Mage Veigar

Chapter 698 By any means necessary
Just surrender without a fight.

He actually helped the enemy to attack his own country.

This kind of thing is unforgivable in the Empire.

Logically speaking, as a major general, it is absolutely impossible for him to do such a thing, but with the commander-in-chief Haussmann setting an example, Voscoro Darnay found such an excuse for himself.

Although the empire's brainwashing of the lower-level soldiers is very thorough.

However, a general who had access to the empire's secrets would certainly not be like an ordinary soldier who would not dare to surrender to the enemy even if he died in battle before receiving the surrender order.

Altitude determines attitude.

The rule makers, of course, cannot constrain the makers; they can only constrain the bottom level.

This also made it easier for Voscoro Darnay to rebel.

As long as he does his job as a senior officer, the soldiers under him will naturally follow his lead.

And to gain Vega's trust.

He took the Red Leaf Fortress on his own initiative and gave it to Vega.

So there was a scene like this. Vega captured the city of Shelantu and 200,000 surrendered soldiers, a secondary strategic point in the central region, without losing a single soldier. He successfully pushed the front line to the central region, creating a huge sense of crisis for the empire.

"The Jialan Empire will not treat you badly."

"Your Excellency has made great contributions in this battle. Is there any reward you would like?"

Vega looked at this major general with admiration, who he thought was very conventional and had no personality at all.

The major general's actions reminded him of himself a few years ago. At that time, he was betrayed by the empire and thrown on the east coast to be responsible for blocking some kingdom army, which is why things have come to this point today.

Now the Empire has abandoned another major general.

Since this major general had the courage to defy the assassination attempt by the trial system and resist, he believed that he had considerable plasticity. Vega regarded him as a living being, not a soulless puppet of the Empire.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir."

Voscoro Darnay saluted solemnly and said, "I heard that General Hausmann has pledged allegiance to your country? Therefore, I have no other requests, I just want to continue to serve under General Hausmann, I hope the general will agree."

In fact, Voscoro Darnay is far from being as calm as he seems.

He was full of anxiety about the future, and the only person he was familiar with in the Jialan Empire was probably his former boss Hausman, so he urgently wanted to get comfort from people who shared the same suffering as him.

"I understand. I will arrange this matter when I return to China."

Vega nodded and said, "Besides this matter, do you have any other requests? As long as I can, I can agree to everything you ask for. Whatever the Nuolan Empire can give you, the Jialan Empire can give you double."

"There is one more thing..."

Voscoro Darnay said somewhat awkwardly: "In the next war, I request to be the last one to leave. To be honest, psychologically, I don't know how to face the imperial army... But please rest assured, sir, I will seize the time to adjust myself."

“Of course, no problem. I understand.”

Vega smiled and said, "Then please assist the commander of our 3rd Division and the 3rd and 7th Divisions to defend the city of Shelantu. I now need to lead the main force to continue advancing the front line towards the Red Leaf Fortress to respond to the rebel leader Coverdale."

"Please don't worry, sir."

Voscoro had no complaints about Vega deploying two troops to defend Shelantu. He had just surrendered, so it was natural for him to distrust him. Loyalty needed time to prove. He said goodbye to Voscoro Darnay.

After a few days of rest, Vega officially took over the Red Leaf Fortress.

Although Red Leaf Fortress is a secondary strategic point, it is actually a very important place as the entrance to the central part.

This place has little impact on the central region as a whole, but it can sound the alarm for the empire and force them to abandon the east coast of the Jialan Empire as soon as possible.

At this time, everyone in the imperial capital had indeed reached a consensus—

Use the eastern coast of the former dynasty as a price to make Vega stop the attack and withdraw from the eastern part of the empire.

Although this undermines the dignity and glory of the empire.

But if the empire is even prepared to apologize to the people, what dignity and glory does it have?

All the senior officials present understood that the empire had been pushed to the brink of destruction this time. In this situation, honor and dignity had to be put aside. If victory could be achieved by using any means and doing everything possible, then it must be used.

So in the next few days.

The Empire first sent envoys to negotiate with Vega, but did not rush to issue a decree to appease the civilians. Instead, it secretly mobilized a large number of troops and pressed towards the northwest rebels.

This was clearly a premeditated act.

However, this time the plot was not aimed at Vega, but at the rebels.

The head of the empire instructed several generals: "Everyone, Vega Saint Laurent will definitely withdraw his troops next. When he returns home, we will issue a decree to win the hearts of the people. At that time, we must strike a fatal blow to the rebels whose morale has been shaken by the decree with lightning speed, and completely destroy the determination of the rebel soldiers to rebel."

"I understand."

Everyone said in unison.

The head of state nodded solemnly: "The rebels have always colluded with Vega Saint Laurent, and Vega Saint Laurent is dishonest. If time drags on for too long, Vega Saint Laurent, who has retreated back to the country, is likely to make a comeback. This time we must act quickly."

"You don't have to worry about that, Mr.

The Minister of Intelligence responded, "Once the Jialan Empire takes back the East Coast, I'm afraid they won't have the energy to march towards us in the short term. I got accurate information from the trial system that the Jialan Empire's expedition this time almost exhausted all the war reserves on the West Coast. They will no longer be able to launch an attack on us. At least we have a year to breathe."

"This is really good news."

The head of state nodded: "But you all need to know that the Jialan Empire needs to recuperate, and the empire that is now in tatters also needs to recuperate, so please make a quick decision."

"For victory!"

Everyone stood up and saluted. This time, the empire had made up its mind to abandon dignity, honor, responsibility... this series of burdens, and then to win - by any means necessary.

Coverdale of the Rebel Army did not know this.

The only news he had received was that Vega had entered the central region before him, and the Empire was forced to send envoys to ask Vega Saint Laurent to withdraw his troops. He did not realize that the Empire had secretly mobilized troops to move closer to them.

So he wasn't too worried.

Because he always believed that in a short period of time, it would be absolutely impossible for the arrogant and powerful empire to give up its dignity and win the hearts of the people. As long as the empire did not issue a policy of appeasement, with this east wind and the support of Western countries, he would not be able to fall from the altar.

(End of this chapter)