Mage Veigar

Chapter 276 Burned

The fallen leaves rustled down.

Although this forest is dominated by evergreen fir trees, there are also many tree species that grow in spring, grow leaves in summer and shed leaves in autumn. Therefore, the transition from green to yellow is the main theme of the Luopu Forest.

Within the forest.

Following Dandali's instructions, the bandits set traps, placed secret sentries, and established defense lines in the middle of the forest. If Vega dared to send his troops here, they would rely on their familiarity with the terrain to delay Vega's main force here.

Dandeli divides the forest into core, inner, middle, outer and peripheral areas.

The core is where the bandit’s nest is located, with the last line of defense built inside. The central part is the main battlefield of this war.

Once the main force was delayed in the center.

Then the bandits would take advantage of the dead of night and arrange a large force to launch a surprise attack on Vega in order to defeat Vega. They used this method to defeat the strength of an entire regiment of the law enforcement team.

Aren’t you afraid that Vega will retreat midway?

This is the middle area of ​​the forest. If you want to escape back to the outer area, you must cross the outer area of ​​the forest.

Dandeli had already laid an ambush in the outer area. When Vega led a large force to break through from the periphery to the outer area, this ambush would not attack Vega. However, Vega was attacked by bandits in the main battlefield of the central area and wanted to retreat. Then when Vega retreated to the outer area, this ambush would block Vega's retreat.

At that time, Vega will be in the same dilemma as the law enforcement team, caught in a dilemma.

Relying on geographical advantages to implement this method of closing the door and beating the dog has indeed been proven to be effective. Unless an entire heavy-armored brigade is deployed, it is impossible to wipe out the core bandit nest that has been operating in Dandelei for 10 years.

Area outside the forest.

An ambush force of about 3000 people was lying in ambush here.

"Boss, do you think this war can be won?"

A bandit holding a crudely made rifle and wearing a forgiveness-colored straw hat was hiding in the trench, with only a pair of eyes showing as he looked at the main road. He turned to the team leader and asked out of boredom.

"Are you questioning the commander-in-chief's ability to command?"

The team leader, who not only wore a forgiveness-colored straw hat but also had his entire face painted in the color of forgiveness, slapped the bandit on the head: "Don't forget that a few days ago, under the command of the commander-in-chief, we wiped out a regiment of the law enforcement team."

He looked excited.

The team leader kept talking: "That's the law enforcement team of the empire! Even our country's regular army can't defeat them. I didn't expect that we, who couldn't even afford a meal half a year ago, could actually kill such a creature."

"That's right, the commander-in-chief's order will not be wrong."

Another gangster joined in the chat: "A few days ago, I personally killed two law enforcement officers who were trying to escape. You didn't see the expressions of fear on their faces, tut tut tut."

"But this time it's the army." The gangster who spoke first was still a little scared.

The captain shrugged again when he heard this: "You are the only one who talks too much. What about the army? I heard that our commander-in-chief seems to be very popular in the army. Every time the army wants to suppress bandits, they will ask us to move our positions in advance. The movement of this group of troops must have been expected by the commander-in-chief. This time, maybe we can satisfy our desire to kill imperial soldiers."

When they mentioned the words "Imperial Soldier", excitement appeared in the eyes of the three.

I still remember that they were stopped outside the city gate by their own army a year ago. They didn't expect that a year later, they would have the opportunity to kill the imperial army which was ten or a hundred times stronger than their own army.

Doesn't this mean that they are more powerful than the Dynasty Army, which thinks highly of itself?
The huge sense of achievement made the bandits eager to try. They couldn't wait to kill the imperial army, which was more powerful than the motherland's army, to prove that they were not useless and that it was the Holy Dynasty that was blind and shut them out.

"coming."

The first bandit's words attracted the attention of the other bandits in the trench.

However, they did not make any move, because they were the troops responsible for the ambush in the outer area of ​​the forest. Their mission was to wait here for Vega to return in defeat and then delay Vega's main force. "The fish has taken the bait."

The leader of the bandit squad chuckled and looked at the mage squad walking in front with a gloating expression: "Laughing? When you cry later, don't think you are great just because you are an imperial soldier, humph."

"Boss, something seems to be wrong."

The bandit beside him stammered, "Why did those imperial soldiers stop here and not move on? What are they lined up in a row preparing for?"

Everyone looked at the Imperial Army in confusion.

At this time, the Imperial Army lined up in a row, the fire magicians and wind magicians began to chant magic, and the ordinary soldiers were pouring oil and wrapping cloth on the arrows. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner according to Vega's plan.

"Boss, what should we do? Should we report it?"

"I have an ominous feeling."

"Wait a minute, it's still unclear what these imperial troops are going to do."

The team leader looked at the actions of the Imperial Army. He thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out what they were doing. According to the commander-in-chief's plan, the Imperial Army should advance to the central area without any defense at this time, instead of staying in the outer area.

But the gangsters didn't remain confused for long.

When the sharp-eyed captain saw the arrow being ignited, he finally understood what the imperial army was trying to do.

"Run, run quickly, these damn imperial soldiers want to burn us to death!"

Hardly had the words fallen from his lips when a fire explosion came rushing over, airships in the sky began bombarding wildly, and flaming arrows flew away. All of this happened to land near the ambushed army, and with the help of wind magic, a huge fire started.

"Ahhh-"

Screams rang out one after another, and the 3000 ambush troops fled in panic. Almost 10 out of 8 were burned to death during the escape.

"The general is very smart."

Captain Dahl saw this and looked at Vega with admiration. He said, "You and I walked into the forest at the same time, but you saw through the ambush at a glance. You are a professional. I admire you."

Hearing this, Vega opened his mouth but didn't say anything, his face already flushed and dazed.

Even if his eyes were enlightened, he couldn't have known at first glance that there was an ambush. This time he could swear that it was really a coincidence. He really just thought that the fallen leaves there were thicker and there were more trees, so it was easier to start a fire.

Unfortunately, the criminals didn't know this.

The dead branches and leaves they specially collected to disguise themselves turned out to be the culprit that exposed themselves. As a result, the bandits directly lost 1/5 of their troops, and Vega got off to a good start.

And this is just the beginning.

In the next few days, Vega completely acted like an arsonist. He ordered the entire army to set fires everywhere. The troops would advance to wherever the fire burned. Along the way, not to mention ambushes, even a single weed could not be found.

Fortunately this is not Earth, otherwise with the way he was seeking death, he would have eaten more than ten peanuts.

The fire burned for seven days and seven nights, and Vega pushed his troops into the core area.

In front of him was the bandit's nest, and behind him was a scorched earth. The bandits had nowhere to escape or avoid, and there was no other way to go except to fight him head-on.

And until now.

Vega has the right time, right place, and right people in his hands, and victory in the war is a foregone conclusion.

(End of this chapter)