"The impact from the refugees was indeed significant. However, the area around True Martial is mostly inhabited by fishermen. When the refugees struck, the fishermen received warnings and hid out on the Chujiang River... The refugees, after all, were in an unfamiliar place and had no boats, so in the end, the casualties weren't actually that severe."
Zhou Xing offered an explanation in response to Qin Fang's question.
Then it dawned on Qin Fang...
'Right. Most fishermen have boats, and True Martial County relies on the Chujiang River to survive. Once they got the news, they evacuated to the river ahead of time. Even if the refugees stormed the countryside, they couldn't pursue them onto the water without boats.'
'The fishermen's boats gave them high mobility; they could have fought a guerrilla war against them...'
'It would be impossible to deal a truly fundamental and devastating blow to the people of True Martial.'
Of course, that was just the theory.
