Mage Veigar

Chapter 291 Bluffing
Two days later.

After Vega organized his troops, he led the remaining 8000 soldiers out of the Tully Canyon and headed towards Tully City.

The goal this time is simple, to capture the city of Tully.

If you want to capture a city, you must first know yourself and the enemy, especially the number of enemy troops, the distribution of troops in the city, and the surrounding geographical environment.

Veigar learned this through the last canyon blocking battle.

There is a total of one airborne division in the city of Tali, with about 1.8 people, including advanced force units, aviation units, and main forces, which are more than twice the current strength of Vega.

In addition, the Kingdom Army suffered no losses in the last blocking battle, but Vega's troops suffered a huge blow. So, let alone siege, they may not win the battle head-on.

Besides.

Tali City is adjacent to the Donbu River in the west and the Taliban Mountains in the northeast. It is a city that can be attacked or defended. The reason why Tali City was lost was because the Kingdom Army unexpectedly attacked the North Gate from the Taliban Mountains where it was impossible to march, which made the Dynasty Army unable to react and eventually the city was destroyed and people died.

If the Kingdom's army launched an attack from the east gate in the front, there would be almost no chance of losing.

From this to that.

At this time, Vega's troops were advancing towards the east gate. The kingdom's army had already deployed defenses at four city gates, leaving no gaps at all, so there was no deviation in choosing which gate to launch the attack, and surprise attacks were simply impossible.

Can such a city really be conquered?

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to attack such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack city without three times the number of troops, and Ingril seems to be very afraid of him, which will lead to tighter city defense.

Vega knew this clearly.

But everything has its pros and cons. Before coming here, he had already prepared to take advantage of Ingrir's fear of him and over-caution to achieve a surprise victory.

The mistakes of the past are lessons for the future.

According to Ingril's psychological trauma, Vega predicted that even if he had the upper hand, he would never dare to take the initiative to attack. What the other party would do was to defend the city tightly and wait for the final order from his superiors.

Based on this.

Vega was ready to act as if he had a sure win, in order to scare Ingril into giving up the city.

Based on the battle in the canyon, Vega knew that the defenders of Tully City were a division, but Ingrir didn't know that Vega's troops were only a brigade. If this asymmetric information was used well, it was entirely possible to scare Ingrir into realizing that defense was hopeless and eventually abandoning the city to "break out."

Then the problem is coming.

How can we use a brigade-level force to disguise itself as a legion of tens of thousands of people, and at the same time show a strong attitude of "I am the best in the world" and "I am going to kill you all"?

Veigar doesn't know how to do other things, but when it comes to showing off...

When it comes to acting, Vega believes he is as good as anyone.

He only took a glance at the city and a plan came to mind: "1st Regiment, 2nd Regiment, take your troops and surround the four gates of Tully City for me, but set up camp in the forest a thousand meters away. At the same time, create a lot of smoke at mealtime, and arrange for the mage team to be ready to kill the scouts. Remember not to let any scout go back."

"3rd, 4th, 5th."

Vega glanced at the three captains behind him and said, "Follow me to launch a night attack from the east gate tonight. I want to greet my old friend and touch his sensitive nerves."

“Yes, Brigade Commander.” The several regiment commanders who received the order immediately did as Vega asked. Although they did not understand the intention of Vega's order, as subordinates they would not question the orders of their superiors.

"General, I have a question."

After the adjutant Yi Luo and several other regiment commanders left, he asked in confusion, "Since ancient times, siege warfare has always been about surrounding three gates and leaving one behind. We are afraid that the enemy will know that retreat is hopeless and fight to the death, which will eventually lead to heavy losses for our army. Why do you want to surround all four gates? And aren't the troops responsible for surrounding the city too few? I'm afraid these few people can't stop the Kingdom Army."

"The Royal Army doesn't have the courage to fight me to the death."

Vega said confidently: "As for the situation of being surrounded on three sides and missing one? That's not happening. I just want to hint to Ingril that we must kill him completely in this battle. Otherwise, how can he believe that our army is sure to win and is not just a show of strength on the outside but a weakness on the inside."

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Tully City, on the north tower.

This was the last city gate that Ingrir inspected. Half a day ago, he received news that the city of Tully where he was stationed had been surrounded. He knew without thinking that it was that kid who did it.

Now he regrets staying in this city.

If I had known this would happen, I should have left this damn place first. Why did I listen to the advice of the staff and stay in the city? Now, we are surrounded by the enemy and I am afraid I can't leave even if I want to.

"Is the scout back?"

Ingril saw the adjutant coming over and asked quickly.

But the adjutant did not bring him good news: "Commander, none of the scouts have returned yet. I'm afraid they have been killed. Should we send an aviation unit to scout the enemy?"

"It's fine if a few scouts died, but you also want to destroy the aviation unit?"

Ingrir pointed at the rising smoke in the distance and said, "Look at the size of the smoke. Even a fool would know that the army surrounding the north gate is a standard division of about 1.6 people. Sending out war airships rashly would only cause unnecessary losses."

"What should I do, General?"

Yinglier sighed. "That kid's main force is at the east gate. Judging from the size of the camp and the thickness of the smoke, the other three gates must have a division each, just like the north gate. That kid is clearly planning to kill us all. Let's try to hold on to the city first. If that doesn't work, we can only risk our lives to break out."

"Which city gate should we break out of?"

After hearing what Ingril said, the adjutant began to feel guilty.

However, Ingliel was also quite experienced in escaping. He pointed to the front and said, "The north gate is close to the Taliban Mountains. Although it is a bit difficult for a large army to march, we passed through here when we came here. Now we are familiar with the way back. I believe it will be difficult for that kid to catch up with us. The only problem is how to break through the encirclement in a short time. Once they slow us down, the troops from the other three directions will surround us and we will probably be unable to escape."

Ingril looked at the smoke rising in the distance and fell into deep thought.

at the same time.

Vega was already prepared for a night attack. He looked at the officers and said, "We must fight to boost our morale. If we fail to give the enemy commander a sense of crisis, all our plans will be in vain."

"Master Brigadier, please rest assured that we will attack with all our strength."

Vega hummed, and then continued: "This time I will also be at the front line to command. Whether we can scare off the enemy depends on this battle. If we fail, the enemy might find out and then it will be more than just a waste of all our efforts."

So Vega gathered his troops and launched a night attack in the early morning.

(End of this chapter)