Chapter 41: The End?
Fortunately, when Father Clément arrived at the flagship, the king was still breathing, and after some hard treatment, the king's life was temporarily saved.
But this was only temporary, and that night, the king, who had fallen into a coma, developed a high fever, and Theresa stayed awake all night by his side. Sinan Pei really wanted to stay in the cabin to accompany her, but the battle outside had also entered a white-hot stage.
As the battle progressed, the formation of Cape's fleet was still quite scattered, and Hugue, who had taken over supreme command after the king fell unconscious, was very decisive, and he did not care about any ships that were surrounded by the Caledonians, not even his descendants. But he was younger after all, and many opportunities to stop the Caledonian Army were wasted.
The bloody melee continued into the night, and on a rare moonless night, a rarity in Eugenia with two moons, Cape's fleet finally broke through the Galedonian blockade and sailed south.
Under the leadership of Huge, the next morning, the group finally broke out of the floodplain and disembarked at the southernmost tip of the Pali Plain.
After collecting the army, Sinan Pei, who was entrusted by Yu Ge to count the number of people, sadly found that the Capetian army, which was more than 30,000 at the time of the breakout, was now only sixty percent and more than 20,000 people. The rest of the people may have died on the battlefield, or they may have fled from other directions and defected, but in any case, at this moment, they can no longer be counted on.
And the more than 20,000 people who broke through the siege were all wounded, their morale was sluggish, and most of them even lost their own flags, and it was impossible to tell who was who at all -- the command system of Cape's army was extremely bad, and now it is completely paralyzed.
But paralysis was paralysis, and the team had to continue to move south, and although it had been out of contact with the Galedonians for most of the day, no one knew whether the Galledonians would pursue them. However, at this time, the problem arises - there is simply no one with enough prestige to lead the whole army!
The king lay on the stretcher and still did not wake up, and the young Huge could not hold down the great nobles at all, even with the Counts of Billancourt and Trian by their side.
Some of the less determined aristocrats are already clamoring for a breakup. Their idea is simple, but it is also true in a certain way: "We are obliged to owe allegiance to you, but we are not obligated to accompany you to death." You, Valoa, have reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and the crown will be given to the people of the Encorry family!"
In all fairness, they also want to continue fighting, and the Encore family is known for their control over the region, and they don't want to be turned from a local emperor to a wage earner. But now, with the fall of the north and the Duke of Boulogne's enmity, they no longer see any hope of victory. Rather than hold on to the death and end up making a fuss, it is better to seek a decent truce now.
The minds of the people changed, and even when Huge rode around the camp, there were people who did not shy away from talking and complaining.
According to the usual development, it was up to the nobles to tie up Huge to make a living for themselves.
In the gloom, Hugue summoned all the guys he could rely on into his tent and began the meeting with Capetian characteristics.
The people who attended the meeting, old and young, rich and low, all those who could play a little role were here—these people were considered kings.
Yu Ge was also very simple, spread his hands and got straight to the point: "Do you have any way to solve the current predicament? Although more than 20,000 people ran out of Pali City this time, which is far better than expected, but now, more than 20,000 people do not have the slightest combat strength at all! If the Galledonians bite to death, these people will not be able to fight for a while, but once they are out of the battle, the hearts of the people will all be scattered!"
"Your Highness, there is no way to do this. The bearded Earl Trian couldn't help but sigh, "Since the beginning of winter last year, we have been defeated again and again, and if it weren't for the unpopularity of the Encorry family, I'm afraid we would have been finished long ago, let alone survived until now."
Although his words are true, they are too demoralizing. Some of those who still wanted to offer advice swallowed the words back into their stomachs when they heard this. The strength of the Galedonians is there, who can guarantee that they will win with their own proposal?!
In the end, it was Count Flysois, Count of Billancourt, who broke the embarrassing silence: "Your Highness, we can also divide the borderless lands in the south again, so as to draw a big pie for the nobles, and they should be able to continue fighting......"
Because of the large number of nobles killed, the king deliberately picked some southerners when he cleaned the city of Pali, so now in the southern region, the only powerful nobleman is Theresa, and without the master's territory, it can be said that a lot of them are grabbed.
The city of Pali fell so quickly that the king's faction didn't have time to share the spoils, so now, they could have sent out those territories as blank checks.
But ...... "No!" Yu Ge and Sinampe blurted out almost at the same time.
Both of them were stunned, neither of them expected that someone else would agree with their opinion so much.
Sinampei is considered from the perspective of a modern person, and it is undoubtedly the most stupid thing to divide a country when it is in danger. And Huge, because of his father's plan - the reason why Capet has been defeated again and again has a lot to do with Henry's deliberate reduction of the domain, since they have all progressed to this point, if they divide those territories again, wouldn't they lose their wife and lose their troops, and all their previous achievements will be wasted?
"I'm glad that Mr. Si was able to agree with me, no matter what, those territories can't be given to people casually. Yu Ge was ruthless, "I'd rather those guys scatter!"
"Well, what can be done then, if only His Majesty could still command the army, even if it is a fake - the nobles will definitely calm down. Someone couldn't help but mutter.
"Hey, what are you talking about?" Si Nanpei heard this person's words, and his heart suddenly lit up, "Fake Majesty...... Good idea!Your Highness, you ......."
"You don't have to say any more, I happen to have some transformation beans in my hands - Teresa gave them to my father, and my father passed them on to me. Hugg shrugged, "But that's not a cure. ”
"It's all right, Your Highness, if you can hold on a little longer, I feel that the Caledonians will be equally weak - now it's up to you who can hold on better. Count Trian stroked his beard and thought, "We only need to win a battle in the name of His Majesty, even if it is a small victory, it will be enough......"