Mage Veigar

Chapter 569: Retreat in the open and advance in the dark
Close pursuit.

Foster received battle reports from the front.

First of all, the air force has been entangled with the enemy's air force and has been stubbornly blocked. According to the current situation, there is a 30% chance of breaking through the siege and blowing up the enemy's retreat route before Vega retreats.

Second.

The vanguard troops have vaguely seen the enemy's tail and believe that in less than three hours they will be able to bite the enemy's tail and drag the enemy back into the quagmire of war.

of course.

If Vega sacrificed his tail wing troops to block his vanguard, he would still have a chance to retreat with the main force. Therefore, the key to preventing Vega from retreating to the central hinterland lies in the Air Force. This is why Foster ordered the Air Force to destroy the retreat route at all costs, even if it means fighting to the last war airship.

Because there are only ten days left.

As long as he can hold off the enemy for another ten days, once reinforcements arrive, the victory of this war will belong to him, Vega will be buried on this land, and he will prove his ability again.

The cooked duck flew away.

No matter who it happens to, they would feel unhappy.

Now Foster could no longer remain calm, and he kept urging his men to speed up their march.

"Commander, the Ropus Canyon is ahead."

A division commander reported to Foster: "According to the urgent report from the vanguard, they have now entered the Grand Canyon, following the footsteps of the Dynasty Army, and engaged the enemy's rear wing at the tail end of the Ropes Grand Canyon."

"How's the battle going?"

"Have you managed to entangle the enemy's main force?"

Foster asked three questions in a row in an anxious tone: "Or is it that the enemy's main force has already left their sight, and they are only holding back the tail-wing blocking force that the enemy has abandoned?"

"Report to the commander."

The division commander did not dare to neglect: "Although there is no direct evidence, according to the report of the legion commander, the enemy's blocking force is not strong, and even high-level forces are not seen. So this humble official boldly speculates-"

The commander had a very heavy expression on his face.

He slowly said, "The Dynasty Army abandoned the tail wing and ordered the tail wing to block our advance. If our air force cannot destroy the enemy's retreat route within 48 hours, the enemy's main force may be able to safely withdraw to the northern hinterland. At that time, it will probably be difficult for us to continue pursuing them."

"Damn it!"

Foster became more and more agitated, and things began to develop in the direction he least wanted to see.

That is to say, Foster now has to place all his hopes on the air force, and after losing two air corps, his air force is weaker than Vega's, which makes him more and more uneasy.

"A 30% chance is still too small."

"Speed ​​up, continue to speed up the march."

Foster had no time to care about anything else and ordered the main force to speed up.

He realized that he had to cross the heart of the Ropus Grand Canyon as quickly as possible, join the Vanguard Army, help the Vanguard Army eliminate the enemy's blocking forces, and then let the Vanguard Army advance at full speed again to continue chasing Vega's main force.

Although Foster knew that he might not be able to catch up with the enemy, he still had to give it a try.

Foster glanced at the dark sky in the distance and saluted with his right hand raised slightly: "The glory of the empire, my future depends on you. As the eagles of the empire, please make sure you return triumphantly. May the glory of the empire be with you."

Da da da--

The Imperial Army began to march quickly, and soon arrived at the entrance of the Ropus Grand Canyon. The Ropus Grand Canyon stretches for a hundred kilometers, with about seven or eight peaks from the entrance to the end. Even if it is a quick march, it will take more than 20 hours. However, the terrain is not too steep, so it is good for a large army to march.

Foster had been chasing the enemy all the way from the city of Ropes for more than ten hours. Although they had rested for about two hours in the middle, the entire army still looked a little tired.

I can't take care of so many things.

Foster didn't even hesitate before ordering the entire army to enter the Grand Canyon.

Because the time now does not allow Foster to think too much, he must cross the heart of the canyon within more than ten hours and help the vanguard army clear the obstacles, otherwise Vega will safely retreat to the northern heartland of the empire in a day or two.

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Ropes Grand Canyon, Mount Coro.

Looking down from here, it is easy to see a marching road that leads directly to the end of the canyon.

Vega's main force is hiding in this mountain, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Imperial Army.

There is no error.

Vega's main force had never left the Ropus Canyon. As for the tail wing troops fighting the enemy at the end of the canyon, they were real, but they were just a means to deceive the Imperial Vanguard.

The Imperial Vanguard had a preconceived idea.

Since the tail wing troops responsible for blocking the enemy are located at the tail end of the canyon, even if the main force has not yet walked out of the Grand Canyon, it must be in front of the tail wing. How could it be hiding in the middle of the canyon?

If they were really in the heart of the canyon, they would have ambushed their pursuing vanguard army long ago. How could they let them walk out of the heart so openly? No matter from which angle you look at it, it is illogical.

But Vega did just that.

His goal was never to kill tens of thousands of vanguard troops and then return to the northern hinterland in disgrace. From the very beginning, he wanted to let Foster know what it meant to invite a god but not to send him away. What he wanted to do was to trick Foster out of Ropes City, and then ambush the pursuing imperial army in the Ropes Grand Canyon and catch them all here in one fell swoop.

How to cheat?

This is really too simple.

Repairing transportation routes is usually done simultaneously by the dynasty army in the northern hinterland and Vega's 300,000 troops. This time, Vega ordered the northern hinterland to unilaterally build a retreat route, while paying attention to clearing out the empire's reconnaissance forces, which effectively prevented the empire's reconnaissance troops from detecting them.

In addition, Vega turned his guns on Lopus and fought again and again after being defeated.

Under this premise, Foster naturally preconceived that Vega had given up retreating, so the imminent war and victory would attract all of Foster's attention, so that he ignored the fact that Vega was secretly repairing the retreat route in the rear.

When the repair is completed.

Vega ordered the entire army to retreat suddenly. Since preparations had been made early on, the retreat was of course very fast, and Foster did not even have any time to think or make plans.

The more anxious you are about anything, the more mistakes you will make.

Without any time to think, what would Foster do?
Like a conditioned reflex, Vega had no choice but to order the Air Force to urgently blow up the retreat route, and then send the Army to chase him, trying to take the last remedy to keep him here.

These are all useless.

Under the premise that the air force is superior to the Imperial Air Force, as long as some price is paid, it is absolutely possible to protect the retreat route. If the tail wing troops are abandoned and allowed to block the Imperial Army, then Vega can easily escape the quagmire of the Ropus War and return safely to the hinterland of the north.

Unfortunately, Vega's appetite is too big.

It would be fine if Foster let him retreat comfortably this time, but since you dared to chase him out, do you really think that Vega doesn't dare to swallow up your main force of more than 200,000 and capture the city of Ropes?
(End of this chapter)