Mage Veigar

Chapter 175 Hope
"Report to the commander."

A scout pushed through the crowd and finally came to Vega, who was leading the attack with the main force.

He first calmed his breath, then immediately said: "The vanguard has caught up with the main force of the Kingdom Army, but the Kingdom Army sacrificed a professional brigade to stop the vanguard. The vanguard..."

After carefully checking Vega's face to see if there was anything wrong, the scout continued, "The vanguard was ultimately unable to stop the Kingdom Army from retreating. Judging from the current time, the Kingdom Army is probably almost out of the city."

"I see."

Vega nodded, thought for a while and said, "Don't make this known to anyone. Let the troops move forward faster."

"Yes, Commander."

The scout went to spread the order immediately, but confusion flashed in his eyes. He couldn't understand why the commander would go to the trouble of continuing to let the troops chase after the Kingdom Army since they had already escaped from the city. It would be impossible to catch up anyway, right?

This was naturally what Vega did on purpose.

As soon as this counterattack is over, the guerrilla army will definitely be disbanded directly, because Kareni cannot afford to support so many troops, nor does he have so much energy to train a million-man army. The training of the cannon fodder alone is already difficult enough.

As the first commander of the guerrilla army, he will probably also be the last commander.

He wanted to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand his influence. This influence was not just in the military, but covered the entire society and the entire city of Kareni.

How to expand influence?
As long as it is remembered by these one million and two hundred thousand people and they have the support and endorsement of these one million and two hundred thousand people, that will be enough.

So how can we win the hearts of the people?

That would be even simpler. Just make sure that these civilians never forget that they are a member of the guerrilla army. As long as they always think of themselves as a member of the guerrilla army, Vega will be the most special person in everyone's mind.

Even if we were to rise up in rebellion someday, the title of guerrilla army would be a golden signboard.

In Vega's plan, he naturally knew that these 1.2 million people could not catch up with the kingdom's army. The more bloated the troops were, the slower they would be, especially such untrained troops.

The reason to continue chasing is to create memories.

It is said that from a psychological point of view, the way to quickly get closer to someone is very simple, that is to do many memorable things together. In the process of working together, the feelings for each other will be enhanced.

When things are going wrong, humans often look to the glorious past to affirm their future.

Vega wanted to let the main force pursue the victory, and he and everyone stood at the city gate and watched the enemy's main force disappear on the horizon, creating an atmosphere that Kareni was finally defended because of everyone's joint efforts.

This glorious moment will become eternal.

Because humans will cherish the things they have lost.

As the most special existence, Vega will be engraved into the memory of every civilian along with this glorious moment.

So half an hour later.

The empire's 1.2 million troops finally approached the north gate.

But something happened that was beyond Vega's expectations. The Kingdom Army's troops were still at the North Gate?

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Half an hour ago, North Gate.

The commander of the 6th Division of the Imperial Army, Raglan, was desperate.

The reason for his despair was simple. First, more than half a month ago, the Kingdom Army suddenly tore up the agreement and launched a war. His 6th Division was the first to be hit and was stunned. Then, after he finally stabilized the situation, he was beaten back by the Kingdom Army's air support.

He had no choice but to send a messenger to request air support from Kareni. It was only then that he learned that Kareni City had fallen, and the commander-in-chief was unknown whether he was alive or dead, so he certainly could not think of air support.

Without orders from the headquarters, Raglan and other division commanders were completely confused.

At first they planned to repel the kingdom's army and then recapture the city of Kareni.

However, when the enemy had air superiority, the Imperial Army was no match at all. The first line of defense, which had held out for half a month, finally collapsed completely. Once the first, strongest line of defense collapsed, the second line did not even last a day and was declared finished.

Out of desperation, each division issued an order to retreat.

The remnants of the other divisions retreated to nearby small cities for rest and reorganization. This move meant that the divisions acknowledged that the fall of Kareni was irreversible and indirectly gave up the possibility of retaking Kareni.

But Raglan refused to give up.

The importance of Kareni is self-evident. Once Kareni is destroyed, all the small and medium-sized cities in the north will be nothing but a piece of cake for the kingdom's army. Raglan, who is willing to give everything for the empire, finally heads to Kareni with his remnants with the determination to die.

Unsuccessful, they become benevolent.

Raglan was ready to attack the city, but when he actually reached the north gate, he was completely desperate.

The reason for the despair is simple.

The enemy seemed to have known of their arrival and had sent out about 20,000 elite troops to prepare for battle.

A full 20,000 people.

His remaining troops totaled less than 7000 people, and they were exhausted after a long journey. Even the professionals and magicians had almost finished fighting on the front lines. Now facing well-prepared troops, there was probably no hope of winning.

What to do?

Raglan, who had already been determined to die and rejected all the advice of his staff and returned to Kalini, naturally would not retreat.

"The whole army, attack!"

Following an order, the demoralized remnants of the 6th Division launched an attack on the Kingdom Army.

"Damn, damn, damn..."

The commander of the 1st Space Division, Ingril, roared angrily, "Is it really God's will that I die? I will not accept this. I will not accept dying here. All troops, attack. The Mage Squadron, do not worry about the main force. Even if you die, you must protect me and bring me back to the kingdom alive."

shhhhh--

Arrows rained down and the two armies collided.

With morale low and people trembling with fear, the two armies were unable to distinguish each other for a while. At this time, Ingril actually abandoned the main force and broke through to the flank with the mage squadron.

Needless to say, the war situation is serious.

After all, the Royal Army was well-rested and outnumbered the remnants of the 6th Division, so the 6th Division was completely at a disadvantage, and even the division commander Raglan had to go into the battlefield to kill the enemy himself.

According to this trend, the imperial army will be wiped out in about two hours.

Just when Raglan was so desperate that he was ready to die heroically, a cloud of dust rising into the sky, the sound of footsteps that could shake the earth, and the shouts that could dispel the haze... attracted his attention.

Look towards the source of the sound.

Raglan saw a scene he would never forget...

(End of this chapter)