"Chapter 164: The Refugees of Ulembes"
As Biebertown's biggest and best ally and invisible boss, the troops defending the city opened the door to me without saying a word. The original fragile gate and the wall against wild beasts and robbers www.biquge.info the wooden wall was seven or eight meters high, almost like a first-class tribal wall. And Mayor Mario has obviously put a lot of thought into it, and many places on the wooden fence are covered with iron sheets, which is not a cheap thing, and the mayor has invested a lot of money. When the iron gate opened, I knew that there were a lot of refugees entering, but when I thought that my mayor of the town with thousands of troops had also been settled, I thought that even if it was bad, it would not be much worse. However, it turned out that the situation in the town was much more complicated than I thought.
At this time, Bieber Town was noisy and chaotic like I had never seen before. In the streets and alleys, countless women and children and disarmed legionnaires sat in a disorderly manner. The cries of children continued, and the wounded in need of treatment were constantly being carried into the town's only clinic (let's call it as the earth is customary), the town's only professional doctor was sweating, and the assistants who had the duties of nurses were inevitably scrambling, filling their feet with empty bottles of holy water. Some of the regimental officers and the militia and clerks in Bieber Town were constantly talking about things related to lodging, food, and medical care.
Seeing my arrival, the town officials immediately rushed over and, after a hasty salute, congratulated me on my return with the title of Supreme Governor of the entire Alliance, and begged me to help as much as possible with regard to the refugees. That's when I realized that things were going on a lot worse than I thought.
First of all, the number of refugees is not in the early 1,000s I imagined, but more than 3,000 civilians and nearly 1,000 legionnaires and officers, which is comparable to the total population of Bieber Town today! Among the civilians, almost all of them are women, dependents, and children, and occasionally two elderly people and teenagers, and the composition is diverse, and most of them are now in need of care or help. The situation was even worse on the Legion side, because due to the impact of the last war, two-thirds of the Legion troops were wounded, and the rapid running and rapid march not only exhausted the civilians, but also caused the injuries to be aggravated, many soldiers had their wounds cracked, and although the weather began to get cold, the infection continued. Secondly, unlike when Mayor Mario arranged for us before, even if the women of the Legion are capable and masculine, and the children do not need to be taken care of too much, they are after all a vulnerable group of civilians, unlike the disciplined and endurance regular troops, they need more resources and supplies than we did at the beginning. After accepting these refugees, Mayor Mario has cleared every house that can live in it, not even the barn, and even the hundreds of military tents we left in Bieber Town have been erected and used as barracks after being covered with blankets. Every family in Bieber Town has fled refugees, and despite some wariness, the townspeople accept them, although many still sleep on the streets. It's getting colder now, and I can't tolerate people freezing to death on my territory, even if they're our former enemies.
"My friend, you're here. Sorry, you're coming sooner than I thought, but time is too tight right now. "Mayor Mario suddenly appeared and walked over to me, flanked by an old man in the Legion's old-fashioned general's uniform, apparently a senior officer of the Legion.
"Mayor Mare, how's it going?" I walked over and reached out to the old soldier.
"Thank you, sir. Volker Rand, Deputy Commander of the 3rd Legion, it is an honor to meet you. The old man nodded in relief and took my hand. This is my admiration for Kuba, for the enemy of the Legion, and for this somewhat old soldier.
"Deputy Commander Rand has been the deputy commander for nearly twenty years, he is the oldest soldier in the legion now, and since he joined the army, he has guarded the glory of the legion for forty years, and has never betrayed his duty." Even if it is the mayor of the town, his evaluation of this deputy commander of the legion is very high.
"I'm just doing what I have to do." Rand let go of his hand, the expression on his face calm and majestic.
"You see the situation in the town, it's not good." The mayor put the conversation back to my original question and took us around the crowded street: "There were so many people that we weren't prepared at all. Food, medicine, housing, we lack everything right now. Now the kingdom is wandering around, and the necessities are hard to come by. My old fellow Kuba tried his best to save Mina, and to save the families of the thousands of soldiers in this city, and entrusted them to us, but I now fear that these glorious families will freeze to death by the streets, and I will not forgive myself if that happens. The mayor said very heavily.
"How's Mina?" I was silent for a moment and asked a question.
"She's fine, she just needs a break, and Alaisa is taking care of her now." The mayor replied very plainly.
"Maybe Bieber Town will support a little princess in distress, but Bieber Town will definitely not be able to feed twice the population at once. We should move these residents to other towns and cities to reduce the pressure on Bieber. "That's what I proposed.
"That's all we have for now, we have no other suitable way, and hopefully you have enough troops to send them to other suitable towns. Of course, we'll have to ask Captain Rand what he thinks. Mayor Mare, sighing, looked at Rand.
"It's the Acting Legionnaire, Mr. Mayor Mario." Rand said lightly, then took two steps forward and saluted me respectfully.
"My lord, we have been enemies before, but I believe that sometimes enemies are a special kind of friend. Now that our regimental commander has given his life for his people, we are ashamed of your generosity as his enemy. Now we, the people of the legion, will be scattered everywhere, but one day we will return to Ulembes, and even to the kingdom. At that time, the Third Legion, the Kuba Legion, will fight for you! ”
"Thank you, Deputy Head of Rand, for your kindness, I am very sorry for the death of my "friend", I respect him and hope to cooperate with him, but he is now gone from us. And in the future, I will try my best to help you. For the old general's sincere and serious expression, I also replied with a proper courtesy, and smiled.
"Okay, let's talk about the relocation of the residents......