Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
The Darkness
"in the near future, we will launch an attack on the capital."
Issac immediately convened a war council as soon as news from Arnold came. He and his team had already gathered at Laverde mansion. On the table, a fairly large map spread out wide. On it were already pawns and various scribbles.
"Prince Lewis's faction was completely cornered. The harbour where the usual supplies and aid they receive from other empires and continents has fallen into our hands. Meanwhile, the eastern part of the capital is also largely controlled."
Issac moved some pawns depicting his troops. Seen, the pawns had surrounded the capital. Aid forces may have come from the North, which is the territory of Marquis Schazar, which borders Moskov.
But they will definitely be intercepted by the faction of Prince William centered in the Balzaac region. It was because of their considerable distance close to each other. That means access to aid has been completely cut off. Prince Lewis must be a kara in Venz.
"You are right sir. Prince Lewis's ability to wage war has now shrunk dramatically. There's no problem if we storm Venz any time soon. But the problem is......"
Charles began to explain some of the problems that plagued him. There were over 2000 royal troops on Aurellia's side. They swore allegiance to the king. The problem is, he is convinced that prince Lewis has taken the king and prime minister hostage so that carelessness will bring doom to the internal Starfall forces.
"certain. Don't worry Charles, I've prepared a lot for that. I'll guarantee that the king, the prime minister, and the other retainers will be fine."
Actually, Issac himself did not care much about the safety of the king. But because as Charles said, if the king dies, it will cause internal chaos, so he will not act recklessly.
Most importantly, if the king and prime minister were in danger, Margaret and Aurellia would be sad. That's why he avoids unnecessary things. But fortunately, Issac himself had already prepared a special operation to take the king and the others away from the Palace.
"In addition, sir, our troops are still exhausted. So it would be best to let them rest a little longer for stamina and where the mages recover."
The infantry commander gave a suggestion to Issac. Also true. The distance from Starfall to Laverde was quite far and to catch up with time, they walked longer with a short rest. If they were forced to keep moving, physical exhaustion would become a problem in the war.
In addition to the infantry commander, the cavalry commander also had almost similar problems. There was no problem with the quality of the soldiers, but the problem was their horses. Especially horses worn by heavy cavalry units. It seems some of them have diseases. They had to wait for time to heal their horses.
There are other problems too. After being checked and reconfirmed, quite a number of weapons had been damaged after being used in combat. Issac eventually decides to use the local blacksmith and the Strarfall blacksmith to repair their weapons.
Maybe the expedition will be delayed, but at least they'll all be ready when the time comes. No one else could stop Issac's move after this far.
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"Starfall that bastard!! He could take the port!! Damnit damnit! What should we do now!?"
If the port fell into the hands of the enemy, it would be like leaving the royal gate wide open with no guards at all. Not only was Earl Barrow frustrated, the other nobles were similarly frustrated. Who would have thought the harbor would fall that fast?!
"I will have to execute the chief knight in charge of the port territory and its surroundings later on! He may be negligent in his duties!"
Earl Barrow said that to Duke Conrad, prince Lewis, and Marquis Schazar. No, it's not that the Knight's head is incompetent. Instead, he broke through the blockade as much as possible with a war of attrition with the 1st fleet so that the relief fleet could break through the blockade.
The incompetent one was precisely Earl Barrow himself. He only provided a few troops and little supplies for them so the knight chief decided to evacuate his troops so that his fallen victims did not increase.
If Issac were there, he would obviously execute Earl Barrow immediately.
"Curtain! Then what should we do now!? We're really stuck now! Starfall will invade from the south and east. Meanwhile help from the North is blocked by the Balzaac bastards and Randall is parading towards Venz from the west!"
Duke Conrad was a quiet noble. This time he was very emotional. He could not sleep because he thought of the right strategy to defend the capital. So emotional even he clicked his tongue and got angry.
"We can, Mr. Conrad. We still have 50,000 people and enough supplies to last for a month. Most importantly, we have prisoners of kings and prime ministers. Starfall won't be rash to attack Venz."
One of the Nobles chimed in on Duke Conrad. He's correct. That's why Duke Conrad's anger subsided. But even if they still had enough strength and supplies, it all did not last long. So he has to buy time.
"Wine! Lothawat! Forgive me master for breaking through! But the really dangerous thing happened!"
One of the envoys broke through the palace audience room. Prince Lewis who was sitting on the throne immediately put on an unpleasant expression in view.
"Sih bothering! Hurry up tell me what it is!"
"Y-yeah! That afternoon, the warehouse that held weapons, war supplies, magic equipment, and food reserves had been burned to the ground! There's hardly anything left of them!"
And one more bad news plunged Prince Lewis and the others into a deepening abyss of despair. But bad news doesn't just get there. One of the elite Knights guarding the royal family entered into the audience room as well.
"Sorry, something bad happened! The King, the Prime Minister, and the other retainers have disappeared!"
And there's nothing they can do.