Awakening of Evil

Maybe I started playing it for the first time a year ago, then I stopped (didn't have time, I wrote about it above), and continued this autumn. Now I'm replaying it without updating. I was surprised that after entering an empty town, the troops in the outposts didn't just join me, but significantly increased in number – they even appeared in the outpost that I had already cleared. P.S. Yes, indeed! I just checked, and it turns out that there were troops in the outposts last time too! And I didn't even notice – that time I played without using them (I'm attaching a screenshot from the previous game – a view of the dungeon before the final battle – Faeiden's castle has already been captured, and the outpost troops haven't been touched). I'll replay it this time without using the outposts if I have time (I saved the save from that moment).