A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Although it was already late at night, it wasn't just Garlan who couldn't rest due to the sudden incident, there were also some people in the camp where the Gastades were stationed who couldn't sleep.

Cole is from Kanal, and used to be a general under the lord of a large city in Kanal.

When the Gastadians came, his city lord chose to surrender with little resistance in fear because he heard that the Gastadians had massacred cities that resisted them on the Kanal border.

The city lords surrendered, and as a subordinate, he naturally had to surrender to the Gastadians.

The Gastades seem to be accustomed to organizing their surrendered troops into an army. Every time they attack a country, they take the surrendered troops from those countries for their own use.Then, they let these descendants serve as vanguards to take the lead in attacking those countries.

In this way, the Gastadians fought all the way down, not only did the army not decrease, but the strength of the troops grew bigger and bigger like snowflakes.

The surrendered soldiers who were recruited by the Gastadians had already betrayed their own country, so they could no longer be accepted by their own country, so they could only serve the Gastadians with all their hearts.

Even, they knew very well that if their country repelled the Gastadians, their traitors would probably have nowhere to go. Therefore, they, the traitors, wanted Gastadians more urgently than the Gastadians. The Germans were able to conquer and rule their own country.

In this way, they will be able to get rid of the charges of traitors and transform themselves into supporters of the new dynasty.

That night Cole was tossing and turning in his tent, unable to sleep.

It was as if something heavy was pressing on his heart, making him unhappy, and deep down in his heart was an emotion called fear that was constantly growing.

When he was lying on the bed and staring blankly at the top of the tent, suddenly there was a sound from outside, and his guards came in and reported to him that several generals had come to look for him.

Cole frowned after hearing the names the guard said.

these people……

He hesitated, then nodded and let the guards lead them in.

Because it is retreating during wartime, neither the general nor the soldiers will disarm their armor when they sleep at night, because they may be attacked at any time.

Cole is naturally the same, so he doesn't need to make any preparations, just get up and get out of bed.

The curtains of the camp tent were lifted, and those generals who visited late at night walked in with the chill of night.

Cole's eyes swept over those people, and there were two people he was familiar with, and they were Kanal's generals like him.The other two were unfamiliar, but he also knew them. One was a general of Aaron Landis, and the other was a general of Xida.

A group of people waited to sit down in his tent, facing each other silently for a while.

In fact, they all knew it in their hearts, but they didn't want to be the first to say it.

Finally, Cole, the owner of this place, spoke first.

He sighed and said, "You have also heard the rumors in the army, right?"

All the generals looked dignified.

This time they retreated, they were all ready to be left behind by Prince Tyre.

There is no way, they are surrendered troops, the army of another country, they are like second-class people here, they are the first to go to the dirty work, hard work and dangerous battles.

However, they never expected that most of the rearguards left by Prince Tyre twice in a row were Gastardians.

This made them astonished.

But after the astonishment, what followed was doubt.

After following Prince Tyre for a while, they already had a deep understanding of how ruthless this Prince Gastad was.

It is impossible for such a person to issue an order to stop the army in his own formation.

So, there must be something inside.

And it's not a general inside story.

Although they are generals from other countries, they are still generals after all, and the general positions Tire gave them are not low.When they deliberately go to find out the news, they can always find some clues.

What's more, even if the army of Gastad's army is trying their best to cover up, there will always be omissions on the way of withdrawing troops. In addition, they tried their best to inquire, and soon, they guessed from the fragmentary information. the truth.

"I'm afraid something happened to the army of Gastad..."

A certain Kanal general stopped abruptly in the middle of his speech.

He didn't say that word, but everyone here already knew it.

To be appointed as generals by Tire, they must all be capable.

"The Gastard soldiers sent by Prince Tyr to cut off the rear are all..."

Another person also said something vaguely.

But it was this sentence that made all the generals present feel unstoppable chills.

Yes, they all know it.

The plague-stricken Gastard soldiers had been abandoned by Prince Tyr as outcasts.

Prince Tyr did not intend to spend time and energy treating those sick soldiers, but left it as a trouble.

As the prince of Gastard, he discarded his people as useless.

Not only that, but he also asked those soldiers who were sick and would die for themselves to stop Aaron Landis's army.

He mercilessly squeezed the last bit of value out of those soldiers.

This approach is really chilling.

And Cole and the others not only feel chilled, they even feel faint fear because of this approach.

As the prince of Gastard, Tyr treats his own people so cruelly and ruthlessly, so he will only be more ruthless towards them who are aliens.

Once they have no use value, what will happen...

"We continue to work for him...will we really not be abandoned by him? It's the same as those sick soldiers."

Cole finally asked the question that was lingering in everyone's mind at the moment.

No one answered, the tent was eerily quiet, and an uneasy atmosphere enveloped everyone.

All the generals were relatively speechless at this moment, they only felt their chests were cold, and their hearts were even shrouded in coldness.

After a long time, the speechless people got up and left, returning to their own troops and tents.

It's just that, like Cole, they all had a sleepless night.

In the past, because they had nowhere to go, they could only devote themselves to working for the Gastadians. At this moment, they have begun to waver.

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"Your Highness, the plague is not a trivial matter, are you sure? Maybe it's just a similar disease?"

Kareni asked cautiously again.

His expression at this moment is like facing a big enemy, even more nervous than facing the 10,000+ army of Gastard.

On the other hand, Keli was already in a daze.

She was terrified.

After many years of mercenary career, Kerry, who has long been tempered to a tough temperament, may feel sad because of the death of her relatives and friends, but she herself is not afraid of death.

But at this moment, facing the monster named 'Plague', she couldn't restrain her expression of fear.

Plague, that is, every time it appears, it will take tens of thousands of lives, turn countless living people into bones, turn prosperous cities into cemeteries full of corpses, and cause panic and pain to envelop the earth.

No one is discolored by the smell of it.

Kaihos glanced at Garlan, his brows were tightly frowned, his expression solemn.

He said: "Your Excellency Kareni, the prince has sent three doctors to check the situation. When the doctors come back, things will be confirmed."

Carleni sighed heavily, and he said, "Excuse me for being rude, but I really hope that His Highness made a mistake this time."

"I hope I'm mistaken, too."

The boy sighed.

However, no matter how much they wish, the development of things has never been diverted from the will of people.

The terrible thing about the plague has never been its intractability, but its extremely rapid contagion.

Especially in densely populated places, it only takes a few days to infect nearly [-] people.

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Another two days passed.

After careful consideration, in the middle of the night that day, Cole and the two Kanal generals met again in secret.

"Maybe we can try to rely on the crown prince of Aaron Landis."

Cole made a suggestion to the two companions.

They deliberately avoided the Aaronlandian generals, because they knew that those Aaronlandian traitors had killed their own king.

What a reputation that Lion King has among the Aaronlandis, even the Kanals know it.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for these Aaron Landis traitors to turn back, because if they go back, they will be torn to pieces by the angry Aaron Landis.

However, they are different, they are Kanals, they did not participate in the war in Judas City, and they did not share a sworn feud with the Aaron Landisians.

"The crown prince has a reputation of being wise and benevolent, so he shouldn't be too harsh on us."

Cole said.

His two companions looked at each other, and they both saw that they were attracted to each other.

It seems that all the people in Gastard who were sick with the disease have been sent to kill the queen. Today, Prince Tyre has expressed his intention to send the army again to kill the queen.

And this time, this dangerous task is likely to fall on them.

Rather than being an abandoned son abandoned by Prince Tyre, it would be better...

"How about we send someone to secretly contact the crown prince first?"

"Then...who are you going to send? This matter must be kept secret, in case Prince Tyre finds out..."

Thinking of Tire's cruel methods, several people shuddered.

"This kind of thing must not be left in the hands of others, I will go there myself!"

Cole said decisively.

"Help me cover it up."

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Under the cover of night, and with the assistance of his two companions, Cole, disguised as a scout cavalry, sneaked out of the camp with two henchmen.

He made a big circle, and after confirming that no one was following him, he ran towards the camp of the Aaron Landis who had been chasing after them.

The reason why he resolutely decided to go in person, besides keeping it secret, Cole also had other thoughts in private.

As the first Kanal to surrender to the crown prince and the first to go to see the crown prince, he must be able to gain more attention.

Now that he has decided to vote for the Aaron Landis, he naturally needs to think more about his future.

However, it took twice as long as he estimated in advance before he arrived at the Aaron Landis camp.

This made him a little puzzled.

After all, these days, the Aaron Landis people have been chasing them and have been very close to them, but tonight the Aaron Landis people's camp seems to be much farther away from their camp.

It feels like... the Aaron Landis didn't chase much today.

Something is not right.

Speaking of which, the Aaron Landis didn't seem to have engaged in a contact battle with their rear army today.

When Cole arrived at the camp of the Aaron Landis, he felt that something was wrong.

It was already late at night, but there were so many bonfires in the camp, and the whole camp seemed brightly lit.

Moreover, the layout of this camp is a bit strange, it does not look like a regular camp formation, it is not close, and the camps are a little sparse.

He approached calmly, and circled half a circle from a distance.

He found that there were still many soldiers walking back and forth in the middle of the night, each in a hurry.What made him feel even more strange was that in many places in the camp, water was still being boiled in large iron pots, and the water was gurgling, with a faint smell of medicine wafting out.

Cole watched from a distance for a long time, and suddenly saw a group of soldiers coming out of the camp pushing a wooden cart.

He was stunned to see that the wooden cart seemed to be full of human corpses, and then he watched the team of soldiers push dozens of corpses into the ditch not far from the camp, dig up the soil and bury the corpses. .

The cold moonlight shone on the faces of this group of soldiers who were bowing their heads to bury their bodies, making their faces look like they were glowing with bluish-white light.

Their faces were pale and they didn't say a word. The action of mechanically digging and burying the corpse looked extremely intrusive in the dark night.

Cole frowned, hiding in the bushes and watching from a distance.

After seeing the soldiers burying the corpses, he returned to the camp, but not long after, they pushed dozens of corpses over and continued to bury them underground.

Although their faces were pale, their movements looked very skilled, as if they had done it many times.

Looking at the inexplicably weird camp standing in the distance in the distance, Cole suddenly felt a little bit in his heart.

Is it—

In the blink of an eye, he suddenly understood everything.

Prince Tyr sent the plague-stricken Gastard soldiers to kill the queen.

Naturally, the broken army was defeated by the Aaron Landisians.

Then, many of those patients would become captives of the Aaron Landisians.

Consistently, prisoners of war would be taken away with the army and used as slaves.

In other words - all the plague patients left behind by Prince Tyre stayed in the Aaron Landis army!

After trying to understand all this, Cole just felt cold all over his body.

Prince Tyr...

How terrible and cruel this man is.

The purpose of Prince Tyr to let the plague sufferer go to the rear is not just to leave the burden.

Infecting Aaron Landis' army with the plague is his real purpose!

Looking at the huge camp in the distance, Cole felt chills in his heart.

He seemed to have seen the monster named 'Plague' hanging over the camp, about to mercilessly devour the lives of 10,000+ people in the camp.

Here Death will brutally wield his scythe.

Cole turned around, found the horse hidden deep in the jungle, got on the horse and left in a hurry.

He didn't dare to stay here for a second.

His speeding back looks like he is running for his life.

Aaron Landis, lost!

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In a distant place, in the center of the Garstad camp, Tyre, who had also learned that there was something wrong with Aaron Landis's army, opened his eyes.

The lavender eyes glowed with a shimmer that was more cruel than the cold winter in the Jastad snow field.

Take a look, as if you can see hell from it.

Won.

The corner of Gasdard's prince raised a cold arc.