Ionia's ambush force had dispersed, and Riven looked at the corpses everywhere, silently wiping the blood from her greatsword and carrying it back behind her back.

The moment reinforcements arrived, the monkey immediately gave the order to retreat, and he didn't get a chance to fight him in the end.

In this battle, both sides paid a heavy price, with more than half of Riven's forwards killed and wounded, and Ionia's resistance suffered almost twice as many losses.

Riven pulls out the dagger she carries with her and ends the life of a Noxian soldier lying on the ground moaning, his injuries are so severe that he will only endure a few more hours of pain if he doesn't do it.

Along with the reinforcements came the supreme commander of the force, General Imistan.

Although she felt that the speed of reinforcements was much slower than she estimated, Rui Wen still maintained enough respect in front of Imistan:

"Thank you for your support, Honorable General Imistan."

Imistan quickly jumped off his horse and picked up Rui Wen, who was saluting:

"No, we came too late, we didn't expect to encounter such fierce resistance, what is the casualty situation of the troops?"

"At present, it is estimated that less than half of the soldiers have remaining combat effectiveness, but you can rest assured, I will continue to complete the task of the vanguard." Rui Wen replied truthfully.

"It's too embarrassing for you, the losses of the troops are so great. I am also responsible for this matter, so let's do it, except for the cavalry, the rest of the reinforcements brought this time will be assigned to your forward troops, and we will rest in place for a while, and we will not continue to advance today. ”

"This ......" Rui Wen couldn't help but feel a little moved in her heart, in Noxus, the army is equivalent to the lifeblood of the commander, basically no one is willing to divide the soldiers under his command into other formations, Imistan's behavior surprised her very much.

"It's okay, I'll officially write a written report when I go back, I'm the commander-in-chief, and I also have some responsibility for the losses of the troops, so don't shirk it. Your dedication to the Empire is seen by all, and I will ask the Immortal Fortress to recognize you. ”

"Well, I'll be more careful, I'm sorry." She doesn't care about the so-called commendation of Rui Wen, she is more concerned about the final victory of the war and the price to be paid in the process.

……

Kanpur City, the city guards of Noxus are carefully checking the people entering and leaving the city, and since the Noxus took the place, a large number of residents have fled the area. So Noxus formulated a series of regulations, the management of residents is much stricter, but this is limited to civilians who have fled, if they want to move in from other places, the rules are much more relaxed, and there are even a lot of preferential rules.

Even so, there are still countless civilians who try to escape the city every day, and only a few are willing to move in, and the city's population has been in negative growth for two months, causing a headache for the city's temporary director.

Noxus is also very strong in the military but also very important to management, the invasion of the land will eventually be transformed into their own territory or colony, this process is not at all easier than the conquest by force, so the good managers of the occupied areas during the war will be rewarded, and there will be corresponding punishments for poor management.

In desperation, the temporary lord of Kanpur had no choice but to introduce corresponding policies to the soldiers on duty. If there are people who have fled, the soldiers on duty who have not escaped are punished by the ten military sticks; And if there is a population that moves inward, whether it is forcibly caught by passing through the city, or persuaded to stay, each person is rewarded with a silver coin.

After the implementation of the reward and punishment measures, all the soldiers on duty actively participated in it, although it had a certain effect, but it only kept the population of the city from continuing to decrease.

But this day seems to be a little unusual, the day has just dawned, the soldiers who came to change the guard have not yet come, the soldiers who have been on duty all night keep yawning, and a group of people actually came over in the distance.

Seeing that there were people approaching their side, and the number was not very small, the soldiers immediately cheered up.

When the guy in the lead walked to a distance of about ten meters from the city gate, two soldiers hurriedly stopped him with weapons:

"What the hell are you doing!"

The guy in the lead was crying and wearing tattered clothes:

"There is a war in our family, and there are few living people left in the whole village, so I brought the few remaining villagers to join my relatives in the city."

Two soldiers glanced behind him, and sure enough, he was followed by a group of ragged refugees, several of whom were badly wounded.

"What's the name of your relative!"

The young man who took the lead gave a name.

The two defenders exchanged a little, one of them stayed and continued to stare at the refugees, while the other ran in the direction of the city gate. They had made a general count of the inhabitants of the city, and they only needed to look it up to know if this guy was lying.

A little later, the soldier excitedly ran back with his weapon:

"I've verified, and this family really wants to live in the city."

When the refugees outside heard the soldiers' words, they seemed to see hope and showed relieved expressions.

"Well, can we go in now? We hadn't eaten in days, and the kid couldn't stand anymore. ”

Both soldiers were hesitant to listen to the young man's words, according to the regulations, they need to carry out a detailed security check and identity registration of these people.

But at this moment there was a cry from the city gate:

"Are you all alright, come back soon, you're going to prepare for the handover!"

Hearing the news of the shift change, the two soldiers looked anxious, after the shift change, these ten or so people will be handed over to the next class of soldiers, and the reward will be theirs at that time, ten silver coins, which is their salary for several months.

Looking at the few packages that the group was carrying, the two exchanged glances and pulled the young man to their side:

"Listen, we're looking at you too hard, so we won't waste your time, but when someone asks, they'll say they've already checked it, do you know!"

The young man showed a look of understanding:

"I know, I know, my eldest brother is good to me, and I can't trick you."

In this way, the two men led them in the direction of the city gate.

Coming to the registration office at the city gate, the soldier in charge of registration looked at the group of people outside with some surprise:

"So much, you two sent it today, have you done a security check?"

"Of course, I've checked it all and there's nothing wrong with it."

The group of refugees behind him nodded along with them.

The soldier in charge of registration handed over a stack of forms:

"One for each person, and those who can't write and read will go to the next door and line up, where they will dictate and record, and after filling out this form, you can go into the city."

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