Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1749 Senior Brother is right!
On the fifth night, the soldiers on duty suddenly spotted a white firework exploding in the distant night sky.

After a two-second moment of stunned silence, he quickly came to his senses...

"Holy crap! A signal flare! It's a signal flare!!"

At that moment, the soldiers on duty couldn't care about anything else and hurriedly shouted to wake up everyone in the entire camp.

When everyone woke up and saw the signal flare in the distance, they were all excited, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

At this point, he didn't even care about sleeping anymore and immediately rushed at full speed towards the direction where the signal flare had lit up.

Although supplies were tight, they had been stationed in place for the past few days, but because they had been resting most of the time, they were in surprisingly good condition. In addition, all of them were special cavalry, so their speed was even faster than that of ordinary cavalry.

At daybreak, the vanguard led by Hilke successfully joined up with the main force led by Li Ce.

During this time, Hilke discovered that the elite troops led by Zhou Chongshan and the centaur cavalry led by Drogo were all gathered here.

Then I thought about it again and realized it was normal.

Obviously, after that, Zhou Chongshan and Zhuo Ge, having received the news, also led their troops to provide emergency support from the second stronghold.

If it weren't for the two of them being there, Li Ce wouldn't have dared to fire a signal flare so late at night.

After all, he had no idea what was going to happen next. What if the flare attracted the snake people?
After successfully meeting up, both sides breathed a sigh of relief and immediately exchanged information.

"During our pursuit of the snake people, a sandstorm suddenly arose. It was definitely not formed naturally, but rather by some special means. We managed to escape in time, but all the snake people were swept up in it, and their fate is currently unknown."

Upon learning this information, Li Ce frowned deeply.

An unnaturally formed sandstorm? This is no small matter.

Do you know which direction it is?

Faced with this problem, the giant eagle rider who had been carried back by the centaur cavalry reported it.

"Reporting to the general, as long as we can fly into the sky to confirm our location, I can give directions."

Although the giant eagle rider's eagle was broken and unable to fly, the rider himself had regained his mobility. As long as he didn't undertake any high-intensity missions, he could still manage to ride the giant eagle to point the way in the sky.

"it is good."

Li Ce nodded and immediately assigned one of his giant eagle knights to go and carry out the mission with him.

"Confirm the location, leave a mark, stay cautious, and don't be reckless."

"Yes!"

After arranging things here, the Northeast Army first went to set up camp at Outpost No. 3.

On their way to Outpost Three, Hilke and Joseph learned that Peter had gone missing in the previous battle and his fate was unknown.

It was the middle of the night, the light was dim, and the battle was chaotic. When Li Ce sent people to clean up the battlefield after the battle, they did not find Peter's body.

In this situation, the odds are mostly against them.

Hilke and Joseph didn't actually have much of a relationship with Peter, since Peter's main job before this was training troops in the Steppe Military District.

Although they live not far apart, they are usually busy with their own things and don't have much contact.

But since they were colleagues from the Great Zhou Dynasty, both of them felt a little downcast upon hearing the news and silently mourned for two seconds.

However, they have many things to do right now, so this is not the time to be sentimental.

The main force quickly arrived at Outpost No. 3.

Compared to Outposts No. 1 and No. 2, Outpost No. 3, as an oasis in the desert, covers an area almost twice that of Outpost No. 2, has a large lake inside, and has a more abundant water source, which can fully provide a suitable environment for the Northeast Army to be stationed.

Meanwhile, the giant eagle knights who went to carry out the mission had confirmed the location, marked it, and returned to report the results. "When we got there, we couldn't see anything at all, and the snake people had completely disappeared."

Simply put, if the giant eagle knights who accompanied them hadn't personally experienced that sandstorm, they would have doubted whether it had ever actually happened.

In response to this situation, Li Ce made arrangements after a brief consideration.

"Send a small team to keep an eye on that area. Report back immediately if anything happens."

"Yes!"

After assigning tasks, Li Ce continued writing his report with his head down.

Of course, Peter, whose whereabouts are unknown, was also mentioned.

Without any intention of shirking responsibility, Li Ce directly took the blame upon himself.

He made his point clear: unless he could predict the future, he would make the same arrangements again if faced with the same situation.

War is not child's play; there's no such thing as a war without any risks.
That decision was made after careful consideration.

If that operation succeeds, it will be a further blow to the snake people, accelerating their demise and achieving even greater results!

While pursuing this tremendous achievement, he will naturally bear all the costs and responsibilities should the operation fail!
It's not about being able to enjoy the fruits of success without being able to withstand any losses; that kind of person is living in a dream.

During this time, Wei Qing and Zhou Ye, who came to report on the post-war work, happened to notice this and realized that Li Ce was writing a letter of apology. The two of them said almost in unison...

"General, I also bear responsibility for this operation!"

Because their synchronization was so perfect, the two people who said those words were visibly stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously exchanged a glance.

They could see what the other was thinking from each other's eyes.

They were aware of Li Ce's order at the time.

The order was indeed issued by Li Ce, but everyone participated in the tactical meeting, and they did not object when confirming the tactics, which is equivalent to reaching a consensus.

Even during the post-war debriefing, the two carefully considered the situation and found no problems whatsoever.

Now that the results are bad, are they trying to absolve themselves of responsibility?

What kind of people have they become? Have they no shame?

Li Ce was somewhat troubled by this.

"You two, one an adjutant and the other a bodyguard, are just following orders. What responsibility could you possibly have?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Qing's mind raced.

“Although we are adjutants and bodyguards, we also serve as staff officers in the Northeast Army. We participate in every tactical meeting, and this operation is no exception. If we are to be held accountable, we also deserve some responsibility.”

Seeing this, Zhou Ye quickly added...

"Senior brother is right!"

"You two..."

Looking at his two disciples, Li Ce was genuinely touched.

My two students weren't taken in vain.

Then they kicked the two of them out.

"Get to work and stop causing me trouble!"

(End of this chapter)