Dungbu Ayutthaya, the council chamber of the royal palace.

Early the next morning at the court meeting, the eldest prince Caia Saint Laurent received a battle report downstream, and the content of this battle report was self-evident, naturally the news that the dynasty general Theon had died on the battlefield.

The war report details the full details of this war.

When the eldest prince made the battle report public, it caused a shock in the court.

Although many of them do not deal with Theon, even these political enemies still highly recognize Theon's own commanding ability, and the reputation of the first wise general of the dynasty is not blown.

Now Theon is dead at the hands of Vega.

This news could not be ignored by everyone, and they realized that it was not an accident that Vega was able to be regarded as the kingdom's number one enemy, but it did have some real skills.

What's even more frightening.

Vega used a group of recruits who had never been on the battlefield, and in the face of extreme lack of supplies, they fought their way through a bloody road, which is enough to explain the problem.

The eldest prince Kaeya rubbed his forehead in pain.

He looked around the court and then said: "Our court has lost two high-ranking generals one after another, but the battle situation in the downstream has not improved at all, I want to ask you if you have any opinions on the battle situation in the lower reaches, or who is willing to take the initiative to ask Ying to fight?"

There was anger in these words.

Unable to tolerate the anger of the Grand Prince, Kaeya Saint Laurent, Xia rashly promised the Black Gold City to the Empire, which caused him a mess of unsolvable troubles. Now because of the east coast, he lost Admiral Felix, and then his right-hand man Theon plus 100,000 elite soldiers.

"East Coast! East Coast! East Coast!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the eldest prince Kaeya Saint Laurent slammed the table hard, and after making a deafening sound, he calmed down and repeated again: "Don't you usually have a lot of opinions? Why are you dumb today!"

Boom –

Everyone swallowed, and after a long silence, a general stood up and spoke.

This is Ferre Gary, the number two man in the dynastic military and one of Theon's political enemies.

He is short in stature, sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, and at the age of more than 40, he wears the rank of 5-star general, and the reason why he can climb to this height is not because of his own outstanding command ability, but because he has a strong ability to read words and colors, and was placed in the army by the previous king as a confidant to balance Theon's monopoly of power.

So at this time, he took the initiative to stand up.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials have something to say. ”

Phile Gary bowed and said: "Although Admiral Theon unfortunately died on the battlefield, through the details of the battle between the enemy and us, we can completely see that the enemy is already at the end of his crossbow, otherwise he would definitely not attack the civilians. ”

"Once you attack civilians, you lose the hearts and minds of the people. ”

Ferry Garry said loudly: "Therefore, the subordinate believes that the army on the east bank has not survived for long, and we only need to send a general who is good at defense to sit in the city of megaliths, so that the enemy army can be defeated." ”

"If it were that simple, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to get Theon back. ”

The eldest prince sighed and chose to make public another battle report that he received not long ago, this one from the Black Gold City, naturally about the war with the Empire.

It can be seen from the expression of the eldest prince that this is not a good news.

Contrary.

The battle report stated that the Imperial Army was attacking fiercely, and if it did not increase its army by 100,000, it would not dare to guarantee the safety of the Black Gold City.

Although the words are incredible.

But the thing is that as the side defending the city, their 300,000 army was beaten by the empire's army of less than 200,000, and even if there were no follow-up reinforcements, the Black Gold City was likely to fall directly.

It was precisely because of this battle report that the eldest prince couldn't wait for Theon to end the battle situation downstream as soon as possible, but even he never thought that in the case of gaining the advantage, Theon would actually lose to a group of rabble.

As soon as the battle report was made public, the court was in an uproar again.

"How did Admiral Brie command the city defense battle!"

"Unbelievable, an army of more than 300,000 can't resist an imperial army of less than 200,000?"

"You really don't have a backache when you stand and talk, don't forget the prestige of the Imperial Army. ”

“......”

One person said a word, and the court was noisy, but everyone didn't say why.

After only a little thought, Ferre Gary suggested, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Your Majesty thinks that you can transfer the remaining 100,000 main forces of the Great Stone City to the Black Gold City at any time. ”

"Wouldn't that give up the City of Stones?"

Kaeya Saint Laurent frowned and said, "The Great Stone City is a strategic city downstream, and once it is lost, it will not only mean that we will lose control of the downstream, but also that we will lose two giant granaries. ”

Downstream is the main producer of grain in the West Bank.

The loss of the "megalith" that guards the plain means that they have lost the food production area that can support millions of soldiers, so this megalith city cannot be lost no matter what.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, we still have reserves. ”

Ferry Gary smiled: "We can gather more than 200,000 reserves at any time and send them to the city of megaliths to garrison, although their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the main army, but the enemy's group of recruits may not even be as good as our reserves, so with these reserves, and send a general who is good at defense, you can ensure that you have no worries downstream." ”

The eldest prince's eyes lit up.

He nodded again and again and said: "What General Ferlie said is reasonable, this matter will be left to you, and who does General Ferlie think is more appropriate to send to command this war?"

"Kill chickens with a knife, and the lower officials recommend Lieutenant General Aiden. ”

Ferre gave a rather young fat man in the crowd a look, and he hurriedly stood up and prepared to say a few words, but his left foot mixed with his right foot, and a heel fight was planted directly on the ground, which made everyone want to laugh but dare not laugh.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials are sure to ensure that the downstream is safe. ”

Aiden got up one by one, and he didn't even have time to wipe the sweat on his forehead, so he hurriedly promised.

"Then I'll leave it to General Aiden. ”

The eldest prince seemed to want to veto, but taking into account Ferley Aiden's face, he couldn't stick to such a simple thing after thinking about it, a lieutenant general was enough to do it, so he didn't say anything more.

The decision was made, and the court meeting ended here.

Aiden also thanked Ferre Gary with a smile on his face at this time: "Thank you uncle for your recommendation, my nephew will live up to your expectations, personally lead the troops to pacify the downstream, and let that little devil know what is great." ”

"You remembered it for me!"

Ferre Gary said with a cold face: "This time you go downstream, you are not allowed to step out of the Boulder City, I will arrange a staff officer for you, and the big and small affairs will be decided by him alone, and if you mess up again, you will give me the blame and resign." ”

"Yes, yes...... The nephew got it. ”

Aiden was submissive, lowering his head and not daring to look at Ferre, but there was an unconvinced look in his eyes.