Love of the Empress 2: King and Queen

The Return Invasion Plan

"So, like that, Your Majesty." Alul Lazam concluded in delivering a report on the petition he received yesterday afternoon.

In his heart, the Minister of Defense was both happy and curious about what the king of Daffa would feel.

'Feel you! See, even your own people have asked you to abdicate from the throne! Ahaha!' heart murmuring Alul Lazam.

At first Daffa looked stunned. But after he thought quickly, his response was simply, "Oh. understandably also the desire of the people of Da. Considering we're still facing a strange war situation right now."

Instantly, Alul also gawked his made.

'Why is he so relaxed?! Am I not clear enough to present this petition to her?! Or is he too stupid to want to step down from the throne he is occupying?!' the minister's rampage continued in the heart.

Alul Lazam blinked a few times. Still could not believe what he had just heard from the mouth of the king of Daffa. Especially when he heard the following Daffa speech.

"Just send Da's greetings to the people at the Eastern border there. That Da understands the unrest that is sweeping the people of Da all. Even so, Da promised to solve this problem first and bring Nevarest back to his glory, only Da will abdicate this throne. If that is what the people of Nevarest want all of them later," said Daffa at length.

The king delivered his sentence in a loud voice. Makes not only the other ministers who heard him become amazed. Because even Alul Lazam himself was amazed made.

"Now, we move on to another topic. Foreign Minister, what about King Allain's attitude? Has there been any explanation from her regarding her attitude towards Goluth's invasion of the city of Lorr?" Ask Daffa to the Minister.

The Foreign Minister first bowed his body once. He answered a question from the king of Daffa.

"There is not yet, Your Majesty. The servant sent two messengers there. But the departure of the two envoys to Allain brought nothing, Your Majesty," replied the Foreign Minister.

This time Daffa frowned. He caught a suspicious glimpse of the silence of King Allain during Goluth's assault on the strategic town of Lorr in Nevarest.

It was hard to believe that Goluth's army could invade and attack the city. Because his location is quite far from the point of power Goluth.

Moreover, Goluth had to pass through the Yaran plateau first to enter the city of Lorr. The highlands included the Allain kingdom's dominions.

So there are only two possibilities that can happen. First, either Goluth had first attacked Allain's military members there and then attacked the city of Lorr.

Or the second reason is the kingdom of Allain gave access to the Goluth warriors to pass through his territory. If so then it signifies the betrayal of King Allain to maintain the peace commitment as agreed in the treaty of Pizloff en Muah some time ago.

Daffa hoped the second reason was not the real reason for the conquest of the city of Lorr. Because if that is true, then in the future Daffa must also anticipate attacks from the kingdom of Allain as well.

These conjectures greatly concerned the young king. So he also asked for a detailed explanation regarding the results of the reports of the two envoys, to the MenLu.

"Explain the details!" Decree Daffa.

"The two messengers whom I have sent have never been able to meet with King Allain, Your Majesty. Every time they visited the court of the king of Bahima, they always get rejected. The reason is that the king was not in the palace at the time" the Minister reported smoothly.

"Your Majesty, may the kingdom of Allain also have allied with Goluth to attack us? This is so bad, Your Majesty!" Another minister expressed his opinion with a worried look.

"Pacify yourself, minister. Don't be rash in judging things. We don't know exactly what the truth is. So do not voice wild opinions that cannot be ascertained the truth!" Tegur Daffa's.

"Pardon me, Your Majesty." said the minister hastily.

"That's it, Foreign Minister. I will write a letter to King Bahima directly. Later when the messenger gave it to their palace, also say this sentence, 'King Daffa is waiting for an immediate reply. Otherwise, Nevarest would assume Allain wanted to echo the taboos of war as Goluth was doing!'"

All the ministers bowed in disdain when they heard the voice of the Daffa king who shouted loudly. All hearts instantly became stirred when they heard his words.

"Continue to another topic. Da has a new proposal for our tactics against the onslaught of Goluth warriors. So, Da wants us to strike back at Goluth now!" Reveal Daffa in a loud voice.

Instantly, the hall was immediately noisy by the many voices of ministers who expressed their opinions simultaneously. Until the next minute, Daffa also had to calm the audience participants on that day.

"Quiet down! Calm yourself!" Admonish the king of Daffa to his ministers.

The next second his hall room became quiet again. Only then did the king of Daffa speak again.

"Hamba does not approve of this idea, Your Majesty! Obviously this is his name's suicide act. We have to think about a lot of things to counter-attack Goluth in a time like this. Whether it is in terms of cost, and also other factors need to be thought out carefully!" Alul said in flames.

Meanwhile in his heart the Minister was tearing up in his anger.

'Where did he think of counter-invasion of Goluth? If that happens... So this war can have two different storylines. Just in case, I have to oppose this idea. Let this kingdom be destroyed by itself in the power of this foolish king!' monologue Alul in the heart.

"Why is that, Minister? Wouldn't it be better if we made a surprise attack that immediately made Goluth lose by a landslide? Compared to having to continue to survive receiving attacks from Goluth warriors?" Ask Daffa in a defiant tone.

"That's..."

Alul's remarks were cut by the military chief, Antes.

"Let me speak, Your Majesty!" Antes asked the king for permission.

"Say your opinion, Military Chief!" Daffa gave his permission to Antes.

"According to the servant, this idea of counterattacking Goluth was a good plan. Isn't there an old saying that 'the best defense in a war strategy is to attack'?" Vocations Antes ornate.

All the ministers looked seriously towards Antes. Some of them were seen nodding their heads. While some others seem to dislike the proposal of Antes just now.

"The words of Antes are true, Your Majesty. The possibility of winning is also there. Isn't the number of military inner power owners in our kingdom nearly double that of Goluth?" Another minister.

Some ministers nodded their heads again. As a sign of approval for the idea of counterattacking the kingdom of Goluth.

"But Your Majesty! The risk is huge! We could have lost heavily and spent treasure and also increased the number of casualties of the war to more!" Alul Lazam again voiced his rejection.

"Then what's the difference with dying slowly receiving an attack from Goluth, compared with counterattacking? Is it not by attacking, that our chances of winning are there? Although the risk is indeed greater as well," refuted Antes.

Alul also looked at Antes with hatred.

'Basin' snot boy! How dare he challenge me like this?! Just watch out later!' crab Alul in the heart.

"You will only bring destruction to this kingdom, Antes!" Alul.

"Shouldn't I have asked you that question, Minister?" Reply to Antes with a bold look.

Realizing that the situation was no longer conducive, Daffa finally returned to show his subordinates.

"Already! Calm yourself! Listen to this Da. Da decide! We're going to counterattack Goluth!" daffa decided.

"But Your Majesty!!" Alul was about to refute the king's words but a hand gesture from Daffa stopped his intention.

"This is an absolute decision of Da. So now Da hopes we all have to come together to think about the next step again,"

"For all ministers, Da wants you to make a report on preparations for this offensive strategy. Minister of agriculture, please formulate the best rules and measures in the face of future wars,"

"So does the other minister. Prepare your report on preventive steps that can be done on their respective fields. I'll be waiting for your report by the end of the week at the latest,"

"Military Chief, prepare the best strategy for the invasion that we will do later. Wait for your report in two days. Now, let's end the audience up here!"

Daffa closed the audience that day. Most ministers were immediately excited to think about what they should do in preparing for the invasion later.

With the exception of Alul Lazam, the defense minister who still stands in his place while staring intently at his king.

'Basic shithead! He messed up everything!' aspir Alul held back his annoyance.

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