After all, if the money is gone, you can make it again, but if your life is gone, then you really have nothing.

Therefore, what they really need to rely on is their own troops. Even if they know there is danger, these people will not retreat casually.

Because once they retreat, they will be tantamount to betraying the world government, and the punishment they receive will definitely require their lives to pay for it.

To put it bluntly, if they were to die anyway, they would definitely fight to the death.

Because if they fight hard, they can still have a chance of survival, otherwise if they choose to escape, they will only end up dead.

But this can only apply to their own troops, and it does not have such a strong binding force on mercenaries.

Because there is just a transaction and a cooperation between them.

The money they pay is not enough to make the other party a dead soldier and make them work for themselves.

Therefore, they recruit these people more to fill up their numbers, to let the other side know that they are prepared, and to make the other side retreat in the face of difficulties and not dare to fight them to the end.

In addition to this reason, they kept half of their manpower because they were afraid that if the mission failed and the other party didn't want to let them go, they could send them out to rescue the other brothers and come back.

Many people may ask again, if the World Government fails its mission and chooses to escape, there is no need for the 3333 Empire to pursue it, right?

After all, the rebel forces and treasures have been captured by them. Even if they capture the World Government, they will not gain much benefit.

Because the opponent's force still has the ability to fight, and the opponent has taken the initiative to retreat at this time, if you continue to chase, isn't it just driving others to a dead end? Isn't this forcing the opponent to fight you to the death?

That is indeed what is said, but the truth is not the same.

If the World Government chooses to retreat without fighting, or chooses to leave with only a slight loss of troops, then the 3333 Empire will definitely not pursue it.

Because the losses on both sides were not large, and the people and treasures wanted by the 3333 Empire were taken away by them, they also had to settle a grudge with the other party.

Anyway, if the opponent fails in the mission, he will definitely be ridiculed by the world, which can also be regarded as giving a bad breath to the 3333 Empire in disguise.

But if the two sides are already fighting to the death and both have lost a large number of troops, and the World Government wants to retreat at this time, the 3333 Empire will definitely not go as the other side wants.

After all, my side has already suffered heavy casualties. How could they let the other side go when they have the upper hand at this time?

Anyway, to put it bluntly, when the battle reaches this level, the two sides have already formed a rift. It is almost impossible to cooperate and become allies in the future.

So enemies who are destined to become enemies, how could they let each other go?

You must know that once the other party leaves, once they have cultivated themselves, these people who leave may become the god of death who ends them in the future.

So the best way is to do everything possible to keep the other party's people as much as possible.

Because every time one more person is left, it also means that their strength will be further improved.

When they actually meet in the future, their chances of winning will be even better.

How could the Five Elders of the World Government not think of things that the 3333 Empire could consider.

So when they sent out troops, they had already prepared for the worst, and never thought that the other party would let them go.

So the group of people who stayed behind were just to take over the group of people who were sent out.

Whether they come out to escort and escort them after completing their mission, or whether they rush over to rescue these people after their mission fails and are chased by the enemy, this is the role of this group of people.

Because without this group of people, the consequences of an overwhelming movement would be particularly extreme.

It would be a good thing if they won. Not only did they give the opponent a show of strength, but they also won a rare treasure.

But the consequence of failure is death, without even a chance.

It will directly take them from being number one in the world to withdrawing from the stage of Sky Island World.

Such a game is too risky. Even if they are the number one force, the world government would not dare to implement this plan.

Again, if the treasure is gone, you can look for it slowly. If the person is gone, the country is gone, then there is really nothing.

Their current status and current resources can allow them to continue to develop in the sky island world for at least tens to hundreds of years as long as they do not act foolishly.

For such a long time, their status cannot be shaken or replaced.

But if this adventure puts them in a desperate situation, they will never dare to do so.

So they keep half of their manpower just for double insurance. Even if they lose to the 3333 Empire, they can still retain half of their strength.

Of course, they also understood that unless the other party really planned to fight them desperately, it would be absolutely impossible for half of the troops they sent out to be wiped out, and how could more than a third of them come back.

In this way, they will be able to retain more than half of their strength. When the time comes, based on their strength ranking, they will still be able to keep their top three spots, if not first, then at least third.

For them, using a ranking to reduce the risk of several people and play for a super treasure they have never seen before is a deal worth trying.

In the end, as analyzed by the five old stars of the World Government, the emperor of the 3333 Empire went to war with them because of face, but he did not fight with all his strength.

After all, they were facing the number one force in the Sky Island World. Even if the opponent only sent half of their troops, they were the elite team from the opponent's camp.

Facing such a team, how can you win if you dare to hide your clumsiness?

But if they don't fight the opponent with real swords and guns, even if they win, the losses will be heavy.

Not to mention that other external forces will take action against them at that time, even many of the forces that have attached themselves to them due to their expansion may rebel, and it is very possible to stab them in the back.

Therefore, in order to maintain the strength of the empire and become the real number one in the world in the future, they can only pretend and fight with each other to save face.

Even if the other party returns home with a full load by then, it will not be unscathed.

They will not be ridiculed by others, saying that others have come to their territory, but they can remain indifferent. How can they convince the forces that vassal them with such greed for life and fear of death?
Chapter completed!