"Miss... sh-should we order the troops forward...?"
The guard watched the charging horses in terror, anxiety filling his heart.
"If the people of Chun Prefecture City were attacking, of course we could... but... they're... bandits."
"They're robbing people, not killing them."
"Our troops... have no grounds to attack the city government. At most, we can suppress these vicious bandits."
"No... if we attack these bandits, Xiao Yuan will seize the initiative and accuse us before the whole world of having no law-enforcement authority."
"Then... they'll have the moral high ground... and if these bandits take the opportunity to enter our gathering zone..."
Rumble!
Rumble!
Deafening hoofbeats rang out.
The refugees gathered at the city gates stared dumbfounded as the cavalry drew closer.
The organizers hidden among them were still encouraging the crowd. "It's fine. They wouldn't dare kill us."
"There are so many of us. They wouldn't dare massacre us."
No sooner had the words left their mouths than-
Over a hundred infrared beams shone down from the city walls.
It was Xiao Yuan.
She had already secretly ordered her people to identify the organizers hiding among them.
"CNM! Where mounted bandits ride, not a blade of grass survives!"
"Robbery!"
"This is a holdup! Hand over your belongings!"
The man leading them raised his iron whip and spurred his horse forward, charging into the crowd first.
One lash smashed an organizer's head to pieces.
"Get on your fucking knees and hand over all your valuables!"
"We're mounted bandits from the Lu Residence! CNM! Kneel the fuck down and put your hands up!"
The refugees, who had been so aggressive a moment earlier, completely lost their composure before these utterly unreasonable mounted bandits.
An old Korean man knelt and wailed, "Sir, we're all refugees! We barely have enough to eat! Where