A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

When Garlan issued a summoning order in the name of the crown prince in the whole country of Aaron Landis, all parties had different reactions.

Some are hesitant.

Some people watched with cold eyes.

Some people wait and see, ready to wait for the opportunity to move.

Some people yelled loudly, but found various excuses to procrastinate and stand still.

Therefore, the city of Judas under the eyes of everyone was silent for more than three days, not a single person or soldier came.

It was not until the fourth day that a group of mercenary legions and a group of rangers came to Judas City, but the appearance of these special supporters made the outside world even more regard the summoning order as a joke.

They thought it was only the unseemly improvised mess of armies that would answer the summons in order to profit from the Dauphin.

Just when everyone thought so and ridiculed, a turning point suddenly appeared.

The Tasda elite army, which claims that 'three thousand Tasda infantry can conquer the world', came all the way just because of Garlan's call.

Immediately afterwards, the very prestigious Lord Kalieni, who had fought with the former king on the battlefield, led the army to appear outside the city of Judas.

Next, the army of Tozes City, the richest seaport in the south, rushed to Judas City.And it brought not only the army, but also a huge amount of food, grass and supplies. It is said that the people of Tozes City voluntarily donated them to the crown prince.

At the same time, the Erson female warrior who had heard of the rumors in the South Sea also appeared in Judas City.

They claimed that they were here for the Crown Prince Garlan, who was benevolent to Eilson's country.

A series of troops appearing in Judas City immediately dazzled and stunned everyone, and they were speechless for a while.

And almost at this moment, the direction of the discussion suddenly changed.

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"I have decided to immediately respond to the call of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and lead the army to the city of Judas."

"But, Your Excellency the Consul, didn't you agree..."

"Expulsing the invaders is what we should do as Aaron Landis. Now, we don't show up ourselves, but we have to watch the army of other countries come to help us expel the invaders——Aaron Landis What's the face? What's the face of us Aaron Landis?"

The voice was not only filled with anger, but also with deep repentance.

"Aaron Landis, the gods, what qualifications do cowardly people like us have to believe in the gods!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent and did not dare to say another word.

They looked at each other and saw the shame in each other's eyes.

Aaron Landis is a dignified country with a long history and splendid civilization. He used to be proud of himself as a big country, but now he has to rely on a small country that is less than one-fifth of his own to help expel the invaders...

If this is the case, it will not only shame themselves, but also shame the entire Aaron Landis and even the gods of Aaron Landis.

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"Damn it! Hurry up! Prepare the marching supplies for me immediately! I'll give you one day, if the army fails to move out on time tomorrow, I'll kill you bastards!"

"Kalleni...Damn it, that old guy, Kallieni, is so cunning that he ran over without making a sound, without notifying me!"

"If I lose to anyone, I can't lose to that old guy! Back then, under the command of the former king, he beat me everywhere, and this time I have to compete with him!"

"Wait! I'll rush over right away—"

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"Your Excellency Carleni has arrived in Judas City?"

"My lord, I think it's best for you to lead your army out immediately."

"Well, I think so too."

After all, as an Aaron Landisian, it is impossible not to want to expel the invaders.

It was only because he was not optimistic about the young crown prince, fearing that he would be too young and ignorant to give orders blindly, so he hesitated for a few days. Accepted, the crown prince must not be far behind.

Moreover, even if the crown prince doesn't understand military affairs, doesn't the lord of Kareni, who has fought all his life, still understand?

"Having the experienced and prudent Mr. Kareni sitting in charge, it is somewhat reassuring."

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"What? Everyone is rushing to Judas City?"

"Don't worry, let's wait a few more days before making a decision."

a few days later.

"Although the situation is not clear enough, I don't know whether Wangcheng will be taken by the Gastadians..."

There was a bit of annoyance in the voice of the speaker.

"However, if everyone else has gone, if I still stand still... Tsk, there is no other way."

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All of a sudden, the entire Aaron Landis was in turmoil.

Compared with the silence of the previous few days, armies one after another began to rush across the land, heading towards the city of Judas quickly.

With this city as the center, like the sea water attracted by the center of the vortex, countless armies converged on Aaron Landis from all directions.

"His Royal Highness, Clovis of Juda City has come to answer your call."

"Your Highness, Tomas of Phenas City is here at your summons."

"His Royal Highness, Fakia is here to drive away the invaders."

"Your Highness, I swear to you, I will never set foot in the house until the Gastadians are driven out of Aaron Landis!"

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Every day, generals from different places kneel in front of Garlan and swear loyalty to him.

The army poured into the city of Judas in an endless stream. Later, because the number was too large to fit in the city, the army that came later could only be stationed outside the city.

Fortunately, Judas City, as a transit base for the Gastad people, stored a large amount of food and supplies transported by the Gastad people from the country of Kanal, plus donations from the wealthy people of Tozes City. There is a huge amount of supplies, as well as the food and grass brought by each army. For a long time, there is no need to worry about food and grass.

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In the castle in the center of Judas City, in the room on the high tower, the blond boy sat at the table, tilted his head and looked at the pile of parchment papers on the table, and then heaved a long sigh .

As armies from all directions came one after another, the number of affairs he had to deal with also exploded.

Now he finally understands why Brother Kamos used to always have a constipated expression when he mentioned dealing with government affairs. There are so many things, big and small, urgent and slow, piled up, which is really a headache.

Putting this pile of affairs aside first, Garlan walked out from behind the desk, walked to the window, and stretched himself against the bright sunlight.

He stood by the open window, looking down at the city below.

At this moment, the city of Judas is already very lively. Troops from different places poured in here, crowding the entire city to the brim.Garlan glanced at the dark area outside the city wall. The army coming from behind really couldn't squeeze into the city, so they had to camp outside along the city wall.

"Go ahead."

He said.

Teva, who had been kneeling in the room the whole time, spoke.

"I have led my subordinates to thoroughly investigate everyone in the castle, and found a total of 32 believers of the All Things Cult, but I am sorry, Your Highness, because they resisted very fiercely, so only four were caught alive in the end. At the same time, and There are probably nearly a hundred people involved in the Wan Wu Sect, and they have all been arrested and interrogated severely."

"According to some information from the current interrogation, it can be roughly judged that this cult sneaked into the city of Judas five years ago, and infiltrated into the castle with the help of the daughter of Lord Yunus, who is their believer. They have been secretly instigating Lord Yunus's rebellion is aimed at causing war within Aaron Landis."

Garlan looked out the window, and the sunlight cast a circle of light on his side cheek.

He said: "In other words, the matter of Brother Wang also involved the forces of the All Things Sect, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

The boy was silent for a moment.

"It's really tenacious... It's like a mouse in a stinking ditch..."

He muttered in a low voice, as if a ray of light flashed through the depths of his golden pupils.

There seemed to be a little coldness in his voice.

"But mice are just mice after all."

Since it is a mouse, it should stay in the shadow of the stinking ditch for the rest of its life, so that it can barely continue to live.

If you want to be exposed to the sun and show off your power to others, you must be prepared to be beaten to a pulp by others.

"By the way, what happened to those weird maids, have you found out?"

"Yes, their anomalies are due to taking a special drug. I found this drug on believers, and I have also found people to experiment with it. This drug seems to be able to stimulate all of a person's emotions in a short period of time. Potential, allowing the person taking the drug to burst out with terrifying power in a short period of time, and lose the sense of pain. However, this seems to be based on the premise of overdrawing life, and once the time passes, the person taking the drug will die suddenly."

"I see."

Garlan nodded.

"Expand the scope of the search to the entire city, and we must clean up all the forces of the Wanwu Cult in Judas City, leaving no inch behind."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Tewa complied, then stood up and withdrew.

When he opened the door and was about to go out, he bumped into Oppada who was about to knock on the door.

Teva bowed slightly, saluted the commander of Tasdar, and then left quickly.

Opada walked in while turning his head to look at Teva's back.

"This guy looks like a strong general. Is it your new subordinate? I didn't seem to see it when I came last time. Where did you find it?"

Gallan smiled.

"Find it from a slave," he said.

"what?"

This answer surprised Opada for a moment.

slave?

He was a little confused.

"Did you come to see me for something?"

"Ah...oh, by the way, I suddenly remembered something. Although it's too late to say it now, I still want to tell you."

"what?"

"Do you remember my big brother?"

"remember."

"Before my elder brother died, he once said a word to me."

Opada looked dignified.

"He said, 'Beware of the North.'"

"........."

"I always thought that the north he mentioned meant the Gashu people in the north. After all, the Gashu people have been our sworn enemies for so many years, and the war between us has never stopped."

Opada frowned.

"But now that I think about it carefully, I realize that the north that my brother mentioned actually refers to the Gastadians. He probably made some secret agreement with the Gastadians at that time, maybe..."

He paused, but said it anyway.

"Maybe it's joining forces with the Garstads to attack Aaron Landis."

Because he knew how powerful the Gastad people were, Stoke reminded Opada before he died.

It's just that he was too stupid and misunderstood what the elder brother said, otherwise he would have been able to prepare for the civil strife in Tasda in advance, and maybe he would have prevented Garlan from being sad because of...

He said angrily, "I'm sorry, if I could be smarter, guess in advance, and warn you in advance, maybe..."

Garlan shook his head.

"Even if we can know in advance, some things are unavoidable."

He has long known the danger of the Gastadians, and that it is the chief culprit in the future demise of Aaron Landis, but that is of no use.

He raised his hand and held Opada's left arm.

He smiled and said, "So, Opada, you don't need to blame yourself. As I said, you have helped me the most by coming to help me."

At this moment, with a creak, the door was opened.

When the two turned their heads at the same time, they saw the little fat man Tal walking in with a pile of parchment paper, and Kaihos and the veteran Kareni followed him and walked into the room together.

Putting the large pile of parchment on the table next to him, Tal sat slumped on the chair, breathing heavily, and his chubby face was covered with fine sweat.

During this period of time, the busiest person was not Garlan himself, nor was he busy rebuilding the First Army because he was appointed by Garlan as the commander of the First Legion, nor was he appointed by Garlan as the commander of the First Legion. Erlan appointed the Supreme Commander to be in charge of integrating all the troops that came in response to the summoning order, but now this Tal, who has lost a lot of weight these days... Although he has lost a lot of weight, he is still chubby .

After all, there were dozens of troops pouring into the city from all directions, and the collection of information about the situation of those troops, the situation of the generals who led the troops, the situation of the armaments, etc., was all entrusted to him.

These days, even with the backing of a powerful memory and data capabilities far superior to others, Tal feels that he is going crazy with his busy schedule.

If Xie Muer had been working instead, he would have been complaining about all kinds of laziness and pretending to be sick, and refused to do it.

But when he thought that it was for His Royal Highness, he felt that he had inexhaustible strength again.In just a few days, all the messy information was sorted out neatly, and then sent to the prince in a hurry.

At this moment, he was slumped on the chair and gasping for breath, while Kaihos and Carleni who followed him had already walked to the table and started to look through the stack of materials that Tarr had organized.

It made Tal very angry.

He managed to tidy it up, and specially sent it to the prince for review, but before the prince saw it, the two guys started to do it first.

He was sulking when suddenly a glass of juice was handed to him.

As soon as he looked up, he saw his prince's beautiful golden eyes curved up, looking at him with a smile.

The suffocation disappeared instantly, Tal took it happily, and drank it one mouthful at a time.

This is the juice that the prince personally poured for him~~

The prince is so kind to him~~

Ah~ Sure enough, the prince likes him the most~~

"By the way, there is one thing...Your Highness, because there is no place in the city, the troops who came later can only be stationed outside the city."

While drinking the water happily, Tal seemed to remember something.

He said, "I have inquired, and it seems that those who came from behind felt that it was unfair. Look, do you want to coordinate and make room for them in the city..."

"Need not."

Without even thinking about it, Garlan directly refused.

"But……"

"Tal, the first ones to come here must be those who are loyal to the royal family and Aaron Landis, and those who come later can be trusted. Only those who have been wavering and waiting to see the direction of the wind will arrive at last."

Garland said,

"If it feels unfair just because of this, then let them go, I don't need such people."

Opada, who was standing aside, looked disdainful.

"That's right, this kind of guy who cares about where he lives, do you still expect him to contribute on the battlefield?"

He hit the nail on the head.

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In the corridor of the castle, the footsteps of two people echoed.

Kejos and Carleni walked side by side, they had just left Garlan.

"Your Highness's approach is still too risky."

Garlan refrained from saying anything, but Kareni couldn't help but speak at this moment.

The endless stream of troops made the old man, who had been in anxiety for the past few days but just stiffened and didn't show it, finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, everyone responded to his summoning order after hesitating for a while. If everyone can't insist on coming, it will be useless for only a few of us, and his reputation will be destroyed in one fell swoop."

He said, "Your Highness is still too young after all, if you ask me, there is no need to be so anxious..."

"Do not."

Kayhos interrupted Carleni and shook his head.

"I think His Highness probably knew from the very beginning that it would become the current situation."

The old man frowned.

"……What's the meaning?"

"From the very beginning, what he was waiting for was the country of Tasda and people like you. He knew that the people of Tasda and you would definitely come."

Kehoes said,

"Once the Tasdars come, those Aaronlandis people who are still proud will definitely not be able to sit still, and as long as one army comes, then others will follow."

This situation is like being in the dark, everyone is cold and afraid.

At this time, a small flame ignited in the dark night, because it was too small, it seemed to be extinguished at any time, so everyone was too lazy to get close to it.

Because maybe the flames would be extinguished before they could get close.

However, at this time someone walked over and added a little dead branch to it.

So the flame grew a little bigger and brighter.

When it grows bigger, it will attract more people to approach and actively add firewood to it.

And it also burns more and more vigorously, attracting more and more people to approach it, and those who are unwilling to move will be left alone in the dark, so they have to walk towards it with the flow of people...

"His Highness lit a cluster of small flames, and he believes that you will come over and add dead branches to it, and when the fire grows bigger, everyone will be attracted to it."

Keyhors shrugged.

He said: "I think for the prince, it's actually that simple."