Hank City.
Mosin-Nagant, who had fled back to the city in a panic, looked at his men, who numbered less than half of his original number, with a look of utter dejection on his face.
In this decisive battle, the Kingdom of Maha suffered a crushing defeat. Of its 30,000 soldiers, only about 10,000 escaped. Even the 300 elephant cavalry, which were the most relied upon by the Brahmanical religion, were completely wiped out.
Fortunately, as a key border town, Hank had strong walls and ample supplies; otherwise, if the Canaanite soldiers had marched straight in, the Kingdom of Mapi would have been in real danger.
Inside the hall, everyone was deep in thought with solemn expressions.
Of course, they weren't reflecting on their defeat, but rather contemplating the punishment they were about to face.
One of his subordinates said in a deep voice, "General, the Canaanite Kingdom relied on the Han army's superior equipment, so our defeat is understandable. I don't think the High Priest will be too harsh on us, will he?"
"Sigh, if only that were true. I know the High Priest better than you do; he only cares about the result, not the process!"
Hearing his subordinate's words, Mosin-Nagant shook his head with a bitter expression.
In the kingdom of Mabi, the reason why Brahmanism was able to dominate the king, besides its large number of followers, was mainly due to the three hundred elephant soldiers and a group of believers and soldiers.
Now things have turned out badly. The believer soldiers have been decimated, and the three hundred elephant soldiers are gone. Faced with such a crushing defeat, he seems to have already foreseen the scene of being pushed onto the gallows by the high priest.
Upon hearing Mosin-Nagant's words, everyone in the hall fell silent once again.
One of his subordinates hesitated and said, "General, since we can't get through to the High Priest, why don't we try His Majesty?"
"His Majesty?"
Upon hearing his subordinate's words, Mosin-Nagant's expression shifted.
The subordinate hurriedly said, "Yes, General, although we are Brahmans, we are also people of the Kingdom of Maha. As the king, His Majesty only needs to say a word, and we will be fine, won't we?"
"Yes, that makes sense. We are all soldiers of the Kingdom of Mopi. Whether we live or die should be decided by His Majesty!"
Upon hearing his subordinate's words, Mosin-Nagant immediately nodded and made a decision.
In his view, although his king was just a puppet in the hands of the high priest, if all his soldiers chose to support the king, then the king would have the power to confront the high priest.
Then, Mosin-Nagant looked at one of his personal guards and ordered, "Immediately draft a battle report stating that Canaan purchased a batch of military equipment from the Han army, which led to our defeat."
Now, all our soldiers have decided to fight to the death for Your Majesty, to defend Hank City with their lives, and we implore Your Majesty to give our army another chance..."
"yes!"
The guard agreed and then quickly ran out.
"Gentlemen, quickly arrange the defense of the city. Except for His Majesty's orders, no one's instructions shall be obeyed!"
"yes!"
Upon hearing Mosin-Nagant's order, the officers responded and quickly withdrew.
Meanwhile, the victorious Canaanite army retreated back to their camp.
Although the decisive battle was won, the second prince of Canaan did not show much joy on his face.
In his view, without the fall of Hank City, it would be impossible to subdue the Mopi Kingdom. In this way, not only would it be impossible to obtain the ownership of Hannan City, but it would also be impossible to make up for the losses incurred in this military expedition.
Afterwards, the second prince of Canaan gathered everyone together to discuss the next course of action.
One of the prince's advisors immediately said, "Your Highness, the city of Nahank is heavily guarded. We only have a little over 20,000 men left. A direct assault would not be feasible."
In my opinion, why don't we take a detour and attack Linmo, a city in the northeastern part of the Mobi Kingdom?
"Take a detour?"
The second prince's expression shifted, and he immediately ordered someone to bring a map and began to observe it.
Looking at the map, which showed two small countries that needed to be passed through, the second prince of Canaan frowned: "What if these two small countries refuse to let us pass?"
The advisor said solemnly, "Just wipe them out. They are all vassal states of the Kingdom of Mopi anyway, and keeping them around will only cause trouble. Moreover, our army can use this opportunity to replenish our money and supplies!"
"Alright, let's do it that way." The second prince nodded, then looked at his men and said in a deep voice, "However, before we set off, we must first deal with the Kingdom of Lorraine to prevent them from colluding with the Kingdom of Mopi and cutting off our army's retreat!"
"yes!"
Everyone excitedly agreed.
Early the next morning, the Canaanite army left only 4,000 men in the camp to mislead the garrison of Hank, while the remaining 20,000 men began to march east and start a frenzied plunder of the Kingdom of Lorraine.
Meanwhile, Mosin-Nagant's men arrived at the capital of Mopi and delivered the battle report to the King of Mopi.
The king of Maha did not pay much attention to the fact that Canaan possessed equipment from the Han army in the battle report.
In his view, the Han army was there to do business, and it was normal for them to sell some equipment!
Mosin-Nagant's offer of allegiance made King Mobi laugh.
Although this defeat dealt a heavy blow to the military strength of the Kingdom of Mopi, it allowed him to seize real power within the kingdom.
This was undoubtedly a great thing for King Mabi.
Subsequently, King Mobi approved the battle report and ordered Mosin-Nagant to defend Hank to the death.
After having his men leave with the approved battle report, King Mobi changed his clothes and headed towards an arena within the palace.
Previously, in order to seize power from the high priest, King Mabi pretended to be indulging in pleasure and built this arena, and secretly purchased a large number of slaves.
After signing the training agreement with the Han army, King Mobi sent several Han military advisors to the arena to secretly train his three thousand slaves.
Now that these slaves have been trained for nearly six months, it's time to put them to the test.
Before long, King Mabi arrived at the arena.
In the center of the field, three thousand fully armed slave soldiers, led by several Han army staff officers, were conducting various combat training exercises.
The equipment worn by the slave soldiers was secretly purchased from the Han army by King Maha long ago for a huge sum of 600,000 gold coins.
Upon seeing King Mabi arrive, all the soldiers stopped training and quickly assembled into a straight square formation.
Arriving at the front lines, King Mobi smiled and looked at the Han army's strategist, "Strategist Liu, how is the training going?"
Staff Officer Liu replied with a smile, "The soldiers have basically mastered the changes in various formations, and their discipline is also guaranteed. They are capable enough to defeat any army of equal size in the surrounding area. If they are facing ordinary troops, they can even take on five opponents at once!"
"Okay, okay!"
Upon hearing Liu's account, King Mobi smiled happily and asked, "Liu, I would like to take them out now and seize control of the capital."
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