Chapter 439: Retreat
Presidential Palace Ballroom.
Lenny Phillips and Lane and other senior Philip military leaders are exchanging cups with President Eric.
Looking at Lenny Philip's pleasant face, Eric secretly cursed in his heart: "You can't even kill this old thing, what a bunch of rubbish!" β
If given the choice, Eric wouldn't even send a single soldier to Philip's army.
Although he is the nominal president of the country, and everyone will bow to his power, he himself knows very well that there is still a emperor at his head, and that is Lenny Philip.
It can be said that Eric's position as president was supported by Lenny Philip. He still remembers that on the day he took over as president, Lenny Philip said to him: "I can lift you up, and I can pull you down." β
Eric knows it's not a joke. If Lenny Philip wanted to, with the strength of Philip's army, he could launch a military coup d'Γ©tat at any time, and then find a random person to take his place, as he did when he became president.
So, when he heard that Philip's army had been attacked by terrorists and that Lenny Philip could not protect himself, Eric was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, and kept praying that God would take Philip's army.
However, when Lenny Philip asked him to mobilize troops to assist in the defense of Philip's army headquarters, he did not dare to disobey in the slightest.
In addition to the fact that Lenny Philip's years of prestige made Eric dare not object, he was also worried that he had a nail placed by Lenny Philip.
Because of this, even when he heard that Lenny Philip was defeated and fled, he honestly sent guards to answer him, and now he has to accompany the smiling face to set up a banquet to surprise Lenny Philip.
Touching the wine glass with Lenny Philip, Eric took a sip of the red wine in the glass, suppressed the depression in his heart along with the red wine, and then said: "Lenny, my friend, my heart is finally relieved to see that you are safe and sound. But I still haven't figured out why you didn't let my guards attack the thugs, just push them back? β
Just as Eric was always on the lookout for Lenny Philip, now Lenny Philip is on the lookout for Eric. If His Excellency the President had known that it was the secret forces of Huaxia who had attacked them, I am afraid that instead of answering them, the Presidential Palace Guards would have opened fire on them and used their heads to send Huaxia a letter of surrender.
Therefore, Lenny Philip just told Eric not to take the initiative to attack and force the dragon back, believing that the dragon would understand the message he was trying to send.
Hearing Eric ask, Lenny Philip smiled slightly and said, "Your Excellency, there are some things that you still don't know. β
"Oh, I see," Eric didn't dare to ask any further, casually changing the subject, "So what do you need me to do for you?" β
"You don't need to do anything, I just need to rest in your presidential palace for two days, and when the matter is over, I will go back to my headquarters, Your Excellency the President will not diswelcome me, right?" Lenny Philip asked, shaking his glass lightly.
"How could I not have welcomed you, it is my honor to entertain you......"
At the end of the feast, Ryan and the others arrived at Lenny Philip's room.
Lenny Philip sat down on the couch, lit a cigar for himself, and took a hard puff before looking up and asking, "Luke, did the dragon reply?" β
"General, they haven't replied yet, will they not be afraid that we will reveal their identities?" Luke said.
"Not afraid? It doesn't exist, these big countries value face more than anyone else. Lenny Philip smiled and shook his head,
"Ignore them for now, how is Cady?"
"I just got a call from him, and I didn't tell you when Eric was there. He's safe now, he's taking care of our people, there's about 11 teams left, and he asked me to ask you, what should I do after we get our people in place? Ryan replied.
"Heavy losses," Lenny Philip sighed, "but as long as we are here, then Philip's army will not fall, and we will grow stronger." You let them all come over, Eric can't be trusted, we can't count on him. β
"Okay, I'll let him know right away." Ryan said.
Lenny Philip nodded: "Well, you all go back and rest, Noah stays for a while." β
When Ryan and Luke left, Lenny Philip's face no longer had the strategy just now, and he said urgently: "Noah, prepare immediately, and we will leave by plane tomorrow." β
"Father, we have arrived at the presidential palace, it is impossible for the hidden dragon to attack here, do we still have to leave?" Noah asked.
"It's true that they don't dare to fight the presidential palace, but you must know that when I let Luke threaten them, the hidden dragon will not be able to let us go. The secrets of the hidden dragon are not something that anyone can grasp, let alone threaten them. Even if they let us go this time, can you guarantee that they will secretly attack them when the rumors have passed? β
Lenny Philip's eyes shrunk into a line, and he said in a deep voice: "I don't want to live in fear every day, and I don't know if I can see the sun tomorrow when I sleep." β
"So, then why do you have to do it?" Noah asked, puzzled.
"Why? To create a chance for us to escape, of course. Lenny Philip flicked off his cigarette ash and said earnestly, "I asked Luke to threaten the identity of the Hidden Dragon, and the Hidden Dragon must have thought that we were going to fight him to the end, and would never have thought that I would secretly leave." By the time they found out, we had already gone somewhere else, and they would never want to find us again in their lives. β
Noah understood Lenny Philip's intentions, but he was still a little unwilling, and said, "Are we just watching Philip's army disappear like this?" β
"What if you don't look at it? Don't forget that the mercenary world has always looked at fists to speak. From the moment the headquarters was captured, the Philip's Army ceased to exist, and even if the dragon spared us, we would not be able to restore it to its glory. Lenny Philip said in frustration.
"Why not? We've lost a lot of people, but there's a lot of people in the world, and we can rebuild the team. Noah argued.
"Reconstruction? How can it be so easy? Do you think anyone other than the scrapwood mercenaries would be willing to join our crippled team? Lenny Philip asked rhetorically.
Noah was speechless.
That's right, the mercenary world has always been the most realistic circle.
At the beginning, the Philip Army was one of the teams that mercenaries wanted to join the most, but now they were completely disabled by the hidden dragon, and they didn't even have the strength to fight back, who would want to join in.
Besides, what can you do by joining in?
Come in and defend their territory and become cannon fodder to fight other groups that grab territory?
"Okay, don't think about it so much, go back and pack up, we'll leave tomorrow. As for this, it is left to Lane and them, in the hope that they will be able to revive Philip's military might, if they still wish to use the name. Lenny Philip said.
Noah knows that fleeing is the best choice, at least one life can be saved, and if he chooses to fight to the death, he will really only die.
He sighed, said goodnight to Lenny Philip, and turned to leave.
Lenny Philip took the cigar and let it burn on its own, his mind spinning.
For a moment, he even thought of transferring Eric to the nation's army and fighting the hidden dragons.
This is the army he has single-handedly raised, how can he be willing to end it like this?
But he soon dismissed the idea.
The only consequence of that would be to wipe out the Philip Army and wipe it out of the mercenary world.
"Lean, Cady, Luke, I hope you don't blame me, this is the only way to accumulate Philip's army. You're still young and can start over, but I'm old enough to find a way back for myself. β
When others thought he was old, Lenny Philip never admitted it, and still firmly controlled Philip's army at the age of sixties.
But now, when everyone thought that he was once more majestic and led Philip's army out of trouble, he admitted that he was old and chose to flee.
Just as he was in a state of flux, there was a knock at the door, and Lenny Philip perked himself up and said, "Come in." β
The door opened, and Leon and Cady walked in.
"Kaidi, you're back, come and sit." Lenny Philip stretched out his hand to greet him, picked up the cigar and put it to his mouth and took a puff, only to realize that the cigar had gone out without knowing when.
Cady and Ryan quietly exchanged glances: it turned out that the general was also nervous.
Lenny Philip quietly put the cigar down and asked, "Kedi, you're not hurt, are you?" β
"General, I'm fine, but my poor command has caused us to suffer a lot of casualties, more than two teams, I ask you for my guilt." Cady said ashamedly.
"It's not your fault, it's the combat power of the hidden dragon is too strong, you've done a good job, sit down." Lenny Philip relieved.
Seeing that Lenny Philip didn't blame himself, Cady sat down and said, "Thank you, General." β
"What's polite to me," Lenny Philip waved his hand nonchalantly, "Although we are safe now, we still can't relax our vigilance, you arrange all the personnel to prevent the hidden dragon from taking risks, and more importantly, to prevent that guy Eric from falling into the well." β
"Don't worry, general, I've already arranged it, our people have taken over the surrounding vigilance and are building a position outside, don't think about going back alive no matter how many people come from the hidden dragon." Cady said confidently, completely forgetting that just now, it was still those mercenaries outside, who were beaten by the hidden dragon.
"Well, I appreciate that you don't relax at any time." Lenny Philip laughed, "Tell me what your battle plan is now." β
"Yes, my mind is ......"
Just as Cady was introducing his battle plan to Lenny Philip, figures appeared around the presidential palace.
"Each team of snipers set up sniper positions, and the scouts prepare the Qianlong Presidential Palace......"