A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 269. Chapter 269

The black and red torrent slowly receded, stopping the destruction of the weak walls of King Kanal.

The commander-in-chief of Gasdad watched Aaron Landis’s army retreat, with a sneer on his face.

Originally, he was extremely jealous of the black knight who could kill Prince Tyre.

It is precisely because of being a Gasdade that he understands the prince’s power that can be called horror better than anyone.

And such a powerful prince actually died in the hands of the black knight, it is conceivable that this black knight must not be inferior to the prince Tyre.

But now, he felt that he had caught the weakness of the Black Knight.

Gastad could not tolerate kind people, because all kind people are dead.

Only the ruthless strong can stand above the crowd.

Therefore, although he recognized the power of Huimos, the commander of Gasdade looked down on the fact that Huimos chose to retreat because of the scruples of the hostages.

Kindness is not in charge.

For the sake of the lives of thousands of slaves, even letting go of the great opportunity to break the city.

Thought the commander.

It is said that the black knight is brave and good at fighting, and is a rare warrior in thousands of years.

Although he thought so in his heart, he was slightly relieved that the Aaron Landis chose to retreat.

In this way, with these hostages, they can survive the arrival of reinforcements.

When the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined.

He must want these Aaron Landis people to suffer heavy casualties and be defeated!

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The setting sun slowly dropped to the horizon, and fiery clouds churned across the sky, covering a military camp with the glow of sunset.

The smoke is slowly rising, and the soldiers have started to light a bonfire, cooking food and boiling water.

Unless in an emergency war, the drinking water in the army must be boiled water, and raw water is not allowed to drink without authorization. At the same time, the military doctors are spreading lime powder deep in the barracks to prevent the plague.

Both of these are military regulations written into the military order after the reform.

In the middle of the barracks, beside one of the largest black camps, the fiery red lion flag was flying in the air.

Here is the camp of Heimos, who is the commander of the army.

At this moment, the camp was very quiet. In addition to Huimos himself, Kehos, Tewa and several other important generals were all here.

All of them frowned.

Everyone here is a person who has experienced many battles, but in the war they have experienced, they have never experienced such a thing.

This continent admires heroes.

It is extremely shameful for the Gasdards to threaten each other on the battlefield with prisoners of war as hostages.

Can be described as the most despicable behavior.

On this continent, no general in any country will do such an act. Whoever dares to do it will surely be cursed by thousands of people.

But obviously, the Castadians didn’t care about it.

“After all, it is a savage race from the Barrens.”

A young general couldn’t help yelling.

“A group of despicable and shameless beasts!”

Seeing his fellow robes tied to the wall, he was really uncomfortable, but he was helpless. He only felt a breath of breath in his chest, unable to move up or down.

“Your Excellency Huimos, although you retreat for the time being today, you must make a decision early.”

Although an older middle-aged general was also full of frost, his tone of voice was still very calm.

“We don’t have much time. According to the intelligence we heard, the reinforcements of the Gasdad people are coming day and night. If we delay until their reinforcements arrive, we will be in trouble, so…”

“You mean to kill them?”

The young and energetic general said loudly, interrupting the middle-aged general with angrily.

“I didn’t say that.”

“Doesn’t you mean that? They are all our colleagues, do you have the heart to kill them with your own hands—”

Facing the accusations from his colleagues, the middle-aged general looked calm and answered without rush.

“Then according to what you said, we will stay where we are, waiting for the reinforcements of the Gasdad people to arrive, and should we be resolved by the internal and external cooperation?”

“……I……”

“If you are replaced by them, the army of Aaron Landis will be defeated for your own sake, and countless of your colleagues will die because of your own battle, and you will continue to live because of this-you are replaced by you, you are willing to watch At this result, would you rather be killed by your compatriots?”

“…”

The young general was speechless.

He lowered his head gloomily and stopped talking.

He knew in his heart that the middle-aged general was right, but he couldn’t get past the hurdle in his heart.

The middle-aged general turned to the main seat again.

“Your Excellency Huimos, I know this decision is difficult, but the matter is now, you should make a decision as soon as possible.”

Sitting on the main seat of the camp, a tall man in black armor sat quietly with a calm expression.

Scattered black hair was scattered around the corners of his narrow eyes, and there was no emotion on that handsome face.

Huimos lowered his eyes, as if he hadn’t heard the quarrel between the subordinates in the camp, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking at the moment.

The blond knight glanced at Hiemos, then looked away.

“Killing the robes personally will greatly weaken the morale of the soldiers, so it is not a last resort, and I don’t recommend it.”

Kaihus thought for a moment and said.

“Well, two days, I suggest using two days to think of a solution. After two days, if it is really impossible to save them, for the sake of the overall situation, we can only sacrifice them.”

After being silent for a while, the generals present nodded one after another.

Only Huimos, who was sitting here, still lowered his eyes and said nothing.

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Two days and one night have passed.

The Aaron Landis people racked their brains to try to rescue their colleagues, but to no avail.

Wanting to attack at night, but those Gasdad people actually held their hostages on the wall at night.

Provoking wildly, trying to provoke the Gasdad to get them out of the city to attack, it didn’t work.

When the evening came the next day, the exhausted generals who had been yelling and provoking outside the city wall for a day could only return in anguish.

‘The siege begins tomorrow. ‘

Soon, Heimos’ orders spread throughout the barracks.

The Garstad soldiers on the city wall suddenly discovered that beside the siege equipment that had been idle for more than two days outside the city, many Aaron Landis people were busy surrounding that place.

Numerous boulders were moved to the side of the catapult.

Giant crossbow|Arrows are also piled beside the giant crossbow, and many people are polishing the point of the arrow and wiping the parts of the equipment with oil.

The atmosphere in Aaron Landis’ barracks has changed.

After receiving the report from his subordinates, Gasdad’s commander nodded.

It seemed that the Aaron Landis had decided to give up the lives of those compatriots and planned to attack again.

Nothing.

He also didn’t expect to be able to use the hostages to delay until the arrival of reinforcements.

Even if the black knight was soft-hearted, he wasn’t as stupid as that.

It was beyond his expectation to be able to delay for two days and two nights.

He calculated it in his mind.

It should be okay to do their best to hold on for another three or four days, and their reinforcements will arrive almost three or four days later.

Thinking of this, he ordered that the generals and soldiers have a good rest tonight and prepare for tomorrow’s battle.

It is conceivable that the Aaron Landis people who had to kill their comrades with their own hands would definitely attack frantically. The battle must be very fierce, so the soldiers must be prepared to deal with it.

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Soon, late night arrived, and the barracks were completely quiet.

The soldiers of the night watch stood outside the camp. In the camp, the bonfire was burning, illuminating the dark night sky.

The fire light that appeared particularly bright in the dark night was reflected in the eyes of the Aaron Landis people on the city wall, diffusing a dim red light in their pupils.

In the past two days, they have been forcibly held on the wall, exposed to the sun, and become weaker and weaker.

Taking into account the physical problems, the Gasdads themselves have to guard the walls. Of course, they don’t want the walls to be soiled. It is really troublesome to tie and untie the ropes again and again, so the Gasdads tied them up for a period of time. Then they were released and replaced with a temporary fence built on the wall to keep them inside.

Every once in a while, they were driven off the city wall in turn to solve their physiological problems.

In order to prevent them from escaping and committing suicide, they were still not given food, but they were not allowed to let the hostage die. Therefore, every once in a while, they were given a little bit of rice soup to let them survive.

The night sky is boundless and the stars are shining.

Sid sat on the ground of the city wall, looking out at the distant camp outside the city.

Even in the dark, you can vaguely see the flying flag.

He also saw the changes in Aaron Landis’ army in the evening, and he knew in his heart that tomorrow was the time for Aaron Landis’ army to attack.

After all, the longer the delay, the more dangerous the situation will be.

It has been delayed for more than two days in order to save them, and it has been long enough.

“They have tried their best.”

The middle-aged man sitting next to him also looked at the flames of the distant camp, with a smile of relief on his face.

The companions who were also sitting nearby nodded softly when they heard this sentence.

Even if they were to die in the hands of their colleagues tomorrow, they didn’t have any resentment.

Yes, it’s just a pity.

They raised their heads, watching the fire in the distant camp and the lion flag flying in the night sky.

They looked attentively, as if they wanted the flag to be branded deep in their eyes.

Because they know that this is probably the last night they can see the flag.

The gods of Aaron Landis.

Please guide our souls back to the land of Aaron Landis.

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Patter.

The quiet night suddenly heard loud and heavy footsteps.

Steer subconsciously followed the prestige.

He saw a group of Gasdad soldiers walking up the city wall along the steps, walking quickly towards them.

The fence holding them was removed, and the Gasdad soldiers surrounded them in groups.

The torch hung on the wall and burned, and the faint light of the fire was reflected on the white armor of the Gasdad people, which was covered with blood, and also on the bright long guns in their hands.

Sid saw the eyes of the leader among them.

That is the indifferent look of the dying person.

“Just them.”

The leader of the captain looked at the group of thin and feeble slaves, and said lightly.

“There is almost enough for a hundred people here.”

He made a gesture.

“Kill, then hang the corpse capital outside the city wall.”

The above issued an order for them to come and kill a hundred Aaron Landis slaves, hang their corpses outside the city wall, and stain the red city wall with their blood.

To warn and frighten the Aaron Landis people.

Unable to say that this move would make the Aaron Landis hesitate again, thereby delaying another day.

He glanced at random just now, and saw that there were more slaves in the fence here, almost a hundred people.

Kill all the slaves in this place directly to complete the task.

Sid gritted his teeth.

He stared at the Gasdad in front of him with hatred, almost bursting out of fire, his clenched fingers creaked.

Not only him, none of the Aaron Landis in this place showed horror and fear after hearing that they were about to be killed, and none of them begged for mercy.

Everyone was silent, without saying a word, staring at the Gastards surrounding them with hatred.

Their eyes wanted to drink its blood and swallow its bones.

Staring extremely unhappy with the hatred of these slaves, one of the Gasdad soldiers grinned.

He pierced the eye of a slave in front of him with a shot.

Obviously his body was already weakened, but at this moment, Sid did not know where to derive his strength.

Perhaps that was his instinct as a fighter.

He leaped forward and grabbed the long|gun that was stabbing at his companion.

Even if he understood that everything he was doing at the moment was in vain, he still gritted his teeth, firmly grasped the long|gun, and refused to let go.

The stunned Gasdad soldier shook a few vigorously, but he failed to get rid of the skinny-looking man. With an angry look on his face, he raised his foot and kicked the man’s head. Go down.

Sed, who was hit hard, felt his brain buzzing, and his eyes went blank for an instant.

The strength of the whole body suddenly disappeared without a trace, he was kicked and paralyzed to the ground, everything in front of him became a double image in his line of sight, constantly shaking.

In the blurred vision, he watched the sharp tip of the gun from far to near in his eyes.

Seeing that the tip of the gun would pierce through his eyebrows–

Under the night sky, the torch on the stone wall shook suddenly.

A silver light leaped across the night.

It was like a bolt of lightning coming through the air.

There was a buzz.

The sharp arrow pierced fiercely into the gun|stabbed the soldier’s chest.

The immense strength even made the point of the arrow burst out of the chest, and the arrow pierced the soldier’s chest.

He showed an unbelievable look, and then fell forward to the ground.

The captain standing on the side was startled and angry, and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the arrow.

I saw a dark figure standing on the tower of the city wall jumped down.

In the next moment of agile landing, he rushed forward violently.

The figure’s movements were so swift and violent that it even left an afterimage on the spot.

The captain almost instinctively wanted to draw out the wide sword on his waist.

It’s just that when he just pulled out a few centimeters of the blade—

A cold light passed by.

His pupils dilated suddenly, and blood gushed from his slit throat.

He fell back to the sky and fell heavily on the ground, his open pupils staring at the night sky wide.

At the same moment when the Captain of Gasdade fell, countless sharp arrows shot from the night.

Gasdad soldiers fell to the ground one after another amidst screams.

After a wave of arrows, many people suddenly appeared on the city wall and killed them here, killing all the remaining Gasdad soldiers.

Everything happened so suddenly that it was caught off guard, and even those Aaron Landis people who had walked through life and death did not react.

They raised their heads and stared blankly at the person who suddenly appeared in front of them.

A grim man in black armor stood in the dark.

His dark hair seemed to melt into the night.

The fire light on the stone wall flickered, reflecting the dark blue God of War rune under his wind-blown forehead.

Every time the long sword in his hand was swung, it easily split the body of an enemy.

The blood sprayed from the enemy’s body stained his dark armor.

That scene was very much like the posture of the legendary God of War waving a sharp sword in his hand——

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Huimos… Your Excellency?

Stead’s mind was blank.

He felt that he was dreaming now.

How could Master Huimos appear in such a place? !

Suddenly, the noise awakened him in the sluggish state. As soon as he turned his head, he saw a large number of Gasdad soldiers rushing towards this side.

With a click.

The chain in Sid’s hand broke.

He cut off the chain in front of Steer’s hand, and Huimos kicked the wide sword of the Gasdad at his feet.

He said: “Get up without dying and prepare to fight.”

Huimos said coldly, as if he couldn’t see the other side’s skinny and difficult-to-fight appearance, but instead gave him a command to fight in a natural tone.

Then he turned around and greeted the Gasdad soldiers who rushed.

Stud’s shoulder shook sharply.

“Yes!”

He said, grabbing the sword and stood up.

There was only one pair of eyes on that face that was so thin that there were only bones left.

He got the order.

That’s right, he is also a fighter for Aaron Landis.

He can continue to fight–