THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 305: THE JOURNEY TO BERN
On the 5th day after Myro had made his way to Bern City, he and his army had successfully arrived at the border between the northern region of Azeroth Kingdom and Diamant Kingdom.
Because they are getting closer from the west, the air here is not too cold. Although still snowing, but at least still better than Victory Province which is located in the northernmost region and became the coldest region in the Kingdom of Azeroth. In fact, it can be said, Tanrou Province always experiences snow weather throughout the year.
When he arrived at the border, Myro's forces stopped moving.
They began to form a camp for the soldiers to rest before leaving tomorrow.
The reason for that as long as they continued to advance, they would leave the Azeroth Kingdom and stand in the Diamant Kingdom which was enemy territory, Myro was sure that King Diamant I would have prepared some surprises for him.
Hence, they had to think of a plan on how to make their next move before stepping forward towards the Diamant Kingdom.
In the main tent of the Myro army camp, all the Myro army officers were gathering.
Even though it had become a little dark, everyone still gathered in the main tent as they were going to discuss the strategy of attacking the Diamant Kingdom, victory and defeat would be determined through this strategy.
A square-shaped table is located in the center of the main tent, in the center of the table, a map of the Diamant Kingdom was located there as well as several pawns showing the position where Myro's forces were located as well as the location of the enemy according to the information the spies sent.
Myro stood at the center of the meeting table while Ren, Herfu, Falka, Aclan, Retya, Yuki, Fred, Sorna, Garwein, Gladius and several other higher-ups stood on the left and right sides of Myro.
Ren pointed towards the map of the Diamant Kingdom while explaining "The white-colored pawn on the map symbolizes our troops while the black-colored pawn indicates the location where the enemy troops are located. Based on the information from the spy we sent earlier this morning, the enemy forces were not on guard at all in Bern City but rather they had been marching on the main road towards Bern City".
"If we plan to get to Bern using the fastest way, then we have to pass through this main city. As for the other road, it was almost impossible as we had to pass through several cities of the Diamant Kingdom before arriving at Bern City. As long as we dare to try to pass through another city, the guards in the enemy city will definitely stop us and their main forces will certainly realize our movements that make our position will be surrounded. For this reason, passing the main road is the most effective option".
"The problem is 300,000 elite enemy guards are located there, there are 2 generals who lead the army, namely Sordas who have great strength and Ferta who are very good at archery and have sharp eyes. They were the ones who killed General Kelrun, their strength and intelligence should not be underestimated".
"Not to mention the 200,000 troops they brought were elite troops while the other 100,000 troops were the combined forces of nobles, we only have 200,000 troops. Although all of our troops are also elite troops, but the enemy elite troops are no less than us. If we try to cross the main road, we will definitely face a tough fight".
Everyone's faces became gloomy because just like Ren said, their circumstances were too difficult to head for Bern City.
The fastest way for them to Bern City was only through the main road, but the enemy sent all his troops to guard the main road.
The moment they attacked another city, the 300,000 enemy troops must have noticed their movements which made Myro's army beleaguered.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Ren continued to explain "The main road that the enemy guarded was a lowland area that became the most suitable place for the cavalry to show their strength, which was their strength, if our elite cavalry forces are more numerous then we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy. But the Mongol cavalry was about 10,000 men, and we had about 30,000 well-trained cavalry. The numbers are not enough, we do not win from the enemy forces either in terms of horses or the number of our cavalry troops. The enemy has 50,000 cavalry, so they can definitely overcome our cavalry without any problems".
Everyone became more worried because Ren's words seemed to show that they had no chance of winning. Especially Herfu, however, everyone was not too worried since Ren generally had made plans to resolve this matter. But Herfu had only joined fully with Myro's army, he had not been too familiar with how powerful Ren's abilities were.
Myro looked at the map and then his eyes went towards Ren "Then, have you made any plans? Based on what you do often, you always have a strategy in place before you explain things, right?".
Ren opened his folding fan and covered half of his face "Master does understand me, I have indeed made a plan, I hope the plan I made will not disappoint you all!".
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On the 9th day after Myro's army began to move from Loth City, Myro's forces finally faced each other against the forces of King Diamant I.
Ferta and Sordas stood in front of the command tent of their troops while observing the Myro troops that were starting to march, Sordas suddenly said "Wait, the number of enemy troops seems to be wrong? Shouldn't the enemy have 200,000 troops? Based on what I see now, the enemy seems to be only 100,000 troops! Could it be that they split their forces like 100,000 troops attacked another city while 100,000 of their troops came here holding us back?".
Ferta slightly nodded, she found Myro standing among the 100,000 enemy troops.
Although the positions of their troops were far apart, but Myro was standing in front of all his troops to encourage Ferta to see it.
Thinking for a moment, Ferta said "Sordas, take 150,000 troops to Largan City, where it is the 2nd best road to Bern City. I believe the enemy tried to attack there while Myro here was the bait to attract our attention, should the enemy have arrived in Largan City a few days ago. Fortunately we were prepared when the enemy decided to attack another city to go to Bern City, so the mayor of Largan City and the surrounding city was given 10,000 additional troops. As long as it uses the city walls, Largan should be able to withstand a 100,000-strong assault for a few days until you get there".
Sordas nodded and immediately gathered 150,000 troops to go to Largan City.
Since the position of Largan City was quite far from here, he brought 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry to make his army move faster.
Seeing Largan leaving, Ferta found 10,000 Mongol cavalry emerging from Myro's forces trying to disrupt the Sordas' departure so he sent 20,000 infantry to stop the Myro cavalry until Sordas managed to leave.