A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 205. Chapter 205

Another day passed, and the heavy horn sounded once again on the battlefield, and the corpses of the Gasdards dropped to the ground, once again receding from the wall like a tide.

The tall city wall is still firmly guarded here, blocking the enemies of Aaron Landis and guarding the people of Aaron Landis.

The black blood precipitated on the wall, which was piled up layer after layer of countless blood splashed on the wall these days. No matter how strong it is, the huge boulders from distant slings smashed it into pits and pits.

However, even if it was stained with blood and a lot of potholes, those not only did not erase the majesty of the city wall, but made it more and more vicissitudes and solemn heaviness.

Time is constantly passing, and the royal city of Aaron Landis still stands proudly on the ground.

The Gasdad people retreated again and again in front of it.

And it stands tall.

After receiving the news that the city of Judas had fallen, Tyr no longer wasted time, and the next day he began a full siege of the city.

The offensive is fierce, often one attack lasts for a whole day, without giving the Aaron Landis people any respite.

However, a few days later, there was still no progress in the siege.

Except for the sufficient town garrison, Aaron Landis used less than 10,000 garrison troops to resist the Gasdad army more than ten times his own.

Under the command of Huimos, they did not give the Gasdad any opportunity.

“Huimos…deserves the name of the’Black Knight’, cruel to the enemy, and cruel enough to himself.”

The siege failed again, Tyre said with emotion.

At the beginning, he was also a little surprised by the strategy of Heimos’ “Strengthening the Walls and Clearing the Wilds”.

Originally, the defenders of those towns were somewhat troublesome on their way into the king’s city and would bring them some small losses, but when Heymos did this, they did not engage in any encounters on the road, and drove straight ahead.

Some of Gasdad’s generals even laughed at the black knight, saying that he was timid before a fight, and before they could fight over, the black knight who had been blown to the sky before became scared into a turtle.

Although he didn’t think that the tough guys like Heimos did this out of cowardice, he didn’t want to understand the purpose of Heimos for a while.

He didn’t react violently until he received the news that the city of Rudas was taken back by the Crown Prince led his troops.

The road to transport the army’s food was cut off from behind!

And they marched all the way, but because Huimos forced the residents of those towns to move away with all their supplies, they did not plunder any food at all.

I didn’t feel much in the front, but when the prince cut off the back road, Heimos’s seemingly timid and self-destructive approach immediately exerted a huge advantage.

The rear grain and grass were cut off, and the army was empty all around, it was difficult to plunder the materials, once the army’s food was exhausted, the consequences…

Tyre had thought about grabbing some Aaron Landis from the surrounding towns, tying them up as shields, and forcing them to make way for the army to attack the city.

If the defenders can’t bear to attack, they can attack the wall.

This method was almost always tried when attacking Kanal, and even the city of Kanal was broken because of this trick.

However, Huimos emptied all the nearby towns and drove all the Aaron Landis people far away, and Tyr couldn’t catch anyone at all.

…… The two princes seemed to have an invisible tacit understanding between each other, so they joined hands and put him together.

…

Although the royal city guard battle was still stable, the head of the royal knights still had a bad face at the moment.

“I heard that almost no one on Prince Garland responded to his summoning order.”

Sitting there in armor, his square face sank, giving people a sense of power.

“The group of villains who see the wind must have seen that Aaron Landis is in a bad situation, so they don’t move one by one, wanting to wait for opportunities! Now Aaron Landis doesn’t even have a loyal courtier Yet–?”

“Not all.”

Although Xie Muer was also calm, he reluctantly said something impartially.

“There are also people who are not loyal enough, but are suspicious of Prince Garland, and dare not rush over to entrust the army. After all, the prince is now equivalent to the first time on the battlefield, and he has not established enough prestige to make it difficult for people. convince……”

At this point, the priest fell silent.

He silently raised his hand, and gently flicked off a drop of dust that had just fallen from the shoulders of his clean priest’s clothes.

In Aaron Landis, it is difficult for everyone to surrender a king without prominent military exploits.

According to the original plan, King Camos intends to take the crown prince to the battlefield starting from the beginning of the spring next year, allowing him to slowly accumulate merits and establish sufficient prestige among everyone…

Who knows, in an instant, the world was turned upside down.

The priest’s silence made the head of Sa Ge, who was still angry, also silent immediately.

Indeed, not to mention those cluttered guys, even if a loyal courtier, he will definitely have a heart for a young prince who has hardly seen and never really proved himself on the battlefield, or even underage. doubt.

It is only natural that they will hesitate.

Being loyal does not mean being foolish and loyal.

Sighing, Sa Ge raised his head, looked at the opposite side, and couldn’t help frowning.

“His Royal Highness, you don’t seem to be worried at all.”

He looked at the prince who was sitting at the table quietly eating dinner and was slowly wiping his fingers with a snow-white towel, and asked unhappily.

“There is nothing to worry about.”

Putting down the towel, Huimos picked up the hot tea on the side and took a sip.

“That’s Garland.”

He said, an understatement.

His answer made Sa Ge stunned for a while, but he was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer.

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For three days after Garlan issued the convening order, Rudas City has been quiet, without anyone coming.

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

The news even spread like wildfire, and Aaron Landis quickly spread, and it became a joke among the nobles of other countries.

There are a lot of people who mock the crown prince’s self-righteousness, mock him for his stinks, and mock his whimsical.

Wise? Upright? good?

These things are useless in the war of the weak and the strong, 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 were watching the jokes, but everyone in Rudas became anxious over time.

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

Turning to the evening, he finally couldn’t help it anymore, and rushed to Garlan with an angry face.

“My elder brother! I’m going to catch all those disobedient guys to you!”

He exclaimed angrily.

Those bastards dare not listen to his brother’s words.

You must know that as soon as he received a call from his brother, he led his troops over day and night without saying a word.

Xinyas took it for granted that as soon as Garlan’s summoning order came out, everyone should rush over as soon as he did.

did not expect–

Although no one came to Rudas City for three days, Garlan did not see any anxiety on his face.

At Xinyas who was angry, he smiled slightly and threw a big pear from the fruit plate on the table next to him.

“Eat this, lower the fire.”

Garlan said with a smile.

“……Oh.”

Seeing his elder brother smile at himself, the sturdy young man who was thunderous a moment ago scratched his head, sat down obediently, and gnawed big pears obediently by Garlan’s side like a big baby.

Garlan sat, turned his head, and looked at the quiet city wall from a distance through the window.

His appearance looks very calm, there is no anxiety that other people have guessed at all, but no one can guess what he is thinking at the moment.

And at the moment on the city wall, Kayhus is patrolling with Tewa.

Since that night, in order to avoid accidents from happening again, at any time, Kaihuos, Tewa, and Xinyas must have one person with Prince Garland.

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

Along the way, Tewa looked at the quiet city wall with great thoughts.

After walking for a while, he finally couldn’t help it, and spoke to Kayjos.

“Master Kehos, the prince did this… Isn’t he a bit too anxious?”

He frowned and asked.

“Well… I don’t think that the prince is incapable… We all know the prince’s abilities, but others don’t.”

Although Twa disliked the malicious mockery of the prince from the outside world, there was one thing he agreed with.

That is, the so-called wise name has no effect in war.

“You also think that no one will respond to the prince’s call?”

“Uh, I just think… We understand the power of Prince Garlan, but this power cannot be reflected on the battlefield. His prestige is not enough, so…”

The weak eat the strong.

Although he recognized the prince’s strong temperament, on the battlefield, only strength is everything.

Just like all the people in the world pray to the god of war instead of to Shamash on the battlefield.

Teva’s hesitation didn’t make Kehos angry.

He glanced at the slave-born general behind him, raised his mouth and smiled.

“‘On the battlefield, only strong power can make everyone yearn and surrender’… Not just you, I’m afraid all people in this world think so now.”

He said, his expression was indifferent.

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

He said, “Someone is coming.”

Teva was taken aback, and followed Kehos’s gaze.

I saw on the horizon, an army with a messy formation was coming towards Rudas City bathed in the sunset.

The first army to enter the city of Judas caused a lot of discussion among the people who came to watch.

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

Even the people in Rudas City can see that this is a chaotic army of miscellaneous names.

After waiting for three or four days, such an army came?

What combat effectiveness can such a miscellaneous army have?

The appearance of this miscellaneous army made them suddenly disappointed, who had hoped. After looking at each other, they shook their heads and dispersed.

“mercenary?”

After receiving the report from Kaihus, Garlan asked in a bit of surprise.

“I didn’t hire any mercenaries.”

A mercenary is an informal army that collects money from an employer and helps him fight or do things.

Because the mercenary regiments only take money to do things, there is no loyalty, and it is an uncertain factor on the battlefield. Therefore, on the official large-scale national battlefield, very few countries hire these regiments to participate in the war.

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

“Prince, the leader of this mercenary regiment wants to see you.”

“I see, let him in.”

Gallan was also a little curious as to why the mercenary regiment that had no profit and could not afford to take the initiative to come to Rudas City.

As soon as the leader entered the door, Garlan was taken aback.

It’s not him, it’s her.

The leader of this mercenary group was actually a woman who seemed to be in her twenties.

The young female leader had neat short hair, and was wearing a close-fitting flexible leather armor with a long sword behind her back and a dagger stuck in her thigh belt.

Although she is a female, she exudes a fierce aura and looks heroic.

When she saw Garlan, the sharp-eyed female chief was in a daze, she showed a look as if she was cherishing something, her eyes softened as she watched Garlan.

She leaned over and knelt in front of Garlan, looking up at him softly.

She said: “His Royal Highness, please allow me to kiss you.”

“what?”

Gallan 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, and then stretched out her hand and cupped Garlan’s right hand with both hands.

She closed her eyes and kissed the back of Garlan’s hand with a very pious expression.

Gallan was stunned for a moment.

Some picture flashed in his mind. The female leader who kissed him with closed eyes overlapped with the girl who was kissing the back of his hand in the depths of his memory.

“…Klee? Are you Klee from Venal City?”

The female leader let go of Garlan’s hand, and she looked up at Garlan with a smile on her face.

“I’m glad you remember me, my prince.”

At this moment, even Kaihuos, who was standing on the side, showed a look of astonishment, carefully looking at the female leader in front of him.

She is… the little girl who was rescued by the prince from the cult back then?

“Like my uncle, I became a mercenary.”

“Because of the relationship between the cult and the flood, many of the children you rescued were orphans. However, due to your kind deeds, a temple was established there, which adopted us and prevented us from being displaced.”

“When everyone grew up, I set up this mercenary group with some of them to make a living.”

Kneeling on one knee, Kerry put one hand on her chest and looked at her prince.

Her eyes were gentle and firm.

“My prince, you guarded me when I was young and protected everyone. Now, we have all grown up, so it’s our turn.”

“Although it is only a weak mercenary group, it has only a small amount of power.”

she says,

“But, Your Highness, we also want to use this meager power to protect you.”

Kerry lowered her head and said, she was a little nervous.

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

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

“……good.”

The sound from above made Kerry for a while, and she raised her head with excitement.

The teenager smiled at her.

The smile is the same as the bright smile of the kid many years ago, and it hasn’t changed in any way.

“Kerry, I’m very happy, you are willing to lend me your strength.”

“…Don’t dare to be.”

Kerry lowered her head to answer.

Her chest seemed to be surging with warmth at this moment.

very nice.

she thinks.

Her prince has not changed at all.

very nice……

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

“Master Caijos, someone is coming from the city gate again.”

He panted and said, “Min…the people are all frightened.”

“Huh? Scared? That army disturbed the people as soon as it came?”

Xinyas said dissatisfied immediately.

“My elder brother has clearly issued an order not to allow anyone to disturb the people.”

“No, they didn’t disturb the people, but everyone was terrified.”

“what are you talking about?”

“Lion…” the soldier stammered, “A big lion has come in.”

Garlan and Kaihus glanced at each other, and immediately walked outside.

…

Garlan hurried to the gate of the city.

After getting off the horse, just walked a few steps forward, suddenly a behemoth suddenly leaped from the front, and suddenly threw him to the ground.

The crowd onlookers screamed, but everyone who followed Garlan was calm.

Immediately afterwards, the people who screamed saw the big lion that threw their crown prince to the ground, rubbing Galan’s head and chest vigorously, and licking Galan’s face from time to time. Two clicks.

It looked like a big cat playing coquettishly, completely missing the majestic appearance when he stood there just now.

Even if he yelled twice, but the voice did not have the momentum of the king of the beasts whistling the mountain forest, and it just made people hear a little aggrieved.

The frightened people just remembered now.

There has always been a rumor in their crown prince.

According to rumors, Prince Garland was the son of the sun god Shamash, and Shamash sent his lion to guard the prince.

Therefore, Prince Garland has always had a lion beside him.

Nega was still rubbing against Garlan aggrievedly, a chubby little fat man ran over Dian Dian’er, followed by a pounce, and rushed in front of Garlan.

“Ahhh~~Prince, I am so worried about you.”

Regardless of this, Taer opened his mouth and started howling.

“I’ll just say how you can’t take me out. You have lost a lot of weight. You must have not eaten well or slept well. Master Kaihuos is so careless that he can’t take good care of you at all.”

Seeing the prince who had lost a lot of weight, Taer felt terribly distressed.

The blond knight lying innocently next to him touched his nose and pretended not to hear.

“Tal, how did you come with Nega?”

“Ah, yes, prince, I did what you ordered. I gave the things to His Royal Highness, and Master Sheemur arranged for us to be sent over by hand.”

As soon as Gallan asked, Tahl started chattering without criticizing Kehos for his carelessness.

“Also, don’t worry, Nega came here in a carriage and didn’t scare anyone.”

Having said that, he patted his chest vigorously.

“By the way, prince, I’m here, don’t be afraid, I am here, who wants to hurt you, I will definitely kill him first… oh, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Let go!”

A hand stretched out from behind, grabbed the little fat man’s head, and threw Taer aside amidst Taer’s cry of pain.

“You’re still struggling, Rory talks endlessly.”

The man who threw Thar aside said dissatisfiedly.

It was a slender young man, with slightly long pitch black bangs slipping from the corner of his eye.

His face is handsome, his eyes are like peach blossoms, and his eyes are slightly raised, which makes people feel that the romantic charm is piled in the corner of his eyes.

He was wearing a cyan short robe and a strong waistcoat. Except for the hand and foot guard, and the chest guard on the left chest, he had no other leather armor.

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

“Shulos?”

The black-haired bard leaned over with a smile and stretched out his hand to Garlan, who was thrown to the ground by the lion, in a polite and graceful gesture.

“It’s been gone for a while, Your Highness.”

He used his sweet and melodious voice, in the accent that Gallan was most familiar with, speaking like an chant.

“I am very glad that Afdomir still guards you and makes you look as beautiful as ever.”

Holding Shuros’s hand, Garlan stood up.

The familiar tone of the bard made him laugh.

“Are you here to help me?”

“Have you forgotten? Before leaving, I once said that no matter where I am, as long as I hear your call, I will return to you immediately.”

“Really, I’m very happy, there is a sharpshooter beside me.”

“No, my Royal Highness is not a sharpshooter.”

The bard gave a sly smile.

“Don’t you think there are too many people here?”

Following Shuros’s direction, Gallan looked over and couldn’t help blinking.

I saw that in addition to dozens of cavalry escorting Taer and Nega, there were more than a hundred people standing there, and when Gallan looked over, they bowed their heads and knelt down.

And the temperament of more than one hundred people is very similar to Shuluos, most of them are dressed as rangers.

“His Royal Highness, they are all the friends I have met during my travels over the years, and most of them are rangers who have traveled in the mainland. You know, the friends I have met, although they are a little worse than me, they are all capable Still very good.”

Shuros flicked his hair skillfully and handsomely, showing off triumphantly.

The bard is also called the ranger.

As people who walk alone on the mainland, their single-player combat power is generally not weak, especially for those well-known rangers, the single-player combat power can be considered top-notch.

For example, Shuros is known as a marksman among the rangers.

In fact, not all of the more than one hundred people who came here were Shuros’s friends. He just heard the news that Garland had issued the summoning order and called ten of his own friends to help out on the way over.

Unexpectedly, those well-known rangers heard the news and rushed over from all over.

Regarding the situation in which the Gasdards invaded their country and their land fell, these rangers, who were not weak in combat effectiveness but also possessed the literary and perceptual thinking, were already full of anger and indignation for this.

It’s just that they are all stragglers, and there is no way to resist the invaders. They can only watch the Gasdad raging in their own country.

Later, when I heard that the famous marksman Shuros among the rangers wanted to rush to the crown prince with his friends, they rushed over without saying a word.

Their purpose is simple: to drive the aggressor out of their country.

Garlan looked at the group of people and touched his chin.

So, can the ranger unit that Shuros summoned him be used as a special forces unit?

Looking at the rangers who were very capable and powerful at first sight, he thought about it in his heart.