Mage Veigar

Chapter 721 Sit back and enjoy the fruits of others’ labor?

Imperial Army, Headquarters.

Foster's camp was located about 200 miles away from the city of war. This distance was neither far nor near in Foster's view. Whether it was to prevent the rebels from becoming desperate or to engage in a head-on battle, he had absolute initiative.

"General, it's been a month. Should we wait any longer?"

A teacher's tone seemed a little impatient.

This was the first time he served under Foster and he was not very familiar with Foster's marching style. Therefore, he really couldn't understand why they didn't take the initiative to attack the City of War and directly win the war when they clearly had an absolute advantage.

"Please be patient."

Foster smiled and did not answer the division commander's question. He turned to the officer in charge of intelligence and said, "Major General, please report to everyone on the current situation of the War City."

"Yes, Your Excellency Admiral."

The major general picked up a stack of documents and said, "According to the latest intelligence, the number of demonstrators in War City is increasing day by day. They block the door of the rebel headquarters almost every day, demanding the surrender of the rebel leader Coverdale."

"This group of unruly people, they really are loyal to whoever feeds them."

"We just make a promise and give them some benefits, and they believe it, hahahaha."

A staff officer sneered, "What these unruly people don't know is that the benefits of the empire are not so easy to obtain. When the war is over, these people will be in trouble. By then, no one will be able to escape."

The intelligence officer smiled and did not join in the conversation. Instead, he continued, "Secondly, the number of rebel deserters has increased from more than one million to less than 50 now. Moreover, the morale of the entire army has been weakened. Officers at all levels have also forced their leader Coverdale to surrender to us. Coverdale is gradually unable to withstand the pressure."

"I see."

The division commander who had asked Foster a question suddenly realized and said, "Commander, the reason you are surrounding the enemy but not attacking is that you want to let the enemy fall without attacking and win the war without losing a single soldier?"

Foster smiled but still didn't answer.

But the implication was obvious. Foster obviously saw at a glance that the rebels were doomed.

It comes down to it.

The rebels were just riding the crest of the wave, following the will of the people. No matter how many people died in the war, more civilians would join them in a few days. Now that the empire's policies have appeased the people, losing the support of the civilians is like cutting off the source of a pool of living water, turning it into a pool of stagnant water.

Although launching an attack at this time can certainly win, losses are inevitable.

Therefore, instead of launching an attack, it is better to surround here and wait for the internal collapse of the rebels, and then win without fighting.

That's how war should be fought.

If it were that little devil, he would definitely use this strategy.

Foster unconsciously compared himself to Vega.

But he didn't feel proud for long, as he remembered the battle on the east coast of the dynasty, which made him lower his head in shame.

The empire has already determined that the scene in the video was forged by a high-level wizard, which means that there is no such thing as a divine wizard in the Jialan Empire. Everything was just bluffing by that little brat, and he was deceiving the entire Jialan continent.

"If I had believed Hausman at the time..."

Foster clenched his fists and said, "If I had chosen to believe him, that kid would have been doomed. I personally gave up this great opportunity. Next time, I should apologize to Hausman. I hope he can forgive me and return to the empire."

"Commander?"

"Lord Commander!"

The intelligence officer called out twice before finally bringing Foster back to his senses. Seeing that Foster had finally come out of his deep thoughts, he hurriedly continued to report: "In addition to these two pieces of information, in fact, I have obtained a third piece of information about the rebels."

"Any more information?"

There was a glimmer of curiosity in Foster's eyes. He really hadn't guessed what other intelligence there was about the rebels.

The intelligence officer nodded and said, "We have learned that within this month, the rebels sent letters for help to the Western Freedom Alliance, the Gangti City-State, and the Jialan Empire."

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Foster dropped the pen in his hand.

He stared at the intelligence officer and said nervously, "Did the Jialan Empire take action?"

"We have not received any intelligence that the Jialan Army is moving towards us. In addition, the two Western countries have not sent troops to aid the rebels. Instead, they have directly suspended material assistance to the rebels." The intelligence officer reported truthfully.

"call--"

Foster let out a long breath. He found that he didn't know when cold sweat broke out on his forehead, which made him angry and embarrassed. "The Jialan Empire has just ended the war and the country is in tatters. How could it possibly help the rebels? This time the rebels asked the three countries for help. It's obvious that they have no other options. They are struggling to survive. Don't pay any attention to them."

"but……"

The intelligence officer hesitated and said worriedly, "But there is one point that puzzles me. Ten days ago, the rebels once again sent envoys to ask for help from the Jialan Empire."

Foster's heart began to beat faster again.

The first thing he asked was, "Did the Jialan Army send troops to support the rebels this time?"

"Still no movement. It seems the rebels have been rejected again."

After thinking for a moment, the intelligence officer replied, "But the messenger brought back about fifteen people from the Jialan Empire. Since these fifteen people were all wearing cloaks and masks, we were unable to learn their identities."

"Fifteen people?"

Foster frowned. "It is known that there are no god-level mages in the Jialan Empire, and the only star-level mage, Xia Saint Laurent, has also appeared frequently in the capital Saint Laurent City recently. In this case, even if all these fifteen people are upper-level mages, they cannot pose any threat to us. As for the number of upper-level mages, we can still defeat another fifteen of them."

Tick ​​tick tick——

Foster thought about it for a few minutes. After much deliberation, he finally concluded that these 15 people were the ones that the Galan Empire had been annoyed by the rebels and had no other choice but to use these 15 people to appease the rebels.

Although this guess is extremely illogical.

But this was the only reasonable explanation Foster could think of.

Besides, what can fifteen people do? It's really unnecessary to bother with such things.

Therefore, Foster said to everyone, "I don't think this matter needs attention. Since you are all aware of the latest intelligence, please wait patiently for victory and don't mention anything about attacking anymore."

"I understand."

Everyone immediately nodded in response and began to follow Foster's orders, waiting optimistically for victory.

The Imperial Army's decision was exactly what Vega wanted.

To fight against foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the internal situation. This is an eternal truth. Vega now just needs time to stabilize the internal situation.

(End of this chapter)