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There were many happy things: Sula gave birth to a healthy boy, and although Dikar did not lack children, after having this child, Sulla's position in the royal court of Arubania was further strengthened; After being dismissed from his post for defeat, Adlem, the former general he feared, simply returned to his hometown and returned to his hometown manor to live in peace, according to the people sent to monitor him, Adlem indulged in drinking and reading every day, and did not contact anyone; Palci had recently launched two small offensive operations in succession, but both were successfully repulsed under the command of Shurya and Abrahe, and although the results were not very large, they boosted morale and somewhat salvaged the reputation of the Arubanian army.

However, there are many worrying things: the towns of Arubania located in the Narrow Sea, that is, on the coast of the Alubanian Sea, began to be attacked more and more frequently by the Palchi navy, which made it impossible for the own fleet in the Alubania Sea to take shape, and even if it was formed, it could not deal with the attack of the two fleets of the other side at the same time, and he once wanted to send the fleet in the Bay of Pas to support, but because of the existence of the stronghold of the Golden Court, he could not achieve his goal, and finally had to withdraw to the Bay of Pass. This negated half of the gains made by Dicar II in his painstaking alliance with the Paz forces. Another thing is even more troublesome, that is, the three forces of Rudanel and Songares, the king of Paz, who were once allied with Arubania, were wiped out by Penoncar overnight. This is what Dikar II did not expect, originally he thought that even if these three forces were not good, they would at least last for three and a half years, and at this time Arubania could take the opportunity to recover its national strength and confront Palci, and during this period, Arubania could also secretly help to delay this point in time as much as possible. But who would have thought that the Baibasbahn under the command of Pornoncar I would be so good that he would simply clean up all three forces in a storm, so that the Paz Empire would return to unity, even if this civil strife would damage the national strength of Paz, but now there is no guarantee that Paz will not attack the empty northern border of Arubania.

In addition to this, Dikar has a hot potato in his hand, that is, Bihab, the minister of Rudanel, the king of Pas, and one of the actual masterminds of the civil strife in Pas, who fled to Arubania to seek refuge. It stands to reason that now Bihab has long since become a lost dog, with neither power, nor strength and wealth, nor political use, and taking him in will attract the hostility of Paz, but Dikar did not tie him up and return him to Paz, because he has his plans.

However, Dikal's idea was incomprehensible even to his prime minister, Gilyuurdas, who had more than once proposed to His Majesty the King to dispose of Bihab as soon as possible, but Dikal did not accept it. Today, Bilyuurdas took advantage of the gap in the state report to mention it tactfully.

Dikar was obviously a little impatient with his drinking buddy not being able to understand his thoughts, he shook the silver wine glass in his hand, and said nonchalantly: "Biliuurdas, you think that Bihab is useless, so you want to abandon him?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Dikar shook his head and said, "You're only half right, Bihab is really of little use to us. But for Paz it was not useless. ”

Biliuurdas rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, do you mean that Pennoncal will not sit idly by and watch such a scourge remain in our country?" ”

"Not bad. As long as Bihab does not die for a day, the matter of Penunkar's pacification of civil strife cannot be regarded as a true consummation. So this person is still valuable to Paz. If we hand over Bihab now, it will be the same as throwing away a meatless bone, but this bone is a good meal for a dog. So a shrewd person should wait until the dog comes to you to ask for this bone before throwing it, so that at least it can be exchanged for the dog's loyalty. ”

Biliuurdas pondered for a while and said, "Your Majesty, you can indeed see farther. It's just that Wechen feels that keeping Bihab in the country may attract the hostility of Paz. ”

Dikar glanced at Biliuurdas and took a sip of wine before saying, "I'm afraid this is already unavoidable, because the fact that we have formed an alliance with the hostile forces of Penoncar will in itself arouse their dissatisfaction, so even if we take the initiative to hand over Bihab, we will not necessarily gain their understanding, but will be infamous as a betrayal of our allies." ”

Biliuurdas said in his heart: "Won't you betray your allies when Paz comes to ask for Bihab?" It's just that in that case you can sit on the ground and sell Bihab for a good price.

But what Biliuurdas said was: "Your Majesty is wise, so that we can bargain with Paz on the condition that we continue to maintain peace with Paz, and exchange a worthless bihab for the security of the north of our country and the opportunity for the development of the country. ”

Dikal smiled slightly: "You've finally opened up." In this way, it was Paz who asked us for peace, and we were just doing a favor to return Bihab to Paz in order to continue to maintain peace and prevent the lives of the two peoples from being miserable. In any respect, it is our country that has the upper hand. ”

Yes, on the face of it, it is. Biliuurdas thought to himself. I have to admit that as Dikal II grew older, the aura of wisdom that was not much on him gradually faded. Now he can only see what he wants to see, and as for the other side of things, his vision has completely abandoned this possibility. Perhaps, it is possible for Paz to conclude a treaty with Arubania for a chance to restore his power, but there is no more terrible enemy than a "friendly" realm with hatred for you, especially since this country is still the mighty Paz Empire, which is ruled by a well-known military general like Basbahn. That's not the worst, as there's a good chance that Paz won't ally with Arubania, as long as they have an ally that can contain Arubania, such as Palci to the south or the Duchy of Frank to the west. Waiting for Paz to put down his posture and negotiate with him is just wishful thinking, and it risks missing the opportunity.

Of course, these words would not have been uttered by Juliudas to upset Dikar, because he was not the stupid Adlerm who told the truth every time, and as a result, he lost his official position and went home to retire. Giludas wanted to stay at the top of Arubanian politics, and the satisfaction of power made him want to stay in that position at all costs, even if it was for one more day. (To be continued.) )