A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The night is deep, the night is very quiet, everything seems to have slept peacefully.

In a corner of Judas City, this is a barren area full of gravel depressions. High wooden fences surround this large area, and simple grass sheds are built randomly.

There is no fire in the vast wasteland, only torches are hung on the wooden fence around the wasteland.

Hundreds of Garstad's soldiers stood outside the fence, guarding the place.

This is the only slave residence in Judas City that is treated specially and guarded by Gasdad soldiers.

The slaves here are all wearing handshakes and fetters, doing the heaviest work, but they can only get enough food to satisfy their hunger.

The slaves here are new slaves.

They were prisoners of war of the Gastadians.

To be precise, all the slaves under strict guard in this place were soldiers of the First Aaron Landis Legion who were captured by the Gastads in the great battle a month ago.

The First Legion is also known as the King's Guards Legion, a legion that only the strong are eligible to enter.

The soldiers who can enter the Guards Corps are all the pride of heaven, which is envied by everyone.

But now, the warriors who were once the proud sons of heaven have been reduced to the most humble slaves, and they are also the slaves of the enemy.

At that time, because of the murder of the traitors in Judas City, both the food and the water source in the barracks were secretly drugged. Although it was not fatal, it greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

I didn't expect that staying in the city would be raided by the enemy, and the camp suddenly caught fire. The Gastard army raided late at night, and most of the generals of the legion went to the castle to attend the city lord's dinner. The army lacked leaders when they were raided. It was difficult to organize an effective resistance. In the dark night, there were still people shouting that King Kamos had been poisoned to death by the betrayed Lord Judas, which seriously shook the morale of the army...

The combination of all the above reasons caused the First Army, which was caught off guard, to be defeated in a short period of time.

Some soldiers died in the melee.

A small number of soldiers escaped from the city of Judas, and their whereabouts are unknown.

The remaining Aaron Landis soldiers became captives of the Gastadians, branded as slaves, and became slaves ever since.

The Gastadians unceremoniously drove these new slaves to do heavy work for themselves. In order to prevent them from rebelling, they only gave them very little food every day, tortured them wantonly, and did not care about their lives.

Before Tire led the army to set off, he took away a group of slaves to carry the army supplies, and deliberately escorted half of the slaves who were prisoners of war to Kanal. Therefore, these slaves who were originally soldiers of Aaron Landis stayed in Judas City The number is just over 3000.

What's more, in the past month, these prisoners of war slaves have long been tortured to the point of being shattered and emaciated.

In this way, there is no need to worry about what storms these prisoners of war can cause.

In the dark night, in a thatched hut, a man with tall and strong bones, but at the moment he was skinny was lying quietly with his eyes closed, as if he had fallen asleep.

However, from the way he touched his stomach from time to time, it was obvious that he was pretending to be asleep.

Before he was captured, he was also a low-level general in the Aaron Landis army, leading more than a hundred cavalry under his command.

He was also a glorious knight who was admired by everyone.

But now, with the mark of a slave branded on his shoulders, he became a slave of the enemy, being driven like a pig or a dog.

He closed his eyes, but pressed his fingers tightly on the hard part of his abdomen.

I remembered the scene two days ago.

Early in the morning the day before yesterday, these prisoners of war slaves were driven to work hungry as usual. During this time, food and supplies were often transported from Kanal to Judas City, and then sent to the city in an endless stream. The direction of Tyre's army.

And they were driven to carry supplies, and working with them were slaves that existed in the city of Judas.

Due to the lack of food for a long time, most prisoners of war were too thin, and he was the same. Those ordinary slaves looked much stronger than them.

He barely carried a sack on his back, and walked forward slowly and with difficulty, the shackles of his hands and feet making heavy knocking sounds as he walked.

Probably because he was walking too slowly, the supervisor next to him whipped him and knocked him to the ground.

The man wanted to smoke again, when suddenly a slave rushed over, bowed to the supervisor, nodded, laughed along with him, and uttered a lot of flattering words, desperately flattering the supervisor.

Probably pleased with being flattered, the supervisor snorted, and Shi Shi ran away.

The slave who rushed over helped him up, and seemingly inadvertently patted the dust off his body.

He was startled.

Because he clearly felt a short dagger being secretly stuffed into his arms by this slave.

When he raised his eyes, the familiar face in front of him made his pupils shrink suddenly.

He recognized this man.

This man was not a slave—it should be said that this man was a slave before, but he was no longer a slave.

There is a special team under Kehoes, and the soldiers in it are all slaves from the former city of Tozes.

Although these slaves received the grace of the crown prince and were given the status of civilians, to their noble knights, these people were still not much different from slaves.

They still regard those soldiers as inferior people, dismiss them, and even call that army contemptuously, the slave army.

The man in front of him was a low-level general in that special slave army. He recognized him because this man had clashed with him in order to protect his soldiers.

He was shocked in his heart when the man dressed as a slave raised his eyes and looked at him meaningfully.

The man patted him with his slave-tattooed hand and got up to leave.

The moment they passed by, the inaudible voice entered his ears.

"The crown prince's order, counterattack the night after tomorrow."

…………

Waking up from the memory, he pressed the dagger hidden in his abdomen tightly, and he felt all kinds of tastes in his heart for a moment.

And more, it was the trembling from deep in the body.

Fight back.

Holding the dagger hidden in his abdomen, he silently recited these two words in his heart.

The heart in his body was beating violently, and the surging blood seemed to be burning, making his whole body hot.

The blood of being a soldier is boiling.

The blood of Aaron Landis is boiling.

At this moment, he heard the noise of the originally silent city suddenly becoming noisy.

The man who pretended to be asleep opened his eyes with a swish.

In this hut, all his companions suddenly opened their eyes at the same moment.

In the dark night, the eyes on each face were astonishingly bright.

The fire lights up, all around the prisoner-of-war camp.

When the city of Judas was in turmoil, the army derisively called the "slave army" could only be stationed outside the camp because of being squeezed out, but it was a blessing in disguise. Many people rushed under the leadership of Vata during the turmoil. out of town.

Afterwards, under Garlan's order, they sneaked into the city disguised as slaves of Judas City, and scattered in twos and threes throughout the city.

That night, when the slaves rioted throughout the city, Vata and the others who were lurking here also fought with the Garstad defenders guarding the prisoner-of-war camp.

The gate of the prisoner-of-war camp was knocked open, and everyone rushed out.

At this moment, they who had been reduced to slaves once again became warriors of Aaron Landis in glory.

…………

In one part of the city, Gasdad's generals just suppressed the rioting slaves.

He was riding on the horse, his eyes were indifferent and contemptuously swept across the corpses lying on the ground.

He thought, how could these beast-like things have the guts to resist the Gastadians.

Evil spirit surged in the eyes of this rough-faced general.

This climate of resistance must be subdued.

Kill all the slaves who resisted tonight, and hang their corpses on the city wall, so as to deter those Aaron Landis people so that they will never dare to resist again.

At this moment, a cavalryman hurriedly galloped up and shouted from a distance.

"My lord! Something happened to the POW camp in the east!"

POW camp!

The general's heart skipped a beat.

If he didn't take the slave riot seriously at all, then he is really nervous now.

There are more than 3000 prisoner-of-war slaves in the prisoner-of-war camp. Even if those prisoners of war have been tortured to death, their combat effectiveness as Aaron Landis fighters is by no means comparable to that of ordinary slaves.

Before he had time to think about it, he immediately recalled his soldiers and hurried to the prisoner-of-war camp with the army.

…………

Turn back to the east gate of Judas City.

The East City Gate, which stood quietly in the dark just a moment ago, is now ablaze.

Juta, who was leading his subordinates towards the east gate, was shot off his horse by an arrow from Gallan standing on the city wall, and his life and death were unknown.

And the second after Garlan's arrow was shot, countless sharp arrows followed, shooting towards Juta's army below like rain.

The steed neighed in fright or pain. It never expected that there would be ambushes here. The cavalry were caught off guard and were shot down.

Almost all those who attacked them stood on the city wall, shooting arrows condescendingly, and they could not even fight back at all.

And what frightened them most was the heavy crunching sound from the walls of the gate.

It was the sound of a heavy winch turning.

With this sound, the huge city gate slowly rose.

In the bright firelight, they could clearly see the countless horseshoes protruding from under the gate. They pawed the ground, impatiently rushing into the opening gate.

"……Walk!"

Juta, who was rescued by the soldiers, spat out a mouthful of blood, his face was contorted in pain, and he gave the order to evacuate with difficulty.

The troops he led in a hurry are definitely not the opponents of the countless cavalry outside, not to mention the archers on the city wall helping to suppress them.

Under the protection of his own soldiers, Juta fled on horseback in a panic.

As he fled, he glanced back.

Inside the city wall, amidst the crimson flames, the young man was still standing there, his long golden hair flying in the night sky.

Like a cluster of golden flames starting from the darkness.

Just looking at it made him feel palpitations inexplicably.

Amid the sound of friction, the heavy city gate finally opened completely.

The cavalry who had been waiting outside the door filed in.

The leader was actually a young boy who was underage. He was riding a majestic brown horse, with dark brown curly hair. Although his face was still a little immature, his body was as thick as a black bear.

The weapon he held in his hand was actually a huge hammer, shiny black, with spikes on the edge, and the spikes shone with a cold light, making people feel chills just by looking at it.

As soon as Xinyas rushed in on his horse, he waved a hammer and knocked out the enemy blocking his horse, then looked up and looked around, as if he was looking for something.

It wasn't until he turned his head and saw Garlan standing on the city wall that his eyes lit up, and he grinned and yelled loudly.

"Brother...uh..."

Suddenly remembering that he couldn't call his elder brother in full view, Xin Yas choked and quickly changed his words.

"Your Highness!"

He shouted excitedly, waving the giant hammer in his hand casually and easily under the horrified gazes of others.

Shinyas grinned and pointed at an empty steed beside him with his hammer.

As early as Xinyas rushed in, Garlan had already put down his bow and arrow, and ran down quickly.

When he reached the place where the city wall was low, he jumped.

The young man landed lightly on the back of the steed, and his fluttering blond hair drew a golden arc in the dark night.

Afterwards, he took the lead and led the crowd to gallop forward on the avenue of the city.

………………

The general of Gastad led the cavalry to run on the streets of Judas City.

At this moment, he was burning with anxiety.

His colleague led the army to the prisoner-of-war camp, and on the way to suppress the rioting slaves, he received the news that the east city gate had fallen from the despicable general Aaron Landis.

He put everything down immediately, and led his army to rush towards the east gate.

Just halfway through the run, his pupils shrank suddenly.

He hasn't seen the scene ahead yet, but he has already heard the sound of horseshoes shaking the ground.

A huge cavalry army is rushing from not far ahead.

Nearly.

He had seen the familiar black and red colors.

The color of the Aaron Landis cavalry.

Meet on a narrow road.

There was a beast-like evil spirit in his eyes, and the sound of horseshoes in the battle made his ferocious blood as a Gastard boiled at this moment.

Kill all Aaron Landis!

No matter what conspiracy or trick, he only needs to lead his troops to rush over and kill all those Aaron Landis people!

As long as he chops off the opponent's general's head with one knife——

Suddenly, one of the Aaron Landis cavalry army on the opposite side stepped out, urging the horse to speed up and rush towards him.

It seems that the other party is also planning to kill the general first.

Exactly what he wanted.

The valor of the Gastadians is unmatched by anyone.

Especially when he saw the appearance of the person, he even sneered in his heart.

It turned out to be a young boy rushing towards him. Although his body was strong, but looking at that immature face without even hair, he knew that he was a little guy who was not yet an adult.

Just looking for death.

it is good.

Kill this little guy first to frighten the Aaron Landisians.

Gastard's generals charged towards Xinyas.

He grinned grinningly, and slashed heavily with his heavy broadsword.

It only takes one sword to split this little thing in half.

he thinks.

Xinyasi waved the hammer in his hand.

bang.

The hammer that fell on the broad sword bent the broad sword at once.

The broad sword that was originally slashed at him was smashed back with a hammer.

Under the astonished and terrified eyes of General Gastard, Xinyas smashed down again with a hammer.

bang.

The general's head was smashed to pieces like a watermelon.

The headless body fell from the running horse, and was trampled into meat paste by countless horseshoes rushing up.

Xinyas rushed into the enemy army alone, like a tiger into a flock of sheep.

He swung the huge hammer in his hand vigorously, and all the Garstad cavalry who stood in front of him were thrown away by him one by one.

The hammer was stained with blood, and the sharp thorns on the edge made people's flesh and blood fly.

His ferocious appearance, almost like that of a humanoid beast, made the always brave Gastadian tremble in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to avoid it.

And at the moment when the Garstad's formation was in disarray, Aaron Landis' cavalry attacked like blades.

The black-red flood swept across, completely submerging the Gastadians.

…………

In the prisoner-of-war camp, everyone has fallen into a bitter battle.

The Garstad army guarding the city of Judas arrived in time and blocked the prisoners who were about to rush out.

Although the soldiers of the First Legion were once strong troops, they had been tortured for nearly a month, and their bodies suffered a lot. At this moment, they were fighting against the cavalry with infantry. Naturally, they were crushed to death and forced to retreat step by step.

They, together with the Vata slave army who came to rescue them, were blocked in the prisoner-of-war camp. At this moment, they could only support themselves, and they were about to lose.

The noble-born knight and the slave-born general, who had disliked each other in the past, turned back to back at this moment, and fought hard to kill the enemy.

Their bodies were stained red with the blood of the enemy, and the scars on their bodies were the medals of their warriors.

No more words are needed, at this moment, they have already tacitly understood.

Once again, he killed an enemy soldier, and once again added a scar deep to the bone on his body.

He gasped heavily, looking around.

More and more companions fell, the enemy army was approaching little by little, and the circle was shrinking little by little.

No one knows how long they can last.

Darkness enveloped the city, and the light of a little fire was so faint in this huge darkness.

The night seems to never end, and the sun seems to never rise again.

The Guards Legion, once known as the strongest regiment of Aaron Landis, was reduced to such a lingering point.

The knight looked around blankly, filled with sorrow.

If King Kamos was still there, how could Aaron Landis allow these Xiaoxiao to do whatever they wanted.

If their king is still...

Suddenly, a loud shout resounded through the sky and pierced into his ears abruptly.

"The crown prince!"

"His Royal Highness is coming!"

"Our reinforcements are coming—"

The shouts sounded from the slave army, one after another in an instant, accompanied by the sound of horseshoes from afar.

Crown Prince?

In a daze, he subconsciously raised his head and looked into the distance.

In the firelight, he saw a cluster of golden rays appearing from the darkness, and for a moment he almost thought it was the first ray of golden sunlight shooting out from the horizon at dawn.

The familiar cavalry in black and red leather armor appeared in front of everyone with the golden light like a spreading black and red fire.

The general of Gasdad, who was besieging the prisoner-of-war camp, hurriedly turned the army around and confronted the Aaron Landis cavalry army that suddenly appeared.

In the bright firelight, the young crown prince was standing on horseback, and the blond hair blowing in the wind behind him was the brightest color in the dark night.

Xinyas, holding a giant hammer, followed closely beside him, and the one-eyed guardian knight stood behind him.

Countless Aaron Landis cavalry were behind him, ready to go.

In the dark night, Garlan held up the long sword in his hand.

The sword pointed at the night sky.

The sharp sword edge shone coldly against the flames.

"Aaron Landis—!"

The boy's roar tore through the night sky.

His hands dropped heavily.

The arc of the sharp sword in his hand seemed to cut through the darkness.

The long sword pointed straight ahead.

"Aaron Landis!!!"

The roars of countless people resounded through the heaven and earth.

In an instant, thousands of horses galloped forward.

The tramp of horseshoes shook the ground of the city.

Those countless Aaron Landis cavalry were like raging fire, igniting this city that was once shrouded in darkness——

…………

That was the roar that all Aaron Landis fighters were extremely familiar with, and it was the roar that encouraged the fighters to move forward bravely.

At this moment, it sounded again on the land of Aaron Landis.

The knight stared blankly at the scene.

At that moment, he seemed to see a familiar stalwart figure and the figure of the young crown prince overlapped together.

It was as if a hot flame was ignited in his chest, burning the blood in his body.

His sore eye sockets turned red little by little.

The body that was extremely heavy not long ago seemed to be penetrated with endless power once again.

"Aaron Landis!"

He growled.

Just like roaring behind that stalwart figure countless times before, he bravely rushed towards the enemy.

Beside him, countless people roared like him, rushing towards the Gastadians.

……

The sun falls.

Darkness enveloped the earth.

The long night seems to have no end in sight.

but--

The long night will pass.

A new sun will rise from the earth.

It will dispel the night and illuminate the land of Aaron Landis again!