Chapter 65: The Mess (Part II)
Nile's neck shrank slightly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, he had not been partnered with Godin for a long time, but he was well aware of his colleague's temper, but he never imagined that Godin would explode at this time.
Ron had already thought of it in his heart, the disabled soldier in front of him was obviously not the kind of person who was calm and calm, it seemed that this attack by the Belu people had brought a heavy morale blow to Bol City.
"We did come here from the front line in Yod, do you have any opinions?" Meria's voice was a little higher, and he quickly took out his officer's certificate from his bosom: "As for whether we are wine bags and rice bags, I don't think you have the qualifications to evaluate it. ”
"Look at the way you look, even the most rubbish Belu soldiers are inferior, listless, like stray dogs roaming the streets at night! Where is your morale as a soldier?" Meria said coldly: "If you were my soldiers before, I would rather let you all get out!"
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became awkward, Niro was also a little difficult to ride at this time, and the straight Godin met a tougher superior, but neither side was the kind of guy who could take the initiative to be soft.
"Well, at this time, everyone's purpose is not to quarrel, our starting point is the same. Ron suddenly clapped his hands: "Captain Nile, I'm Meria's adjutant Ron, you can take us into the city first, and then explain to us the current specific situation of Boer City." ”
"Yes, Lord Ron!"
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Ron's original relaxed mind was gone, and the situation in the city was much worse than he had imagined.
The most important thing for an army is cohesion, but the city defense army in front of him not only has no morale, but is almost a plate of scattered sand, the two officers of the city defense army, this disabled soldier named Godin, is still a little bloody, but to rebuild the city of Boer, blood alone is obviously not enough, and the other officer, Nile, is more like a peacemaker, such an officer has no lofty ambitions, but he can seriously obey the orders of his superiors.
Niro walked along the streets of Boer City, leading Ron and his party to the city slowly, and the scene of chaos in the city instantly made Ron's heart tense.
Unlike the Hamp City he had seen, there were still many surviving residents, but many of the houses were left with wreckage, Ron saw a lot of nervous or helpless eyes in the ruins, the streets were mixed with the cries of women and children, only a few houses remained intact, a large number of refugees were huddled together, like a nest of hibernating snakes, and the shops that were once in business, the doors and door numbers were turned into wreckage and garbage mixed with the stagnant water in the streets. During the rainy season in the Great Plains, a downpour like the day of the Battle of Yod, and there is no shelter from the elements, and there is a high probability that another group of these citizens will die after a heavy rain. Although the inhabitants of Boer City are still alive, they are to a certain extent more tragic than the tragic deaths of their compatriots in Hamp City.
Not only Ron, but also Merial and Will, the soldiers who came with them, saw the appearance of Boer City, and did not speak all the way.
Naturally, the lord's palace of Boer City was not spared, and Nile led the people to the camp in the central square.
"Two chiefs, the conditions here may not be so good, so you can just take a break. Nile smiled wryly.
The conditions of the camp can be said to be very poor, in this small tent, beds and a few simple furniture, occupy most of the place, and this is still a high-rise conference room, Ron can't help but be stunned.
"It's okay, we're not here to enjoy it. Merial sat down directly on a small wooden bench, "Will, you go and arrange the accommodation of the other brothers." ”
Will nodded, now his identity is Ron's "guard", and he is qualified to come to the meeting in his capacity, but the space of this tent is a little too narrow.
"Well, the previous results, the reasons for the defeat, etc., these are all in the past, and it is useless to delve into them. Meria cleared her throat and said in a deep voice, "You two can report to me on the current situation in Boer City." ”
Nile and Godin looked at each other, then got up and took out a folded stack of parchment from under the pillow on the bed and spread it out in the palm of his hand.
"After this battle, our city defense army suffered ...... casualties"
"Stop!" Meria suddenly stretched out her hand to interrupt Nile's report, looking at the parchment stacked in Nile's hand, Merial couldn't help but helplessly say: "To get to the point, time is precious now, and we are not here to listen to this." ”
"Time is very tight now, although we are not at the forefront of the war, but we also want a possible sneak attack by the Berus, and the inside of the city is a mess, you can pick important things and talk about them, such as the remaining military rations, the population of Boer City, housing statistics, daily food distribution, etc. That's what we should be thinking about now. Meria stretched out her finger and gestured one by one: "By the way, there are still corpses after the war, although it is the rainy season now, it is necessary to deal with it quickly to prevent the occurrence of epidemics." ”
"Hurry up, what are you doing looking at me one by one?"
Seeing that everyone was a little stunned, Meria was also helpless.
"What my lord said is that we are a little verbose. Niro said respectfully: "We have sent a team of four hundred people to clean up the corpses outside the city, and now the population of the city is about nine thousand people, and the houses in the city have been destroyed a lot by Kernillo, counting some dilapidated houses, the population that can be accommodated will not exceed five thousand at most." There are probably more than 30,000 catties of stock in the granary in the city. Now we strictly control the grain, and each family of three only distributes one pound of grain a day. ”
"Three people, only eat a pound of rice a day?" Ron's eyelids jumped when he heard this, such a food distribution can't fill his stomach at all, but even so, the food in Boer City can't last long.
"In this way, the distribution of food should not be changed for the time being, and the ration of military rations for the army is the same as that of ordinary residents!" Meria said loudly: "The dilapidated houses are all demolished, and no one can live in them, and no one can joke about human lives." After dismantling, all the materials that can be used are recycled!"
"Dilapidated houses?" Godin gave Merial a mocking glance with his only remaining right eye, "Lord Lord, it's easy to say, this city is full of dilapidated houses, and according to you, is it to let the whole city sleep on the ruins?"