A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

In a large meeting room, Aaron Landis's top generals had been arguing for a full hour.

Most of the generals could not understand King Camos's decision. They tried hard to persuade King Camos that they should first send troops to support the battlefield in the north.

After all, Aaron Landis is currently being attacked by the Gesu army and has nothing to worry about. Why does he ignore his own national crisis and go to rescue other countries?

No matter how close Kanal and Aaron Landis are, they are from other countries. How can they be more important than their own compatriots?

Only a small number of generals agreed with King Camos's decision, believing that if something happened to Kanal, Aaron Landis' situation would be more dangerous, so they must rescue Kanal first.

From the information received so far, it seems that Gastad's army is rushing towards the royal city of Kanal quickly, with overwhelming momentum. The city is falling in the wind wherever it goes, and it is about to approach the royal city of Kanal.

For a country, once the royal city is breached, it means the death of the country.

During this period of time, while the generals below were arguing endlessly, King Camos ignored them. Instead, he held a map and said something to the two cavalry commanders standing beside him.

No, there are now three cavalry commanders, including the newly promoted Kaihos.

At this moment, Kayhos stood beside an old cavalry commander with white hair and beard, quietly listening to the conversation between King Camos and the other two older cavalry commanders, and occasionally said a few words.

Just as the generals who advocated supporting the northern border were suppressing the side that advocated rescuing Kanal, the conversation between King Camos and several cavalry commanders over there also came to an end.

When he looked up, he found that the generals below were still arguing, and he frowned.

He walked down from the throne and walked to the long table below, slamming the map in his hand onto the table.

The loud bang instantly silenced the generals who were still arguing and bowed their heads respectfully to King Camos.

In the silence, King Camos drew heavily on the map with his finger, drawing a straight line from Aaron Landis to the west to the territory of Kanal.

"Rescue Kanal, I will lead the army myself."

The lion king, with a majestic body, stood at one end of the long table, with his hands on the table, and his bright eyes swept over everyone.

"Leave half of the First Army to guard the royal city, and I will take the other half and the Third Army." He said, "When we get to the western border, we will join the Sixth Army stationed there. We will have enough troops to rescue Kanal."

Everyone bowed their heads, and no one spoke to object.

They can argue as much as they want when King Camos has not yet decided, but once King Camos makes a decision, they must obey completely.

No one dares to challenge the Lion King's authority.

The king issued the imperial order, and the army was quickly prepared for the expedition. The entire royal city moved at high speed. In just two days, all preparations for the army were made.

However, at this moment, a piece of bombshell news came, like a thunderous explosion that made everyone dizzy.

The royal city of Canal was captured, King Phenoa died in battle, the crown prince died in battle, and the princess and the little prince jumped from the tower and died for their country.

Karnal perished.

When the news reached King Camos, the Lion King was silent for a rare long time.

When he was alone, he let out a sigh.

For the dead King Phenoa.

Although they are kings of different countries and don't have many opportunities to meet each other, they admire each other very much.

He never expected that King Fenoa would die so suddenly, and even his children...

Moreover, the toughness of the Gastad people also sounded the alarm in Camos's heart.

Although Kanar's military strength is relatively weak, it is still a big country after all. The Royal City was actually breached by the Gastad people in just half a month.

From this point of view, the combat effectiveness of the Gastad people cannot be underestimated.

I just don’t know how it compares to the Geshurs and Yis.

Moreover, what makes King Camos quite depressed is that the Gasdad people occupied Kanal, which not only meant that Aaron Landis lost an excellent ally, but also meant that before long, the always peaceful The western border may no longer be peaceful.

Now that Canal has perished and Aaron Landis cannot save him, there is no need for the army to march westward.

So King Camos planned to lead his troops to the north and defeat the Gesu army according to his original plan.

"Brother Wang, I always feel like something is wrong."

After King Camos handed over the military affairs of the expedition to Shemuel and asked him to deal with it as soon as possible, Gallan, who watched Shemur leave, spoke.

He has been thinking about it for a long time. In the past few days, there has always been a bad omen in his heart, and an indescribable emotion has been weighing heavily on his heart.

"Something's wrong?"

"Yes, the timing of Gesu's attack on us is too coincidental. I always feel that its purpose is to delay us and prevent us from rescuing Kanal."

"But judging from the current intelligence, there is no communication between Gesu and Gastad."

"Brother Wang... do you think it's possible for Gastad to attack us?"

"It's unlikely. It must have consumed a lot of energy to fight Canal. After all, Canal has a lot of territory and wealth... Well, to put it simply, it is in the time of indigestion now, so it shouldn't cause it to itself. trouble."

King Camos said confidently,

"Also, although the Sixth Army Corps stationed on the western border is inferior to other legions in strength, it is not that easy to mess with."

Unlike Kanal, whose military strength is not strong, Aaron Landis's cavalry is so famous that the Gastard people who are still suffering from indigestion should not be so stupid to provoke Ya before they have finished swallowing Kanal. Rolandis.

"makes sense……"

After a busy day, it was already late at night. On the way back to the palace, Garlan looked up at the dark night sky and continued to meditate.

What's wrong...

Inexplicably, his mind suddenly flashed back to the massacre of the Tastar mission by horse thieves in previous lives, and the incident of Tozes City being invaded by pirates.

These two things seemed to have no connection, but for some reason, he always felt that these two things were very strange, and it was obvious that someone was secretly planning and instigating them behind the scenes.

With his heart moving, he suddenly stopped and stood where he was.

Is it possible that there was such a force that lurked into Aaron Landis a long time ago.

Garlan thought.

Not long ago, the slaves rioted in the city of Tozes... He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when he was still young, the people near the flooded city suddenly rioted.

very similar.

It seems that someone is secretly guiding without leaving a trace...as if there is an invisible hand pushing secretly...from all aspects, corroding the corners of Aaron Landis bit by bit, trying to slowly remove the city wall. Dig it down.

A thousand-mile embankment collapsed in an ant nest.

Thinking of this, Garlan turned around suddenly and wanted to go back to find Brother Camos.

But as soon as he turned around, suddenly, a cold light pierced under the moonlight.

The young man's golden pupils suddenly widened.

The next second, blood splashed in the dark night.

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After receiving the shocking news of Karnal's death, late at night on the same day, the originally quiet palace suddenly lit up lights and became noisy.

Early the next morning, the news that the Crown Prince was assassinated again quickly spread throughout the royal city.

The crown prince was seriously injured and fell into a coma.

King Camos was furious in the council chamber and angrily scolded all the generals and officials. The captain of the guard responsible for the security of the palace was severely beaten and was carried back by his family with half a breath left.

Immediately afterwards, the crown prince's palace was tightly surrounded by the personal guards sent by King Camos, and it was sealed airtight. No one was allowed to enter without the permission of King Camos.

The army that was supposed to set out today was postponed again for two days because of this unexpected incident.

Although King Camos was worried about the comatose crown prince, urgent military reports from the north came one after another, and it was urgent to send troops to rescue him. He had to leave Garlan in the royal city and lead his troops to the expedition.

However, just when King Camos had just led his troops out of the city, another urgent military message was sent.

The arrival of the military report caused an instant uproar among everyone.

That was not a military report of a critical situation in the north, but was sent from the eastern border.

Yis, located east of Aaron Landis, attacked the eastern border without warning. The strength of the army was much larger than in previous years, up to 40,000.

Aaron Landis's army stationed in the east requested that troops be sent for support as soon as possible.

The generals looked at each other, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.

Expressions of worry, solemnity, anger, etc. appeared on different faces, but the only thing in common in everyone's eyes was heaviness.

Their moods were as heavy as the dark clouds in the sky that blocked the sunlight at this moment.

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In Aaron Landis's north, the war has been ignited.

Fine snow fell, covering the ground with a thin layer of snow.

But when I looked around, what I saw was not the snow-white earth.

Countless horse hooves trampled the snow, turning up the wet soil. The dirty black stained the snow, making the snow extremely dirty.

On the muddy snow plateau, in the howling cold wind, soldiers wearing different armors fought together.

The burlier Gesu soldiers wearing white plate armor held broad swords in both hands and slashed fiercely.

The soldiers of Aaron Landis, holding a round shield in one hand and an iron gun in the other, fought with them without showing any signs of weakness.

However, Aaron Landis was at a disadvantage both in terms of military strength and the strength of individual soldiers. The black and red phalanx was suppressed by the white phalanx and was forced to retreat slowly.

At the same time, a loud horn sounded.

With the long cry of the black hawk hovering in the sky, the Aaron Landis cavalry in black and red armor surged in like a burning cloud of fire.

The dark figure in the lead led the cavalry with indomitable momentum and tore apart the flanking infantry phalanx of the Gesu Army. Like a sharp knife, it struck hard at the rear of the Chinese army that was fighting against Aaron Landis's infantry phalanx. Stabbed it.

The right side of the phalanx guarding the central army was cut through.

As a result, the Gesu Chinese army, which was attacked from the side, became confused.

After finally gaining an advantage just now, the chaos was immediately suppressed by the Aaron Landis people.

Commander Gesu in the rear saw that the situation was not good and immediately blew the horn to retreat.

"My lord, is it too early to retreat now?"

A general next to Commander Gesu asked with a frown.

In his opinion, although the army suffered casualties, it was not yet ready to retreat.

"There's no need to fight too hard. After all, it's not good to have too many casualties."

Commander Geshu said.

But the general stubbornly refuted his superiors.

"But sir, we must take over this fortress as soon as possible while the strength of Aaron Landis's army is smaller than ours. Otherwise, as soon as the reinforcements from Tasta State or King Camos arrive, we will be defeated. It’s hard to have a chance to break the fortress.”

The subordinate's rebuttal did not make the Gesu commander angry. Instead, he patted the stubborn general on the shoulder with a kind expression.

"rest assured."

he said, laughing under his breath.

"Reinforcements are not coming."

"ah?"

Patting the confused young subordinate on the shoulder again, Commander Geshu said nothing and turned his horse's head towards the camp.

According to the prior agreement, it should be launched in these two days.

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After a great battle, Heimos led the cavalry back to the fortress.

After simply taking a shower to wash away the smell of blood, and changing his clothes, Heimos quickly came to the meeting room on the upper floor of the castle.

Unlike the conference hall on the lower floor, which can accommodate nearly a hundred people, this room is not large. He and several other Qianqi commanders are usually called here when Heya wants to share confidential military information.

Heimos walked into the room and the thick door closed behind him.

The cavalry commander Hea, who was standing behind the table, raised his head slightly and signaled to him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Highness Heimos."

Although he once again repelled the Gesu army, there was no joy on the face of the commander of the Northern Army. Instead, there was a heavy meaning in his eyes.

"Your Excellency Heya."

An impatient Qianqi Commander asked directly. The needle-like beard on his face made his face look more rugged.

"How long will it take for the reinforcements from the royal city to arrive?"

"That's exactly why I brought you here."

The Qianqi Commander had a happy face.

"Arrived soon?"

Standing in front of the table, with his hands on the table, Hea shook his head with a slightly gloomy expression.

"There are no reinforcements."

"What?!"

Not only the bearded Qianqi Commander, but also several other Qianqi Commanders also showed surprised expressions.

"Islam in the east also suddenly attacked our country. As you know, there is only one legion stationed on the eastern border, which is more dangerous than ours here. Therefore, Your Majesty must first lead troops to support the eastern border."

Hea's eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces, and his tone was low and serious.

"While His Majesty drives back ISIS, we can only survive on our own."

"Are those bastards in Yisi taking advantage of the situation?"

Qianqi Commander, who had a bad temper, suddenly cursed.

Heimos, who was standing quietly aside, suddenly spoke. He said: "Tasda's reinforcements should arrive in the near future."

"That's right, where are the Tastar people? Logically speaking, they are close, so they should be here in the next two days, right?"

someone asked anxiously.

Hea shook his head again, his face darkened.

"I received news this morning that there was unrest within Tasda and it was impossible to send troops to support us."

As soon as Hea finished speaking, the whole room fell silent.

Even the Qianqi Commander, the most grumpy one, had a solemn expression on his face and did not speak for a long time.

Everyone was silent. The air in the room seemed to solidify at this moment, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

Heimos turned his head and looked through the skylight toward the distant sky.

Snow was falling heavily, and white snowflakes covered the muddy ground that had just been sprinkled with blood, as if trying to cover up all the ugly things.

…This may be Aaron Landis’s coldest winter.

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At noon, it was time to eat in a small stronghold on the western border of Aaron Landis.

Except for the soldiers on duty, the other soldiers were eating and chatting in the canteen. Recently, most of their topics focused on the country of Kanal.

They find it incredible that a country has perished in the blink of an eye.

"I heard that the people of Gastad are very strong, even stronger than the Geshurs. Is this true?"

"I don't know, I've never seen a Gastard person. Hey, have any of you seen them?"

All the soldiers shook their heads. Before the fall of Kanal, many people had never even heard of the existence of this country.

While everyone in the cafeteria was discussing the Gastad people curiously, the soldier standing on the observation tower smelled the aroma of food, swallowed, took out a piece of dry bread and gnawed it sadly.

After taking two bites, his eyes suddenly opened wide.

The soldier looked at the army that suddenly appeared on the horizon with a horrified look, and the dry bread in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.

"Enemy attack!!!"

His roar echoed throughout the sky.

"It's...Gastard's army!"

The author has something to say: As mentioned above, Gastard is on the left and Is is on the right.

Attacked from three sides.

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That's right, a super devilish hell-level winter copy.