"These two have important missions and must be by my side. Please forgive me, General."
Facing Redvers' questioning, Herbert replied calmly.
After looking at Karl and Cyril, Redvers snorted and stopped paying attention to this topic.
While handing his hat and coat to the entourage beside him, the old general first walked to the staff table, and then slowly sat on the chair that had been set up when he came in.
Seeing the commander-in-chief sitting down, people around him immediately gathered around and began to hand over the documents accumulated this afternoon to the general for processing.
After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, Herbert didn't intend to wait any longer. He walked up to Redvers and said:
"Mr. General, why did you urgently summon me back? If possible, please tell me as soon as possible. There is still a very important task waiting for me to complete."
Putting down the pen in his hand gently, Redvers turned his head to look at Herbert and said:
"The priest also knows the importance of this war. As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, I also need to prevent the other party from sending people like you to assassinate me, right?"
After saying this, Redvers turned his head and picked up a new document to read, while continuing without looking back:
"You are currently the strongest ability user in this land, and I am also the most important person in the army. Isn't it only natural that you should protect my safety?"
"It must be God's arrangement that we meet so coincidentally at this time. Mr. Herbert, just stay by my side."
After finishing speaking, the old general began to carefully review the information, and from time to time conveyed his orders to the surrounding staff officers, asking them to convey feedback to various places, completely different from the previous casual appearance.
"Your Excellency General, there is a false god from ancient times resurrecting in this land now. If we don't solve it now, something very serious will definitely happen in the future!"
Seeing Redvers's appearance, Herbert finally became anxious.
After directly stating the goal of their trip, he continued to describe:
"This is an extremely evil existence. If it cannot be solved as soon as possible, even winning this war will not help. The entire African land may be controlled by this evil existence. I hope your Excellency, General, can understand the seriousness of the situation.
sex!"
"Mastering the land of Africa?"
"Oh……"
Upon hearing Herbert's description, Redvers shook his head and smiled disdainfully.
"A group of stinky rats who dare not move under the sun still want to challenge the rule of the empire? It is simply a fantasy!"
"These rubbish living in the past should be eating the mud in the shadows. Talking about regaining control of the world is just a dream. Mr. Herbert's joke started to be quite funny!"
"Hahaha!"
After saying this, the old general laughed heartily, and the surrounding staff immediately began to laugh at him.
In addition to disbelief in what Herbert said, Redvers's words actually contained a deeper level of ridicule. On the surface, he was just despising the false god in Herbert's mouth, but in fact he was also criticizing Huaihuai, implying that
The decline of old forces like the church.
After hearing what Redvers said, Herbert was indeed angry.
When it comes to his own beliefs, Fen Yiguan immediately became angry and immediately planned to teach the old general a lesson.
As a result, before he walked up, Redvers immediately spoke as if he had eyes on the back of his head:
"I won't mention the matter of the two little guys around you who defied the wartime call. Herbert, just keep me safe."
At this point, Redvers didn't even add the polite word 'sir', and addressed him by his first name.
When he heard Redvers mentioning Karl and the others, Herbert immediately stopped and stood there stunned.
To be fair, he still wanted to protect Karl and Cyril. The fact that these two people were willing to risk danger to come with him was already a huge amount of trust, but on the other side, there were false gods who were of great concern.
For a moment, Herbert was caught between two choices, neither to advance nor to retreat.
"Karl."
Just when Herbert was standing there in a dilemma, Cyril suddenly tugged on the corner of Carl's clothes and whispered.
Seeing this guy's actions, Karl immediately bent down considerately, as if he was helping Cyril with something.
When he got close to this guy's ear, he whispered: "What else do you have in mind?"
He knew that Ceryl must have some evil idea when she opened her mouth, so he asked.
Sure enough, Ceryl also whispered:
"I'll go get it later..."
Before Cyril could finish speaking, a staff officer suddenly ran to Redvers in a panic, holding a piece of intelligence that had just been processed in his hand.
After looking at the panicked guy, the old general said slowly: "Calm down, gentleman, and always maintain British elegance."
"General...Your Excellency General!"
Holding the information in his hand, the staff officer said:
"A big defeat, a big defeat for our army!"
"What did you say?"
After hearing the staff report, Redvers stood up from his chair in disbelief, and took the information from the staff without any gentlemanly manner.
It turned out to be information from General George, who had led his troops to Ladysmith before. This guy had suffered a huge defeat at Nicholson Canyon and now had no choice but to retreat to Ladysmith.
Fortunately, he relied on geographical advantages to defend Ladysmith and withstand several Boer offensives, but now he was completely unable to move, so he urgently requested help from the Durban Expeditionary Force.
"Damn it, George is a loser!"
Throwing the information in his hand to the ground, the old general walked back and forth in the room angrily, while still cursing:
"How did he, a lieutenant general, get up here? He can't even deal with a bunch of beggars! I'd say that a kid who just came out of the military academy can handle the war well, but he can actually defeat me, too.
Are you serving the Queen?"
The surrounding staff officers looked at the angry general and did not dare to make a sound.
For a moment, he was the only one roaring in the room, and the conspiracy of Carl and Selyl was interrupted by this sudden incident.
Herbert on the other side looked at the information that Redvers had thrown on the ground, and showed an expression as if he had found a candle in the darkness to illuminate the surroundings.
"Your Majesty General, I think I can help you with this matter."
To Redvers, who was still angry, Herbert said slowly.