Chapter 273: Yaksa Turmoil
Virgil Bixia looked at Li Zijun, who was hanging and angry, and sighed secretly, and was about to turn back to the topic he had just discussed.
At this moment, an attendant suddenly walked in from outside, and although he tried his best to hide his emotions, these people present still easily guessed from his anxious expression that something big was going to happen in the Dongyu Empire.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the entire palace immediately became tense, and everyone's eyes were focused on Virgil Bixia.
Virgil Bixia's performance was as calm as ever, he took the letter from the hand of the chamberlain very casually, opened the letter in front of everyone and glanced at it casually, then shook his head with a wry smile.
"These clowns!" Virgil scolded softly, and then began to continue the topic he had just discussed, as if he didn't really care about the things recorded in the letter.
Virgil Bixia's performance finally let go of everyone's hanging hearts, but the officials no longer had the enthusiasm for the verbal battle, and hastily ended the court discussion.
After the court meeting, the eldest prince, the fifth prince, the sixth prince, and several powerful officials were all retained.
The moment Fergiel Bixia opened the letter just now, although he didn't change much on the surface, Li Zijun still clearly heard his heart slam violently! Virgil Bixia is not an ordinary old man, and the things that can shock him so much are not simple, and the mentality of avoiding trouble cultivated in his previous life made Li Zijun instinctively speed up his pace.
"Grand Duke Edlaide, Bixia, please enter the palace to discuss matters!" Daniel smiled and stood in front of Li Zijun, making a 'please inside' gesture to him.
"Lord Daniel, I'm not feeling well. You can help me take a leave of absence from Bixia, I'm going to find a doctor to check some of my body!" Li Zijun said with a bitter face, holding his stomach.
After some time of contact. Li Zijun and Daniel gradually became familiar with each other, and the two were masters of the same level. Occasionally, they would make innocuous jokes with each other.
"If you want to talk about doctors, you have to be the imperial doctors in the palace who are highly skilled, you go to discuss with the ministers first, and I will go and invite all the imperial doctors in the palace to come. Daniel stood in front of Li Zijun, without the slightest intention of letting him go.
"Forget it, forget it!" Li Zijun didn't expect his clumsy disguise to be able to deceive Daniel, but seeing him so insistent, Li Zijun had no choice but to turn back to the palace.
When Li Zijun returned to the hall, everyone had already sat in their seats, and he hurriedly found a corner to sit down.
"Prime Minister. Tell us about the situation!" Virgil was no longer relieved, his tense face indicating the severity of the gaffe, and he turned to Alec, who had just read the letter, and instructed.
Alec nodded to Virgil and stood up from his seat.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Yaksa living in the mountains of the western part of the empire have once again rebelled, and this time they are well prepared, capturing the three cities of Kunsai, Dongwa, and Simba in one fell swoop. After a brief rest, they quickly marched eastward and now approached the city of Nogan, the capital of Shimla province. At this moment, Manteqiu, the city guard of Nogan City, is leading the entire city army and civilians to put up a stubborn resistance. ”
"This time the Yaksa claimed to have mobilized an army of 100,000. And there are only 5,000 armored men in my Nuogan City, and the difference in strength between the two sides is very huge!"
"At the same time, because the city of Nogan is located in the interior of our country, it is not a strategic point. A lot of the fortifications are useless, which makes it even more difficult for us to defend!"
Although Mantejou promised him that he could hold out for a month on the distress paperwork, he read between the lines of the description of the battle. At this time, whether the city is still in our hands is only between the two!" Virgil Bixia suddenly interjected:
"Therefore. I hope that you will take this into account as you consider your countermeasures. Virgil Bixia motioned for Alec to sit back in his place.
"Bloom. You have been the commander of the Southern Army for many years, and you should know something about the Yaksa, what do you think of their sudden rebellion at this time, and what are your countermeasures?" asked Fergil, who turned to Bloom, who was the undersecretary of the military department.
"Most of the Yaksa people live in the forests of the mountains and villages close to the townships, and they mainly make a living by growing, selling herbs and hunting. Due to the harsh living environment, they have developed extremely fierce folk customs! But they are also one of the few races on the Youlan Continent that still maintain the habits of the matrilineal clan and take women as the majority. ”
"At the moment, their head is a woman in her thirties named 'Kama'. As far as I know, this woman is not only very shrewd, but also quite powerful! She is a strong person who they call 'wizards'! Wizards are somewhat similar to our magicians, except that they also seem to have some cursed liliang!"
"In previous years, they have repeatedly rioted on the grounds that they have been treated unfairly. In the past ten years, due to the successive promulgation of some preferential policies for their appeasement and preferential policies, they have gradually become docile, began to accept our leadership, and are even willing to take the initiative to pay taxes to us. I think that they must have been treated unfairly when they suddenly started a riot this time, and I believe that as long as I can understand their difficulties and meet their demands. It's not hard to get them out of the way!," Bloom said calmly, getting up.
Although Bloom did not mention anyone in these words, in fact, he never forgot to 'sing the praises of his merits'! Not only that, but he also constantly alluded to the unpopularity of Camp's training of the southern army, which led to the rebellion of the Yaksa.
"Lord Bloom is wrong in what he said! There are many ethnic groups in our country, and there are at least five or more of them that are equal to the strength of the Yaksa. If they feel that some of their desires have not been fulfilled, and they rebel like the Yaksa, then we will never be at peace!"
"I suggest that we should send heavy troops to suppress them immediately, and even if we want to talk, we should wait until we have the strength to fight them back!" Belloc said without waiting for Bloom to sit down.
Although the whole training was ostensibly proposed by Belloc, it was actually the instruction of Virgil Bixia, and everything Camp did was in the final analysis to carry out Virgil Bixia's orders! Belloc may still have some scruples in other matters, but in this matter, he will never allow himself to take half a step back, and he stands up and directly rejects Bloom's suggestion.
Seeing that the representatives of their own factions had already laid out their horses, other officials also stood up to echo the views of their respective factions.
The eldest prince was also full of complaints about Belloc's training, and although it was inconvenient for him to stand up and say anything, it did not prevent him from signaling his men to join Bloom to attack it.
The principle of the Sixth Prince is: Whatever the eldest prince approves, I must oppose! The officials of his faction have always adhered to this principle, and after receiving the hint from the Sixth Prince, they are even more active than the original people around Bellock.
The fifth prince, who had always unconditionally supported the eldest prince in the past, suddenly frowned at this time, and seemed to be still thinking about which countermeasure was more suitable for the current situation.
Seeing his expression, the supporters of the fifth prince also closed their mouths one by one and turned their gaze in other directions.
As for Li Zijun, he was really worried about the Yaksa unrest at first, but when he saw Bloom's panicked and actually happy expression, he understood. The so-called Yaksa unrest is most likely just a helpless move by those guys of the Southern Army in order to deal with the camp training. According to this line of thought, the Yaksa turmoil will soon pass, anyway, according to the practice of the empire, he, who once served as the commander of the northern army, will never be sent to the south to quell the rebellion, and he is too lazy to continue to waste his brains on this matter.
But just then, the chamberlain walked in again, and this time he almost trotted all the way into the temple, and in a panic handed another letter to Virgil Bixia.
"What's the panic?" Virgil Bixia no longer concealed his emotions in front of these important ministers, glaring at the chamberlain and reprimanding fiercely.
But while opening the letter, Virgil Bixia couldn't care about the chamberlain anymore, he nervously read the letter carefully from top to bottom, and then handed the letter to Prime Minister Alec next to him with a solemn expression.
"The Ziqing Empire and the Fengqi Empire don't know why, the movement of their armies on the border suddenly became extremely frequent. Campu, who was already preparing to send troops to suppress the Yaksa unrest, had to stop the rebellion army in case of a surprise attack from the Ziqing Empire and the Fengqi Empire!" With Virgil Bixia's permission, Prime Minister Alec simply stated the contents of the letter.
The appearance of this unexpected situation completely overturned the purpose of the Yaksa to raise an army! They no longer did this purely for personal gain, but turned into an act of treason to cooperate with the enemy's military operations!
This was completely beyond Bloom's jihua, and he was so frightened that he did not dare to say half a good word for the Yaksa.
Belloc didn't have time to experience the thrill of his victory, and began to think about how to deal with the chaos that followed.
All of a sudden, the hall, which had just been chaotic, suddenly fell silent.
"Ed, what do you think of this?" Virgil couldn't help but be angry when he saw that everyone was beginning to avoid his gaze.
At this time, Virgil suddenly found that Li Zijun, who was still frowning just now, suddenly showed a relieved smile, and he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I don't think we need to worry too much about the military movements of the Ziqing Empire and the Fengqi Empire!" Li Zijun replied with a relaxed smile. (To be continued......)