THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 31: THE FINAL BATTLE OF TROCK FORTRESS
"Will the troops in Trock Fortress still fight? Without food, would they not be able to survive at Trock Fortress? Right now we just need to surround them, after 4 to 5 days then everyone in Trock Fortress is exhausted from starvation! When that time comes, we just need them and to end this war" said Luin who stepped forward, he still tried to be seen shining so that the 4th prince would not forget him.
Looking at this Luin, Ren shook his head "I know that you are trying to look smart in front of the 4th prince, but at the very least you should use that little bit of intelligence of yours! Do you think the people in Trock Fortress will just stand still until they starve to death? If they knew that in the end they would starve to death, do you think they were just waiting for a miracle to come like food falling from the sky? Captain Jerat, if you were in Ritke's position then what would you do?".
Jerat was surprised that Ren suddenly asked himself, when everyone was staring at him then Jerat said based on his experience on the battlefield "If I knew that in the end my army and I would starve to death, it would be better to surrender the enemy and die on the battlefield. As a soldier, dying from fighting the enemy and fighting for the homeland is much better than dying from hunger and not fighting. I don't know what Ritke's decision was, but I'm sure as a fellow leader on the battlefield he must have made the same decision".
"Therefore!", said Ren who opened the folding fan in his hand "Most likely the enemy will attack tonight, when all the soldiers are asleep then they must attack! If I become Ritke then the main target of this attack is our prince or our food supply, they are trying to make a surprise attack on us at night!".
"Before Ritke does that attack, then we should make a warm welcome for them! Let the Trock Fortress army think that they managed to surprise us with their attack, when they had actually jumped in the trap we set".
Everyone became excited, even Ren's confident smile made everyone also become confident.
Even Myro could not help but admire Ren even more, he seemed to always be able to see the future that would happen on the battlefield.
"As long as the enemy is not in Trock Fortress then we will definitely win, but if Miss Ren gives us strategic assistance then victory can definitely be faster and reduce the number of casualties", said the 4th prince who was trying to seek help from Ren again.
"I've helped you so that I won't work halfway!", Ren said "At least until it succeeds in seizing the entire Cavalry Kingdom, I don't mind helping you".
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At night, Ritke had gathered his entire army with full weapons in the field of Trock Fort.
It was already very dark today, even though most of the flames in the encampment of the Azeroth Kingdom army were dead which showed that most of the soldiers there were already asleep except for those on guard.
Vice Ritke asked worriedly "General, is it okay for us to attack the enemy? As long as we leave the Trock Fortress then our troops lose the protection of the fort, it must make our troops become weaker".
Ritke still stood upright, although the weather at night was very cold but it did not affect Ritke at all.
"It seems that you still do not understand the situation we are in now" Ritke said firmly "If we continue to wait in the fortress then we will only die of hunger, if we continue to wait in the fort, when the bodies of the entire army are weakened by starvation, the enemy army must have seized the opportunity to defeat us. Therefore, we can only attack before the soldiers start starving!".
"As long as we are even more fortunate, then we might be able to take the head of the prince leading the enemy! If the prince dies then it must be our victory, without the prince then all the enemy troops must lose their way. All these reasons that made me decide to attack tonight, will now be our last fight to determine the winner and the loser".
Seeing that Ritke had already thought through all of this well, his representative did not speak much anymore and just stood behind. The troops in Trock Fort had no horses except for Rite and his deputy, so most of the troops here were infantry.
Ritke drew his sword and raised it high up to the moonlight, Ritke found that the time was right which made him wave his sword forward "The whole army of attacks, he said, today we will avenge the actions of those who have burned all our supplies, take back the enemy's food supplies! If necessary then take the head of the prince, whoever manages to bring the head of the prince back then I don't mind giving him the title of Viscount and letting him rule 1 city when he meets the king later!".
"Aaaaa!", the entire army became excited upon hearing that they could become nobles.
Slowly the iron gate protecting Trock Fortress opened, about 2000 troops rushed forward towards the 4th prince camp at their fastest speed.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night they were able to approach the enemy camp carefully, then after they had gone closer and closer the enemy seemed to realize them.
"Shelf!".
The sound of alarm echoed throughout the 4th prince's camp, though Ritke did not panic at all as they were already very close from the camp, therefore before the enemy troops could wake up then he would have already started killing them "You guys have no more time to prepare! This is our victory".
Ritke pushed the light wooden wall of the prince's camp to the 4th with his horse kick, then 2000 people followed Ritke to attack on the tent around.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ritke attacked an enemy tent but found that he did not stab a soldier, rather in the tent had no enemy troops at all.
At first Ritke only felt a little strange, but after he attacked 10 tents at once and still did not find the enemy troops then the face of Ritke he changed.
He looked around to find that his other soldiers could not find any trace of the enemy troops in this place, almost the entire camp had already become empty.
As a great general who had participated in many wars, Ritke immediately understood what was happening here so he shouted frantically to the troops around him "All the troops ran away from here! This camp is just a trap to trap and kill us!".