With the authority of Lieutenant General Herbert, they quickly passed through several protective gates, but Prince Ackes's footsteps gradually slowed.

It wasn't until the next protective door was opened that Ax stood at the door and didn't go any further.

Seeing this, Herbert immediately reminded Ax: "Your Highness, we must hurry over, otherwise the communication between the marshal and Colonel Lin will end." ”

- He was a little weak-minded, always worried that the little prince had found something, and if His Highness Akers resisted, it would not be good for their next actions.

"Marshal, have they already begun to exchange hostages? Why did you send back the communication at this time, did things not go well? Prince Ax still had an innocent look on his face, as if he had no idea of everything.

Herbert secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Highness, the exchange of hostages has begun over there, but I don't know exactly what the situation is, the marshal just asked us to take you over as soon as possible, there should be something important to tell you." ”

Ax nodded, and was about to say something when his terminal suddenly lit up.

As everyone's attention was focused on His Royal Highness's wrist, a familiar voice sounded behind them.

Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted, but they only saw a virtual image of Lin Zexi appearing in the corridor.

"Lieutenant General Herbert, where do you want to take His Highness Ax?" Lin Zexi swept away his previous politeness, and his tone became sharper.

Seeing Herbert's frightened face, he immediately continued: "Don't be afraid yet, we still have a lot to talk about. ”

Before Lin Zexi's words fell, Herbert, who had already sensed that something was wrong, suddenly looked back and saw that the little prince and his two guards, who were reluctant to cross the checkpoint just now, had already taken a step back between their words and retreated to the door, and even the protective door was closed.

He rushed over to open the protective door with permission, only to find that the pass instruction that was useful just now had expired!

"Lieutenant General, we've been tricked!" One of Herbert's subordinates said nervously.

"Shut up!" Lieutenant General Herbert didn't expect the matter to be revealed so quickly, he looked at "Lin Zexi" with a gloomy face, forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and pretended to be calm and asked:

"I wonder what Colonel Lin means by this? We heard that the marshal's side had begun to exchange hostages, so we wanted to take His Highness Ax down to the command room to witness this moment. ”

"Oh, yes......" Lin Zexi sneered: "Then the route you chose is really tortuous." ”

He paused and didn't give the other party a chance to defend himself: "I really didn't expect that Admiral Bimont had been operating in the Fifth Star Zone, especially on the planet Nerde, for so many years, and he would be dug into a corner by the mermaid clan, not only did he not realize that his subordinates had been accepting the benefits privately given by Prince Marcus, but he was also bold enough to take advantage of the First Legion to exchange hostages with the marshal and take His Highness Ax away from the military base?!" ”

Lieutenant General Herbert has now finally understood - their plan was probably discovered by the marshal at a very early stage!

With chagrin and fear in his heart, Lieutenant General Herbert still said stiffly: "Colonel, if you don't have evidence, please don't say it casually!" Slandering us is not a good thing for the First and Fifth Legions. ”

They had a very thorough plan, and the Fifth Army was supposed to be the main responsibility for the security of the Nielde military base, and they only temporarily transferred the sergeants on duty and did some tricks in the surveillance.

When they take Prince Ax to a certain area, they can get rid of his two escorts, and everything is done.

Herbert and several other generals of the Fifth Legion had been privately accepting "gifts" from the merfolk for a long time, and by the time they knew that these gifts were from Prince Marcus, they had already fallen into the hands of the other party.

In particular, after Marcus led Jörmungadri to defect, he attacked the Federation's mining operations, and the other party threatened to expose their relationship with Jörmungard to Admiral Bimont and even the Federal Military Department if they did not continue to cooperate.

Then everything they have now will be ruined!

Forced into desperation, they had no choice but to continue to keep in touch with Jörmungadr, and the other party planned and launched a second attack, and it was they who provided certain information so that the other party could successfully win more with less.

For Herbert and the others, the mechanics of those mining areas and the low-level sergeants in the legion, even if they were captured by the mermaids of Jörmungandr, the Federation would try their best to ransom them as they did for the first time, so there was no need to worry about their lives.

As for the large "ransom" that the Federation wants to pay to Jörmungandr, those politicians with fat brains cannot afford to pay it......

And the reproaches from the Federal Military Department were borne by Admiral Bemont, the top leader of the Fifth Army......

- They can only betray the country and the army for their own interests!

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In this plan, the merfolk promised Herbert that if he could bring Prince Ax to Jörmungad, he would receive a large amount of crystals and treasures.

Then he hid in the Nerde Sea with a few henchmen, and when the limelight was less tight in the future, he would find a way to change his name and surname, and smuggle him to Samuel or Carter to live a rich life.

Herbert had already sent his parents and his guide out in advance in the name of visiting relatives on a tour, so naturally there were no worries.

As for the generals of the Fifth Legion, who also accepted bribes, they would pretend not to know and put the blame on Herbert, who had already taken His Royal Highness hostage and fled.

"Lieutenant General Herbert, your parents and wife should have been sent to the Sistt by now, and I believe you will be able to meet soon, and you don't have to worry about that."

Lin Zexi's next words made Herbert's heart shatter, and he shouted in horror: "You took Trister and them away?!" What do you want to do with them?! ”

"Lieutenant General, what you are asking is very strange, and we want to ask what you, Lieutenant General Colby, Major General Burton, Colonel Eliad and Colonel Jaes, are plotting to capture His Highness Ax, and what do you want to do to him and the Federation."

Lieutenant General Herbert was even more frightened when he heard that Lin Zexi had listed several of the generals of the Fifth Army who were related to Jörmungader on his side.

He said incoherently, "You...... You ...... "How do you know so much?!"

"You're asking, how do we know that there are these people who are treasonous?"

Lin Zexi looked straight at Herbert: "If you don't know, unless you don't do it, when the Fifth Legion thoroughly investigated the traitors before, you were afraid of being found out of any clues, so you deliberately sowed discord in front of Admiral Bimont, saying that the First Legion could not find a target, so they took the Fifth Legion to try to obstruct the investigation, which made us suspicious." ”

But the other side is obviously very cautious, leaving little tangible evidence.

After a series of covert investigations, they zeroed in on several suspicious targets.

Then cooperate with His Royal Highness Axes to lure the snake out of the hole with such a trick, and when the actual evidence of Herbert's treason is caught, it will not be difficult to bring out a few other people.

Although Herbert didn't know that Lin Zexi and the others had not obtained evidence of treason, they at least knew that they couldn't escape, not to mention that his family was still in the hands of the federal military department, and he had no way out.

Not long after, the real Lin Zexi had already arrived nearby and picked up Akers at the other end of the protective door.

"Fortunately, everything went well, otherwise the marshal would have killed me."

"We're well prepared, and we're sure there won't be a problem, you see, isn't it all solved now?" Akers smiled and looked at Lin Zexi.

He thought of something and asked Lin Zexi, "What is going to happen to Lieutenant Herbert here?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, we'll take care of it, go back to your room!" Lin Zexi said with a serious face.

Seeing that he insisted, Aks could only nod, and then returned to his room from the other side of the passage, accompanied by Dalin and the guards.

Lin Zexi saw His Royal Highness Akers enter the room, and then led his subordinates back to the place where Lieutenant General Herbert and his party were "locked up".

Not only did they make Lieutenant General Herbert and others lose their sidearms and bring their own shackles, but they also released air anesthetics in the area, making Lieutenant General Herbert completely incapacitate them.

When the sergeant was about to send the unconscious Lieutenant General Herbert and his henchmen to the cell of the military base, a loud roar suddenly sounded above everyone's heads!

With the sound of explosions, the entire aisle seemed to shake, making people feel like they couldn't stand.

"What's going on?!" Lin Zexi held on to the wall and clicked on the terminal to ask the people in the command room.

"Colonel, we are under air raid from an unknown fleet!"

"Fleet?!" Lin Zexi's first reaction was - Jörmungard not only has submarines, but now even has a fleet?!

But soon, he thought of something more important, and he didn't care to guess whether the "unknown fleet" was Jörmungård's.

"Come back with me to His Highness Axes!" Lin Zexi called out to him loudly, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

- The other party took advantage of the fact that the general was not at the land military base, would it be directed at His Highness Akers!

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At the same time, somewhere in the deep sea of Nerde, Jörmungard and the Union army were exchanging hostages.

Trusting each other, they did not exchange all at once, but in batches. In this way, the time for the exchange of hostages is also greatly extended.

"How's it going, how are the plans going over there?" Marcus asked the mermaid beside him.

"I'm afraid Lieutenant General Herbert's side is exposed." The middle-aged mermaid said in an unkind tone.

Hearing his words, Marcus did not show a disappointed expression, he sneered and said, "It's okay...... Our real allies are not these stupid Federalists......" 166 Reading Network