What no one expected happened like this. The Undead declared war with the human empire. Although it was only two of the five lords, it was also a bit incomprehensible. Aren’t you undead fighting a civil war? And even if you don’t fight a civil war, the Undead have nothing to do with humans in terms of military strength. Why did you declare war like this? No one can understand this.
The Human Empire was also shocked. Anthony originally wanted to concentrate on dealing with the rebel troops, so he temporarily wanted to release the undead tribe once. Unexpectedly, the opposite person dared to declare war directly. What is this? And the reason for declaring war actually said that the territory of the undead tribe over there. Are you kidding? This was all a few hundred years ago, and you still have to talk about it at this time?
Soon, a second meeting was held on humans, and the topic of the meeting was naturally how to deal with the issue of the declaration of war by the undead race.
"Your Highness, the other party has declared war, and we have no choice but to retreat. This time we must give the undead a good look, otherwise, where will our new empire be given face?" said Gwen, the minister of the military department of the war-oriented faction here.
"Your Highness, no matter what, it's a bit too strange. Why did the undead declare war with us at this time? There are internal problems in themselves." Prime Minister Mah has always been unable to understand this problem. "Did you already know the news inside us?"
What Mach said sounded like the average minister who talked about the food and grass issues of the human empire, but Anthony and other insiders here knew what Mach meant when they heard it. Mach was talking about whether the rebels had contacted the undead and were preparing to cooperate with the dwarves to attack the human empire with them.
"Is that true?" Anthony here also understood Mach's meaning and immediately frowned. This is not a good thing. It is difficult to deal with the dwarves. Unexpectedly, a undead race appeared, which is really worse. "Does the prime minister have any suggestions?"
"Now no matter what, the other party has declared war, so we naturally have to declare war." Mah said immediately. It is too cowardly to declare war without declaring war on his side after the other party declares war. He will be looked down upon and let others know that the human race seems to be very empty, so the election is necessary. Everyone agrees with this, but how to defeat it is a problem. "I don't recommend large-scale wars. If we don't talk about anything else, our food and grass problem will not be solved."
"It's another problem of food and grass." Anthony here said with a headache, "Is there any way to get food and grass?"
"It's very difficult. Because the elves are fighting against the beasts, it is impossible for food and grass to be abundant. Needless to say, the demons will never be sold to us. The dwarfs, Your Highness also knows that the undead has just declared war, so it's impossible... the problem of food and grass is difficult to solve now." Mah frowned and said.
"Your Highness, I know that a place has a lot of food and grass." A minister suddenly came out and said.
"Colfira. Do you know where there is food and grass?" Anthony here looked at it. It turned out to be Colfira, an official from the Ministry of the Interior.
"Yes, I know." Colfira nodded, "I heard that the Duke of Aquitaine has sufficient food and grass in the fiefdom of Aquitaine, and the warehouses are piled up, and hundreds of new warehouses have been built to store grain. So can we ask the Duke of Aquitaine for help?"
"Huilin?" Anthony was a little stunned. He heard that Li Huailin had received a very high tax rate, which led to too much food and grass. However, according to information, a large amount of food and grass had been sold through the De'an Chamber of Commerce controlled by Li Huailin. Anthony didn't know much about how much it was left.
"Your Highness, I also know about this." Mah said here, "Since the autumn harvest, the De'an Chamber of Commerce controlled by the Duke of Aquitaine has sold grain and grass to the beast tribe at high prices to make a fortune in the war. At present, the De'an Chamber of Commerce has become one of the top major chambers of commerce in the mainland, but the number of betrayal sales is limited, probably to control the price. If you count it now, there should be a lot of surplus grain left.
"So we can discuss it with Huailin?" Anthony asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, if you can, please discuss with the Duke of Aquitaine for a little. Our national treasury is still abundant. If you use an ordinary price to buy food and grass, you should be able to buy a lot. However, if the price is from the orcs, we can't buy much." Mah said.
"Well, that's it." Anthony nodded, "Then send someone to negotiate with Huailin. If it doesn't work, I'll come in person."
"Your Highness, the King." As he was speaking, a knight from the Royal Knights in the hall came in and reported, "Your Highness, please see the Duke of Aquitaine."
"Oh? Such a coincidence?" Anthony was stunned. Li Huailin rarely attended the parliament. He didn't expect that he would come to participate just now when he talked about it today. It was a coincidence. So there was something to discuss with him.
Soon Li Huailin was invited to the main hall, with Anthony already set up seats. In the entire hall, Li Huailin was the only one who could sit and speak.
"Food and grass?" Li Huailin was a little stunned when he heard Anthony's question about food and grass here, "I heard that there are still a lot of food and grass, but Olivera is in charge of all this. I don't know what to do. If you need it, I'll let Olivera talk to you. I don't understand this problem."
"Oh, that's it." Anthony nodded, "Then Colfira, leave this matter to you. You discuss with the minister of the Duke of Aquitaine to purchase food and grass."
"Yes, Your Highness." Colfira nodded and said.
"By the way, Huailin, what is the purpose of attending the meeting today?" After talking about this, Anthony asked Li Huailin, because he also knew that Li Huailin was so good that if he had nothing to do, he would not usually attend any meeting.
"Oh, that's it. I heard that the undead declared war with us, right?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Well." Anthony nodded, "We are studying this issue. We are preparing to purchase food and grass because we have to start a war. Due to insufficient food and grass, everyone's opinion is not to engage in large-scale wars. What do you think about Huailin?"
"I'm talking about this. By the way, the people of the Undead tribe dared to be so arrogant and declare war with us. I really can't stand it. Let's do this, otherwise I'll kill the troops of the Undead tribe." Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Oh?" Everyone in the hall was shocked. Mah asked here, "What the Duke of Aquitaine means is to personally attack the troops of the undead?"
"Yes, what do you think?" Li Huailin said.
"If the Duke of Aquitaine agrees to the plan for grain purchase, the army will be maintained by then. However, now the First Legion has begun to dispatch to the south and the Second Legion is also going to fight against the undead army, will the garrison force in our main city area be a little weaker?" said Mah from here.
What Mach was worried about was that if the Second Legion left, there would be only 15,000 guard troops left near the capital. If there was any rebel attack, the capital would become quite dangerous. Of course, this matter cannot be stated explicitly. After all, the matter of the rebels cannot be made public.
"Yes..." Anthony here also hesitated for a moment, because although there are still 15,000 guards in the capital, most of the people in this army are still the guards of Lei Yin before, and their combat effectiveness is relatively trash. The most important thing is that the loyalty of these people is not reliable. Although the leaders are all their own people, most of the soldiers are recruited by Lei Yin. If they know that the leader of the rebels is Lei Yin, would they rebel?
"Don't worry so much." Li Huailin said, "Just how much time do you think I will take to deal with a undead race? It's almost a week. Do you think it's okay? In such a short time, I think nothing will happen."
"One week..." The previous few wars made everyone understand Li Huailin's ability to fight. Even if it was such a big battle in the Northern Land War, Li Huailin took only more than ten days to complete it. So now Li Huailin said that there is no one who has any questions about solving the battle in one week.
Anthony was considering more. It is obvious that the rebels have not yet prepared yet. In other words, the time for the rebellion is less than the time to launch the rebellion. If the undead tribe can be solved in a week, there seems to be no major problem with this plan. So when he heard what Li Huailin said, Anthony here nodded: "What do you think of the Duke of Aquitaine?"
Everyone heard that Anthony here had basically agreed, and they didn't want to provoke Li Huailin. Do you dare to jump out and oppose Li Huailin now? So the ministers here immediately said: "I agree with the Duke of Aquitaine."
"If that's the case, then it's decided." Anthony nodded and said, "Mah, immediately issue an announcement to declare war. Huailin and the Second Legion set off immediately to go to the battlefield to fight the undead. We must fight quickly."
"My minister, accept the order." Mah said.
"Okay, no problem." Li Huailin said with a smile.
Chapter completed!