A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

"Prince! Prince ah ah ah—"

Standing on the deck at the bow of the ship, a plump and fat boy was bouncing vigorously, waving his hands desperately at the city on the coast while bouncing.

"I'm back! Prince! Did you see me?!"

The scene of a chubby meatball bouncing on the bow, bouncing up and down with the flesh all over the body is really appalling to watch, and General Vinier said angrily, unable to watch it any longer.

"How can you see it from this distance? It's useless if you wave your hand off."

As she spoke, she pulled back the little fat man who had squeezed in front of her.

"Don't make trouble, go aside."

Tal, who was dragged down, stepped back resentfully.

General Venier squinted his eyes to observe the scene ahead. There were only a few pirate ships near the harbor, and most of the pirate ships had already sailed into the spacious river channel in the outer city of Tozes.

With a sneer, she raised her hand and gestured to the flag bearer on the watchtower. The flag bearer nodded and began to wave the flag as a signal.

Aierson's warships, which were originally in a cone-shaped formation, quickly changed their formation and spread out to both sides, showing the tendency of flying with two wings.

The cone formation is to destroy the formation of the enemy fleet, but now most of the pirate ships have sailed into the river, and there is no formation at all. Of course, it must be changed to a two-wing formation for containment.

At this moment, the scouts on the watchtower suddenly shouted a warning.

She shouted: "Your Excellency, there is a large fleet approaching us!"

Vinelle was startled.

"Is it the pirate support force?"

she asked, frowning.

"No, there's no Jolly Roger...the lion...it's the lion's flag! It's Aaron Landis' navy!"

Vinier was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head and cast a questioning look at the little fat man Tal.

This little fat man obviously went to Elson for help because his navy was too late to rescue them, but Aaron Landis's navy arrived at about the same time as them.

Tal didn't see the female general's questioning eyes, he stared stupidly at the large fleet that appeared from the horizon, his fat face was a little dazed.

Obviously, it would take seven days for the reinforcements to arrive from Wangcheng. How did they arrive within four days?

However, he soon lost his mind to think about this problem, because the scout on the lookout yelled again.

"Lord Venier! The gates of Tozes City have been breached, and the pirate ships are sailing into the city!"

What?The city of Tozes is broken? !

When Tal heard this, he jumped up in a hurry.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Go save someone! The prince is in the city—"

"Understood, don't rush."

Hearing what the subordinate said, Vinier immediately came back to her senses.

Regardless of the affairs of Aaron Landis's own navy, the current situation is that his fleet is much closer to the city of Tozes, and it will take a long time for the Aaron Landis fleet that just emerged from the sea level to get close to here.

She stared steadily at the shore that was getting closer and closer to them.

"It's in time."

Now that Eilson has sent troops, he will never return without success.

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At this moment, the people on the city wall of Tozes, who had been shrouded in an atmosphere of despair because the gate was broken by pirates, had already reacted, and they cheered loudly.

"That's the warship of the Erson female warrior—"

"Our fleet is coming too!"

"We're saved! We don't have to die!"

Someone cried bitterly, but this time, it was ecstatic crying.

With tears in their eyes, someone retorted loudly.

"No! We won! We won!"

Yes, they won.

They made it through.

They successfully defended their city.

Countless Tozes were reveling, and the soldiers headed by Seth quickly recovered their composure after undergoing violent mood swings from despair to ecstasy, from hell to heaven.

Seth's eyes were wide open, and he ran towards the inner side of the city wall, roaring.

"Bump! Hit me to death!"

He poked his head out from the high city wall and roared at the small warships moored on the river channel inside the gate.

When he was transferred to the upper city to suppress the rioting slaves, the large warships couldn't get in, so he had to drive all the small warships into the city.

After the city defense battle began, these small warships were useless, so they were moored near the gate in the inner city river.

Just in case, there are still sailors on board the warship.

"Bump me! All! Bump—"

Seth yelled like he was mad.

Both arms were raised, desperately gesticulating the semaphore.

So, under his order, the dozens of small warships drove at full speed, and rammed into the large warship that was passing through the crashed gate without thinking about it.

The huge warship that broke through the gate was seven to eighty meters long, and its own hull was also damaged a lot, so the speed of passing through the thick gate was not fast.

When its stern was still stuck in the gate and did not have time to come out, Tozes's warships rammed into it one after another.

Although Tozes's warships were much smaller than this giant warship, they collided one by one relentlessly. The ship was hit and sunk, and it died with it.

I saw dozens of small warships entangled with the wreckage of a huge warship that was not lightly damaged in the huge gate of the city gate.

In this way, the giant warship that was hit and leaked and slowly sinking could not advance or retreat, and instead became an obstacle stuck in the gate, blocking the pirate ship that followed it.

Seeing the reinforcements coming from the sea, Basha had planned to rush into the city first and take the not-so-light prince as a hostage. At this moment, he saw the huge warship that broke through the gate sank in the gate, blocking the After leaving the road, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Since there was nothing to be done, he gritted his teeth and decisively ordered all the warships to rush out of the river in the outer city of Tozes at the maximum speed and return to the sea.

Now, instead of being blocked in the river by those reinforcements and beating dogs, it is better to fight to the death in the sea area, maybe there is a possibility of breaking out of the encirclement and escaping.

However, half of the pirate ships had just sailed into the bay, and when half of them were blocked in the river and could not get out in time, Elson's warship known for its speed had already killed it.

They spread their wings and blocked the pirates in the bay.

When each other's warships approached, a series of heavy hooks flew over in the air, and all of them were placed on the side of the pirate's ship.

Immediately afterwards, countless Allson female warriors jumped up, stepped on the rope built by the hook rope, ran across the rope with a vigorous and agile pace like a cheetah, and jumped onto the pirate ship.

For a time, the slender and fit figure of the female warrior Elson could be seen everywhere, with her heroic fighting posture.

With war bows in their hands, they shot all the arrows, and shot the pirates who were trying to charge to death one by one.

When the quiver was empty, he took the spear and round shield from his back with his backhand, and mercilessly pierced the pirate's throat and heart with the spear.

Just when the female warrior Elson and the pirates were fighting fiercely, with a loud bang, a huge warship slammed into the hull of the outermost pirate ship with a lion's metal bumper. The son smashed the pirate ship in half.

The last step of Aaron Landis' fleet is here!

They are not as flexible and fast as Elson's warships, but they are huge and heavy, especially the metal bumper equipped on the bow, which is extremely hard.

Like a group of lions, without saying a word, they slammed into the pirate ships fiercely.

The pirate ships blocked in the bay couldn't avoid it at all, just like they blocked Tozes' fleet by the sea not long ago. Now the situation has changed, and they were surrounded and watched helplessly. Aaron Landis's heavy warship rammed fiercely, and watched as his own warship was smashed one after another, the hull tilted, began to leak water, and slowly sank.

The pirates who were in panic were naturally killed by the dedicated Allson female warriors.

For a while, the deck of the pirate ship was stained with the blood of the pirates, and the pirates wailed everywhere, screaming and begging for mercy.

Pirates were not very disciplined. Usually, Basha relied on his own prestige and everyone's fear of him to command the pirates. Now he suffered a big defeat. Basha's orders began to get out of control, and it was difficult to control them.

On the cracked ships, many pirates began to jump into the sea and swam desperately to the shore, trying to escape their lives. There were also many pirates who directly greeted Mrs. Ai Erson who boarded the ship. Warriors or Aaron Landis soldiers kneel and surrender.

Pirate leader Basha stood on his ship and watched his fleet being broken one after another. His eyes were red, his face was ferocious, and his teeth were clenched to the point of rattling in frustration.

He couldn't figure it out.

Victory is clearly at hand.

Obviously, if you give him a little more time, he will be able to successfully capture the city of Tozes, plunder and massacre wantonly.

Obviously Tozes City should be the meat in his pocket——

Why is it that he is the one who has suffered a crushing defeat now?

No, this is not right.

It shouldn't be like this!

Basha always felt that this should not be the case.

Although he doesn't know why, he has a feeling somewhere... He should have successfully broken through the city, became famous in the first battle, slaughtered tens of thousands of city residents, and since then has become famous and powerful in the sea.Then, he can leave the sea area of ​​Aaron Landis with the huge wealth of Tozes City, and enjoy the sea, and then use this wealth and great reputation to expand his fleet step by step, and finally become the king of the sea area. A terrifying existence that even the country dare not underestimate.

……

But now, it seems that fate has gone wrong somewhere...

Furious, Basha slashed the long knife in his hand towards the floor in front of him as if venting his anger.

Can anyone tell him what went wrong? !

No matter how angry Basha was and how miserable the pirates in the bay were, the people of Tozes standing on the city wall and watching all of them were excited and applauded loudly.Seeing the pirate ships being smashed apart and countless pirates being killed, they just felt very happy and wished that all the pirates would die and be buried at the bottom of the sea.

In the wild cheers and cheers of the crowd, few people noticed that the young prince and his knights who had stood on the city wall with them for a day and a night left quietly at this moment of carnival.

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If the battle on the wall of Tozes City by the sea can be described as swift and fierce, then the battlefield at the gate of Tozes City bordering the land can only be described as terrifying.

The dead body of the pirate was hanging on the ship's side, and the eyes that were wide open and terrified were not closed yet.

Not long ago, he was in a hurry to pull up the anchor, but just as he touched the rope, he was shot through the throat by an arrow, and lay dead on the side of the ship.

There were several other people who encountered the same situation as him. They leaned together, and blood trickled down from them, staining the wooden side of the boat red, and flowing into the river below.

At this moment, the entire deck of the ship that is still docked on the shore has been stained red, with countless broken limbs and arms piled up like a mountain of mutilated corpses, blood flowing into a river, flowing to one side along the inclined hull, gathering into a small pool of blood.

Clap, the pitch-black boots stepped on this pool of blood, and as the footsteps moved forward, blood splashed everywhere.

A knight in pitch-black armor came across this pool of blood.

Not to mention the armor on his body, even that pitch-black hair was mostly stained red by the blood spattered by the enemy, dripping down his light brown side cheeks and into his neck.

Star-eyed and sword-browed, handsome and without waves, but with a cold and evil aura.

The young man who stepped on blood seemed to be walking from the sea of ​​blood in hell.

Docked at the gate of the city on this side were three pirate warships, a total of thousands of people. After the cavalry of Aaron Landis rushed in like black clouds and jumped on board, they were all defeated.

Like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, the pirates fell down in pieces before they could resist for a long time.

Seeing that the situation was not good, many people knelt down and begged for mercy, bowing their heads and surrendering.

At this moment, the battle is over.

However, no prisoners were taken.

Because all the pirates were killed, no matter how they screamed and begged for mercy, all the pirates, without exception, turned into bloody corpses.

That was an order from the commander of the black cavalry, no one will be left alive.

With one blood-red boot print at a time, Heymos put his sword back into its sheath and jumped off the boat.

With a whistle, the reddish-brown horse galloped in front of him.

Heymos got on his horse, and he raised his hand. On his blood-stained handsome face, there was a frightening glimmer in his golden-red eyes.

The fiery red golden lion flag rose high behind him, flying in the evening sky.

The merciless killing even stunned the soldiers guarding the city wall. They didn't react until Heymos raised his hand to signal, and quickly turned the axle to slowly open the city gate of Tozes .

When the city gate was completely opened, Heymos leaned over and urged his beloved horse to dismount.

The reddish-brown horse had four hooves with wind, and galloped into the city gate.

Behind him, the black cavalry followed closely behind, filing in.

On the ground where they flew, what was left behind were traces of dripping blood, blood-red horseshoe pits, and countless corpses of pirates...

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The sky has darkened, the naval battle outside has come to an end, and the overall situation has been settled.

The room was lit, and Garlan was lying on the bed, the warm yellow light shone on his pale face, his closed slender eyelashes cast a light shadow on his cheek, and his long golden hair fell on his snow-white face. Spread out on the bunk.

Although he closed his eyes, his brows were tightly frowned, as if he was holding back something.

Although it was finally time to rest, Garlan didn't feel sleepy for some reason.

He was obviously extremely tired, but he just couldn't fall asleep.

My back hurts badly, and my head throbs violently again and again, as if my nerves have been tensed for too long, and I can't let go of the tension.

The room was very quiet. After a while, the boy opened his eyes, turned his head slightly, and looked out the window.

It was night, the sky was dark, and a crescent moon in the night sky was looming in the clouds, casting a faint light.

He stared blankly at the night sky for a while, when suddenly, hurried footsteps came from outside.

The next moment, the door creaked and was pushed open.

Garlan turned his head subconsciously, and his eyes met those golden-red eyes.

The young man standing at the door was short of breath, with the coolness of night on his body.

That head of black hair was wet, with water dripping from the ends of the hair, and there was still moisture on his body that he hadn't had time to wipe off.

Heymos stood there, looked at Garlan with fixed eyes, and then walked up quickly.

A strong smell of blood came to the nostrils.

He was clean, and so were his clothes. Obviously, he had washed them in a hurry before coming here, and changed his clothes, but he couldn't wash off the strong bloody smell.

Gallan propped up his upper body and sat up on the bed.

His eyes rolled up happily, and he smiled at Heymos.

"You came so fast." He smiled, "I thought I had to wait at least two days for you."

Heymos didn't answer, and walked over quickly.

Leaning and half kneeling beside the bed, he looked up at Garlan.

The young man sat quietly on the bed, looking down at Heymos with some confusion, his complexion was pale, only two smears of abnormal burnt red remained on his cheeks.

The bloodless lips were slightly parted, and the breathing was a little short.

His current clothes were very loose, revealing the tightly wrapped snow-white bandages on his slender shoulders, and his long golden hair hung down from his shoulders.

Obviously his physical condition was extremely poor, but his golden eyes were still bright as usual, even in the dark, they never dimmed at all.

But it is precisely such a contrast that makes people feel distressed at a glance.

"Because you were waiting for me."

Heymos said.

Because I know you are waiting for me.

So no matter what method I use, I will rush to your side.

Garlan stared at him blankly and blinked slightly.

Under the warm yellow light, the slender eyelashes fluttered slightly like the wings of a butterfly.

"I am coming."

Heymos stretched out his hands and held Garlan's arms.

"Don't be afraid."

He said, "I'm here."

The young man's eyes seemed to be dull for a moment, and then his lips tightened little by little.

He pursed so hard that it almost formed a straight line, so tight that the corners of his lips seemed to be trembling slightly.

…………

He's actually been very restless.

He was actually scared all the time.

He was never a fearless hero.

He is so afraid of death.

But he couldn't show an uneasy expression, he couldn't let others know that he was afraid.

During these nights, when he was alone, he curled himself up in bed.

Panic kept the nightmare coming.

Countless times, he woke up in a nightmare.

In his dream, he saw the blood flow in the city of Tozes, and countless innocent souls wailing at his feet.

Every time he wakes up from a nightmare, in panic, in fear, he tosses and turns sleeplessly all night.

He doesn't know the ending.

He didn't know if Tozes could hold on.

But after dawn, in front of Seth, in front of the Tozes, and even in front of his guardian knight, Kehos, he couldn't show any weakness.

Because he is the pillar of everyone in Tozes City.

Everyone can be uneasy.

Only him can't.

All people can be afraid.

Only him can't.

All people can despair, can give up.

Only him can't.

He is the prince of Aaron Landis.

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

But now, in front of this person, it's fine.

Garlan bowed deeply, resting his forehead on Heymos' shoulder.

Long blond hair fell down his side, covering his face.

His hands clasped Heymos's arms tightly, until the knuckles turned white.

His tense shoulders twitched uncontrollably, as if shaking.

His face rested on Heymos' shoulder, and the clothes on that shoulder leaked traces of moisture.

This young man who stood tall on the battlefield was trembling in Heymos' arms at this moment.

…………

Anyway, he had died four times at the hands of this man.

No matter how ugly, ugly, or cowardly, Heymos has seen them all.

Therefore, even if this weak appearance is exposed in front of Heymos now, it is not a big deal.

……Yes or no?

.........

【Because you are waiting for me. 】

I've been terrified of it.

[Don't be afraid, I'm here. 】

Ok.

………………

In the middle of the night, the one-eyed knight came in a hurry, walked quickly through the corridor, and gently pushed open the door.

When he looked up, he was taken aback.

Heymos, who was sitting by the bed, looked up and looked over with golden red eyes.

He looked at Keyhors, and raised his hand, index finger to his lips.

The young man in his arms fell asleep in his arms, quietly, with peaceful and stable eyes.

The warm yellow light fell, and the strand of golden long hair slipped from Heymos' brown arm.