Mage Veigar

Chapter 253: Open Plank Road
Make a feint to the east and attack in the west. This is one of the Thirty-Six Strategies.

Looking at the current situation, a very realistic picture has appeared in Vega's mind. At this moment, he thought of a battle in which he used a feint to the east and attack in the west to perfection.

Build the plank road openly and cross Chencang secretly!
This was the tactic used by Han Xin, who was later honored as the "God of War" and "God of War", when he conquered the Three Qins.

What is a military genius?

What is the God of War?

He captured Wei, defeated Dai, annihilated Zhao, subdued Yan, and attacked Qi. He was surrounded by enemies on all sides and ambushed them from all sides, and annihilated the Chu army at Gaixia. Han Xin never lost a single battle in his life. He can be said to be a representative figure who mastered the art of psychological warfare.

Vega admitted that he was not even a fraction as good as Han Xin.

But this one in ten thousand is enough in this different world. Vega saw through Kaf's poor psychological warfare tactics at a glance. Now he wanted to take advantage of the situation and let the self-righteous Kaf shoot himself in the foot.

After half a month of planning.

According to the scout's report, Vega discovered that by going upstream for 15 days, the army could bypass the river and reach the other side, but 15 days was too long. If Kaf saw that his main force was transferred out and the city defense was empty, and used war airships to force a crossing of the river, he would be powerless to fight back.

Therefore, the risk of crossing the river upstream is too great, and one could be doomed if one is not careful.

But given the current situation, this is the only way to cross the river. Rebuilding the bridge will take a month, and if Kafyin interferes during this period, he will never be able to rebuild it even in his lifetime.

Moreover, the other party is well-rested and waiting for the opportunity. What can be done even if it is completed?

In other words.

Even if the chance of successfully crossing the river upstream is only one percent, Vega must bet everything on this one percent. It is better to go all in than to sit and wait for death.

But what is a general?

The so-called general is someone who can do what others cannot. Through various strategies and tactics, he can increase the one percent chance of winning infinitely to ten percent, fifty percent, or even to an inhuman one hundred percent.

How to increase the winning rate of this war from one percent to one hundred percent?

Vega smiled brightly and gave the order.

"Order!"

On the sand table, a total of three chess pieces were pushed to the upper reaches of the river: "The 3st and 1nd Brigades will cross the river upstream and attack the enemy city from behind. The 2th Regiment will stay upstream. I need them to use sandbags to block the river water in the high terrain upstream."

A messenger hurried out of the command center and conveyed Vega's order.

"Order!"

Vega pushed a chess piece to the destroyed bridge and said, "The 1rd Brigade will start to build the bridge. The magicians and warships will provide fire cover. If the enemy dares to harass us, we will open fire at full force regardless of the losses."

The second messenger then came out and the 3rd Brigade set off.

"Order!"

Vega moved Wangqi directly to the front line: "The headquarters will be moved to the front line starting today. Only two companies will be left in the city to guard it. No professionals or magicians will be included."

As the three orders were issued, Vega's army began to act according to the instructions.

On the other side of the river, Kafuin, who was sitting on the Diaoyutai, also received a message - Vega started building a bridge.

"Hahaha."

Lifting the fishing rod in his hand, Kafyin laughed heartily: "The fish is finally hooked. The little devil is indeed a little devil. He can't sit still after only half a month. The day the bridge is completed will be the day of your great defeat."

Kaf considers himself a qualified fisherman.

The reason why the bridge crossing the river was blown up when the initiative was taken was to cause a crack in Vega's mentality. As time went on, this crack would be infinitely expanded, because if his city could not be captured after half a year, it would be considered a failure. So how can we see that Vega's mentality has collapsed?
In Kafyn's opinion, when Veigar started to forcibly build a bridge, it was a sign of mental breakdown.

At this time, he only needs to send all the main forces to the front line, harass Vega to a certain extent while he is building the bridge, so that Vega's mentality continues to collapse, and then what will happen when Vega is overjoyed to see that the bridge is completed?
The main force that has been waiting here for a long time will launch a general attack.

Our army is well-rested, while Vega's army has almost no chance of winning the war after losing a large number of troops and finally building the bridge. He will be able to strike back and win the battle without any effort.

This is the tactical thinking of the unbreakable formation.

The defender is generally assumed to be the passive party, but Kafkin overturned this thinking. From the first day he led his troops to fight, he believed that the defender is not the passive party, but the active party in the war.

"Order."

Kafyin waved his hand and implemented his tactical thinking: "The whole army will move out, the headquarters will move to the front line, and two companies will be left in the city to garrison. There is no need to deploy magicians and professionals. We must win in one battle!"

Far away and facing each other.

Both Vega and Kafuin moved their headquarters to the front line.

So in the next half month, Vega's troops began to build a bridge. During this period, they were naturally harassed by Kafuin. However, Vega was determined to fight to the death, and Kafuin did not want to invest too many troops in the early stage, so he only resisted slightly.

Mutual exchange.

The two sides had been entangled in this struggle for a full half month. Vega's troops suffered heavy losses because they had to prevent attacks while building the bridge. The air forces of both sides had been completely wiped out. Now it was purely a contest between magicians and professionals.

"Victory is smiling."

On the evening of the 15th day, Kafyin looked at the half-finished bridge and said, "In half a month, just half a month, this ridiculous war can be over. A mere first-grade student wants to ascend to heaven in one step? It's simply a daydream!"

Kafyn began to order an escalation of harassment firepower the next day in an effort to weaken Vega's forces as much as possible.

This is the extent of Kafkin's control over people's hearts.

If the firepower of the harassment operation is upgraded too early, the prey will be frightened and give up building the bridge. In this way, it is hard to guarantee that the prey will suddenly come up with some strange tricks, so guidance is needed.

Guide Veigar towards the outcome he wants to see.

He first lets Vega relax for half a month, which will help Vega to be determined that the action of building the bridge is correct, and then strengthen the firepower when Vega's bridge is half built. Then, will Vega, who has already boarded the pirate ship, stop the loss in time?

How could a gambler who has already staked everything give up?

Seeing that success is just around the corner, Vega, whose mentality has collapsed, will inevitably make a desperate attempt and invest more troops to cover the completion of the bridge project. According to Kafin's speculation, Vega will lose at least three times more troops in the second half than in the first half.

In this situation, how could he not win?
If he were an ordinary general, he would have probably fallen into Kafin's trap.

It's a pity that Vega never thought about building the bridge from beginning to end. The reason he did this was just to confuse Kafin and make Kafin focus all his attention on the front line and ignore the movements of his main force and the defense in the rear.

"Report, Brigades 1 and 2 have arrived at their destination safely."

"It seems like it's time to close the net."

"Order!"

Vega smiled coldly and issued the final order: "The 1st and 2nd Brigades will launch the attack in two days, the 6th Regiment will immediately block the river, and the 3rd Brigade will stop the bridge construction work and deploy the pursuit formation."

"I want to let Major General Kafyn Dahlberg know—"

Vega crushed Kafin's "king" chess piece on the sand table: "Who is the real winner in this war?"

(End of this chapter)