Chapter 1050: The Battle of Bankro
Empire of Britannia, Pendragon, Council Hall.
"Your Excellency! Please stop!"
Aphra's sharp voice made Bancro's eardrums sting.
Bancro silently endured Aphra's wrath.
"How long will you people continue to cause trouble before you stop! We haven't wasted a second now, and we are in even more danger!"
To this day, no final decision has been made on whether Pendragon should keep or abandon the decision.
Although the main war faction has been at a disadvantage because it has been unable to come up with an effective strategy for defending the city, the main war faction headed by Bancro refused to give in and fought with Aphra and Yal. The withdrawal advocates headed by Fred were tit for tat.
The days just drag on...
Bancro's current purpose is actually to buy time.
Buy enough time for the military staff headed by him to plan a perfect strategy that can defend Pendragon for a long time.
Every day in the chamber, a battle takes place between those who advocate war and those who advocate withdrawal.
So Bancro's days are quite regular these days.
During the day, I spent time in the conference hall dealing with the evacuationists to gain time for formulating tactics.
In the evening, he would formulate tactics with other military staff in his mansion.
But no matter how hard Bancro manages, there will be times when he reaches his limit.
After all, the most precious thing at present is time. Bancro can use his powerful words to buy a moment of time for their main war faction, but it is impossible to buy a lifetime of time.
Today, the firepower of the withdrawal advocates was extremely fierce, making Bancroe feel unprecedented pressure.
Over the past few days, Bancroft has been wasting their time, leaving the withdrawal activists furious and exhausted.
As soon as the food manager Aphra finished speaking, the financial manager Alfred's voice also sounded:
"Mr. Bancro, as far as I know - your noble officer has been summoning the military staff to his home these days.
Let's work together to plan a strategy that can hold Bancro for a long time under the onslaught of the rebels led by Allen, right? "
"That's right." Bancro nodded and admitted readily.
"Mr. Bancro, please forgive me for speaking frankly - you are doing this in vain!"
"In the face of the absolute power gap, any strategy and tactics are in vain!"
"With Pendragon's only remaining defensive strength, it is simply impossible to defend Pendragon under the fierce attack of Allen's hundreds of thousands of troops!"
"To defend Pendragon with this little military strength is like moving a warship to the top of the Eghar Mountains - it's simply impossible!"
"Moving a warship to the top of the Eghar Mountains..." Bancroft repeated Alfred's words in a low voice.
Then, as if he heard some funny joke, he chuckled a few times.
"Okay." Bancro said in a cheerful tone, "Then let me show you how we moved the warship to the top of the Eghar Mountains."
Bancro's retaliation made Alfred blush with anger.
After snorting heavily with his nose, Alfred turned around and said to Gale who was sitting on the nine steps:
"Your Highness! Please make up your mind to give up Pendragon as soon as possible! Don't be bewitched by Bancro and others anymore!"
"Bancro and the others are now a bunch of crazy gamblers! Crazy gamblers who plan to put the national destiny of the Britannia Empire on the gambling table!"
"Gamblers?" Bancro asked in a deep voice, "If we are crazy gamblers who put the national destiny of the Britannian Empire on the gambling table, aren't you the same?"
"You plan to follow the example of the Frank Empire more than a hundred years ago and abandon Pendragon, the center of the empire. Isn't what you are doing is putting the national destiny of the empire on the gambling table?"
"That's better than you guys who are thinking about fighting! At least we still have some hope of turning defeat into victory! If we adopt your idea and defend Pendragon, we will be dead!"
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Gale, who was sitting on the nine steps, silently listened to the fierce verbal battle between the war faction and the withdrawal faction.
Then he sighed with a tired look on his face.
One of the people feeling the pressure these days is Gail.
After taking office as regent, Gale hardly had a good night's sleep.
Every day I was worried about whether Pendragon should fight or retreat.
But now, after listening to the debates between the two factions for so many days, Gale is now somewhat inclined to the views of the withdrawal faction.
Because the war faction has a fatal weakness, that is, they cannot come up with an effective tactic that can defend Pendragon under the fierce attack of Allen's rebels.
Unable to come up with a tactic that would make Gale feel hopeful about defending Pendragon - this made Gale unable to accept the idea of the main militant faction to defend Pendragon.
"Ahem."
Gale coughed twice.
After hearing these two coughs from Gale, both the war and withdrawal factions shut their mouths.
He turned his head and looked at Gale sitting on the nine steps.
"Everyone."
Gale said loudly.
"Pendragon is the foundation of our country, so we must never give up Pendragon unless we have to."
"But - after thinking about it these days, I found - now seems to be the last resort."
After hearing what Gale said, the pro-retreat faction led by Aphra showed joy on their faces.
The pro-war faction led by Bankro turned ugly.
"Although I don't understand the art of war," Gale said in a deep voice, "but I also know that it is foolish to fight a battle that cannot be won."
"So--"
Before Gale finished speaking, Bankro took the lead and walked to the red carpet in the center of the meeting hall, then knelt on one knee.
"Your Highness!"
Bankro said loudly.
"Please give me 10 days!"
"If we fail to formulate an effective defense plan within 10 days, we will no longer complain about giving up Pendragon!"
Gale was about to announce the abandonment of Pendragon, but Bankro suddenly jumped out to disrupt the situation.
This made Aphra, Alfred and others grit their teeth in anger.
"Your Highness!" Alfred shouted, "Please don't be deceived by Bankro and his men again!"
"It is because of their repeated disruptions that we have wasted so much time now!"
"Every second we waste now, we are in more danger."
"We don't have enough time to let Bankro and his men waste another 10 days!"
As soon as Alfred finished speaking, other people who advocated withdrawal followed suit and advised Gail, asking Gail to ignore Bankro's unreasonable request.
At this time, Bankro also shouted again:
"Your Highness! The capital is the foundation of the country! Once it is abandoned, it will shake the foundation of our country! Please give us 10 days!"
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