At this time, Mauritania had fallen into complete chaos. Although the Xiuman family was already doomed to fail, the Tianjuan Army was still some distance away from actually taking the city. But that was only a matter of time. After all, the number of Tianjuan Army soldiers who had entered the city to participate in the battle had reached 75,000, while the remaining strength of the Xiuman Army was less than 20,000.
But this was not what Baru was concerned about. He just wanted to catch Addie and imprison her. Even if she was to die, it had to be after she had been humiliated, and these humiliations had to be done by him personally. Otherwise, how could he vent his hatred? The moment he rushed out of the woods, Baru stopped involuntarily, with a look of horror in his eyes, because he saw a huge ship - although it was still a hundred steps away from the coast, the huge hull still gave Baru an incomparable shock.
How could there be such a big ship? No, is it really just a ship? Why did it appear here? The sword in Baru's hand dropped involuntarily...
The ship slowly sailed towards the coast, but except for Eddie, Iner and his group, no one on the coast dared to step forward and they even retreated and made way for Eddie and his group.
Eddie and Iner dared to rush forward because they saw the huge word "Shelley" on the hull through the telescope, and also saw the huge flag on the deck - on the beige flag, a huge golden dove spread its wings against the wind.
"Aunt, it's Wu Lai. Wu Lai is here to save us." Eddie said as he ran with the stretcher.
"Yes... yes..." Although Yin'er had his back to the Lolita, he tried to prop up half of his body from the stretcher and looked back, his eyes full of surprise - the appearance of the Lolita meant that the Xiuman family could continue, even if they could only escape from Eddie in the end, it also meant that the Xiuman family still existed in this world.
"Miss Eddie, they launched several small boats!" a guard shouted happily.
"I know... I know..." Eddie bit his lips hard to stop himself from crying...
Baru came to his senses after seeing through the telescope that the Lolita was lowering the small boat.
"Chase! Chase quickly!" He shouted angrily and ran away with his sword in hand again.
At the same time, Pu Tong on the deck observation platform smiled lightly and said to the flag signalman beside him: "Blast those guys chasing the Xiuman family."
"Yes, sir!" The flag signal soldier turned around and quickly sent out a flag signal.
The gun position on the deck facing the coast immediately sent out a flag signal indicating that it had received an order, and then the command was quickly sounded -
"All guns ready! Recognition..., direction..., height..."
"Ready! Fire!"
"Tong tong tong tong..." The moment twenty shells were fired, Pu Tong covered his ears, smacked his lips and shook his head, thinking it was a pity that there were only a thousand pursuers. If there were more, such as fifty thousand or ten thousand, he could try out three-round rapid fire. How exciting that would be.
It's no wonder that Pu Xuan thought this way. He had spent so many days rushing around on the vast ocean, with no gambling, no drinking, and no women. He was almost bored to death.
"General!" Just as a guard beside Baru shouted an urgent warning, a sharp whistle was heard from the sky.
"That's..." Barugan looked up in astonishment, but only managed to catch a glimpse of several dark shadows that suddenly grew larger...
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom" - the nearly one thousand soldiers, along with Baru, were enveloped in the flying dust and smoke...
"Colonel Putong, the shelling is very effective, but it seems that civilians are affected!" The observer reported loudly to Putong.
"Asshole! Those are not ordinary civilians! They are civilians of the pro-God Army!" Pu Tong cursed angrily. He did not want to be charged with bombing innocent civilians. Wu Lai said that anyone who dared to harm innocent civilians would be subject to military law.
"Yes! Colonel Putong! Those are civilians who are pro-Tianjuan Army, otherwise how could they be so close to Tianjuan Army!" The observer hurriedly "corrected" himself.
"That's right." Pu Tong just nodded with satisfaction, and the adjutant beside him frowned again - "Colonel, the pursuers seem to be wearing the clothes of the Leidong family. Isn't the Leidong family related to the Xiuman family? Did we hit the wrong one?"
"Impossible! Do you have a pig's head? If they were together, why did they stay so far away from the Shuman family? And they looked like they were chasing us? Stupid!" Pu Tong rolled his eyes at the adjutant in anger, thinking to himself, how could I have such a brainless idiot around me? ...
One round of salvos killed most of the pursuers, including Baru, and successfully brought Eddie and others aboard the Lolita, so Pu Tong was very proud. However, when he saw the dejected looks of Eddie, Iner and others, he quickly restrained his pride.
"General Yin'er has suffered, and Miss Eddie has been wronged." Pu Tong said while asking for courtesy.
"Thank you for the rescue. May I ask who you are..." However, Yin'er did not know Pudong.
"Aunt, this is General Pu Tang." Eddie had seen Pu Tang before, so he quickly introduced him.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Pu Tong waved his hands quickly, "I'm not a general. I'm just a colonel. I can't be called a general yet."
"Colonel?" Eddie was surprised and wondered what this title was.
Seeing Addie like this, Pu Tong knew that she didn't understand, but this was obviously not the time to explain in detail. What was important was to understand the situation in Muritania.
"General Yin'er, what is the current situation in the city?" Pu Tong asked.
Inr was weak, so Eddie quickly told him the situation. Pudong was not surprised after hearing it, because since even Eddie and Inr had fled with a group of their own children, the Xiuman army in Marshaltania was probably in great danger.
"The situation is very tricky. Alas... we are still a little late." Pu Tong regretted his decision and thought that if they had not encountered storms on the way that delayed them for a few days, the situation in Muritania would not be as bad as it is now.
"Excuse me, were you sent here by the High Priest?" Eddie asked.
Pu Tong nodded and said, "That's right. Archpriest Saint Wulai guessed that your Xiuman army would definitely hold on to Mauritania, so he ordered us to come to reinforce them. However, judging from the current situation, we are of no use to you."
"So how is he now? Where is he?" Eddie asked again.
"High Priest Saint Wulai is now..." Pu Tong was about to answer, but was interrupted by Yin'er.
"Colonel Pudong, can you save more people?" Yin'er was no longer asking, but pleading.
"That's fine. Tell me how to save him." Pu Tong nodded.
"Aunt, Colonel Puteng doesn't have many troops here, how can we rescue him?" Eddie was stunned and couldn't help but say.
Pu Dong almost laughed out loud: "Ms. Eddie, although we don't have many soldiers on the Lolita, it is basically impossible for the enemy to get close to us. I would like them to come with more people so that they can see the power of the Lolita. However, this ship can only carry 4,000 people at most. Now it can accommodate more than 2,500 people. You see..."
"Save as many as you can, okay?" Yin'er begged.
"Of course, but I have to say something first. Once you're on board, you have to obey the arrangements. This is the rule set by His Excellency the High Priest Saint Wulai. Everything on the ship must be done by the captain, okay?" Pu Tong asked.
"Okay, we'll all listen to you." Yin'er nodded quickly.
Pu Tong blushed and waved his hands embarrassedly: "General Yin Er, you misunderstood, I am not the captain, the captain is Bailey..."
The Lolita is equipped with a total of twenty-four small lifeboats, but this "small" only applies to the Lolita. According to the general specifications of the mainland, a boat that can accommodate sixty people at a time does not look like a "small boat" at all.
After Yin'er had arranged the plan, Pu Tong asked another question: "General Yin'er, what are you going to do with the civilians on this coast?"
After hesitating for a while, Yin'er sighed heavily. At this point, she really couldn't care less.
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"Okay." Seeing Yin'er like this, Pu Tong naturally understood everything. After nodding, he quickly walked out of the cabin, called the assistant officer and gave him instructions.
Night fell quickly, and the flames of the Muritania became particularly dazzling. However, the nightfall was a good thing for the Shuman army, because it gave the surviving soldiers a chance to hide for a while, whether to rest, ambush, or simply escape...
Under the cover of night, nearly half of the soldiers who escorted Inr and Aidi to escape returned to Mauritania. They advanced carefully and searched. Gradually, more and more soldiers of the Shuman Army began to sneak towards the coast. At the same time, Putong's adjutant led a team to the coast and began to select "useful" people from the refugees, such as those who knew medicine, and those beautiful young women...
His adjutant only understood half of Pu Tong's order. The use of people with medical skills was obvious, but what was the point of choosing those beautiful young women?
Although he had doubts, the adjutant carried out the mission smoothly. Firstly, the night, the woods and the distance blocked the view from the direction of Sporitania. Besides, the Tianjuan Army and the Xiuman Army were still fighting fiercely and no one had time to pay attention to this side. Secondly, during the selection process, no one dared to make noise or argue because everyone was afraid that it would bring disaster upon themselves.
But all these smooth sailing were destroyed near midnight. In fact, when Baru encountered the bombardment, some surviving soldiers had already rushed back to report the news. However, they were all soldiers of the Leidong family, and they should report to the head of the Leidong family. When the head of the Leidong family learned that Baru was killed by the bombardment, he was extremely sad and fainted. In addition, there were battles everywhere at the time, so the matter of notifying the Tianjuan Army was delayed.
When Patriarch Lei Dong woke up and found out that there were only a few sporadic battles around him, he remembered to inform the Tianjuan Army...
In the end, Yin'er's rescue was only successful once, but he managed to save more than 1,400 people, including three direct descendants, and Pudong's adjutant also brought back more than 300 people - 31 people who knew medicine and their direct families, as well as 24 young and beautiful women.
After watching the torches and figures emerging from the woods for a while, Pu Tong sighed and said to In'er, "Stop the rescue, the enemy is coming up."
Yin Er nodded helplessly: "This is the only way."
"Notify Captain Bailey that we'll weigh anchor and leave first." Pu Tong said to the adjutant who was still sweating profusely.
"Yes." The adjutant responded loudly.
After the adjutant turned and left, Putang also walked out of the cabin. After he had walked a few steps, Eddie caught up with him and said, "Colonel Putang, please stay."
Putong turned around and said, "Miss Eddie, is there anything else?"
"I want to ask, His Excellency the High Priest, where is he... where is he now?" Eddie asked after a moment of hesitation.
"The high priest should be preparing to attack the Assyrian city at this moment." Pu Tong replied.
"Oh?" Eddie was startled and asked, "Where did he get so many troops to attack Assyria?"
Pu Tong chuckled and said, "Ms. Eddie, you are out of date. Military strength is important in war, but that is only under normal circumstances. Our High Priest Saint Wulai is never ordinary."
"So...how has he been doing these years?" After hesitating for a moment, Eddie still couldn't help but ask.
Pu Tong had been stationed in the Gap Defense Zone with Wu Lai, and he was a man who did good things for others. Naturally, he had already sensed something about the "high-level help" that the Kayikede garrison had provided to the Gap Defense Zone. And seeing Eddie so hesitant, it was clear to him that Eddie still had feelings for Wu Lai.
However, Pu Tong, who worshipped Wu Lai to the core, was somewhat unhappy about the fact that the Xuman family married Eddie to the Redon family, because that seemed like an offense to Wu Lai - according to Pu Tong's idea, since you have already made friends with our lord and high priest, you should stick to it to the end. What's the point of changing people halfway?
Pu Tong's dissatisfaction naturally also included Eddie, so he decided to take this opportunity to say some things that he had wanted to say when they first met: "Please rest assured, Miss Eddie, the High Priest is the best. He married Miss Loli from the Kochi family, Miss Shelley from the Aurelius family, and Miss Iris from Haitang Town. These three wives also gave birth to heirs for the High Priest. Other than that..."
Pu Tong kept talking. Although Addie had guessed that this would happen before she asked, when she heard it with her own ears, her heart immediately became confused, like a ball of hemp rope that had been neatly tidied up but was suddenly tangled up by a naughty kid, making it impossible to sort out the ends of the rope anymore...
After a while, Addie finally came back to her senses. After sighing softly in her heart, she interrupted Pudong's narration and said, "Colonel Pudong, where is the Lolita going now? Are we going to meet up with the High Priest?"
"No." Pu Tong smiled and waved his hand. "Before we came here, the High Priest instructed that if we couldn't rescue them in time, we should cause trouble for the Tianjuan Army and make them restless in Mauritania. So, we are sailing now just to replenish some fresh water nearby, not to evacuate the battlefield."
"Make...make some trouble?" Eddie was stunned.
"Yes, it's a bit of trouble, but that's just a humorous description by the High Priest. In fact, you can understand this as a diversion, to tie down the Tianjun Army in the Kayiked area and provide support for the High Priest's attack on Assyria." Pu Tong said with a smile.
"I think he will win." Eddie bit her lower lip quietly. Otherwise, she would have cried out of sadness.
Why did I listen to my family in the first place? She asked herself.