"But no matter what, we seem to be unable to get those family members back in a short time. What should Yutong do? He has been impatient for a long time." Xiang Mao said worriedly.
"I was worried about this before. Now that you are here, I still have to explain it to him. After all, you are his leader."
"I will definitely try my best to explain. It's just that Yutong loves his wife and daughter very much. He always took his wife with him during the war. Later, after giving birth to a child, it was inconvenient, so he had no choice but to Let your wife and daughter stay in Yecheng."
"I know it's difficult, please." Jiang Ze patted Xiang Mao's shoulder.
Xiang Mao sighed and returned to the buffer inner city again.
When Yutong saw that Xiang Mao didn't look relaxed, he suddenly felt panicked. He rushed over and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Listen to my explanation..."
Xiang Mao explained next, but after Yutong heard it, he exploded: "Does Jiang Ze think I'm stupid? Making up such a reason?"
"Jiang Ze really didn't lie to you."
"Then let me ask you, did you see it? Did you see it with your own eyes? Millions of insects and hundreds of fighter jets, did you see it?"
"I didn't see that."
"If something like this really happened, there would be a lot of commotion around, especially the birds, and they would be behaving strangely."
"Then how about I go to the place where the incident occurred to investigate in person?"
"What's the point of going alone? Are you looking for someone alone in such a vast wilderness?"
"I'm not looking for anyone, I'm just going to see if there are any traces of bombs and if there are insect corpses. It shouldn't be difficult to find."
"Okay, take a look and take pictures. But you have to move faster, I really can't wait any longer." Yutong said with great concern.
"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible."
Xiang Mao left the buffer inner city again and went to see Jiang Ze to explain his demands to him.
But Jiang Ze refused: "How can you leave here? You are the leader of these hundreds of thousands of people. If you leave, it will inevitably cause them to feel unsure, and it will be troublesome if it causes a commotion."
"I'm just leaving temporarily, so it shouldn't be a problem. And Yutong doesn't believe there are any fighter jets or Zerg at all right now, so I have to confirm."
"Is it Yutong who doesn't believe it, or you who don't believe it?" Jiang Ze said unhappily.
"Although I do think this thing is a bit strange, even unbelievable, since I am willing to surrender to you, I will definitely believe you, but I must also be responsible for my subordinates, and Yutong has an impatient personality. I want to appease him , he must be allowed to see the truth.”
"You want the truth, don't you? My subordinates took pictures, look." Jiang Ze took out a mobile phone and showed Xiang Mao a picture of a large fire.
Xiang Mao looked at it again and again, but still felt it was a bit unsatisfactory.
"This...there are only flames here. The pictures of the flames alone are difficult to convince. Are there no pictures of Zerg or fighter jets?"
"Fighters are already fast, but things happened too suddenly, and all the Zerg are within the burning range, so how to shoot?" Jiang Ze asked rhetorically.
"Well, I'd better go to the scene and take a look. Give me the address and I'll ride a horse there."
"Even if you ride a horse to see the scene, it will take two or three hours to go back and forth."
"It's okay, it's only two or three hours, they won't cause any trouble."
"Hey, why don't you believe me?" Jiang Ze said excitedly.
"Didn't I say it? I believe you, but
I must be responsible to Yutong. I will go see it in person and take photos in person to prove to him that you did not lie to him. "
"Oh, then you have to speed up."
Helpless, Jiang Ze had no choice but to send several subordinates who had participated in the escort to accompany Xiang Mao, and repeatedly warned: "You must go and come back quickly."
After Xiang Mao left, Yutong felt that every minute and every second was suffering. Also suffering were several other senior officers. Their families, like Yutong's family members, were all robbed in that armored vehicle.
The more Yutong thought about it, the more angry he became. How could anyone in the world be so unlucky? First he was kidnapped in Yecheng, and later he encountered Zerg and was kidnapped by a fighter jet. There must be a limit to joking. Why would such nonsense happen to Yutong's wife and children?
Another hour passed, and Yutong, who had been suffering and tortured, finally couldn't bear it anymore. He joined other officers and asked to see Jiang Ze by name.
Jiang Ze also knew that this matter was not so easy to fool around with, so he invited them to come out of the buffer city and have a good talk in the city.
But Yutong decided to discuss it with the officers because he felt that the whole thing was getting more and more strange and he had to guard against it.
"Everyone, we can't leave rashly, what if this is a trap?"
"trap?"
"You see, those whose families were kidnapped were senior officers like us. If all of us disappeared, then the hundreds of thousands of troops here would be leaderless. Wouldn't it be equivalent to giving it to Jiang Ze in vain?"
"It makes sense. It's scary to think about it. Maybe all of this is a conspiracy. We must not leave. If we fall into a trap, it will be completely ruined."
"Everyone, these hundreds of thousands of troops are our last asset. If Jiang Ze is not sincere, we can regret and surrender."
"But if we go back on our word, it will definitely be a hard battle. Can we win?" One of the officers said worriedly.
"Of course we can win. We already have the advantage, okay? If Jiang Ze hadn't used his family to threaten us, if Chu Ba hadn't been around and we were leaderless, and if Xiang Mao hadn't betrayed and deceived the army, why would we be like this?" A general was extremely excited. He was Chu Ba's confidant general, and he was not willing to surrender, so he was always angry.
"You're right. We have always had the advantage. Our armor and weapons are still there, so why be afraid."
"But if we really want to go back on our word, we must revive the morale of the soldiers."
"I have an idea. The soldiers have not had enough to eat for a long time. Didn't Jiang Ze long ago say that he would prepare meals for us? Let the soldiers have enough to eat first. After they have physical strength, they will have more capital."
"Okay, let's go negotiate with them first."
After Yutong and others finished their discussion, they came to the gate of the small town and said to their contact person Gu Nian: "We have discussed it. We will not leave our soldiers. You let Jiang Ze come to see us in person."
"Do you not trust our leader?"
"It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that your leader keeps breaking his promise. The family he promised never comes and the meals he promised never comes. It really makes us feel chilled."
"Didn't we explain everything to you?"
"Let him explain it himself."
"Okay, then you just wait here and I will report." Gu Nian said angrily.
Five minutes later, Jiang Ze came to the wicket in person.
Through the black iron gate, Yutong scolded Jiang Ze unceremoniously: "I have been enduring it, but I really can't help it anymore. How long has it been since we surrendered? Where are my wife and children?" ?”
"Didn't Xiang Mao explain it to you?"
"We can't believe that kind of reason."
"Forget it, I can understand your anxiety. After all, too many incomprehensible things have happened. But I still hope that you can wait with peace of mind. Xiang Mao has already gone to the scene to investigate in person. He will take pictures of the insect soldiers burning I’ll show you my charred corpse.”
"I won't talk about this matter for now. Where is the meal we were promised?"
"I have sent people to do it since we entered this city, but after all, there are two hundred thousand of you and so many mouths, we need time."
"Time? Three hours, right? Does it take three hours to cook? Where is your Huotou Army? Don't tell there is no one in your Huotou Army."
"Don't be impatient. Just wait. In half an hour at most, hot meals will be delivered. By the time you finish eating, Xiang Mao will be back, and all misunderstandings will be resolved by then." Jiang Ze said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you for another half hour."
Although Yutong felt unhappy, he was indeed hungry. If he considered that there might be trouble later, it would be better to have a full meal.
Time passed minute by minute. Half an hour later, the city gate slowly opened, but the black iron fence had not yet opened.
Everyone looked at the city gate. On the other side of the city gate, they could see several large trucks parked. Countless fire-headed soldiers in white clothes pushed out one truck and another on the truck. On top of the truck, there were piles of A mountain of lunch boxes.
The fire-headed soldier passed the lunch box through the hole in the iron fence. The Chu soldiers immediately swarmed up and grabbed the lunch box, causing chaos in an instant.
When Yutong saw this, he immediately shouted: "Are you looking for death? Get in line for me."
When Yutong roared, supernatural energy was mixed in. The sound was like a sound wave, making the soldiers' hearts tremble.
The soldiers immediately became quiet and lined up obediently.
The city gate is more than 20 meters wide, and more than 30 teams can line up, so the lunch boxes are delivered very quickly. Each soldier could take several copies to distribute to his wounded comrades.
Yutong did not go to get the lunch boxes himself, but his subordinates had already come over with more than a dozen lunch boxes. This subordinate was very good at doing things, and he handed the lunch boxes to the superior one by one.
The officers opened the lunch boxes and took a look. They felt that the food was very ordinary. There was only a plate of fried meat, the rest were various vegetables, and a bowl of bone soup. It was real bone soup. There was almost no meat on a big bone. It must have been scraped off and stir-fried, leaving only the bones for stew.
Although the food is not great, at least it is warm. Being able to eat warm meals on the battlefield is a luxury in itself. So these officers devoured it greedily. If one box was not enough, they ate another box.
Yutong ate three boxes in only ten minutes, which showed how hungry he was.
Many soldiers showed happy and satisfied smiles. It must be said that sometimes happiness is so simple.
On the city wall, Jiang Ze looked at this scene and relaxed a little.
"This meal should give them a lot of peace of mind."
After the more than 200,000 people had enough to eat, they felt a lot more at ease, and their complaints became less frequent.
Originally, according to the plan, Xiang Mao should come back.
However, Xiang Mao did not appear for a long time.
Yutong looked at his watch and felt more and more strange. He summoned senior officers again, discussed it, and once again asked Jiang Ze to show up and explain.
Jiang Ze is now one of the top two. Not only Yutong can't figure it out, but Jiang Ze himself can't figure it out. Why hasn't Xiang Mao come back after three hours?
What exactly is going on?
(End of chapter)
