and the refugees have all been isolated to ensure that the disease will not spread to the rear, but this kind of emergency treatment is difficult to satisfy these refugees, and if it takes a long time, it is easy to cause some chaos.

Dirmit's arrival is a relief for Mayor Golas, whose thousands of soldiers are good at fighting the disease and have already done similar work several times.

With the addition of these soldiers, the management of refugees has become more secure.

Whether it's handling corpses or observing conditions, these people have enough experience.

Finally, this wave of refugees, with the joint efforts of Dirmit and Golas, survived smoothly.

On the other side, Eugen also seized this opportunity and invited Count Sartre of Verona to the front of the defensive line.

In the castle of Verona, Eugen spoke for a long time, and at the same time brought a large number of paper documents to the Count of Sartre to see.

However, the Count of Sartre always did not want to believe it, and in desperation, Eugen had to say: "Come with me, you come and see, and you will know what is true......."