In a large court, the high-ranking generals of Aaron Landis have been arguing in it for an entire hour.
Most of the generals could not understand the decision of King Camos. They tried hard to persuade King Camos that they should send troops to support the battlefield in the north.
After all, Aaron Landis is now being attacked by the Geshu army, and he can't take care of himself. Why is he going to rescue other countries instead of caring about his own border crisis
No matter how close Canal and Aaron Landis are, they are also other countries. Can they be more important than their compatriots
Only a small number of generals agreed with King Camos' decision, believing that an accident on Canal would make Aaron Landis' situation even more dangerous, so they must go to rescue Canal first.
Judging from the news so far, the army of Gasdad rushed all the way to the royal city of Kanal, and it was like a broken bamboo.
For a country, once the royal city is breached, it means the country's demise.
During this period of time, the generals below let the generals argue endlessly. King Camos never cared about them. Instead, he held a map and said something to the two cavalry commanders standing beside him.
No, there are now three cavalry chiefs, including the newly promoted Cayhors.
At this moment, Kaihos 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, only occasionally saying a few words.
Just when the generals who advocated support for the north were holding down the side who wanted to rescue Kanal, the conversation between King Camos and the cavalry commanders 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, walked to the long table below, and slapped the map in his hand on the table with a snap.
The loud bang instantly silenced the generals who were still arguing, and bowed their heads respectfully to King Camos.
In the silence, King Camos swiped his finger on the map, drawing a straight line from Aaronlandis to the west to the territory of Canal.
"Rescue Kanal, I will lead the army myself."
The stalwart Lion King stood at one end of the long table, with his hands on the table, his eyes swept across the crowd.
"The first army left half of the army in the royal city, and I took the other half and the third army." He said, "when we reach the western border, we will join the sixth army stationed there, and the strength to rescue Kanal is enough."
Everyone bowed their heads, and no one spoke against it.
They can argue freely when King Camos has not yet decided, but once Camos makes a decision, they must fully obey.
No one dares to challenge the authority of the Lion King.
The king issued an imperial order, and the army was quickly prepared.
However, just at this moment, a heavy news came, like a huge thunder, which made everyone dizzy.
The King City of Canal was breached, King Feinoa died in battle, the crown prince died in battle, and the princess and the little prince jumped down from the tower and died of martyrdom.
Canal's fall.
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 Phenoah.
Although they are kings of different countries, there are not many opportunities to meet each other, but they appreciate each other very much.
He never thought that King Feinoa died so suddenly, even with his children...
Moreover, the strength of the Gasdad also made Camos sound the alarm in his heart.
Although Canal's military strength is weak, it is still a big country after all, and the King City was broken by the Gasdads in just half a month.
From this point of view, the combat effectiveness of the Gastadians should not be underestimated.
Just don't know how it compares to the Geshus and the Yithians.
Moreover, what makes King Kamus quite depressing is that the Gasdadian occupation of Canal not only means that Aaron Landis has lost an excellent ally, but also means that it will not be long before the peaceful The western frontier may no longer be calm.
Now that Canal has fallen, and Aaron Landis cannot save him, there is no need for the army to travel westward.
So King Camos planned to lead his troops to the north according to the original plan and attack the Geshu army.
"Brother Wang, I always feel that something is wrong."
After King Kamos explained the military affairs of the expedition to Xie Muer and let him deal with it as soon as possible, Gallan, who watched Xie Muer leave, spoke up.
He has been pondering for a long time. In the past few days, there has always been a bad omen in his heart, and an indescribable emotion has weighed heavily in his heart.
"Not right?"
"Yes, the timing of Geishu's attack on us is too coincidental. I always feel that its purpose is to hold us back and prevent us from going to the rescue of Kanal."
"However, according to the current intelligence, there is no communication between the Gashru and Gastad."
"Brother Wang... You say, is it possible for Gasdard to attack us?"
"It's not very likely. It should consume a lot of power to fight Kanal. After all, Kanal has a lot of territory and wealth... Well, to put it simply, it is now in the time of indigestion, so it shouldn't cause trouble for itself. ."
King Camos said confidently,
"Also, although the sixth legion stationed on the western border is inferior to other legions, it is not so easy to mess with."
Unlike Canal, who is not strong in military strength, the Aaron Landis cavalry is famous, and the Gasdadians who are still indigestion should not be so stupid. Remlandis.
"makes sense… "
After a busy day, the night was already deep. On the way back to the palace, Garlan continued to meditate while walking, looking up at the dark night sky.
what's wrong...
Inexplicably, he suddenly flashed in his mind the incident of the Litasda Mission being slaughtered by horse thieves in previous lives, and the incident of the city of Tozes being breached by pirates.
These two events seem to have no connection, but for some reason, he always feels that these two events are very strange, and it is obvious that someone is secretly planning and instigating them.
With a move in his heart, he suddenly stopped and stood there.
Is it possible that there is such a force lurking in Aaron Landis long ago.
Garland thought.
Not long ago, the slave riot in the city of Tozes... He suddenly remembered that a long time ago, when he was a child, the people near the flooded city suddenly rioted.
very similar.
It seems that someone is guiding in the dark... As if there is an invisible hand pushing in the dark... From all sides, bit by bit, corroding the corner of Aaron Landis, trying to slowly dig down the wall .
The embankment of a thousand miles collapses in the ant's nest.
Thinking of this, Garlan turned around abruptly, wanting to go back to look for Brother Camos.
But as soon as he turned around, suddenly, a cold light pierced under the moonlight.
The boy's golden pupils suddenly widened.
In the next second, the blood flower splashed out in the dark night.
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After receiving the astonishing news of Kanal's subjugation, in the middle of the night on the same day, the originally quiet palace suddenly lit up and became noisy.
Early the next morning, the news that the crown prince was assassinated again quickly spread throughout the royal city.
The prince was seriously injured and unconscious.
King Camos was furious in the court, and angrily scolded all the generals and officials, the chief of guards in charge of the security of the palace was beaten heavily, and the rest of the breath was carried back by his family.
Immediately afterwards, the palace of the crown prince was tightly surrounded by the personal guards sent by King Camos, and it was tightly packed, and no one was allowed to enter without the permission of King Camos.
The army, which was supposed to go out today, was postponed for two days because of this accident.
Although King Camos was very worried about the comatose crown prince, the emergency military situation in the north was one after another, and it was urgent to send troops to rescue.
However, just when King Camos just led his troops out of the city, another emergency military information was sent.
The arrival of the military newspaper caused an uproar in the crowd.
It was not a critical military report from the northern border, but was sent from the eastern border.
Is located in the east of Aaron Landis attacked the eastern border without warning. The strength of the army was much larger than in previous years, as high as 40,000.
The Aaron Landis Army, stationed in the east, requested that troops be dispatched as soon as possible.
The generals looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.
Worry, solemnity, anger and other expressions appear on different faces, and the only thing in everyone's eyes that is the same is heaviness.
Their mood was as heavy as the dark clouds blocking the sun in the sky at the moment.
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In the northern border of Aaron Landis, the war has been ignited.
The snow fell, covering the ground with a thin layer of snow.
But when you look around, what you see is not the snow-white earth.
Countless horses' hooves trampled on the snow, turning up the wet soil, and the dirty black stained into the snow, polluting the snow to the extreme.
On the muddy snow plateau, in the howling cold wind, soldiers in different armors fought together.
The more burly Gashu soldiers in white plate armor held broad swords in both hands and slashed fiercely.
The Aaron Landis soldiers, armed with a round shield in one hand and an iron gun in the other, fought with them without showing weakness.
However, Aaron Landis was at a disadvantage in terms of both the strength of the troops and the strength of a single soldier. The black and red phalanx was suppressed by the white phalanx, and he was forced to retreat slowly.
At the same time, a loud horn sounded.
With the long cry of the black eagle hovering in the sky, the Aaron Landis cavalry dressed in black and red armor surged like a cloud of burning fire.
The dark figure in the lead led the cavalry with an indomitable momentum to tear apart the side infantry phalanx of the Geshu army, like a sharp knife, and slashed towards the rear of the central army that was fighting with the Aaron Landis infantry phalanx. stabbed in the past.
The right phalanx guarding the central army was pierced abruptly.
As a result, the Gaishu Chinese army, which was attacked from the side, became chaotic.
It was hard to gain the upper hand just now, and the chaos was immediately suppressed by the Aaron Landis people.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander-in-chief Geshu at the rear immediately blew the horn to retreat.
"My lord, is it too early to retreat now?"
A general next to General Gaishu asked with a frown.
In his view, although the army suffered casualties, it was not yet to the point of retreating.
"There's no need to fight too hard, after all, it's not good to have too many casualties."
Commander Gaishu said.
But the general refuted his superiors stubbornly.
"But my lord, we must take this fortress as soon as possible while the Aaron Landis army's strength is less than ours, otherwise, whether it is the reinforcements of the Tasda country or the reinforcements of King Camos, they will It's hard to get a chance to break through the fortress."
The subordinate's rebuttal did not make the General Gaishu angry, but instead patted the stubborn general on the shoulder with a kind expression.
"rest assured."
he said, lowering his voice and smiling.
"The reinforcements won't come."
"what?"
He patted the doubtful young subordinate on the shoulder again, Commander Gaishu said nothing, turned his horse's head and headed towards the camp.
According to the agreement in advance, it should be in these two days, and it should be launched there.
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After a major battle, Heimos led his cavalry back to the fortress castle.
He simply took a shower, washed away the bloody aura, and changed clothes, Heimos walked quickly to the council 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 big. Usually, when Heya wants to say something about the secret military situation, he and several other thousand cavalry commanders will be called here.
Heimos entered the room, the thick door shut behind him.
Standing behind the table, the horseman Heya raised his head slightly to signal to him.
"It's hard work, Your Highness Heimos."
Although the Geshu army was repelled once again, there was no joy on the face of the commander of the Northland Legion, instead a heavy meaning appeared in his eyes.
"Your Excellency Heya."
A quick-tempered thousand cavalry captain asked directly, and the needle-like beard all over his face made his face even more rough.
"How long will the reinforcements from Wangcheng arrive?"
"That's why I brought you here."
The thousand cavalry chief had a happy face on his face.
"Coming soon?"
Standing in front of the table, with both hands on the table, Heya, whose face was slightly darker, shook his head.
"No reinforcements."
"what?!"
Not only the beard-faced Thousand Knights Commander, but several other Thousand Knights Commanders also showed their surprised expressions.
"Is 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. Therefore, Your Majesty must lead troops to support the eastern border first."
Heya's eyes slowly swept across the faces of everyone, his tone was low and serious.
"During the period of time when His Majesty repelled Isis, we can only support ourselves."
"Are those bastards of Yi Si taking advantage of the fire!"
The thousand cavalry commander, who was accustomed to being short-tempered, suddenly cursed.
Heimos, who was standing silently on the side, suddenly spoke. He said, "The reinforcements from Tasda should arrive in the next few days."
"That's right, what about the Tasda people? It stands to reason that they are close, so they should be here in the next two days?"
Someone asked anxiously.
Heya shook his head again, and his face sank.
"I received news in the morning that there was turmoil in Tasda and it was impossible to send troops to support us."
As soon as Heya's words fell, the whole room fell silent.
Even the most grumpy one had a solemn look on his face, and he didn't speak for a long time.
Everyone was silent, the air in the room seemed to freeze at this moment, and the atmosphere was suppressed to the extreme.
Heimos turned his head and looked beyond the skylight to the distant sky.
Heavy snow was flying, and white snowflakes covered the muddy ground that had just been sprinkled with blood, as if trying to cover up all those ugly things.
… This may have been the coldest winter in Aaron Landis.
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At noon, in a small stronghold on the western frontier of Aaron Landis, it was time to eat.
Except for the soldiers on duty, the other soldiers were eating and chatting in the cafeteria. Most of their topics recently focused on the country of Kanal.
It is incredible for them that a country is subjugated in the blink of an eye.
"I heard that the Gasthards are strong, stronger than the Geshus, is that true?"
"I don't know, I've never met a Gasthard. Hey, have any of you met?"
The soldiers shook their heads one after another. Before the fall of Kanal, many people had never even heard of the existence of this country.
While everyone in the cafeteria was curiously discussing the Gasdadians, the soldiers standing on the watchtower sniffed the smell of the food, swallowed, took out a piece of dry bread and gnawed it with a sad face.
Just after taking two bites, his eyes suddenly widened.
The soldier looked in horror at the army that suddenly appeared on the horizon, and the dry bread in his hands fell to the ground at once.
"Enemy attack!!!"
His roar resounded throughout the sky.
"It's... Gasdard's army!"