Mage Veigar

Chapter 772 "Cannon Fodder"

It takes exactly three times as long.

Vega's army took a detour to the southwest, made a huge circle and advanced towards the Holy Dragon City.

This was not something Vega had to do, but something he did on purpose.

First of all, of course, Vega doesn't want other forces to know that the leader of the Galan Army and the Dragon Slayer Organization is the same person, but Vega knows very well that the more some things are concealed, the harder it is to hide.

For example, the fact that he did not attack Gasil is worthy of deep thought by many people.

So he thought of a solution.

That means making a big detour and heading north.

In this way, anyone with a little bit of intelligence, after thinking carefully, would come to the conclusion that the Jialan Army has already formed an alliance with the rebels, but the rebels do not trust the Jialan Army too much, so they refuse to pass through the city of Gashili.

If the rebels really have nothing to do with Veigar.

So stand on the rebel side.

They certainly hoped that the Jialan Army could attract the attention of the Holy Dragon Army, but on the other hand they did not want the Jialan Army to destroy the Holy Dragon Army too quickly, because they had just gained 200,000 surrendered soldiers and needed a lot of time to develop.

Therefore, forcing Veigar to take a longer route is a reasonable countermeasure.

Simultaneously.

If you think from the perspective of the Jialan Army.

For the Jialan Army, the number one enemy is the Holy Dragon Army. Under this premise, there is no need to fight a life-and-death battle with a newly emerging rebel army, because the time and cost of taking down the rebel army may be longer and greater than taking a detour.

As long as other forces will use the means of empathy.

This would directly dispel everyone's speculation about the relationship between the Jialan Army and the Dragon Slayer Organization, and then shift the speculation to the conclusion that the Jialan Army and the rebels have formed a preliminary alliance.

Something to say.

Veigar used the common saying "too clever is too clever".

The various countries clearly believed in the conclusions they had drawn after putting themselves in each other's shoes. The Empire was the best proof of this. They directly dispelled the speculation that the Dragon Slayer Organization belonged to Vega and instead supported the alliance theory.

Second.

Taking several times the time to take a detour does have another use.

Just like the last time the world coalition besieged the Jialan Empire, Vega used the strategic approach of "bluffing" to scare off the coalition forces of various countries.

Since he had decided to use the strategic approach of "fighting poison with poison" this time and using "fighting poison with poison" as the main fighting idea against the Holy Dragon Army, Vega planned to maximize the use of the two local forces, the rebel organization and the surrendered army, as the main force against the Holy Dragon Army, rather than using the 500,000 Galan Army and losing his elite troops in vain.

in short.

In this war, the Jialan Army played a supporting role, while the rebel organization "Dragon Slayer" played the main role.

This would directly put an end to Augustus's attempt to use human troops to weaken the Galan Army. Vega could also obtain the Holy Dragon Kingdom's territory in the east at the lowest cost and join forces with the Galan Kingdom branch headed by Qilis.

Since it has been decided that the rebel organization will be the main fighting force.

Then the Jialan Army, as an auxiliary force, would not need to rush to the battlefield so quickly.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the rebel army to arrive at Shenglong City first after taking such a long detour, and it will not make others suspect that there is something fishy going on between the Jialan Army and the rebel organization.

On the contrary, the major forces might think that the rebel organization wants to compete with the Jialan Army to see who can take over the Holy Dragon City faster.

So what we can see now is.

On the fifteenth day after the end of the war, the Jialan Army had just completed 1/5 of the journey when the rebel organization "Dragon Slayer" officially announced that the main force had been organized. The next main forces would immediately head north to attack Shenglong City.

"This organization is definitely not that brat's."

"That kid wouldn't make such a stupid decision."

"Although the last guerrilla war was amazing, it was unfortunately short-lived."

"The leader of this organization is nothing more than that."

"..."

When all the countries received the news that the rebel army 'Dragon Slayer' had organized an army of 500,000 and was racing against the Jialan Army, trying to defeat the Holy Dragon Army before the Jialan Army arrived at the Holy Dragon City and take over the Holy Dragon City, they immediately sneered with disdain.

the reason is simple.

Guerrilla warfare in cities is so invincible precisely because of the cover of civilians.

Now the rebel organization is rushing to Shenglong City with 500,000 soldiers. First of all, the guerrilla tactics cannot be used. But once a frontal battle breaks out, the 700,000 main forces of Shenglong City will not be able to take it lightly.

Because compared to the army of Holy Dragon City.

Of the 500,000 troops organized by the rebels, 200,000 were newly-recruited surrendered soldiers, the only combat-ready troops, while the other 300,000 were just the 300,000 young and middle-aged men left after the disbandment of 4 million civilians.

These people are indeed young and middle-aged, but they were originally civilians.

In other words, 300,000 of the soldiers were untrained civilians, and they were used to fight a conventional war with the regular army, and in this conventional war they were the attacking side, conducting the most difficult siege?

Isn't this asking for death?
Therefore, the various countries stopped associating this force with Vega for the first time. After all, it was impossible for Vega to make such a wrong decision. Only those commanders who became self-inflated after winning once by luck would make such an arrogant decision.

This is indeed a losing battle.

If this war were fought by senior military officers from other countries, they would believe that the most important thing the rebel organization "Dragon Slayer" should do at this stage is to consolidate the people's hearts, train the army, improve combat effectiveness, wait for both the Holy Dragon Kingdom and the Jialan Kingdom to be defeated, and then try to reap the benefits.

Although the probability of being a good fisherman is less than one percent.

But one percent is better than dying in such a hurry.

The judgment of various countries is undoubtedly correct. If the Dragon Slayer Organization has nothing to do with Vega, then striving to become the winner in this war is indeed their only way to survive and the only one percent of hope left.

But what countries don’t see is this.

If you consider the Dragon Slayer Organization and the Jialan Army as forces under the same master, you will find that -

The reckless march of the rebel organization 'Dragon Slayer' might not be intended to capture the Holy Dragon City before the Jialan Army, or even to defeat the Holy Dragon Army and win the war, but simply to... weaken the Holy Dragon Army's combat effectiveness?
That's right.

The so-called fighting poison with poison is to let the "poisonous creatures" fight among themselves.

When both sides of the poison creatures are hurt, the Jialan Army can 'just' arrive at the scene and easily wipe out the already severely damaged Holy Dragon Army, and ultimately win the war without any effort.

To put it more simply.

These 500,000 rebels were nothing more than a group of cannon fodder, used to injure 800 of the enemy and 1,000 of their own men.

(End of this chapter)