Mage Veigar

Chapter 428 Winning the hearts of the people
Grey Crow City.

This is the city closest to the Stone City, and it is also the city where Veigar once led his army to confront Theon from afar.

Things are changing now.

The small town is now occupied by the West Coast troops led by Aiden, and they are also in the same great predicament that Vega once faced - lack of food.

The downstream is prosperous.

But the truly prosperous place was the plains behind the Stone City, not the hilly mountainous area where the Nine Crow Cities were located. So after Vega defeated Fele Gary's army and learned that Aiden had counterattacked the Crow Cities and occupied the Nine Crow Cities, he did not rush to lead his troops to kill them all.

He is waiting...

Wait for Aiden to run out of ammunition and food, and then collapse without a fight.

This scene made Veigar, who was standing on the city wall of Stone City and looking towards Grey Crow City, sigh at the fate. Even he had not predicted that a few months later, he and the enemy would swap positions.

Use the other person's way to return the other person's body.

At first, the West Coast Army held the rock and refused to leave. Vega was helpless and was forced to take the risk and give it a try.

This shows how deadly it is for the enemy to hold their ground.

When Vega adopted the same strategy, Aiden, who was staying in Grey Crow City, was holding his head in pain, not knowing what to do. Especially when a group of officers in the conference room were noisy, he became even more confused.

learn from mistakes.

You will never grow up unless someone makes you suffer any loss or frustration.

Aiden had always lived under the wing of Ferry Gary, and even his promotion to general was obtained by Ferry Gary from other officers, so he had no command experience at all.

But after this failure.

Aiden finally realized how good his uncle was, and he also realized that he had no one to rely on now. He could only rely on himself. If he didn't find a way out of this predicament, he would die here.

"How many soldiers and supplies do we have now?"

Aiden's words made the conference room quiet. Everyone looked at each other, and then a staff officer stood up and said, "In this battle, we lost 3 soldiers and 7 were missing. Now we still have 15 soldiers, most of whom are in reserve."

"but……"

The staff officer paused, then said with difficulty: "But because you ordered a decisive battle with the enemy, each soldier only brought 7 days of dry rations. If there is no new supply before tomorrow evening, I am afraid..."

The staff officer shut his mouth.

Aiden opened his mouth and subconsciously wanted to ask, is it impossible to capture the Stone City with 15 people?
But at this moment he calmed down again, forcing himself to recall every scene of being teased by Vega. The huge humiliation and fear finally made him let go of his arrogance.

It was at this time.

Aiden said something that everyone was surprised about: "Excuse me, how did the enemy army manage to fight with our army until today despite being short of food?"

"General, you mean..."

All the officers suddenly looked at Aiden with new eyes. Was he still the second-generation rich man who had no opinion of his own and was blindly arrogant?

"Pass the order down to search the civilians!"

Aiden issued the cruel order without hesitation. Vega had only taken half of the food of the civilians in Grey Crow Nine Cities, but now Aiden wanted to take the other half. It was winter now, and the civilians would starve to death.

"General, wait."

The staff officer quickly stopped him and said, "Although this move can indeed solve the urgent problem, if we take away all the food of the civilians, we will not only lose the support of the people, but I am afraid that when they can no longer hold on, they will spontaneously organize to resist us."

"If we leave here, where can they go to resist us?" Aiden's thoughts seemed to become very clear.

But now it was the turn of the officers to be puzzled. They expressed their doubts: "Excuse our stupidity, General, there are huge rocks blocking the road in front and a natural chasm behind, where can we escape to?"

"Build a boat and cross to the east bank!"

Aiden was concise and seemed like a completely different person: "If we want to return to the middle and upper reaches through the Dunbu River, we may be intercepted by the air force of the City of Stone, but if we secretly go to the east coast, the enemy will definitely not be able to predict it. By then, the mess in Grey Crow Nine City will disgust that damn kid."

"The general is wise!"

Everyone shouted loudly and excitedly. They had never looked towards the east coast, which made them sigh that this might be the difference between senior generals and ordinary officers. The former looked at the overall situation, while the latter were short-sighted.

It is no exaggeration to say that this decision is perfect and impeccable.

Crossing the river to the east bank would not only solve their current predicament, but might also force Vega to withdraw. After all, everyone knew that the main force on the east bank was in Vega's hands. Saint Laurent was extremely empty now, and their 15-strong army was at the gates of the city. How could Vega dare not retreat?

The meeting ended and everyone carried out the order.

When Aiden was the only one left in the meeting room, he stood up quietly. However, his legs, which had been shaking with nervousness since the beginning of the meeting, suddenly went limp and he fell to the ground.

But at the critical moment, he grabbed the edge of the table and stood up.

"Hahaha!"

A huge laugh echoed in the conference room until Aiden burst into tears. He then said slowly, "People have to grow up eventually. I don't want to be the person I used to be."

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A few days later, the City of Stone.

When Vega learned that Aiden had looted civilians' food for supplies and ordered the construction of ships to rob civilians' fishing boats and secretly cross the Donbu River to escape to the east coast, he could hardly believe his ears.

This decision is simply a matter of risking one's life in order to survive.

Although he would be chased and intercepted if he fled to the east coast, it didn't seem to be a big deal compared to the current predicament. Besides, he could just run away, leaving him with a lot of mess. After all, the downstream was his territory now, and he had to clean it up even if he didn't want to.

But, is this really something that good-for-nothing second-generation rich kid did?

This is completely different from Vega's impression of Aiden Gary. After all, even he himself couldn't help but applaud this decision. He really didn't believe that Aiden could come up with such a plan.

But the facts were in front of him, and Vega had to believe it.

Gently putting down the battle report, Veigar sighed and said, "Perhaps, letting him survive outside the Stone City was the most wrong move I made in this game. I just hope that I was worrying too much."

"Pass the order."

Vega put aside his thoughts and took remedial measures: "You rush to Saint Laurent overnight and report to Ilo the news that the west coast army fled to the east coast. Ask him to gather the army and eliminate the enemy."

"Yes, General."

"chief of staff."

"arrive."

Vega instructed the Chief of Staff, "Go and open the warehouses to release grain to help the Nine Cities. Remember to ask them to take out the IOU I left behind. Give them twice the amount of grain and say that you are paying them back with interest."

"Yes, General."

The chief of staff looked at Vega with admiration. He had not thought that when he was looting food, Vega had foreseen the current victory and laid such a deep foreshadowing.

This move of returning the money in full with interest not only won back the people's hearts, but also earned him a reputation for honesty and trustworthiness. After all, the Nine Cities had been completely looted, and Veigar's move was like a timely help.

(End of this chapter)