Chapter 759: Talks in the Palace
Early the next morning, the city of Paris, the Royal Palace of France.
This royal palace was originally the most exquisite, luxurious and majestic building in the entire Kingdom of France, but the bloody killings on the day of the coup d'Γ©tat and the continuous months of fighting made this royal palace lose its luster like a dusty pearl, and even the guards at the palace gate had a tired look on their faces.
Walking into the palace, the wide avenue was dusty, and from time to time you could see some discarded garbage in the corner, and many of the palaces along the road looked to be uninhabited for a long time, overgrown with weeds and cobwebs, and in some places you could even see the dark red marks on the walls, which were the dried blood.
The Kingdom of Frans, once known as the "First Palace of the Big 6", was originally a beautiful woman, and now her face is still brilliant, and her body is still graceful, but she looks as if she has suddenly aged for decades, and suddenly changed from a young girl to a white old woman, an aging and dilapidated palace, full of bleak and incomparable atmosphere.
The sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the palace, and a general galloped along the wide avenue to the most central building of the palace, the council hall.
Moments later, the general appeared in the council hall and saluted in a loud voice to the throne above: "Orissa to see His Majesty the King. β
"Please, General Orissa." Louis on the throne nodded slightly, the expression on his face looked quite tired, his right hand kept rubbing his temples, and his eyes were bloodshot: "How is the battle situation now?" β
Undoubtedly, this is the top concern of everyone in the entire city of Paris at this moment. After all, hundreds of thousands of Jimny troops are attacking the city day and night, and the shouts of killing can even resound in every corner of the city during the most noisy time period, and it is obviously impossible to say that there is no panic and fear.
General Orissa glanced at the other attendants standing on the side of the hall and stopped talking.
Louis waved his hand knowingly: "Let me go down." β
Soon only General Orissa and Louis remained in the hall.
General Orissa took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the situation is very unoptimistic, yesterday's attack by the Jimny people caused us to lose a lot of manpower, and now the number of dead and wounded soldiers has greatly exceeded our ability to bear, and the manpower that can be used to defend the city is seriously insufficient!" β
Louis snorted and said, "Didn't you let the young men in the city go to defend the city together?" β
General Orissa shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, all the strong men who can be recruited, whether they are up to sixty years old or fourteen years old, have all been put into the front line of defending the city, and there is no one in the city to recruit. β
"What?" Louie's face was shocked: "No one?" Then let the women go up too! β
General Orissa smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, many of the women in the city are the families of the strong men who are now defending the city, and the reason why the strong men have been willing to fight to the death all along, in addition to Your Majesty's divine might, is to protect these families, if we send their daughters-in-law, daughters and even mothers to the front, I'm afraid-"
Louis's heart became even more irritable, although General Orissa did not say what would happen, but where did Louis not know the meaning of General Orissa's words? Once the female family members of the strong men are sent to the battlefield, I am afraid that those strong men will mutiny in minutes!
If such a thing really happens, then the city will be defended to the end.
But it wasn't just this news that made Louis sad, but General Orissa continued: "In addition, there is another problem, now that the food in the city has completely bottomed out, I am afraid that it will not last for three days. β
"Three days?" Louie's eyelids jumped subconsciously: "Isn't food rationing already implemented?" If you can't do it, you will withdraw all the food of the others and supply the soldiers who are defending the city with all your might! β
General Orissa showed a helpless look on his face: "Your Majesty, I have already checked with the quartermaster, even if all the food is used to supply the soldiers defending the city, it will only last for five days at most." β
As if a sledgehammer had suddenly smashed into his heart, Louis's body shook suddenly, and he almost fell off the throne.
It's only five days at most!
What these five days mean, it doesn't need to be said that everyone knows it clearly.
When the real food runs out, there is no need for the Jimny to continue attacking, and the city of Paris itself will be defeated.
He Louis planned all his life, defeated countless political enemies, and destroyed countless obstacles in the way before finally capturing the city of Paris and gaining the opportunity to sit on the throne he dreamed of.
But he had only been sitting on this throne for three months, and then he was told - he only had five days at most!
How willing does this make him!
Louis suddenly roared: "Reinforcements! Where are all those damn reinforcements? β
Yes, of course Louis had reinforcements, in fact, before the coup d'Γ©tat, he had secretly enlisted the support of three dukes and four powerful marquises, who had at least five to sixty thousand troops in their hands, but three full months had passed, and these damn reinforcements still did not appear under the city of Paris, in front of Louis!
And the 30,000 troops that Louis himself had collected through his family and the major affiliated families had already been consumed in this siege battle!
General Orissa sighed lightly again and said, "Your Majesty, the reinforcements of the three dukes have been in a stalemate with the 40,000 troops of the Jimny people in the west of Paris City, but according to the news returned from the secret agents outside the city, since the alliance formed by the Spani Empire and the Church officially entered the war, the three dukes have withdrawn their troops and returned to their respective territories. β
Hearing this, Louis finally couldn't control the anger in his heart anymore, slapped the armrest of the throne beside him, and scolded: "Bastard thing! Bastard! Damned traitor! Shameful scum! β
Louis's angry curses echoed through the palace for a long time.
After a while, Louis, who had finally calmed himself down a little, let out a long breath and waved his hand to General Orissa under the throne: "I know everything, you go down, remember to let our people defend well, tell them that reinforcements are already on the way, and the situation of the battle will soon usher in changes and turns, understand?" β
General Orissa was stunned for a moment, but still nodded and said, "Understood, Your Majesty." β
But after saying this, the Orissa general did not immediately retreat.
The expression on the face of the general, who had been struggling to support the entire occupation for three months, changed constantly, and finally made up his mind after a few seconds.
General Orissa gritted his teeth, suddenly took out a dagger from his bosom and rushed towards Louis on the throne.
(End of chapter)
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