"Two days?" Li Huailin's words stunned all the ministers. It was such a troublesome situation, yet Li Huailin said that he could deal with the rebels in two days. How was that possible? Besides the 15,000 Royal Guards, there were no other troops in the city. If the nearest army, the fourth division, set off now, it would take them two days to arrive. Was Li Huailin planning to send the fourth division back to defend the city?
"Is the Grand Marshal planning to send the fourth division back to defend the city?" Sure enough, after a moment of hesitation, a minister asked.
Everyone immediately turned to Li Huailin. After all, they thought that the best way was to send the fourth division back, but Li Huailin didn't agree. Now that he had gone out, did he change his mind?
"No." Li Huailin waved his hand. "Leave the fourth division there for now. We don't need it for the time being. It's just 40,000 rebels. There's no need to send so many troops back."
"Generalissimo, please let them return. This is the main city of the Human Race. We can't lose it." One of the ministers immediately said.
"Huailin, why don't you send the fourth division back?" Anthony asked. It wasn't that he didn't trust Li Huailin's judgment, but the ministers were too annoying. As the Emperor, he couldn't just ignore them.
"Of course it's to keep an eye on the Demons. If anything happens, we can respond immediately," Li Huailin said. In fact, there was another reason that he couldn't say for the time being. If Matthew's plan succeeded, the Demons would immediately suffer a huge blow. When that happened, the Human army could directly advance toward the Demons. If something happened to Matthew, then the Undead would be defeated. Then, the Human army could immediately go over to help. Because of this reason, Li Huailin didn't want to send the fourth division. However, because of Matthew's uncertainty, Li Huailin couldn't say it out loud.
"Then what did the Grand Marshal say about defeating the rebel army in two days? Is he asking the royal guards to come out of the city to fight?" Prime Minister Mach asked.
"There's no need for that. The people on my side are enough. There's no need to send other troops," Li Huailin said as he spread his hands.
"So few people?" The ministers were all stunned. Forty thousand people? You must be joking. Moreover, what did Li Huailin mean when he said 'our people'? How could there be other troops?
"Huailin, where do we get reinforcements?" Anthony asked curiously. "Elves? That's impossible. The Elven army is at the border of the Beastmen. After all, they haven't stopped fighting yet. There shouldn't be any troops nearby. "
"I have 4000 troops. They'll probably arrive tomorrow." Li Huailin shrugged and said.
"That private army of yours?" Anthony said in surprise. In fact, Anthony had already received news about this cavalry unit. Originally, he thought that this cavalry unit was preparing to go to the Undead's battlefield. However, this cavalry unit was moving very slowly. Knowing that the Undead and Humans had allied to fight against the Dwarves, this cavalry unit had yet to arrive at the battlefield and was still wandering around the Human territory. For the next few days, this cavalry unit simply stopped moving and stayed in the Human territory. A few days ago, they reported that they were preparing to return to their territory. Anthony thought that they didn't make it to the battlefield and were preparing to return to their territory. However, after calculating the distance, they could still make it to the main city to defend.
Although they could make it in time, this army only had 4000 people. Although they were all cavalry, the forty thousand people on the other side weren't made of paper. They were their own army, so they didn't take these 4000 people into account. However, from what Li Huailin said, it seemed like he was planning to use these 4000 people to defeat the forty thousand people.
"Huailin, are you sure? There are forty thousand people on the other side. Even if your army is all cavalry, it's still impossible for them to fight ten of them by themselves, "Anthony said.
"What do you mean by fighting ten by myself? I'm 36,000 people on my own. The rest of them can fight one on one," Li Huailin shrugged.
"Huh?" Everyone looked at Li Huailin in confusion. They didn't know if Li Huailin was joking or serious. This was too ridiculous.
"Why are you all so surprised? Forget it, I'll show you guys when my cavalry arrives tomorrow, "Li Huailin said as he spread out his hands.
"Huailin, sometimes I can't keep up with your thinking," Anthony sighed and said. Anthony sighed and said, "But since you've already been appointed as the Grand Marshal, I'll leave all the problems of the war to you. I won't add to your troubles. Prime Minister Mach, how's our supply problem?"
"Your Highness, the supplies in the main city are very plentiful. The 15,000 Royal Guards should be able to last for at least six months. However, because of the rebel army, the supply route has been blocked. Now, there might be a problem with the 1st Legion's supplies. If we can't solve this problem within a week, the 1st Legion might run out of food," Mach immediately said.
"You heard it, Huailin. No matter what, we have to solve the problem of the rebel army in a week," Anthony said.
"That's why I said it'll be two days at most. Once my troops arrive, I'll be able to deal with the rebel army outside the city," Li Huailin said.
"Since the Grand Marshal has said so, then we'll leave the problem at that." Anthony immediately said, "Alright, the rebel army's troops will be here soon. Before that, we still have to defend the city well. At least before the Marshal's troops arrive, we can't lose the main city. That's all for today's meeting. Everyone, go back and prepare."
"Yes, Your Highness …" The ministers obviously had many questions, but after hearing what Anthony said, they could only give up.
Just as the ministers were about to leave, a soldier suddenly ran to the entrance of the main hall and said to Anthony, "Your Highness, there's an urgent matter to report."
"Oh? The rebel army has arrived? "Anthony asked." They're a little faster than expected. "
"No, Your Highness," the soldier immediately said. "Report, the Dwarves have sent an envoy. They're already waiting in front of the main hall."
"Oh?" Hearing this, the ministers that were about to leave stopped.
"Dwarves? They must have received news that their reinforcements were defeated, so they're ready to surrender. " Prime Minister Mach said, "Your Highness, we should immediately summon the Dwarves' envoy and listen to what he has to say."
"Huailin, what do you think?" Anthony turned to Li Huailin and asked.
"Hehe …" Li Huailin immediately understood what the Dwarves were thinking. They knew that they couldn't fight anymore, so they naturally wanted to surrender. However, they couldn't talk to Li Huailin, so they decided to bypass Li Huailin to find Anthony. Li Huailin was lucky to meet them. "Alright, I want to hear what the Dwarves have to say."
Seeing that Li Huailin had agreed, Anthony immediately said, "Invite the Dwarves' envoy here."
Soon, a few Dwarves were immediately invited to the main hall. Unsurprisingly, the Dwarves' envoy was still Orfgar. Just as Li Huailin had guessed, Orfgar really didn't want to talk to Li Huailin, so he directly came to the Human Race's palace to look for Anthony. As a result, he immediately saw Li Huailin on Anthony's right and almost cried. Why are you everywhere?
Although he was panicking, he had no other choice. He immediately knelt and said, "Dwarf Envoy Orfgar greets Your Highness the Human Emperor."
Prime Minister Mach immediately said, "Orfgar, now that the two countries are at war, there is no such thing as an envoy. You are now just an envoy." He was also very experienced, so he wanted to cut down the other's prestige first.
Orfgar immediately choked, but there was nothing he could do. Who asked the Dwarves to act like this? He also knew that he would probably be humiliated this time. This was just the beginning, so he could only endure. Therefore, he once again said, "Dwarf Envoy Orfgar greets Your Highness the Human Emperor."
"Orfgar, the two countries are at war. What is your purpose for coming here?" Anthony looked at Orfgar, who had his head lowered, and said with a smile. He was currently in a very good mood. A week ago, this guy was still clamoring to teach him a lesson, but now he was kneeling in front of him like a dead dog. This naturally made Anthony very happy.
Orfgar immediately said, "Your Highness the Human Emperor, this is really just a misunderstanding. Previously, our Emperor was bewitched by the pro-war ministers, so he rashly challenged Your Highness' authority. Now that we know our mistakes, please accept our sincere apologies and stop this meaningless war."
Before Li Huailin could say anything, Prime Minister Mach said, "This is really fun. You guys were the ones who declared war first, and now you want to stop the war because you can't win. Do you think we are kind enough to play with you?"
Orfgar immediately said, "No, no, Your Highness the Emperor, we really want to stop this war."
"You just can't win. Why are you making it so complicated?" Mach continued.
Orfgar's face turned red, but what Mach said was the truth. The Dwarves really couldn't win.
"In any case, you Dwarves are ready to surrender, right?" Mach asked further. "I said surrender, not stop the war. Envoy Orfgar, I am asking you this question very seriously. Think about your answer."
"…" Orfgar was silent for a moment. The other party didn't give him a chance to speak at all. They immediately asked him to surrender, and it seemed like they would continue fighting if they didn't surrender. But now that things had come to this, they had no other choice. "I-I can surrender. As long as you fulfill our request, the Dwarf Race will immediately surrender."
"Oh? Conditions? "Anthony was taken aback.
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