When the palace gate slowly opened, Childe came back to his senses, straightened his robe, and walked in. Yesterday, Helen first announced a temporary suspension of the court session, then summoned Adolf, and then, before Adolf came back, Helen sent a female official to announce the decree, postponing the court session until today.

Childe waited the whole night for Helen to summon him, but until midnight he received no news.

This is obviously unusual.

As he walked, Childe looked at the civil and military officials around him. After looking at almost everyone, he was sure of one thing - Adolf was not in the crowd.

What on earth was going on? Would something happen? Childe couldn't help wondering again.

After a while, Childe followed the group into the hall. Just like yesterday, Helen was already sitting on the throne in the hall. Compared with yesterday, her demeanor seemed more majestic.

After the loyal ministers finished their salute and lined up, Helen took a quick look and said, "Yesterday, all six ministries reported to the emperor. Some requested the emperor to allocate money and food, and some requested the emperor to send troops. The matters reported by the six ministries were all very urgent and important..."

"...Yesterday the Ministry of Works reported that torrential rains in southern Kimo caused disasters, destroying houses, farmland, ditches, and roads, and killing more than a thousand people. Please allocate 4 million gold coins. I have decided to add another 500,000."

"The Ministry of Justice requested the allocation of 5 million gold coins to build prisons across the country, and attached a detailed list of expenses. After reading it, I think the 5 million can be reduced by half, and 2.5 million gold coins will be enough."

"The Ministry of Rites needs to preach and educate, so money is needed. Please allocate 300,000 yuan, and I will give you an additional 100,000 yuan. The Ministry of Personnel needs to allocate 300,000 yuan to make official uniforms and hats, and I will also give you an additional 100,000 yuan. I hope you can make the Tianjuan official uniforms more exquisite."

"As for what the Ministry of War reported..." Helen glanced at Childe, "I have decided not to send troops for the time being. Instead, I will send an envoy with a gift of three million gold coins to Assyria to welcome back King Wushuang and his subordinates."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Civil and military officials immediately praised loudly.

Child was stunned for a moment, then nodded. As long as Hatra and his men could be protected, it would be better if there was no need to send troops.

It seems that His Majesty has accepted certain conditions of the Hitt family, otherwise how can the treasury afford so much expenditure? He couldn't help thinking so.

"Be quiet, wait for me to finish." Helen waved her sleeves and raised her voice. "In view of the huge expenditures above and the complicated process of spending most of them, and in view of the possibility of similar incidents in the future, I have decided to set up another ministry in addition to the six ministries in the empire, called the 'Supervision', led by the free and easy king Adolf Hitt, to supervise the treasury and inspect taxes."

Most of the officials were surprised, while a few who had a close personal relationship with Adolf were secretly glad. After thinking about it, Childe couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. The national treasury was basically equivalent to the national foundation, and it had always been supervised by the Petra family. Now it was suddenly replaced by Adolf. This was really intriguing...

"Child." Helen looked at Child.

"I'm here." Childe hurried forward.

"I will leave the task of leading the delegation to Assyria for negotiations to you. Make sure you do a good job," said Helen.

"I obey your command." Childe bowed and agreed.

"Okay, I've said what I wanted to say. Do you have anything else to report?" Helen looked at Childe again and looked away...

…

"Your Highness, the enemy camp has sent another letter." A deputy general hurried into Hatra's tent and handed him a letter.

After the lesson from last time, Hatra was no longer willing to let the deputy general read the letter. He waved his hand to dismiss the general, then broke the wax seal and began to read it.

The letter was written very politely - "Dear King Wushuang, I have heard that King Wushuang is extremely brave and a hero. I am honored to be able to fight against King Wushuang..."

Hatra couldn't help but hum, but he felt a little relieved in his heart, so he continued to look down.

"In this battle, our army does not expect a quick victory, but only hopes to recapture Armenia... Although fighting between the two armies is inevitable, it is inappropriate to harm innocent people. Moreover, your army also has families, and leaving so many women and children in the city will only waste food..."

"Starting tomorrow, our army will open the east-west passages. The families of your soldiers and the elderly and weak in the army can leave the city safely. We also hope that your army can let the women, children, and the elderly in the city leave. The time limit is three days. The decision is entirely up to King Wushuang. Once the three days are up, we will fight..."

Hatra glanced at the signature and saw that it was signed by a bunch of names, including Naputong. He frowned, closed the letter, closed his eyes and thought...

…

"Do you think Hatra will agree?" Wu Lai asked Ye Renwu while opening the cigarette box.

Ye Renwu lowered his head and fiddled with the chains, seemingly not hearing.

"It's meaningless if you do this, Ye Renwu, can't we discuss the problem like we did in the academy?" Wu Lai lit a cigarette.

"No." Ye Renwu raised his head and glared at Wu Lai. "Respected, supreme Lord of Assyria, High Priest, what you are discussing with me is not a sand table simulation, but a real war, the war between Assyria and Tianjuan. I will not participate in the evaluation."

Wu Lai rolled his eyes and asked, "Don't you think I'm actually teaching you?"

"Teach me? Humph, Wu Lai, you are very good, even top-notch, but I don't want to learn from you at all. Your fighting methods are always full of meanness and calculation." Ye Renwu gave Wu Lai a look of contempt.

"Despicable and calculating?" Wu Lai laughed. "Those words may not sound nice, but I like you to use them to evaluate me."

"Yes, you are an asshole." Ye Renwu glared at Wu Lai again, "Don't think I don't know what you want to do, Wu Lai, the things you are going to do are disgusting."

Wu Lai's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Ye Renwu, it's fine if you said that once or twice, but you slandered me again and again. Are you deliberately provoking me and want me to kill you?"

"Do you dare to kill me? Come on, if you dare, I'll let you kill me!" Ye Renwu raised his face and closed his eyes, looking like he was waiting to be killed.

"You know, if I really want to kill you, it won't be more difficult than crushing an ant to death. Ye Renwu, I spared your life and didn't hurt or torture you because I personally think you are a rare talent. You should have realized this in these days. Except for restricting you with chains, I treat you the same as when we were in the academy and the Green Building." Wu Lai glanced at Ye Renwu and continued, "You said I was mean and calculating. When it comes to meanness and calculation, I can't compare to Helen. Ye Renwu, why did you come back? Do I need to tell you?"

Ye Renwu was stunned.

"I, Wulai Grindo, have no ambition to dominate. Otherwise, you would be standing on the Assyrian Empire." Wulai paused and said, "Night Blade Dancer, perhaps you think what Helen is doing is an incomparable great thing, but have you ever thought that whether she succeeds or fails, the continent will pay an incomparable price? Even if your so-called Heavenly Favoured Empire really unifies the continent, the darkness will become darker, and the shameless will become more shameless. The gorgeous appearance only temporarily covers them, not completely abandons them. Have you ever thought about this?"

Ye Renwu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there anything better than unification?"

"Yes." Wu Lai raised a smile, "Another kind of unity, a unity that the people voluntarily participate in and actively maintain."

"I don't quite understand what you mean, or rather, what you describe is beyond my imagination." Ye Renwu said.

"Then watch and think." Wu Lai looked at the mountains at the end of the horizon. "When you think you have seen and figured it out, I will untie your chains..."

…

After explaining the contents of the letter to the generals, Hatra continued, "This king is in a difficult situation, so I have called you here to discuss it. Please speak whatever you think, and don't be afraid of saying something wrong."

A deputy general hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said, "Your Highness, I think this is a trick of the enemy."

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"Why do you think so?" asked Hatra.

"I think the enemy will set an ambush and capture our family members who are leaving the city," said the deputy general.

The other generals nodded one after another. When two armies confront each other, they will use all possible means. This possibility is really too great.

Hatra nodded and said, "You are right. Although the enemy proposed to open the passage so that our families can leave safely, they did not propose a specific plan. It is obvious that they are deceiving us."

Another deputy general stood up and said, "Your Highness, I think it would be a good idea to release the elderly, the weak, the women and the children in the city. This will reduce food consumption and allow us to hold out longer."

"This is also a trick of the enemy!" Another deputy general stood up and said, "Your Highness, you must not let anyone leave the city. First, it will expose our army's deployment in the city. Second, once the elderly, weak, women and children leave, only the young and strong will be left in the city. Without any worries, it is hard to predict how much damage they will cause us."

Hatra nodded again...

…

At noon the next day, Wu Lai gathered all the generals together.

"Everyone, Menia has already responded. Unfortunately, they have rejected all our conditions." Wu Lai frowned, "This also means that our compatriots in Menia will be dragged into this war, and many of them may die as a result."

"Lord, there will always be casualties in a war. Please give the orders. The faster we attack, the more people we can save." Pu Tong immediately stood up and said.

"Yes, give the order, lord. The soldiers have been surrounding us for so long, they can't hold back any longer." Bailey also stood up.

"Lord, my opinion is the same as everyone else's." Odo said, "The consumption of 200,000 troops is too huge. Although each division can handle part of it by itself, if it is delayed any further..."

Sareth glanced at everyone and said nothing, because he had not forgotten his identity as a knight. According to the rules of the temple, the knights must obey all orders of the high priest unconditionally.

Woolley nodded.

"Lord, let our First Division lead the attack." Odo said hurriedly when he saw Wu Lai nod.

"Go, the lord has already agreed to let our Sixth Division lead the attack!" Pu Tong jumped out to stir up trouble. "The lord knows that our Sixth Division suffered the most at the hands of the Hatra Army. This time, we must make them pay back."

"Our division has the best position..." Bailey was stopped by Pu Tong as soon as he opened his mouth.

"How could the Sixth Master forget your kindness?" Pu Tong leaned close to Bailey's ear and whispered.

Bailey was stunned for a moment, but Wu Lai smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "What are you arguing about? Didn't I say it long ago that there is no hierarchy? But I have to say this first, whoever's division enters the city later will be stationed in Armenia for a long time."

"Standing army?" Pu Tong was stunned.

"It's the standing army." Wu Lai waved his hand, "Odo, move your division away from the north of Menia and make way for them."

"Move? Lord? Which way should I move?" Oddo was a little confused. His left wing had Sabey and Pompey, and his right wing had Bailey and Sarres. No matter where he moved, he would have to join forces with other divisions.

"Divide into two, station along the left and right wings, and clear the passage." Wu Lai said, "This is what I told you, surround three sides and leave one side open."

"Lord, if this happens, the enemy will take the opportunity to break through." Oddo was anxious.

"Idiot." Pu Tong jumped over again, "Don't you understand what the lord means? I asked you to pinch both sides. If they are enemy troops, you just close the two sides and pinch them to death. If they are the elderly, the weak, women, children and refugees, you just pick them off, hehehehe..."

"But what if the enemy army rushes out with their Assyrian compatriots? Tell me, should I close in and attack them or let them go?" Odo glared at Putong. "Do you think I can't think of what you said?"

"Okay, you're awesome, you've got a plan for everything." Pu Tong rolled his eyes and gave Oddo a thumbs up, "I sincerely hope you'll be the last one to enter the city."

As soon as Odo's eyes widened, laughter broke out around him...