Mage Veigar

Chapter 545 The Taker

Just as Vega guessed.

Now the war between the Kingdom of Kareni and the Empire has entered a white-hot stage.

The Kingdom sent large-scale troops to advance the front line almost every day, but the Empire tried every means to delay the Kingdom's front line advancement and sent guerrilla troops to carry out harassment operations at night.

This kind of war lasted for a full half month.

After half a month, both the Empire and the Kingdom's armies reached a critical point.

The kingdom finally couldn't stand this kind of harassment warfare day and night. The enemy was very familiar with the terrain, making it difficult for them to advance the front line. Now even if they piled up their numbers, they might not be able to make it.

Although the Empire has the advantage of geographical location, it was beaten on its doorstep and the pressure it was under was definitely no less than that of the Kingdom Army. Now there is a negative and pessimistic mood in the army, which has seriously affected the continuous high-intensity combat.

But what we can see now is——

The balance of victory gradually tipped towards the Empire.

Urban warfare is to a certain extent highly dependent on the home field factor, and the people of Kareni are biased towards the Empire. This means that of the three major factors of war - time, place and people, the Empire has the most important advantages of place and people.

Therefore, the war has reached a stalemate until now, and the winner can be determined.

The Imperial Army had nowhere to retreat, with the Kingdom Army in front of them and Vega having cut off their retreat route.

The Imperial Army now has only one choice left, and that is a do-or-die battle. So if this war is to be put to an end, the kingdom must compromise.

Will the Kingdom compromise?

King Nordrian asked at the meeting with a tired face: "Excuse me, everyone, how should we fight this war next? I have no idea what to do."

Even the voice was filled with weariness.

Nordrian has been forced into a desperate situation by the Imperial Army in the past half month.

In his opinion, wouldn't breaking through the four gates of a city be equivalent to directly taking over the city?

Why, under such circumstances, could the Empire launch such an outstanding counterattack? People who don't know would think that the Kingdom Army was the disadvantaged party, and the Imperial Army was the one that took the initiative in the war.

of course.

This is not to say that the kingdom has not learned the lessons of its last defeat at Kareni City.

They attributed Kalini's last comeback to Vega personally. It was Vega, a rare command genius in a thousand years, who managed to turn the whole game around. However, he did not expect that at this critical moment, a little-known commander in the Imperial Army, Clemens Oliver, suddenly stood up and pinned them down here again, making them unable to move.

"After all, the higher the virtue, the higher the evil."

Admiral Tanniel's eyes were as dull as the king's. In terms of military command, he had to admit that his talent was not as good as Vega's, nor that old man Foster's.

I won’t mention the last time we were overturned in the battle of Dragon City.

In this battle of Kareni, the kingdom tried its best, but just like the last war when Foster used Vega to take back Kareni, now the tragedy is happening again, and all the plans are broken by a hidden chess piece planted by Foster.

This divine move directly prevented Wang Guo-er from entering Kareni but failing to get out.

Is Kareni really a city that will never fall?

Therefore, when no one dared to speak, Tanner stood up and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, I think there is no hope of victory in this war. Instead of wasting time in the city, it is better to withdraw the troops."

"Retreat after occupying four ring cities?" A staff officer from the think tank said sharply, "Excuse me, General Tanner, do you really admit this? We finally stepped into the land of Kareni, but now we have to return empty-handed."

"What if you don't admit it?"

Tanier sighed and said, "If we continue to be in a stalemate, we will only sacrifice more soldiers. Now that our main forces are all here and we have only lost 80,000 soldiers, we should stop the loss in time and make a new plan."

"I agree with General Tenniel."

After a brief thought, an old general offered his opinion: "According to the latest battle report, while we were entangled with the Imperial Army, the Holy Dynasty Vega has taken over almost all of the secondary strategic cities in the northern hinterland, and connected these cities together to create a defense system that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if we take over the strategic point of Kareni now, we will not be able to advance the front line."

"I've heard about this, too."

The chief of staff of the think tank said: "Judging from the current situation, Kareni City is indeed like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away."

The conference room fell silent.

Everything is just as the Chief of Staff said. At this point in the war, with the loss of the central hinterland, even if they take over the city of Kareni, they won't be able to do much. At most, they can limit Vega's development.

But it would be different if the city of Kareni fell into Vega's hands.

Kareni is the closest strategic city to the Holy Dynasty. Once Vega obtains Kareni City, he can completely connect it with the domestic defense system and indirectly incorporate the northern part of the empire into the dynasty's territory.

With the North in hand, can the city of Ropes be far behind?
Once the city of Ropus is lost, it means that the northern part of the empire has belonged to the dynasty, and the benefits Vega will gain can be said to be astronomical.

But the kingdom was unwilling to hand over Kareni.

They paid 8 ground troops and an air corps to take control of Kareni, and now they are giving Kareni to others for free?

All kidding aside, this is not charity.

This is the kingdom’s current contradiction.

If we don't withdraw our troops, wasting time will only cause greater losses, and we won't be able to capture Kareni.

We should withdraw our troops, but we are unwilling to give up all the sacrifices we have made.

It is worth mentioning here that the kingdom did not guess that Foster wanted to attack Vega from both sides and destroy Vega in the central hinterland. In their subconscious mind, the Empire was completely retreating on the front line and it was impossible for them to take the initiative to counterattack.

if not.

The Kingdom will most likely withdraw its troops now and allow the Empire to attack Vega from both sides. After Vega has lost half of his troops, the Kingdom will fulfill its obligations as an ally and rescue the remaining Vega troops from the central hinterland.

It was precisely because of this failure to notice that the United Kingdom was caught in a dilemma.

This is just like a gambler who has lost a lot and knows that he will lose more if he continues to gamble, but cannot control his desire to make up for his money.

But when the kingdom was hesitating, the guard in charge of security suddenly entered the meeting room and reported to the king that there was an uninvited guest outside the door.

This uninvited guest was undoubtedly Vega.

The moment they heard the guard's report, King Nordrian and the other officers relaxed their brows instantly, because they understood very well -

The taker has arrived.

(End of this chapter)