C284 The Tragic Pierre (1/2)

”Give up. Don't chase after him anymore. We have already lost the best opportunity to capture him. Let's admit that we failed …” The one who said this was the red-eyed Pierre. He threw the piece of paper in front of him into the air crazily, which was densely packed with information he had just received.

Xie Lifu and the other high-ranking officials of the Intelligence were all dumbstruck. They subconsciously took a step back, but no one knew whether Pierre had gone crazy or not.

Pierre was really going crazy. He suddenly realized that he had wasted half an hour, which had caused so many casualties. Half of his battalion had been destroyed, the Besanthus City Council had been blown up, and the Chinese Prime Minister had fled. In just one night, the whole situation had undergone a tremendous change.

Pierre could not describe his current state of mind. In the depths of his soul, there seemed to be two little devils whispering to him nonstop.

”You did not do anything wrong, it was wrong for the France to imprison a Chinese politician. It is unethical for the Emperor to send the Expeditionary forces to burn the summer palace. Everything you do is to atone for the France's sins …”

”Bullshit, don't listen to this demon's bullsh * t. You have to remember that you are a Frenchman, the France's interests outweigh everything else, even if the other races are all dead, you should not have any mercy. This is the law of the jungle …”

Pierre was on the verge of going crazy, and the two voices tortured him to the point where his mood instantly broke down.

”Pierre? Calm down... What had happened? Why should we give up? ” Xie Lifu carefully caressed his back.

Pierre's bellyful of rage suddenly erupted, the hand he used to knock Xie Lifu away roared out, ”Damn bureaucrat, telegraphic technique have already been widely used in the American civil war, and now the northern Prussian is desperately laying down wires, what about us? ”With the speed of a tortoise, the transmission of information can only be accomplished by horses …”

”From the Besanthus to the border of the Switzerland, it is only 60 kilometers. We have 2 Cavalry Battalion to the north. If we have perfect telegraph network, why would we let these cavalrymen explore and guess the location of the Chinese?”

”There are also the posts at our borders. Right now, we probably don't even know that a crazy army is closing in on them, how can an unprepared army stop these super powerful Chinese Army's?”

”You are all bureaucrats! Sooner or later, you will destroy the France!”

Pierre did not hold back at all, and all the high officials, including Xie Lifu, blushed red to their ears. However, no one could retort, because these people were indeed useless. If not for Pierre's judgement, the French would not have been able to catch traces of Xiao Letian in Dijon.

It could even be said that even if Xiao Letian traversed the entire France, they would not know of it.

However, Pierre had really been away from the intelligence network for too long. He did not know what these bureaucrats looked like. The entire country was emitting a sense of vanity and had long since stopped listening to criticism.

Xie Lifu looked at the big shot behind him with an ashen face. He knew that Pierre had offended someone again, so he quickly scolded him in anger, ”Shut up! What do you know? If the empire doesn't do intelligence well, how can we win a Crimean War and an expedition to the east? ”Don't spout nonsense if you don't understand …”

As he scolded, he pushed Pierre with all his might, pushing him out of the crowd. When he reached the corner of the wall, Xie Lifu spoke in a low voice, ”Shut up, what do you know? Can these men listen to you? Do you know how many people want to eat such a huge sum of money? ”Don't get yourself into trouble …”

It took a long time for Pierre to calm down. When he lowered his head and continued to analyze the information, Xie Lifu once again returned to the side of the higher officials to wipe Pierre's ass.

However, before he could even open his mouth, a bald man wearing a black gown sneered and said, ”Xie Lifu, the latest loss statistics have already been sent over. This matter isn't easy to handle today …” There were more than 20 casualties in the Secret Police and 6 people died from the explosion in the council. As for the four hundred soldiers that were stationed in the French Army, they were counted in the end: 123 dead, 82 seriously injured and an uncountable number of minor injuries.

”The city council is in ruins now, countless houses have been damaged, and there are no detailed figures on the casualties among the citizens. Anyway, this massacre caused by the Chinese people will definitely shock the entire Europe …”

Following that, another senior official said, ”I'm not interested in shocking Europe, but it's a given to shock His Majesty the emperor. What we have to consider now is how to avoid the emperor's anger …”

Xie Lifu's eyes widened even more. He smelt a thick smell of conspiracy, ”You all … ”What do you mean?” A few senior officials surrounded him with a sinister smile, Xie Lifu's heart dropped into the abyss.

Poor Pierre thought he had been rid of seven years of bad luck, but it did not occur to him that God had not had enough of him at all, and yet another plot had come upon him.

”Switzerland! It has to be the Switzerland, if Xiao Letian and the rest want to escape to Prussia, they have to go through this line. How should I contact the Cavalry Battalion … No no no, it's meaningless to stop Xiao Letian now. I need to deduce what Xiao Letian is planning to do next … ”

”This terrifying Prime Minister of the East is definitely not the kind of person who would start killing the moment he gets hot-headed. He definitely knows how powerful France is. He would definitely have some tricks up his sleeve if he dares to choose to break through forcefully …” ”I have to figure it out. I have to give His Majesty a reference …”

Just as Pierre was racking his brains to serve His Majesty, the door was suddenly pushed open and two tall figures walked in. Without a word, they took out handcuffs.

”I'm sorry, Monsieur Pierre. Please come with us to Paris …” With that said, the two of them pounced like tigers.

In that split-second, Pierre understood that he was going to be in trouble. These bastards were too vicious, they actually attacked so quickly.