Mage Veigar

Chapter 654: Defeat Begins
In Vega's speculation.

Facing the attack from the Holy Dragon Nation, Okasos adopted a combat plan of direct confrontation, which had no possibility of victory at all, even with the addition of the Star Mage Xia.

It comes down to it.

As long as the high-level military forces of both sides can check and balance each other, victory still has to rely on ordinary soldiers.

When Vega was commanding a war, he relied on surprise, and on himself and Okasos to contain the enemy's Holy Dragon Envoys, and the air force to contain the enemy's flying dragons, ultimately letting the ordinary army decide the outcome.

on the other hand.

Without using any conspiracy or trickery, in a head-on confrontation, when the enemy's quality and quantity are higher than yours, and the large number of Holy Dragon Envoys can pin down your Star Mages, what can your ordinary troops use to defeat them?

The moment when Okasos decided to confront head-on.

This advantage has been mutually converted.

There is no possibility that the Holy Dragon Kingdom will lose this war.

This kind of thing is not only something that Vega can speculate. Anyone with a little command experience in the Empire and Western countries can easily come to these speculations. Of course, there are also some generals in the Dynasty Army who can see it clearly.

Unfortunately, seeing clearly doesn’t mean they will say it out loud.

Based on the situation of submission, even if they see the unreasonableness of it, they will not question it.

Regardless of whether it is Okasos or Xia, they are all outsiders to war, and are not even as good as a third-rate commander. In Vega's opinion, such people rely on the battle plans they make on paper and have no chance of winning.

But Vega did not stop him.

No! If a few days ago, Vega had thought about escaping from here as soon as possible, regaining control of the military, and stopping this war that was doomed to fail, then the long-term confinement has helped Vega sort out his thoughts -

Let the dynasty fall!

For a long time, Vega has been wanting to unify the continent by holding the emperor hostage to control the princes and become a king behind the scenes.

But now he found out that he was wrong.

Although the cause of this incident seemed to be that he kept Okasos by his side and played with fire for the convenience that the Star Mage brought in the war, but what ultimately led him to this situation was Xia's sudden betrayal that caught him off guard.

Therefore, Vega no longer thought about using the emperor to control the princes.

He wanted to abandon Xia, become a real king himself, and keep everything firmly in his hands.

But there is a problem.

What is the foundation for his resurgence?

After all, the Galan Empire is the homeland of the empire, and the admiration for Vega is not high at all. The army has no awareness of sacrificing themselves for the country, which is why Vega dare not use them to fight against the Holy Dragon Kingdom, so his foundation is still in the dynasty.

But as long as the dynasty and Shia exist, it is impossible for the dynasty to turn to Vega.

This is a belief that has been engraved in our bones for tens of thousands of years.

The influence of the dynasty's royal family on the common people is too great. Vega finds that no matter how much military exploits and prestige he gains, he will never be able to surpass Xia. He doesn't even have the qualifications to be on equal terms. With just a word from Xia, he can even be deprived of his rights.

Therefore, Vega came up with a solution in the past few days.

Ignore the war and let the nations destroy the Holy Dynasty!
If it is not broken, it cannot be established; if it is broken, it will be established.

As long as the Holy Dynasty regime is destroyed, the faith in the hearts of the common people will collapse.

At this time, it was natural for Vega to declare himself king and save the dynasty. Naturally, he could not be regarded as a traitor because the dynasty was gone and the common people had to have a new belief in their hearts.

This is why Vega asked Ilo and Menno to retreat to the west coast.

The dynasty's faith is Saint Laurent. As long as the entire east coast falls, it will also declare the end of the dynasty's ten thousand-year regime. At this time, Vega can use the west coast as a base and rebuild the old territory step by step. Although it is a bit hard, and even the foundation that has been laid down will be lost.

But Vega has absolute confidence. He believes that as long as the last hope of the West Coast is still there, and he can persuade Xia, a star mage who is worth two, to come back and use her as a sharp blade, he can return to the top.

not to mention.

He still has an ace in his hand - Isa Anistora.

That divine magic, as long as it is used at the critical moment, will surely lead to an unprecedented victory!

Therefore, Vega now focuses on breaking through the bottleneck and quietly waits for the failure of the war.

Anyway, Xia is already a star-level mage, and his own strength is not weak. Even if he is defeated, his life will not be in danger. Therefore, in Vega's view, his plan to overthrow the dynasty is risk-free.

And everything happened just as Vega expected.

The Holy Dynasty suffered its first defeat in its initial battle with the Holy Dragon Kingdom.

Due to the huge gap in quantity and quality, and the fact that Xia and Okasos were restrained by the Holy Dragon Envoy, the frontal city defense battle was almost one-sided, and the city gate was lost in less than an hour.

Thanks to the long-standing fear of the Holy Dragon Army towards the Dynasty Army, as well as the morale built up by the Dynasty Army under the leadership of Vega, the Dynasty Army withstood the enemy's attack for six hours with the help of these internal defense lines in the city, preventing the Holy Dragon City from falling directly in the first wave of attacks.

The Holy Dragon Kingdom's army then withdrew from the city and returned the defense line to the Holy Dynasty.

This may be very difficult to understand. After all, wouldn't it be a waste of effort to return the defense line to the Dynasty Army?

This is not actually difficult to understand.

Even though the news that Vega was unable to command the war had been confirmed, Augustus and the Holy Dragon King still felt that this might be a trick played by Vega, so the first battle was a test battle for them.

After the test, they immediately chose to leave.

Augustus had even imagined a scenario in his mind where he would be attacked unexpectedly by Vega at night and his entire army would be wiped out as a result of building a defense line in the city. This could be said to be a case of being afraid of ropes for ten years after being bitten by a snake once.

So in the next few dozen days.

The army of the Holy Dragon Kingdom launched more than a dozen attempts.

Each time they controlled the war time firmly within six hours, fought and ran away, and did not covet even an inch of land in Shenglong City. This was completely different from their usual arrogant fighting style, and it was not an exaggeration to describe them as cowardly as mice.

During every attack.

The Holy Dragon Kingdom also deployed a large number of flanking blocking troops to prevent Vega's sneak attack.

Anyway.

After these dozens of days, the dynasty army finally managed to defend the Holy Dragon City.

But this was ultimately a temporary solution, because countless wars were a huge blow to the dynasty army.

The enemy did what he wanted time and again.

But our side can only passively take the beating again and again.

This caused the confidence that the Holy Dynasty had worked so hard to build to begin to gradually collapse, while the army of the Holy Dragon Kingdom finally slowly emerged from its autism, becoming more and more courageous as the battle went on, and regaining its former confidence.

This is a long time.

If this continues, defeat seems inevitable.

(End of this chapter)