Mage Veigar

Chapter 693 Refusing to Send Troops
East coast.

Foster and Augustus waited and waited, but did not see Vega leading his army across the river to attack. Instead, they received the news that Vega had launched a surprise attack on Haussmann Christian, defeated the 500,000-strong imperial army, and the city of Erkia was in danger.

This news took him a long time to recover.

They were clearly preparing for an eastern expedition along the banks of the Donbu River, but in the end they made a feint and pointed the spearhead at the eastern part of the empire. This sudden move made Foster unable to recover for a long time.

"A cunning fellow."

Foster slammed the table heavily, venting his dissatisfaction: "Yes, even I can think that compared to offense, the Divine Mage is obviously superior in defense. How could that kid use his weakness to attack my strength? I should have thought that he would use the Divine Mage for defense instead of putting it into an offensive war."

It’s a pity that he thought of so many strategies against the divine mage.

In the end, Vega didn't give him the chance to use it, which made Foster quite frustrated, because when the Divine Mage used it for city defense, all his strategies would become ineffective.

If he is on defense.

If you set up multiple lines of defense, then the strategy of using tug-of-war and guerrilla warfare to fight against the divine mage will be very easy to succeed.

But as the attacker, if you dare to attack the city, the other party will use divine magic to fight back and hold on to you. I'm afraid you will be defeated before you can get away from them, so there's no point in engaging in a tug-of-war.

So what should we do now?
There was nothing he could do except continue to wait and see.

Because if the entire army attacks the west bank, there is a high possibility that they will be left behind by the divine wizard, and with too few people they will be of no use.

So now Foster can only pin his hopes on Hausman being able to perform better and withdraw to Erkia before Vega, and drag the reinforcements from the central part to the east. Otherwise, the entire east may fall, and may even approach the Immortal City.

"At least that guy always scored one point higher than me in every test when he was in the military academy. Although he has now fallen to the point of living a life of idleness and waiting for death, he shouldn't be so vulnerable, right?"

Foster sighed.

When he was studying in the military academy, Hausman always got full marks in every assessment, and he was always ranked second by one point. When Hausman was at his peak, his record was also better than his.

But Houseman's peak seemed to be gone just as quickly as it came.

After Hausman was promoted to five-star general, although he did not make any mistakes in the subsequent wars, he did not fight any decent miracle battles. Instead, he became more and more courageous, surpassed Hausman, and was awarded the surname "Nolan".

But there is a saying that a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

He didn't believe that his old rival would just sit there and wait for death.

But Houseman clearly failed to live up to his expectations.

A soldier from the Eastern Empire brought Hausman's message: "Admiral, our commander requests that you immediately lead your entire army to attack the great city of Dunbu on the west coast. He will attack the Black Gold City at the same time as you, attacking the west coast of the Jialan Empire from both sides."

"What a joke!"

Foster was immediately furious. "He failed to do a good job of intelligence work and was ambushed and defeated. Now he wants me to sacrifice my entire army to help him recapture the city of Erkia? I won't agree to such a thing."

It is true that Vega will definitely return to defend when the west coast is attacked from both sides. Hausman can also take advantage of the gap when Vega returns to defend to leave the battlefield and rush back to Elkia City to deploy defenses. In this way, the eastern part of the empire will be saved, and it is also true that Hausman will not have any responsibility.

But what about yourself?
There is a divine wizard on the west bank, and his attack will surely destroy his entire army.

Using the annihilation of his own army to help Hausman, a lonesome man who only wants to eat and die, to evade responsibility?

What a joke!
He would never agree to such a thing.

At this moment when the country is at stake, he still wants to use him to evade responsibility and wait for death. Foster feels that he has never seen such a shameless person. He used to regard him as an opponent, but now it seems that he has overestimated Housman.

"Tell Hausman that I refuse to send troops." Foster said to the soldiers in a decisive tone, signaling them to leave.

But the soldier did not just walk away. He knelt on one knee in front of Foster and said, "Admiral, our commander asked me to tell you that according to his speculation, there must be no divine wizards on the east coast. Please trust his judgment."

"Speculation?"

Foster laughed instead of getting angry. "What qualifications do you have for me to trust a general who has fallen from power, lost his nose for war, and is just waiting to die? Tell him that from the moment he gave up the lives of 50 soldiers in order to retreat safely, he is no longer worthy of being my competitor. I can't put my men on his speculation without any evidence."

"Admiral, please think twice."

The soldiers pleaded again and again: "If you don't send troops, the commander and 300,000 soldiers will be finished."

"The soldiers in your army are human lives, but the soldiers in our army are not human lives?"

Foster said angrily: "Adjutant, send this soldier back. Hausman needs to pay for his negligence. This is a cruel war. In the war, no one will show mercy to him."

The soldiers of the Eastern Empire Army were carried out.

In the end, Foster did not send troops to attack the west coast because he was concerned about the existence of the divine wizard.

“It’s a no-brainer for Foster.”

Vega smiled and answered a division commander's question about why he was so sure that Foster would not take any action.

The division commander brought him the news that Hausmann would not return to defend Erkia but would instead attack the City of Black Gold. Vega showed a surprised expression, but decided to ignore it and continue to march faster towards Erkia.

What Hausmann did did surprise him.

Once Foster and Hausman attack together on the East Coast, Xia will be unable to take care of both the East and the West, and the West Coast will be destroyed overnight.

At this time, Veigar's best option is to return to defense immediately.

But Vega did not choose to return to defense because he expected Foster to remain silent.

Just as Vega replied to the commander - this was a matter of course for Foster.

Because looking at Foster's personal war history, you will find that he performs mediocrely when he is in an advantageous or evenly matched situation, but when he is forced into a desperate situation where he has no choice but to advance or retreat, he often fights a surprising and miraculous battle.

Just like the battle in which the Kingdom of Dragon City turned defeat into victory.

It was precisely because their retreat was cut off and there was no way forward that Foster made a desperate attempt and turned defeat into victory.

in other words.

As long as there are other options, after weighing the pros and cons, he will never choose to take the risk of a fight.

Since there is a 50% chance of a star mage existing on the west coast.

There was no way Foster would allow his elite troops to risk being annihilated.

After so many battles, Vega knows General Foster much better than Hausman does.

Therefore, Vega did not withdraw his troops, but only asked the soldiers to tell Shia to be prepared, as the Eastern Army of the Empire was about to attack the City of Black Gold.

(End of this chapter)