Ashtidon, the capital of the Yaqui country.

For the first time in three years, King Qadir III convened a meeting of all the ministers in the main hall today. The unconcerned king did so for only one reason, and that was the return of Vandalul, the only surviving general of the Yaqui Raiders, to the capital.

In fact, the news of the defeat of the crusaders reached Kadir's ears early in the morning, and like everyone else who heard the news, Kadir's reaction was nothing more than shock. No one could accept that the 125,000 Yaki army would end up in the destruction of the 40,000-strong Dilc thief army after nine months of preparations, and what was even more incredible was that many Yaki generals were all martyred, even the long-established generals Ephraim and Ulysses were not spared.

Kadir, who had just heard the news, smashed the sculpture next to him with the scepter in his hand on the spot. In the protracted war in Arubania, the Yaki Army has never suffered such heavy losses, especially in terms of senior commanders. After this battle, Yaqui's generals lost nearly a third, which made the advantage won in the war with Arubania last year almost wiped out, and now that the thief army has captured the city of Haikum and completely established itself in the Diles Mountains, Yaqui will now be in the middle of a two-front attack on Arubania and the Diles Mountains. And all because of this completely unexpected defeat.

For this reason, Kadir III summoned his ministers for several days to discuss the aftermath of the matter, but he was not satisfied with the results. In fact, due to the lack of information about the Dils Mountains, it was difficult for the important ministers to make correct judgments. Future strategic deployments need to be measured according to the strength of the enemy.

So Kadir could only count the days and look forward to the return of Vandallu, regardless of what to do with this defeated general. At present, he is the only one who knows the inside of the enemy army best.

Kadir, who was sitting on the king's throne, looked coldly at Vandharu, who was on his knees. At this moment, Wang Dalu was full of dust and dust, and his face was full of exhaustion. After arriving in the capital, he was called to the main hall to be questioned by the king without even having a chance to catch his breath. In fact, this is already a clear manifestation of His Majesty's anger over this matter. Vandarru, who had long been mentally prepared, brisked himself and prepared to accept the king's questioning.

Kadir propped his cheek with his right hand and said in a low voice, "Lord Vandallu, the hardships you have suffered have been fully reflected in your whole body. Now let's explain why this war was lost so miserably. I and all of you would like to hear a plausible reason. ”

The irony of the king's words pierced the general's pride, and he opened his lips quivering slightly, and reported to the king as much as he could about the battle.

After listening to Vandallu's report, Kadir frowned. According to Vandallu, the generals of the Yaji Army did their best to fight, and they also had a considerable advantage, but all of them eventually caused irreparable defeat due to a series of miscalculations and mistakes. Kadir was thinking about what to do with the surviving general in front of him. But he said: "As Qing said, your performance outside the city of Celis can indeed be called heroic and good fighting, but it is only heroic and good fighting, your army has not played any role in the friendly army, and this precious combat force has been wasted in vain, so that the friendly army has been broken by the thief army." You don't dispute that, do you? ”

Vandal Lu straightened his back and replied, "No objection, Your Majesty." It is true that he was too cautious in this war, failed to use his forces flexibly according to the situation, and was willing to take all the responsibility for the mistakes he made. Please punish Your Majesty! ”

Kadir nodded: "I am very pleased that you can dare to act. What should be done with the defeat under the laws of the Yakee State? ”

"It should be put to death, Your Majesty." Vandallu's is going to stand up straighter.

"Okay, then"

"Your Majesty. Please forgive Lord Vandarlu for his capital crime! Before Kadir could finish his words, a figure stood up and spoke loudly.

Kadir looked at the figure, and the person who spoke was none other than Viscount Libera. The most famous warrior in the Yakee country saluted Kadir respectfully and said, "Your Majesty. Lord Vandalu is indeed a capital offense, but please read it for your Majesty's sake, for the sake of his many meritorious deeds in the war for the Yaki country. I can drop it lightly. In addition, our army lost a large number of high-ranking command personnel in this war. I am afraid that this vacancy cannot be filled in a while, and if the generals are executed at this time, it will only make this vacancy even bigger; More importantly, we are bound to crusade against the bandit army entrenched in the Dils Mountains again in the future, and now the only military general who has experience in fighting with the thief army is Lord Vandalu, which is a very valuable resource for our army. ”

At this time, the prime minister Usubu on the side also stood up: "Your Majesty, what Viscount Libera said is very true, please think twice, Your Majesty." ”

"Wechen also agrees with the Prime Minister." The Minister of War, Andrasius, also stepped forward. Immediately, many courtiers came forward to intercede for Wang Dalu.

Kadir looked at these courtiers and said secretly in his heart: Libera is probably the only one among these people who sincerely intercedes for Vandharu. Usub would stand up because Vandharu was his subordinate Ivje's general, and if he lost this person, Usub's influence in the military would inevitably decrease, and Andrasius should have stood up entirely to show favor to Vandalu, not to mention the rest. In fact, he had no intention of taking Vandarru's life himself, and Viscount Libera just spoke his mind. At the moment, he said: "The law of the country is a means to maintain the order of a country, but all the Aiqing is the foundation of maintaining the country, since all the Aiqing are interceding for Lord Wang Dalu, then it will be changed to take away the title of General Wang Dalu, and order him to go home and think about it behind closed doors, waiting for the time to contribute to the country again." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The ministers shouted in unison.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing!" Vandalu bowed his head deeply.

Kadir waved his hand and said, "The secretaries will step aside for the time being, and discuss the future strategic pattern tomorrow." ”

The crowd saluted and withdrew. Kadir looked up and covered his face with his hands. In fact, his heart was full of resentment and chagrin, the strategy of the Yaki country in the future will inevitably undergo a huge adjustment, but all this is too complicated, the actions of the thief army are more difficult to deal with than he imagined, to exterminate this force requires the mobilization of a large amount of money, troops and materials, and all this needs to continue to play with the ministers led by Usubu, so you must first think through your own brain to come up with a countermeasure. Alas, it's hard to be a king. Kadir suddenly felt that the good old days of not having to take care of the government by himself were gone, and the road ahead must be full of hardships. (To be continued......)