Mage Veigar

Chapter 542 Conspiracy
Vega really didn't expect Foster's move.

Not only Vega, even the United Kingdom would not have thought that Foster would boldly pin the North's hopes on an unknown general.

Compared to commanders like Foster and Eskar who have been active on the front line of the war for a long time, the general Clemens can indeed be described as an unknown figure. Vega and the Kingdom have never fought with him even once.

Therefore.

No one knows the real power of this low-key general who has no sense of existence.

The Kingdom believed that Kareni had been taken into their possession, and Vega also believed that the Empire had suffered a great loss at the hands of the Kingdom, and re-enacted the tragedy of Kareni's fall.

But what about the facts?
Clemens in Kareni City has already launched the long-prepared urban warfare plan——

In the central area of ​​Kareni, the commanding heights, large buildings, and major transportation routes are all firmly occupied by the Empire. The Kingdom's army has experienced what it means to be unable to move forward. This is completely different from what they imagined.

What you can see now is.

Every meter of advance on the front line was paved with the lives of the kingdom's soldiers.

The Royal Army was particularly afraid of the night.

Because you don't know from which corner the enemy will jump out and shoot you a few cold arrows, or cast a few spells and run away. The result is that they don't have to sleep the whole night because there are always enemies launching attacks at any time.

"Don't the Imperial Army need to sleep?"

King Nordrian listened to the battle report and angrily roared to the generals below: "I have never felt so aggrieved. We clearly took the initiative in the war and clearly had the advantage. Why are we at a disadvantage now?"

No one can answer this question.

The Kingdom Army, which still had only a limited understanding of urban warfare, could not find a way to crack it. The Kingdom also had no idea that every move they made was under the prying eyes of the Imperial Army, which rotated its troops to harass them, making them sleepless at night and unable to fight.

"Your Majesty, the only solution now is to move all 75 troops into the city and crush it by force."

A staff officer offered a strategy to the king. It was the only effective way. After all, force can defeat skill. When the number of people reaches a certain level, guerrilla warfare can only be regarded as a tickle and has no effect at all.

But this plan was immediately rejected.

Tanier said bluntly: "The central city has been turned into an iron barrel by the Imperial Army. Now every meter we advance, we will suffer the most violent ambush of the enemy. The casualty ratio is about 3 to 1. For every three soldiers we sacrifice, we can only exchange one for the enemy. If we force a frontal battle, I am afraid that we will not be able to take the central area without paying a painful price."

Why is this happening?
It must be mentioned here that although Clemens is low-key, his own strength is unquestionable. While he has fully understood Vega's tactics, he has also innovated the combat methods of the main force and the guerrilla army.

This method is precisely the essence of guerrilla warfare.

As Vega has always emphasized, guerrilla warfare is only a means, and in the middle and late stages, we must inevitably return to the main force.

on the one hand.

Clemens ordered the main force to establish a defense line in the central city, occupying commanding heights, traffic arteries and large buildings. This made them feel at ease. If the kingdom wanted to capture them, it could only advance the front line slowly like a snail, but the price to pay was not something the kingdom could afford.

on the other hand.

The Empire formed a guerrilla force, which mainly carried out harassment operations at night, which greatly affected the morale of the enemy soldiers. This directly led to the Empire's inability to maintain peak combat effectiveness in the urban warfare the next day.

This is a long time.

There are guerrilla forces at night and main forces during the day. The Empire has mastered Vega's street fighting and guerrilla warfare to perfection. The initiative in the war that the Kingdom has gained is slowly being lost, and it is even at a disadvantage.

If we need to analyze the current battle situation of Kareni, it can be described as 55-.

If the kingdom is willing to sacrifice everything and launch a general attack on the imperial army regardless of the cost, it is possible to defeat the imperial army, but the kingdom will also be seriously injured and even lose the qualification to participate in the next war. If the kingdom does not have this courage.

The foreseeable outcome is that the longer the time drags on, the greater the chance that the kingdom will fail.

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At this time, Vega was not overly concerned about Kareni's battle situation.

He focused his main energy on tonight's battle for the secondary city.

Balkan city.

Vega has led an army of 300,000 to build a defense line here, because he knows that if the army of Ropus City wants to support the Thirteen Cities, they must pass through here in a hurry, and other roads are all impractical.

Therefore, what Vega has to do this time is very simple.

check!

This method can no longer be considered a conspiracy, but a real open conspiracy.

Even if Foster, who was far away in Ropes City, knew that he was planning to seize thirteen cities in the hinterland, what could he do?
He could only watch the central city fall without any way to do anything, because he was simply too late. The only thing he could do was to send troops to Balkan City to try his luck.

It’s a pity that Vega has stationed his troops here.

If it was just a blocking operation, it would not be difficult for 300,000 to hold back a million-strong army for a day or two. Moreover, the Empire's support force would not exceed two armies at most, and Vega took less than a day to capture thirteen cities.

As for the United Kingdom, even though it knew the pit he had dug, it was still powerless to do anything.

The United Kingdom was mired in the quagmire of the Kareni War, unable to advance or retreat, and could only watch Vega implement his plan.

This is the difference between open conspiracy and secret conspiracy.

Overt conspiracy is more like taking advantage of the situation and the general trend. Even if Vega lays everything out in the open, the enemy can only choose to jump into the pit he dug and cannot make any other choice.

So that night.

Thirteen secondary cities in the hinterland were directly captured by Vega, there was no suspense at all.

Because there was no one who could stop Vega from doing this, the defenders of these secondary cities were unable to turn the tide. After a brief attempt, they all abandoned the city and fled. This battle caused basically no losses to Vega's army.

With open conspiracy, this war was very clean and efficient.

But after winning a great victory and taking thirteen cities, Vega, who had been waiting in Balkan City for two days, could not smile no matter what, because he found that Foster had not sent any reinforcements at all.

This is incredible.

Even if they knew that he was blocking the way here, the Empire might still send troops to test it. Testing would not take much effort. If Vega really did not block the way here, wouldn't there be hope of recovering the losses? At worst, they could see the current combat effectiveness of Vega's army.

But it's too quiet here.

Not to mention the Empire's army, not even a single scout from the Empire was seen. Foster seemed to be sitting on a throne, calmly watching him jumping up and down in the heart of the north without being moved. This directly made Vega alert.

"No, I must have overlooked some details."

Veigar began to doubt himself: "Sitting back and waiting for death is definitely not the style of the Empire. Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, Foster is willing to risk everything to take a gamble. What did I overlook?"

(End of this chapter)