A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The rain has never stopped, and the patter is non-stop.

It was evening, and the sky became more and more gloomy. The whole sky was gray, and with the fine rain, the whole city of Tozes seemed to be shrouded in a layer of black mist.

The fighting on the wall had temporarily ceased, and the pirates stopped attacking the city and returned to their ships.

The soldiers who fought against the pirates on the city wall all afternoon got a respite. Under the command of the generals, they began to take turns to rest and return to the city to eat and rest.

Although the pirates temporarily gave up their attack, the situation is not optimistic.

Everyone knows that this is just a short respite, and when the sun rises again, what they will face will be an extremely harsh war situation.

pat pat pat.

The light-colored boots stepped on the wet stone ground, and the water splashed away.

The cloak on the side shoulders fluttered in the air, and the boy walked quickly on the stone road.

Soon, he walked into the executive government.

The door of the government affairs hall on the ground floor of the governing government was open, but the hall, which was always crowded with people in the past, seemed a little empty at the moment.

Only a few people stood in front of the huge oval white jade table in the middle of the hall, waiting for something.

Each of them has a dignified expression on their faces, and there is a bit of seriousness in their eyes.

The empty hall was extremely quiet at this moment, and only the breathing of these people could be heard. Everyone lowered their heads, as if they were thinking about something, and the atmosphere was extremely dignified for a while.

Suddenly, footsteps came from outside.

The sound shattered the uneasy silence brewing in the hall at the moment.

Almost at the same moment, the silent crowd suddenly raised their heads and looked towards the gate.

A figure appeared in the night, walking quickly.

Long blonde hair is the brightest shade in the dark at the moment.

Dressed in white.

The cloak behind him flutters in the night.

Stepping on the bluestone slabs with light-colored boots, Garlan, who still had a somewhat childish face, came from the gate and walked in front of everyone.

Everyone leaned over, put one hand on their chest, knelt down on one knee, and bowed their heads deeply.

These people knelt with their heads down, with different expressions on their faces.

Those who stayed here were generals who led their subordinates to resist desperately when the pirates attacked, but there were only a few of them.

They all knew that many of their colleagues obeyed the orders of the consul and those powerful businessmen, and escorted those people to break out of the city and escape from the city.

Only a few of them violated the order and led their subordinates to stand on the inner city wall of Tozes.

In any case, as soldiers, it is impossible for them to abandon these 10,000+ unarmed citizens and escape by themselves.

Therefore, even if they knew that they were like mantises, even if they knew that it was only a matter of time before the fall of Tozes City, they decided to stay.

They will fight until the last moment when the city is broken.

They are ready to live and die with Tozes City.

Although they survived the first wave of pirate attacks, none of these generals showed any joy on their faces.They knew very well that if there were no accidents, tomorrow would be the moment when the city of Tozes fell.

When the pirates came in, it was the moment when the city became hell.

Therefore, when they received the order to let them come to this hall, they were extremely astonished.

Because the person who gave them the order was actually the person they thought must have been closely guarded and left Tozes City in the first place.

Even if they saw it with their own eyes at this moment, they still couldn't believe that this noble Highness actually stayed in the city.

The prince of Aaron Landis, Garlan.

The hurried footsteps sounded again, and someone hurriedly came from outside. It was Seth who had just finished dealing with the slave riot in the upper city.

He bowed and knelt in salute.

Then, he raised his eyes to look at Garlan, his eyes were extremely complicated at this moment.

"prince."

He said, "You shouldn't be in town..."

He stopped abruptly in the middle of the speech, Seth's lips moved, after all, he couldn't speak anymore, only let out a long sigh.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is no hope for the city of Tozes.

If you stay here, you will surely die.

As soldiers, they are all ready to die generously, but the prince is different from them, the prince...

Garlan smiled at Seth.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Seth and everyone showed a look of astonishment.

Garlan said, "The Consul is still in the city, and so are those in Bertola."

"how come……"

Someone shook his head and said.

"Impossible! The consul has already left."

"And those people are—"

Garlan turned his head and glanced at the blond knight behind him.

Keyhors understood and took a step forward.

"The city gate has been closed before that, and no one is allowed to open it without the prince's personal order, and those who disobey the order will be beheaded."

Keyhos stared at those people and spoke.

"The consuls of Tozes, other officials, and those generals who wanted to protect Bertola and other merchants who escaped belonged to the category of fleeing before the battle. My personal guards have captured them and put them all in prison. The prince has done A decision will be made and they will be tried military-martialed after the war."

Keyhos' words made everyone present look at each other in dismay.

And the last sentence made them smile bitterly.

After the war?

If they were still alive after the war.

Looking at the dispirited crowd, Garlan immediately said, "From now on, all city guards and soldiers belong to you, Seth, and your fleet soldiers will continue to be led by you."

His eyes swept over everyone.

"I want you to guard Tozeth."

"Your Highness, if possible, we also want to defend Tozes, but the naval fleet has been completely destroyed."

Seth smiled wryly.

"Even if it is all the city guards, plus the soldiers under my command, there are only a few thousand people, it is impossible to defend..."

"Four days."

Garlan said, looking at them steadily.

"Hold Tozeth for four days, and we'll have reinforcements."

He said, "So, give me four days."

Garlan's words lifted everyone's spirits instantly. According to the normal situation, it would take at least a week or ten days for the reinforcements to arrive, but judging from the current situation, it is impossible for Tozes to last so long, so they think that there is no hoped.

However, for four days, if what the prince said is true, then if they fought desperately to survive for four days, maybe...

"We get it."

Seth answered for everyone.

"Prince, please give an order."

Garlan shook his head.

"I don't know much about military affairs. If you give orders indiscriminately, it will only cause trouble. The same is true for Kehuos. He is only good at cavalry battles. He doesn't understand naval battles, and he is not good at city defense battles."

He said, "Seth, from now on, you will be in charge of everything. I issue an order as a prince, and all the troops in Tozes City will be at your disposal."

Seth, who was kneeling, paused for breath, and a slight red tide appeared on his always dignified face.

All the troops are in his hands, what a trust.

For a moment, his breathing was a little short.

"Your Highness Garlan, Seth will definitely not betray your trust."

The clenched right fist pressed hard on his chest, and Seth's dark face was full of determination.

"I swear to Shamash, I swear to you, if the pirates want to climb over the city wall, they can only step on my dead body!"

He said, categorically.

Then, he got up, called several other generals, and began to talk about the planning map of Tozes City spread out on the round table.

He discussed with everyone with a serious face, racing against time to start discussing how to deploy troops on the city wall.

Garlan didn't listen. He knew that he couldn't give any advice, and if he went there, he would only make people bound. Therefore, he took Kaihus and turned around to a room on the side of the hall.

"Your Highness, is it really okay to say this? Four days is impossible."

As soon as he entered the side room, Keyhos spoke.

"It's true that Anu can fly back to the king's city in more than a day. If it's day and night, whether it's cavalry or navy, it will take about three days to get here from the king's city. But..."

He repeated the word solemnly.

"However, the key point is that King Kamos is away on an expedition and is not in the royal city. Whether it is to mobilize the garrison or the navy in the royal city, he must obtain His Majesty's approval and have the soldier talisman given by His Majesty."

"That is to say, Prince Heymos must first send someone to the Eastern Front to inform His Majesty of the matter, and bring the soldier talisman back to the royal city before he can mobilize the army—that's why I said, it will take at least seven days."

"The four days you mentioned is absolutely impossible."

The knight frowned deeply.

"I know that you are trying to boost their morale so that they can persevere, but if there is no reinforcement after four days, they will think that you said that there is reinforcement is a lie, they may collapse immediately, and even have resentment towards you... "

When Kaihos spoke, Garlan kept his head down in thought, as if he was thinking about something.

"Kayhors, I've been wondering, are these things too coincidental?"

He mused.

"Although this man-made disaster was caused by some selfish guys raising tigers, they were counterattacked by pirates." He said, "But it just so happened that the country of ISIS in the east attacked Aaron Landis, and the pirates were just around the corner. At this time, the face was torn; it was just such a coincidence that before the pirates attacked, the unbearable slaves rioted at this time."

Garlan's words made the knight frowned even more.

"It's not so much a coincidence, it's better to say that it's like someone is pulling behind the scenes..."

Just in the middle of Keyhos's words, there was a sudden loud noise outside.

At the same time, the door of the room was pushed open, and one of the generals just now strode in.

"What's going on?" Keyhors asked. "Why is it so loud outside?"

"His Royal Highness, Your Excellency Kehors." The general's face was startled and angry, but also deeply disturbed, "The citizens of Tozes rushed over and surrounded the government!"

He gritted his teeth and said, "They did not know where they got the news that the consul and other officials left Tozes City and fled on their own. They surrounded the consul and asked the consul to show up in front of them, otherwise they would rush in."

"what!"

A wave of unrest, a wave of up again.

The attack of the pirates outside had just stopped, and the city of Tozes had a little peace.

At this moment, the city erupted again.

This time, it was the angry citizens who made the noise.

They, who had been terrified all the time, were completely ignited by this terrible rumor that 'they had been abandoned'.

Under the instigation of someone with a heart, the citizens who were completely out of control rushed over, shouting, and tightly surrounded the entire Consulate.

………………

It was night, and the sky was completely dark.

Among the pirate ships moored by the coast, all the pirates were in high spirits.

In the afternoon, they burned, killed and raped recklessly on the shore, plundered women and children, and robbed property frantically. How happy they were, those mournful and miserable wailings sounded like the sound of heaven in their ears, which made them even more red-eyed.

Seeing that it was late at night and had to retreat temporarily, the pirates were still a little unwilling.

You know, most of the outer cities are just construction sites and wharves, and there are not many residents. They are just appetizers.The real big head, the wealth of the city is all staying in the inner city.

At this moment, they are gearing up one by one, and they just want to attack the inner city of Tozes in one breath. The considerable wealth that Tozes has accumulated over the years makes them itchy.

"Boss, why don't we work harder."

"That's right, they are about to lose their hold. If we continue at night, we may be able to break through in a short time."

"Boss, you said—"

Everyone was talking.

The idle-looking man glanced lazily at his subordinates.

"No hurries."

He said, "Wait a minute."

As soon as he grinned, the golden front teeth glared.

"Wait a little longer, maybe something happens in there, and we can get in without any effort."

Pirate leader Basha said so, showing a meaningful smile, and cast his eyes on the city of Tozes, which seemed to be quiet in the night, but was already in chaos.

........................

hours ago.

……

The rain was still falling, and the fine raindrops wet the stone roads in the city.

Just when the citizens of Tozes were huddled in their homes and panicked, in the middle of the night, those malicious people lurking in the center of Tozes moved.

Through the hidden path, using the dark night to hide their figures, dozens of people secretly gathered in a secret underground dark room from all directions of the city.

"Spread the news immediately."

Said the man who brought these people together with a special summoning method.

The faint light illuminated half of his cheeks covered by the cloak. If the leader of the rioting slaves who had been killed by Seth's army was here, he would definitely recognize him. This person was one of the few people who instigated their riots .

It was precisely because this person and his companions encouraged him continuously for half a year, and promised many benefits one after another, that moved him.

But it's a pity that these people just regarded him and all the slaves as pawns, and once they were thrown out, they never cared about the life and death of those slaves.

"Be cautious, spread the news that the consul and the officials have secretly fled Tozes, and tell everyone that the city of Tozes has been abandoned, and all the citizens of Tozes have been abandoned."

"Let them know that most of the soldiers have escaped to protect the officials. Tozes has become an empty city. The pirates will come in early tomorrow morning."

the man said,

"These poor people who were abandoned by the officials and the country will die tragically under the knives of the pirates."

After finishing speaking, everyone left immediately to complete the task assigned by the man.

The man who remained in the room sat quietly, with shadows covering half of his face.

He looked at the city in the rainy night outside the window, with a mocking sneer on the corner of his mouth.

What a bunch of stupid guys.

Those slaves were, and so were the dumb townspeople who were about to be inspired by the rumors he spread.

Just a few light words can make those guys move like marionettes according to his wishes.

It's ridiculous that those stupid guys think they are implementing their own will.

The consuls and officials who were greedy for life and fear of death should have all run away, but there are still a few generals who are not afraid of death.

In order to stabilize the overall situation, those people tried their best not to let the news spread, desperately trying to keep Tozes.

Speaking of which, he still admires those guys who are dedicated to their duties.

It is a pity that the efforts of those generals are doomed to be in vain.

The panicked citizens will not think that this is their painstaking efforts, they will only think that they have deceived themselves, and they will make an angry riot.

As soon as the news spreads, the city of Tozes will immediately become chaotic.

Those few generals guarding the city were not enough in terms of status or status, none of them could suppress the rioting citizens and stabilize the situation in the city.

In this way, when the morale of the army is in chaos and morale collapses, the city will fall in an instant.

The man looked at the gloomy rain curtain in a comfortable mood, and felt an inexplicable pleasure in his heart.

Oh, what a pleasure it is to lurk in the dark like this, to play with everyone in applause, and to manipulate those stupid people wantonly.

Thinking so, the man raised his lips and drank his tea contentedly.