When Gallan issued a summoning order in the whole country of Aaron Landis in the name of the crown prince, all parties had different reactions.
Some are hesitant.
Some people are watching from the sidelines.
Some people are watching, ready to wait for an opportunity.
Some people shouted loudly, but found various excuses to delay the delay.
Therefore, the city of Rudas, which was under the attention of all the people, was silent for more than three days, and not one person or one soldier came.
It was not until the fourth day that a group of mercenary corps and a group of rangers came to Judas City, but the appearance of these special followers made the outside world more and more take the summoning order as a joke.
They believed that only those disrespectful and improvised armies would respond to the summoning order in order to reap the benefits of the crown prince.
Just when everyone thought so and mocked, a turning point suddenly appeared.
The elite Tasdar army, known as 'Three thousand Tasdar infantry can conquer the world', came from far away just because of Garlan's call.
Immediately afterwards, the very prestigious Lord Kareni, who had fought with the previous king in the battlefield, led his army to appear outside the city of Judas.
Next, the army of Tozes, the richest seaport in the south, rushed to the city of Judas. And it brought not only the army, but also a huge amount of food and materials, which were said to be donated to the crown prince voluntarily by the people of Tozes City.
At the same time, the female warrior Elson who had heard of rumors in the Southern Sea also appeared in Judas City.
They claim that they are here for the prince Gallan, who is kind to Elson.
A series of troops that appeared in Judas City immediately dazzled everyone, stunned, and they were speechless for a while.
And almost at this moment, the direction of the discussion suddenly changed.
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"I have decided to immediately respond to His Royal Highness's summoning order and lead the army to Rudas City."
"But, Your Excellency the Consul, it's not good to say..."
"To expel the invaders is what Aaron Landis should do, and now, without appearing on our own, we have to watch other countries' armies help us drive out the invaders - Aaron Landis' face What's the matter? What's the face of the Aaron Landis?"
This voice not only brought anger, but also a deep meaning of repentance.
"The gods of Aaron Landis are above, what qualifications do cowards like me have to believe in the gods!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent and did not dare to say another word.
They looked at each other and saw the shame in each other's eyes.
The dignified Aaron Landis, a country with a long history and a splendid civilization, used to think of itself as a big country and was proud of itself, but now it has been reduced to relying on a small country with less than one-fifth of its territory to help drive out invaders...
If so, it would not only bring shame to themselves, but to bring shame to the whole of Aaron Landis and even the gods of Aaron Landis.
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"Damn! Hurry up! Prepare the army materials for Lao Tzu immediately! I will give you one day. If the army can't start on time tomorrow, Lao Tzu will kill you rubbish!"
"Karlini... Damn, this old guy Kareny is cunning enough to run over without making a sound, without notifying me!"
"I can't lose to that old guy if I lose to anyone! Back then, under the command of the late king, he always pressed me everywhere, but this time I have to compete with him!"
"Wait! I'll rush over right away—"
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"Your Excellency Kareni has arrived in Judas City?"
"Lord City Lord, I think you'd better lead your army and set off immediately."
"Well, I think so too."
After all, as an Aaron Landis, it is impossible not to want to expel the invaders.
It was only because he was not optimistic about the young crown prince, fearing that he was young and ignorant, and that he would be ignorant and use his temperament to give instructions. Agreed, the crown prince must not be far behind.
Moreover, even if the crown prince doesn't understand the military, doesn't the city lord of Kareni, who has fought all his life, still understand it
"It is somewhat reassuring to have the mature and prudent Lord Kareni in charge."
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"What? Everyone is rushing to Judas City?"
"Don't worry, just watch it for a few more days before making a decision."
a few days later.
"Although the situation is not clear enough, I don't know if the royal city will be destroyed by the Gasdad..."
There was a bit of annoyance in the voice of the speaker.
"However, if everyone else is gone, if I still don't move... tsk, there's nothing I can do."
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For a time, the entire Aaron Landis was surging.
Compared with the silence of the past few days, the army one after another began to rush on the ground and quickly marched towards the city of Judas.
With this city as the center, like the sea water attracted by the center of the vortex, countless armies converged on it from all directions of Aaron Landis.
"His Royal Highness, Ruda City Clovis has responded to your call."
"His Royal Highness, Thomas of Phinas City is here at your call."
"His Royal Highness, Fakia is here to drive away the invaders."
"His Royal Highness, I swear to you that I will never step into the house until I drive the Gasdadians out of Aaron Landis!"
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Every day, generals from different places knelt before Garlan and swore allegiance to him.
The army poured into the city of Rudas in an endless stream. Later, because the number was too large, the city could not be accommodated, so the army that came later could only be stationed outside the city.
Fortunately, Judas City, as a transit base for the Gasdads, has stored a large amount of food and grass materials transported by the Gasdads from the country of Kanal, plus donations from the wealthy people of Tozes City. Huge amount of supplies, as well as the food and grass brought by each army, do not need to worry about food and grass for a long time.
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In the castle in the center of Judas, in the room on the high tower, the blond boy sat at the table, tilted his head and looked at the high pile of parchment on the table, and then sighed long. .
With the army coming from all directions, the number of affairs he needs to deal with has also exploded.
He now finally understands why Brother Camos always had a constipated expression when he mentioned handling government affairs in the past. So many things, big or small, urgent or slow, piled up, it was really a headache.
Throwing this pile of affairs aside first, Garlan stepped out from behind the desk, walked to the window, and stretched out in the bright sunlight.
He stood by the open window, looking down at the city below.
At this moment, the city of Judas is very lively, and troops from different places poured into it, crowding the whole city. Garlan glanced at the darkness outside the city wall. The army coming from behind could not squeeze into the city, and could only be stationed outside along the city wall.
"Go ahead."
He says.
Tewa, who had been on one knee in the room, spoke.
"I have led my subordinates to thoroughly investigate everyone in the castle, and found a total of thirty-two followers of the religion of all things, but I'm sorry, Your Highness, because they resisted so fiercely, only four were caught alive at the end. , There are about a hundred people involved in the religion of all things, and all of them have been arrested and interrogated strictly."
"According to some information from the current interrogation, it can be roughly judged that this cult infiltrated the city of Judas five years ago and infiltrated the castle with the help of the daughter of Lord Yunas, who is their believer, and they have been secretly provoking The purpose of Lord Yunas' rebellion is to cause war within Aaron Landis."
Garlan looked out the window, the sun shining on his side cheeks.
He said, "That is to say, the matter of Brother Wang also involved the forces of the religion of all things, right?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
The boy was silent for a moment.
"It's tenacious... It's like a mouse in a stinky ditch..."
He murmured in a low voice, and there seemed to be a ray of light passing through the depths of his golden pupils.
His voice seemed a little cold.
"But mice are just mice after all."
Since it is a mouse, it should stay in the shadow of the stinky ditch for the rest of its life, so that it can barely continue to live.
If you want to be exposed to the sun and show off your strength, you must be prepared to be beaten into meat sauce with a stick.
"By the way, what happened to those weird maids, have you found out?"
"Yes, their abnormality is due to taking a special drug. I found this drug on the believers, and I have also found someone to experiment. This drug seems to be able to stimulate a person's all in a short period of time. It has the potential to make the person taking the medicine explode with terrifying power in a short period of time, and lose the sense of pain. However, this seems to be based on the premise of overdrafting life. Once the time is over, the person taking the medicine will die immediately."
"I see."
Garland nodded.
"Expand the scope of the search to the entire city, and we must clean up all the forces of the All-Things Religion in Judas City without leaving an inch behind."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Tewa complied, then got up and stepped back.
When he opened the door and was about to go out, he happened to bump into Opada who was about to knock on the door.
Tewa bowed slightly, saluted the commander of Tasda, and left quickly.
Opada walked in while turning his head to look at Tewa's back.
"This guy looks like a strong general, is your new subordinate? I didn't seem to see it when I came last time. Where did you find it?"
Garland smiled.
"From slaves," he said.
"what?"
This answer surprised Opada for a moment.
slave
He was a little confused.
"Did you come to see me?"
"Ah... Oh, yes, I suddenly remembered something. Although it's too late to say it now, I still want to say something to you."
"what?"
"Do you remember my big brother?"
"Remember."
"Before my eldest brother died, he once said something to me."
Opada looked solemn.
"He said, 'Beware the north'."
"… "
"I always thought that when he said the north, he meant the Geshu people in the north. After all, the Geshu people have been our mortal enemies for so many years, and the war between us has never stopped."
Opada frowned.
"But now that I think about it carefully, I realize that the north that my eldest brother is talking about actually refers to the Gasthards. I'm afraid he has made some secret agreement with the Gasthards at that time, maybe..."
He paused, but said it anyway.
"Perhaps joining forces with the Gasthod against Aaron Landis."
Because he knew how powerful the Gasdads were, Stoke reminded Opada before he died.
It's just that he was too stupid and misunderstood the elder brother's words. Otherwise, he would be able to prepare for the civil strife in Tastar this time in advance, and maybe it would make Garlan not feel sad because of...
He said angrily: "I'm sorry, if I could have been smarter, guessed in advance, and warned you in advance, maybe..."
Garland shook his head.
"Even if you know in advance, some things are unavoidable."
He had known for a long time the danger of the Gasthards, and that it was the culprit in the future demise of Aaron Landis, but that was of no use.
He raised his hand and took Opada's left arm.
He smiled and said, "So, Opada, you don't need to blame yourself. As I said, you have helped me the most by being here to help me."
Just then, with a creak, the door was opened.
When the two turned their heads at the same time, they saw the little fat Tal walk in with a pile of parchment paper, and both Kaijos and the veteran Kareni followed him and walked into the house together.
Putting the pile of parchment paper on the table next to him, Tarr slumped on the chair, gasping for breath, his chubby face covered in fine sweat.
During this period of time, the most busy person was not Garland himself, nor was it Kaihos, who was busy rebuilding the First Legion because he was appointed by Garland as the commander of the First Legion, and it was not because of his prestige that he was arrested by Garland. Erland had appointed Lord Karenni as the supreme commander responsible for integrating all the troops that came in response to the summoning order, but now this Tarr, who has lost a lot of weight these days... Although he lost a circle, he is still chubby.
After all, there are dozens of troops pouring into the city from all directions, and he has all been handed over to him to collect information on the situation of those troops, the generals who led the army, and the armament situation.
These days, even with the backing of a strong memory and data ability that far surpasses others, Tarr feels that he is going crazy.
If it were Xie Muer's job, he would have been complaining for laziness and pretending to be sick for a long time, and would not do it.
But when he thought that this was for His Royal Highness, he felt that he had inexhaustible strength. In just a few days, all the messy information was straightened out neatly, and then it was sent to the prince.
At this moment, he was slumped on the chair, gasping for breath, and Caijos and Kareni, who had followed him, had already walked over to the table and started to read the stack of materials that Tarr had organized.
It made Tal puffed up.
He finally sorted it out, and specially sent it to the prince to look at it, but the prince hadn't looked at it yet, so the two guys started it first.
He was sulking when suddenly a glass of juice was handed to him.
As soon as he looked up, he saw his prince's beautiful golden eyes curled up, looking at him with a smile.
The sullenness ran out of the sky in an instant, and Tarr took it with great joy, and drank it one by one.
This is the juice the prince poured himself for him~~
The prince is so nice to him~~
Ah~ Sure enough, the prince's favorite person is him~~
"By the way, there is something... Your Highness, because the city cannot be accommodated, those troops who come from behind can only be stationed outside the city."
While drinking the water happily, Tar seemed to remember something.
He said, "I have inquired, it seems that those people who come behind feel it is unfair, you see, do you want to coordinate and make room for them in the city..."
"Need not."
Garland refused without even thinking about it.
"But… "
"Tal, the first people to come here must be those who are loyal to the royal family and Aaron Landis, and those who arrive later can still be trusted, only those who have been swaying and watching the wind. will arrive at the end."
Garland said,
"If it doesn't feel fair just because of that, then let them go, I don't need people like that."
Opada, who was standing aside, looked disdainful.
"That's right, this kind of guy who cares about where he lives, you still expect him to contribute on the battlefield?"
He speaks to the point.
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In the corridor of the castle, the footsteps of two people echoed.
Kaihos and Kareni walked side by side, having just left from Garland.
"His Royal Highness's approach is still too risky."
Garland held back his words, but Kareni couldn't help but speak at this moment.
The incessant army of troops made the old man, who had been in anxiety a few days ago, but didn't show it, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, everyone responded to his summoning order after hesitating for a while. If everyone can't insist, it will be useless for just a few of us, and his reputation will be destroyed."
He said, "His Royal Highness is still too young after all. If you want me to say, there is no need to be in such a hurry..."
"Do not."
Cayhoes interrupted Kareni and shook his head.
"I think, Your Highness probably knew from the beginning that it would become the current situation."
The old man frowned.
"… What's the meaning?"
"From the beginning, what he was waiting for was the country of Tasda and people like you, and he knew that Tasda and you would definitely come."
Kaihos said,
"As soon as the Tastars come, the proud Aaron Landis will certainly not be able to sit still, and as long as an army comes, the others will follow."
This situation is like in the dark night, everyone is cold and afraid.
At this time, a small flame ignited in the dark night, because it was so small that it seemed to be extinguished at any time, so everyone did not bother to lean on it.
Because maybe before I can get close, the flames will be extinguished.
However, at this time, someone walked over and added a little dead branch to it.
So the flame was a little bigger and brighter.
When it grows up, it will attract more people to approach and actively add firewood to it.
And it also burns more and more, attracting more and more people to approach it, those who do not want to move will be left alone in the dark, so they have to walk towards it with the flow of people...
"His Royal Highness lit a small fire, and he believes that you will come and add dead branches to it. When the fire gets bigger, it will attract everyone to approach."
Kaihos shrugged.
"I think for the prince, it's really that simple," he said.