The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 11] by Fudeorca

Author:Fudeorca
Language: eng
Format: epub

Once we’d moved away from the castle, we found that announcements had already been made and preparations had started. The main road was full of refugees that we’d be escorting home with us.

There were men, and of course, lots of women and children. Besides some small children who were light enough to carry, they all looked capable of walking. We’d been told that elderly hadn’t been allowed to come with us. I didn’t know how exactly the news had been delivered, but it must’ve caused some arguments.

“This doesn’t look very orderly,” I said.

“It definitely doesn’t,” Myalo replied.

People did at least keep a straight line clear for us to walk our plainrunners, but passing through it felt frightening. If a child were to leap out, we might trample them, so we had to go slowly.

As we proceeded, I noticed what appeared to be a building for housing soldiers. The doors were wide open, and the soldiers inside were simply standing around. It seemed like they had nothing to do. They were probably the three hundred that would come with us.

I got closer to see what they were doing and found they lacked any leadership whatsoever. Although no one was lying around on the ground, some were sitting and some were standing. They should’ve all trained at an academy of some sort, so the only time they’d be this disorderly would be when their commanding officer was absent. It didn’t really matter whether they sat or stood, but if there was a commanding officer around, they’d probably get the soldiers to line themselves up, rather than letting them laze around.

I could only assume they’d been plucked from their units, told to go here, and then hadn’t received further orders.

“Do they actually have anyone assigned as their commanding officer right now?”

“No, they don’t,” Myalo replied.

Just as I’d thought. The idea might’ve been to avoid a situation where a commanding officer was chosen without my approval, leading to some confusion when I replaced them later.

If the chain of command became unclear, it’d be a major problem, so I couldn’t criticize the approach. Even so, I’d normally expect someone with a bit of authority to notice and put them in order in the meantime. As it turned out, it was like the prince consort had said—anyone high-ranking enough to give them orders didn’t have time for them under the current circumstances.

I was going to have my work cut out getting this lot to fall in line.

“Wow... What a pain. Is our unit somewhere around here?” I asked Myalo.

“The plainrunner company should be arriving at the city gates around now. The soldiers with eagles are still on-site at our former camp so we have someone there to guard our belongings.”

“Ah... All right. Anyhow, we need to get these refugees moving.” I scanned our surroundings before adding, “But we’ll have to lay down a few rules first.”

All of the refugees were carrying large amounts of luggage. Some even had small carts with them. Hell, someone was trying to carry a dresser he’d removed from his home.

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