Chapter 1379: What Just Happened

Sashaer rushed out of the mansion and stood on the city wall, looking through a telescope at the horizon where dust and smoke were rising in the distance.

A distinct Flag appeared clearly in his eyes.

The Flag of Britain?

But the next second, Sashaer's gaze froze abruptly; why were the ones holding the British Flag Longyan people?

There was no time to think so much, and Sashaer immediately shouted angrily: "Prepare to engage!"

The French Guard were stunned; didn't they just say the British troops had retreated? Why were they still fighting?

They couldn't have come back, could they!

The French Guard had no time to regroup and rushed into battle.

But when they saw the troops under the city, they were instantly dumbfounded: "Do these British people know magic? How did they suddenly conjure up so many troops!"

The mighty army under the city surrounded Cairo so tightly that not even water could trickle through in an instant.

But then they discovered something wrong; why were there only Longyan and Nashadier troops among the British forces?

Sashaer looked at the leader, who was a Longyan person, and standing on the city wall, he said in French: "Why have you Longyan people defected to Britain?"

"You Longyan, Mr. Liu Zheng is so great, so worthy of worship!"

"Have you betrayed your country? This is simply a disgrace to Longyan!"

Jiang Xuan understood the French language he spoke; he looked up at the dilapidated city walls of Cairo and immediately said: "You French actually dare to occupy the city of our ally, Britain."

"In terms of both reason and sentiment, we Longyan must take Cairo back for Britain."

"This time, we Longyan are helping Britain fight you, so naturally, we are flying the British Flag."

Standing on the city ramparts, Sashaer's mouth twitched upon hearing this perfunctory excuse.

Damn it, these Longyan people were just taking advantage of the situation while he and Britain were fighting until their brains were spilled out.

Talking about helping Britain get revenge!

It was all lies!

They were just here to pick up the scraps.

"Engage!"

"Help our ally Britain take back Cairo!"

With an order from Jiang Xuan, the great battle broke out immediately.

"Shameless Longyan!" Sashaer cursed loudly, and the remaining few French Army troops quickly threw themselves into the battle.

But they could not stop the Longyan offensive at all.

Yet they still resisted stubbornly.

Gunfire filled the sky, but on the other side of Cairo, on an inconspicuous road out of the city.

Sashaer heard the sound of guns and cannons from afar, his eyes bloodshot: "Longyan!"

"General, let's go. With our limited forces, it is impossible to hold Cairo. Longyan has poured out their entire nest this time."

"Fake!"

Their port city had now been occupied by the Longyan, and this stifled anger had been pent up in Sashaer's heart for a long time.

He had originally wanted to hold Cairo himself, which could have been considered atoning for his crimes with merit.

But he didn't expect that they would fight Britain until their brains were almost spilled out.

Only to have the Longyan reap the rewards in the end!

He could not swallow this breath!

Sashaer was consumed by rage and felt his vision go black.

"General, General..."

Sashaer looked at Cairo in the distance, where the British Flag had been raised, and fell into despair; he already understood why Longyan wanted to fight under the banner of Britain.

As long as this Flag was British, then Britain could not take back Cairo through war.

Moreover, this also greatly reduced the pressure on Longyan.

Although this city truly belonged to Longyan, it was nominally British.

This was far better than falling into the hands of their mortal enemy, the French.

Longyan might have conflicts with Britain in the future, but they would definitely not fight Longyan right now.

Britain also needed to recuperate.

Then in Egypt, their only enemy was the French.

Thinking of this, Sashaer was completely dyed in despair; at this moment, no matter what, he had no Method to contend with Longyan and Britain in Egypt.

Their French forces had only one port city left in Egypt, which was their only lifeline and pass in Africa now.

The resources in other Colonial Area locations of the French in Africa all needed this one port to be transported back to the French mainland.

"Quick, organize the troops and return to our last city; that place must never be lost again," Sashaer said after finishing this sentence.

Watching the sun on the horizon gradually set, it was just like the current situation of their French forces—the sun was setting over the mountains.

"Yes, General!"

At this moment, not long after General Dike had left, he heard the sound of artillery fire coming from Cairo not far away.

"What is going on? If I have already left, who is the French fighting?"

Immediately after, the scouts sent out brought back a shocking piece of news.

"Report, General, Cairo now belongs to us, Britain; it has already raised our British Flag."

"What?" General Dike was stunned, unable to believe his ears.

He had already left Cairo; how could the French have let the dove that was already at their mouths fly away?

He took out his Telescope and looked at the distinct Flag raised over Cairo in disbelief.

It was clearly their Britain Flag, but if the ones attacking the city weren't his own men, then who else from Britain could it be?

"What is going on? What just happened?" General Dike asked.

The scouts were also unclear.

To get to the bottom of it, General Dike decided to take his troops and rush back to see.

He had also considered whether it was a French ruse, but that was unlikely; without outside aid, the French troops had gone through two major battles, and the first had already severely sapped their vitality.

After fighting to the death with his own forces for so long in the second, their troop numbers must have plummeted.

Compared to them, Britain, the French army was now the one in the most miserable state.

By the time it was nearly dark, General Dike finally reached the vicinity of Cairo; seeing the Britain Flag raised on the dilapidated city walls, and then seeing that those patrolling the city gates were actually Longyan, he was instantly stunned.

Longyan?

How could Longyan be here? Since when did our Britain army have Longyan in it?

"Who are you? Why are you impersonating our Britain army!" General Dike's men shouted from the city pass.

Immediately after, Jiang Xuan stood on the city wall; standing with him, besides Britain's old rival, Nashadier, most of the others were Longyan.

"Don't misunderstand, General Dike. We Longyan have now declared war on the Franco-Austrian Alliance; although we are currently in Egypt, we also have an obligation to help our allies."

"We heard that your city was seized by the French, so we helped you drive the French away."

"But rest assured, we have no designs on Cairo; after all, it is still an ally's city," Jiang Xuan said with a smile, pointing to the Flag behind him.

"See? It is still your Britain Flag."

Hearing these words, General Dike's face turned livid; everyone knew that in their eyes, the Britain Flag was just a rag.

In Egypt, it made no difference whose Flag was hung, but the ownership of this city was still not in the hands of you Longyan.

"Since you say so, then now that I have arrived, please have your Longyan army leave the city."