When the news of the defeat of the Yaki army reached Aishiti, the government and the opposition were shocked.

Kadir III was stunned for a moment before he remembered to inquire carefully about the whole process. After he listened to the report, his whole person was paralyzed: everything was very different from what he expected, originally he formulated a strategy to let Tulayan lure the enemy deeper, and use the power of charioteers in the plains to defeat the thief army in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect Li Tianhao to sneak attack Epsmilton and succeed, but instead strategically surrounded Tulayan's troops; He sent Libera to lead the troops to the rescue, hoping that Libera, who had the advantage in troops, would quickly open the supply line, but he didn't expect Tulayan to be wiped out on the battlefield, and the game was over before the reinforcements could open the supply line; The previously invincible chariot troops were all wiped out by the thief army; In the end, even Libera's reinforcements were lost to Li Tianhao. In just a few months, Yaqui lost two territories in a row, Napatis and Epsmilton, which was a far cry from what was originally expected, and Kadir really wanted to cry at this time.

Kadir glanced at the ministers with his eyes, and the Prime Minister Usub's face was as dead as ashes: the life and death of his son Tulayan was unknown, and many of the generals led by Tulayan were all from the Usub faction, and no one survived in this battle, which was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Usub's influence in the military circles; On the other hand, although his old rival War Minister Andrasius was sad on the surface, Kadir saw a hint of schadenfreude in his flickering eyes, although his faction also suffered a lot of losses, especially the death of the brave general Campbell, but fortunately, most of his people were under the command of Viscount Libera, although Libera was defeated. Anyway, there are still nearly half of the men and horses left, and the losses of middle and high-ranking commanders are still reasonable. One trades off the other. In the future, he, the Minister of War, will be much more upright than Usubu. The only one who could have profited from this defeat was Andrasius.

Kadir smacked him hard inwardly. Andrasius and Usub are essentially the same, both of them want to be Yaki's vassals. However, their lust for power has led them to focus only on the changes in power in their own hands, and ignore the losses suffered by the Yaki nation itself. In this battle, Yaki lost more than 100,000 regular troops, and together with the losses in the previous war, it was nearly 300,000 people. Coupled with the heavy losses in military command personnel, the strategic advantage won by fighting against Arubania in the past has been exhausted, and the remaining forces can only maintain the balance of power if there is another war with Arubania, and it is not possible to recruit and train new soldiers to restore military strength overnight, not to mention that the transfer of a large number of labor into military posts will also bring a huge burden to the domestic economy. What's even worse is that after spending such a large amount of money, the thief army was not only not wiped out. On the contrary, the bigger and stronger, the subject country of Palci simply raised the flag and fought against itself, and the Yaki country fell into the disadvantageous situation of fighting on two sides. Kadir could not have imagined that the situation would be turned so drastically changed in just a few years, and it was a real headache how the Yaqui country could resolve this crisis now.

Thinking of this, Kadir spoke: "My lords, now that the thief army is gaining momentum, we are losing ground one after another. At a time when the country is in danger. Do you have a good plan to deal with it? ”

The ministers were silent, and the Minister of War, Andrasiu, coughed and stood up: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that our country's military losses are serious now. There is an urgent need for additional training of new recruits, but this will take time, before our country can regain its combat capability. It would be advisable to send an envoy to reconcile with Arubania, if possible. On the signing of a peace treaty with them, non-aggression against each other. In this way, we will be able to bring back the troops stationed at the border. It was used in the battle against the bandit army on the southern front. ”

"A contract with Arubania? They are our old enemies, will they really agree? Kadir was skeptical.

Andrasius still spoke eloquently: "Your Majesty, of course they will not be willing to agree to your request, but they have to agree. They have not yet recovered from the losses they suffered in the last war, and what they have feared most in recent years is that you will go to attack the city and plunder the land, and now you have offered to make peace with them, although they are full of reluctance, they will definitely agree, they need more recuperation than we do. ”

"But they won't keep their contract, and once they regain their strength, they will declare war on us." Kadir said with a calm face that he would not have any optimistic estimates about the Arubanians.

The corners of Andrasiu's mouth crooked, revealing an evil smile: "That's right, Your Majesty, they won't keep the contract." Neither do we, though. All we want is to be able to mobilize forces to destroy the thief army during this time. ”

Kadir was about to open his mouth to refute, when he suddenly heard Prime Minister Usubu smile and said, "Your Majesty, if you follow the method of Lord Andrasius, I am afraid that Yaki will fall into the abyss from which he will never recover. ”

Kadir hurriedly asked, "What do you think, Lord Chancellor?" ”

Usubu stepped forward with his already somewhat inflexible legs and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Andrasus's plan seems to be effective, but in reality it cannot be realized. Alubania has been fighting with our country for a long time, and almost all Yaki families have relatives who died in the war with Arubania, and the same is true for Arubania, and this grudge cannot be underestimated. Lord Andrasius said that he would sign a contract with Arubania, but the Arubaneians would not keep the agreement, and the old minister agreed, but it would be a mistake to say that they would not attack Yaki in order to recuperate. Your Majesty, if we take the initiative to ask for a contract with them, it will be tantamount to telling Arubania that our national strength has been seriously damaged and that we have to make peace with them who are at a disadvantage, so that our truth will be known to the Arubanian people. We also have to withdraw our troops from the border and move south, plus the thief army is newly victorious, if the thief chief Li Tianhao sends someone to persuade Arubania to attack our country together, and then divide the Yaki territory, do you think the king of Arubania can resist this temptation? ”

Kadir nodded again and again, after all, Usubu was a seasoned politician, and his analysis was more to the heart, so he said: "What the Prime Minister said is good, but if we can't transfer the army back from the front, then what kind of troops will we use to deal with the growing thief army?" ”

Usubu smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, my Yaki country is not without soldiers, as long as Your Majesty personally goes out, why worry about not having enough troops to deal with the thief army?" ”

When Kadir heard this, he pressed the resentment in his heart hard to avoid losing his temper. Usubu, the old fox, has really done enough. In order not to let his political rival Andrasius gain the upper hand, he did not hesitate to make this move. His intention was obvious, to compromise with the high priests and persuade them to use the priestly army against the thief army.

The power of the priests in Aki cannot be ignored, it is precisely because of the appeasement and continuous rewards of the previous kings that they have obtained the most abundant land in Aki, and also have the financial resources comparable to those of kings. The priestly army at the disposal of the priests was the second most powerful force in Aki, and although the priest army was not as well equipped as the regular army of Aki, they possessed this religious fanaticism and were a very formidable army. It is precisely because of this that from the generation of Kadir's father, the power of the priests was deliberately restricted, constantly dividing and weakening the power of the priests, especially restricting the development of the power of the priest army. Therefore, despite the protracted war between Yaqui and Arubania, he rarely borrowed the priestly army. The last battle with Arubania borrowed the strength of the priest army, and the result was a great victory with the activity of the priest army, and the commander of the priest army, Vulture, was awarded the highest military honor, if this happened a few more times, then the priests' status would rise again, and then there would be no one to control them.

Now, in order to limit the rise of the Andraxiu faction, Usubu did not hesitate to carry out the priest army, which is simply drinking to quench his thirst. But he said it righteously and strictly, and it was not easy for him to refuse. Kadir thought about it, the regular army of Yaki had been defeated in successive battles, so even if the priest army was dispatched, it might not be able to bargain for a bargain, and if they fought with the thief army, it would not be a bad thing, but a great advantage.

Thinking of this, Kadir's face was filled with a smile and said, "Your Excellency Prime Minister has a point! (To be continued......)