Mage Veigar

Chapter 409 Playing Slowly
burn one's boats.

After giving the entire army a reason to fight for victory.

Vega ordered the entire army to march downstream toward the city of Jaco according to the pre-planned route.

The city of Jaco is between medium and small in size. There is a Jaco Forest near it and it is surrounded by mountains. Although it is not easy for large-scale marches, it also means that the city is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Since there are a considerable number of air-raid shelters in the city, Vega intends to use this small town as his base camp on the west coast.

After all, the enemy has 100 war airships.

If he didn't find a city with air-raid shelters, his 20-strong army would be a complete sitting duck. The terrain around Jaco and the numerous air-raid shelters in the city made them natural bases.

With a goal in mind, the entire army is motivated.

Taking advantage of the soldiers' momentum, Vega arrived near the forest of Jaco City in the evening of the same day.

Since large-scale marches in the forest were very slow, Vega personally assigned a division as the vanguard to take the city of Jaco first.

In general.

It is impossible to have standing troops stationed in non-strategic cities and important passes.

Although the city of Jaco is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not an important hub city. Even if it is lost, it will not pose a threat to the entire downstream war situation. In a war, it can only be used as a warehouse for storing grain at best.

Even if used as a warehouse, it is somewhat useless.

Surrounded by the Jaco Forest and surrounded by mountains on all sides, the city not only slowed down the march, but also slowed down the transportation of food. It was like a pointed bottle, safe but difficult to enter and exit. Once the enemy blocked all the intersections, it would become a dead city.

But Vega, who had just arrived, wanted safety.

If even their lives and property cannot be guaranteed, then how can they talk about taking over the West Coast and unifying the dynasty?

Therefore, he planned to use this city as his base camp and radiate to the surrounding small towns. He would first imitate the Saint Laurent defense system and establish several basic lines of defense.

Even Vega, a time traveler.

They all admired the Saint Laurent defense system that had been built up over several generations of the dynasty. It was a system that was so perfect that it was almost impeccable. As long as the user was not too stupid, it could make the enemy doubt their lives.

Therefore, Vega is determined to take over the city of Jaco, no matter how great the cost.

But when Vega's vanguard arrived here, a white flag of surrender had already been hung on the city wall.

It seems that the city of Jaco has no choice but to surrender. After all, you can't expect a group of security forces who can only bully civilians to fight against Vega's hundreds of thousands of regular troops.

And at the end of the day.

In a secondary city like this, even the number of security personnel does not exceed a thousand, but the number of high-level forces in the Vega army exceeds a thousand.

Therefore, there is no need to fight a war that is not even a cat playing with mouse. If we really want to describe this war seriously, we can probably use the prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex crushing an ant to describe it. It is estimated that this Tyrannosaurus Rex does not even know when it will kill its opponent.

After taking over the city of Jaco.

Veigar surrounded the city, and captured eight cities in a row over the next week.

These eight cities are still just small cities, but they have formed a defense circle similar to the Saint Laurent defense system. The establishment of this defense circle also truly symbolizes that Vega has gained a firm foothold on the West Coast.

Thousands of tall buildings rise from the ground.

The nine cities in Vega's hands were like a foundation. With a solid foundation, he could naturally build up layer by layer. So after a week, Vega set his sights on the first strategic target city -

The City of Stone. This is an important city in the lower reaches of the Donbu River. It is like a huge stone from outer space suppressing the lower reaches of the Donbu River. Behind its huge body is a plain with two huge granary cities, which are enough to supply millions of troops to sweep the entire lower reaches.

This is how the Stone City got its name.

As long as this stone city maintains stability downstream, no villains will be able to get anywhere.

Now this important city is the closest to Vega, and he can launch a direct attack on the city in less than 3 days by marching at full speed. Therefore, if Vega wants to truly unify the West Coast, this city is a threshold he cannot bypass no matter what.

And now Vega is short of food.

He had originally made the determination to never return, so he only brought one-time supplies. There was no supply line on the river, the enemy's navy was not completely wiped out, and all his supplies combined could only last for three months.

In other words.

If he can capture the Stone City within three months, he will have no worries.

If he fails to capture the Stone City within three months, his army will collapse without even an attack from the enemy.

Therefore, Vega is determined to capture this Stone City.

The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first.

Since transportation in the base camp, Jaco, is underdeveloped, in order for the entire army to receive adequate supplies and avoid supply line breaks.

Vega ordered in advance that food and grass be transported to a small town called Nora, which was located to the right rear of the front-line city. He used Nora as the granary for this war and truly entered the preparation stage for the war.

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The royal palace meeting hall in the city of Donbu.

Of course, Vega's high-profile actions could not be concealed from the West Coast government. The defenders of Stone City immediately delivered the battle report to the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince immediately summoned a group of generals for discussion.

"Everyone, the latest battle report from downstream."

The eldest prince announced the battle report: "Due to the mistake of that idiot Felix, a rat successfully sneaked into our territory. Now this rat not only occupies the nine small cities downstream, but also boldly sets its sights on the Boulder City. So I would like to ask you what do you think about this matter?"

"I think this matter is not worth mentioning."

A staff officer with the rank of lieutenant general stepped forward and said, "The Stone City is located downstream. With 24 soldiers from our 3th Army stationed there, we can completely defeat a group of new recruits who have never even been on the battlefield. After all, we are not fighting a siege war, but a defense war."

"Your words are wrong."

"After all, the enemy has 20 soldiers. Even if they are new recruits, they should not be underestimated."

"We are defending the city, not engaging in a frontal battle or a siege!"

"That makes sense. Our main focus now should be on the Black Gold City. Once the situation in the Black Gold City stabilizes, we can turn around and deal with this little rat downstream."

The meeting room became as noisy as a vegetable market.

Some people advocated sending troops downstream immediately, while others felt that there was no need to dispatch the main force. Instead, the remaining 20 main forces should be left behind to prepare for any emergency needs in the City of Black Gold.

Seeing that everyone had different opinions, the eldest prince looked at Theon and said, "What do you think, old general?"

Upon hearing this, the most prestigious old general Theon finally stood up.

He did not say anything long, but simply said to the eldest prince: "To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the internal affairs. I am willing to lead the army south to Jushi and pacify the lower reaches."

(End of this chapter)