A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The rain was still falling, soaking the whole world with wetness. The water level of the moat surrounding the royal city had been lowered a lot because it was cut off by the Gastadians. Now, after the heavy rain, it rose again, but the water surface became more turbid.

In the room, Heymos stood by the window, and the raindrops drifted in with the wind and fell on his pitch-black hair.

He stretched out his hand, and the rain quickly wet his hand.

Although the hands are soaked, they don't feel cold, and the rain even has a little warmth.

"It's spring."

An old general in armor stood on one side, expressing such emotion.

Aaron Landis's winter has always been short, and it will pass in a blink of an eye.

At this moment, spring has returned to the earth with the warm spring rain.

The veteran looked at the falling spring rain outside the window, and was a little lost for a while.

It wasn't until Heymos turned around and cast his eyes over that he came back to his senses and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Sorry, Your Highness, when people are old, it is easy to hurt the spring and the autumn... Sigh..."

The veteran sighed.

He is Novi, the cavalry commander who stayed behind in the king's city. He fought with the former king in the battlefield since he was young. After the death of the former king, he followed King Kamos. He was later promoted to cavalry commander and commanded the third army.

I thought that in old age, I would be able to retire safely, hand over the position of commander of the Third Army to the young man, and live quietly for the rest of my life, but who knows...

that battle.

That fiasco.

The faith of the Aaronlandians fell.

Let all the people of Aaron Landis be unforgettable and painful.

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Facing the approaching Gastadians, Novi had no time to be sad. He knew that the only way to comfort the spirit of King Kamos was to defend the royal city desperately.

He has long been prepared to live and die with Wangcheng.

For more than ten days, under the fierce attack of Gastad's army, the royal city was in turmoil, and everyone was in panic.

Fortunately, under the leadership of Prince Heymos, they finally carried it down tenaciously.

It's just that, although the king's city was firmly held, the atmosphere in the king's city was extremely depressing.

Wangcheng seemed to be shrouded in a long night, drowning in darkness.

The people couldn't wait for reinforcements, couldn't see hope, they all felt that this was just lingering on their last legs, and that the royal city would be destroyed at some point, Aaron Landis would die, and they would all fall into the hands of the brutal Gastadians.

In this oppressive atmosphere, suddenly, a message came from the city of Judas in the west.

It suddenly made the dull royal city boil up.

The crown prince has taken back the city of Judas, and will soon lead a large number of reinforcements to the royal city!

They have hope!

In an instant, everyone rejoiced, and the morale of the soldiers defending the city rose even more, even if the Gastadian's subsequent attacks did not knock down their morale.

Even the veteran Novi, who has been exhausted due to his age, feels that he has a lot of energy.

As long as the Dauphin leads the army to arrive——

Veteran Novi stared at the rain outside the window, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

He must be the first to lead his troops out!

Together with the crown prince's army, attack Gastad's army on both sides, and return all the anger and anger that I have received from the Gastad people these days!

At this moment, a hurried footstep sounded outside, from far to near.

The door was pushed open, and the brown-haired Shamash priest's boots stomped heavily on the wooden floor, and hurried in.

At this moment, Shemuer is also wearing armor. Although the armor has been wiped clean by him who is obsessed with cleanliness, there are still some bloodstains left.

Not only him, but the Shamash Priests, who are themselves powerful fighters, will all take off their priestly clothes and replace them with hard armor when they go to the battlefield.

During these days, the Shamash Priest Combat Group led by Xie Muer stayed on the city wall every day.

They stick to their belief in Shamash, and their spirit is very firm. All priests will never leave the city wall unless they are killed in battle or the enemy retreats.

Shemuer hurried in, frowning tightly, looking at Heymos.

He said, "Your Majesty Heymos, something is wrong with the Gastadians."

"what happened?"

"They seem to be going to retreat!"

When Xie Muer said this, Novi was stunned, and everyone was surprised.

Heymos was taken aback for a moment, then he showed a thoughtful expression, and walked out quickly.

The other people in the room naturally followed suit and filed out from the door.

A group of people hurried up the city wall.

At this moment, the city wall was also full of noise. The soldiers guarding the city wall solemnly in the past couldn't help talking to each other in low voices, looking into the distance with expressions of surprise and astonishment on their faces.

Heymos, Novi and the others looked at the past from a distance on the city wall.

In the drizzle, the huge camp in the distance was shrinking and disappearing.The Gastadians were breaking camp, and part of the army had even set off and left the camp.

"Their commander, that Prince Tyre, is quite decisive."

Novi shook his head and said, "I know that I can't attack the city, and if this stalemate continues, I will be attacked from both sides, so I resolutely gave up the attack."

He looked unwilling, and his eyes were full of regret.

"It's just a pity that I can't kill the prince of Gastad with my own hands to avenge my king."

The veteran let out a sigh.

The Wangcheng was defended, and the result was already very good.

He is too greedy.

Now, they just need to wait quietly for Crown Prince Garlan to return to the royal city.

After investigating the movement of the Gastad army, in order to avoid this being a trick of the other party, everyone strengthened the guard on the city wall and monitored the movement of the Gastad people who left the camp.

Then, they returned to the courtroom of the palace.

"What are they going to do next?"

Ximuer sat there frowning and said, wiping his somewhat wet hair with a towel.

"I don't think they're going to quit Aaron Landis that easily."

"But they have limited food and grass, maybe they plan to go back and meet the prince's army first?"

The head of the Royal Knights guessed.

Veteran Novi shook his head: "If it were me, the top priority would be to raise food and grass. I think they will probably attack other large cities with food and grass..."

While everyone was discussing where the Gastadians would go next, Heymos, who had been meditating all this time, suddenly spoke.

"No, it doesn't look like they're marching in the direction of turning back."

He says,

"Perhaps, they are..."

Just this time, a guard who delivered the message rushed in and knelt down in front of Heymos.

"Your Highness, Gastard's army has bypassed the royal city! Headed east!"

"what--?"

"Go around?"

Everyone was stunned.

"East? What are they doing in the East?"

Heymos stood there, his black forehead hair was wet with a thin layer of drizzle on the city wall just now, and now there was a little cold water.

The golden-red eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flickered in them.

He said: "In the east, the ISIS army is still on the eastern border, and there is only one Fourth Army guarding there."

Veteran Novi stood up abruptly.

"Not good! The Gastadians intend to bypass us and join hands with the IS army!"

The Fourth Legion has fewer troops than the ISIS army. It relies on the strong forts and walls repaired on the eastern border, as well as the advantage of the high terrain to block the Isis army's attack.If the Gastads attack from the rear, the Fourth Army, which has lost its geographical advantage and is understrength, will be destroyed under the pincer attack of Iss and Gastad!

Moreover, the Fourth Legion has been guarding the eastern border all year round, and naturally hoards a lot of food and grass. As long as the Gastadians defeat them, they will no longer have to worry about food and grass.

"Send the letter immediately! Put the Fourth Legion on alert!"

"Send a letter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately! Ask him to hurry to the East!"

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In the drizzle, the huge army was marching along the avenue towards the royal city in the southeast.

Looking around from this side, people are densely packed, crowding the spacious road, and the long army can't see the end at a glance.

Flags with different patterns symbolizing each family were raised high in different armies, and at the front of the army, the flaming lion flag with red background and gold pattern was flying in the rain, as if leading everyone forward.

A black eagle spread its wings and hovered in the rain. It looked down at the dark crowd on the ground, and occasionally let out a long cry.

"Your Highness, there is news from the Royal City."

Kareni said solemnly, "The Gastadians gave up attacking the king's city, and bypassed the king's city and headed eastward. It seems that they intend to join hands with the Yisi people to defeat the Fourth Army."

He said, "We must speed up the march and rush directly to the east to rescue the Fourth Army."

Garlan was riding a horse, his blond hair slightly wet by the drizzle was scattered on his shoulders, even in the rain, it seemed to be shimmering a little.

He lowered his eyes and seemed to be meditating.

Then, he looked up and looked east.

In that direction, the Gastard army that had bypassed the royal city was rushing towards the Fourth Army.

"Please order immediately to turn the army to the east."

Carleni said.

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The retreat of Gastard's army caused jubilation in the royal city, and the people were ecstatic.

The dark clouds above the head finally dissipated, and there was no need to listen to the sounds of fighting and screams from the city wall every day, and worry about it all the time.

If it weren't for the fact that Wangcheng is still under strict control and no one is allowed to move, the people would like to give up celebrating.

However, completely opposite to the relaxed and joyous atmosphere in the royal city, is the heaviness in the courtroom of the royal palace.

Unlike those people who only knew that the royal city was safe, the generals here knew that Aaron Landis was still in crisis, and each of them had a heavy heart.

Wangcheng didn't have any extra troops to pursue, so we could only hope that the crown prince's army could rush to the east to rescue the Fourth Army in time, or that the Fourth Army could last for a while longer.

"As long as the Fourth Legion lasts for a while, His Royal Highness Garlan's army will be able to arrive."

Novi said in a deep voice, "As long as you can hold on..."

He looked at Heymos.

"Your Highness Heymos, we should send a letter to... Your Highness as soon as possible?"

For some reason, Heymos has been silent since just now.

He sat on the dark wooden chair, lowered his head, and pursed his thin lips tightly.Fine black hair scattered in the corners of his sharp eyes, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of cold light.

He raised his eyes and slowly scanned the crowd.

"What if they're not targeting the East?" he said.

"what?"

"Didn't they go east?"

That handsome face looked at everyone expressionlessly at the moment.

"What if that Tyr is playing a trick... It seems to be heading east, but suddenly turns to the north during the march, what should we do?"

"This……"

"I have just received the news."

Heymos looked cold.

"The Gastadians have changed their marching direction on the way. Their target is not the Fourth Army in the east, but the Second and Fifth Army in the north."

His voice seemed to reveal a hostility at this moment.

"The target of their alliance is not the Yis people, but the Geshu people in the north."

At this moment, the entire courtroom was silent.

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During the siege of Wangcheng, the drizzle in early spring kept pattering down, although it was not heavy, but it was continuous, soaking people's whole body wet, with a bit of warm moisture that made people accustomed to the cold weather. The Stads are extremely uncomfortable.

After walking all the way north, the rain became less and less, and gradually disappeared.

The climate is also cooler than that in the royal city, which makes the Gastadians feel much more comfortable.

After many days of rapid march, Tyre led Gastad's army to the north.

He rode on horseback at the forefront of the army, looking from a distance, the outline of the Northland Fortress was already looming.

The cool wind brushed over Tire's silver-white hair, blowing the white cloak behind him into the air.

Knowing that the attack on the royal city of Aaron Landis had failed, he decisively chose to leave.

He just made a feint before leaving.

If the Aaron Landis fell for his blindfold, then the army of Prince Garlan should be on their way to the east.

Even if he realized something was wrong halfway and turned around to chase him, the Aaron Landis was already one step too late.

And what he has to do now is to take advantage of the time difference of these few days and join forces with the Geshu people to take down the Northland Fortress.

Tyre stared at the faintly visible silhouette of the distant city with burning eyes.

Although the Northland Fortress is an important pass for the Geshu people, it is extremely difficult to attack, but the Northland Fortress has a geographical advantage.

It would be much easier to attack from the back, not to mention being attacked from both sides this time.

As long as he and the Geshu people join hands to capture this northern fortress and occupy Aaron Landis, the heroic city guarding the northern border.Well, not only the problem of food and grass has been solved, but he can still go south to attack at any time, and retreat to defend the Northland Fortress.

He can sit in this city and join hands with the Geshu people to devour Aaron Landis's northern land bit by bit, and at the same time open up the passage connecting the Kanal Kingdom. Case.

The sun was about to set, and the fiery sunset shone on the Gastard army.

Suddenly, a loud cry pierced the sky.

In Gastard's army, a general who was riding behind Tire looked up subconsciously, and saw an eagle circling high in the sky, then flapped its wings and flew away.

Seeing the eagle fly away, he also looked away.

After crossing the hill in front, it is not far from the Northland Fortress.

Suddenly, he saw several scouts galloping forward on horseback.

"Your Highness!"

The leading scouting cavalry rushed to Tire and said hastily, "There is an army ahead, stopping in front of our army!"

Is it the Aaron Landis Legion stationed at the Northland Fortress?

The general thought so in his heart.

Did the Aaron Landis take the initiative?Shouldn't it?Given that they are less than one-third of our troops, the Aaron Landis should be huddled in the city.

Suddenly there was another loud eagle cry in the sky, and the eagle he saw just now appeared in his sight again.

The pitch-black long wings flapped, drew a black arc in the fiery red sky, and swooped down to the other side.

His gaze fell involuntarily following that arc.

In the distance opposite, on the fiery red horizon, in the setting sun that reflected half of the sky red, a black army stood on the ground.

The black eagle swooped down, spread its wings, and lightly landed on the raised arms of the young man standing on horseback in front of the army.

The lion flag with red background and golden pattern was erected high behind the young man, and the long golden hair flew behind him like a cloud.

A majestic lion stood beside him, his brown mane covered with the afterglow of the setting sun, undulating in the wind like waves.

Tier Lema stopped advancing.

Prince Garlan's army, which he expected to be behind them, suddenly appeared in front of him at this moment.

He looked at the opposite side, his lavender pupils reflected the setting sun on the horizon, and also reflected the cluster of bright blond hair flying in the fiery red setting sun.

Prince Garlan of Aaron Landis.

Prince Tyr of Gastard.

This is the first official meeting between the two on the battlefield.

Suddenly, a lion roared.

Coming through the sky.

The roar of the lion seemed to shake the whole earth.