Ephemeris November 14.

Nameless Mountain Elemental Leyline, Fortress of War.

Marz looked out at the snow-covered clearing outside the fortress with some doubt in his eyes.

Since the loss of the orcs that night, they have not launched an offensive operation.

This unusual behavior, Marz initially thought that the orcs were preparing for a bigger attack, but judging from the information sent by Noros, the surrounding orc army had basically withdrawn.

This information made him a little confused, and the orcs just gave up?

You must know that the orc army, but they have lost a lot of people here, and they can swallow this breath?

However, the orcs did not attack, which was also a good thing for Marz, and although the damage to the war fortress was urgently repaired that night, it was certainly not as strong.

And now, taking advantage of the time when the orc army is not attacking, he organizes the team to carry out a major repair to the battle array fortress every day, in addition to pressing bullets for the magazine.

On the other side, in the command post of the military camp in Qingyuan Town.

Goodern looked at the huge sand table in front of him and thought about his next mission.

Judging from the intelligence gathering of Noros and the reconnaissance team that has been discharged in the past two days.

There were only less than 30,000 troops left in the entire Qingyuan Ridge, of which 10,000 were deployed near the elemental leylines, and the other less than 20,000 orc troops were deployed on the roads that the battle array fortress and the elemental leylines must pass.

The blockade line stretched from the river in the north to the Songhailing below, and even Noros had to choose to go south or north, and a large circle could reach the war fortress.

As for the convoy to set off for supplies, the only way to go south is to cross an unknown area of more than 80 kilometers.

Such a risk will undoubtedly be more dangerous, the deployment of the orcs, also made Gooden have to temporarily stop the reinforcement plan, the current war fortress is not fighting, the evacuation convoy can not arrive, can only continue to garrison, and arrange for Noros to go every day to deliver the needed materials and intelligence.

"The breakthrough convoy route will be studied and discussed, and the worst-case scenario will be prepared in advance as much as possible, and the training work should be accelerated so that there are no problems."

After arranging the tasks for everyone in the command room, Goodern asked.

"How is the work of comforting and compensating the families of the fallen soldiers?"

Although there was no fighting in the war fortress, Gudern still attached great importance to these soldiers.

He has not yet announced such a shocking result, and is waiting for the hero's return to give the residents a boost and reassure them.

"With the exception of a few families without families, the rest of the families have been pacified, compensation has been arranged, and rumours of sacrifice have been resolved."

Joseph Sr. reported earnestly on the sidelines that under the lockdown situation, residents are too closed to external sources of information, and there will always be some gossip that will suddenly come out.

For example, the twenty-eight soldiers who died suddenly, the families of the victims did not know what task they were performing and died, and although the lord had a rich compensation, some unnecessary gossip would still quickly pop out.

The Ministry of General Affairs, in conjunction with the intelligence services, was able to control and find the perpetrators as quickly as possible, but after investigation, it was discovered that the other party did not mean it, but was only afraid of war.

It's not easy to punish this situation, and you can only give a verbal warning.

Although this kind of thing seems to be very small and has not caused serious damage, over time, it will become a very serious problem for the people.

Goodern is very serious about this kind of thing, and if this kind of thing is not handled well, there will be a huge morale problem in the town at that time.

For this reason, he also had to arrange various plans to solve this problem, and the battle record of the soldiers of the War Fortress was a good solution.

"Well, don't just go on for a round and end it, and then pay it back

It is necessary to send people to continue to follow up and understand, and the General Affairs Department must make every effort to solve any problems and difficulties that the families of the martyrs have, and those that cannot be handled can be reported to me, and I will arrange them, and the families of these martyrs are qualified to do so."

Goodern said in a very serious tone.

"Yes, young master."

Several people from the General Affairs Department bowed their heads slightly.

Although Gooden's arrangement would have exacerbated their work tasks, they had no complaints.

They are actually very happy to be compensated so generously for the soldiers who died in battle, and Gooden's ability to do this is enough to show that he attaches great importance to them, if he suffers misfortune one day, then this mechanism policy can undoubtedly help people like them who work for Qingyuan Town to solve their worries after death.

After all, Gooden personally ordered that as long as he was in Qingyuan Town, if he encountered any accident, he would be able to enjoy the subsidy after the sacrifice, but this subsidy also has different levels.

But even the lowest sacrifice allowance is enough to take care of their family for the rest of their lives.

And the introduction of this policy, the number of troops in the army has skyrocketed, after all, joining the army means fighting, and the uncertainty and danger brought by the battle make the mortality rate only high, of course, this is their view of past experience.

In this way, there was a lot of resistance to the initial expansion of the army and recruitment, and the subsequent increase in various benefits attracted many people to join.

And now with the advent of sacrifice subsidies, many people are more excited, although joining the army will be a little tired, but the military salary and welfare are also among the best, and now there are no worries after death, so that a large number of people are willing to join the army.

"Also, how is the content of the first batch of newspapers and periodicals arranged?"

After finishing serious military issues, Gooden also shifted the conversation to concerns about people's livelihood.

"According to your revision requirements, the content and layout have been completed, and the first batch of printing and publicity is being arranged, and it is expected that the first issue of the newspaper will be produced tomorrow."

The person in charge of this part of the general affairs department is not there, but as the top boss of all departments, Kroger still pays attention to the arrangement of this part of the task.

"Yes, the first batch can be produced more, depending on the sales situation, and then the number of newspapers in the second batch will be formulated, and the current newspaper update speed can be completed as soon as possible once a week, and then slowly increase the speed, but the current newspaper quality must be high, and the text used is also commonly used as much as possible."

"Okay."

Kroger nodded slightly, and took note of Goodern's words.

The daily meeting was almost over, and everyone then got up and told Goodern to retire and arrange the task.

Gudern, on the other hand, stayed alone in the command room and stared at the map in a daze.

Since the appearance of the orc army, his workplace has been changed from a castle to a command room in the barracks.

Although the orc army did not launch an attack on the war fortress and Qingyuan Town, the situation around it was very unoptimistic.

As he had guessed, the day after they appeared, on the twelfth, the orcs had already taken control of most of the lord's castle towns.

At the same time, Jinyuan City was also attacked and besieged by the orcs that day, and under the attack of 100,000 troops, Jinyuan City was lost and lost that night, and then the orc army regrouped and divided into two, and prepared to attack the other two nearby cities.

By now, the orc army should have arrived or been attacking the city in the second round.

This kind of attack speed, even if the empire has defense, it is difficult to slow down the attack speed of the orcs.

If the orcs can really execute their attack plan perfectly, within half a month, at least half of the northern territory will have the surname of the orcs, and the cities taken by the orcs will also be a headache for the counterattacking emperor.

For all these reasons, it is difficult to predict when the Empire's reinforcements will be able to counterattack back, but the only thing that can be determined is that the security work in Qingyuan Town in a short period of time can only rely on themselves.

This news for Goodern comes

It's not a good thing to say, after all, the orcs have completed the blockade of the western part of the north, so the next target is him.

A town trapped and dead, not yet the meat on the fish board of the orc army?

Now, in addition to arranging the deployment of the town, the most important thing is to modify the entry.

Word changes are another way to solve the crisis this time, but this thing relies too much on randomness, and Goodern can't guarantee when he will be able to farm a helpful entry.

While he was thinking, Joseph Sr., who had just left, suddenly returned, with a strange look on his face, and reported to Goodern.

"Young Master, there are a large number of refugees from outside the city, who claim to have escaped from Jinyuan City and want us to take them in."

"Huh? Refugees from Kambara Castle?"

Hearing the news, Goodern was stunned for a moment, and his expression became a little weird.

Refugees in Kamwon Castle...... What are you running to him for?

If you want to take refuge, you should run to the center of the empire, the Bungu Plain, why do you still run to the border in the opposite direction?

"How many refugees are there in this group, have you asked why you want to go to Qingyuan Town?"

"At least a lot of people, in addition to ordinary residents, there are also many soldiers of the Empire, and the person who negotiates is none other than Ferroz from the auction house."

Hearing this, Gooden's expression slowed down slightly, but he still didn't lower his vigilance.

"This group of people will be put in first, and the garrison and militia will take some people to take over, arrange them to the area north of the city, and report to me after doing a good job of information verification, and let Feroz come to me to ask about the specific situation of Jinyuan City."

"Yes, young master."

When Joseph Sr. got the plan, he immediately went to make arrangements.

After a while, Feroz came with another middle-aged man.

Seeing that the other party was still with others, Gooden's heart became slightly vigilant, but when he saw the name and position on the other party's panel, he was relieved.

Name: Bernard

[Profession]: Warrior, Jinyuan City Lord

[Strength]: Master

[Entry]: Basic governance, battlefield intuition, careful calculation, not angry and powerful......

[Potential]: Rare

[Opinion]: 80 (Opinion)

[Introduction: As the lord of Jinyuan City, his fate has also changed because of you and survived]

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The city lord of Jinyuan City actually changed his fate because of his appearance?

Gooden's face was slightly moved when he saw this introduction, and it seemed that his appearance had indeed affected many people.

If you follow the normal timeline, I am afraid that the Jinyuan City Lord at this time has already died in Jinyuan City, and it is not like now that he can still escape and come to his Qingyuan Town.

"Master Gooden."

Ferroz's face was a little tired, but when he saw Gooden, he still greeted him respectfully, and then hurriedly introduced the person next to him.

"Young Master Gooden, this is the city lord of Jinyuan City next to me, the city lord of Bernard, please don't blame me for bringing one more person."

"It's okay, hello, Lord Berna, I originally planned to visit you in person next year, but I didn't expect to be in advance, so in this way, please take a seat."

"Hehe, I'm smiling at you." Berner also responded with some helplessness on his face.

For the Jinyuan City Lord, Gooden was still very polite to the other party, and invited the other party to sit down before continuing to chat.

"What is the specific situation in Jinyuan City, can you tell me about it? And why did you choose to come to me instead of going to the safer center of the Empire?"

As soon as he sat down, Goodern didn't have time for small talk, and directly wanted to know the specific situation.

As for these two questions, Berner, as the city lord, has no shelf now, and directly told Gooden about the situation in the past two days.

"After receiving a reminder from Qingyuan Town that day, I strengthened the defensive line of contraction, and gathered all the young and middle-aged people in the city to prepare for the defense of the city

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"As a result, at noon the next day, the orc army arrived, starting at least 100,000, and the orc army did not rest after arriving, and directly launched an attack on Jinyuan City."

"Although there are more than 3,000 Imperial defenders under the handshake, plus 3,000 conscripted youths, but...... The opponent's offensive was so fierce that it was onslaught all afternoon, and it didn't give us any respite."

"You can also see the results later, Jinyuan City was breached that night, and the orc army entered the city directly, but before entering the city, I also planned to fight to the death, but the orc side seems to have an extraordinary existence, and a notice was sent to the whole city."

At this point, Bernard paused, and continued in a somewhat strange tone and expression.

"The content of the notice says that Jinyuan City does not need so many humans, only a few people are enough, and the others give us a deadline to get out of the country and do not allow us to go into the empire, only allow us to retreat to the west and take refuge in Qingyuan Town."

"And...... At that time, the orcs also emphasized one thing, telling us that Qingyuan Town was very safe, so safe that even they didn't dare to attack."

After listening to the words of the Berna City Lord, Gooden's face instantly became very embarrassed.

Kill!

Naked slaughter!

Although the degree of protection of Qingyuan Town is much stronger than that of Jinyuan City, it will not make the orc army dare not attack.

Driving the refugees from Jinyuan City to Qingyuan Town has only two purposes.

First, let a large number of refugees pour into Qingyuan Town, so that its management level will soar, and the old tricks will continue to be used, so that the Charleson family will send internal ghosts to incite chaos and cause trouble to Qingyuan Town.

Second, with the pressure of numbers and public opinion, once even half of the personnel in Jinyuan City are driven over, then for Qingyuan Town, the pressure on food consumption will rise suddenly.

And it is impossible for the orcs to just drive away one person from Jinyuan City, if other cities or towns are breached later, they will also use the same trick to let one-third of the population in the northwest rush to him, and Qingyuan Town will have to be attacked from the inside in less than a month.

This kind of conspiracy is not without an opportunity for countermeasures, that is, to close the city and prevent refugees from entering, in order to protect Qingyuan Town.

But the consequence of this is to abandon all the refugees and let them spend in the wilderness in winter, without heating and food, and in less than a week, the refugees who come to Qingyuan Town will have to die in this winter.

And when the time comes, the orcs who control the northwest will be able to spread what he has done wantonly, making it impossible for him to gain a foothold in the empire.

As the lord of a city, Berner also saw the sinister intentions of the orcs, and for the lord of Qingyuan Town, Goodern, it was also a difficult decision.

"Lord Berna, do you know how many people in Jinyuan City have fled to Qingyuan Town this time?"

Goodern was the first to think of a solution to this problem, and then asked Berner.

"The orcs don't have any restrictions on the people who escape, even the emperor *** didn't stop them, although I came out from behind, but the speed of travel was faster, and I saw along the way that at least tens of thousands of people had fled and were on the way to Qingyuan Town."

Tens of thousands of refugees, for this number, Gu Deen's heart has not changed, the current Qingyuan Town, it is no problem to digest one or two hundred thousand people.

But what worries him most is the steady stream of refugees that could emerge in the future.

Gooden thought in silence for a moment, looked at Bernard, and said with some seriousness.

"City Lord Berna, I'm afraid you can see how dangerous Qingyuan's real situation is now, once the problem of accepting refugees is not handled well, it will be a dead end for me."

"At this critical time, we should need to help each other and come together, and I have two requests for the arrangement of refugees, and I hope to get your support."

"You say, as long as I can help now, I'll go as long as I can."

Bernard didn't ask what Goodern's request was, but gave an affirmative answer.

"First of all, there are not many guards in Qingyuan Town, not even one-tenth of the number of people in Jinyuan City.

There are a lot of emperors and soldiers in the fleeing team, I hope you can regroup them and do the defense work, and the command of the battlefield belongs to you, but the specific arrangement needs to be arranged by me, I don't know if you can accept this?"

Berner thought about this arrangement for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Although this is one level lower than Goodern, judging from the current situation, it is impossible for the two to sit on an equal footing or for him to command Qingyuan Town.

Now he just asked him to reorganize the emperor and control it, and did not say that he would take over his management, which he can accept.

"Okay, the second point, I need to recruit the fleeing personnel and train them to join the army in Qingyuan Town, I don't know if you can accept this?"

"No problem, Lord Goodern, you can recruit as many people as you want, and I will help you together."

For the second condition, Berner did not hesitate and agreed directly.

"Okay, I'm going to have someone arrange for the reception of the refugees, and I'll let my housekeeper, Joseph Sr., arrange your residence, it's near the barracks, and you can come here for anything you can find me."

After Goodern made the arrangements, he immediately went to arrange the preparations for the response, and Bernard and Feroz also retired to prepare for the reorganization.

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In the afternoon, on the eastern wall, looking at the large number of refugees queuing up to be registered, Goodern cursed secretly.

"His grandmother's, don't let me know which Wang Ba calf came up with it, otherwise I'll have to give you all the ashes!"

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