General Lu hesitated for a few seconds and said without confidence: "Admiral Raymond, I admire your brainstorming so much that I have nothing to say. But I still feel that we should hurry up. So, I will assist you." The reconnaissance team investigates.”
"It's just an investigation. It would be too humiliating to let General Lu go there in person."
"It's okay. I don't have anything to do anyway. I just want to stretch my muscles."
"Let the captain decide this." Admiral Raymond looked at Xiang Mao.
Xiang Mao said with an indifferent attitude: "If you want to investigate, go ahead, but you must be careful."
"Don't worry, my set of Xuanfeng armor is of the highest quality, seamlessly connected, and extremely capable of self-protection."
"Go ahead."
"Okay." After General Lu said that, he flew away.
After seeing General Lu walking away, General Lei Meng asked Xiang Mao: "Commander, don't you think that if he encounters Jiang Ze, even though he is protected by Xuanfeng armor, he may still be captured alive."
"When you said that, I was really worried. I immediately went to chase him back."
"No." Admiral Raymond suddenly stopped.
"Why?"
"Because General Lu is a bit weird."
"What's weird?"
"I can't tell. I just analyzed the outcome of the matter. Originally we planned to ignore Dal City, but it was General Lu who suggested that we attack Dal City to save our compatriots."
"He did suggest it, but I was the one who finally decided to attack Dalcheng. I was too greedy and wanted to arrest Li Xiuwen, so I fell into Jiang Ze's way." Xiang Mao felt that he was responsible for the whole thing. The main responsibility has nothing to do with General Lu.
"No, you are thinking too simply. Many things are driven by General Lu invisibly. For example, now, he is personally investigating. This is really suspicious."
"You mean that General Lu colluded with Jiang Ze, and then he went to investigate in person to conceal Jiang Ze's whereabouts?"
"That's right. Next, we just need to follow General Lu quietly. Wherever he goes, we will secretly go to that place."
After Admiral Raymond finished speaking, he whistled.
The two lieutenants not far away heard the sound and flew over immediately.
"General Lu flew towards the old city over there, saying he was investigating the whereabouts of Jiang Ze's troops. You should also go over there to investigate, and be sure not to let General Lu find out."
"Don't let General Lu find out?" the deputy general asked puzzledly.
"Yes, General Lu is behaving strangely. I suspect that he is collaborating with the enemy. You should follow him quietly. If you find the whereabouts of Jiang Ze's troops, don't be reluctant to fight and come back immediately to report."
"clear."
After the two lieutenants flew away, Xiang Mao felt uncomfortable.
"General Lei Meng, are you going too far? How can you doubt General Lu? He is the adopted son of the king."
"The king has four adopted sons, and General Lu is the most unpopular one, so it cannot be ruled out that he holds a grudge and has the motive of collaborating with the enemy."
"It is true that General Lu has not returned to the capital for nearly a year, and the king seems to miss him. But he is an adopted son after all, and we should not let anything happen to him. I should go there myself." Xiang Mao said worriedly.
"No, you are not good at tracking, you will definitely be discovered."
"This is not a matter of tracking or not. I want to stop him from investigating and bring him back."
"Captain, what do you mean? I told you, General Lu has a problem."
"General Raymond, I feel like you are going too far now. General Lu has been with me for two years. Don't I still understand him?"
"I have known him for two years. He is very ambitious and will definitely climb up if given the opportunity."
"General Lu is indeed ambitious. After all, he is young. It is normal to be young and frivolous, but he will not commit treason. I think you have gone too far."
"Do you also think that I am suffering from delusional persecution?" Raymond suddenly said excitedly.
"I didn't mean it this way, but you did make a fuss out of a molehill." After Xiang Mao said this, he planned to fly after General Lu.
"No, now is the perfect opportunity to prove whether General Lu is traitorous." General Lei Meng stopped Xiang Mao.
"General Lu is the king's adopted son after all. If he dies, the king will not let it go." Xiang Mao said seriously.
"If he dies, I will take all the responsibility." General Raymond said more seriously.
Although Xiang Mao also suspected that Admiral Raymond was not normal at this time, he had a high prestige after all. Although he could not reach super speed, his ability was space. He could quickly open and close space. With this, he could pursue unlimited pursuits. Jiang Ze. Because even though Jiang Ze had super speed, he couldn't escape Admiral Raymond's sharp eyes.
As the commander of the army, Xiang Mao had the authority to order or stop Raymond, but considering that General Raymond would be needed to capture Jiang Ze in the future, he could only follow Raymond for the time being.
And Raymond also said that if something happens to General Lu, he will admit all responsibility. Although General Lu is the adopted son of the King, General Lei Meng is definitely more important than this adopted son.
"Okay, I'll listen to you for now. Let's take a closer look to see if General Lu has betrayed him." Xiang Mao patted General Raymond on the shoulder.
On the other side, after several hours of rescue, basically all the troops left Dal City. The reason why it went so smoothly was also due to the several wind and water power users in the army. It was their efforts that opened several roads, allowing the soldiers to leave the burning city as quickly as possible.
The deputy commander sent someone to roughly count the number of people. Everything was similar to what he had expected. About 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers had suffered varying degrees of burns, and many soldiers' armors were directly burned and melted. Only the armor of more than 30,000 people was almost intact. These were people with relatively high ranks and strength in the military. The armor they were equipped with was made of synthetic materials mixed with expensive high-temperature resistant materials. Except for the 30,000 people who were fine, most of the siege equipment was also fine. After all, siege equipment that was extremely useful on the battlefield would certainly be mixed with high-temperature-resistant materials.
Although the loss this time was heavy, fortunately everyone rescued the compatriots in Dalcheng Prison.
At this time, the total strength of the army had reached nearly 120,000. But the only problem is that there are at least 80,000 people with no armor available.
The deputy commander flew high into the sky and reported the basic situation to Xiang Mao.
Xiang Mao frowned and said, "Can we regroup our troops now and march again?"
"It's not good. Many soldiers are injured. Although the injuries are not serious, they are all skin wounds. But if not treated, the skin will be infected. After all, the wound area is too large. Moreover, because of the fire in Dalcheng, the soldiers carried The compressed military rations have been burned to ashes. The current situation is special, and we have not ordered them to eat yet. But now it has been nearly eight hours since the last meal."
"Didn't we have tens of thousands of people who escaped the fire? And there are many people who flew into the sky with their comrades, so there should be at least tens of thousands of people whose military rations were not affected. Just redistribute these military rations."
"I have already calculated this. One is the half-full method. According to this method, everyone can still eat for three days. The other is the full-full method, which is only enough for one and a half days. Which one should we use? "
"I'll be half-full today. As for tomorrow, let's talk about it later. I'm not sure about my next plan yet. Everything depends on the investigation results of the scouts."
"yes."
After the deputy commander left, Xiang Mao came to General Raymond again, his face full of anxiety.
"Three and a half hours have passed, and several reconnaissance teams have returned. They all said that they found nothing unusual. But General Lu and your two lieutenants have not returned yet. This is not normal."
"It is indeed abnormal. Although the old city area is very large, if there is any abnormality in more than three hours, some clues must have been found. After all, more than 20,000 people have to be hidden, so there is no way there will be any flaws."
"Is there a possibility? Something happened to them all." Xiang Mao frowned.
"It seems that I need to go there myself."
"It's not good. If it's just Jiang Ze, I wouldn't worry. But if Jiang Ze and that dwarf join forces, even you will be in danger."
"But we can't just wait."
"How about this? You three five-star generals go together. As long as you three don't separate, no one can threaten you."
"That's all."
A few minutes later, Xiang Mao called the other two five-star generals and explained the general situation to them.
Unexpectedly, one of the five-star generals was a little unhappy: "That was the old city before the end of the world. Now it is full of vines and vegetation, and there are too many places to hide. The three of us went to investigate, and it is different from finding a needle in a haystack."
"Yes, and General Lu and the others might be fine at all. It will certainly take time to investigate such a large area. Let's give them a little more time." Another five-star general also said.
"Stop talking nonsense and obey the order." Xiang Mao knew that arguing with them was ineffective, so he had to resort to military regulations.
The leader gave an order and his subordinates had no choice but to obey.
"Since the leader insists, let's go and take a look."
"Don't relax, Jiang Ze and that dwarf are difficult to deal with." Xiang Mao emphasized.
"Do not worry."
The three of them were about to set off when they suddenly sensed a familiar combat reaction coming.
"My deputy general is back." Admiral Raymond flew towards the deputy general excitedly.
When we arrived, only one person came back.
"Why are you alone?" Admiral Raymond asked.
"There are enemies, you can't see clearly, it's super high speed."
"several?"
"I really don't know, but it was indeed super high speed. In desperation, I used smoke bombs, but General Zhang was still intercepted and couldn't come back."
"Where's General Lu?"
"The three of us were exposed together. In order to cover my escape, General Lu did not lower his aura, but was willing to be a target. I'm afraid the odds are against him."
"Were they both intercepted at the same time?"
"I don't know. Anyway, they didn't come out, but they were under constant attack."
"General Lu's is a Xuanfeng armor, and General Zhang's is an S-class armor. He won't die so easily. I immediately summoned personnel to rescue him."
General Raymond's eyes were full of anger, and he said to the other two five-star generals: "Go and save General Lu."
Xiang Mao also said excitedly: "I'll go too. The four of us will kill gods when gods stand in their way, and Buddha when they stand in the way of Buddha."
"Okay, let's go."
"Whoosh!" The four people quickly flew to the scene of the incident with the deputy general.
