Mage Veigar

Chapter 439: Heading to Hushan

The Forest of Ino.

This is a huge forest located in the upper middle reaches. The whole forest has towering trees and is covered with a thick fog every morning and early morning. People who are not familiar with this forest can easily get lost in it.

Although this forest is very large.

But in fact, this forest is not a strategic location, because there are indeed more than a dozen ways to bypass this forest and directly attack important cities in the middle reaches such as the city of Dunbu.

Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages.

Going around the forest can reduce danger, but it also means that the time is extended, after all, the straight line is the shortest distance.

If you put it in normal times.

The empire might choose to take a detour, and if things go wrong their four armies might be lost.

But it's different now.

Vega is holding back the main force of the West Coast downstream, so what do they have to fear?
Being cautious does not mean being timid. One should be cautious when necessary. In a situation where one can defeat an opponent with force, there is no need to be cautious. Therefore, in the eyes of Eskar and others, the ambush set by the West Coast Army in the forest was like a joke.

Both sides have their own ulterior motives.

On the other side, Kaeya sat in the temporary command center in the Forest of Ino and met Ferry Gary again.

"General Ferrier, thank you for your hard work."

Kaia Saint Laurent first affirmed Felix, and then said confidently: "Let me personally command this war. As long as the imperial army enters this forest, I will make them taste the taste of defeat."

Confident and even a little arrogant.

This statement also made Feilie curious: "Your Majesty, I don't understand why you are so confident that the Imperial Army will lead the army into the forest. They have more than a dozen ways to bypass us and go straight to the city of Dunbu."

Feilie was a little worried.

He glanced at the map hanging on the wall, and then continued, "You move all the main forces here. The city of Dunbu has no defensive forces at all right now. If the imperial army takes a detour, we will probably lose this war."

"I said that the Imperial Army will never take a detour."

Kaia Saint Laurent's eyes seemed to see through the thick fog and directly saw the enemy's discussion meeting: "The imperial army does not know that our main force has been transferred here from downstream. In their eyes, we are now a piece of meat on the chopping board."

"but……"

"No buts."

Kaia interrupted Felix rudely, "You are not a king after all. You cannot understand the pride of the superior. As the superior, the Empire still has this basic pride. The enemy commander will definitely break through head-on."

"Your Majesty is wise."

Seeing that his persuasion was fruitless, Feilie sighed and left.

To be honest, he really couldn't understand the so-called "pride of the king" and "confidence of the superior". In his opinion, it was foolish to fall into the enemy's trap when you could take a detour. In the end, even if you proved your strength, more people would die.

And the Empire is clearly not stupid.

So will the Imperial Army fall into this obvious trap?

Logically speaking, the answer is obvious... No!
But reality is often illogical and unreasonable.

If you look at reality with a rational eye, you will find that there are many things in this world that cannot be explained by our common sense and logic, because in most cases, people are controlled by emotions.

So the next day.

In a situation that Ferry Gary could not understand, the four armies of the Empire broke away from the cover of the air force and broke into the Forest of Ino without being familiar with the terrain. They were ambushed by the West Coast Army led by Kaia in the most tragic way. In this evergreen forest.

As the West Coast Army was familiar with the terrain, it was like a fish in water. It could attack the Imperial Army and make them lose their way. It could also easily throw off the Imperial Army when retreating. Therefore, after this extremely tragic war, the defeat of the Imperial Army was a foregone conclusion.

"Kill! Kill for me!"

Kaiya's eyes showed madness, and he shouted angrily to his subordinates: "Let the invaders of the empire see that our dynasty is not a mob. Today is the moment for us to prove ourselves to the Jialan Continent. Attack with all our forces."

The battle lasted from day to night, and from night to dawn.

The empire was completely and utterly defeated.

The West Coast finally defeated the Imperial Army at the cost of nearly 15 soldiers.

Of the empire's entire army of 50, only 30 walked out of the forest, and the remaining 20 were left in the Forest of Inor forever. This was the war with the heaviest losses in the empire's conquests within the dynasty so far, and it was also the war that dealt the most blow to the morale of the entire army.

"Victory! Victory! Victory!"

The morale of the dynasty army on the west bank was greatly boosted, and they broke out into thunderous cheers.

But it was also at this time.

Ferry Gary did not indulge in the joy of victory, but immediately said: "Your Majesty, since the war here has been completely won, the Empire needs to adjust its morale in a short period of time and is unable to attack. In my opinion, we should immediately transfer the main force back to the city of Dunbu. If the downstream knows that we have brought the main force to the upstream, they will definitely take the opportunity to attack us."

"Order the entire army to pursue the victory."

Kaia Saint Laurent did not listen to Ferrier's words, but insisted on doing it her own way.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that."

Feilie's face turned pale. His previous guess seemed to be confirmed: "Although we have indeed won a great victory this time, the overall strength of our army and the Imperial Army is still far behind. If we attack rashly, we will definitely fail."

"Felix, follow my orders."

Kaiya's face was filled with determination. "Order the air force to move out en masse. We will immediately pursue the Imperial Army after we have rested. This time, we will fight the Imperial Army to the death."

"His Majesty!"

Felix wanted to say something, but Kaia had already gone away.

This situation made Ferry Gary finally sigh. After giving Kaia's order, he packed up his things, and secretly left the army under the protection of his own guards. His whereabouts were unknown.

The next day when Kaia learned that Felix had left, he didn't say anything.

He didn't even charge Felien with treason, nor did he issue a wanted order for Felien. Instead, he led his troops forward in the direction of the Imperial Army, attempting to have a final battle with the Imperial Army.

The West Coast Army pursued the Imperial Army relentlessly.

The Imperial Army, which could have turned its guns around and wiped out the West Coast Army at a cost, did not do so. Instead, they temporarily avoided the West Coast Army's attack, fighting and retreating, and were beaten all the way back upstream.

A few days later.

While the West Coast Army and the Imperial Army were fighting fiercely upstream, Vega downstream received two letters.

The first one was from the Imperial Army, signed by Eskar.

The second letter came from the Dynasty's West Coast Army and was signed by Kaia Saint Laurent.

(End of this chapter)