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Chapter 243 Softly Saying Goodbye and Going (3)
Chapter 243 Softly Saying Goodbye and Going (3)
By the time Jiang Jianming heard the news, the empire's starship had already left.
The newly prepared Yin Beidou Interstellar Expeditionary Force leaps over the human star field, and the spear points into the distance.
Regarding the expedition, the commander-in-chief did not comment again.
Jiang Jianming lived slowly in Wassen, as if he had entered the retirement stage in advance.
Illness is always up and down. When his symptoms worsened, he would sleep for four or five days in a drowsy state; when his energy was a little better, he would keep a diary, write a book, and tease the dog.
Set is too old to jump as high as he did to catch a fly ball thrown into the sun. Jiang Jianming's heart was also weakened, and he could only throw the ball in a small arc.
The ball gurgles out on the floor, and Seth wagging his tail and sticking out his tongue happily chases after him.
Jiang Jianming was sitting on the rocking chair, watching the old dog pat and pat on the floor with his brows and eyes tenderly.
On a clear night, he put on his coat and sat in the small yard watching the stars.
The stars are far away, a place he can't go to. But the people he cared about were there.
"Site..."
"You said, where is Your Majesty now?"
News from the front reached Vasson two months later.
"Your Excellency Commander!!"
That morning, Maria opened the door with joy on her face: "We won, we won, it's the news of victory!"
On the hospital bed, Jiang Jianming shook his hands and knocked off the light brain on his knees.
He didn't have time to pick it up, and turned his head breathlessly: "What?"
"Interstellar Expeditionary Force!"
Mary quickly helped the commander pick up the light brain, her nose flushed with excitement, "I heard that it went well, the first batch of real crystal ore has been shipped back to the empire, and we will have a stable supply of medicines soon. . This is great, Your Excellency Commander...!"
- The first batch. This word picked Jiang Jianming's nerves like a needle.
He immediately asked, "Is the expeditionary army going back to China?"
Maria shook her head: "It doesn't seem to be, I heard the news that His Majesty is still leading the army to move forward."
Jiang Jianming's expression darkened.
The little nurse didn't understand that for a battle, the winner and loser were only determined at the end. Now it can only be called initial progress or an initial advantage, not victory.
Since he came to Wassen, the commander has been very conscious of being under house arrest, and basically did not take the initiative to contact his old colleagues in the imperial capital. But that night, he made a first-of-its-kind communication to Lin Ge.
"I'd rather he make a little somersault and come back quickly."
Jiang Jianming pressed his throat and said, "The distance is endless, how far does he have to travel to be satisfied?"
But it didn't take long for Jiang Jianming to take care of it. His condition became serious again, and unlike the past, this time the mental weakness was greater than the physical one.
He wasn't crazy or troubled, but he was in a state of confusion for a long time, and sometimes he went into shock without even the strength to scream.
Fortunately, Maria was careful enough, and Sylph would come over for treatment when she had time, which went through another dangerous period.
In the spring season, peach blossoms are blooming on the green hill opposite the manor. Even the window of this little villa was dyed pink and moving.
Maria walked to the bed with the food tray, and softened her voice: "Your Excellency, Maria made beef soup today, shall we try some soup?"
Jiang Jianming's eyelashes drooped softly, and his consciousness was not clear. Maria put a white silk handkerchief under his lips and carefully fed the hot soup with a spoon in her right hand.
The commander frowned and tilted his head. He didn't know what dream he was trapped in, and whispered in a barely audible voice: "Your Majesty..."
Maria rubbed his heart lightly and coaxed: "Ah, our majesty is in the distant stars. When your majesty returns in victory, he will come to see you. By that time, the commander's illness will be cured. "
But when Vassen's peach blossoms withered, the emergency report from the front was sent to Aslan Imperial.
crackling—
At that time, it was a dinner party, and the glass goblet fell from his trembling fingers. Lin Ge's face was pale, and the red wine was splashed on the ground like blood.
The expeditionary force was attacked and suffered heavy casualties!
It was not harmed by alien creatures, nor was it frustrated by the harsh space environment, it was the lava space thief who did it.
It was a surprise stab in the back, and the blood was horrific. Thousands of heroic warriors who were determined to explore the unknown sea of stars died under the guns of their fellow human beings.
Lin Ge cursed loudly and kicked over the table.
But it's far from over.
The coordinates of the Imperial Army attack were terrible. It is the asteroid belt known as the "Devil's Tongue" by later generations, where countless asteroids maintain their rotation and revolution, and the surface is rugged and full of large and small impact craters.
At that time, there were still large groups of high-level alien creatures living there.
When the fleet just passed there, they had to be cautious and sweat like walking a tightrope.
Now the tightrope walker was suddenly stabbed with a knife, and how tragic the result was, one can imagine!
The cannon light was vertical and horizontal, and countless starships slammed into the asteroid, which alerted the alien creatures sleeping there, and the battlefield was in chaos.
The lava thieves laughed wildly. They attacked the empire's large starships that carried supplies, robbed a lot of baggage and the real crystal mines that the expeditionary army had worked so hard to harvest, and made a lot of money.
The far interstellar space is not at all comparable to the star field of the human empire. If it hadn't been for His Majesty Kaios to go on the expedition, it wouldn't be a surprise that the entire army would be wiped out!
And now, the entire expedition is trapped in the dangerous asteroid belt.
There is a dilemma, there are enemies on all sides, and there is a risk of not returning at all times.
When the news came, the top officials of the empire were all expressionless.
The victory or defeat of the expedition is put aside. It has only been more than a year since the founding of the People's Republic of China. If something happens to His Majesty, there will be chaos in the three-star nine-star city!
Reinforcements must be dispatched immediately.
But the question arises again, who can lead the army?
After the meeting was dismissed from the council hall, Lin Ge, who was temporarily in power on behalf of the emperor, left Chen Hanke alone.
"His Royal Highness, with all due respect, there is only one who can solve the current predicament."
Before Lin Ge could speak, Chen stroked his chest and saluted.
"I haven't seen Aslan commander and lead the army for a long time. But I still remember how we killed the tattered Blue Mother Star step by step back then."
"Keep the Blue Mother Star, capture Wall, counterattack the Empire's millions of troops, and win the two star cities of Vasen and Eden within half a year, and of course the Battle of Elborn."
Chen raised his head, his eyes twinkling: "There are some geniuses you can't find in this world, and the commander is exactly this category. Haha, Your Highness, you have been with him for so long, you should have a deep understanding of it, right?"
Lin Ge supported his temples, his eyes darkened: "No. Dawn is seriously ill now, don't count on him."
These two are also old acquaintances, that is, Chen likes to follow the rules, one at a time, His Royal Highness.
At this moment, he frowned and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with the commander?"
"Don't ask about the useless ones." Lin Ge waved his hands irritably, "In this situation, you are the only one who can go. Go get ready."
Every second counts. The military moved at the fastest speed and raised manpower and materials.
However, just as the army assembled at the military starship port and was making final preparations for the departure in a few hours, a small starship quietly came to the Aslan Imperial City.
When he saw the figure walking down from the starship, Lin Ge, who had come to see the army off, jumped up from his seat in fright.
The visitor lowered his hood, revealing a pale face.
The guards of the Starship Harbor who were about to go forward to stop them almost didn't kneel on the spot.
They exclaimed: "Commander!!"
Jiang Jianming, dressed in plain clothes and gloves, greeted everyone casually: "Well, it's been hard work."
Lin Ge rushed forward without an image and grabbed his collar: "You, you, you!?"
She lowered her voice, her eyes seemed to breathe fire, "No, how did you come here!"
Jiang Jianming: "Of course I have my own way. Do you really think that manor with only a hundred people can lock me up?"
Lin Ge: "What are you doing in the imperial capital if you don't recover from your illness? We don't need the commander-in-chief here, you can go back to Wassen for me!"
"I just think it's better for me to go."
Jiang Jianming smiled helplessly: "The last time."
Lin Ge was stunned. The next second she exploded, jumping up and shouting: "It's the last time, you know what to do! If you die, you'll be gone, isn't it the last time!?"
Jiang Jianming shook his head lightly, and he lightly shook Lin Ge's wrist: "I have already understood the battle situation, and the situation in the distant interstellar space should not be optimistic."
"You will be your Majesty's person in the future, Lin Ge. Do you think the lives of thousands of soldiers are not enough for a dying human being to use his last remaining heat?"
Lin Ge choked. Jiang Jianming raised his head and waved at Chen Hanke who was about to board the ship, "Chen, come down."
Chen Hank was also stunned, he quickly patted his military uniform, straightened his military cap and walked down quickly: "Hey, Commander!"
He thought that the commander-in-chief was going to ask something, after all, Jiang Jianming looked sick, and he really looked sick.
Unexpectedly, the commander patted him on the shoulder, and whispered in his ear when he passed by, "...After I come back, you will be the second supreme commander of the empire."
After saying this, the commander stepped directly on the gangway to the flagship.
List:"……?"
Obviously, the commander's meaning is: you come down, I go up.
Looking at Lin Ge's face again, it was already ashen.
Not only Jiang Jianming's "arbitrary behavior", but more importantly, she already felt something was wrong.
Although during the Kaios expedition, she temporarily managed the affairs of the empire for the emperor, and she hadn't been to Vasson several times during her busy schedule.
But judging from the communication and the reports of the medical staff, Jiang Jianming's illness is already very serious, and he should never be as energetic as he is now.
Lin Ge quickly turned on the wrist phone, and as soon as it was connected, he rushed across the face: "Sylph, let me ask you, did you give him any medicine!?"
A pair on both sides, the hearts of both of them are half cold.
Sylph didn't even know that Jiang Jianming secretly left Wasson!
But she knew that this year a new drug was developed for patients with advanced chronic crystal disorder, which can kill the activity of crystal particles with high intensity.
The price is that normal human cells will also be greatly damaged. This medicine is usually given to patients who choose comfort, so that they can see the world with their families sober and painless in their final hours.
Lin Ge was silent for a full minute. In the end, he could only laugh miserably on his back and say, "It's ruthless, it has to be him."
No one knows how Jiang Jianming got this medicine under the stalking of a group of medical nurses and guards, just like no one knows how the commander came to Aslan from Vasun unknowingly.
Lin Ge and Sylph only knew that Jiang Jianming told them in this way, don't stop me.
And indeed, they couldn't stop him.
——In the 2nd year of the new emperor's calendar, the first sacred battle was frustrated. Commander Aslan temporarily regained military power and led the army to rescue.
The Imperial Army struggled with the Devil's Tongue for another half a month, and finally the Lava Yu Thief retreated angrily.
After confirming that he was completely out of danger, Commander Aslan used a small starship to enter the flagship of the expeditionary force named the White Jade.
"I want to see Your Majesty." Jiang Jianming adjusted his collar and said to Ryan's guard.
"Hey, Commander, don't worry!"
When the guard saw the commander-in-chief, he was so excited that he forgot his last name.
The young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes patted his chest again and again to assure: "Hey, Commander, don't be so nervous. You see that you have been ill and rescued along the way. If your Majesty doesn't say it, your heart must be moved!"
"If there is any estrangement before, after this encounter, the commander-in-chief and His Majesty will definitely be reconciled as before!"
Jiang Jianming smiled softly: "Then I will borrow your auspicious words."
But at this moment, the commander heard the sound of the automatic door opening beside him.
Jiang Jianming glanced sideways subconsciously.
He saw his majesty.