Mage Veigar

Chapter 656 Going first

At the most critical moment.

What no one expected was that Xia stood up.

Xia was personally commanding the war, and no one had any objection...nor did they dare to have any objection.

But Okasos felt genuinely ashamed.

He had gotten the battle situation into such a bad state, and he had already prepared to take the blame if the battle was defeated.

But now Xia has taken the initiative to step forward and take on this responsibility, which makes him feel ashamed who had previously said that he would assist Xia to become the king of the world and let the flag of the Holy Dynasty fly in every corner of the Jialan Continent.

Therefore, when the meeting started again, Okasos no longer dared to speak.

Xia sat back in the main seat, looked around, and memorized the unfamiliar faces in her mind.

She felt very helpless at this moment.

Just facing these unfamiliar faces made her feel very nervous, not to mention that she had to command them to defeat the powerful Holy Dragon Kingdom. Is such a thing really possible for a human being to do?

This is too difficult for a flower grown in a greenhouse.

This moment also made Xia deeply realize how much effort Vega has put in for the rise of the dynasty. Can he really win the war with this group of "terrible" guys who will fight each other at the slightest disagreement?

But Xia knew she had no choice.

From the moment she ordered Okasos to put Vega under house arrest, intending to keep Vega by her side and let her conquer the world on his behalf, she was destined to have no choice but to retreat.

She wants to be king.

A supreme king who can take Vega for himself.

Therefore, no matter what difficulties she faces, as a king, she must learn to carry the entire dynasty.

She took a deep breath and said, "Generals, I think Shenglong City can no longer hold out. Instead of retreating in disgrace after being completely defeated, it is better to return home immediately, defeat the imperial army first, rebuild our morale, and then consider the situation here."

Everyone looked at each other, and no one expressed any objection.

Because the battle situation has become very clear, the Holy Dragon Kingdom has made twenty consecutive attempts. If nothing unexpected happens, a decisive battle will be launched within the next five attacks. With the current state of the dynasty army, there is not a single hope of victory in this decisive battle.

In fact, many officers had long wanted to retreat.

They hoped to retreat back to the country, first resist the attack of the Empire, and then wait for Vega to wake up before regrouping.

However, since Okasos was eager for quick success and wanted to defeat the Holy Dragon Kingdom's army in a short period of time, no one dared to make this suggestion. Once it was made, they might be severely scolded by Okasos.

"Since no one has any objections, let's prepare to retreat."

Xia let out a long sigh. Giving up the strategic city that Vega had obtained was something Xia didn't want to see.

But she understood even more clearly that what the dynasty had to do now was not to speed up the pace of expansion, but how to regain the previous morale that even gods dared to fight to the death after losing Vega.

The way to restore morale is definitely not through the Holy Dragon Kingdom.

Xia believes that Okasos's decision from the beginning was wrong, and that the morale should be restored by defeating the invading imperial army. With her and Okasos' abilities, they are absolutely capable of defeating the imperial army in a head-on battle.

Now Xia's thoughts are very clear.

She knew that she didn't have Vega's talent, and that was her shortcoming.

When it became impossible to imitate Vega's fighting style, she should see her own strengths more clearly and then use her advantages to deal with the next war. This advantage lies in her and Okasos's strength as star mages.

Head-on combat is the form of warfare with the lowest tolerance for error.

The combination of two star-level mages has almost no chance of being defeated against any force as long as they don't encounter the Holy Dragon Kingdom.

I don't know if it's because Xia is talented or just luck, but this decision is at least one step better than Okasos's. Even in this situation, Vega would make the same decision. In Vega's opinion.

As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Among the Thirty-Six Strategies, 'running away' is not the worst strategy, but the best one.

When the enemy is powerful, you only have three options.

First, surrender.

Second, find the sum.

Third, retreat.

If they surrender, it will obviously mean total defeat, and if they ask for peace, it can be equivalent to half defeat. But if they retreat, since the decisive battle has not yet begun, it is certainly not considered a defeat. As long as they are not defeated, there will definitely be a turning point when they face the Holy Dragon Kingdom next time.

This is the principle behind the Thirty-Six Strategies of Strategies whereby retreat is the best.

But many generals are actually unable to retreat.

For example, like Okasos, his huge desire for gain and loss made him stubbornly choose to defend the Holy Dragon City even when he knew that he might lose if he continued fighting, and he was simply unable to make a heroic move.

Although making this decision was not easy.

But in fact, retreating is much more difficult than letting go of the desire for gain and loss.

This time, the Holy Dragon Kingdom came with great force, and its monitoring of the dynasty army can be said to be all-round.

As long as the Dynasty Army dared to retreat, the Holy Dragon Army would certainly pursue them immediately. Due to the number of the Holy Dragon Army and the quality of individual soldiers, it was extremely easy to pursue the Dynasty Army.

Of course, Xia had never expected this.

In the imagination of this layman, if it is difficult to defeat the enemy, is it also difficult to retreat?

Fortunately, a general raised this issue.

"His Majesty."

Admiral Bardo asked softly, "The enemy's spies are all over the city. How can we hide from them and escape safely? If our retreat is discovered and caught up by the enemy, we may be defeated miserably."

Xia was stunned.

Being unprepared, I was of course stunned when asked this question.

But Xia quickly adjusted.

Since you have chosen to become a true king, you must give confidence to your subordinates, because for the subjects, the king is their faith, and faith is an omnipotent existence.

That's right.

"I am omnipotent!"

Xia hypnotized herself in her heart and slowly said, "Go and order the entire army to prepare for retreat. As for a safe retreat? Isn't this a matter of course? Don't forget, our goal is to conquer the world."

This sentence is exaggerated to the extreme, and its logic is even more ridiculous.

Our goal is to conquer the world, isn't it more than enough to deal with this kind of small situation?
But such a completely illogical statement could give the ministers infinite confidence.

Since Xia guaranteed that there was a way to retreat safely, they naturally believed it. Xia successfully calmed everyone's anxiety, but she knew the pain too. She had no idea how to hide it from the enemy and retreat safely.

at the same time.

As Xia's order was issued, the entire army began to prepare for retreat.

Even Vega, who was hoping for a great defeat for the Dynasty Army in the secret room, was put in a sack and gagged by Carol and taken out of the secret room, ready to retreat with the army at any time.

(End of this chapter)