Mage Veigar

Chapter 364 The Wisdom of Three
This is a sand table that is two meters long and 1.5 meters wide.

The sand table includes almost every detail of Saint Laurent's defense system. Each chess piece represents the distribution of the kingdom's army's forces. These are things that only the core generals in the army are qualified to access.

Tanier and the other two walked around the sand table.

It is obvious that 90% of the area on the sand table is occupied by black chess pieces of various shapes. Only Saint Laurent, who is located at the core of the entire sand table, is firmly suppressed there by a white infantry chess piece.

If an outsider saw this scene.

Maybe you will ask in confusion, since you have all the advantages, why don’t you pull out the chess piece in the middle?
It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t.

Even though they mobilized an army of 20 and broke down the city gates, they still failed in the end.

So even though the advantage lies with the kingdom and Vega is trapped and dares not even step out of the city gate, but Tanier and the other two know clearly that as long as that kid stays in Saint Laurent for one more day, they will have no chance of taking Saint Laurent through a head-on battle.

The only way is to drag it on.

Tanier and the other two understood very well that only by using this method at this stage could they truly defeat Vega.

Therefore, the key now is to predict Veigar's next move. They don't want to be taken advantage of by Veigar at this critical moment and ruin the whole game. At that time, they will be really powerless to turn the situation around.

"In your opinion, what will that little devil do next?"

Seeing that the time was almost up, Tanniel began to ask the two for their opinions. As the initiator of the siege, Tanniel especially did not want to repeat the same mistake and let Vega escape again. By then, there would be very little wisdom left for him.

"I think that brat will try to find a way to leave Saint Laurent."

Alex Sood analyzed: "As a former defender of Saint Laurent, I have figured out the motives of that kid attacking Saint Laurent after the defeat."

"Appreciate further details."

Tanier and Ingril looked at Alex Soder together.

They also paid great attention to Vega's sudden surprise attack on Holy Glory City and then the capture of Saint Laurent, because the motive is the basis for speculating the enemy's movements. Regardless of whether it is speculated from logic or common sense, Vega's detour to the north through the Empire was the best choice at that time.

To capture Saint Laurent would be to walk into a trap.

However, as the commander-in-chief of the vanguard army, it is not unreasonable for Alex Sode to defeat the dynasty without any chance of fighting back. Although he did not understand Vega's motives at first, he has figured out everything today.

Alex Sood pointed to the entire Saint Laurent defense system on the sand table.

Then he showed a very solemn and even somewhat fearful expression and said: "According to the information I have, before the attack, the little devil held the crucial chess piece of the dynasty's crown prince 'Xia Saint Laurent' in his hand. The subjects of the dynasty have always been very loyal to the royal family. As long as the royal family exists, the defeated army can be reunited at any time."

"Could it be that the little devil's motive is..."

“Just as you would imagine.”

The more Alex Sode spoke, the more frightened he became. His face turned pale with solemnity. "He attacked Shenghui City by surprise, captured Saint Laurent, and used his status as the heir to the dynasty to raise a 5-strong army of new soldiers. All of this proves that the brat wanted to swallow up the entire Saint Laurent defense system before the support from our port city arrived."

"This...this...how is it possible."

Ingrier seemed to realize something, and he spoke unsteadily: "It took us two years to take down the Saint Laurent defense system. It's simply wishful thinking for that kid to take it down in a month."

"But the facts have proven that he does have the ability."

Alex Sode continued, "That brat attacked Shenghui by surprise and took down Saint Laurent. If it weren't for Xia Saint Laurent's sudden disappearance, the entire Saint Laurent defense system would have been taken over. We can only stand outside the system and regret it."

"If the Saint Laurent defense system is controlled by that brat..."

Tanier's face turned pale. "Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable!"

After saying "unbelievable" three times in a row, Tanier had never thought that there would be such a daring person: "Is that kid plotting to take over the vast territory of this sacred dynasty? Great! He is using the emperor to control the princes."

A brigadier general.

A 13-year-old kid actually dared to seize a country of millions of square kilometers? And he almost succeeded.

The more they thought about it, the more scared they became. The three of them had solemn expressions on their faces. They had a clear understanding of Vega's ambitions.

After discussion.

The three of them finally uncovered the tip of the iceberg of Vega's plan.

They really had never thought that a 13-year-old child could be such a conspirator. If nothing unexpected had happened, the current situation might have been reversed, and their 40 troops might even have been surrounded in the port city, with no way out. Silence.

There was a brief silence in the conference room.

However, they have already discovered Vega's motive for the surprise attack on Saint Glory and Saint Laurent, so if they follow the clues, there is a high chance that they will be able to guess Vega's next move.

This is the game between senior military officers.

If there is no motive, or the motive is guessed wrongly, then one's side will not be able to grasp the opponent's action pattern, and will eventually be led by the enemy and end up in failure in the war.

After silence.

Alex Sode spoke first: "In summary, the enemy has lost the initiative, the heir to the throne has been successfully crowned, and the Saint Laurent defense system is under our control. Staying in Saint Laurent will only lead to death."

"So I presume."

"That brat will definitely find a way to evacuate Saint Laurent. After all, he holds the king of the dynasty as an important chess piece in his hands. He can raise an army anywhere to fight against us. It is meaningless to hold on to Saint Laurent. Besides, I heard that there is not much food left in the city."

"General Alex is right."

Tanier nodded in agreement. This analysis was indeed correct. Vega's motive was to gain a time advantage. Now that the initiative had been lost and his ammunition and food were running out, his next move would probably be to break out of Saint Laurent City.

"Pass the order."

Tanier issued an order: "The main force stationed in Shaye should be divided into four satellite cities, and the number of reconnaissance troops should be increased. We must not let that kid escape from Saint Laurent City. I want to trap him in the city."

"Master Commander, wait a minute."

Ingrid suddenly stopped them and said, "Commander-in-Chief, don't forget that the daring kid never plays by the rules. When you thought he would surrender, he was pretending to surrender and killed two-thirds of our air force. When you stepped into the gate of Saint Laurent, you thought victory was just around the corner, but what greeted you was a riot of 2 million civilians..."

"Everything proves it!"

Ingrid said word by word: "We must jump out of our narrow thinking, forget all common sense and logic, and use the craziest thinking to speculate on the war madman who dared to fight against our 40 troops alone and swallow up the Holy Dynasty."

"Because war is never about reason or logic."

boom!
Tanier clapped his hands on the edge of the sand table, making a sound of vibration. "Yes, yes, yes, that madman's war is indeed irrational and illogical, and he will never give up his goal. The Saint Laurent defense system can be used for both offense and defense. There is no reason for that madman to let the cooked duck fly away."

“Think outside the box and make your best guess.”

"If you don't want to run away, then you have to fight."

"If my little devil were to defeat his own troops, how would he do it?"

"Next, where should we place our next move?"

Like a dream, Tanniel kept mumbling to himself. The scene in his eyes kept changing. Corners of the sand table passed by his eyes like slides, and finally stopped at one position.

"Lack of food?"

"Supply! Supply! Supply!"

"Hahaha."

Tanier looked crazy: "I see, I finally see it, it can't be wrong, the key to the turnaround is here!"

clack.

A white chess piece was placed by Tanniel in the inconspicuous Falling Star City.

It is indeed insignificant to the extreme, because this small town has no strategic significance at all except for storing food.

But when this chess piece was put down, Alex Soder and Ingril's faces turned pale.

Because they discovered to their horror that

If this white chess piece landed in the extremely inconspicuous Falling Star City, all their black chess pieces would have nowhere to go. Having lost their supplies, the only thing they could do was to withdraw and hand over the Saint Laurent system.

(End of this chapter)