A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

In the huge courtroom, Aaron Landis' top generals have been arguing for an entire hour.

Most of the generals couldn't understand King Kamos's decision. They tried hard to persuade King Kamos that they should send troops to support the battlefield in the north first.

After all, Aaron Landis himself is being attacked by Geshu's army now, and he can't take care of himself. Why does he disregard his own border crisis and go to rescue other countries?

No matter how close Kanal and Aaron Landis are, they are also from other countries, so can they be more important than their own compatriots?

Only a small number of generals agree with King Kamos's decision, thinking that if something happens to Kanal, Aaron Landis' situation will be more dangerous, so they must rescue Kanal first.

Judging from the information obtained so far, Gastard's army rushed all the way to the royal city of Kanal quickly, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo.

For a country, once the king city is breached, it means the country's demise.

During this period of time, the generals below were allowed to argue endlessly, but King Kamos kept ignoring them. Instead, he held a map and talked to the two cavalry commanders standing beside him.

No, there are now three cavaliers, including the newly promoted Keyhos.

At this moment, Kehoes was standing beside an old cavalry commander with white hair and beard, quietly listening to the conversation between King Kamos and the other two older cavalry commanders, and only occasionally said a few words.

Just when the generals who advocated supporting the northern border firmly suppressed the party who advocated rescue of Kanal, the conversation between King Kamos and several cavalry commanders over there also came to an end.

When he looked up, he found that the generals below were still arguing endlessly, and he frowned.

He walked down from the throne, walked to the long table below, and slammed the map in his hand on the table with a snap.

The loud bang silenced the generals who were still arguing in an instant, bowing their heads respectfully to King Kamos.

In the silence, King Kamos swiped heavily on the map with his finger, and drew a straight line from Aaron Landis to the west to the territory of Kanal.

"Rescue Kanal, I will lead the army myself."

The stalwart Lion King stood at one end of the long table, with his hands pressed on the table, his eyes swept over everyone with radiant eyes.

"Half of the First Legion is left to guard the Royal City, and I will take the other half and the Third Legion away." He said, "When we arrive at the western border, join the Sixth Legion stationed there, and we will have enough troops to rescue Kanal."

Everyone bowed their heads, and no one spoke up to object.

When King Kamos has not yet made a decision, they can argue wantonly, but once King Kamos makes a decision, they must obey completely.

No one dared to challenge the authority of the Lion King.

The king issued an imperial order, and the army for the expedition was prepared quickly, and the entire royal city was running at high speed. In just two days, all preparations for the army were ready for the expedition.

However, at this moment, a heavy news came, like a thunderbolt, which made everyone dizzy.

The royal city of Kanal was breached, King Phinoa died in battle, the crown prince died in battle, the princess jumped down from the tower with the little prince, and died for the country.

Kanal died.

When the news reached King Kamos, the Lion King was silent for a long time.

When he was alone, he let out a sigh.

For the dead King Phenoa.

Although they are kings from different countries, they don't have many chances to meet each other, but they appreciate each other very much.

He never expected that King Feinoa died so suddenly, even with his children...

Moreover, the strength of the Gastadians also made Kamos sound the alarm in his heart.

Although Kanal's military strength is relatively weak, it is still a big country after all, and the King City was actually overrun by the Gastadians in just half a month.

From this point of view, the fighting power of the Gastadians should not be underestimated.

Just don't know how it compares to the Geshurians and Yithians.

Moreover, what made King Kamos quite depressed was that the Gastads occupied Kanal, which not only meant that Aaron Landis lost an excellent ally, but also meant that it would not be long before the usual peaceful I am afraid that the western border will never be peaceful again.

Now that Kanal has been subjugated and Aaron Landis cannot be saved, there is no need for the army to go west.

So King Kamos planned to lead his troops to the northern border according to the original plan, and beat Gaishu's army hard.

"Brother Wang, I always feel that something is wrong."

After King Kamos handed over the military affairs of the expedition to Shemuer and asked him to deal with it as soon as possible, Garlan, who watched Shemuer leave, spoke.

He has been meditating for a long time. In the past few days, he always has a bad omen in his heart, and an indescribable emotion weighs heavily on his heart.

"Not right?"

"Yes, the time when Geshu attacked us was too coincidental. I always feel that its purpose is to hold us back and prevent us from rescuing Kanal."

"However, according to the current information, there is no communication between Geshu and Gastard."

"Brother Wang... Tell me, is it possible for Gastad to attack us?"

"It's not very likely. It should consume a lot of power to fight Kanal. After all, Kanal has a lot of territory and wealth... Well, to put it simply, it is the time for indigestion, so it shouldn't cause trouble for itself. trouble."

King Kamos said confidently,

"Also, although the Sixth Army Corps stationed on the western border is not as powerful as other legions, it's not that easy to mess with."

Unlike Kanal, who is not strong in military strength, Aaron Landis cavalry has a great reputation, and the Gastads who are still suffering from indigestion should not be so stupid. Landis.

"makes sense……"

After a busy day, the night was already deep. On the way back to the palace, Garlan continued to meditate while looking up at the dark night sky while walking.

What is wrong...

Inexplicably, his mind suddenly flashed the incident of the Tasda mission being massacred by horse thieves in previous lives, and the incident of Tozes City being breached by pirates.

These two incidents seem to have no connection, but for some reason, he always feels that these two incidents are very strange, and it is obvious that someone is secretly planning and instigating them.

With a heartbeat, he suddenly stopped and stood where he was.

Is it possible that such a force lurked into Aaron Landis a long time ago.

Garland thought.

Not long ago, the slave riot in the city of Tozes... He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when he was still young, the people near the flooded city suddenly rioted.

very similar.

It seems that someone is guiding indiscriminately in the dark...as if there is an invisible hand pushing in the dark...from all aspects, bit by bit corroding the corners of Aaron Landis, trying to slowly tear down the city wall Dig down.

The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant nest.

Thinking of this, Garlan turned around abruptly, wanting to go back to look for Brother Kamos.

But as soon as he turned around, suddenly, a cold light pierced under the moonlight.

The boy's golden pupils suddenly widened.

In the next second, blood splashed in the dark night.

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After receiving the astonishing news of Kanal's death, in the middle of the night of the same day, the originally quiet palace suddenly lit up with lights and became noisy.

In the early morning of the next day, news that the crown prince was assassinated again quickly spread throughout the royal city.

The crown prince was seriously injured and unconscious.

King Kamos was furious in the courtroom, and angrily scolded all the generals and officials. The chief guard who was in charge of the security of the palace was beaten hard, and the rest of his breath was carried back by his family.

Immediately afterwards, the palace of the crown prince was tightly surrounded by the personal guards sent by King Kamos, and it was airtight. Without the permission of King Kamos, no one was allowed to enter.

The army that was supposed to go out today was postponed for two days because of this accident.

Although King Kamos was very worried about the comatose crown prince, the emergency military situation in the northern border was one after another, and it was imminent to send troops to rescue. He had to leave Garlan in the royal city and lead his own troops to go out.

However, just as King Kamos had just led his troops out of the city, another urgent military message came.

The arrival of the military newspaper caused an instant uproar among the crowd.

That was not a military report of the danger in the northern border, but it was sent from the eastern border.

Yisi, located in the east of Aaronlandis, attacked the eastern border without warning, and the strength of the army was much higher than in previous years, reaching as high as [-].

The Aaron Landis Army stationed in the east requested to send troops to support as soon as possible.

All the generals looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Expressions of worry, solemnity, anger, etc. appeared on different faces, but the only thing in everyone's eyes was heaviness.

Their moods are like the dark clouds blocking the sun in the sky at this moment, extremely heavy.

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In the northern border of Aaron Landis, the flames of war have been ignited.

The fine snow fell, covering the earth with a thin layer of snow.

But if you look around, what you see is not the snow-white earth.

Countless horseshoes trampled on the snow, turning up the wet soil, and the dirty black stained the snow, polluting the snow to the extreme.

On the muddy snowy plateau, in the howling cold wind, soldiers in different armors fought together.

The burlier Geshu soldiers in white plate armor held broadswords in both hands and slashed fiercely.

And the Aaron Landis soldiers who held a round shield in one hand and an iron gun in the other fought with them without showing any weakness.

However, Aaron Landis was at a disadvantage both in terms of strength and the strength of a single soldier. The black and red phalanx was suppressed by the white phalanx and was forced to retreat slowly.

At the same time, a loud horn sounded.

Accompanied by the long cry of the black eagle hovering in the sky, the Aaron Landis cavalry in black and red armor surged like a burning cloud of fire.

The leading black figure led the cavalry to tear apart the flank infantry phalanx of the Geshu army with an indomitable momentum. Like a sharp knife, it ruthlessly struck at the rear of the central army who was fighting with the Aaron Landis infantry phalanx. stabbed in the past.

The right phalanx guarding the Chinese army was forcibly penetrated.

As a result, Gaishu's army, which was attacked from the side, became chaotic.

It was hard to gain the upper hand just now, and the chaos was immediately suppressed by the Aaron Landis.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander Gai Shu in the rear immediately blew the horn to retreat.

"My lord, isn't it too early to retreat now?"

A general beside Commander Gai Shu asked with a frown.

In his view, although the army suffered casualties, it was not yet ready to retreat.

"There's no need to fight too hard, after all, it's not good to have too many casualties."

Commander Gai Shu said.

But the general refuted his superior with a stubborn face.

"But my lord, we must take this fortress as soon as possible when Aaron Landis's army is less than ours. Otherwise, no matter if it is the reinforcements from Tasda or King Kamos, we will be defeated." It is very difficult to have a chance to break through the fortress."

The subordinate's rebuttal did not make the commander Gai Shu angry, but instead patted the stubborn general on the shoulder kindly.

"rest assured."

he said, lowering his voice and laughing.

"Reinforcements will not come."

"what?"

He patted the doubtful young subordinate again on the shoulder, Commander Gai Shu didn't say anything, turned his horse and headed towards the camp.

According to the prior agreement, it should be launched in these two days.

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After a great battle, Heymos led the cavalry back to the fortress castle.

He simply took a shower to wash away the bloody smell from his body, and Huimos, who had changed his clothes, walked quickly to the meeting room on the upper floor of the castle.

Unlike the meeting hall on the lower floor, which can accommodate nearly a hundred people, this room is not big. Usually, Heya and the other thousand cavalry commanders are called here when Heya wants to talk about confidential military information.

Heymos walked into the room, and the thick door closed behind him.

Standing behind the table, the cavalry master Heya raised his head slightly to gesture to him.

"Thank you, Your Highness Heymos."

Although Gaishu's army was repelled once again, the commander-in-chief of the Northland Legion did not have any joy on his face, instead there was a heavy meaning in his eyes.

"Your Excellency Hea."

An impatient Qianqichang asked directly, the needle-like beard on his face made his face look rougher.

"How long will it take for the reinforcements from Wangcheng to arrive?"

"That's why I brought you here."

The thousand riders had a joy on their face.

"Are there soon?"

Standing in front of the table, pressing his hands on the table, Heya shook his head with a slightly gloomy face.

"No reinforcements."

"what?!"

Not only the bearded Chief Qianqi, but several other Qianqi Chiefs also showed surprise expressions.

"Iss in the east also suddenly attacked our country. As you know, there is only one legion stationed on the eastern border, which is more dangerous than ours. Therefore, His Majesty must lead the troops to support the eastern border first."

He Ya's eyes slowly swept across everyone's faces, and his tone was low and serious.

"While Your Majesty is fighting back ISIS, we can only sustain ourselves."

"Is those bastards are taking advantage of the fire!"

The usually irritable Qianqichang immediately cursed.

Heymos, who was standing quietly aside, suddenly said, "Tasta's reinforcements should arrive in the near future."

"That's right, where are the Tasdar people? It stands to reason that they are close, so they should be here in two days?"

Someone asked anxiously.

Heya shook his head again, his face darkened.

"I received news in the morning that there was turmoil in Tasda and it was impossible to send troops to support us."

As soon as Heya's words fell, the entire room fell silent.

Even the most irritable Qianqichang had a solemn look on his face, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Everyone was silent, the air in the room seemed to freeze at this moment, and the atmosphere was extremely suppressed.

Heymos turned his head and looked over the skylight at the distant sky.

It was snowing heavily, and white snowflakes covered the muddy ground that had just been sprinkled with blood, as if trying to cover up all the ugly things.

...This may be the coldest winter for Aaron Landis.

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At noon, in a small stronghold on the western border of Aaron Landis, it was time to eat.

Except for the soldiers on duty, the other soldiers were eating and chatting in the cafeteria. Most of their topics recently focused on the country of Kanal.

It is unbelievable to them that a country has perished in the blink of an eye.

"I heard that the Gastadians are very strong, even stronger than the Geshu people. Is it true?"

"I don't know, I've never seen a Gastadian. Hey, have any of you seen one?"

All the soldiers shook their heads. Before Kanal's death, many people had never even heard of the existence of this country.

While everyone in the cafeteria was curiously discussing the Gastadians, the soldier standing on the lookout tower sniffed the smell of food, swallowed, took out a piece of dry bread and gnawed it with a sad face.

After taking two bites, his eyes suddenly widened.

The soldier looked in horror at the army that suddenly appeared on the horizon, and the dry bread in his hand fell to the ground.

"Enemy attack!!!"

His roar resounded throughout the sky.

"It's...Gastard's army!"