Mage Veigar

Chapter 709 Escape

Time came to the seventh day.

According to the declaration of war issued seven days ago, today is the day to launch an attack on Tully City.

But Vega did not feel any sense of urgency. He was even more relaxed than in the past few days. On this day, he slept until noon, which was unusual for him. If his adjutant had not risked his life to knock on the door, he might have missed the time to set out.

On purpose?

Or is it treating war as a joke?

On the contrary, Vega did not regard the war as a joke, but because in his opinion, today was the day that did not require tension, as the real war had already started seven days ago, and he had spent countless efforts in these seven days to confuse Palitzer.

So after seven days of nerve-wracking.

As he suddenly relaxed, Vega inevitably fell into a deep sleep, even forgetting the time.

But this is not important.

After this self-directed and self-acted play of his, there was no way that Palitzer would not withdraw his troops.

Therefore, what is to be carried out today is not a war, but to let the entire army move to the city of Tully openly and without any soldiers, and then wait there quietly for Palitzer to persuade Augustus to return to the Holy Dragon Kingdom, and he will naturally take back all the territory.

That's the benefit of bluffing.

As long as you establish an image of yourself as invincible and make your enemies believe it, you can do whatever you want.

even……

Augustus didn't even dare to think of using Foster's powerful knife.

"I declare, all troops, to take over Tully City!"

Standing on the high platform, Vega gave such a matter-of-fact order to the soldiers, as if Tully City was already under his control. So under such an order, the entire army moved slowly towards the direction of Tully City.

The pace of large-scale marches was very slow.

The enemy's reconnaissance troops kept them in sight the entire time.

If this happened in a normal war, Vega would send out anti-reconnaissance troops to hunt down the enemy's scouts in order to catch them off guard. However, today he did nothing and allowed the enemy's countless reconnaissance troops to see everything clearly.

Therefore, less than three hours after Vega left the base, Palitzer received the news.

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Tully City, underground headquarters.

Because he was caught by Vega last time, he moved his headquarters and residence to this secret underground command post to prevent Vega from using the same trick again and capturing him.

At this time in the underground command center.

As soon as Palitzer received the battle report, he called together all the officers: "Everyone, the enemy has already set off. Have you made all the retreat preparations I asked you to make yesterday? Now we will retreat to Shaye City immediately and meet up with Commander Augustus."

"Please wait a moment, Commander."

A staff officer said: "Captain Augustus' order is to allow retreat only after the battle if we are really defeated. If we abandon the city and flee before the battle even starts, if this gets to the ears of Captain Augustus..."

"Stupid! You have no place to talk here. Follow my orders!"

Palitzer slammed the table and pointed at the staff officer and started to curse him.

This made the staff officer feel very aggrieved. He was obviously doing this with good intentions for Palitzer, so that Palitzer would not be criticized by Augustus and others after returning to Shaye City. But now, he was scolded instead. "Yes, Commander."

With confusion and grievance, everyone began to implement the retreat plan.

After everyone left the meeting room, Palitzer said to himself, "Humph, a bunch of short-sighted guys. If we really fight with the Jialan Army, I'm afraid we won't be able to return alive."

Palitzer recalled the horrific scene again.

He did not make this matter public, because it was a matter of great importance and the fewer people who knew about it the better. If it were made public here, the morale that had already hit rock bottom would inevitably disappear completely, causing all the soldiers to fear fighting from the bottom of their hearts.

So just tell the other officers to retreat, nothing else needs to be said.

It doesn't matter even if he is not understood. He doesn't need to explain to his subordinates. As long as Augustus and the Holy Dragon King can understand him, then it is enough for him.

Since I started preparing yesterday until now.

Therefore, under the order of Palitzer, the entire army was able to withdraw from the city of Tali as quickly as possible and converge in the direction of the main force of the city of Shaye. This prevented the trembling residents of the former Holy Dynasty who had already hidden in the aviation caves in the city from reacting.

But they didn't come out of it.

It was not until the Galan Army took over the city and told them that they were safe that they could no longer believe that the war was really over. The Prince of the Holy Dynasty, whom they once regarded as one of their beliefs, had returned to this land again.

“Our faith has not died.”

“Our faith has simply stood up again in another way!”

A civilian raised his arms and shouted excitedly, and the civilians around him, who had been traumatized and lost their faith after the collapse of the dynasty, had the flames of hope burning in their eyes again.

What does this feel like?
Just like a zombie regaining its soul, they once again felt what it was like to be alive. They once again saw the existence of "hope" and the dawn of light in the endless darkness.

Compared to the war-free West Coast.

The East Coast, which fell first, undoubtedly understood the pain of war and was more receptive to new beliefs. Unlike the West Coast subjects who did not appreciate their blessings, they did not strongly protest against the establishment of the Jialan Empire at the beginning, and even held various forms of demonstrations. These protests did not completely disappear until the recent victory.

So this is the opposite of the West Bank.

Vega was greeted with flowers and applause. He stood on the high platform in the central square amid the welcoming crowds of common people. He raised his long sword of victory and said, "My people, I am sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Now I can finally stand on my homeland and officially announce to you that your faith is not dead, it has risen again!"

“Victory!” “Victory!” “Victory!”

The civilians cheered and enjoyed the joy of victory.

Especially after the dragons fled at the sight of them and word of Vega's bloodless victory spread, the civilians almost regarded Vega as a god, because such a powerful army did not even have the courage to fight their leader and just fled. What could be more glorious than this?

It’s not just civilians.

For the soldiers, it was like falling into a dream.

They had already prepared themselves for a fight to the death, but when they arrived they were pleasantly surprised to find that the enemy had fled upon hearing the news of their advance. For soldiers, there was nothing more proud and worthy of bragging than this.

Morale was once again greatly boosted.

This is a long time.

Compared to the high morale of Vega's side, this retreat without a fight cast a heavy shadow over the Holy Dragon Army.

(End of this chapter)