A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Another day passed, the heavy horn sounded again on the battlefield, and the Gasdad left the dead body, and once again retreated from the wall like a tide.

The tall walls are still firmly guarded here, blocking the enemies of Aaron Landis and guarding the people of Aaron Landis.

Black blood deposited on the wall of the city. These days, countless layers of blood spattered on the wall. No matter how strong it is, the boulders hit by the trebuchet in the distance will smash it into potholes.

However, even if it is stained with a layer of blood, there are many more potholes. Those majestic not only did not erase the city walls, but made it more and more a bit vicissitudes and solemn.

As time goes on, Aaron Landis's royal city still stands proudly on the earth.

The Gasdars retreated before and after it.

And it stands upright.

After receiving the news of the fall of Judas City, Tyr no longer delayed the time, and began to fully attack the city the next day.

The offensive is fierce, often one attack is a whole day, without giving Aaron Landis any breathing opportunities.

However, several days have passed and the siege has not made any progress.

Except for those town guards in sufficient numbers, Aaron Landis used less than ten thousand garrison troops to steadily withstand more than ten times his own army of Gasdard.

Under the commander of Huimos, they did not give the Gstaad any opportunity.

"Hyimos... is worthy of the name of "Black Knight", ruthless to the enemy, and ruthless to himself."

Once again the siege failed, Tyre said with emotion.

At the beginning, he was also a little surprised by the strategy of Heimus's "Clear Wall".

Originally the defenders of those towns were somewhat troublesome on their way into the royal city, which would bring them some small losses. However, by doing this, Huimos let them go directly without any encounter on the road.

Some Gastard generals even mocked the black knight, saying that he was timid before he fought. They hadn't fought them yet. This black knight who had been blown to the sky before was scared into a tortoise.

Although he didn't think that the strong man like Heimus did this because of timidity, he didn't want to understand the purpose of Heimus's practice for a while.

He didn't react until he received the news that Rudas City was taken back by the Crown Prince's soldiers.

The road carrying food for the army was broken from behind!

And they marched all the way, but because Huimus forced the residents of those towns to take all the materials away, so they did not plunder any food at all.

I didn't think much about it in the front, but when the crown prince cut the way, Huimos's seemingly timid and self-impaired approach immediately exerted a huge advantage.

The rear grain and grass were cut off, and the army was empty around it, and it was difficult to plunder supplies. Once the army's food was consumed, the consequences...

Tier had also thought of grabbing some Aaron Landis from the surrounding towns, binding them as shields, forcing them to open the way for the army to attack the city.

If the defenders could not bear to start, they could attack the city walls.

This method almost tried all kinds of spirits when attacking Kanal. Even King Kanal was broken because of this trick.

However, Huimus emptied all the nearby towns and drove all the Aaron Landis away, and Tyre couldn't catch anyone.

......The two princes seemed to have an invisible mutual understanding between them, and they put him together.

...

Although the guard war of the royal city is still solid, the head of the royal knights still has a bad face at the moment.

"I heard that there was almost no response from Prince Garland to his call."

He sat there in armor, and the angular square face sank, giving him a kind of power.

"The little people who saw the wind and rudder must have seen Aaron Landis in a bad situation, so he kept one by one and wanted to move around! Now Aaron Landis doesn't even have a loyal courtier Yet--?"

"Not all."

Although Xie Muer also sullenly, but barely said a fair word.

"Some people are not loyal enough, but have doubts about Prince Garland and dare not entrust the army to the past. After all, the prince is now equivalent to the first battle on the battlefield, and he has not established enough prestige to make people difficult. convince……"

At this point, the priest fell silent.

He raised his hand in silence and gently flicked a dust that had just fallen off the shoulders of his neat priest suit.

In Aaron Landis, it is difficult for a king who has no distinguished warfare to convince everyone.

According to the original plan, King Camos intends to take the crown prince to the battlefield from the beginning of next spring, let him slowly accumulate merits, and build up enough prestige among everyone a little...

Who knows, in an instant, it was turned upside down.

The silence of the priest silenced the head of the Sage who was still angry.

Indeed, not to mention those clumsy guys, even loyal courtiers, will surely have a heart for a young prince who has hardly ever seen or proven himself on the battlefield, or even a minor. doubt.

It is natural for them to hesitate.

Loyalty does not mean stupidity.

With a sigh, Sage raised his head and looked to the opposite side, then he could not help frowning.

"His Royal Highness, you don't seem to worry at all."

He watched the prince sitting at the table quietly finishing his dinner, and at this moment he was slowly and steadily wiping his finger with a white towel, and asked unpleasantly.

"Nothing to worry about."

Putting down the handkerchief, Huimus took the hot tea aside and took a sip.

"That's Garland."

He said lightly.

His answer made Sage stupefied for a long time, but he was speechless for a while, and I didn't know how to answer it.

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Three days after Garran issued the convening order, the city of Judas has been quietly quiet, and no one came,

As a result, the so-called call of the crown prince became a joke in the eyes of those who secretly watched the prince's every move.

The news even went wildly, and Aaron Landis quickly came out, which became a joke after tea and dinner of nobles in other countries.

It is ridiculed that the crown prince is self-righteous, and ridiculed him for his unhealthy taste, and ridiculed his whimsical people everywhere.

Wise? Upright? Kindness?

These things are useless in the war of weak meat and strong food, and powerful forces can easily trample them to pieces.

The so-called ‘wise prince’ can only be at a loss on the battlefield, even without the ability to convince people.

...

Not only people outside are watching jokes, but the people in the city of Judas are also anxious as time goes by.

All day, Cynthia was spinning around in the room like an ant on a hot pot.

Turning to the evening, he finally couldn't help it anymore, and rushed angrily to Garland.

"Brother Elder! I'll catch all the disobedient guys here with you!"

He shouted angrily.

Those jerks dare not listen to his brother's words, it's turned upside down!

You know that as soon as he received the news from the elder brother, he led the soldiers over and over without saying anything.

Cynthia took it for granted that as soon as Garland's convening order came out, everyone should be rushed over just like him.

did not expect--

Although no one came for three days in Judas City, Garlan saw no anxiety on his face.

He smiled slightly at the angry face of Cynthia, and threw a big duck pear in the fruit plate on the table beside him.

"Eat this, lower the fire."

Garland said with a smile.

"……Oh."

Seeing the elder brother smiled at himself, the strong young man who was still thundering at the moment scratched his head, sat down obediently, and gnawed a big pear next to Garland like a big baby.

Garland sat, turned his head, and looked through the window at the quiet city wall where no one was going in and out.

His appearance seemed calm, without the anxiety that others guessed, but no one could guess what he was thinking at the moment.

At the moment on the city wall, Kehuos was taking a tour with Tewa.

Since that night, in order to prevent accidents from happening again, whenever possible, Kehuos, Tewa, and Xinyas must be accompanied by Prince Garland.

Now that Cynthia followed Gallan, they came out to rectify the army and inspect the city walls.

Along the way, Twa looked at the quiet city wall, and was very worried.

After walking for a while, he finally couldn't help but spoke to Kehos.

"Master Kehos, the prince is doing this... Isn't it too anxious?"

He asked with a frown.

"Um... I say this, I don't think the prince is incapable... We all know the prince's ability, but others don't know."

Although Tewa did not like the outsiders' mockery of the prince, there was one thing he agreed with.

That is, the so-called wiseness has no role in war.

"You also think that no one will respond to the prince's call?"

"Uh, I just think... we understand Prince Galland's strength, but this strength cannot be reflected on the battlefield, and his prestige is not enough, so..."

Weak meat and strong food.

Although he recognized the prince's strength in mind, on the battlefield, only strength is everything.

Just like all people on the battlefield will only pray to the God of War, but not to Samash.

Twa's blandishments didn't make Kehos angry.

He glanced at the slave-generated general behind him, his lips raised, and he smiled.

"‘On the battlefield, only powerful forces can make everyone yearn for and surrender’... It’s not just you, I’m afraid all people in this world think so now.”

He said, his expression was indifferent.

Teva waited for him to continue, but Kehos suddenly closed his mouth, turned his head, and glanced outside the city wall.

He said, "Someone is here."

Tewa stunned and followed Kehos's eyes.

I saw that on the horizon, a somewhat messy army was coming to Judas City in the sunset.

The first army to enter the city of Judas made the people who had come to watch the crowd talking.

The formation of this army is scattered, people are gathered or scattered in twos and threes, they don't even have a uniform, some wear leather armor, some wear armor, some carry a bow, some carry a sword, some Carrying a stick or even a hammer, it looks messy.

Even the people of Judas City can see that this is a chaotic juggernaut.

After waiting three or four days, there was such an army?

What combat power can such a mixed army have?

The look of this miscellaneous army made them suddenly disappointed with the expectations. After looking at each other, they shook their heads one by one.

"mercenary?"

After receiving Kehos's report, Garland asked with some surprise.

"I didn't hire any mercenaries."

A mercenary is an irregular army that helps hirers to fight or do things after they have collected their belongings.

Since the mercenary regiments are purely money-based, they have no loyalty and are an uncertain factor on the battlefield. Therefore, on the official large-scale battlefield of the country, very few countries employ these legions to participate in the war.

Since the mercenary regiment is not a regular army, even if it participates in the war between countries, it is regarded as abandonment and cannon fodder, so they will hardly accept the employment of this kind of war.

"Prince, this mercenary leader wants to see you."

"Got it, let him in."

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Garland was also a bit curious, why the unprofitable mercenary regiment took the initiative to come to Judas City.

As soon as the leader came in, Garland was startled.

It’s not him, it’s her.

The leader of this mercenary regiment was a woman who looked only in her twenties.

The young female leader had clean, short hair, dressed in close-fitting flexible leather armor, a long sword behind her, and a dagger inserted into the thigh belt.

Although she is a woman, she exudes a strong momentum, and looks heroic.

As soon as she saw Gallan, the sharp-eyed female leader tranced, and she showed a look like she was remembering something, watching Gallan's eyes soften.

She leaned over and knelt in front of Garland, looking up at him softly with her head raised.

She said, "His Royal Highness, please allow me to kiss you."

"what?"

Garland was taken aback by the female leader who spoke such a bold language at the first meeting.

The female leader smiled.

"Not a face, how dare I offend you, I just want to kiss your hand."

She said with a smile, then reached out and held Gallan's right hand with both hands.

She closed her eyes and kissed Gallan's back with an extremely pious look.

Garland froze for a moment.

There was a picture flashing in his mind. The female leader who kissed him with his eyes closed in front of him coincided with the girl who kissed the back of his hand deep in his memory.

"...Cary? Are you Cary of Venal City?"

The female leader released Gallan's hand, and she looked up at Gallan with a smile on her face.

"I'm glad you remember me, my prince."

This time, even Kehuosi stood aside, showing a stunned look, carefully looked at the female leader in front of him.

She was... the little girl rescued by the prince from the cult?

"I, like my uncle, became a mercenary."

"Because of the relationship between cults and floods, many of the children you rescued were orphans. However, due to your good deeds, a temple was built there to adopt us and prevent us from being displaced."

"When everyone grows up, I established a mercenary regiment with some of them to make a living."

Kneeling on the ground on one knee, Kelly pressed her hand to her chest, staring at her prince.

Her eyes are soft and firm.

"My prince, you protected the young me and protected everyone. Now that we are all grown up, it is our turn."

"Although it is only a weak mercenary regiment, it has only a meager strength."

she says,

"But, Your Highness, we also want to use this little power to protect you."

Kelly lowered her head and said that she was a little nervous.

She knew that this strength of her might not be seen by the prince.

But she still wanted to use all her power to protect the prince, so she arrived here desperately.

"……it is good."

The voice from above caused Kelly to raise her head with excitement.

The teenager smiled at her.

The smile is the same as that child’s bright smile many years ago, without any change.

"Kerry, I am very happy, you are willing to lend me strength."

"...Dare not be fooled."

Kelly answered with her head bowed.

Her chest seemed to be surging at this moment.

that's nice.

she thinks.

Her prince hasn't changed at all.

that's nice……

At this moment, a local soldier from Judas City suddenly hurried over.

"Sir Kehos, someone from the city gate is coming again."

He gasped and said, "People...the people are scared."

"Ah? Frightened? That army disturbed the people as soon as they arrived?"

Xinyas said immediately with dissatisfaction.

"The elder brother clearly issued an order to prevent anyone from disturbing the people."

"No, they did not disturb the people, but everyone was terrified."

"what are you talking about?"

"Lion..." the soldier said stutteringly, "a lion is coming in."

Garland and Kehuos glanced at each other, and quickly walked outside.

...

Garland hurriedly hurried to the gate.

A horse, just a few steps forward, suddenly a behemoth suddenly rushed from the front, suddenly he fell to the ground.

The crowd watching the crowd screamed, but everyone who followed Garland was calm.

Immediately afterwards, those who screamed loudly saw the big lion who threw their crown prince on the ground, rubbing Gallan's head and chest hard, and licking on Gallan's face from time to time. Twice.

It looked like a big cat playing hard and coquettishly, completely without the majestic appearance of standing there just now.

Even if he yelled twice, but that sound did not have the momentum of the king of the beasts moving the forest, it just made people feel a little wronged.

The frightened people came to think of it.

There has always been a rumor about their crown prince.

According to rumors, Prince Garland was the son of the sun **** Shamash, and Shamash sent his own lion to protect him.

So there was always a lion beside Prince Garland.

Negah was still rubbing against Gallan in aggrieved ways, and a round fat man ran up and followed the flutter and rushed in front of Gallan.

"Ah~~Prince, I'm so worried about you."

Disregarding the fact that this was the general public, Tall opened his mouth and began to howl.

"I said how can you not take me out when you come out, you see you have lost a circle, you must not have eaten well or slept well, Master Kehuos is so careless, he can't take good care of you at all."

Looking at the thin prince, Taal was terribly distressed.

The blonde knight lying next to the innocent gun touched his nose, pretending not to hear it.

"Tal, how did you come with Nega?"

"Ah, by the way, prince, I did what you ordered. I gave it to His Royal Highness Hiemos, and then Lord Xermorr arranged to send us over."

As soon as Garland asked, Tal had no reason to criticize Kehuos's carelessness, and said endlessly.

"Also, don't worry, Nega came in the carriage and didn't scare others."

Speaking of which, he patted his chest vigorously.

"Oh, prince, I'm here, don't be afraid, whoever is with me, who wants to harm you, I will definitely kill him first... Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! It hurts so much! Let go!"

A hand reached out from behind, grabbed the fat man's head, and threw Taal aside in the sound of Taar's cry.

"You're still up, Rory talks endlessly."

The man who threw Thal aside said dissatisfiedly.

It was a slender young man, and the slightly dark pitched bangs slipped from the corner of his eyes.

His face is pretty and his eyes are like peach blossoms. When he picks his eyes slightly, it makes people feel that the charming charm is piled in the corner of his eyes.

He wore a cyan short robe and a corset. He had no other leather armor except for the hand and foot protection and the chest protection on the left chest.

Seeing this handsome young man, Garland was a little surprised.

"Shuluos?"

The dark-haired minstrel leaned over with a smile on his face, reaching out to Gallan, who was slammed on the ground by a lion, with a polite and graceful gesture.

"It's gone for a while, Your Highness."

He used his sweet and melodious voice, using Gallan's most familiar tone, as if singing.

"I'm glad that the goddess Aphrodite is still guarding you, making your beauty as usual."

Holding Shulos's hand, Gallan stood up.

The familiar tone of the bard made him laugh.

"You came to help me?"

"Did you forget? I said before leaving, no matter where I am, as long as I hear your call, I will return to you immediately."

"Really, I'm very happy, I have an extra marksman beside me."

"No, my Royal Highness Prince is not a marksman."

The minstrel grinned slyly.

"Don't you think there are too many people here?"

In the direction Shulos pointed, Gallan looked at it and suddenly couldn't help blinking.

I saw that in addition to dozens of cavalrymen escorting Tal and Nega, there were more than a hundred people standing there. When Garran looked over, they bowed their heads and knelt.

And the temperament of these more than one hundred people is very similar to Shu Luosi, most of them are dressed in rangers.

"His Royal Highness, they are all my friends that I have met during my travels over the years, and most of them are rangers who traveled on the mainland. You know, the things I meet together, the friends I met, although they are so poor compared to me, but they are all capable. It's still pretty good."

Shulos flicked his hair skillfully and handsomely, showing off proudly.

Bards are also called rangers.

As a person walking alone on the mainland, their single combat effectiveness is generally not weak, especially those well-known rangers, single combat effectiveness can be regarded as top.

For example, Shu Luosi is known as a marksman in the ranger.

In fact, not all of the more than one hundred people who came here were Shulos's friends. He only called a dozen of his friends to help him on the way after he heard the news of Garland's call.

Who knows that the well-known rangers heard this news and rushed from all over the place.

The Rangers, who are not weak in combat but also possess Wenqing's sensuous thinking, have been full of anger for the situation in which the Gasdad invaded their own country and occupied the country.

It's just that they are all scattered soldiers, and they have no way to resist the aggressors. They can only watch the Gastads wreak havoc in their own country.

Later, when I heard that the famous marksman Shu Luosi in the ranger wanted to rush to the crown prince under his friend, he rushed over without saying anything.

Their purpose is simple, that is, to drive out the aggressor from their own country.

Gallan looked at the group and touched his chin.

So, can the Ranger unit summoned by him be used as a special forces unit?

Scanning the rangers who were very capable and powerful at the first glance, he was so pondering in his heart.