In the meeting hall of the city lord's mansion, Roger and several generals discussed the matter of defending the city.

"Master Roger, we have just counted the results of today's day's battle. We have killed more than 6,000 people in total, of which more than 2,000 are the city guards and garrison personnel with strong combat effectiveness. The other more than 4,000 are temporarily recruited young and middle-aged people in the city, as well as some civilians who transport food and equipment. They were injured about 6,000, including more than 4,000 seriously injured. After bandaging the wound, the slightly injured people have returned to the front line. Now we still have combat effectiveness, with more than 3,000 people in total, of which more than 1,000 are the city guards and garrison personnel of the city guards and garrison personnel. More than 2,000 are the young and middle-aged people in the city recruited temporarily. "Kate introduced.

"Why are there such great casualties?" Roger was shocked after hearing this. Before the battle to defend the city began, he remembered that the entire army had about 12,000 people, and more than 70% of them were killed or injured in one day. Now there are only more than 3,000 people who can join the battle, including light wounded and untrained civilians.

"Oh, this is inevitable. After all, our troops have never experienced such a cruel battle to defend the city. The quality and combat effectiveness of the troops are much worse than that of the Iss army. If they had not been defeated and had many internal conflicts, the city would have been lost today. But fortunately, Mr. Roger, you came up with the notice that Iss would massacre the city, otherwise the military and civilians in the city would not have been so united and resisted with all their might. However, the mercenaries who participated in the battle wanted to give up. They said that this battle to defend the city was too cruel, and they would rather not hire a commission, hoping that we could let them out of the city." Kate sighed and said.

"How can these mercenaries go back on their word? We can give them a big price!" Hawking said furiously.

"They said they were willing to pay the penalty, but asked us to let them out of the city," Kate said.

"Aren't they afraid of being intercepted by the Isles?" Clyde asked in surprise.

"I don't know that they are just mercenaries, and they will help whoever give money. They don't have a deep concept of country. Anyway, the mercenaries feel that it's not easy to get along here, they will get into another place." Kate continued after drinking a glass of water.

Hawking scratched the back of his head, remembering that he had been a mercenary before, he couldn't help but feel a little funny. At this time, he also understood why governments in various countries didn't take mercenaries very much.

"Forget it, the forced melon is not sweet. If they want to leave, let them go! The liquidated damages are just used as pensions for the families of the fallen soldiers." Roger said with a sudden hammer of the table.

"By the way! Master Roger, what should we do next? According to the original plan, Adams and Singer will only lead the former officers of the Lightning Army back the day after tomorrow, but can we still last two days?" Kate reminded.

When Roger heard this, his brows frowned tightly. He also knew that with his current military strength, not to mention guarding for two days, it would be a problem for one day.

"San Young Master, why don't we break through. I think the Isles army is also very exhausted. If we find a weak place in their camp to fight out while it's dark, there is still a high chance of success." Cruise suggested.

"Cruise, if you only have more than 3,000 people in the city, you can consider it. But now thousands of people in Hangu Town have moved to Hetante City. What should they do if we break through the encirclement?" Roger sighed and said.

Cruise was speechless all of a sudden. Although he had just joined the group for a while, he knew that Hangu Town was Roger's nest and he had been working hard to run this place. If the Is army had not come this time, he was afraid that the Is army would have divided its troops to attack his hometown, so he moved the family members and the people of the town to Hetante City. Roger would never have abandoned these people and ran away by himself.

"Or... take them with you?" Cruise was interrupted by Hanks as soon as he said it.

"You pig head, take the common people together? Then I don't know how slow the pace is. If the enemy catches up, we will all die together."

"Haha, although Hanks often makes mistakes, he still sees this clearly." Hawking laughed.

"Well, it's not realistic to take them with you. When the people are shocked by the army, they will be scared to run around, and instead disperse our formation. However, although it's not okay for us to escape, it's okay to retreat." Roger thought for a while and pondered.

"Young Master, isn't that the name is different? It's not the same thing!" Hanks asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Escape means running out of the city. Retreatment does not require leaving the city. We can retreat into the city!" Roger said with a smile.

"Retreat to the city? Third Young Master, do you mean to retreat to the city lord's mansion?" Clyde immediately thought of this place.

"Well, this city lord's mansion is actually a castle. I'm a little curious. Where did Ludendorf get so much money to build such a large castle as the city lord's mansion? I think it's okay to install tens of thousands of people in this castle. We used 10,000 people to defend the four walls, of course, the troops were very weak, so the casualties were so large. If we retreated into the city lord's mansion, our defense area would be much smaller, and more than 3,000 people would be barely enough." Roger said with a little amazement.

"Actually, Mr. Roger, this city lord's mansion was not built by Rudendorf, it was found a long time ago." Kate said.

"Ah? It's been a long time ago?" Not only Roger, but everyone else was also very surprised.

"Because I have always been engaged in intelligence work and stayed in Hetante City, so I know that this castle was repaired before the Rudendolf's family was granted a marquis. The old man in the city said that it has a history of at least a few hundred years. It is considered an ancient castle. The intelligence department records it was founded more than five hundred years ago when the Kingdom of Baissus was established. Previous information also said that it was a destruction imperial palace. I don't know if it was true." Kate said the news he learned.

"The Destroyed Imperial Palace?" Roger was shocked when he heard this news. He didn't expect that the city lord's mansion would have such a history. However, in the books he had read before, he never mentioned that Hetante City was the capital of the imperial city before. It seems that part of the news must have been blocked.

But now it is obviously not the time to think about these issues. Roger shook his head and cleared the distracting thoughts in his mind. He said to Kate: "Sir Kate, how many people are there in the city now?"
Chapter completed!