Mage Veigar

Chapter 596: Die Standing?
Time is neither fast nor slow.

A month has passed quietly.

The empire explained with its actions what the phrase "a crushing defeat" meant.

The successive defeats had made the empire doomed to decline, and the soldiers collectively suffered from dragon phobia. They were terrified of the Holy Dragon Kingdom's army. Even if they were later replaced with elite soldiers, they were unable to stop the collapse of the empire, and the empire's spirit was destroyed.

An army without confidence is doomed to fail in the war.

If you see it with your own eyes, you will find that the current Imperial Army is just like the Holy Dynasty Army before Vega joined.

When the Holy Dynasty faced the attack from the United Kingdom, it had no confidence at all in winning. Once the war broke out and the kingdom gained the upper hand, there would be a large-scale rout, and even the governor would be helpless.

This is why the United Kingdom was able to conquer Saint Laurent within a few months.

The empire is now like the Holy Dynasty of the past. Although they seem to have a considerable number of troops, no soldier thinks that they are a match for the Holy Dragon Kingdom. Even most of the officers are extremely pessimistic.

If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked.

During this month, the pessimistic empire lost the entire northwest, and their front line had shrunk to the central region, which was the industrial, economic, political, and cultural center of the empire, as well as the heart of the empire.

In other words.

The empire was pushed to the brink, and they had nowhere to retreat.

If the north had not been lost, even if the center was lost, they still had the north, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, to make a comeback. Unfortunately, the north had been occupied by Vega, and the south was flat and impossible to defend. Therefore, the situation of the empire was even more pessimistic than that of the United Kingdom. At least the United Kingdom still had the City of Everlook.

What to do?
The controllers of the three powers were gloomy.

They also wanted to try their best to fight against the dragon species, but continuous failures had made the soldiers lose confidence. In this situation, even if more troops were sent, as long as they saw people die, there would inevitably be a scene of rout.

Just as the strong become stronger, the weak become weaker.

The empire has fallen into a vicious circle.

A series of great victories would make a third-rate army unstoppable, and constant defeats would make a battle-hardened army become timid. If the empire defeated the Holy Dragon Kingdom in the first battle... no, it only needed to fight an evenly matched battle for this situation to not occur.

But the constant failures have snowballed.

Now the empire is showing the same avalanche trend as the United Kingdom did. Without a big victory to restore confidence, it may be defeated by the Holy Dragon Kingdom, which is becoming more and more courageous as the battle goes on.

But that's easier said than done.

A member of parliament stood up and said pessimistically: "The domestic society is in turmoil, especially the massacre committed by the Holy Dragon Nation after occupying Harsh City. This has plunged the whole country into a pessimistic situation. Even a large number of citizens in the east have fled to the Holy Dynasty."

boom!
The first to lose his temper was the Grand Speaker: "We don't have time to delay here. Please mobilize all your troops. We must not let the enemy threaten the central region. We need a big victory to stabilize the people's hearts."

"It's not that I don't want to, but that I don't dare."

The head of state said calmly, "Mr. Speaker, have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if we put all our troops to work but still fail to achieve the victory you want?"

"This……"

The Grand Speaker was speechless.

He knew very well that if he bet all his chips on a decisive battle with the Holy Dragon Kingdom and still lost the war, then the empire would be truly finished and there would not even be a chance of a comeback because the soldiers' faith would collapse directly.

Compared to the death of the body, the collapse of an army's faith can never be restored.

If you kneel for too long, you will not be able to stand up, just like the Holy Dynasty in the past. Although it was also a big country, it needed to rely on the empire. Even when the country was invaded, it had to ask for the assistance of the empire and let the empire's army enter the capital openly.

This is unthinkable for a sovereign state.

Generally, it is absolutely impossible for a big country to allow the army of other countries to enter its territory without permission, even if that country is an ally. This may cause the country to become the host. However, facing the attack of the United Kingdom, the dynasty had no choice.

Therefore at this time.

An old general stood up and said, "I think that for now, we have no choice but to seek help from the Holy Dynasty."

"What a joke!"

An inquisitor was furious: "Are you asking us to follow the example of the old dynasty and allow them to openly march their army into our territory? And you are absolutely crazy to seek help from a country that is countless times weaker than us."

"That's absolutely true. It's complete nonsense."

"You are insulting the dignity and glory of the empire."

"..."

Everyone criticized the old general, but unfortunately the old general remained unmoved: "Then I would like to ask everyone, do you have a better idea? Or do you want to volunteer to fight? As long as anyone of you has a 100% winning method, I think the head of state will definitely not stick to one method and will entrust any of you with an important task."

As soon as the words fell, they became so clear that you could hear a pin drop.

No one dared to answer this question, and no one was willing to take on the task at this critical moment.

Everyone knows that the morale of the Holy Dragon Nation is high now, but their decline is inevitable, and they can no longer win by relying on sheer numbers.

"Please elaborate."

The head of the empire looked at the old general and realized that this might be an effective solution.

General Ming secretly praised them, and then explained, "I don't want to trample on your pitiful self-esteem, but if we want to win the war and continue the future of the empire, we must face up to the strength of the Holy Dynasty. They destroyed the 27 Black Dragon Legion of the Holy Dragon Kingdom within 30 hours, which is absolutely true."

Everyone present sneered, as if they wanted to mock the old general again.

However, the Grand Speaker seemed to have foresight. He raised his right hand at this time, stopping everyone from speaking, and signaled the old general to continue.

The old general nodded his thanks to the speaker, and then continued, "I would like to ask you to put aside your useless arrogance and truly realize the strength of the Holy Dynasty's military power. Now we must follow the decision made by the Holy Dynasty when it was invaded by the United Kingdom and seek help from the dynasty that can truly defeat the Holy Dragon Kingdom."

"Live on your knees or die standing up. Please make your choice."

After saying this, the old general sat back in his original seat, closed his eyes and no longer paid attention to other people's condemnation of him.

Although everyone was outraged by the old general's words, they all realized that asking for the Holy Dynasty's assistance and entrusting the war to another of their enemies was the only solution.

If you don't choose to do this -

Then they can only take a gamble and bet the future of the empire on the final decisive battle.

But can the empire, which is just preparing to make a comeback, really afford the gamble?
(End of this chapter)