Mage Veigar

Chapter 315 Heading North

the next day.

It was just past nine o'clock when the impatient Guardian Knight Carol brought Princess Xia to knock on Vega's door. Vega, who was severely sleep-deprived, had to take a quick shower and force himself to meet the two.

"Your Highness, what can I do for you so early in the morning?"

Vega turned the map over calmly, not letting the two see the circles and crosses on the map.

"Little ghost, let me ask you a question."

Carol said angrily, "Yesterday you promised to help Her Royal Highness the Princess return to the west coast of the kingdom, but why haven't you done anything yet? Please take some action."

"Carol!"

Xia quickly apologized: "General Vega, Carol just cares too much about me. Please forgive his rude behavior."

"It doesn't matter."

Vega waved his hand and said, "It seems that I really should take some practical actions to make Lord Carol feel at ease about me."

Veigar walked to the wall where the map of the Holy Dynasty was hung, pointed to the current location and said, "Silver Pine City is in the hinterland of the east. It will take about 20 days to march on foot to the port city."

Vega pointed to the port cities and said, "But the port cities are heavily guarded by the kingdom's troops. It may not be easy for us to break through head-on. Even if we can break through the enemy's defenses head-on, the ships crossing the river will probably be destroyed."

"What do you mean, General?"

Princess Xia looked into Vega's eyes with a look of trust on her face.

Vega didn't know why Princess Xia trusted him so much, but this was a good thing after all, so he continued to point to the north of the dynasty and said: "So my personal suggestion is to go north."

"I disagree!"

Carol rejected it immediately, saying, "You are simply deceiving us. Going to the north of the dynasty is going in the opposite direction and going further and further away. Please don't insult the intelligence of me and Her Royal Highness the Princess."

"IMHO."

Vega chuckled and said, "Lord Carol, although you are very powerful, you are indeed an amateur in marching and fighting. Do you know what a flanking attack is?"

Vega knocked on the north and said, "The kingdom has heavily guarded the port cities, so the rear must be empty. With our troops, we will definitely have no obstacles all the way north. Almost no army can stop us. When we enter the territory of the empire through the north, Your Highness will naturally be able to return to the western part of the dynasty from the east of our country safely."

"This……"

Carol was speechless. Although he wanted to say something questioning, the whole plan was indeed perfect. After all, even he knew that the probability of the king crossing the river through the port city was not high. But if he followed Vega's plan, there would be no danger for the time being. It was just that the journey was a bit far and the time was a bit slow.

But it doesn't matter.

In Carol's opinion, as long as he could bring Shia back to the western part of the dynasty, the time and distance could be ignored, and Vega's goal was to return to the empire safely. This also explained why Vega readily agreed to help Shia.

It seems that everyone would do a favor if it's convenient for them.

"Let me believe you for once."

Carol finally chose to believe Vega, and Princess Xia certainly couldn't see any doubts in it. It was too easy for a battle-hardened general like Vega to deceive a strong but simple-minded guard and a 15-year-old princess.

That's right, it's deception.

Veigar was indeed planning to head north, but he had canceled his plans to go all the way north.

His plan was to launch a surprise attack on Shenghui City, north of Saint Laurent, and before the enemy could react, he would take over Saint Laurent City, Saya City, Twilight City, and Half Moon City, build the strongest defense line, and encircle the Kingdom Army in the port city.

Without the air force's carrying capacity and high mobility, it would take at least one month and ten days for the main force of the Kingdom Army to support Saint Laurent from the port city. This more than one month was enough for Vega to take over the Saint Laurent defense circle.

That's what Vega is betting on.

The Kingdom's army, which was so confident that it was a little arrogant, did not deploy heavy troops to defend Saint Laurent, nor did it have highly mobile support forces.

With this solid line of defense.

Within a year or so, Vega was confident that he could drive the Kingdom's army out of the Holy Dynasty's eastern territory.

Moreover, Saint Laurent was the popular choice of the people. Taking down Saint Laurent would restore the morale of the army, the confidence of the people, and provide a place for some patriotic people to seek refuge.

However, Vega cannot tell Xia and Carol about the plan for the time being.

It's not that he underestimated the strategic thinking of the two. With the knowledge of Carol and Xia, they might regard the whole plan as a suicide mission. Therefore, Vega planned to stabilize the two first. By that time, the matter would be done and the two would have no choice but to agree.

Therefore, Vega continued, "Please be patient. Let my troops rest for a day and then we will start marching north tomorrow morning. I won't keep you waiting too long."

"Sorry General."

Princess Xia smiled at Vega and said, "Then we will not disturb General Vega from his work. Please take care of me from now on."

"As it should be."

Vega said solemnly to Princess Shia.

After getting a satisfactory answer, the princess and Carol left Vega's room, but when leaving, Carol still did not give Vega a good look.

Walk out of Veigar's room.

Princess Xia subconsciously patted her chest and let out a long breath.

She didn't know why her heart would beat faster every time she saw Vega, and she was very nervous, and sometimes she couldn't even maintain proper etiquette, but she couldn't help but want to get close to Vega. Perhaps she subconsciously asked Vega for help based on this.

Although I can't figure this out.

But one thing Xia was sure of was that she trusted Vega very much.

Vega, who had saved him in the alley, was the person she trusted most besides Carol.

Although Saint Laurent XVIII once told her that the people of the Empire were cunning by nature and could not be trusted, Xia believed that Vega was definitely not one of them and he was someone she could definitely trust.

So on the second day.

After getting enough supplies in Silverpine City, Vega began to move northwards towards the dynasty. He needed to cross the Talley Mountains again to attack Holy Glory City, one of Saint Laurent's satellite cities.

But just as he was about to march, news came.

In the past two days, the troops who were searching the city captured an officer of the kingdom based on the report of civilians. This officer was none other than Menno, the commander of the reinforced regiment.

"Excuse me, General, how do we deal with this Kingdom Legion Commander?"

Adjutant Iroh asked Vega, "We have interrogated him but found no useful information on him. It seems that there is no value in keeping him here."

"Bring him before me, I want to see him myself."

When Vega heard the news, he quickly stopped Ilo from killing the captain, because the moment he heard the news, a bold idea came to his mind that this captain would definitely be of great use in the next war.

(End of this chapter)