Although the Arubanian fleet had a numerical advantage, it was not so easy to defeat the Palchi fleet, because a large number of ships could not form an effective attack formation in the relatively narrow channel of the Naura River, which made the fleet's combat effectiveness not fully utilized. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The commander of the First Fleet in Palci, Congille, immediately sensed this, and in turn used this to block the entrance to the sea, preventing the Arubanian fleet from sailing into the open water to reorganize the formation. The two sides fought fiercely for the waters.

While the two sides were fighting for the naval battle, and at the same time for the survival of the Arubanian Expeditionary Force, Zelda was faced with another dilemma - he found that Prince Gilmus was depressed.

In fact, Gilmus's mood began to change since the day he landed at Yaqui, but Zelda didn't notice it at the time, and by the time he realized it, Palci's attack was imminent, and he didn't even have time to talk to His Royal Highness, and at this juncture of the war, Gilmus's mood seemed to have evolved to the extreme, and he even ordered the sailors to stop moving on.

"Your Highness! Please cheer up, Your Highness! Zelda exclaimed, "We will soon be able to break through the enemy blockade and return to the sea!" ”

Gilmus didn't seem to hear Zelda's words, but just hung his head and muttered, "So many people have died, all because of me, because of me, the exiled prince, who lost their lives for nothing for an impossible goal." If I'm gone, then it's all over, and everyone doesn't have to bother desperately. ”

Hearing these words, Zelda's heart seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water - he really didn't expect His Royal Highness the Prince to have such negative thoughts at a young age, in a philosophical sense, Gilmus's idea did have his reason, but this really shouldn't be a matter for a nine-year-old child to think about, let alone such a question at such a moment of life and death.

Zelda immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness! Your Highness must not be so depressed! We are all willing to serve Your Highness, even if we are broken! We are confident that Your Highness will become a wise monarch, and please be patient until that day comes, and your time will come! ”

"As I said, there is no hope for Yaqui's restoration. What are you holding onto? Gilmus shook his head.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Zelda lowered her voice and said, "Does Your Highness have to restore the kingdom in Yaki's homeland to be considered a restored country?" ”

Gilmus's brow jumped: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zelda continued to lower her voice and said: "Palchi has Li Tianhao and that group of people, and it will indeed become stronger and stronger, which is not different from His Highness's opinion, but who is Li Tianhao?" He was just a bandit in the Dils Mountains. What he can do, can't you, Your Highness, do? ”

Zelda's words are very clear, since Li Tianhao, who was born as a bandit, can capture the entire Yaki in ten years, can't Gilmus, who is a prince, seize someone else's country as a foundation in order to restore Yaji? Moreover, judging from the current stubbornness and arbitrariness of King Dikar II of Arubania, the state politics of Arubania will become more and more chaotic, and Sulla's dominance in the court and political situation of Arubania will be further strengthened. The only problem is that strictly speaking, Arubania has evolved into today's sword-fighting situation because of its involvement in the personal feud between Gilmus and Li Tianhao, and if it can really seize power, the war with Palchi is bound to intensify. But that's all for later, and for now, convincing Gilmus to change his mind is Zelda's main goal.

Zelda's words apparently had some effect on Gilmus, as the prince's eyes seemed to be rejuvenated. Gilmus's mental state returned to normal in a short period of time, and the corners of his mouth showed a smile that Selda would never forget: "Celdaqing, what you said is very interesting, maybe it is a goal worth achieving. ”

Later, in a secret correspondence between Zelda and Sulla, Zelda wrote: "In that moment, I felt as if I had met the late Prince Ayuka, and that uninhibited smile made me feel that my lord should be a hero."

But at the time, Gilmus's awakening was only to get the Arubanian fleet back in attack. Under the death battle of the Arubanian fleet, with the forced impact of the ships, it finally tore a hole in the array of the Palchi fleet and entered the wide water. After that, Congille took advantage of the confusion of the Arubanian fleet to reorganize and inflict some damage, and then retreated back to the port of Arisiana in time before the Arubanian fleet could counterattack. And this is also something that the Arubanian fleet cannot want, after all, their goal is not to annihilate the Palci fleet, but to return to Arubania safely. Eventually, the battle ended with a large number of ships on both sides damaged, but only four ships completely destroyed, and the Arubanian fleet managed to escape from the pursuers and fled back to Arubania.

In this harassment operation, more than 8,000 of the 12,000 Arubanian soldiers who participated in the battle were lost, and the Yaqui Liberation Army led by Gilmus also lost nearly half of its personnel, the vast majority of whom were exiled nobles; The losses of the Palcian army were very small, but the losses suffered by the civilians were much greater. However, Wei Song took the opportunity to trumpet that it was Her Majesty's might and the divine power of Princess Patura, the spokesperson of Horus, who had rescued many people who had been ravaged by the Yaqui Liberation Army, thus enhancing the status and prestige of both. Wei Song's approach was certainly politically motivated, but it was also the result that the battle, which was lackluster in terms of scale and magnitude, was derided by later historians as a battle in which a seven-year-old girl defeated a nine-year-old boy.

But strategically, the significance of this battle for both sides is more than that. First of all, Adlerham's attempt to delay the attack on his coastline by harassing the rear of Palchi did not materialize, and Li Tianhao only learned of this situation after the fact, while Palchi won the battle almost exclusively with the strength of the reserve army, although the people suffered a lot of losses, but annihilated more than 10,000 enemy troops, and at the same time, the impression of the Yaki Liberation Army in the minds of the people also became very disgusted, so the offensive of Arubania can be called a complete failure strategically.

Unfortunately, Palci was not able to celebrate the victory, as the battle was followed by a skirmish, which ended in a complete defeat for Palci, the Kutila encounter. (To be continued.) )