After Xiao Chen took over as the chairman of the acting committee, everything was unexpectedly calm. He found that there had been no objections, either within or outside the Committee. When the major cities and strongholds were notified of the attack, most of them expressed anger and condemnation of the attack, as well as acknowledging and congratulating Xiao Chen's agent.

Xiao Chen did not change the form of committee members being elected by various departments, nor did he rush to supplement the regular personnel of the committee, but after discussing with those departments that had been killed and injured in the attack, he added a part of the alternate members to temporarily replace those who were killed or injured in the attack.

Essentially two days after the attack, the Commission's operations were largely back to normal. However, at this time, Xiao Chen received an urgent report from Suero.

On the other side of the communication array were Wang Jiyuan and Luo Ling, and the news they brought to Xiao Chen surprised him as well.

"You say that the Imperial people have formed a team of patients with Blackwater Disease to raid the various towns under our rule?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Yes. Originally, we were going to take advantage of his illness to kill him, and we were already preparing to start the battle to recover Heimu Pass. But I didn't expect the enemy to release all the sick people in a frenzy. Some of these teams are large, some are small. The larger ones often have a fighting spirit, a bloodline warrior or a mage, which is not easy to deal with. The small ones have little combat power, but even a few unarmed patients storming our town can be catastrophic. Our scouts intercepted and eliminated several of these teams, but many more had already slipped through our defenses and headed for the interior of our homeland. Wang Jiyuan's voice sounded surprisingly serious, which showed the severity of the situation, "The enemy has made it clear that he wants to delay time with human lives, not only the lives of civilians in our villages and towns, but also the lives of their own soldiers. It's up to us to respond. ”

"Do you have any plans?" Xiao Chen asked.

There was a sudden silence on the other side of the communication circle, and it took a few seconds before Luo Ling's voice sounded: "From Suero's side, I actually want to choose between two options. The first plan, of course, is that we also break up the whole piece and send troops to pursue these people. In particular, our cavalry troops, High Mages and Grand Mages, are certainly faster than these infiltrators. We have the advantage of being numerically superior to the Mage's Eye, which allows us to search a wide area for the enemy's trail, and then catch up with one and eliminate the other. And as far as we know, the largest unit of action of the enemy is the Imperial detachment, which has more than a hundred people. Such a contingent cannot be resisted by the militia in ordinary villages and towns. But a cavalry company, a high-ranking special operations squad, or a great mage can crush one of these enemy forces. But the smaller groups of enemy forces that were already scattered or scattered after being defeated were the bigger trouble. It will take too much time for our team to take out these enemies one by one, and when we clear the enemies inside, the best time to attack Kuroki Pass will pass. ”

After listening to this, Xiao Chen did not directly give an evaluation, but asked, "What about the second way?"

This time, Wang Jiyuan continued: "The second method is the plan proposed by someone in our military, simply put, you fight yours, I fight mine. Our main force in Suero, regardless of these sick soldiers who infiltrated it, but concentrated on attacking Heimu Pass, according to the battle plan, it will take at least a week to ten days from Suero to attack Heimu Pass, chase out the enemy inside, and stabilize the defense of Heimu Pass. There are many enemies in Kuroki Pass, and we should not have the extra strength to deal with the infiltrated enemy except for the defensive forces. ”

"Then for our town, how are we going to arrange it in this plan?" Xiao Chen asked.

Wang Jiyuan said: "Since there are no additional troops to defend, the villages and towns under our jurisdiction should immediately organize a retreat and march towards the big towns with defensive capabilities." Given the nature of the blackwater disease, we expect that most of these soldiers will become ill within a week and then lose their mobility and combat effectiveness, a tactic that will break down as long as they are not given a chance to spread. ”

After listening to Wang Jiyuan's account, Xiao Chen asked, "However, have you taken into account that not all residents will have time to evacuate? Even if they do, they will definitely drag their families and their movement speed is very limited, such a team will be easily caught up by the soldiers, right? How many sacrifices will there be in the process?"

"It's hard to estimate in advance, but it's an unavoidable sacrifice in war. Wang Jiyuan said.

"So...... How many of our family members of the Guardian Army soldiers would bear such sacrifices?" Xiao Chen asked sharply, "On the other hand, even if they flee to the towns, what about the farmland, the mines, and the factories? Their family business and our property cannot be taken away, as long as the enemy burns, smashes, and robs them all, they can all go bankrupt, and when they go back, they will only see a ruined village." As a result, the central part of our territory, and even the southern part of the country, will undo what we have built up before, leaving us in a prolonged recession. ”

Wang Jiyuan on the other side of the communication array fell silent.

Xiao Chen chased after him: "In the end, if we do this, what will these residents think of us? We said it very well, the guards are soldiers, they can protect their families and the country, and they can protect their lives and interests. But when the matter came, the guards were busy fighting, asking them to flee by themselves, and this battle was fought, Heimu Pass was won, but the hearts of the people were lost. ”

Luo Ling said over there: "Actually, this plan was not proposed by Commander Wang, but only a plan proposed by several staff officers, and Commander Wang did not agree." ”

Xiao Chen said: "I understand, but the person who made this plan must have forgotten that the purpose of the escort army itself is to defend our people. As long as people are in danger, this will always be the first priority to be solved. Otherwise, one day, it will degenerate step by step to the level of its enemies. ”

Luo Ling said: "But the problem of Heimu Pass is indeed difficult to solve, according to the plan proposed by our civil affairs system, when we attack Heimu Pass, I am afraid that Emperor Alfred has completely solved the problem of Heimu Pass, and those patients should also recover." ”

Xiao Chen said: "The solutions are all thought of, each of you has its own advantages and difficulties, it is nothing more than because our strength is not enough, and it seems to be overstretched." Speaking of more manpower, I have an idea. ”