THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 209: CARLA'S GOAL
Rilia finds herself besieged, who thinks her best plan was ruined easily by her mother and brother.
"Mother, you're really scary! Both then and now, you are still very smart and cunning" said Rilia admitting her defeat "But may I ask a little?".
"Please! To my most beautiful child, mother will give you the answer" Carla said nodding.
Rilia took a breath before asking "Giro, why did you betray the 7th prince? Aren't you his confidant? Besides, mom, it seems you already knew my plan from the beginning. Then why didn't you stop me? Now the entire territory of Grand Duke Rayde is in chaos, if you stop me from the beginning then none of this will happen right?".
"Giro, you can answer the question first" Carla told Giro beside her.
"Well, Miss Carla!", replied the Giro respectfully and stepped forward a little "Princess Rilia, I admit that you are a smart person. You are only 10 years old, but you have inherited the intelligence and cunning that your mother has. But you lack 1 thing because of your age, you have intelligence but not experience".
"The human mind and heart can change at any time, under benefits and benefits. At first I was loyal to the 7th prince and became the closest spy of the Grand Duke Rayde family using your help. But one day, Young Master Loir came to see me. He told me about Miss Carla who offered me the city lord's office and money if she could help with her plan. In the face of that advantage, I was unable to resist".
"Whether you or the 7th prince both have fatal weaknesses, you are intelligent but do not understand the feelings of your followers. We may fear the power you have, but as long as there is opportunity to become richer and more powerful, one can betray at any time. Your smart, politically experienced mother helped your father back then, much more understanding than the mind of a smart 10-year-old woman".
"Alright, I think Giro's answer is enough" Carla said nodding "Now I will answer your other questions. Why do you think I didn't stop your actions from the beginning and let the chaos in Grand Duke Rayde's territory happen? Do you not yet understand the answer, my son Rilia? I used you to clean up Torte's rebellion!".
Rilia opened her eyes wide full of disbelief, her mother daring to use the 7th prince's hand to clean up the Torte rebellion by utilizing herself that could attract the prince "The 5th Division is much stronger than the Torte army, wouldn't you suffer a greater loss if you fought the 5th division?".
"Who said that?", said Carla smiling confidently "Division 5 has just finished fighting against Torte's forces. Although Torte could not defeat the 5th division, didn't the 5th division suffer losses and fatigue as well?".
"Despite being tired and getting a lot of casualties, the 5th Division still had a chance of defeating Rayde City! Most likely there are 70,000 5th division troops defending from against the Torte forces, are you not afraid of them destroying Rayde City?" Rilia said with a mocking smile. No matter how great Tarka was, he only had 20,000 Rayde City guards.
Moreover, the 5th division was not led by any random person but the famous general Pube as well, although his ability under Tarka but not too much different.
"Do you think mom didn't make any preparations, my sister?" said Loir coldly, the concern as a sister had long since disappeared "Grandfather has always cared for us, especially you're the girl Grandpa cares about the most. Based on that grandfather's nature, don't you feel weird when you find out grandpa didn't come to your birthday party? Even though we didn't invite grandfather, don't forget that grandfather is a northern border general, how could he not know about your birthday from nobles or other invited officials?".
Rilia suddenly froze, she gazed towards the city wall frantically "No way, is grandfather now-".
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Pube observed the walls of Rayde City with a gloomy face, Tarka's strategy was extremely poisonous.
As he had to distract Tarka, Pube sent his troops without hesitation so that his roughly 10,000 troops were already dead on the battlefield whereas Tarka at most had only lost 2000 troops, he suffered a 5-fold loss.
"General Pube, our army's morale is declining due to the loss of a great army! Shouldn't we rest first and make a strategy before attacking again?", asked Pube's deputy in panic, he didn't feel the need to do this kind of crazy war without preparation.
"No, wait a minute! Rilia must have killed or captured Loir, as long as the news spread to the forces of Rayde City then we definitely won!", Pube said firmly, as long as the news spread to the forces of Rayde City then we definitely won!", Pube said, his troops are currently only 60,000 soldiers but Pube chose to continue attacking.
He had no other choice, as long as he retreated then King Azeroth V might have realized them and sentenced him to death for the 5th division.
As long as the 1st or 2nd division was dispatched, even if the 4th and 5th divisions joined forces, they were bound to lose.
It showed how frightening the power of the 1st or 2nd division had more numbers ahead of them.
Seeing that Pube was not listening to his suggestion, Pube's deputy shook his head and then did not speak anymore, he just stood still behind Pube while looking at his comrade who continued to die in Rayde City with heartache.
After all the soldiers in the 5th division were like kings, vice Pube was saddened to lose his comrades.
As the war continued, a soldier ran to Pube's front on his knees, looking very panicked "General Pube, news!".
"What's going on?" said Pube, "What's going on?".
The soldier said with a mouth trembling in fear "In the rearguard of our troops, about 500 meters from our current position there are 80,000 fast-moving troops, we believe they are heading towards Rayde City".
"What's? 80,000 troops? Wh who? Whose army was it?", Pube's face changed because the number of enemies was greater than him.
Not to mention that Pube's forces had been fighting for days without rest, if they were attacked now from behind then his army would have been destroyed.
"Report to the general, based on the flag they brought, the 80,000 troops were from the Northern Border General, General Herfu! In addition there are 10,000 Snow Infantry troops who strengthen the origin of the troops!", cried the soldier.
The face of Pube and the entire 5th division military leadership changed, the 80,000 troops that attacked from behind were already very bad, let alone the troops that attacked them this time were Herfu Generals who were famous for their abilities.