Rulu's voice said, "Thank you for your support. Now I command all of you armored soldiers to fight while retreating, moving closer to my side."

  After this, the rebel armored soldiers began to fend off the attacks from the Sanctuary's armored soldiers while moving closer to the figure in the black mask.

  At this moment, Jason was still being pummeled by the four-armed Minotaur. Seeing that Jason was unable to handle the Minotaur, the Sanctuary's armored soldiers rushed over to try to help him deal with it.

  "A-Niu, come back! You've already won, no need to keep fighting," the figure in the black mask called out to the Minotaur. Upon hearing this, the four-armed Minotaur immediately stopped fighting Jason and withdrew. Soon, the rebel armored soldiers also gathered around, and the Minotaur and the armored soldiers formed a group around the figure in the black mask.

  The figure in the black mask approached Kallen, who was lying on the ground, and instructed someone to remove Kallen's helmet. Kallen's face was pale, and his eyes were tightly closed, but he was still breathing. The figure in the black mask crouched down and slapped Kallen's face a few times. Kallen coughed violently and opened his eyes.

  "Kallen, how are you? Can you continue fighting?" the figure in the black mask asked Kallen, who had just regained consciousness.

  After catching his breath, Kallen struggled to stand up from the ground and said weakly, "I can barely manage. My injuries have mostly healed, but I am very exhausted. Uh, you... who are you?"

  "I am your new commander. Since you still have fighting capability, come with us," the figure in the black mask said, returning to the vehicle and slowly driving towards the southern part of the square.

  Rulu's voice came through the rebel's communicator: "Everyone listen up! Now all of you retreat slowly to the south with me. No one should stay in the square."

  Upon hearing this, the rebel armored soldiers immediately surrounded the small truck, retreating southward along with it. The other members of the rebel group also followed the armored soldiers and the small truck in the same direction.

  "Lord Jason, they seem to want to retreat. What should we do next?" the chief of staff of the Sanctuary asked Jason through the communicator.

  Jason wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, floating in mid-air, and surveyed the situation in the square. At this point, the rebels still had more than ten intact armored soldiers, hundreds of regular soldiers, the red armored soldier who had stood up again, and the four-armed Minotaur, while the Sanctuary had only around fifteen or sixteen armored soldiers and hundreds of regular soldiers left.

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  Jason thought to himself that the red armored soldier had stood up again, and the four-armed Minotaur couldn't handle it alone. If both sides engaged in battle, the outcome would be unpredictable. Moreover, he couldn't let the rebels escape, especially that figure in the black mask. He said into the communicator, "Leave one hundred soldiers to guard the prisoners. The rest of you follow me; do not attack for now."

  After receiving the order, the Sanctuary's armored soldiers and other soldiers immediately followed the retreating rebels, maintaining a distance as they headed south towards the edge of the square, soon leaving the square behind.

  "Hey, that... commander, are we really going to retreat? What's the difference between this and running away?" the bald scar-faced man questioned through the communicator as they were about to leave the square.

  "It’s fine, maintain formation and retreat slowly," Rulu's voice replied.

  Other voices of doubt came through the communicator: "But we haven't rescued any of our captured people. If we retreat now, won't that mean all our efforts are in vain?"

  "You don't need to question; just do as I say," Rulu's voice responded again.

  "Can you even command?!" the bald scar-faced man was displeased. "Our mission this time was to rescue our captured people. Now that we haven't saved anyone, if we retreat, our mission will be a complete failure. Do you understand?!"

  "Don't worry," Rulu's voice said. "I understand your mission's purpose, and I assure you that we will definitely rescue all those who have been captured."

  "But..."

  "Everyone, stop talking. He is our commander; we should follow his orders. For now, we can only trust him," Captain Guan spoke up. Hearing this, while others still had doubts, they fell silent.

  After a while, both the rebel army and the Sanctuary's army left the square and entered the city. At this moment, Rulu's voice sounded in the rebels' communicator: "Captain Guan, how is the situation now? Is the Sanctuary's army still following us?"

  Captain Guan replied, "They're all here, still following us."

  "Is Jason also there?"

  "Yes, Jason has been hovering in the air near us. He seems a bit afraid of the Minotaur with us and doesn't dare to come closer."

  "Very good, the plan is going smoothly. Report the situation over there to me at any time."

  Captain Guan looked at the moving small truck with confusion and said, "Commander, aren't you with us? You should know the situation here very well; there's no need to ask me."

  Rulu's voice replied, "No, I am not with you. I am still in the square."

  Upon hearing this, Captain Guan was taken aback: "What did you say? You're still in the square? Who is that person in the truck?"

  "That is not me; it's someone pretending to be me."

  "Ah, not you? But I clearly saw you talking to Jason just now. How could it not be you?"

  "Oh, that mask has a wireless microphone and speaker, and the voice is not the real voice of the person inside. Enough of this; get ready. We are about to launch a counterattack."