A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Although it was already late at night, not only was Garlan unable to rest due to emergencies, there were also some people in the camp where the Gastad people were stationed who had difficulty falling asleep.

Cole is a native of Karnar, and he used to be a general under the lord of a large city in Karnar.

When the Gastad people came, his city lord heard that the Gasdad people massacred the city that resisted them on the Kanal border, so he chose to surrender with little resistance in fear.

The city lords all surrendered, and as a subordinate, he naturally had no choice but to surrender to the Gastards as well.

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

In this way, as the Gastad people fought all the way, not only did their army not decrease, but their strength actually grew bigger and bigger like snowflakes.

The surrendered soldiers who were recruited by the Gastad people had betrayed their country and could no longer be accepted by their country. They could only work for the Gastad people wholeheartedly.

In fact, they know very well that if their country repels the Gastad people, they, the traitors, may no longer have a place to live. Therefore, they, the traitors, are more eager to see Gastad than the Gastad people. The Germans were able to conquer and rule their own country.

In this way, they can be cleared of being traitors and become supporters of the new dynasty.

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

It was like there was a heavy thing pressing on his heart, making him depressed, and deep in his heart there was an emotion called fear that was constantly growing.

While he was lying on the bed staring blankly at the top of the tent, there was a sudden sound from outside. His guards came in and reported to him that several generals were looking for him.

Cole frowned after hearing the names mentioned by the guard.

these people……

He hesitated, then nodded and allowed the guards to usher them in.

Because they are in a wartime retreat, neither generals nor soldiers take off their armor when sleeping at night because they may be attacked at any time.

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

The tent curtain was opened, and the generals who were visiting late at night walked in with the cool night air.

Cole's eyes swept over those people, and there were two people he knew well. Like him, they were Kanal's surrendered generals. The other two were unfamiliar to him, but he knew them. One was a general of Aaron Landis, and the other was a general of Hida.

A group of people sat down in his tent and looked at each other in silence for a long time.

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

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

He sighed and said, "You also heard about the news in the army, right?"

The generals looked solemn.

During this retreat, they were all prepared to be left behind by Prince Tire.

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

However, they never expected that the majority of the army that Prince Tire left behind twice in succession were from Gastad.

This made them stunned.

But after the astonishment, doubts arise.

Having followed Prince Tire for some time, they already have a deep understanding of how ruthless Prince Gastad is.

It is impossible for such a person to issue such an order to cut off the rear of his own army.

Therefore, there must be something inside.

And it's not just an ordinary inside story.

Although they were surrendered generals from another country, they were still generals after all, and the general positions Tire gave them were not low. When they deliberately inquire about the news, they can always find some clues.

What's more, even if Gastad's main army tried their best to cover it up, there would always be omissions on the way to withdraw. In addition, they tried their best to find out, and soon they could guess it from the fragmented information. the truth.

"I'm afraid something happened among the troops in Gastad's formation..."

A certain Kanal general stopped mid-sentence.

He didn't say that word, but everyone here understood it tacitly.

To be appointed as generals by Tyr, they must all have some ability.

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

The other person said half a sentence equally vaguely.

But just these words made all the generals present feel uncontrollable chills in their hearts.

Yes, they all know it.

The Plague-stricken Gastad soldiers have been abandoned by the Prince of Tyr as outcasts.

The Prince of Tire did not intend to spend time and energy treating the sick soldiers, but simply threw them away as a trouble.

As a prince of Gastad, he discarded his people as useless things.

Not only that, he also asked those soldiers who were sick and therefore certain to die to cut off his rear and intercept Aaron Landis's army.

He ruthlessly squeezed out the last bit of use value from those soldiers.

This approach is really chilling.

Cole and the others not only felt chilled, they even felt faintly afraid because of this approach.

As the prince of Gastad, Tyr was so cruel and ruthless towards his own people, so he would only be even more ruthless towards them as foreigners.

Once they lose their use value, what will happen...

"If we continue to work hard for him...will we really not be abandoned by him? Just like those sick soldiers."

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

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

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

After a long time, the speechless people stood up and left, each returning to their own troops and camps.

But, like Cole, they all had a sleepless night.

In the past, they had no choice but to devote their lives to the Gastad people because they had nowhere to go. At this moment, they began 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?"

Kalleni asked cautiously again.

He looked as if he was facing a powerful enemy at this moment, even more nervous than facing Gastad's hundreds of thousands of troops.

And Kelly on the side was already sluggish.

She was horrified.

After many years of mercenary career, Kelly, who has long been tempered to have a tough temperament, may be saddened by 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 help but show fear.

Plague is an existence that takes away tens of thousands of lives every time it appears, turns countless living people into bones, turns prosperous cities into graveyards littered with corpses, and covers the earth with panic and pain.

No one would change their color after hearing it.

Kayhos glanced at Garlan, who frowned and looked solemn.

He said: "Your Excellency Kaleni, the prince has sent three doctors to check the situation. When the doctors come back, the matter will be determined."

Kalleni sighed heavily and said: "Forgive me for being rude, but I really hope that this time His Highness is mistaken."

"I also hope I'm mistaken."

The young man sighed.

However, no matter how much they hope, the development of things never depends on human will.

The terrible thing about the plague has never been that it is difficult to cure, but that it is extremely contagious.

Especially in densely populated areas, it only takes a few days to infect nearly 10,000 people.

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Another two days passed.

After careful consideration, late that night, Cole and the two generals who were also Kanal met again in secret.

"Perhaps we can try to join the crown prince of Aaron Landis."

Cole made suggestions to his two companions.

They deliberately avoided the Aaronlandis generals because they knew that those Aaronlandis betrayers had killed their own king.

What a reputation that Lion King has among the people of Aaronlandis, even a Kanar person knows it.

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

However, they are different. They are Kanar people, they did not participate in the war in Rudas City, and they have no sworn hatred with the Aaron Landis people.

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

Cole said.

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

It seems that all the people in Gastad who are suffering from the disease have been sent to cut off the queen. Today, Prince Tire has revealed his intention to send out troops again to cut off the queen.

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

Rather than being an outcast abandoned by the Prince of Tyr, it would be better...

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

"Then...who should be sent? This matter must be kept secret, in case Prince Tire finds out..."

Everyone shuddered when they thought of Tier's cruel methods.

"This kind of thing must not be done by others, I will do it myself!"

Cole said flatly.

"You help me cover up."

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Under the cover of darkness and with the assistance of his two companions, Cole disguised himself as a scout cavalry and secretly left the camp with two of his henchmen.

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

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

As the first Kanal to surrender to the crown prince and the first to see the crown prince, he will definitely gain more attention.

Now that he has decided to join the Aaron Landis, he naturally has to make more plans for his future.

But it took twice as long as he had expected before he reached the camp of the Aaron Landis.

This made him a little confused.

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

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

Something is wrong.

Speaking of which, it seems that the Aaron Landis did not engage in contact battle with their rear army today.

When Cole arrived at the Aaron Landis camp, he felt more and more something was wrong.

It was obviously late at night, but there were many bonfires in the camp, and the entire 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 somewhat sparse.

He approached quietly and made a half circle from a distance.

He found that there were still many soldiers walking back and forth late at night, all in a hurry. What made him feel even more strange was that large iron pots were still being used to boil water in many places in the camp. The water was rolling gurglingly, and there was a faint medicinal smell wafting out.

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

He was stunned to see that the wooden carts seemed to be filled with human corpses. Then, he watched the soldiers push dozens of corpses into a ditch not far from the camp, dig out the soil and bury them all. .

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

They had pale faces and said nothing, and their mechanical movements of digging and burying corpses looked really breathtaking in the dark night.

Cole frowned and hid in the bushes watching from a distance.

He saw these soldiers returning to the camp after burying the corpses, but not long after, they pushed dozens more corpses over and continued to bury them underground.

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

Looking at the camp in the distance that stood in the dark and felt inexplicably weird, Cole's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Could it be——

In a flash of lightning, he suddenly understood everything.

The prince of Tire sent the plague-stricken Gastad soldiers to break up the rear.

Naturally, Duanhou's army was routed by the Aaronandians.

Then, many of those patients will become prisoners of the Aaron Landis.

As usual, prisoners of war were taken away with the army and used as slaves.

In other words - all the plague patients abandoned by the Prince of Tire stayed in the army of Aaron Landis!

After thinking about all this, Cole felt cold all over his body for a moment.

Prince of Tyr...

How terrible and cruel this man is.

The purpose of the prince of Tire in letting the plague victims go to the queen was not just to drop the burden.

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

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

He seemed to have seen the monster called 'Plague' hanging over the camp, and it was about to mercilessly devour the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the camp.

The god of death will wave his sickle cruelly here.

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

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

His flying back looked like he was running for his life.

Aaron Landis people, lose!

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Far away, in the center of the Gastad camp, Tire, who had also learned that there was something wrong with Aaron Landis's army, opened his eyes.

The lavender eyes glowed with a glimmer that was more cruel than the cold winter in the Gastad Snowfield.

One look at it, and it's like you can see hell through it.

Won.

The corners of Gastad's prince's mouth raised in a cold arc.