Chapter 738: Declaration of War
What no one expected happened like this, the undead actually declared war with the Human Empire, although it was only two of the five lords, but it was also a little incomprehensible, aren't you undead fighting a civil war, and even if you don't fight a civil war, the undead have nothing to fight with humans in terms of military strength, why did you declare war like this? No one can understand this.
The human empire was also stunned, Anthony originally wanted to concentrate on dealing with the rebel troops, so he wanted to release the undead for the time being, but he didn't expect that the other side would dare to declare war directly, what kind of trouble is this? And the reason for declaring war actually said that the land over there is the territory of the undead clan, aren't you kidding? This was all hundreds of years ago, and you still have to take it out at this time?
Soon a second meeting was held on the human side, and the topic of the meeting was naturally how to deal with the undead declaring war.
"His Royal Highness the King, the other party has declared war, we have no way to retreat, this time we must give the undead clan a good look, otherwise, where will we put the face of our new empire." Gwen, the minister of the military department of the main battle faction here, said.
"Your Highness, it's a little strange no matter what, why the undead clan would declare war on us at this time, they have their own internal problems." Prime Minister Maher has never been able to figure out this question, "Is it because you already know our internal information?" ”
What Maher said sounded like a general minister was talking about the food and grass problem on the side of the Human Empire, but Anthony here and other people in the know knew what Maher meant when they heard it, and Maher was saying that the rebels had contacted the undead and were ready to cooperate with the Dwarves to attack the Human Empire with them.
"Is that so?" Anthony here also understood what Mach meant, and immediately frowned and said, This is not a good thing, it is difficult enough to deal with the dwarves. I didn't expect that there would be an undead clan, which is really worse, "Does the prime minister have any plans?" ”
"Now no matter what, the other side has declared war on us, and we must naturally declare war as well." Mach on this side immediately said that it was too cowardly for his side not to declare war after the other party declared war. will be looked down upon by others, and let others know that the human race seems to be very empty, so the election is a must, which everyone agrees on, but how to fight is a problem, "If the minister does not build a large-scale war, not to mention anything else, our food and grass problem will not be solved." ”
"It's a matter of food and grass again." Anthony here said with a headache, "Is there any way to get food and grass?" ”
"It's difficult. Because the elves are fighting against the beasts, it is impossible to have abundant food and grass, needless to say, the demons will never sell it to us, and on the dwarf side, His Highness also knows that the undead have just declared war, so it is impossible to ...... The problem of food and grass. It's hard to solve now. Maher said with a frown.
"Your Highness, the minister knows that a place has a lot of grain and grass." Suddenly, a minister came out and said.
"Colfila. Do you know where there is food and grass? Anthony here looked at it, and it turned out to be Colfila, an official of the Ministry of the Interior.
"Yes, I know." Colfila nodded, "I heard that the Duke of Aquitaine's fief has enough grain and grass, and the grain and grass are piled up in the warehouse, and even hundreds of warehouses have been built to store grain. So can we ask the Duke of Aquitaine for help? ”
"Wyrin?" Anthony was slightly stunned, but he heard that Li Huailin had collected an ultra-high tax rate and there was so much grain and grass that there was no place to put it, but according to the intelligence, a large amount of grain and grass had been sold by the De'an Chamber of Commerce controlled by Li Huailin, and Anthony didn't know how much was left.
"Your Highness. The minister also knew about it. Maher here also said, "Since the autumn harvest, the Duke of Aquitaine's De'an Chamber of Commerce has sold grain and grass to the beast clan at a high price, and the De'an Chamber of Commerce has become one of the largest chambers of commerce in the mainland, but the number of betrayals is limited, it is estimated that it is to control the price, and now if you count it, there should be a lot of surplus grain left."
"So we can talk to Wyrin?" Anthony asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, if you can, please discuss with the Duke of Aquitaine a little, our treasury is quite abundant, if you use ordinary prices to buy grain and grass, we should be able to buy a lot, but if it is the price of the beasts, we can't buy much." Maher said.
"Well, that's it." Anthony nodded, "Then send someone to negotiate with Huailin, if it doesn't work, I'll come in person." ”
"His Royal Highness." As he spoke, a knight of the Royal Order in the main hall walked in and reported, "Your Highness, Duke of Aquitaine is here. ”
"Oh? Such a coincidence? Anthony was stunned, Li Huailin rarely participates in the parliament, but he didn't expect him to come to participate just today when he talked about it, what a coincidence, so it just happened to have something to discuss with him.
Soon Li Huailin was invited to the top of the main hall, Anthony had already set up a seat, and in the entire hall, except for the king, only Li Huailin was the only one who could sit and talk.
"Grain and grass?" Hearing Anthony's question about grain and grass here, Li Huailin was slightly stunned, "I heard that there is still a lot of grain and grass, but all of this is in Oliveira's care, I don't know how to do it at all, if you need it, I'll let Oliveira talk to you, I don't understand this problem." ”
"Oh, that's it." Anthony nodded, "Then Colfila, leave this matter to you, and you discuss the purchase of grain and grass with the Duke of Aquitaine's ministers." ”
"Yes, Your Highness." Corfila nodded and said.
"By the way, Wylin, what are you here for today?" After talking about this matter, Anthony asked Li Huailin, because he also knew Li Huailin's temperament, if he had nothing to do, he would not usually come to any meeting.
"Oh, yes, I heard that the undead have declared war on us, right?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Hmm." Anthony nodded, "We are studying this issue, the matter of grain and grass is also prepared to be purchased because of the war, due to the shortage of grain and grass, everyone's opinion is not to conduct a large-scale war, Huailin, what do you say?" ”
"That's what I'm talking about, and it's really a bit unbearable for the people of the undead clan to dare to say this and declare war on us, so let's do it, or let me kill the troops of the undead clan." Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Oh?" The people in the main hall were all shocked, and Maher on this side asked, "Duke Aquitaine means that the Second Legion will personally crusade against the troops of the Undead Clan?" ”
"yes, what do you think?" Li Huailin said.
"If Duke Aquitaine agrees to the plan to purchase grain, he will be able to maintain the army by then, but now that the First Legion has begun to move to the south, and the Second Legion has also gone to fight against the army of the undead, is the garrison in our main city area a little weaker?" Maher here said.
Mach was worried that if the Second Army also left, there would be 15,000 Guards troops left near the capital, so that if there was any rebel attack, the capital would become quite dangerous, of course, this matter could not be said explicitly, after all, the affairs of the rebels could not be made public.
"Yes......" Anthony on this side also hesitated a little, because although there are still 15,000 guards in the capital, most of the people in this army are still the guards of Rein in the past, and the combat effectiveness is more rubbish, so there is not much to say, the most important thing is that the loyalty of these people is not solid, although the leaders are their own people, but after all, most of the soldiers are recruited by Rein, if they know that the leader of the rebels is Rein, will they rebel?
"Don't worry so much." Li Huailin said, "As far as you think it will take me to deal with an undead clan, it will take almost a week to get it done, you see, in such a short time, I don't think anything will go wrong." ”
The first few wars of "One Week ......" made everyone understand Li Huailin's ability to fight, even if it was such a big battle as the Continental War, Li Huailin took a total of more than ten days to complete it, so now Li Huailin said that it would be a week to solve the battle, but no one has any doubts.
And Anthony thought about it more, now the rebel side is obviously not ready, that is to say, the time to launch a rebellion is not yet, if the undead clan can be solved in a week, this plan does not seem to be a big problem, so hearing Li Huailin's words, Anthony here nodded: "What do you think of Duke Aquitaine's opinion?" ”
Everyone heard it, Anthony here has basically agreed, and they don't want to provoke Li Huailin, do you dare to jump out and go against Li Huailin now, so the ministers here immediately said: "The ministers agree with Duke Aquitaine's plan." ”
"If that's the case, then it's decided." Anthony nodded and said, "Maher, immediately issue an announcement of a declaration of war, Huailin, the Second Legion will immediately set off and go to the battlefield to fight the undead race, and it must be a quick decision." ”
"Minister, take the order." Maher said.
"Okay, no problem." Li Huailin said with a smile.
So after the two lords of the undead clan inexplicably declared war on the Terrans, soon the Terran side also responded, directly declaring war on the entire Undead Empire, and on the same day, the undead troops on this side actually took the initiative to attack, and the two troops actually entered the territory of the Terran directly, because the troops on the Terran side have not yet assembled, and the defending troops also received an order to temporarily retreat and wait for the arrival of the army, so they led the people to retreat, and the Terran side lost 4 small cities in an afternoon, and the war officially began. (To be continued......)