Chapter 1773: Conspiracy Emerges

The French Soldier sighed and continued, "Originally, our troop strength was supposed to be weaker than yours."

"Your commander's surprise attack on our position was actually a crushing blow; we had no Cavalry, and the three thousand Cavalry he brought were enough to overwhelm us, even if we had more troops."

"But you know, Cavalry has a natural suppression over Infantry; our men were simply not enough to be slaughtered."

"Our unit is a patchwork of French and Indians; those Indians have strong combat power but lack sufficient equipment, which is strange to say."

"I don't know when it started, but the weapons those Indians held in their hands gradually became ones manufactured by Britain."

"We have no idea what is going on..."

Hearing this, Qiaozhi and Qiuer stood frozen in place.

The French unit was carrying a large number of British weapons, and on top of that, they had previously received false intelligence.

It was no longer difficult to judge that there was already a mutiny among the high-ranking military officials on the front lines, and it was not just one or two of them.

It was even possible that the entire high-ranking military command had entered a state of rebellion.

Thinking of this, the surrounding atmosphere became increasingly heavy.

Qiaozhi and Qiuer both felt a thick, black fog of death hanging over their heads; even if they left the jungle, escaped the French unit's ambush, and headed to the British Front, it would still be a dead end.

Qiuer switched to the British language and asked Qiaozhi in a lowered voice: "Qiaozhi, what should we do now? I'm afraid there is already a mutiny at the front; if we go, we are just throwing our lives away."

Qiaozhi responded in a deep voice: "I have a reason why I must go."

Qiuer frowned; in his view, this was not bravery, but a foolish act.

"But we can't go to our deaths. The people we are leading don't know yet. If we arrive there, we survivors of the Expeditionary Force will definitely be investigated or ostracized by those people."

"If we go, we are just cannon fodder; for them, this is absolute death."

Qiuer tried his best to dissuade him, but Qiaozhi remained silent.

Seeing that Qiaozhi had already made up his mind, Qiuer expressed his dissatisfaction intensely.

Seeing this, the French Soldier knew that his words just now had provoked them, and he said again: "Actually, you don't have to go there; I know another path to leave this place."

"But the destination might not be as wonderful as you think."

Qiaozhi glanced at him and said indifferently: "Does that road lead to a Longyan city?"

The French Soldier asked in surprise: "How did you know?"

Qiaozhi ignored him. He might not know about the specific Colonial Area that Britain granted to Longyan, but on a general map, this land happened to be located near this jungle.

However, while he knew there was a Longyan city in the nearby jungle, he did not know how to navigate through the jungle.

"You say you can lead us to the Longyan city?"

"How do you know this path?"

"Although your French unit is stationed in the jungle near this city, the Longyan military shouldn't allow any troops in this jungle."

"After all, to Longyan, this jungle belongs to their military restricted zone."

Britain and Longyan have a cooperative relationship, which is one of the reasons they dared to choose this jungle as their marching route.

The French Soldier laughed: "That city no longer belongs to the Longyan people; it now belongs to the Spanish. Officer, you should know now why I am able to be stationed here."

Qiaozhi nodded.

"Qiuer, we won't go to the British Front first; we will take a detour to the Longyan Third City."

Hearing this news, Qiuer turned his head to look at him: "Go to a Longyan city?"

"Didn't you hear him just say that it has already been occupied by the Spanish?"

"Our relationship between Britain and Spain is extremely poor; if we go there, we will definitely be killed by those Spanish."

"We should return to Britain and tell them everything that happened at the front to exchange for our crimes of being fugitives."

"Doing this might help me clear the charge of being a deserter."

Qiaozhi shook his head: "Do we have evidence?"

"No."

"Will anyone believe the words of us corporals?"

"No."

"Qiuer, what do you think the outcome will be if we go to the British Colonial District under these circumstances? You should be clear about that without me saying more."

Qiuer fell silent, and he had also calmed down a lot.

"But what can we do by going to the Longyan city?"

Qiaozhi smiled: "Longyan will definitely retaliate. Those Spanish will be defeated by the Longyan people, and that city will return to the hands of the Longyan people."

"We need to seek help from these Longyan people; they will help us."

Qiuer frowned; he did not know why Qiaozhi was so certain that Longyan would definitely help them.

Although their Britain and Longyan are currently in a cooperative relationship, it is only cooperation.

How could the Longyan military possibly help people like them?

After all, these matters have nothing to do with Longyan; one could even say that the more severely Britain is defeated, the more they need Longyan, which is a good thing for Longyan.

But what Qiuer did not know was that long ago, Qiaozhi had already reached a cooperative relationship with Longyan.

Qiaozhi is Longyan's investment in the British Colonial District.

Qiaozhi said confidently: "Rest assured, the Longyan people will help us."

"At the very least, they will help me arrive at the Ehai'e safely. With the support of the Longyan people, we at least won't have too bad a time in the Ehai'e Basin."

Qiuer nodded; he still chose to trust Qiaozhi.

A large part of the reason this unit has been able to survive until today is because of Qiaozhi's correct leadership; otherwise, they would have long since been unable to survive.

Qiaozhi nodded, having his own considerations in mind.

He was also not sure if Longyan had already recaptured the Longyan Third City, but judging by the character of the Longyan people, they would certainly not let the matter rest.

The actions of the Spanish had already touched their bottom line.

The Longyan Unit will definitely send troops to attack, but right now it is unknown whether the Longyan army has taken this city.

Qiaozhi pinched the bridge of his nose and cast all this information to the back of his mind; he had already decided that even if Longyan had not taken the city, they would find a Method to establish contact with the Longyan Unit.

If the Longyan army had not yet arrived, then he would wait a while longer.

In short, he would not take the next step of action without seeing the Longyan army.

He wanted to obtain the support of the Longyan army to help him avenge Gelin, and the moment he thought of this former comrade-in-arms and brother whose life or death was currently unknown—and that the cause of all this was the hateful high-ranking generals of Britain on the front lines of the battlefield—

the flames of revenge deep within Qiaozhi's heart grew even more vigorous and expanded; he could not even wait to hack the bastard who caused all this into ten thousand pieces.