THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 217: START MOVING
Myro did not make a battle plan first but instead let his troops move in pursuit of the 4th division.
The reason Myro did not make plans immediately was not because Myro became arrogant due to having a lot of troops, but Myro had to catch up with time because during the news of the 5th division's defeat to the 4th division's leader, Myro had to catch up, they must have tried to escape Rayde Province.
However the leader of the 4th Division must have understood that he had been considered an accomplice of the 7th prince, if he had remained in Rayde Province or any other region of Azeroth Kingdom then the 4th division would have died.
Therefore, the 4th division had to flee to the 7th princely territory which was mostly in the west. The influence of the 7th prince in the west was considerable, although the power of King Azeroth in the western part of the kingdom was still there but the power of the king in the west was slightly weak.
If the power of the king in the west of the kingdom is strong enough, the king must have sentenced all 7th prince's accomplices to death in the west of the kingdom. But to this day, King Azeroth V did not do so because his rule in the western region was not as strong as the 7th prince.
Fortunately the western border general was very hostile towards the 7th prince and there was the loyal Grand Duke Westa, at least the existence of the 2 great powers in the west severely limited the prince's movement to 7.
As long as King Azeroth V remains alive, neither the western border general nor Grand Duke Westa will betray him easily.
So Myro had to pursue the 4th division before they left Rayde Province and went to the west, even though the king was unable to punish the 7th prince's accomplice if they had reached the west, moreover, Myro who was mostly in the north.
If the 4th division managed to escape, Myro would be considered a failure to perform the task. In exchange for his failure, all of Myro's hard work of trapping Carla and defeating the 5th division was no longer profitable because the king definitely did not give Myro any reward.
There was even the possibility of the king punishing Myro such a reduction in rank or peerage due to failure, so Myro now had to act as quickly as possible, lest it give time for the 4th division to escape.
Seeing Myro continue to let the troops move in pursuit of the 4th division for fear of them escaping, Falka moved her horse forward towards Myro "Master, let me take action! If we keep moving like this, the 4th Division might escape. However our troops are too many to make slow movements. Because of this, let me go with some of the cavalry to catch up and stop the enemy trying to escape until the master's main army arrives".
Myro looked at Falka before nodding, he agreed to Falka's suggestion "How many troops do you need?".
"20,000 cavalry, it's better not to bring infantry because I have to move quickly after the enemy" Falka said firmly.
"20,000 cavalry? You certain? The enemy has about 100,000 troops, are you confident to stop the enemy from using 20,000 cavalry, Falka?", asked Myro.
Falka said without the slightest doubt "Master, if I have to defeat the 4th division, then 20,000 cavalry is simply not enough. But I just have to hold them back, Falka sure is capable of doing so without disappointing master".
Myro closed his eyes for a moment to think before making the decision "I gave you permission, but if things get worse, you should immediately back off. Killing Division 4 is important, but your life is much more important. Besides, General Herfu! Don't you mind helping Falka command 20,000 cavalry?".
Falka was indeed strong, as long as he brought in thousands of Mongol Cavalry and nearly 20,000 additional cavalry, Myro was confident Falka was able to buy time against 100,000 4th division troops.
The problem was that these 20,000 cavalry were mostly a combined army of nobles in the Cavalry Province and General Herfu, their cooperation must have been very bad.
Hearing Myro's question, Herfu smiled bitterly and said in his mind "Since you were granted a king-like right during the fight against the 4th division, can I refuse? If I dare to refuse, I will be made a rebel".
But Herfu did not show his thoughts in the slightest, he bowed respectfully "If it's Earl Myro's decision, this old Herfu is ready to help!".
With Herfu's approval, Falka finally led 20,000 cavalry and left as quickly as possible to pursue the 4th division with Herfu who became his temporary representative.
Myro saw the departure of the 20,000 cavalry then shouted to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind him "We also have to hurry! Although the cavalry will hold down the 4th division, but they cannot fight the enemy for too long or the entire cavalry will be destroyed!".
"Well!", shouted the troops who did not dare to slow their pace.
Not only the troops, Carla and other nobles from the Cavalry Province who came here did not dare to reject Myro's words because the power Myro now holds is too great to make them dare not refuse.
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In a city in Rayde Province, hundreds of thousands of 4th division troops scattered in various cities began to gather again.
A man who was in the 4th Division main tent was sitting observing his gathered troops with a gloomy face "I don't think the 5th Division and Pube were defeated that fast, though, they didn't even kill Carla. Actually, what happened in Rayde City?".
This man was none other than General Bofer, the leader of the 4th division of Azeroth Kingdom.
As the leader of a division, he was very familiar with the ability and nature of Pube who became a 5th division general.
According to him, the ability of Pube both in terms of leading the troops or fighting ability should not be underestimated, at least Bofer is not confident can win 1 against 1 against Pube.
Moreover, his ability to lead an army that was very frightening, all the soldiers of General Pube were very loyal to him. Therefore, Bofer is puzzled as to why Pube and the entire 5th division were defeated without succeeding in killing Carla in the least.
Though he and the 7th prince are convinced that Pube can destroy Rayde City, at least they must have succeeded in killing Carla.
A young man next to Bofer soon persuades his general not to get angry again "General Bofer, I'm sure all this happened not because Carla was too great but Pube hesitated to attack Rayde City until finally defeated".
"What do you mean?", asked Bofer curiously.
Vice Bofer smiled confidently "As the general knew, Pube was so loyal to the kingdom that he must have hesitated to attack Rayde City and betray the entire kingdom even though his daughter was in the hands of the 7th prince. So Pube who was unable to betray the kingdom lost to Carla due to not being able to use his full strength and the 5th division, there was even a possibility of Pube succumbing from Carla to show his loyalty".