"Okay, I promise not to hurt you, but you must come with me!" The fat man looked around, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and many peeping eyes in the dark made him very uncomfortable, probably realizing that this group of black-armored cavalry was not from Salander

The refugees who had just scattered like birds and beasts gathered again, and many of them pointed at the officer, a murderous officer on a tall horse, no matter how you look at it, it looks like he is commenting on a guy who bullies men and women

"It's not a patrol."

"yes, I was scared to death just now!" "The black armor is exactly the same as the Normans!

"What am I doing, is it wrong to do good deeds?" The fat man pursed his lips very dissatisfied, without the slightest awareness of the mastermind behind the scenes, his eyes turned to the self-proclaimed sacrificial woman in front of him, and asked impatiently, "How is it?

When necessary, the fat man even resorted to intimidation, and the guards behind him secretly rolled their eyes,

If they are all such strong people, I am afraid that whether they were plundered by the Normans or cleaned by the expeditionary force, they would have become cold corpses long ago, where would they still linger here, "You want to take me away?"

The emaciated woman was also a little surprised, she looked at the fat man, and soon cooled down, she saw that the identity of the other party should be an officer, but it was by no means an expeditionary force, for the Falcon Central Army that had just entered the central part of the country, the refugees in this ruin had basically never seen it,

Moreover, this is the area where the north-central borders meet, and only the patrols of the expeditionary force will come and go from here, and every time they see the shadow of the army. The refugees are hiding in dark corners and dare not show their faces, and they are even more closed to the news outside.

There were no living people, and the speed of the spread of the news was almost incalculable, and even most people didn't know that behind the expeditionary force was the Falcon Empire, and in their image, it was the expeditionary force that swept through the entire central region, "Although I know that you have good intentions, but we can't go with you!" Parslia obviously gave up the last struggle. It was like a bitter smile on the corner of his thin mouth

"My lord, do you know who we are? I am a convicted citizen of the expeditionary force, as soon as I leave this place, my daughter and I will be determined to be mercilessly hunted by the expeditionary force patrol for trying to escape from the place of internment, and I do not want my daughter to be orphaned, even if it is difficult to survive like an ant, and she may starve to death in the cold at any time, but for the sake of my daughter. I need to stay here!"

"Sinners?"

The fat man was already the second time in his accident, and his eyes swept over the ragged clothes in front of him in amazement, only a thin and unformed woman similar to the woman in front of him, and the trembling children in their hands. There is no man, not even a single man,

The scene in front of him reminded the fat man of the Battle of Changping in ancient China. At the beginning, the Zhao army was extremely powerful, invincible in cavalry, and famous generals were like clouds. It is the Qin State, which is known as the enemy of the Six Kingdoms. can only dare to fight with it if you do your best,

Using the power of the whole country, the brutal wrestling that lasted for two years, at the end of the Battle of Changping, the Qin army was also exhausted, it is said that the men over the age of twelve in the country were exhausted, the national strength was completely exhausted, the fields were barren, and the people were displaced for thousands of miles.

Reducing the population is always the most direct and effective means of weakening a country.

This is also the main reason why the general Bai Qi suddenly ordered to kill all the Zhao army prisoners.

If you don't kill, the one who dies is the Qin State, which is already weakened to the extreme,

In the first battle of Changping, Bai Qi used 400,000 Zhao army bones and his own infamy through the ages to destroy the most powerful opponent in advance for the successor Qin Wang Yingzheng.

Without the population, without men, without soldiers, without productivity, Zhao Guo's weakness has been irreversible, even with Lian Po, Zhao Mu and other peerless famous generals, but also after fifty years have not escaped the fate of being gradually devoured and destroyed.

Compared with Zhao Guo's helplessness, the scene in front of him made the fat man wrap his chain mail fingers tightly together, even if he couldn't protect his woman in the troubled world of war, he made such a ruthless decision after the victory,

Didn't these Salanders think about who led these poor women to fall victim to defeat and eventually be trafficked to a foreign land to suffer humiliation.

Whether it is for the empire or Salander, these so-called "sinners" are extremely scarce resources, too wasteful, the population problem is always the biggest headache for the fat man, and in the unification war of the Ikadivar continent, such a situation is not uncommon,

But the Falcon Empire's policy of inclusiveness and non-discrimination of all races minimizes this terrible secondary damage.

In a way, the Falcon Army's policy of dealing with occupied territories was far ahead of its time in this dark age, when murderous people relied mainly on plundering and violent suppression, otherwise a large empire that embraced all ethnic groups would not have emerged in just a few years

"There are no sinners in the Falcon Empire!" the fat man withdrew his gaze from all around, took a deep breath, and said loudly, "From now on, I declare that you are all free people and have the right to move freely in the land of the Empire"

"Free man?"

There was a commotion all around, and the fat man's words were like a boulder falling into a pool of stagnant water, and the splash was enough to drown many people, and the refugees didn't know what the officer in front of them was doing, but judging from the confidence and momentum on his face, this sentence was not just a prevaricating word, "What is a free man?"

In the dark, more and more people began to gather, and soon a cluster of about 100 people was formed, the child's simple eyes were full of curiosity about the fat man in horror, and Parsleya's gaze was more complicated,

But the word freedom was an irresistible temptation for these people, and a middle-aged woman in her thirties boldly asked in the crowd, "It sounds good, but how can we believe you, our children are all descendants of Normandy, and the expeditionary force has decreed that if we want to live, we must never leave the confinement ground." Leave you to fend for yourself, how do we know you're not lying to us!" "Yes, what guarantee do you have" The surrounding refugees were in a commotion again, and death had already scared their guts, and it was said that "Guarantee?"

The fat man glanced at the flesh-and-blood refugees in front of him, waved his hand to the 300 black-armored guards behind him, and ordered loudly, "Everyone leave half of the dry food they carry."

The cavalry traveled far away, and for the convenience of carrying dried meat, one was light in weight and not perishable. Hearing the order, the Guards Cavalry untied the bags in the bags of the war horses, took out pieces of smoked oily dried meat from the inside, and threw them in front one by one, and soon, about more than 200 catties of dried meat were piled up in front of the refugees. The commotion of the refugees quickly calmed down,

The fat man pointed to the pile of dried meat with his horsewhip and said loudly

"That's the guarantee, take these dry rations and head south. To the city of Odense, 20 miles away from here! It is the area under the responsibility of the Imperial Central Army, and you should decide for yourself in the future, I will not promise you anything, and it doesn't matter if you believe it or not."

"Of course!" the fat man's voice stopped. The sharp gaze made people dare not face it, and said, "If you have lost even the most basic hope and courage for the future, then stay here and fend for yourself!"

There was a dead silence all around. The faces of the refugees, numb from suffering, finally filled with a desire for a new life.

"I believe him, I'm going to the south!" Finally, the middle-aged woman just now stood up from the crowd with an embarrassed face, and made a noble salute to the fat man with great respect, and said, "You are an upright person, and I suspect you as the biggest mistake in my life."

The middle-aged woman turned around and shouted to the others behind her, "Is there anyone else willing to go with me? for the future, for your daughter, for survival!"

"Me!"

"My daughter and I will go too!"

"And me!"

The refugees kept coming out of the group, and they picked up a piece of dried meat very tacitly as if they were in line, and then stood next to the middle-aged women, more and more people, and finally only a very small number of people remained

"Integrity!"

The fat man rode on a horse, looking at such a scene, the corners of his mouth showed a wry smile, he had countless titles and nicknames, the god of war, the killing tyrant, the thousand-year shame of the aristocratic world, the rebel king, the whip of the immortal sky, but it had nothing to do with integrity,

Or in the eyes of these refugees, they are honest and generous at the moment, but if they knew that it was an expeditionary force sent by themselves, they were afraid that they would not think like this, but this is the real world, there is no black and white right and wrong, there is only survival of the fittest, and the country is weak and bullied!

"Give her and her daughter a horse" The fat man looked at Parslia who was already stupid next to him, after such a toss, the sky in the distance was already flooded with a white light, with the previous situation, this time Parslia did not continue to insist on staying,

Her thin hands lifted her daughter onto the back of the war horse with difficulty,

"Take it, this is for you!" On the way, a black-armored guard handed the little girl a bag of water and bread, the bread was coated with thick golden cream, and the little girl's eyes lit up, and she took a greedy bite, and her eyes were full of happiness

"Who is your majesty?" At this moment, Parslia had the opportunity to ask,

"Nature is our Falcon Majesty!Is there a second Majesty in this land!" said the black-armored guard with reverence on his face, the murderous black-armored cavalry, in a neat formation, like the wind sweeping the earth over the land in front of him,

The fat man's war horse stopped at a high slope, and the unchanged wilderness scenery in front of him began to change significantly.

A blue sky, a wasteland where grass grows and warblers fly, and the shadows of winding mountains appear at the end of the earth,

Going north along the mountains, Strasbourg, the destination this time, appeared in the sight of the fat man.

According to the report obtained by the fat man, Strasbourg is a medium-sized city with a population of about 150,000 people, and the city walls are about five miles long and wide.

Under the fierce attack of the expeditionary force at the beginning, the dilapidated city walls were already overgrown with weeds, and outside the city, the camp of 10,000 Central Army was spread out along the outer edge of the city wall, and the battle flag was like a shadow (to be continued). )