THE FIGHT TO BE KING

CHAPTER 144: FLEEING TROOPS JOIN FORCES WITH THE RULFES FORTRESS

4 days after the victory of Myro and the others against the combined forces of 3 cities, the crown prince's face that was in Fort Rulfes was grim.

However, after the army of 3 cities was defeated, then the person Myro will fight next must be with Fort Rulfes.

Therefore, the crown prince of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom had not been able to sleep well at all lately. Even he felt not eager to eat, maybe his weight had decreased.

While sitting in the main workspace of the Rulfes Fortress, whose support belonged to the general guard of this fortress, a knock on the door was heard.

"Master, it's me", this voice is none other than his advisor who is the son of the prime minister of the Orc-Goblin Kingdom.

"You can open the door" said the grim crown prince.

The door of this room slowly opened, the figure of an Orc that had a slightly brighter face and looked like a learned person appeared, This Orc is nothing but an adviser to the crown prince.

The adviser stepped forward while asking worriedly "Crown prince, what happened to you? Why does your face look so gloomy and your weight seems to be dropping? Are you sick?".

The crown prince is actually still very fat, there is no change in his weight, only his own advisors can realize this because he has always been with the crown prince since childhood.

"How could I not be gloomy!", cried the crown prince angrily "In the meantime the enemy must attack us, the combined forces of the 3 cities are already defeated! This is truly a disaster, do I have to escape the Rulfes Fortress?".

"It turns out that the crown prince is worried about that" said his adviser smiling softly "You don't have to worry, even though it looks like the enemy forces won the fight yesterday, it's actually more in our favor".

"Favorable to us?", asked the crown prince angrily "Is the enemy attacking us luck?".

"Crown prince, you don't have to be angry! Let me explain why the outcome of yesterday's war is in our favor" said the adviser "The combined force of 3 cities has lost, but there are still thousands of them who managed to escape back to their respective cities. When they were made up of 6000 troops, they were not enemy opponents. Now they must be thinking, how can they win from the enemy?".

"After thinking about it, they can only come to the conclusion of 1 which is to join us. At first they were not interested in joining our Rulfes Fortress army because they had to protect their respective cities while thinking that there might be a chance to hold off the enemy forces as long as the 3 cities troops joined. But they now definitely understood that reality, they simply could not win except to cooperate with us!".

"Therefore, today or the next few days, the army of 3 cities that survive must meet us. With 2500 troops who managed to escape, then the reserve forces guarding the city there might be 500 so 3 cities means 1500. We can get help from 4000 additional troops. Even though most of them are just new, untrained soldiers, with the help of 4000 troops, do you still think we will lose against the enemy with the help of this Rulfes Fortress defense?".

The crown prince was already very excited, he could already imagine his victory from the Myro army as well as becoming king.

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On the other hand, the deputy General of Herfu was giving his report to the general "The situation is now getting worse, as long as 2500 joint forces from 3 cities joined the Rulf Fortress, which is now the worst, Baron Myro and the others must be having problems. General, are we miscalculating Baron Myro's intelligence?".

General Herfu did not answer directly his deputy's question but rather stared at a map on the table "Do you think this is not strange? Based on the information obtained by our spies, Baron Myro's forces have surrounded the enemy without giving it a chance to escape. But a crack suddenly appeared in the middle of the fight that gave the enemy a chance to leave, as if opening the gap was part of the plan".

The Deputy General of Herfu opened his eyes wide in disbelief "So, according to the general-".

Before his deputy could finish his words, General Herfu waved "This is only a possibility, but I still do not understand, what purpose Baron Myro opened the gap and let some of the enemy troops escape. No matter how I tried to think about it, I still did not understand what advantage Baron Myro could gain from letting the enemy troops go. Did I overestimate Baron Myro's abilities? Actually the gap was made by chance due to the lack of ability of Baron Myro's army? If so, would he be the one who could stop the 10,000-strong Orc-Goblin Kingdom assault in the Cavalry Province also happen to be coincidental?".

Looking at the Herfu general who was thinking out loud, his representative could not help but say "In addition Baron Myro seems to have also used 1000 Orc Goblin prisoners as soldiers, this action is too risky! The loyalty of the prisoners is very doubtful, if they turn against in the middle of the war then these prisoners can give fatal wounds to the troops of Baron Myro. Perhaps our assessment of Baron Myro is indeed too excessive, in the end he is still a 15-year-old child-".

"Wait, you said they had 1000 Orc Goblins as troops?", asked General Herfu.

The Herfu Vice nodded "That's right, this troop is from the prisoners in Folk City".

"Shelf!".

Herfu hit the table hard, his eyes that were staring at the map shone "I understand, now I understand the purpose of Baron Myro! We didn't judge him wrong, he was indeed a cunning little fox! Immediately prepare the entire army, tomorrow we will attack 70,000 enemy troops in the Northern Province, do not let them return after listening to the news of the defeat of Fort Rulfes".

"General, do you mean?", asked the Herfu representative doubtfully.

Seeing his deputy's hesitation, Herfu smiled "You've been following for a long time so your ability to lead an army is indeed beyond doubt, but you still have many flaws in cunning as well as strategy! In 2 days' time, Baron Myro will definitely be able to take down Fort Rulfes, we should be prepared as well!".