Mage Veigar

Chapter 550: Occupation of Kareni

Try to open your eyes.

The guerrilla leader sadly found himself bound, unable to mobilize his magic power, and unable to move even a finger. What frightened him even more was that when he woke up, his magic power had been dissipated, and he was reduced from a professional to an ordinary person.

Quickly looked around.

The captain discovered that this was indeed not a basement, but a prisoner camp of the Dynasty Army. It was surrounded by dejected Imperial guerrilla soldiers, numbering at least a thousand.

"Captain, you finally woke up."

The oldest soldier sighed when he saw the captain wake up and said, "It's over, it's all over. We were betrayed by Debinie's uncle. They reported our whereabouts to the Dynasty Army and took magic potions from them. They mixed them into our food and knocked us all out."

"Why? Why would he betray us?!"

The captain was quite excited. He shouted angrily: "Where is Debin? Where is he? I want to see him."

"Debiène has been released."

The old soldier was sad: "His uncle was once a member of the Kareni guerrilla army. This time he reached an agreement with the Dynasty Army and used us as a bargaining chip to absolve his nephew of the crime. That's why he betrayed us."

"So how were they caught?"

The captain pointed at the crowded crowd in the prisoner camp and couldn't understand why the kingdom had been unable to find them even after digging deep into the ground, but now the dynasty army could easily capture them all.

"Captain, don't you understand?"

The old soldier replied helplessly: "In this city of Kareni, the common people may not know the highest official of the three powers here, but they will definitely know the word 'Vega'."

"We underestimated the appeal of 'heroes'."

The old soldier's eyes were dim. "Now all the civilians in the city of Kareni are spies of the Dynasty Army. Even if Debinie's uncle doesn't report us, I'm afraid we will be discovered in less than five days... no, less than two days. Debinie's uncle knew this, so he chose to sell us out in exchange for Debinie's safety."

"Why are these unruly people helping traitors?"

Like the captain and chief of staff Clemens who were brainwashed by the Empire, they could not understand why the civilians would betray them. They could not understand even more that the "harmony of people" in this war had actually been occupied by Vega. A guerrilla war without harmony of people could no longer be called a guerrilla war.

Now they are like sewer rats.

As long as they dare to show the slightest trace, they may be reported to the Dynasty Army by the civilians on the street.

What must be mentioned here is.

Vega ordered the entire army not to disturb the people and not to use violent means to search residential buildings. In addition, Vega immediately guided public opinion every time he occupied an area. This led to the civilians being extremely loyal to Vega, and the Imperial guerrillas of course had nowhere to hide.

At the same time, Vega also promised not to kill the surrendered soldiers.

This made more civilians believe that Vega did still have feelings for the Empire, and only fled to the Holy Dynasty due to persecution. More civilians felt at ease reporting the Imperial guerrilla forces, allowing Vega to capture them all without a single soldier.

That's right.

Real guerrilla warfare is never about letting soldiers fight with real guns and swords. The real decisive point is precisely in the bloodless battlefield of public opinion. Whoever controls the hearts of the people will gain the initiative in guerrilla warfare.

In this battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder, Vega won a complete victory.

Just as the A78 guerrillas were pulled out of the shadows, all the imperial soldiers in the occupied area were captured.

The Empire's guerrillas could no longer pose any threat to Vega, and Vega's front was still advancing. After one month and seven days, the Empire's defense line had reached a point where it could no longer retreat. Now they only had two options left.

the first.

Raise the white flag and kneel down in surrender. Second.

Fight a decisive battle with Vega.

Of course, Clemens could not surrender. He still had 400,000 soldiers under his command, nearly 100,000 more than Vega. He still had the strength to fight. How could he surrender under such circumstances?

Although that is said.

But war does not depend on who has more soldiers and who will win.

The city of Kareni is full of Vega's spies. The Imperial Army's headquarters, defense layout, military garrisons... all are seen clearly by Vega. In this situation, let alone an additional 100,000 people, even an additional 200,000 people will be of no help.

So on the night of one month and eleven days, the decisive battle began.

Clemens wanted to take advantage of the night to kill Vega by surprise, but unfortunately the Imperial Army had just assembled its troops when Vega received the news and ordered the decapitation troops to take action.

The mission of the decapitation team is simple -

Paralyze the enemy's main headquarters and secondary headquarters.

Generally speaking, in a war, both the main headquarters and the secondary headquarters are difficult to be found, and the decapitation troops may not be able to find several enemy headquarters even after the war is over.

After all, the command center is of utmost importance.

Once the command center is paralyzed, it means that orders cannot be transmitted to the front line, and the soldiers will be like puppets, not knowing whether to fight or retreat, and it is even more impossible for them to intentionally occupy some strategic points.

And it turns out.

Although Clemens wielded the sword with great vigor and dazzled the kingdom's army, he was still not enough in front of Vega. The war had just started for less than an hour, and 20 secondary command posts including the main command post were all attacked by Vega's decapitation troops.

It is not necessary for the decapitation troops to take down the enemy's headquarters immediately.

All the decapitation troops need to do is to surround but not attack, and it is enough to prevent the empire's orders from reaching the front line.

The results were impressive.

When the command orders from the rear could not be transmitted to the front line, the soldiers' combat became more and more rigid as time went on. Finally, all the advantageous buildings and strategic points were captured by the dynasty army. A big net had covered the entire imperial army.

all directions.

No matter which direction they go, the dynasty army, which is in a commanding position, will always have a way to respond in advance.

The battle lasted from night till dawn. The Imperial Army was defeated in the airtight encirclement. Unable to receive orders from the headquarters, most of the Imperial Army could only resist mechanically.

The turning point of the war was at noon.

When the core control area of ​​the Crystal Hub is controlled by Vega, it means that the Air Force can finally take over the entire battlefield.

buzzing-

The war airships that blocked out the sun enveloped the sky above Kareni and began to pour magic on the most solid strategic points of the Imperial Army's defense line. They then hovered above the enemy's various headquarters. The Imperial Army, unable to bear the pressure, raised the white flag.

creak-

There was a crisp sound.

The imperial flag with a black background and a red eagle in the central square of Kareni finally fell slowly, and was replaced by the dynasty's flag with a white background and a golden crown.

(End of this chapter)