Chapter 1024 The Last Knight (Part 1)

Although the enthronement ceremony of the Prince Regent was over, the ministers in the meeting hall still did not disperse.

Because, after successfully putting Gale on the throne of the regent, they had to formally discuss the next important thing - should Pendragon stick to it or give up?

The waiters brought a chair and placed it a little behind the throne.

Gale sat on this throne and watched the ministers below having a heated debate around this issue.

"This official's opinion will not be shaken!" Aphra said loudly, "With no soldiers or knights, we simply cannot defend Pendragon! Since we cannot defend it, we should abandon Pendragon! Retreat! Go to the west and establish a new capital!”

"Abandon Pendragon?" A military staff officer said, "The capital is the foundation of the country! Once the capital is captured by Allen's rebels, how much of a blow it will have to the morale of the army and the hearts of the people. Do you know, sir? "

"I disagree with this sentence!" The person speaking now was Alfred.

Like Aphra, Alfred is also a staunch "main evacuationist".

"Who said that if the capital is captured by the enemy, the country will be in doom?"

Alfred asked back to the military staff officer in a sharp tone.

"There are many ready-made examples in history that tell us that even if the capital is captured by the enemy, it still has a chance to win the final victory!"

“Isn’t the Frankish Empire a good example?”

"More than a hundred years ago, under our country's 'Four Square Star' offensive, the capital of the Frank Empire fell, and the Frank Empire moved its capital to the current Bailu."

"The Frankish Empire was attacked by our country until the capital fell and was forced to move its capital. Did the Frankish Empire perish?"

"It only took 5 years for the Frankish Empire to successfully launch a comprehensive counterattack! It regained the old capital, recovered all the lost territory, and pushed the national border back to the east bank of the Rhine!"

"Today we can follow the example of the Frank Empire, abandon Pendragon, and move the capital to the west to buy precious time for our country's counterattack and final victory!"

Alfred's words received nods of approval from many people.

However, those staunch "militant" people headed by Bancro were not fooled by Alfred's words just now.

"Other countries are other countries! Our country is our country! How can we apply the experience of other countries to our country!" A military staff officer refuted fiercely, "The 'Sifangxing' offensive more than a hundred years ago was due to our lack of preparation. , there was a problem with the logistics and the supply could not keep up, so the Frankish Empire could not be successfully destroyed!"

"If our supplies had kept up with the speed of our advance, we would have successfully destroyed the Frankish Empire as early as the 'Square Star' offensive more than a hundred years ago!"

"This attack by the Frank Empire on our country is clearly an invasion that has been prepared for a long time!"

"Do you think the Frankish Empire, which has been preparing for this battle for a long time, will make the mistake we did more than a hundred years ago when we couldn't keep up with supplies?"

"The 'Sifangxing' offensive more than a hundred years ago was because our country could not keep up with its supplies and could not attack, so the Frankish Empire escaped disaster!"

“It’s not because the Frankish Empire moved its capital.

Just escaped! "

"Don't get this wrong about cause and effect!"

The persistent pursuit of these "main-warfare faction" people has long made the "main-retreat faction" people led by Aphra and Alfred very dissatisfied.

"If you don't give up Pendragon, then tell me - how are we going to hold Pendragon?" Aphra roared sharply, "Are we going to let civilians who have no military training at all act like this? Wearing weapons on the battlefield?”

"No! We have soldiers!"

Bancro finally spoke up.

"As long as we issue a call-up order to summon the garrison troops from all the cities around the imperial capital, and then dispatch the last 1,000 Royal Guards soldiers left in the imperial capital, we can still piece together a force of about 3,000 people!"

"Moreover, we still have the last knight order - the Knights of Michael in the North!"

"The messenger who sent an order to Su Cheng and asked the Michael Knights to go south to reinforce Pendragon has already left for the north!"

"Just wait until Su Cheng comes with the Michael Knights! Just Allen is nothing!"

As soon as Bancro finished speaking, he was ruthlessly refuted by Aphra, Alfred and others.

"3,000 people? What's the use of 3,000 troops?!" Aphra said, "The incoming rebels are the Uriel Knights and the Armored Warriors led by Allen! The military strength is as high as 150,000 or more! 3,000 people fight 15 Wan - do you think there is a chance of winning?"

"The Knights of Michael are far away in the north!" Alfred raised his finger and pointed to the north, "By the time the Knights of Michael, located at the northernmost tip of the empire, come back, the capital will have long been captured by Allen! "

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The "main war faction" and the "main withdrawal faction" are in the same situation.

However, due to the small number of "main-warfare faction" members, the "main-warfare faction" now has the slight upper hand.

However, even though they had the upper hand, the "militant" people headed by Bancro still fought hard and refused to give in.

Looking at the noisy ministers below, Gale felt extremely headache.

Gail was hesitant.

He knew that the capital was the foundation of the country, and he could not just surrender the capital to the enemy.

However, he also knew that the capital's current defense force was very weak, without knights or troops, and facing the 150,000 rebels led by Allen, the possibility of winning was quite slim.

Not knowing which faction to listen to, Gale could only remain silent and quietly watch the debate of the ministers, while constantly thinking about the pros and cons of the two factions of "main war" and "main retreat".

When the regent's enthronement ceremony ended, it was already 16:30 in the afternoon.

So the debate between the two factions lasted only more than an hour today, and was forced to stop today's debate because of the arrival of dusk.

The ministers left the meeting hall and the Baiyang Palace, ready to continue this unfinished debate tomorrow.

Just when the military advisers were about to go home, they suddenly received a secret notice from Bankro - to wait for him at a certain place outside the Baiyang Palace.

Bankro was the head of the military advisers, so in the face of Bankro's sudden notice, the military advisers naturally followed Bankro's instructions and gathered at Bankro's designated location.

After arriving at the designated location of Bankro, the six military advisors met Bankro who had been waiting for them early.

Bankro did not exchange too many pleasantries with the six colleagues, and directly handed them a piece of paper.

"You six go and collect the things written on this paper. After collecting them, meet at my mansion."