Chapter 1070 Street Fight (Part 2)
Elsa's words made everyone, including Gail, stare with surprise.
However, at this moment, just as Elsa's voice fell, Jacob's voice rang out:
"My humble opinion is the same as your majesty's - Pendragon must not give up!"
"I second the motion." This time it was Enli who spoke.
Elsa, Jacob, Enli - these three heavyweights who had just returned to the imperial capital, all expressed the same position on the question of "Should Pendragon stick to it or give up": Pendragon must not give up!
After the three of them expressed their positions, the conference hall was quiet for a few seconds.
Then, the expressions of the "war faction" ministers changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Originally, their faces were full of despair.
But at this time, the despair on their faces turned into ecstasy.
The emperor, the prime minister, and a deputy leader of the Knights all turned to their "war faction" - what could be more exciting for the ministers of the "war faction" than this?
In contrast, the faces of the people in the "pro-retreat faction" became ugly.
"Your Majesty!"
As the leader of the "pro-retreat faction", Alfred hurriedly shouted to Ilsa:
"Your Majesty's feelings are clear to me."
"Giving up Pendragon is really the best solution for our country at present!"
As soon as Alfred finished speaking, Ilsa asked back:
"The best solution? Then - Alfred, let me ask you: If we want to give up Pendragon, where should we move the capital to?"
After hearing Ilsa's question, Alfred was stunned for a moment.
Then he immediately replied:
"Of course, we should move the capital to Dorrond."
Dorrond - located in the western part of the Britannia Empire, is the largest city in the western part of the Britannia Empire, a famous commercial capital,
and is second only to Pendragon in terms of wealth.
If we want to give up Pendragon and move the capital, then Dorrond, located in the western part and second only to Pendragon in wealth, is indeed the best choice.
"Dolrond." Ilsa said, "If I remember correctly, Dorrond is located in the west of our country, in the rear of our country."
"If we move the capital to Dorrond, it means that we have to give up a large area of territory east of Dorrond."
"If we give up a large area of territory east of Dorrond, then the territory under our rule will only be one-third of the current one."
"Alfred, please answer me - how can we fight against the aggressive rebels and the Frank army that is more powerful than the rebels with only one-third of the remaining territory?"
"This..." Alfred was speechless for a moment.
Just as Alfred was thinking about a proper answer, Ilsa took advantage of the victory and pursued.
"If the capital is occupied by the rebels, it will be a big blow to the morale of our people and the morale of our army."
"If we abandon Pendragon and move the capital to Dolrond, the territory under our rule will only be one-third of the current one."
"Relying only on this one-third of the territory, as well as the depressed morale of the people and the army, do you think there is still hope to defeat Allen's rebels and the Frank army?"
Ilsa's words made many "pro-retreat" people who were already undetermined show hesitation and confusion on their faces.
The "pro-war" and "pro-retreat" parties both have certain reasons for their claims, so many people are actually fence-sitters and don't know which camp to join.
At this moment, Alfred, who had been thinking about a proper answer, suddenly raised his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, then raised his head and said loudly to Ilsa:
"Your Majesty!"
"I know the importance of Pendragon very well."
"I also know the disadvantages of giving up Pendragon."
"I also know that I must not give up Pendragon unless it is absolutely necessary."
"But now is the last resort!"
"With the little military force left in Pendragon, it is impossible to defend Pendragon!"
At this point, the smug look on Alfred's face became more intense.
The reason why Alfred's face showed a smug look was because he knew that this question of his was his... or their "retreat faction" trump card.
After fighting with the "war faction" for so long, Alfred naturally knew what the "war faction"'s Achilles' heel was.
It is impossible to come up with a city defense tactic that makes people feel that there is hope to defend Pendragon-this is the Achilles' heel of the "war faction".
Just like a thief who keeps shouting that he wants to steal money from the treasury, but never comes up with a useful theft plan.
Because of this, this question has always been the trump card of their "retreat faction".
Once this question is raised, the "war faction" is either speechless or changes the subject.
Alfred intends to throw out their trump card directly and "defeat" Elsa in one fell swoop.
Facing Alfred's question, Elsa frowned slightly.
Not only Elsa, but also Jacob and Enli, as well as some ministers of the "war faction", all frowned slightly or heavily.
These days, the ministers of the "war faction" hate this problem to the core.
Because they have no way to deal with this problem at all.
Looking at Alfred below, Ilsa sighed silently in her heart:
-Alas...
-Mr. Bankro...
-Come quickly...
After returning to Pendragon, Jacob immediately used all his connections to find out what happened in Pendragon during the time they left the imperial capital.
Relying on Jacob's strong connections, in less than half an hour from the gate of Pendragon to Baiyang Palace, Ilsa and others learned about the changes in Pendragon in recent days.
When they learned that Bankro was currently taking the lead and studying tactics that could defend Pendragon, Ilsa and others were very happy and looking forward to it.
Ilsa and others were all firm "war advocates".
As "war advocates", they naturally knew that their current priority was to come up with a city defense plan that would convince the majority of "retreat advocates".
If we can't come up with an effective defense plan, we can't convince the ministers to support the defense.
Therefore, Ilsa and the others put their hopes on Bankro.
Whether they can convince the ministers to support the defense depends on whether Bankro can formulate a tactic that can stop Allen's tens of thousands of rebels.
On the way to Baiyang Palace, Ilsa and Jacob discussed the countermeasures to the "retreat faction" - delay. Delay until Bankro returns to Baiyang Palace with his formulated defense tactics!
After a long sigh in her heart, Ilsa cleared her throat.
Just when Ilsa was about to say something irrelevant to fool Alfred's question just now -
"Who said we don't have the ability to defend Pendragon at present?"
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