Chapter 128: Seven Pie Falling from the Sky
For Li Tianhao, the document sent by Arufa requesting submission was like a pie falling from the sky, which was completely unexpected by him. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In order to deal with the Arufa army that was about to fight, Li Tianhao could be regarded as hollowing out. As Arufa expected, Li Tianhao did not intend to fight him hard, but tried to wait for the opponent's sharpness to weaken before striking him. To this end, he must do his best to avoid a direct conflict with the main force of Arufa, and the measure taken by Li Tianhao is to break it into pieces and go into hiding. The Palchi army encountered by Adlerm before entering Basarady City was actually Li Tianhao's frequent mobilization of troops to confuse the Arubanian army, but in fact, he took advantage of the moment to confuse the enemy army and turned his main force into a hidden state.
Although the news inside Basradia cannot be spread, outside Basrat, Li Tianhao's intelligence network has infiltrated all aspects, which is why Arufa has been outside Basradic for so long but has not seen a single hair of Li Tianhao's army. As long as there was a slight disturbance in the Arufa army, Li Tianhao would be able to immediately learn about it, and then take corresponding measures, and the result would be that Arufa's efforts were in vain and he could not fight.
In fact, Li Tianhao also knew that there was a big change in Baslaria, because Luke was not the only one who escaped from Basara, but also the spies of the Palchi army. To be honest, Li Tianhao was not shocked by this, because from the analysis of the intelligence brought out by Gizaro, the political struggle between Sulla and Biliuurdas intensified and King Dikar actually sat back and watched whether it was abnormal, and with the failure of the assassination of the princess by the third prince, it was bound to set off a huge storm in the Arubanian court, but Li Tianhao did not expect that Adlem would quietly return to Basarady City, let alone that he would unite with Princess Sulla to try to launch a coup d'Γ©tat.
Li Tianhao's first reaction when he got the news was that it was impossible for Arufa to stay outside the city and that he would inevitably return to Basradis with his troops, so he immediately lifted the concealment of his army and began to prepare for Wei Song to lead enough reinforcements to jointly conquer Basarady. In Li Tianhao's opinion, Arufa is bound to lose both with Dikar this time, and this is the best time for him to make a profit. However, the development of things was still beyond Li Tianhao's expectations, he did not expect that Arufa would attack Baslarates so easily and take down Dikar's head, let alone that Arufa would take the initiative to ask for submission.
In view of this sudden situation, Li Tianhao convened a meeting of all senior generals as usual. Although several generals in front of the army, such as Alam, Senas and Eglius, are known as the most troublesome pillars of the Palchi army, their ability to command in actual combat is beyond doubt, especially Senas, who actually has a heart full of wisdom under his rough and heroic appearance, if it weren't for his own laziness, coupled with the opposition of Wei Song and others, Li Tianhao originally planned to draw him closer to the staff group.
The content of the meeting was very simple, whether the Palchi army should accept Arufa's request for surrender, and if so, how to accept it.
On this matter, Alam first expressed his usual simple opinion: "Boss, we have been fighting with Arubania for several years, for what? Isn't it just to conquer this land? Now that they've taken the initiative, isn't that what we're looking for? β
Eglius put forward a different opinion: "I don't think so, the defeat of Arubania is inevitable, and even if Arufa does not do this, he will still not be able to stop the victory of our army." And if Arufa killed his own lord and surrendered to our army, if we accept his request for surrender, it will undoubtedly be a person who betrayed the lord, so how will the people of Arubania think of our army? After all, after seizing this country, it is still necessary to govern this country, and if it cannot gain the support of the people, it will be impossible to rule, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Prince will carefully consider this matter. β
Told by Eglius, the Arubanian general Ainos, who had surrendered Li Tianhao, lowered his head.
Li Tianhao, who noticed this, hurriedly said: "Eglius, your use of the word betrayal is too harsh. First of all, Dikal is not a competent king, and his rule over Arubania shows that he has nothing to do with the Ming monarch, and even the mediocre lord is a little reluctant. In this case, it is not a moral thing to choose a better place to go as a human servant. There is also a reason why Arufa killed the king, after all, Dikar killed his father, and I don't think Arufa's behavior is serious enough to affect the persuasion of good and punishment of evil. β
Eglius noticed Li Tianhao's words and understood his intentions, so he didn't want to say anything more.
At this time, Senas spoke: "Being able to smoothly receive the capital of the enemy country is of course a great thing in itself, and I don't think there is anything unacceptable. It's just that we must first understand one thing, and that is the original intention of Arufa's surrender. β
"You mean it's possible for Arufa to fake a surrender?" Alam Dao.
Senas shook his head and said, "Not exactly. At least for now. But let me remind you that Arufa has just killed his lord in revenge for his father's murder, so surely we who have repeatedly fought against his father will not be on his list of revenge? If he kills Dikar, it's normal to try to trap us invaders, and if he succeeds, he could go from being a rebel to a hero to saving Arubania. When the time comes, there will be no objection to him becoming king, right? β
"I'm a little worried about what you say," Alam said with a worried face, but the next sentence was not the same: "It's better for you Senas to negotiate this matter, and if anything happens, I will definitely avenge you." β
Before he could finish speaking, Senas had already picked up a flag on his desk and threw it over.
"Alright, stop making trouble!" Li Tianhao stopped the fight between the two in time. He straightened up and walked back and forth a few steps, and finally he stopped in front of the map and looked at it for a while, then turned to the generals and said, "I have decided on this matter." Accept Arufa's submission request! β
Li Tianhao made this decision at the end of the year 812 of the Gregorian calendar, and he actually set foot in the city of Basradic in the year 813 of the Gregorian calendar.