THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 140: THE PRINCE'S HELP
The 5000 troops Loir was carrying might not be as strong as the Snow Infantry, but it still could not be underestimated. In the entire Azeroth Kingdom, there were definitely not many troops that could be as strong as the 5000 soldiers of General Herfu.
"Baron Myro doesn't have to be polite, I was the one who suddenly came here so you must be troubled. Even I came here in hopes of learning from Baron Myro, I hope you won't mind" Loir said with a friendly smile.
"How could I possibly object?", Myro said nodding "But I think Mr. Loir might be disappointed because I'm not as strong as you think. Even Mr. Loir must be stronger than me, there is nothing you can learn from me. Even so, as long as I can help then I don't mind trying. Wait, why are we talking in front of the city gate like this? Comeing! Let's go to my house here, I'll get you some hot drinks! You must have gone all the way from the Northern Province here under the snowy weather, a glass of warm drink could make you all feel better".
Loir did not reject Myro's invitation, however, his troops were already exhausted and a little cold due to a long journey in the snow. No matter how elite as well as powerful the troops he had, in the end they were still human so rested very frantically.
"Since Baron Myro has already invited, I will accept your kindness" said Loir nodding happily.
"Gladius, take our 6000 guests to the barracks and give them the right food and drink. After all they must have been tired from the long journey, let them rest for a while these few days" Myro said.
"Okay, sir!", replied Gladius who told the surrounding Roman Legion to bring 6000 Loir troops.
As the commander of the Myro army, Gladius certainly knew of Myro's plans to attack the surrounding city and the Rulf Fortress starting in the next few days.
So Gladius also agreed against Myro's idea of letting Loir's troops rest, if they fought while exhausted then their strength must have decreased which was extremely detrimental.
When Gladius had left with Loir's army, Myro also took Loir with a general who was most likely Loir's bodyguard to the mayor's building.
Myro couldn't possibly bring 6000 troops and eat together in the mayor's building, therefore Myro only brought the important figure of their army, Loir with his bodyguards while the other troops could be with the Mongol Cavalry and the Roman Legion in the barracks.
Loir certainly also understood all that so he did not refuse, Loir just followed Myro while continuing to observe Folk City and the activities of the surrounding residents.
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It was not only Myro who welcomed the arrival of aid, but the Rulfes Fortress troops stood before their gates while waiting.
Nearly 5000 troops in the Rulfes Fortress marched in front of their gates, all this was done because they had received a letter from the kingdom some time ago that the crown prince would come to this place with assistance in order to defend the Rulf Fortress from enemy attacks.
Who is the crown prince? It was a person who would become a king in the future, the troops would definitely be loyal to the king so there was a high possibility of the crown prince becoming their master in the future.
Therefore, all the troops in Fort Rulfes had been standing here for hours without a care for the snow that kept falling towards them.
Actually the crown prince was also very close to Rulfes Fortress, he brought 1000 Wolf Cavalry and 1000 goblins with him.
But the crown prince's face was now very gloomy, even he muttered furiously "Actually what did the old man think? He sent me into the war zone with only 2000 additional troops, was he trying to send me to die? I shouldn't have gone here!".
The crown prince was an Orc who had a height of 3 meters, yet he was unlike any other Orc. If another Orc has a large body due to muscle, the crown prince is large because he has a fat body.
As the crown prince, everyone treated him with respect.
No matter which noble or minister, as long as they were from the Orc-Goblin Kingdom then they would definitely send gifts to the crown prince faithfully his day or week.
The problem is, when the king is busy to not be able to train his son, it is the duty of the queen to be firm so that his son can become a great king in the future.
But the queen here treats the crown prince like his treasure, every day the crown prince only eats or plays without ever learning or practicing.
When ministers or generals tried to train her, the queen would scold them and support her son.
Faced with this, the minister and the general surrendered. Although the queen does not have power because only the king is in power, but those who are high officials are not at all opponents of the queen who is always next to the king.
Therefore, the crown prince became increasingly distant from the figure of a great king.
When the king realized this, it was too late.
Knowing that the failed crown prince and his territory were under attack from other kingdoms and that the 70,000 troops who attacked the enemy had not won, the king sent the crown prince to fight under his anger.
The queen had already tried to persuade the king that the crown prince was still their son, how could it be possible to let their son go to such a risky battlefield?
But the king refused, if the crown prince could win then the king would not have to worry about giving up the throne to the crown prince in the future. Yet as long as the crown prince failed or even died, it could only be blamed that the crown prince was simply no match for being king.
Seeing the enraged crown prince being sent to the battlefield, the orc advisor behind him immediately said "The crown prince need not worry, this is a noble plan for you. Now that the Orc-Goblin Kingdom had no more troops, 10,000 troops died in the Cavalry Province, 70,000 troops were still in the Northern Province, at least 10,000 troops had to keep the Capital of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom. So, your highness can only give the prince a small army, his majesty did this not to kill you".
"In addition, I'm sure all of this is a test of the noble one for the crown prince. If you can pass this test and win, your majesty will give you the throne".
"justified? But-", the crown prince hesitated for a moment then said "We only have 2000 troops, how can we win?".
"The crown prince need not worry, Fort Rulfes still has 5000 troops which means you can use 7000 troops. Not to mention that you have the smartest strategist that is me, victory is definitely in your hands" the adviser said confidently.
The crown prince looked at his adviser before nodding, he finally regained his confidence.
His advisor was the son of the prime minister, the most intelligent figure who helped the king.
Not only that, the prime minister's son was also renowned as the most intelligent young man in the entire Orc-Goblin Kingdom. With the existence of this advisor, the crown prince regained the confidence to win.
The prime minister's son was indeed quite intelligent, he knew that all this was a test of the king for the crown prince to be able to sit on the throne. In addition, the Orc-Goblin Kingdom had already run out of troops which made the king only able to send 2000 troops with his son as assistance. If the Orc-Goblin Kingdom had even more troops, they would have no hesitation in sending it all to Fort Rulfes as defending the fortress was a key part of the plan to defeat the Northern Province.
As long as Fort Rulfes fell, the troops in the Northern Province must have fallen. So, the king could not play around against the defense of this fortress, the problem was that he already had no other troops that could be sent to help Fort Rulfes in addition to these 2000 troops.
Although all the thoughts of the prime minister's son just now were correct, but he had a mistake about the power of his enemy.
Most notably, he wrongly considers himself to be the smartest strategist.