Mage Veigar

Chapter 492: The Sparrow and the Swan

This is Reynolds Baya's profile.

It says that Grand Duke Reynolds Baya is the current king of the Principality of Baya. The principality is located in the southwest of the empire, on the outer area east of the Galan Mountains. It is the largest principality in terms of territory, and the most developed economy and military among all the vassal states.

Thirty years ago, the Principality of Baya was not strong.

But since Reynolds Baya inherited the throne, he has worked hard to please the suzerain state while carefully fighting for territory within the scope allowed by the suzerain state's rules. Finally, ten years ago, he firmly sat on the throne of the first vassal state.

At the same time, under the imperial charter.

The Principality of Baya now has a main force of 20 and two standard aviation corps, and its military strength is unprecedentedly strong.

But the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.

As the Principality of Baya became the most powerful vassal state, restrictions on the empire followed.

First, an order was issued prohibiting military expansion. Secondly, the annual taxes that the Principality of Baya had to pay were increased. Finally, the Principality of Baya was no longer allowed to participate in the game of competition among various vassal states, and it only retained the right to counterattack in self-defense.

But even this self-defense counterattack did not allow the army of the Principality of Baya to set foot outside the country.

Wouldn’t Reynolds Baya be angry about such unfair terms?

The empire clearly treated them as leeks and hens, and every year their treasury was emptied by the empire.

They are angry, but it is of no use. The empire just sent a young general to wipe out the Hundred Tribes, the strongest vassal state that was once ranked first. What capital do they have to compete with the empire?

Since you can't resist, learn to enjoy it.

Reynolds Baya, like the kings of other principalities, began to deceive himself, taking the title of "first vassal state" as his own glory and the imperial franchise as capital for his arrogance. It seemed that it was not bad to pick the tallest among the short ones?
But although Reynolds Baya could deceive others, he could not deceive his own heart.

If he was like other kings, content to be the empire's pig and leek, he would have long begun to covet pleasure and indulge in using the most primitive violence to fight for power, but the fact is -

Reynolds Baya secretly went to the Empire's Southwest Military Academy for further studies.

Reynolds Baya himself didn't understand why he would risk being exposed and bearing the wrath of the empire by secretly going to the military academy to learn the most advanced war strategies, strategies that were completely useless.

Is it just out of curiosity?
Reynolds Baya reflected seriously afterwards, but in the end he came to no conclusion.

Indeed, he seemed to have sensed something, but he immediately nipped the idea in the bud, for he was afraid that a momentary impulse would lead to a catastrophe of confiscating property and destroying the country.

When Vega saw this.

He already understood that Reynolds Baya was not the kind of king who was content with the status quo. There was an ambition hidden in his body that he himself was not even aware of. This ambition was now frightened by the power of the empire and did not dare to beat even for a moment.

That's right.

Based on all kinds of information, it can be easily inferred that Reynolds Baya is different from other grand dukes. In his heart, he is not willing to be a poultry kept in captivity by the empire, but wants to jump out of the well and truly become an existence on an equal footing with the empire.

Now that we know this, things will be easier.

Vega felt that he had an obligation to light the way forward for those who were lost in the darkness. Of course, it was time to wake up Grand Duke Reynolds Baya and let him know that there would be no good end to living under someone else's roof.

How to wake up?

Although Vega did not have a silver tongue, it was clear that Grand Duke Reynolds Baya had already made up his mind. All he lacked was the finishing touch. If Vega could analyze the general situation for him and point out a clear path, he might be able to successfully persuade the other side.

When it comes to formulating strategies, this is Veigar's forte.

Therefore, he spent less than three hours standing on the side of the Principality of Baya and formulating a strategy to persuade Reynolds Baya, and a smile appeared on his face. Inciting the enemy's commander-in-chief to rebel?

If this kind of thing were to be made public, I guess no senior military officer would believe it.

After finishing everything, Vega gave an order to the war spy, asking him to invite Grand Duke Reynolds Baya to meet at the ice and snow lake in the west two days later. The reason given was that it was related to the rise and fall of the Principality of Baya.

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That night.

Allied Forces Camp, Commander-in-Chief's Office.

Reynolds Baya sat at his desk with a gloomy look on his face.

This was because in the meeting a few hours ago, his suggestion and order to switch from offense to defense were not recognized by all countries. Even after this great defeat, these grand dukes still believed that as long as they mobilized 70 troops, they could easily defeat Veigar, capture the Ice and Fire City, and start the plan of plundering the dynasty.

"A bunch of idiots!"

Reynolds slammed the table, making it clang loudly. Before Vega's reinforcements arrived, he had suggested that all 70 troops be mobilized, and the City of Ice and Fire could surely be taken in one battle. However, those grand dukes were cautious about their reputation, so they only gathered less than half of the troops and threatened to take it step by step in order to psychologically collapse the dynasty army.

What now?
Only after Vega's reinforcements arrived did we realize the point of launching a heavy attack. This is underestimating the strength of a senior general!
Anyone with eyesight can see it.

Under the threat of the Empire, they can afford to delay but Vega cannot.

Even for a senior officer like Vega, it would not be possible to defeat the 700,000 coalition forces in a frontal battle in a short period of time. It is obvious that they can achieve the final victory by delaying, but now they no longer protect their strength and want to take the initiative to attack?

bang bang bang-

Reynolds pounded his fists again until they turned red, but he still couldn't vent the frustration in his heart.

What made him unbelievable was that there was not a single wise man among the 18-nation coalition. No! The only wise man was actually a general under the command of Grand Duke Qifei?
A small general accompanying the army has no say at all.

Naturally, his suggestions and orders could not be implemented. At this moment, Reynolds Baya felt that he was fighting with a group of pig teammates. If the opponent was also a pig, it would be fine, but the enemy was a god opponent.

A bunch of stupid teammates and a great opponent?

However, as the commander-in-chief and the king of the largest vassal state, he did not dare to disobey the order of the empire and withdraw from the coalition forces to return home alone. This made Reynolds Baya feel that his future was worrying and he might be buried with these pigs.

What to do?
He, the commander-in-chief in name only, could not think of any solution.

But just when he was frowning, a loud explosion was heard.

boom--

After a dull sound, the magic lamp shattered and the whole room fell into darkness.

"Assassins! There are assassins!"

As Reynolds shouted loudly, the entire command center was in chaos, but no one found even a hair of the assassin, and in the end the matter came to an end.

The relocated magic lamp in the office lights up.

When Reynolds Baya sat back in his seat, he suddenly found an unopened letter placed on his desk at some point. There was no writing on the envelope and he couldn't tell who the sender was.

(End of this chapter)