Mage Veigar

Chapter 742 Going deep alone
"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

After a round of magic attacks, the imperial army, which suffered heavy casualties, finally came to its senses.

The earth mage immediately set up defenses, the word mage and wind mage began to lock on the position of the rebels, and the fire mage also began to chant magic, preparing to counterattack.

However, the rebels who had the upper hand obviously would not give the imperial army any chance.

When the magic attack began, the ordinary troops were already ready. As soon as the magic attack ended, the ordinary troops took advantage of the enemy's inability to organize a defensive formation and directly launched a chaotic battle.

To be prepared to attack when unprepared.

The imperial army had just organized a defensive formation when it was immediately dispersed.

In order to avoid accidentally hurting friendly forces, the magicians dared not release area magic anymore and became close combat soldiers like professionals.

This is a long time.

The rebels, who were in a dominant position, easily found the commander's location.

Taking advantage of the enemy's chaos, the commander was beheaded in less than half an hour, and the end of the war was announced within five hours. Because of the terrain here, none of the 7,000 imperial soldiers escaped and were all captured.

The imperial army originally thought that they would be spared if they surrendered.

Because killing prisoners of war has always been a taboo for the countries on the mainland. Once this matter is exposed, the enemy will not surrender next time they face each other. At that time, the party that does not accept surrender now will suffer greater losses in a desperate battle.

Unfortunately, we had to make decisions in an emergency.

The current situation obviously did not allow for extra time and energy to receive prisoners of war. Coverdale cruelly issued an order not to leave any prisoners alive, and ultimately, a full 7,000 lives were buried in this small canyon.

“Can we really succeed?”

Coverdale asked nervously, "If we are exposed in the city, we will be immediately surrounded by the enemy. By then, I'm afraid no one will be able to escape. We are playing with fire."

Bring back the corpse.

This is the strategy that Veigar gave to Coverdale.

This strategy was to kill all the Imperial Army troops that came to transport supplies, then change into the Imperial Army uniforms, use their numbers, pretend to be this unit to break through the first and second lines of defense without bloodshed, and directly destroy all the enemy's supplies.

It goes without saying how dangerous this strategy is.

If the Empire's inspections were a little stricter, they would be easily detected.

However, judging from the neglect of duty by the various units in the rear, it is obviously impossible to be very strict, so this resurrection drama must have a 60% success rate. A 60% success rate for a trick is already very high.

The arrow is on the string and must be fired.

Although Coverdale asked questions, he still faithfully moved forward with his plan.

Soldiers are valuable and quick.

That night, Vega and Coverdale brought their troops to the Jersey town.

boom.

A flare rose into the air.

This was the secret code the Yan family obtained from the prisoners through torture. As long as this green flare was fired, the soldiers in the city would know that the army transporting grain had arrived, and after a brief interrogation, they would open the city gates and let them pass.

Coverdale began to get nervous.

He warned himself not to get nervous, as all his efforts would be wasted if he was exposed.

"The transport team is here, open the door."

Everything went more smoothly than Coverdale had imagined. The defenders even skipped the questioning and opened the city gate directly. This was also due to preconceived ideas.

For more than half a year, every three days at the same time in the evening, a transport team came. At first, they would question them strictly, but later they found that this was a meaningless act. After one, two, and dozens of times, as long as they fired a signal flare, they would be allowed to pass directly. Only when the superior officers came to inspect would they occasionally question them strictly.

Inertia is a terrible thing.

No one doubted that although the uniforms of this army were still the Empire's uniforms and their numbers were still the same, the souls of the entire army had been replaced and they had become enemies that wanted their lives.

Da da da--

With a nervous mood, everyone stepped into the city.

Following the map given by the scouts and the intelligence extracted from the prisoners, Coverdale led his troops towards the location of the logistics warehouse. There were many patrols along the way, but unfortunately none of them suspected the disguised rebels.

Maybe this is what it means to be in the dark.

The soldiers defending the city believed in their long experience, and the patrol guards in the city trusted the troops defending the city. As a result, no one noticed the abnormality of the rebels, allowing them to successfully infiltrate the vicinity of the warehouse.

"Your Majesty, this is it."

Coverdale looked at the logistics warehouses that were neatly arranged one after another, with no end in sight, and said, "Although according to the rules, we can stay here for one night, and the commander of the garrison here will also entertain us, but if we delay, something bad may happen. If we are exposed at the dinner tonight, we will regret it. It is better for us to act now."

Vega thought about it.

Then he nodded and said, "Although the success rate of a sneak attack in the second half of the night is higher, as you said, there is a great risk of exposure in such a long time. I agree to take action now, but please be mentally prepared."

"What kind of mental preparation?"

"Be prepared for total annihilation."

Vega said without emotion: "If we destroy everything here, you don't think we can successfully break through with the army, do you? Don't hold on to such illusions. There is an entire legion of the Imperial Army here. I will protect you and leave here. As for the others, please don't be too soft-hearted."

"Is there no other way?"

“If you want something, you must sacrifice something.”

"I understand."

Coverdale was determined to exchange the entire logistics of the Imperial Army for the destruction of his entire army.

"Order, the battle begins!"

Following Coverdale's order, the entire army took action.

There are 5,500 soldiers forming the first line of defense to block the incoming imperial army, and the remaining 2,000 people assist the fire mage to burn all the supplies here.

Strike first to gain the upper hand.

As the fire mage chanted, fireballs shot out and ignited the oil room.

Boom boom boom——

Explosions resounded across the sky.

The fire spread rapidly with the addition of fuel.

At this time, the wind mage took the opportunity to exert his strength, and the fire spread at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From a distance, thick smoke could be seen rising from the entire area where supplies were stored. According to this trend, as long as the rebels could hold off the fire for six hours and the fire became too big to be extinguished, the war would be won.

And six hours was not a difficult task for the well-prepared rebels.

This war can be said to have been won so far. If the rebels in the City of War operate well, they may even be able to keep Foster's million-strong army here. Hausmann's strategy is indeed a strategy for winning, not a strategy for repelling the enemy.

(End of this chapter)