Chapter 89: The Royal Council
After exiting King Pavarot III's study, Bernard walked straight to the council chamber of the royal palace. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Prime Minister" There were already more than a dozen royal ministers and generals sitting in the council hall, and when they saw Prime Minister Bernard coming, more than a dozen royal ministers and generals all stood up and saluted.
Bernard came to the center of the long table on the left side of the council hall and sat down, and sitting opposite Bernard was a white-haired man in cyan armor, this man with white hair was the commander of the French army, Gerald who had the strength of a wind saint.
Next to Gerald sat a blue-haired woman wearing a silver-white knight's suit, the slim knight's suit tightly wrapped around the graceful body, the beauty revealed a heroic posture, the only female general sitting in the council hall was the head of the "Silver Knights", General Sophia, the wife of the commander of the French army Gerald.
The royal council should normally be convened by the king, but King Pavarot III of France was a no-nonsense lord, and Pavarot III entrusted the affairs of the court to Prime Minister Bernard.
"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone knows about the war waged by the Kingdom of Brettan against the Kingdom of Gilgias ten days ago. Bernard, who was sitting in a chair, spoke.
"Lord Bernard, according to the information I have received, the Brettan army first chose to attack the Red Flame Fortress on the north side of the Van Xin Lake, and the commander of the Gilgi Army, Duke Dulaika, urgently sent troops to rescue the Red Flame Fortress besieged by the Bretan army. Gérald, the commander of the French army, took over.
Sooner or later, a war would break out between the kingdoms of Gilgia and the kingdom of Bretan, which was expected by the royal ministers and generals present, and less than five years after the end of the last war between the two kingdoms, the war between the two kingdoms was once again ignited.
Today, in the council hall of the royal capital of Bibo City, Prime Minister Bernard, the commander of the French army, Geral, and others are not discussing the war between Gilgia and the Kingdom of Bretan.
A month ago, the Kingdom of France received news that the Kyrgyians in the west had discovered a huge gold mine in Huquan Mountain, on the border between the two countries, and it was said that the gold reserves in this gold mine reached tens of thousands of tons, and every day the Kyrgyians could extract a trailer of gold from the gold mine.
Such a high reserve of gold ore veins is extremely rare on the Qinglan continent, and it is a pity that this giant gold mine is located on the west side of Huquan Mountain, the boundary line between the Gilgia Kingdom and the Fran Kingdom is divided by the east and west sides of Huquan Mountain, the west side of Huquan Mountain is owned by the Gilgia Kingdom, and the east side of Huquan Mountain is the territory of the Fran Kingdom.
That is to say, the Gilgidian people found this gold mine on the west side of Huquan Mountain, and the Fran Kingdom could not touch it at all, and the Fargians could only watch the Gilgidians extract cartloads of gold from the gold mine every day.
"The gold mine discovered by the Kyrgys is located in a valley on the west side of Huquan Mountain, no more than 20 miles from the border between the two countries. A French general reported.
"Well, I've called you here today to discuss this. Prime Minister Bernard, who was sitting in a chair, spoke, "Let's discuss whether our Kingdom of France will send troops to the Kingdom of Gilgias to seize this huge gold mine." ”
After Prime Minister Bernard finished speaking, the royal ministers and generals present all looked at the white-haired man sitting on the right side of the conference table - Gérald, the commander of the French army.
In the Kingdom of France, there is no one who has the most voice in the "Three Heroes of France", and the female general of the three heroes, the head of the "Silver Knights", Sophia, is Geral's subordinate and wife. In terms of military decision-making, Sophia has always supported her husband, the commander of the French army, Gerald, as long as Gerald agrees to send troops to the Kingdom of Gilgias, then the military action can basically be determined.
"Now that the Kingdom of Gilgias is at war with the Kingdom of Bretan, we may be suspected of taking advantage of the danger of sending troops to invade the territory of the Kingdom of Gilgias at this time......," Gerald said slowly.
"General Gerald, you should also know that the most important thing on the battlefield is to grasp the timing, the main army of the Gilgidian Kingdom is defending against the invasion of the Bretan Kingdom in the south, we can seize this opportunity to seize this gold mine on the west side of Huquan Mountain......," said Chancellor Kula.
"That's right, even if we send troops to occupy the entire Huquan Mountain now, the Kingdom of Gilgias can only swallow their anger, and the King of Gilgias, Landri Pars, definitely does not want to have another conflict with our Kingdom of France at this time. A royal general spoke up.
"Lord Bernard, are you in favor of sending troops to the Kingdom of Gilgias?" asked Sophia, the wife of Gerald, the commander of the French army, the beautiful and noble head of the "Silver Knights", looking at Prime Minister Bernard.
"This time, Christian, the new army commander of the Kingdom of Bretan, led an army of 500,000 to attack the Kingdom of Gilgias, as the crown prince of the Kingdom of Bretan, Christian Sias, this is a war that has a great impact on him,
If the Kingdom of Bretan wins the war, Christian will be unanimously supported by the people of Bretan, and Christian will succeed to the throne as a great king.
And if Christian loses the war, it will not only cause a heavy setback to the Kingdom of Bretan, but even affect his succession to the throne, King Brunn Sias of Bretan has several sons, if Crown Prince Christian behaves too badly in this war, maybe Bren will set up another crown prince,
Therefore, Christian will win this war at all costs, even if he can't destroy the Gilgidian kingdom in one fell swoop, at least he will defeat the Gilgidian army on the battlefield and seize some territory.
For the Kingdom of Gilgias, whether it is to win the war or uncle's war, Gilgias's national strength will be seriously depleted, and our Kingdom of France should make good use of this opportunity, I am in favor of sending troops to occupy this giant gold mine on the west side of Huquan Mountain,
Not only to occupy this gold mine, I think we can do more according to the changes in the war situation between the Kingdom of Gilgias and the Kingdom of Bretan...... You can take advantage of the opportunity to acquire more territory from the Kingdom of Gilgias. Bernard looked at the royal ministers present, and the generals said.
Gerald, the commander of the French army sitting opposite, understood what Prime Minister Bernard meant, the Kingdom of Gilgia and the Kingdom of Brettan both bordered the Kingdom of France, and the Kingdom of France was the smallest country on the Qinglan continent, and under normal circumstances, the Kingdom of France would not take the initiative to provoke the neighboring Kingdom of Gilgias and the Kingdom of Brettan.
Now that the Kingdom of Brettan is massing forces to invade the Kingdom of Gilgias, the Prime Minister Bernard thinks that the Kingdom of France can take this opportunity to gain some benefits from the Kingdom of Gilgias to the west, such as the most scarce land in his kingdom.