The mood of Kulam, the king of the Lion Kingdom, was naturally very bad, and the elite sailors and horses under his command lost most of their strength in the first battle, and they couldn't stand it on anyone.

At this time, the news of the defeat of the land army had not yet come back, and if this news came back, it was estimated that Kuram would vomit a mouthful of old blood.

"Your Majesty the King doesn't have to worry too much, the Tang warships are indeed powerful, but if they don't have a foothold, don't be afraid, as long as our main force captures the port of Garigal, the Tang warships will have no place to stay, and the warships will soon lose their combat effectiveness and will destroy themselves."

A minister spoke.

For the 20,000 army by land, they are still very confident, because the defeat of the naval battle can only show that their warships are much smaller than the Tang warships, but there is no problem of the size of the warships on land, 20,000 elites are half of the combat power of the Lion Country, such a strong force, taking the port of Garigar is not a problem in the eyes of many people.

"That's right, as long as the port of Garigar is successfully taken, even if we have a tie with the Tang Army, we will burn the port of Garigar and so many merchant ships, and we will still have a small victory."

Another minister said.

The king of the Lion Kingdom was in a slightly better mood, asking how to deal with the situation next, and repeatedly urged his subordinates to contact the land army to find out if Garigarh had been captured.

"Report, Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good."

A dirty soldier hurried in, looking very panicked.

"What is the matter, how can you panic?"

Kurram had a sense of foreboding.

"Gordy, Gordy Harbor was captured by Tang Army warships, and all the officers and men of our army who stayed in Gordy Harbor were wiped out, and only I secretly escaped back on a fishing boat."

The soldier replied in a panic.

"There are three thousand heavy troops in the port of Gody, and more than a dozen arrow towers, how can it be captured so easily, how is this possible."

King Kulam's expression was about to cry, the strategic bridgehead he had painstakingly managed was broken by the Tang army in the blink of an eye, how could he not be frightened.

"Tell me clearly, what the hell is going on, it was the Tang Army Sailor who did it? They had only eight warships and did not have many troops at all. ”

The minister asked.

The soldier spoke: "It's the Tang Army's naval division, but there are far more than eight warships, at least more than fifty, more than 10,000 troops, and many very powerful iron cars, the sword can't hurt it in the slightest, and we can't resist it at all." ”

After saying that, the soldier was too tired and excited, and died violently.

"How can this be, didn't you say that there were only three thousand Tang troops, why did so many Tang soldiers and horses pop up all at once."

The minister said in a panic.

King Khuram was even more frightened, what he was most worried about now was the situation of the 20,000 elite soldiers and horses under his command, if something happened to these 20,000 elites, he would no longer have the strength to dominate the region, and the consequences would be extremely serious.

"It's over, it's over, we took the initiative to sneak attack the Tang army, but instead of destroying the main force of the Tang army, we made our soldiers and horses suffer heavy losses, how to deal with the attack of the Tang army next? This is the end of it! ”

"Your Majesty, the situation is very serious now, and our soldiers and horses have suffered a lot of losses! The most critical problem is our main army of 20,000, and there is no news so far, so I don't know what the situation is! If the 20,000 main forces are lost, then our Lion Kingdom will be completely finished. ”

"I said a long time ago that Datang is strong, it's not something that our Lion Kingdom can afford to provoke, it's all because you insist on going to war with Datang, and it's not going to end well."

"Hindsight, when Your Majesty wanted to use force, you didn't object much, what's the point of saying it now."

"Now we should think about how to remedy it, and what is the situation of our 20,000 main forces, we should let them withdraw as soon as possible, and the most important thing is to stick to the homeland."

"Gordy was occupied by the Tang Army's naval divisions, where did our troops and horses withdraw from, and also, so many transport ships were either sunk or captured by the Tang Army, and we didn't have enough transport ships to transport back the 20,000 troops."

The ministers of the Lion Country were panicked, just now the Navy was wiped out, and they hadn't panicked much, but now Gordy was suddenly occupied, and the Tang Army's soldiers and horses suddenly had so many more, which made them nervous, feeling that the Lion Country was about to finish the rhythm, and they didn't have much hope for the 20,000 main forces, although they didn't say it, but they all thought in their hearts that the 20,000 main forces were finished, otherwise, if the main forces captured Garrigal, how could the Tang Army's soldiers and horses be in the mood to run to Gordy, and fight such a big victory.

King Khurram also knew that his main army of 20,000 was unlucky, but he would not take the initiative to admit it until he got the exact news, and he avoided admitting it.

Now, the high-level leaders of the entire Lion Country understand the most basic truth, that is, their remaining strength is no longer enough to match Datang.

However, now that the war has started, it does not mean that it can be stopped, and how to deal with the attack of the elite soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty is a big problem.

The Lion Nation has a population of more than 1 million, and in this large area of the subcontinent, it can be regarded as a populous country, and it is not impossible to recruit new soldiers and defend their homeland to the death.

However, the combat effectiveness of the recruits is inevitably not high, and the Tang army has already shown its combat effectiveness to the point of being perverted, and in this case, it is obviously unwise for them to recruit soldiers and horses to fight the Tang army.

The ministers were divided into two factions, some advocated resisting to the end, absolutely not compromising with the Tang army, and suggested recruiting new soldiers to expand their strength, while others advocated peace talks, giving up the benefits obtained in Nantianzhu, and even giving up part of their own land.

However, these two paths are not easy to take, and the ministers who insist on resisting to the end do not have a full chance of winning, and they cannot guarantee in front of the king that after recruiting new soldiers, they can achieve the final victory in the battle, and if they are defeated in the end after recruiting new soldiers, then the loss of the Lion Kingdom will be even greater.

The ministers who advocate peace talks can't figure out the bottom line of Datang, the previous Datang only proposed to let the Lion Kingdom give up the invasion of the South Tianzhu seaport, but now the situation is different, the Lion State sneak attack first, so that Datang has a certain loss, in this case, the request put forward by Datang is definitely not so simple as letting the Lion State give up the invasion of the South Tianzhu seaport.

When you still have a certain amount of strength, it is very unacceptable to casually sell your own interests.

At this moment, the real situation of the 20,000 main force has become the focus of controversy among some ministers, and many ministers have made it clear that if the 20,000 main force is still there, they still have the strength to fight, and if the 20,000 main force is completely destroyed, they will only be forced to negotiate peace.

Kuram had already sent several groups of cronies abroad, but he had not brought back any news of the 20,000 main army, which made him very anxious.

"Your Majesty, we should immediately recruit new soldiers now, once the elite soldiers and horses of the Tang Army come, we will have the ability to resist."

"It's better to find out the situation of the main force first, if the main army is gone, what's the use of recruiting new soldiers."

The ministers argued again.

"Report, Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!"

A soldier rushed into the hall in a panic.

When King Khurram heard the three bad words, his mind was dizzy, and he lamented: "My main army is finished, it is finished." ”

Before he could vomit blood, he fainted and lay on the ground.

"His Majesty, His Majesty ......"

A large crowd of ministers rushed up, all looking at their king with a look of great concern.

King Kulram's hunch was very accurate, yes, the situation that this little soldier wanted to report was indeed about the situation of their main army and horses, and their 20,000 main troops and horses had been wiped out.

The hard-line ministers, who were originally in charge of the battle, heard that the 20,000 main forces had been completely annihilated, and they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out.

"Your Majesty, wake up!"

The ministers could not come up with a good strategy, so they could only hope for the king and let the king make up his own mind.

"Uh, how many soldiers and horses do we have in the Lion Country?"

The king asked weakly.

The minister whispered: "Your Majesty, we have lost 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there are still 20,000 soldiers left in the whole country, except for the small number of soldiers and horses stationed in various places, there are only 10,000 excited soldiers and horses that can be gathered." ”

The king spat out a mouthful of old blood and said bitterly: "How can this be, our elite army was wiped out by the Tang army so easily, oh my God, this is God is going to destroy my lion country!" Yes! ”

After saying that, he had another mouthful of old blood and vomited all over the ground.

"Your Majesty, it seems that we can't fight anymore, we must make peace with Datang as soon as possible, only peace talks are our only way out."

"Yes, yes, now our only way out is peace talks, all the seaports obtained from Nantianzhu will be sent to Datang and promised the conditions they proposed."

"Now the situation is different, our main force has been destroyed, in addition, we have attacked the Datang fleet, in this way, Datang's requirements must be different from the original requirements, Datang will definitely put forward higher requirements to us, we must have our own bottom line."

"Our losses are already very large, do we still have to pay compensation to Datang for land cession?"

"Money can be compensated, but land can't be ceded! Once ceded to Datang, we will not come back. ”

"Now we can't beat Datang, if we don't lose some land, we can't save our lives, so what about land."

"A group of traitors, it's best to simply give the entire Lion Kingdom to Datang, so that we don't have to fight for it."

"What can it be, if we had agreed to Datang's request and not attack their fleet, at this moment, we might not have to be in such a hurry."

"Enough, what are you arguing about, let His Majesty the King decide!"

A group of ministers made a noise, which made the king's head extremely painful.

King Khuram woke up again, looking at a group of ministers who were usually very capable, but turned into cowards at critical moments, and his heart was very uncomfortable.

"Datang's requirements, we don't know yet, what's the use of you making noise, let's go and understand Datang's requirements first!"

Kurram spoke.

"Your Majesty, do you want us to take the initiative to find Datang? In this way, the initiative will be lost, and Datang may be the most demanding. ”

A minister said.

Kuram scolded: "Waste, when is it now, you can still say such things, where do we still have the capital to bargain with Datang now, taking the initiative to show goodwill is the right choice, if we wait, maybe our entire lion country will be occupied by Datang." ”

Thinking of his 30,000 elite soldiers and horses, he was cleaned up by Datang all of a sudden, Kulam, the king of the Lion Kingdom, was completely scared, he had been a king for so many years, and he had never encountered such a strong army, he knew that it was useless to resist, for his own glory and wealth, he had to bow his head and think that Datang would admit his mistakes and impress Datang with his sincerity.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll take a boat to Gordy, ask Datang what he wants, and then report back to His Majesty."

One minister volunteered.

The fire in the seaport of Garigarh burned for a whole day and night, destroying hundreds of merchant ships and a large number of port facilities, and the damage can be said to be very heavy.

And such a heavy loss was caused by the fire attack of the Lion Country, which has an unshirkable responsibility for this, and must bear compensation, moreover, it is double the compensation, as for the damaged ships of the Tang Dynasty, it must be compensated ten times.

Many merchants and sailors lost their lives in the fire, which grieved their loved ones and companions, who gathered on the beach of the harbor to cry.

Because there were so many people, the crying of the entire harbor was extremely loud, and it could be clearly heard from a long distance.

Among these people, there are those who simply cry, there are also those who are angry and scolding, who curse the lion country that set fire to the disaster, and those who complain that Nan Tianzhu's soldiers and horses are not well guarded.

In short, all kinds of crying and cursing are intertwined, and after listening to it, people feel extremely bored in their hearts, and they want to plug their ears, so that at least the temporary pain can be relieved.

Li Feiyu didn't receive Li An's order, so he could only continue to garrison in Garigar, looking at these poor merchants and people, he sighed.

If he had predicted that the Lion Nation would attack with fireships and prepared in advance, then these merchant ships would have avoided being burned and would not have killed so many people.

However, since it has happened, regret is definitely useless, and dealing with the matter in front of you is the most important thing.

"Come on, immediately go and count the losses, in addition to the losses of my Datang, there are also the losses suffered by merchants and people, including the losses of people and property, all of which must be counted clearly."

Li Feiyu opened his mouth and ordered.

"Yes, General, my subordinates understand."

The subordinates answered.