A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

After bowing down to Prince Garlan, the middle-aged slave stood up without saying a word, and directly picked out a person who had caused trouble among the slaves not long ago.

When these people sneaked into the crowd of slaves and scurried from left to right and used their three-inch tongues to incite the slaves to make trouble, he kept watching with cold eyes, silently remembering these people in his heart.

A dozen or so slaves also did the same thing as him, and together with him, they picked up all the instigators and handed them over to the city guard.

Although these ten or so slaves were not born well, they were all quite capable people, and they were very appealing and influential among the slaves.

In this way, they showed their determination to the prince.

Came here for a trip, although Keyhors didn't speak from the beginning to the end, but before he left, he had an unexpected harvest.These instigators were obviously in the same group as the dozen or so people he had caught before.

So, he unceremoniously took over these guys and brought them back for interrogation together.

At this point, the downlines that a certain man had finally bought in the city were almost wiped out.

Handing over the arrangements for these tens of thousands of slaves to a general, Garlan didn't stay here any longer, and turned around and returned to the consul.

It's just that on the way back, Seth frowned and worried all the way.

As soon as he stepped into the government office, he finally couldn't help but speak after the guards who followed him retreated.

"Prince, you want to free the slaves. This will cause dissatisfaction among many people. I'm afraid those people will make trouble again in the city..."

He hesitated.

Throughout the ages, occasionally one or two people put forward the slogan of emancipating slaves.

However, none of these people were attacked by aristocratic officials who were slave owners and big businessmen, and ended up in a miserable end.

After all, for slave owners, slaves are their private property. If anyone dares to take away their property from them, they will definitely want to kill you crazily.

Now, if the prince wants to liberate the slaves in Tozes City, he will definitely encounter fierce opposition from the masters of those slaves.

Garlan glanced at the worried Seth.

"I never said I was going to free the slaves," he said.

"Ah? But? You just clearly..."

Garlan shook his head.

Although it is known from the history of the world he came from that slavery will die out sooner or later, it is a long-term process, and it is not possible to free slaves immediately by calling for liberation.

In this world at this stage, anyone who shouts the slogan of freeing slaves and abolishing slavery will immediately become a public enemy of the world.

Everyone will attack him in groups, leaving him dead without a place to bury him.

He wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

"This is an exceptional decision made in exceptional circumstances."

Garland replied.

Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to ask the merchant nobles of Tozes to give up their slaves, even if he is a prince.

However, the current situation is that——

The largest slave owners, that is, consuls, principal officials, and big merchants all committed serious crimes, and their property would be confiscated sooner or later, and they could not object in prison.

As for the smaller slave owners, now that Tozes City is about to be captured by pirates, they are trembling like frightened birds.

"Do you think the slaves are more important to those people than their own lives?"

Garland said.

"Just tell them to give me all the slaves and they will survive. Do you think they will object?"

If they could exchange their slaves for their own safety and preserve their property in the city, they would beg Garlan to accept their slaves, and would be grateful to Garlan.

Moreover, even if the news spread after the war, other nobles would not be too sensitive about it.

Because they all know that this method is not universal, it is just a special countermeasure to defend the city.

Seth thought that the prince was right, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

So, as soon as he changed his mind, he immediately began to think about how to use these slaves in war.

Thinking about it, he frowned.

"Your Highness, you said just now that killing a pirate is considered credit, but in wars, most of those slaves can only assist from the sidelines, and they may not be able to kill pirates with their own hands. Come on, the calculation of their credit is probably a bit..."

"Oh, that's just what I said casually, just as an example. As for how to calculate the specific military exploits, how much is worth a pirate, that's all up to you to arrange."

"Uh."

Seth choked on Garlan's casual tone of pushing the matter onto himself.

And the blond knight next to him also spoke up.

"If the prince has to decide every detail, what do we subordinates do?"

Seth smiled wryly, but he had to admit that Keyhors was right.

Everything has to be decided by the prince and what to do.

"I see," he said, "I'm going to discuss this with everyone now."

Although arranging those slaves is a very troublesome thing, I'm afraid I have to be busy all night.

However, not only was he able to withdraw nearly a thousand soldiers who guarded the slaves, but he also acquired tens of thousands of new men. It must be said that the pressure on him, who had been terribly worried about not having enough manpower not long ago, had eased somewhat.

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The night passed and the sun rose.

At dawn, the pirates began to attack the city of Tozeth with full confidence.

Judging from yesterday's battle situation, the defenders in Tozes City were seriously short of manpower, and the defense line on the city wall was precarious and full of loopholes.

So today, the pirate leader Basha decided to send more troops to attack the city, crushing it with numbers, and captured the city of Tozes in one fell swoop.

However, when nearly double the number of pirates compared to yesterday went up again, they were shocked to find that the number of soldiers defending the city had increased several times compared to yesterday.

The loopholes that were originally less manned have all been tightly blocked today.

Seeing the situation on the city wall today, Basha's face immediately became ugly.

Especially when he heard the retired subordinates say that most of the newly added people had brand marks on them, as if they were slaves, his face turned blue.

That trash in town!

He cursed fiercely in his heart.

Then, he gritted his teeth and waved his hand to let the pirates under his command press on him frantically.

Fight!

The longer the time dragged on, the more dangerous it would be. He had to take down the city of Tozes as soon as possible.

Seth, who was standing on the city wall, kept yelling and directing everywhere.

Now that the manpower is abundant, the front on the city wall is no longer as precarious as before.

Slaves divided into nearly a hundred teams were assigned to various places. Their main task was to prevent pirates from climbing up, push away the ladders, poke down the climbed pirates with spears, and pour boiling water and oil on the pirates on the city wall. torches.

It is the well-trained soldiers who really fight the pirates who seize the opportunity to climb up.

But the slaves were not worried, because each slave squad had a team leader leading them, telling them that even if they didn't kill the pirates with their own hands, the team leader would take credit for their achievements.

The most conspicuous among the slaves was a slave team with less than a hundred people.

The slaves in that team were all big-bodied, stout, and powerful-most of them were slave gladiators. To entertain noble merchants, they usually had to fight wild beasts or fight each other.

These slave gladiators slain from the dead are far more ferocious than ordinary soldiers.

This team was led by the middle-aged slave who talked to Garlan yesterday, and they kept shuttling on the city wall. Wherever the battle was fierce, and where there were many pirates climbing up, they would go there. They seemed to have inexhaustible strength. Likewise, they can be seen everywhere.

Every time they kill a pirate, they will cut off the piece of skin with the pirate tattoo on the pirate's arm, and put the bloody human skin in the waist bag as proof of their military exploits.

Therefore, although the number of pirates who attacked today was double that of yesterday, and they were also more vicious than yesterday, but because of the tens of thousands of slaves who assisted in defending the city and the group of powerful slave gladiators, the battle situation turned from yesterday's one-sided situation to that of yesterday's. It's pretty even.

The two sides were deadlocked on the battlefield.

And this was enough to make Seth and other generals overjoyed.

After all, everyone thought they couldn't last for a day, but now they have survived for two days.

There are still two days.

they thought.

In two days, the reinforcements that the prince said would come.

They desperately want to survive these two days!

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The interior of Tozes City is still very quiet.

In the upstairs room of the Consulate, Garlan stood by the window, looking at the battlefield in the distance.

The moist sea breeze blowing from the sea blew up his flowing golden hair hanging down his side neck, and there was a faint smell of fresh blood brought from the city wall in the wind.

Even the shouts of killing, roars, and screams faintly came from the wind and passed into his ears.

Garlan raised his eyes, turned his eyes away from the battlefield on the city wall, and looked at the endless sea.

His eyes seemed to pass through the sea and look towards a distant place.

All I can do, I've done.

Tal.

The rest is up to you.

You must bring Ayerson's reinforcements back.

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On the other side, Taal, who was missed by Garlan, had already rushed to Elson Island.

On the afternoon of the day when the pirates attacked the city, he failed to persuade Garlan to leave, but was instead given an important task by Garlan.

When he was ordered in danger, he was a little panicked and had no confidence in this important task.

However, when the prince said that he believed he would do it, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

Even if he risked his life, he would not disappoint the prince's trust!

At that time, before the pirates had time to encircle and block the city gate on land, he broke out from the city gate under the protection of dozens of personal guards.

Then, he ran all the way, made a big circle on the land, and rode a horse for a whole night. When it was bright, he rushed to the small port of the nearest fishing town, hired a small fast boat, and hurried out to sea.

After sailing at sea for a day and a night, Tal and his party finally arrived at the only port open to the public on Elson Island.

Eilson country does not allow men to enter the territory of the country, this port is specially reserved for the purpose of foreign trade.However, due to the hostility or ignorance of the countries around it, this trading port is not prosperous, with few shops and few people, and there are only a few merchant ships moored in the port for trading.

It was almost noon when Tal arrived on the island.As soon as Tal landed, he went directly to the administrator of the port and asked to see the queen. He was considered mentally ill, and the other party almost threw him out.

It wasn't until Tal showed the silver-white earring, and the female management officer saw the unique pattern of Eilson country on it, that she reported the matter to her superiors suspiciously.

After Tal waited anxiously outside for more than an hour, the news finally came from above.

A team of Allson female soldiers came out and brought him in alone, while the other guards had to stay at the port.

Eilson is a small island country consisting of a large Eilson Island and adjacent small archipelagos.

The palace where the queen lives is not grand and huge, but rather exquisite in shape, and the interior decoration is exquisite and beautiful everywhere.Since the palace was built, only a few dozen men have been able to enter it.However, Tal, who had this rare opportunity, was in no mood to visit the palace, and his chubby body was circling in the reception room, waiting anxiously.

There was a sound of brisk footsteps, and the door was pushed open.

The female general Eilson in light purple leather armor appeared in front of Tal.

When she saw Tual, she looked disappointed.

When the female warrior below reported that Aaron Landis had a messenger coming, she thought it was the blond knight she was thinking about.

However, as soon as they returned to Elson Island with the little princess on their front feet, the little fat man followed behind.

Looking at his anxious expression, I don't know what's urgent.

"General Venier, I don't know about my request to see the Queen..."

Venier nodded and said, "Come with me, the queen is very grateful to you for helping the little princess, and agreed to summon you."

Following General Eilson to the palace hall, Tal finally saw Queen Eilson.

The queen was tall and slender, and she didn't wear any gorgeous long dress, but a strong outfit, with a long sword at her waist, a long cloak behind her, and a bit of awe-inspiring majesty between her brows.

With her arms outstretched, she was sitting boldly on the throne, with a heroic posture and a radiant look. At first glance, it made people feel that this was the outstanding demeanor of the legendary Allson female warrior.

And the queen's speech was also crisp and sharp, pointing directly to the center.

"Messengers of Aaron Landis, I am deeply grateful for your help to my daughter."

she asked bluntly.

"You rushed to see me so eagerly, is it because you have encountered difficulties and need my help?"

Seeing that Queen Elson spoke so frankly, Tal stopped beating around the bush, and directly described the current situation in Tozeth City quickly.

Then, he explained to the queen that the prince asked Elson to send a navy to rescue the city of Tozes.

Queen Elson pondered for a while, then shook her head.

"Feel sorry."

She said, "I can only refuse Prince Aaron Landis' request."

"Her Majesty—"

"Messenger of Aaron Landis, I am very grateful for the fact that your prince saved my daughter. From the standpoint of a mother, in order to repay the prince's kindness, I will go to the battlefield for him without hesitation. "

The queen interrupted Tual, and looked at Tual with burning eyes, bright eyes.

Her voice and words are as strong and decisive as her appearance.

"However, as the queen of Eilson, I cannot send my Eilson soldiers to the battlefield just because of the kindness of Prince Aaron Landis for saving my daughter."

"However, Your Majesty, if the city of Tozes falls, 10,000+ people in the city will be massacred by pirates."

Tull said eagerly.

"Even if you have mercy on those 10,000+ innocent lives in that city..."

"The mission of Eilson's soldiers is to protect Eilson's people. Their existence is not to die for my personal kindness or feelings - let alone sacrifice their lives for the people of other countries."

Queen Elson once again flatly refused.

It can be seen that the Queen is a person with a tough personality and a decisive person.

Once she made a decision, there was no room for change.

"Messenger of Aaron Landis, if you are willing to stay in Aierson, or the prince is willing to come to Aierson, I will protect your safety."

"However, there is no need to mention the matter of sending our army to the sea to rescue the city of Tozes."

The last word fell, and the Queen got up.

Flicking the cloak behind him, he simply turned around and left.

Tal stood there with his mouth open, but he was speechless. He could only watch the back of Queen Elson disappearing before his eyes.

If Ailson's reinforcements cannot be brought back to Tozes City, then, the prince...the prince will...

Thinking of the trusting look in the prince's eyes when he was sent away.

At this moment, Tal felt unprecedented despair.