Mage Veigar

Chapter 377 Advance Plan
the next day.

When the morning sun swept away the night's haze, the day of real decisive battle arrived.

A cool breeze came.

The kingdom's golden lion flag fluttered in the wind. In about half an hour, they would be at the gates of the city, officially launching the final battle against Saint Laurent, and this protracted war would come to an end.

17 soldiers.

This is the total number of soldiers in the Kingdom Army, excluding those who died in the last battle of Saint Laurent and the soldiers defending the city. Moreover, these soldiers are well-trained and experienced main forces, which cannot be compared with the 8 cannon fodder of Saint Laurent.

If a war really breaks out.

2 men can kill 8 new recruits and make them throw away their weapons and armor.

Therefore, the only troops in Saint Laurent that are truly capable of fighting are 2 imperial troops, and these 3000 troops must be deducted from elites, which further reduces the strength of the city's defense by several levels.

Therefore, no matter from which angle you look at it, this is not a war of that magnitude.

However, no one in the Kingdom Army had a relaxed expression on their face. From senior officers to ordinary soldiers, they all had solemn expressions on their faces.

What made them put on such an expression was not the 8 new recruits or the 2 imperial troops, because they had defeated the dynasty's most elite royal legion and had also defeated the empire.

There is only one reason that made them fight to the death.

Vega Kareni.

It was that 13-year-old child, a small imperial brigadier general, who not only snatched Saint Laurent from the tiger's mouth, but also launched a surprise attack on Starfall, forcing them into a desperate situation of either victory or death.

Although it sounds a bit far-fetched, this is the fact -

17 people are afraid of one person.

As long as that kid is in the city, no one dares to say that victory will be achieved by numbers. Even Commander-in-Chief Tanniel does not have the confidence to win this war.

The war in which we failed to capture the city even after entering the city gate is still vivid in my mind.

After all, no one had ever thought that just by changing a commander, the city of Saint Laurent would become an impregnable fortress.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be shot, so they could only fight to the death.

So half an hour later, the vanguard commander-in-chief Alex Sode was able to see the outline of Saint Laurent City. As long as he crossed the towering and thick city wall, he would be halfway to success.

"Charge the entire army!"

Seeing that the time was almost up, Alex Sood ordered the entire army to charge.

He knew that the next moment would be the most difficult. The war colossus at the city gate would release attacks comparable to higher-level magic. The heavy city gate could not be broken without dozens of magical bombardments.

There are also towering city walls.

Even if the professional has the ability to climb walls and fly over rooftops, it is still quite difficult.

But there is no war without bloodshed. When the order was given, the whole army sped up. The vanguard troops rushed to the front carrying siege equipment. Professionals took the opportunity to rush to the city wall and kill indiscriminately. The magicians were ready to use magic to cover the attack.

Generally speaking, this is true.

However, the scene before them made the 3 vanguard troops stop involuntarily, not knowing whether they should continue to move forward.

"Scout, Scout!"

Ali Sode hurriedly shouted to the scout: "What happened? Why did the whole army stop advancing? Who gave the order? I will kill him if he delays the attack."

"General, calm down."

The scout said in fear, "There is an extremely strange scene ahead. The enemy has opened the city gate and there are no soldiers stationed there. We can't tell whether it is a conspiracy of the enemy, so the whole army stopped without orders." "What? Repeat it again."

Alex Sode almost thought there was something wrong with his ears. The war had not yet started, but the enemy had actually abandoned the city gate, a natural line of defense. If this happened in an offensive and defensive battle in other cities, it would be tantamount to handing over the city.

But this is Saint Laurent, the city of Saint Laurent defended by Vega.

Therefore, Alex Sode did not dare to order the entire army to attack the city. Instead, he ordered the entire army to stop the attack, retreat 5 miles to maintain a defensive formation, and immediately conveyed the news to the commander-in-chief Tanniel in the rear.

"What is the intention?"

Alex Sood put down the telescope and felt uneasy.

Seeing is believing. When he saw with his own eyes that the four gates of Saint Laurent City were wide open and there was no one guarding the city walls, he began to doubt whether today's decisive battle could be won.

I still remember the last time all four doors were open, that was in Tully City.

The final result was that the Imperial Army pretended to surrender, not only successfully breaking through, but also burying 2/3 of their air force.

And today all four gates are open again. What is the enemy planning?
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Of course, what Vega wants to sing is the empty city plan.

But can a group of soldiers fighting a desperate battle really be scared off by an empty city plan?

It should be noted that having no way to retreat will make them desperate and they will never be scared by the so-called empty city plan. The most likely outcome is that the enemy will continue to launch a general attack after a brief hesitation.

So what is the significance of this empty city plan?
First of all, Vega didn't want to waste a large number of troops on attacking and defending the city gate.

Although the city gate is the best first line of defense, if too many troops are deployed, the enemy will drag them into a conventional battle and lose a large number of troops. Therefore, Vega plans to abandon the garrison of the city gate and directly switch to guerrilla warfare.

He had already made all the plans for guerrilla warfare.

Once the enemy rushes into the city, Vega is confident that he can save as many troops as possible by breaking them up into smaller units and playing hide-and-seek with the Kingdom Army for ten days or eight months. It will be almost impossible for the Kingdom Army to dig them out and eliminate them one by one within two days.

Of course, this is just the most ideal situation, and no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents.

Therefore, it can scare off the enemy. Vega certainly does not want to really engage in guerrilla warfare with the enemy, so based on the foundation of guerrilla warfare and the concept of waste utilization, Vega's advance plan, the Empty City Strategy, came into being.

So how to use the city gate that is about to be abandoned to scare off the enemy?

This brings us to the previous half month in the south, when the elite troops were pointed at Saya.

If the calculations were correct and no accidents occurred along the way, the Kingdom Army must have received the emergency report from Saye City by now. And it is impossible for Ingrir, who was defeated in the battle of Kareni City in the north of the Empire, not to see that he was preparing to launch a guerrilla war.

As long as he explained the concept of guerrilla warfare to the commander-in-chief.

And when Saya City was in danger and the retreat was about to be cut off, even the boldest officer would order a retreat, because even a madman would not want to fight a war that was bound to be lost.

Rather than waiting for the annihilation of the army.

It would be better to retreat temporarily, save the 20 troops, and then attack the Saint Laurent defense system when the time is right.

Although by that time, he would probably be fairly well developed, there was still a chance of defeating him.

Therefore, Vega is waiting now, waiting for the Kingdom Army to retreat without a fight.

of course.

If the commander of the Kingdom Army has lost the last bit of his sanity, he will have no choice but to launch a guerrilla war.

(End of this chapter)