A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Before dawn, the earth was still shrouded in darkness, and a large military camp was quiet, and only the light of the campfire shook in the dark.

A tall bodyguard took the crown prince's token and walked out of the camp unimpeded, holding a horse in his hand.

A thick cloak covered him, and a hood covered most of his face, only a few strands of black hair appeared.

He left from the side exit of the camp, and not long after walking out of the camp, a person appeared in front of his road.

The star light that was about to disappear in the early hours of the morning fell on the man's golden hair. The man was obviously waiting for him here, and as soon as he saw him appear, he came towards him.

"His Royal Highness."

In front of this ‘guard’, Kehos bowed to salute.

The man in bodyguard costume raised his hand and took off the hood covering his head.

The faint starlight barely allowed people to recognize the beautiful face under the dark hair.

Kehos raised his head after saluting, and looked at those golden-red eyes.

He said, "Are you leaving now?"

Heimus looked at him, his golden eyes narrowed slightly.

"Last night, you promised me to stay in the Garland camp, which really surprised me."

He answered unanswered.

Even if Wu Yong was like him, he could not quietly sneak into the camp of the closely guarded Crown Prince without disturbing anyone.

Because he didn't want to disturb others, nor did he want to expose his departure from the Wangcheng, he went to Kaihuos first.

Although Kehuos was surprised to see him at first, he did not ask much after he proposed to see Galland. He took him to Galland’s camp and deliberately made an excuse to stay in Galland’s camp. Xinas took away.

To be honest, Kayhose's behavior surprised him.

He knew that Kehos would take him to Galland, but he did not expect that Kehos did not stop him from staying in the Garland camp for the night.

After all, the guardian knight of Garland is very aware of his thoughts on Garland, and has been blocking himself from approaching Garland.

"You are not that kind of insignificant person."

The blonde knight answered calmly.

If you really value and pamper the prince, seeing the current Prince Garland will only feel distressed, and it is impossible to have other thoughts.

Although he wanted to sever Heimus's feelings for the prince, he knew in his heart that Heimos paid more attention to the prince than anyone else.

This man will not do anything to harm the prince at any time, so he can safely let Hyims stay in the prince camp for the night.

"The prince was too tired. Although I waited to do my best to share with him, I was only a subordinate after all, and many things could not be done. Even if he could protect him, he couldn't share the burden for him."

"He is the crown prince of Aaron Landis, and that responsibility is his responsibility. But in my own self, he is still just the little prince I want to protect. I hope he will not be so hard."

"And the one who bears the burden and can share for him in this world is only you, His Royal Highness.

Kehos's words made Huimus' lips slightly lifted.

He said: "Continue to perform your duties, Garland's guardian knight."

As he said, he turned his horse cleanly.

On the distant horizon, a gleam of light has appeared, and the sky has begun to shine.

"His Royal Highness, what are you going to do?"

"Go do what I can."

Huimus answered.

He rode on the horse and turned to look at the camp of the Gasdard who occupied a large area in the distance.

From the beginning, he had no intention of staying here.

He came only to meet Gallan.

Only when he saw and touched Gallan with his own eyes could he calm down his heart.

And he left now to do what he should do.

He knew that being tenacious like Garland did not need to guard himself by his side.

He will guard him in his own way.

He would put what Gallan wanted most in his hands.

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There was a sudden change in the army of Gasdars.

Rangers lurking near the Gasdard camp found that some soldiers in the camp were packing up supplies and supplies, the camp gradually became dense, and the formation began to change.

Obviously, the Gasdars were packing up the camp, and the army was ready to advance.

They do not intend to continue the confrontation with the Aaron Landis Army, but want to retreat to the Canal State.

The Gasdad's choice to retreat meant that they were defeated from Aaron Landis, and it also meant that the crown prince successfully led the army to drive away the invaders.

However, the crown prince who successfully expelled the aggressor was not pleased.

In the Arunlandis army camp, in the prince's camp, several masters will be here.

Garland sat on the main seat, frowning.

"You mean, the Gasdard intend to withdraw Canal?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Callie, the commander of the army, answered.

"There are already signs of camping out in the Gasdard camp. According to their formation changes, they are preparing to withdraw."

"This is the right decision."

Ailson, a female general who was on the sidelines, said, "After all, there is not much grain left, and it is impossible for us to continue to consume it. Of course, we must retreat while the grain is still enough. Otherwise, we will not have enough grain to evacuate. , That's really over."

"Can't we do something? Attack them as they retreat?"

Opada glanced at Garlan with her lips closed and asked.

"Let this group of guys go back intact, it would be too--"

"No chance."

Kehuos shook his head.

"The Prince of Gasdard, Tyr, has a high degree of control over the army and stable dispatch of the army. Since he decided to retreat, he will definitely use the most stable method and will not give us any chance."

The Gasdad army retreat methodically, not defeated.

Even if they nominally retreat and leave, after all, the other party still has more than 100,000 troops, and their own military strength is almost the same. As long as the Gastads have enough food and morale, they will not be able to take it all at once. Swallow.

"Even if we bite the Gasads and pursue them all the way, we can only leave them at most tens of thousands of people and cannot shake their foundation."

Opada couldn't deny Kehos, he turned his head and looked at Gallan again.

Not only him, but everyone else in the camp also focused his gaze on Gallan.

The young crown prince sat on the main seat, his eyes closed, his lips tightened.

"Can we only watch the Gasdad leave?"

He said that the hand placed on the armrest of the seat gripped the top of the armrest firmly.

During this time, even in difficult circumstances, the teenager who has been very calm and sensible seems to have difficulty controlling his emotions at this moment.

There was deep unwillingness in his voice.

"I can only do that...would watching Tyre return to Canal?"

The camp was very quiet, and no one could say anything, only gazing at Gallan in silence.

Finally, the whitewashed commander of the temple broke the silence.

"Dog rush will also jump the wall. If we must keep them all here, the Gasdard finds that they have no way to live, and will desperately fight with us desperately. Then, even if we can destroy them, we will lost heavily."

Veteran Karenni sighed long.

"His Royal Highness, I understand your mood, but please don't forget that there are other countries staring at each other. If we lose both sides with the Gastads, we will only be cheaper."

The camp was silent for a while.

After a long time, there was finally an echo.

"……I know."

Gallan said.

He closed his eyes, and light-colored eyelashes dropped shadows on his white cheeks.

"Just follow what you said."

The young man's tone of voice was very calm, and his face seemed to calm down, but somehow, partial birth was the unusually calm tone, but more and more gave people a feeling of pain in which the heart was tightened.

Perhaps it was because the opposite of the calm face of the teenager, the more squeezed hand.

The green eyes reflected in the clenched hands, and the blonde knight stepped forward.

"prince."

Kehuos leaned over and knelt down before Garland.

He looked up at Garland with his head up, stretched out his left hand, and gently covered Garland's right hand with the armrest clenched.

"Only this time."

"That man, only this time to escape."

"When Aaron Landis stabilizes, I will lead the army to Canal."

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"Please believe me, I will bring Tyr's head back to Aaron Landis."

Garlan raised his eyes and looked at his guardian knight.

His eyes softened a bit.

"it is good."

He answered, loosening his tight lips.

The hand covered by Kehuos also slowly loosened.

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As Karenyi said, the army of Gasdard was drawn and began to retreat to Kanal in the west.

Although it was a retreat, the formation of the Gasdard Army was very neat and stable, giving the Aaron Landis no chance.

Even if Aaron Landis's army was chased all the way behind, they could not break through and disrupt their formation.

Especially when the Gastad retreat, they still leave the army broken along the way, every time there are nearly 10,000 troops.

The strong man had a broken wrist and the gecko had a broken tail.

Obviously the Prince Tyre had made such a decision calmly.

After breaking off with tens of thousands of troops, he prolonged the army of Aaron Landis with the lives of those tens of thousands of soldiers, thereby protecting the vast majority of Gasdard's troops and safely withdrawing to Canal.

However, in just three days, Aaron Landis’s army had twice defeated the Gastads and left the broken army, and captured many Gastads.

In accordance with wartime habits, they handcuffed all these captives, held them up, and took them on the road together, using them as slaves.

The loss of Aaron Landis's army was very small. Continue to do this. Before the Gasdad withdrew Canal, they could destroy at most about a quarter of Gasdard's strength.

The results are not small.

It is a pity that even after losing a quarter of the troops, the main force of the Gasdard can finally withdraw Canal successfully.

Although the battle was smooth, what made Karenni and Kehos and others puzzled was that when they defeated the Gasdard army in charge, they originally thought that the Gasdad would use the mixed national soldier. After the army was cut off, the protection of the army was withdrawn. But it was later discovered that most of the people who stayed behind were actually Gasdars.

This is really confusing.

Moreover, the fighting power of the natural and powerful Gasdards should be far superior to the soldiers of other countries. After the break, the army is mainly based on the Gasdards. It stands to reason that the army should be much stronger than those of mixed countries.

However, the combat effectiveness of the army after the offense seems to be very weak, and the combat effectiveness of those Gastads feels much worse than before.

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On that night, after camping, Garland listened to several masters to report today's battle, and then he was accompanied by Cynthia to his camp.

Not far from the camp account, he saw a familiar figure twirling around in the distance.

When Gallan walked quickly, the girl, who was the leader of the mercenary regiment, did not notice his arrival.

She frowned tightly, with a distressed look under her eyes, a hesitant look.

As soon as she turned her head, she bumped into Galland, and she was taken aback and quickly bent down to kneel.

"Your Highness, why are you..."

"Are you waiting for me? Kelly."

"Yes, yes, I'm very sorry. I'm disturbing you at this late hour. I'm in a hurry to find you."

Kelly's face was full of anxiety, and she looked up at Garland with her head, her eyes pleading.

"His Royal Highness, there are a few people in my team who are about to die. The military doctor said that they have not been saved. I know that my approach is wrong and very presumptuous, but they are all companions who grew up with me. I can’t really watch them. so……"

"Please send a doctor to see them. I am willing to accept any punishment for my rudeness."

Although military doctors also have a medical word, most of them just understand the treatment of people with superficial trauma or common minor diseases. The medical technique is completely inferior to that of a doctor.

However, there were only a few doctors in the army, and they were only responsible for treating important generals, so Kelly begged Gallan for companions.

Not good?

Gallan froze, asking.

"They were seriously injured?"

Kelly’s mercenary regiment was included in the logistics army because of its weak combat power. The logistics army was mainly responsible for the transportation of materials, feeding horses and cooking, burying the bodies of soldiers killed in war, guarding slaves of prisoners of war, and other trivial matters. There are generally no casualties.

Now Kelly suddenly told him that several of her companions in the logistic force were about to die.

… Is it that the logistics army was attacked by the Gasdard?

But just now, they did not say Kehuos?

"No, it wasn't an injury. We were arranged to work in the logistics army and did not participate in the battle." Kelly explained, "They are sick, all eight people are together... The military doctor said that they can't cure this disease, only doctors are possible. There is a way, I really have no choice but to disturb you."

"I know."

Garland reached out and lifted Kelly from the ground.

"I will let my doctor follow you now."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and directly ordered a bodyguard to call the doctor.

Looking at the back of the guard leaving, Kelly was relieved.

"Don't worry too much, Kelly, my doctor's medical skills are very good, and they will definitely be cured."

Garland comforted her and then asked again.

"However, why do your companions fall ill so much at once? Is it because you are too tired? Did someone deliberately arrange too much work for you? Did someone deduct your ration?"

As Garland asked, his eyes became sharper.

He was suspicious of Kelly because they were ostracized by others as mercenaries, forcibly assigned work to them, made them overloaded, and even deducted their rations, so that Kelly's companions fell ill.

"No, there is no such thing. Your Highness, the officers are assigned fairly and the food is not lacking."

Kelly shook her head quickly.

Garland smiled.

"Really, that's good, what work are you responsible for now?"

The conversation with Garland calmed Kelly's mood a little, so there was more talk.

She said: "We have been arranged to guard the prisoners of the Gasdards recently. The Gasdards are not honest, but because they are sick a lot, they can't make trouble, we can still deal with..."

Originally just thinking of talking to divert Kelly's attention, so that she should not worry, when he heard this, Gallan was startled.

Numerous pictures flashed through his mind among the electro-optical flint.

The Gastads retreating suddenly.

The Gastads accounted for the majority in the broken army.

Their fighting power suddenly became much weaker...

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The Gstaad living in the extreme north...

It's spring... the temperature is warming up...the countless rotten corpses piled up on the battlefield...

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"Klee."

"Yes?"

"You said, a lot of Gasdard people are sick?"

"Yes, probably because you were injured during the battle..."

Kelly was interrupted by Garland before she finished.

"Your companions fell ill after being responsible for guarding prisoners of war?"

"Uh……"

Kelly thought carefully and nodded.

"Yes, it really started to fall ill from that time."

As she looked up, she saw that the gentle Prince Wang's look had suddenly become dignified, and she also became nervous.

"Your Highness, is there any problem?"

"...Cary, you come with me."

After finishing, Garland turned his head.

"Sinyas, immediately call Karenni and Kehuos to come to me!"

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"What-plague -"

The half-faced veteran Karenni closed his mouth forcibly and swallowed the latter word.

The wrinkles on his forehead clamped hard, and he lowered his voice as much as possible.

"Your Highness, you mean...the plague?"

"Yes."

Gallan said, his eyes were cold.

"We all think that the Gasdad retreat is because the grain is about to run out, but that is probably the information that Tyre deliberately leaked, misleading us. The real reason for their retreat should be the explosion of the Gasdad The plague, and Tyre... He deliberately cut off the soldiers infected with the plague, and deliberately let the patients be captured by us, the purpose is to infect our army with the plague!"

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