"Mary! Mary! How are you?!"
Colonel George, who was nearly fifty years old and dressed in military uniform, threw himself in front of Lady Mary like a child, carefully observing whether his lover was harmed.
Whether it was An, who immediately put on a mask the moment he rushed in, or Leon Hart, who came in behind him, they were all ignored by George.
Of course, Mrs. Mary was very happy that her lover cared about her so much, but there were two outsiders standing in the room, one of whom she was very grateful and respected. George's indifferent behavior really made Mrs. Mary a little embarrassed.
"Okay George, I didn't get hurt at all, thanks to..." Mrs. Mary noticed that An was wearing a mask. She knew that the other party did not want to reveal his identity, but because she didn't know what kind of identity the other party used to disguise herself, she just looked at it. Xiang An.
"No, this is the duty of the escort." An Shi added.
Upon hearing An's identity, Mrs. Mary couldn't help but glance at Leonhardt.
Few people know the true identity of Leonhardt. In the eyes of Lady Mary, since the Regent uses the identity of a member of the escort team, it means that the Imperial City Guards have returned to his control. As the captain of the guard, Leonhardt must be early He is a close associate of the Prince Regent.
Over the past seven years, there have been frequent discussions in the Imperial Capital about the relationship between Leonhardt and the Imperial Princess.
Because Leonhardt supports Liliana unreservedly, possesses the most powerful force at a young age, and is absolutely supported by the older generation of guards, the mainstream view is that Leonhardt is the hand of Lecco himself. A guard trained to protect his sister Liliana.
Such was Lady Mary's view, and she was now more confident.
"Thank you very much for your hard work, Lord Leonhardt." Mrs. Mary made a pun.
"It's your duty, you don't have to be polite." Leonhardt didn't know what Ann and Mrs. Mary said before, but he could sense Mrs. Mary's kindness.
After confirming that his lover was not injured, George slowly calmed down and turned around to thank Ann and Leonhardt repeatedly: "Thank you...Thank you, Mr. Leonhardt..."
You don't have to be polite after others say it, and you shouldn't be the one to say thank you...
Lady Mary covered her forehead in confusion.
She realized that even if she didn't confess today, George's behavior would expose their relationship.
But compared with the trouble, Mrs. Mary felt even more sincerely happy that her lover came to protect her at all costs.
George's intangible thanks actually made Leonhardt feel better about him.
"Colonel George, there is no need to say any more words of thanks. Now that the emergency has been contained, it's time for you to talk about the ins and outs of the matter." Be optimistic, and the mistakes you made cannot be written off. Leonhardt must be held accountable.
"This is what happened..."
George understood that his mistake was very serious and quickly reported the situation.
In fact, the city guards led by George did not neglect their duties. They maintained order on the city wall as closely as ever.
The pass that George is responsible for has a gate at the bottom of the river that is used for drainage and leads to the city. It is closed most of the time, and the activation switch is also closely guarded.
The gate will be maintained and inspected regularly, and it just underwent an overhaul before the Chinese New Year. In such a short period of time, no one would think that there would be a problem with the gate, let alone that there would be so many people sneaking through the gate with a diameter of less than two meters.
The problem was discovered due to George's accidental inspection. He passed by the gate today, thinking that he had not personally checked the status of the gate for a long time, and ordered the soldiers to operate it.
When the gate was raised, the officers and soldiers saw that it had been destroyed at some point! The moment the gate was raised to the water, they even saw the intruder barely escaping from the gap!
George immediately led people to hunt him down.
Worried that there were still accomplices of the invaders in the gap, he also left enough soldiers to guard the gate.
"Silently destroying the floodgates?" Leonhardt frowned.
It is not easy to destroy such a thick gate underwater without being discovered by the soldiers guarding the shore. In terms of time, just a few days to prepare for all this is definitely not enough.
Was destroying the gate already part of the enemy's plan?
Leonhardt had an idea.
Wright!
The enemy must have initially planned to use the gate to move the puppet pretending to be the regent into the imperial capital. But Wright did not give in and escaped. After the speech, the enemy whose plan was exposed was unwilling to fail and instead used the gap in the gate to send assassins to retaliate!
From this point of view, discovering sluice problems early is a good thing.
"Before chasing the intruder, I asked the soldiers left behind to look for the craftsmen who maintained the sluice at that time. We might be able to get clues from them." After chasing the intruder with all his strength and confirming the safety of his loved one with his own eyes, George felt relieved and looked a little tired. But the matter was not over yet, so he forced himself to cheer up.
"Well, you did a good job." Leonhardt nodded in praise.
Investigating the craftsmen was what he wanted to do after hearing George's report. If George can arrange things in advance, he will save a lot of effort.
Ann stood next to Leonhardt and asked, "Did Colonel George find anything during the pursuit?"
"This group of invaders has undergone standardized organizational training, and their advance and retreat coordination has the shadow of the regular army, but their frontal combat capabilities are far inferior to their formations. They should lack actual combat experience." Soon after the fight, George discovered that the invaders had no experience Baptism of war, "They should have been trained in recent years, and the trainer's level is high enough."
"Can you tell the source?"
George shook his head: "It is a standard textbook-style training, a bit like the textbook compiled by several generals ordered by the king after the war. Presumably, someone with war experience should have trained according to the textbook."
His expression became solemn: "There is a possibility of interference from other countries."
An has seen it from the information.
Even if peace is ushered in, the current military training methods of the empire and many surrounding countries are still based on battles with a certain casualty ratio.
Only the empire, relying on strategy and resources, kept this ratio to a minimum, and the death toll was infinitely close to zero. Although the Imperial Army with a big family and big business may not necessarily be better than veterans who have experienced war, there is not much difference in actual fighting.
The campaign to exterminate the rebels is a good example.
The training methods of the Imperial Army have always been coveted by other countries. In order to maintain good diplomatic relations, the Empire will not skimp on the preparation of good teaching materials. However, the actual results of other countries are a matter of opinion...
"Sure enough, they are with the rebels." Leonhardt did not intend to reveal too many details to George, so he stopped there. "As we speculated, the purpose of the invaders was to retaliate against Wright."
George lowered his head: "Ashamed. If I hadn't been too impatient later, I might have been able to find out more details."
"Did you discover their purpose from the route while chasing the enemy?"
"yes."
Leonhardt took advantage of the situation and asked: "So, the last question, what is your relationship with this lady?" George retold what Lady Mary told Ann not long ago from his perspective.
"This is... really... okay..." Leonhardt marveled at the experiences of the two of them, and also envied their relationship.
The loss of control in his speech made his performance somewhat inappropriate.
An took over: "What the captain means is that when the case comes to an end, he will help you two..."
After listening to Mrs. Mary's story, he had the idea of helping the two of them.
Leonhardt reacted and said seriously: "That's right!"
"Thank you very much!!" George was ecstatic that Leonhardt, the top leader, could stand on his side.
Mrs. Mary, who knew An's "true identity", felt that these words were as heavy as a mountain. The joy in her heart was much greater than that of George, but she acted very reservedly, just bowing to Ann and Leonhart.
"As long as it helps, we will cooperate with you unconditionally!" Mrs. Mary made a promise of equal value.
