Chapter 635: The Royal Vault
Hearing King Yeman sigh when he would be able to recapture the twenty provinces occupied by the Broken Army, the eldest prince Idris immediately said: "Father, although our Dawan Kingdom has suffered very great losses in this war with the Broken Army, the foundation of our Great Wan Kingdom has not been shaken, with the heritage of our Great Wan Kingdom, as long as it is a few years of recuperation, it will still be able to have millions, or even tens of millions of elite troops, and there is a chance to recapture the twenty provinces occupied by the Broken Army!" β
The second prince Imad followed and said: "Father, the Broken Army just grabbed a lot of territory from the Lu State some time ago, and the Lu State must hate the Broken Army, and in the future, if our Dawan Kingdom seeks revenge on the Broken Army, we can form an alliance with the Lu State against the Broken Army!" β
The third prince Chalali also said: "Father, there are many enemies of the Broken Army, this time several strong clans in the grassland and the Qingyi clan in the 100,000 mountains, but they are all involved in the alliance to defeat the Broken Army, if next time our Dawan Kingdom takes the lead, several strong clans on the grassland and the Qingyi clan will definitely respond!" β
The words of the three princes made King Yeman nod involuntarily, "It seems that our Dawan Kingdom will have to recuperate for a period of time in the future, and during this period, our Dawan Kingdom will definitely not take the initiative to provoke the Broken Army." β
At this time, Duke Fawaz said: "Your Majesty, this time we signed an armistice agreement with the Broken Army, stipulating that our Dawan Kingdom must pay a war indemnity of 100 million taels of gold to the Broken Army, and the down payment must pay 30 million taels of gold, and the other 70 million taels of gold can be paid off in the next ten years, but our Dawan Kingdom will eventually need to pay an extra interest of about 30 million taels of gold, and now the treasury is empty, and even the down payment of 30 million taels of gold cannot be taken out." β
After the Breaker Army captured Dawan City for the first time, it plundered a lot of wealth, and the gold alone exceeded 100 million taels, and the Breaker Army captured Dawan City for the second time, and took away a large amount of property from Dawan City, and almost emptied the treasury of Dawan Kingdom and the palace of Dawan City.
King Yeman pondered for a moment and then said: "It seems that we have to use the royal treasury of our Dawan Kingdom, otherwise let alone reorganize the army and fight, even the gold that was compensated to the Broken Army, Gu will not be able to take it out now!" β
Duke Fawaz's eyes couldn't help but light up, "Your Majesty, our Dawan Kingdom really has the legendary royal vault?" β
The three princes were shocked when they heard King Yeman mention the royal vault, the three of them had never heard of the existence of the royal vault in the kingdom of Dawan.
King Yeman nodded and said: "The royal vault does exist, and it has existed for more than one hundred and fifty years, according to the regulations of the royal family, the royal vault can only be opened when the Dawan country is in danger of extinction, and as for the secret of the royal vault, only the successive kings of our Dawan kingdom have the right to know." β
The eldest prince Idris immediately asked, "Father, what is in the royal vault?" β
King Yeman shook his head and said: "Lone doesn't know how many things are in the royal vault, Lone's father told me that the property in the royal vault is actually the holy war launched by the Holy Fire Sect against the Western Orthodox Church in the Western Continent, and our Dawan army looted in the Europa Empire, according to Lone's estimate, there should be a lot of property in it." β
The second prince, Imad, asked, "Father, is the royal vault in the palace?" β
King Yeman said: "It's not in the palace, it's not in Dawan City, thanks to the fact that the royal vault is not built in Dawan City, once even the royal vault falls into the hands of the Broken Army, our Dawan Kingdom really has no chance to turn over!" β
The third prince, Charari, immediately asked, "Father, where is the royal vault?" β
King Yeman said: "The royal vault is built in a valley more than 100 miles away from Dawan City, and now the Broken Army has successively occupied 20 provinces of our Dawan Kingdom, which has posed a threat to our Dawan Kingdom, so Lone decided to open the royal vault and take out the property inside, part of it will be used as an indemnity, and the rest of the property will be left for our Dawan Kingdom to reorganize the army for war." β
Subsequently, King Yeman, the three princes, and the Duke of Fawaz personally led the royal guards and palace guards to a valley more than 100 miles east of Dawan City, opening the royal vault of Dawan Kingdom.
In a huge underground cave in the valley, Yeman and others found a mountain of gold, silver and jewelry, and finally after statistics, the gold stored in the royal vault exceeded 300 million taels, and if other belongings are counted, the total value is at least more than 500 million taels of gold.
The eldest prince Idris said to King Yeman with some excitement: "Father, with this batch of treasures in the royal vault, our Dawan Kingdom is enough to reorganize tens of millions of troops and take back the twenty provinces that were invaded by the Broken Army!" β
King Yeman was not so excited, "The Broken Army not only took away the twenty provinces of our Dawan Kingdom, but also took away more than 40 million people of our Dawan Kingdom, plus the tens of millions of young men lost in the war, even if we have sufficient funds in our hands, it will be difficult to expand the size of our Dawan Kingdom army to more than 10 million, alasββ"
The Duke of Fawaz next to him nodded and said: "What His Majesty said is extremely true, the population of more than 40 million people lost by the broken army, and then the tens of millions of young people lost in the war, the remaining fifty-four provinces of our Dawan country, the total population is only about 110 million, with this 100 million population, it is indeed difficult to form an army with a scale of more than 10 million, once too many young people are recruited into the army, it will definitely affect the grain production of our Dawan country, there is not enough food, Our Dawan country can't afford to raise tens of millions of troops. β
At this time, the second prince, Imad, asked King Yeman and Duke Fawaz, "Father, Uncle Fawaz, how big should our Dawan army be in the future?" β
King Yeman pondered for a moment, then turned to Duke Fawaz and asked, "Fawaz, what is your opinion on the next reorganization of our Dawan Kingdom?" β
Duke Fawaz immediately said: "Your Majesty, through this war with the Broken Army, the minister believes that the soldiers are fine but not many, and the next reorganization war must continue the tradition of our Dawan Kingdom, and form a legion that can really fight tough battles, even if it is the existing millions of troops in our Dawan Kingdom, it must be reorganized, and now many of the millions of troops in our Dawan Kingdom can only be regarded as the level of auxiliary troops." β
King Yeman nodded slightly, "Lone also thinks so, this time the battle with the Broken Army, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many recruits in our Dawan army, it wouldn't have been so badly lost." β
King Yeman actually regretted it in his heart, if he could endure it for a few more years, and leave a few more years of training time for those newly formed legions in Dawan Kingdom, maybe the outcome of the war would be different, of course, if he regretted it, King Yeman would never say it.
Duke Fawaz continued: "Your Majesty, the minister suggests that our Dawan Kingdom first use half a year to reorganize the establishment of twenty cavalry regiments and forty infantry regiments, and then increase the training of the sixty regiments reorganized, so that in three years, these twenty cavalry regiments and forty infantry regiments can be turned into elite divisions on the battlefield. β
According to the establishment of the army of Dawan, each legion is about 100,000 people, and the twenty cavalry legions and forty infantry legions are six million troops.
At present, there are about six million people in the army of Dawan Kingdom, and if the army of Dawan Kingdom is to maintain the establishment of twenty cavalry regiments and forty infantry regiments, there is basically no need to recruit young people to join the army of Dawan Kingdom.
The eldest prince Idris frowned and said, "Uncle Fawaz, is it too little to keep only twenty cavalry regiments and forty infantry regiments?" According to the information we have received, the size of the Broken Army has already exceeded tens of millions! β
Duke Fawaz sighed and said, "Great Prince, our Dawan Kingdom has lost too many young men in this war, and with the more than 20 million people of ten provinces, it is not easy to keep the army at the size of twenty cavalry legions and forty infantry legions. β
At this time, King Yeman spoke: "Fawaz, Gu also feels that the size of sixty legions is a little small, the first step of our Dawan Kingdom's military rearmament is to directly reorganize twenty-four cavalry legions and forty-eight infantry legions!" β
When Duke Fawaz heard that King Yeman had increased the establishment of four cavalry legions and eight infantry legions at once, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, twelve more legions meant that another 1.2 million young men needed to be recruited to join the army, which was definitely a heavy burden for the Dawan Kingdom, which had just lost tens of millions of young men.
Duke Fawaz hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, in that case, the army must recruit another 1.2 million young men to ...... at present."
Before Duke Fawaz could finish speaking, he was interrupted by King Yeman waving his hand, "How can we say that our Dawan Kingdom also has hundreds of millions of people, and it should not be a problem to recruit another 1.2 million young people." β
King Yeman then asked the three princes to secretly transport the belongings in the royal vault of Dawan Kingdom back to the palace of Dawan City with more than 100 royal guards and more than 2,000 palace guards.
King Yeman and Duke Fawaz returned to the palace of Dawan City first under the protection of more than a hundred other royal guards.
In a palace in the imperial palace of Dawan City, King Yeman sighed and said to Duke Fawaz: "Lone's three sons are actually not the materials for leading the army, in this war with the Broken Army, it would be good if Lone could let you be the commander!" β
Duke Fawaz hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the three princes have merit in leading the troops, but the enemy they are facing this time is too strong, even if Weichen is the commander, it should be the same result in the end, after all, our Dawan Kingdom's preparations for this war are still somewhat insufficient." β
King Yeman nodded and said, "If you are not completely sure in the future, Lone will never take the initiative to provoke the Broken Army again!" Fawaz, Lone is going to let you be the generalissimo of our Dawan Kingdom, I don't know if you are willing? β
When Duke Fawaz heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is better for the minister to assist the eldest prince in training the army, as for the position of generalissimo of soldiers and horses, it is better to keep it vacant, and there can be no chaos in our Dawan Kingdom!" β
King Yeman understood what Duke Fawaz was worried about, the position of Generalissimo was too sensitive, and once Duke Fawaz sat in this position, he would definitely be suspicious of the Grand Prince.
The eldest prince Idris is the first heir to the throne of Dawan, and the second prince Imad and the third prince Charari, who are the second and third heirs to the throne, have a very good relationship with the eldest prince Idris.
Duke Fawaz originally supported the eldest prince Idris, but if Duke Fawaz became the generalissimo who could control almost all the armies of the Dawan Kingdom, then the eldest prince Idris might not even be able to sleep peacefully.
King Yeman then changed the topic, no longer mentioning any generalissimo, "How did the millions of broken captives enter Dawan City, is there a clue?" β
Duke Fawaz shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the shadows have not found any clues so far, and the millions of broken captives seem to have appeared in Dawan City out of thin air, just like last time!" β
King Yeman frowned and asked, "Will the Breakers control a secret passage from outside the city to the inside of the city?" β
"Your Majesty, from the territory controlled by the Broken Army, if you want to reach Dawan City, it will be at least thousands of miles away, such a distance, it is impossible for us not to find a team composed of more than a million people, and I don't believe that the Broken Army will dig a secret passage thousands of miles long!"
"Ugh - it's really weird, let the Shadows keep tracking! By the way, the Broken Capture Army has captured Dawan City, what happened to those people in the Holy Fire Sect? β
"Your Majesty the King of Qiqi, after the Broken Army appeared in Dawan City, the people of the Holy Fire Sect suddenly disappeared mysteriously, and now those people of the Holy Fire Sect have appeared in their Holy See again, it is certain that in the Holy See of the Holy Fire Sect, there must be a secret passage leading to the outside of Dawan City!"
"Hmph-Lone doesn't have the energy to pay attention to the Holy Fire Sect for the time being, as long as the people of the Holy Fire Sect don't interfere with the next military reorganization war of our Dawan Kingdom, our Dawan Kingdom will be at peace with the Holy Fire Sect."
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Saphovan has been taken away by the Broken Army, is it possible to appoint a new Prime Minister?"
"Didn't the Breakers say that they could ransom people with gold? Anyway, the harvest from the royal vault this time is very large, so take out some of the gold and redeem Prime Minister Saphowan and some generals in the army! Next, it is time for us to employ people! β