Mage Veigar

Chapter 776 Cutting off the retreat

The war continues.

The rebels fought with the Holy Dragon Army with immense courage.

It was also because of their courage that the rebels were able to survive the first, second, third... rounds of attacks and remain standing. They demonstrated a fighting power that even Vega was impressed by.

It was indeed hard for Vega to imagine.

Even though the Holy Dragon Army only sent 40 men this time, which seems to be a certain gap compared to the men of the rebel army, all the soldiers of the Holy Dragon Army are professional soldiers, which is something the rebel army cannot even imagine.

Since ancient times, quality has been more important than quantity in the army.

This is the reason why 10 elite soldiers can easily defeat 100 million militiamen.

The militia have not received any professional training. They will be frightened and flee when the enemy's attack is fierce, and they are simply unable to fight to the death. However, the elite troops are truly able to fight to the last soldier.

This is why 10 can overturn a million.

It is not necessary to kill a million people; victory is achieved as long as they are routed.

This is the situation now.

This was a war that was doomed to fail. There was no hope of victory at all. Vega even felt that the entire army would scatter and flee once attacked by the enemy. Therefore, what really surprised Vega was that the rebels had not fled until now, but had fought on equal terms with the Holy Dragon Army with their fearless courage.

Veigar praised the rebels' courage.

At this time, he even regretted sacrificing these people to consume the military strength of the Holy Dragon Army.

Because they have such courage even without rigorous training, if given enough time and equipped with standard military training, they will be a perfect elite force. Among Vega's Garan Army, the only ones who can truly be fearless are the 30 soldiers who fought against the Western coalition and came back to life, but this rebel army already has some of that potential.

But now that things have come to this, there is nothing that can be done.

After all, Vega was not a prophet, and he could not have expected that the quality of the soldiers in Gasili City would be so high.

High quality is high.

It is still unrealistic to expect them to fight to the death.

After all, they have not received strict military training, and are far inferior to those elite troops.

So after the war lasted for five hours, the rebels were finally unable to fight on equal terms with the Holy Dragon Army, and the first to collapse were the 300,000-strong civilian army.

The death of his companions made him begin to shrink back.

In addition, this was their second time participating in the war. Due to their lack of experience, when they saw that they were doomed to fail, they turned around and fled. At this time, the governor was no longer useful.

Pull one hair, move the whole body.

The most frightening thing about anything is the appearance of a sign.

When the new recruits began to flee, the 200,000 recruited veterans lost their resolve to continue fighting.

Seeing that their teammates had all run away, why should they stay and fight to the death?
Whether out of selfishness or herd mentality, the 500,000 rebels began to collapse.

This is a long time.

Having tasted the sweetness of success, the Holy Dragon Army became more and more motivated as victory was in sight.

They united as one and pursued the rebels, who suffered countless casualties.

Now the death toll of the Holy Dragon Army is less than 100,000, which is far from achieving Vega's goal of weakening the Holy Dragon Army.

If left unchecked, Vega's intention to fight poison with poison and use the rebels to weaken the Holy Dragon Army would fail, so Vega realized that he had to start the second part of the plan and let these soldiers realize that they could not escape.

"Let's proceed to the second step."

Veigar gave an order to the Shadow Mage beside him.

Then the direct troops began to act according to Vega's orders. First of all, it needs to be explained again that there is only one way to advance or retreat in this battlefield. On both sides of this road are towering cliffs. If the soldiers want to escape, they can only retreat to the rear until they withdraw from this valley.

There are two reasons why Vega chose to have the final battle here.

The first, as is well known, is to render the enemy's air forces ineffective.

As for the second reason, perhaps only Vega himself knows it. Even the members of the Holy Dragon Army and the rebel organization are not very clear about it. The reason why Vega chose this place is that he wants to trick his own people.

Boom boom boom——

This is the earth elemental mage from Vega's direct army casting magic.

However, this magic was not released towards the enemy. Instead, the earth elemental mage stood on the top of the cliff and released magic towards the retreat route of the friendly forces.

Boom boom boom!
As the magic was released, the cliff began to collapse. In just a few minutes, the rebels' retreat was completely blocked by the landslide. Now they had no way to retreat.

No! It's not like there's no way out yet.

Now the only way out is no longer behind them, but in front of them.

As long as they could fight their way forward, they would be able to get out alive, but standing in their way was the aggressive Holy Dragon Army.

"The enemy has cut off our retreat!"

The fastest rebel soldiers stopped and subconsciously shouted this sentence to the back.

They didn't know that this was not the work of the Holy Dragon Army, but the work of their leader, so they naturally put the blame on the Holy Dragon Army. Every soldier's face was filled with anger.

It is said that when people sit at home, the pot comes from the sky.

Augustus could never have imagined that he had done nothing but was hated by the rebel soldiers for no reason.

So now Augustus is confused.

He had never thought that someone would secretly help him cut off the rebels' retreat. Could it be that the rebels were not united and that someone wanted to destroy the entire rebel army here?

Whether this guess is right or wrong.

All in all, the news that the rebels' retreat was cut off was good news for Augustus.

His goal was to wipe out all the rebels here. If they were allowed to escape, they might come back to life in a couple of days. He had already witnessed the tenacious vitality of the rebels in the city of Gasili.

Therefore, he waved his hand and ordered the entire army to form a siege formation.

For a time, the rebels suffered countless casualties and blood flowed like a river.

Just when the rebel soldiers were at a loss and some of them even wanted to kneel down and surrender, Vega stood up.

"Comrades, please calm down!"

Veigar's voice echoed throughout the valley through the magical speaker.

After hearing the leader's voice, all the rebel soldiers suddenly became energized. When they were confused and helpless, they regarded Vega's voice as hope. They were anxiously waiting for Vega's next words.

Unlike the rebel soldiers who were eagerly waiting.

The moment he heard this voice, Augustus, who was sitting on the Diaoyutai, knocked over the glass in his hand.

Although the person who spoke deliberately lowered his voice, making it hoarse and difficult to distinguish, Augustus would never forget this voice even if it turned into ashes. This voice even became his nightmare for a time, making him unable to sleep or eat.

"Vega! Vega Saint Laurent!"

Augustus spoke these words word by word through his clenched teeth.

(End of this chapter)