Mage Veigar

Chapter 695 Turning enemies into enemies
Indecisiveness leads to disaster.

Finally, when it was clear that there was no hope, Hausmann Christian chose to surrender.

There was no point in continuing to struggle except for the death of a few more soldiers. As the enemy was well prepared, he would definitely lose this battle even without the Star Mage, because this was simply a trap and he had walked into it.

"Miss, the enemy surrendered."

As soon as Yiluo received the news, he immediately reported it to Xia excitedly.

This news surprised Xia a little, because the war has just entered a fierce stage. According to common sense, it should last for half a day, or after her next star magic is released, the imperial army may choose to surrender.

But this surrender was a little too quick.

The total number of casualties was less than 7, and the enemy did not even attempt to break out, but they were so eager to surrender. Was there a trick?

Xia looked at Yiluo and said, "Order our soldiers not to let their guard down. Send a troop to remove all their weapons and the magic medium used by the mages. Only after confirming that it is safe, the main force will be allowed to approach and detain them."

"I understand."

Under Ilo's personal leadership, more than 200,000 soldiers of the empire were disarmed and captured, and Commander Hausman was also taken to an interrogation room alone, waiting for Xia's formal reception.

creak-

The door of the interrogation room was opened, and Xia and Yiluo walked in.

Hearing the sound, Hausman quickly opened his sleepy eyes.

Before Xia and Yiluo asked, he, as a captive, said to Xia: "I guess you are Miss Xia, the wife of Lord Vega. I want to give up the dark and join the light and serve your army. I wonder if your army is willing to accept me, a defeated general? To show my sincerity, I can tell you everything I know. As a five-star general of the empire, I served in the imperial capital some time ago, so I still know some secrets of the empire."

"..."

This sentence left Yiluo and Xia stunned for a long time and they were unable to continue.

Generally, the high-ranking officers of the empire were quite tough, and it was difficult to get them to reveal the secrets of the empire, let alone to surrender voluntarily. This was the first time they had seen such a high-ranking officer who was ready to confess everything without even being punished, especially since this guy was a five-star general. This made Iroh, who was just about to torture Hausman, feel like he couldn't sit still or move.

"Can I ask why?"

Xia did not rashly accept or reject the other party's surrender, but asked for the reason.

"The first reason is that I want to die in peace."

After a pause, Hausman said very seriously, "Dying in a cell as a prisoner? I absolutely cannot accept such a thing. Even if I cannot die peacefully with full glory, I must have a cemetery facing north and south, with flowers in spring and greenery in summer."

“Well, that’s the most important reason.”

As if afraid that Xia would not believe him, Hausman added this very seriously before continuing, "Second, I'm tired of associating with this group of mediocre people who have messed up a good hand. I must take revenge on Foster. It was this guy who made me taste the humiliation of failure for the first time in my life."

That's indeed true.

This was the only failure in Hausman's life.

As revenge, he wanted to let Foster know what a mistake it was to sacrifice him.

"I understand."

Xia nodded and said, "I will convey your wishes to Vega after he returns. Please wait patiently in the meantime. However, please report the detailed secrets of the empire to Lord Iroh one by one."

"Thank you Miss Shia."

Hausman lowered his head towards Xia, and very tactfully did not mention the predecessor of the Queen of the Xia Dynasty.

Creak. The door was closed again.

Xia said to Yiluo, "I'll leave the matter of the Black Gold City to you, sir. I need to immediately bring the army back to the city of Dunbu to assist Lord Menno to prevent the East Coast from taking the opportunity to march in."

"Please rest assured, I will take good care of these prisoners."

After saying goodbye to Xia, Iroh returned to the interrogation room.

He snorted and didn't give Hausman a good look: "Tell me everything you know. It's best not to play any tricks. You can deceive me and the young lady, but you can't hide it from the eyes of the commander-in-chief."

"Your Excellency is worrying too much. I speak the truth."

Hausman said this solemnly to Ilo.

This time there was indeed no falsehood involved, nor was it a conspiracy on his part. He really wanted to teach Foster a profound lesson. At the same time, it also meant that he had concluded that the empire was doomed and that he could no longer enjoy his old age.

In contrast.

He is very optimistic about Vega's Galan Empire.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Jialan Empire is in a state of disrepair and Vega's ambition, as long as he works hard for a few years like he did when he was young and earns enough merits, he might be able to retreat behind the scenes and make some money before resting in peace.

As for defeat?

This was something that Hausman had never considered.

He believed that his condition had declined significantly with age, but it was by no means comparable to those mediocre people in the empire, especially Foster, who had been suppressed by him since military school.

So the City of Black Gold won a great victory.

The news of the surrender of 300,000 troops in the eastern part of the empire quickly spread.

Vega therefore captured the city of Erkia in one fell swoop, opening the gateway to the east of the empire, and at the same time pointed his sword at another economic and transportation hub in the east, the city of Shelantu.

This not only caused the Empire, which was defending against the rebels, to panic, but also Foster on the East Coast began to get anxious.

"That cowardly traitor!"

Forster simply could not stand Houseman's capitulation.

In his opinion, when knowing that they would inevitably lose, the best thing to do was not to surrender, but to use the troops in their hands to force out some of the cards of the Jialan Empire, especially to find out whether the enemy actually had a divine wizard.

But Hausman did nothing and surrendered directly.

This made Foster look down on Houseman from the bottom of his heart, and he felt ashamed that he lost to such a person by one point every time in the military academy. He didn't even understand why he lost to such a person.

Besides.

Foster also learned through intelligence that Hausman had surrendered to the Galan Empire and was actively persuading some senior officers to try to incite the entire imperial army to join the arms of the Galan Empire.

This move has made up Foster's mind.

If he ever met Hausman on the battlefield, he would defeat him with his own hands and take his head.

However, what Foster didn't know was that Hausman on the other side of the river had the same plan. Neither of them had expected that fifty years later, they would become rivals again.

(End of this chapter)