Mage Veigar

Chapter 241 Fake Death
Well known.

Turtles have always been synonymous with longevity, with the oldest ones even able to live to be over 200 years old, far exceeding the average lifespan of humans, which is only around 74 years old.

Why do turtles live so long?

There are many reasons for this, but one of the important reasons is the slow metabolism. Sometimes it will even spontaneously adjust its own physiological rhythm, not only entering hibernation but also entering a state of suspended animation.

The Turtle Project is inspired by the longevity of turtles.

Just as the word means, if you can't win head-on, then just wait until everyone else is dead!
The first phase of the Turtle Plan is to imitate the appearance of a turtle, and use the method of delaying the inner line and maneuvering the main force to defeat each country one by one. If the first phase of the plan fails, then Vega will take the risk to start the second phase of the Turtle Plan.

suspended animation.

As the name suggests, the so-called fake death is to eliminate the vigilance and sense of crisis of the other three countries towards him, making the three people believe that Vega is powerless both in appearance and essence, and then start to attack and kill each other.

at this time.

Veigar began to learn from the turtles, slowing down his metabolism and physiological rhythm while pretending to be dead, waiting for the three parties to fight to the death, and then he would wake up from the state of suspended animation and reap the benefits.

Easier said than done.

Although it sounds quite simple, is it really that easy to do?

The high difficulty is a given.

If I were to describe it using an online game, this would be a hellish dungeon mode.

The real difficulty lies in how to eliminate the vigilance of the three people and make them believe that he is powerless to turn the situation around, but secretly he still has the capital to reap the benefits.

"Order."

Vega began to issue the first order of the second phase: "From the delaying troops on the western and southern fronts, draw all the professionals, magicians, and aviation units back to the capital to wait."

"Order."

Veigar issued his second cold and bloody order: "The remaining delaying troops in the west and south, which are composed of ordinary soldiers, must fight and retreat, but they are not allowed to set foot in the central area. I need these more than 80 soldiers to die for victory."

"Order!"

Vega's voice became quite crazy: "The eastern region will immediately launch a fierce attack regardless of casualties, but secretly transfer half of the professionals, magicians and two standard aviation corps back to the capital immediately, and the offensive forces will be responsible for covering them."

In Veigar's blitzkrieg theory.

Air forces, professionals and magicians are the main forces of the war. Due to their relatively small numbers, it is not easy to be discovered when they are mobilized, but these three factors can change the direction of the war.

Compared with high-level forces, ordinary troops have a larger number of people.

Letting the remaining 80 ordinary troops on the two fronts die was to reduce his own threat and make the participating officers of the two countries believe that he had lost his main force and had no ability to fight back.

But this is not enough.

After the two countries have wiped out 80 troops, they will inevitably continue to advance towards Vega's capital. When the city possession is less than 1%, Vega will lose. At this time, he will need to use the Eastern Front commanded by Mandel to put on a good show.

It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm.

The reason these three participating officers formed an alliance was ultimately to win the war.

What would happen if, after losing all 80 troops in the west and south, and Vega seemingly having no hope of turning the tables, he frantically ordered the remaining 70 troops on the Eastern Front to launch a fierce attack on Mandel regardless of casualties?
At this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Vega, who had no hope of a comeback, was planning to take someone with him before he died.

Will Mandel continue to send troops to the east?

The answer is absolutely no.

As long as Mandel does not want his own forces to be greatly weakened and thus miss the first place, he will immediately withdraw from the eastern front and defend the city, allowing the other two to continue to work hard to destroy Vega.

At this time, Vega just needs to use the same trick again and lead his troops to move to the southern or western defense line.

Then the two countries commanded by Thales and Tavik would certainly take the same action as Mandel.

Because there is no talk of replenishing troops in this war.

When they saw that Vega's main forces had been lost and no longer posed any threat, they decided to withdraw their troops immediately and return to deal with Vega after securing victory, rather than risking their combat effectiveness by continuing to be stuck in the quagmire of the southern or western fronts. What Vega wanted to take advantage of was the "plastic" alliance of the three.

However, this plan is also quite risky. If Mandel does not withdraw his troops before the other two countries have captured the cities in the central region, or if an officer from one of the participating countries is confused and wants to fight him to the death, then everything he has done will be in vain.

But now that things have come to this, is there any other choice besides taking a gamble?

What Vega wants to bet on is that the three participating officers are smart enough.

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When three crucial orders were issued.

First, a total of about 5 professionals and magicians on the western and southern fronts began to withdraw to the capital on war airships. The number of 5 is really insignificant compared to 80, and this did not attract the attention of the two countries.

The only thing that makes the two countries a little confused is.

Thales and Tavik discovered that the defense of Vega's troops seemed to have become much weaker, but this did not cause them to investigate further, because after more than two months of delayed fighting, wasn't it natural for them to begin to collapse across the board now?

Massive casualties began to occur on the southern and western fronts.

About 12 days later.

Most of the cities in the west and south have been lost. The total number of 80 troops has been reduced to less than 35, and the number is still decreasing. The 315 cities owned by Vega have been reduced to 175.

It was at this time that Vega ordered the remaining 70 troops in the east to launch a fierce attack.

Due to the reckless attack, Vega lost nearly 20 troops on the first day, and caused about 8 casualties to Mandel.

Although the casualties on both sides were disproportionate, it seemed that Vega was at a disadvantage.

However, this move also successfully attracted Mandel's attention. He immediately ordered the troops to retreat the defense line and used this time difference to investigate the reason why Vega did this.

When Mandel got the latest intelligence, he finally understood.

Having lost all his main forces and unable to recover, Vega is desperate and is determined to take someone down with him even if he is eliminated.

Although Mandel's command level in frontal battles was limited, it did not mean that he was a fool. On the contrary, he was very scheming. At this time, he decisively ordered his troops to fight and retreat, and return to the country to garrison.

Everything is going according to plan.

Vega, who had successfully escaped from the Eastern Front, immediately ordered his troops to move to the west and south.

And things went smoothly beyond Vega's expectations.

When Thales and Tavik discovered that Vega was desperate, in order to prevent their own fighting power from being weakened, they actually followed Mandel's example and withdrew their troops back to the country while fighting.

However, Vega's troops did not have any magicians or professionals participating in the battle.

After these wars, not only were more than 80 troops on the western and southern fronts of Vega completely wiped out, but the troops transferred from the eastern front were also reduced to less than 20, not to mention the local troops stationed in the city.

Even at the most dangerous moment, Vega still controlled less than 20 cities.

But this is not enough.

In order to reassure the other three countries, and also to deceive the three people with the "fake death" state.

Vega did not re-garrison the cities that had been recovered. He turned 300 cities into deserted cities and only retained 15 cities near the capital.

But what Mandel and the other two didn't know was.

Although Vega's ordinary soldiers are less than 50 and seem to be easily destroyed, only Vega himself knows that his high-level forces have suffered almost no losses. These 15 cities concentrate unimaginable combat power.

In other words.

He has successfully deceived three people and entered a state of "fake death".

(End of this chapter)