Prime Minister Duke Vasenka frowned and said, "We must stop this large-scale desertion phenomenon, otherwise we will not even be qualified to negotiate with the Han Kingdom."
Upon hearing this, the general was immediately surprised and asked, "Prime Minister, has His Majesty agreed?"
Prime Minister Duke Vasenka sighed. "Even if we save as much as possible, the food supply will only last for seven days. What can we do if Your Majesty doesn't agree?"
At this moment, in the imperial palace of Terpro, the capital of the Apulian Empire, Crown Prince Sun Heng smiled and said to hundreds of Han army generals: "Now, six of the seven provinces of the Apulian Empire have been captured by our Han army.
Only the most barren northwestern province remained, the wasteland of the Apulian Empire.
I feel that the emperor of the Apulian Empire will not be able to hold out for long and will surrender to the Han Dynasty."
Wei Qing, the Grand Commander of the Ninth Regiment of the Imperial Guards, nodded and said, "Although the northwestern province of the Apulian Empire is vast and sparsely populated, it has very little arable land.
If the barbarian tribes in the Northwestern Province did not purchase large amounts of food from outside every year, they would not be able to support so many barbarians relying solely on the output of the wilderness.
Now the emperor of the Apulian Empire has retreated into the wasteland with at least five million troops, which will inevitably lead to a more serious food crisis in the wasteland.
Our Han army only needs to hold the entrances to the wilderness, and we can defeat the remaining troops of the Apulian Empire without fighting."
Crown Prince Sun Heng agreed and said, "General Wei's idea coincides with mine.
Now that we have achieved a decisive victory over the Apulian Empire, the less losses we can suffer among our Han soldiers, the better."
Then Crown Prince Sun Heng said, "I will send someone to contact the emperor of the Apulian Empire and urge him to lead the remaining Apulian Empire troops and surrender unconditionally to the Han Dynasty as soon as possible.
As for the promise to the Emperor of the Apulian Empire, the Han Dynasty can still confer him the title of hereditary duke."
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