THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 52: DUKE OF THE CAVALRY KINGDOM
King Cavalry II looked at the sword that pierced his body with a sad smile, after which he spewed out another mouthful of blood before saying "Captain 10,000 troops from Azeroth Kingdom is really very powerful, really, I lost against you".
The snare that had pierced King Cavalry II shook his head firmly "Now I have managed to defeat you, but if you are 10 or 20 years younger, then I will definitely lose. The older a person gets, the faster they get exhausted and weakened, so I can win from you. King Cavalry II, you're a great soldier".
King Cavalry II closed his eyes, blood could be seen falling through his mouth "Lose in the end still lost, no matter what the reason then now you have defeated me which shows that you are stronger than me. Thank you, Jarat! At least I am King Cavalry II can also die as a soldier who has fought bravely for my homeland, with this then I have no regrets anymore! Plus I died by a strong warrior like you!".
The paper-white body of King Cavalry II finally fell heavily onto the ground, blood continuously flowing from his body and dyeing the ground beneath.
The snare looked towards the dead Cavalry King II on the ground with a slight sorrowful smile, no matter how strong a soldier was then they were destined to lose to the age, King Cavalry II is the best example.
Shaking his head, Jerat pulled back his sword from the body of King Cavalry II before raising his sword high up towards the sky "I, the Serpent who was the captain of the elite forces under the 4th prince, raised his sword high towards the sky, with this I have defeated the enemy leader, King Cavalry II!".
"Aaaaa!", the soldiers of Azeroth Kingdom who were around and not chasing after the enemy raised their hands high and then shouted excitedly, shouting, however, those who are ready to go to war where they have a high possibility to lose this ends in victory, they must be very happy about it.
The delighted cries of the Azeroth Kingdom soldiers continued to echo in the meadow, even the 4th prince watching in the distance smiled.
Falka who was beside Myro could not help but slightly nod "The Captain of this Jug is quite intelligent, he knows that he is not the opponent of King Cavalry II if they fight directly. So he decided to fight for as long as possible with King Cavalry II, Captain Jerat knew that the enemy was so old that it became easier to get tired which was his best time to attack. Quite good! This trap could be in the position of Captain of 10,000 elite troops not without reason, it did have enough strength and intelligence!".
Myro also nodded, he could feel that the Jerat was a waste of time when fighting with King Cavalry II, rather he waited for King Cavalry II to get exhausted before attacking back.
With this, then King Cavalry II who is the king of the Cavalry Kingdom has now fallen.
General Ritke who was the greatest frontier general in the military of the Cavalry Kingdom and King Cavalry II who was the leader of the Cavalry Kingdom is now dead, everyone who knows this news must know that the Cavalry Kingdom is over.
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In the evening the troops rested back to Trock Fortress, according to reports the 4th prince lost 500 troops in this war, 100 Soldiers were heavily injured as well as 800 lightly wounded soldiers who would not influence them to go to war.
The number of casualties was very small because they managed to kill about 5000 enemy troops while 2000 others managed to escape. What was most important was that almost all of their elite cavalry were dead, this meant that the soldiers who managed to escape were only normal soldiers who should not pose a threat to them.
After all, there were still some noble forces of the Cavalry Kingdom that controlled this city, as long as the nobleman surrendered and was ready to relinquish his post then the 4th prince could let them live while anyone who resisted would be put to death.
The troops moved easily to capture these cities, but they all knew that there was still a powerful enemy in the Cavalry Kingdom, Duke Gav.
The Cavalry Kingdom did not have a vast territory, therefore they only had 1 Duke without anyone holding the Gran Duke peerage title that was Duke Gav.
He controlled 5 cities in the Cavalry Kingdom, if he fought then they still had to fight again which was quite troublesome.
On the 2nd day of the journey to capture the cities, most of the nobles of the Cavalry Kingdom chose to surrender while a small portion of the loyal nobles chose to fight until the end.
But these little nobles at most only had 100 to 500 troops, not to mention that all of their troops were very far from the elite forces that made them easily defeated.
By the night of the 3rd day, they had already captured nearly half of the cities in the Cavalry Kingdom which were about 7 cities, then the other 5 cities in the hands of Duke Gav and the royal family holding 2 cities.
Don't look at the royal family that only holds 2 cities, far fewer than the city in the hands of Duke Gav, but the 2 cities were the largest cities in the Cavalry Kingdom namely the Capital of the Cavalry Kingdom as well as the largest trading city in this kingdom. Therefore, the 2 cities in the hands of the royal family were much better than the 5 cities in the hands of Duke Gav which was a small-sized city.
Even among the 5 cities that Duke Gav owned, only 1 city had a city wall while the other 4 cities only had wooden fences around the city, more precisely almost all the noble cities in the Cavalry Kingdom were only protected by wooden fences that were very different from the Azeroth Kingdom. Almost all the cities in Azeroth Kingdom were already protected by stone walls, this showed the difference in the strength of the Cavalry Kingdom and Azeroth Kingdom as the strongest kingdom in the Northern Continent.
Even so, Myro did not mind the cities that only had this wooden fence so that they could seize these cities easily without having to get many casualties.
Because day 3 is already night, though, so the 4th prince decided on the soldiers to set up camp in a city they captured and sent Firhel to meet Duke Gav as the 4th prince's envoy to have the Duke surrender. If the Duke surrendered, the 4th prince might be able to allow him to gain some office in the Kingdom of Azeroth even if he had to lose the title of Duke and his territory.
All the other higher-ups also agreed to the plan, however being able to capture 5 cities without fighting was the best option for them.
Moreover, Duke Gav has a city protected by stone walls, by gathering all the soldiers from the other 4 cities to gather in the city that has a stone wall, then they would need many more casualties to capture the city.
So if you can take Duke Gav's city without fighting is the best plan.