Mage Veigar

Chapter 570: One Step Forward and One Step Back
He turned his guns around and attacked Ropus, making the enemy think he was going to give it a go.

This is 'advance in order to retreat'.

The sudden retreat in the middle of the war was actually to lure the Imperial Army out of the city for a decisive battle.

This is what is meant by 'retreat in public and advance in secret'.

This 'advance and retreat' happened too suddenly, not giving Foster any time to think.

For the past ten days, Foster always thought that Vega was trapped in his war rhythm, but he didn't know that the one who was really trapped in the war rhythm was not Vega, but him, Foster.

From the moment the Dynasty Army suddenly retreated, Vega had already exposed his sharp fangs.

And what about Foster?
He simply didn't have enough time to think about the implications of the matter and could only give orders reflexively.

This battle.

From the moment Foster entered the Ropes Canyon without thinking, defeat was inevitable.

Vega took advantage of Foster's desire for gain and loss.

If Foster had been given enough time to think about this strategy, he might have been able to see the loophole in it. Unfortunately, Vega was insidious and retreated suddenly, not giving Foster any time to think.

In addition, there was information from the Vanguard Army that they had come into contact with Vega's tail blocking force.

This would make Foster preconceived that the entire Grand Canyon was safe. After all, the pursuing vanguard troops had not been ambushed, so how could they be ambushed? They would not even think in this direction.

If you want to use a metaphor.

It is probably like in a war, the suicide squad has used their lives to make sure that there are no mines buried in the area, but who would have thought that what is buried underground are not mines that explode upon contact, but remote-controlled bombs?
just now.

At the entrance of the canyon, there were 50,000 blocking troops lying in ambush. They watched the main force of the empire enter the canyon without taking any action.

In the heart of the canyon, there are two hundred thousand main forces ambushed, which are the main force for the decisive battle.

At the end of the canyon, the tail sniper army was fighting with the vanguard army.

In other words, Vega will ambush the Imperial Army at Mount Koro in the canyon. When the Imperial Army is defeated, whether they try to escape forward or retreat back to the city of Ropus, they will be blocked because the entire Grand Canyon has been closed by Vega.

"General, the enemy is coming."

On the afternoon of the next day, the rapidly marching Imperial Army finally appeared in Vega's sight.

They looked quite tired. After all, they had been chasing for almost a day and a night, and both their physical strength and energy had been almost exhausted.

Vega has been resting here for more than seven hours, and the entire army maintains sufficient physical strength and basic combat effectiveness.

"Report to the General."

Battle reports continued to reach Vega's ears: "The enemy has entered the ambush circle, but they seem to be preparing to rest here in Koro Mountain. May I ask if we can ambush as planned?"

"hold on."

Vega was not in a hurry.

Now he is a hunter hiding in the dark. Is there anything more exciting in this world than watching his prey step into the trap step by step as a hunter?
Eyes do not blink.

Vega watched the Imperial Army's every move from a distance through a telescope.

Foster seemed to sense a gaze while marching, and felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. He looked in the direction of Mount Koro, but of course he could not see anything with his naked eyes.

Although nothing was discovered, Foster became increasingly agitated.

This feeling of irritation was like a grain of sand in his eyes or a fishbone stuck in his throat, making him so uncomfortable that he couldn't sit still.

"What's wrong?"

Foster thought about it for a long time but still didn't find anything suspicious. In the end, he just thought that there was a 70% chance that Vega would escape back to the northern hinterland this time, so he couldn't calm down.

But what happened next made him understand one thing -

He was wrong.

Totally wrong! Boom boom boom—

The magic that fell from the sky landed on his army, stirring up clouds of mud and taking the lives of the soldiers one by one.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Signal flares of the enemy's attack rose into the air from the left and right wings. Foster, confused, shouted angrily, "Scout! Scout! What on earth is going on? Why were we ambushed?"

"Report to the commander, something terrible has happened."

A few minutes later, a dusty scout came to Foster and said, "The Dynasty Army suddenly rushed out from Mount Koro. Our two wings are under fierce attack. Our defensive formation was dispersed before it was deployed. Our army is unable to organize an effective counterattack. Please give the order, commander."

"How many people are there in the enemy army?"

"I don't know the exact number, but the battle situation shows that they are on par with us."

"On par?"

Foster said in disbelief: "You mean the enemy has 200,000 ambushed troops?"

"Yes, Commander."

Foster opened his mouth, but no words came out.

At this moment, Foster came to his senses.

Perhaps Vega did not want to retreat from the beginning, but wanted to trick him into the Ropus Grand Canyon for a decisive battle, so he deliberately let the vanguard go and let him think that the entire Grand Canyon was safe. For this reason, he did not even think of sending out reconnaissance troops and hurried on his way.

"There is no cure for this step."

Foster groaned in pain.

Vega's advance and retreat were indeed unsolvable. If he did not send troops to pursue him, Vega would be able to retreat safely to the northern hinterland through the retreat route, and he would lose the opportunity to keep Vega.

If we send troops to pursue.

So the current situation is a true portrayal, they have fallen into the trap.

So Foster has realized that either he had discovered the trick ten days ago, or Vega would win ten days later. However, it is almost impossible to discover Vega's plan without any clues ten days ago.

After all, he is a man, not a god.

Although Vega is not a god, he is a devil who plays with people's hearts.

Now they had come from afar, their men and horses were exhausted, and they were attacked by the enemy from both wings, so they couldn't even deploy a basic defensive formation. On the contrary, the dynasty army was well prepared and had been lying in ambush for a long time, so it was obvious who would win and who would lose.

In this battle, Foster no longer sees any hope.

"Give the order... to break out."

Despite his reluctance, Foster still gave the order to break out.

But what was waiting for Foster was the beginning of a nightmare. When he was ambushed by 5 Dynasty troops at the entrance, he finally understood what it meant to cry out to heaven and earth for help but get no response.

"Haha, you actually did it to this extent."

Foster's eyes were filled with confusion: "That little devil is going to be killed."

The battle lasted for 7 hours, as Veigar had planned it for a long time.

As he cut off all retreat routes, no one from the Imperial Army escaped from the Ropes Canyon. In the end, more than 7 Imperial Army soldiers were killed, about 1.2 escaped, and 16 surrendered, including Commander-in-Chief Foster and other senior officers who were all captured.

This is the end.

There is no longer any army capable of fighting in the north of the empire.

The title is wrong, please ignore it.

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(End of this chapter)