Mage Veigar

Chapter 816: Speed ​​Attack Trilogy

The first meeting ended with this.

This meeting finalized the crazy decision of an army of 800,000 and eight air corps to attack the empire. Haussmann Christian was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the army, and Celis Rodney was appointed as the governor and head of the intelligence corps. Although she did not have the power to command the army, she had the power to control the supreme commander and temporarily replace the supreme commander.

After things are decided.

In the next few days, Hausmann Christian submitted a detailed plan to Vega.

The overall strategy of this plan is quick attack.

Taking advantage of the high mobility of the air force, the conventional combat style on the mainland, which was mainly based on the army and assisted by the air force, was changed to an advancement style with highly mobile air force as the main force and army as the auxiliary.

The plan elaborates on the key points of this plan:

Heavy city.

Hausman no longer targeted small and medium-sized cities and adopted the conventional method of surrounding heavy cities with medium-sized cities to wage war. Instead, he did the opposite and imitated the United Kingdom in the past, directly targeting heavy cities and then using the heavy cities to radiate small and medium-sized cities.

Besides.

Hausmann once again overturned the traditional combat method of "capturing cities first" and advocated the strategic policy of "annihilating the enemy first, and capturing cities second". Because in Hausmann's view, as long as the imperial army was disintegrated, the war would be won.

Three plans, all launched for a quick win.

Judging from the literal meaning, this plan is indeed feasible, but the operational difficulty coefficient is quite high. Ordinary generals... no, it can be said that even front-line generals find it difficult to control it.

Because the prerequisite for a quick battle is to catch the enemy off guard, but the movement of 800,000 troops cannot fail to attract the enemy's attention. If the enemy is vigilant, there will be almost no possibility of a surprise attack.

In Vega's opinion.

Even if he were to take command personally, he might not be able to do it.

But there is a saying that goes, "Oranges from the south are not the same as tangerines from the north." Every general has his own style. It is difficult for others to interfere with the plans made according to his own style. Regarding this plan, Vega believes that as a bystander, he should not say too much. Everything depends on Hausman's performance. He is not even going to focus on this war.

It’s not that I don’t want to pay attention to this war.

Because another important matter attracted Vega's attention, Vega had to divert his attention.

This matter came from Menno who was sent out to find high-level shadow magic.

He sent a message to Veigar from the far west and south of the Jialan Empire, claiming that he had found traces of the Star Shadow Magic, but he could not retrieve it because the owner of the magic rune page claimed that Veigar must come in person to get it. If Veigar did not come in person, he would never hand over the Star Shadow Rune Page even if he killed all of them.

This does not rule out a trap.

It can even be said that the probability of it being a trap is very high.

But after thinking it over again and again, Menno sent such a message to Vega and let Vega decide.

Therefore, this news attracted Vega's attention.

He himself was also hesitating whether this was a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain or a strategy to lure the enemy into a trap.

But after thinking it over, Vega still couldn't figure out which force would choose to take action at this time, because if the West wanted to mobilize an army to cross the Jialan Mountains, it would take until the end of next spring at the earliest. Setting a trap now would be useless.

If it was just a simple assassination, it would be even more impossible.

Not to mention that he has the strength of a star-level shadow mage, and secondly, wherever he goes, he will definitely bring the two war seeds with him, which is equivalent to carrying two nuclear bombs that can be detonated at any time. The safety factor is probably sky-high. What's more, war seeds are much more useful than nuclear bombs.

Nuclear bombs do not distinguish between friend and foe, and this type of warfare will not cause harm to the user.

Although all suspicions were ruled out, Vega still hesitated. There were still more than nine months before the war started, but at this time, it was obviously not a wise move for the king to leave the capital, and it was not certain whether he could get magic.

But after reading the last line of the letter, Vega changed his mind.

Because Menno said at the end that the person who mastered the star shadow magic claimed to be the patriarch of the Hundred Tribes.

This news caught Vega's attention.

If he remembered correctly, Holt Scimitar came from the Hundred Tribes of the Empire.

More than a year ago, the Imperial Inquisition System finally wiped out the forces of the Old Scimitar Organization. Although there was no news of Old Scimitar's death, any trace of him was lost. Veigar originally thought that Old Scimitar was dead, but the fact that the Hundred Tribes would apply to see him with shadow magic at this time must be related to Old Scimitar.

So that's what it means.

The news that the other party possesses this star-level shadow magic is eighty percent true.

Therefore, Veigar believed that whether it was for the sake of Astral Shadow Magic or to meet the old Scimitar who had been missing for so long and had no contact with his country, it was a necessary move.

Calculate the journey.

The round trip only takes about a month, and it is within the country's territory.

It just so happened that the empire's war was handled by Haussmann alone, and apart from fighting, he had only a vague understanding of other political affairs, and was not as good as Ilo. It would be better for him to take advantage of this time difference to improve his own strength and prepare a retreat in case of defeat.

Got this figured out.

Vega let Shia and Iroh be in charge of state affairs. Since Shia was no longer the queen, Vega had long lifted the ban on her interfering in state affairs and military affairs. Although she only had a vague understanding of state affairs, she was more than capable of playing a supervisory role.

Everything was arranged.

Vega set out westward with the Leia sisters and some guards.

As soon as Vega stepped out of Saint Laurent City, Haussmann Christian also began to prepare for his battle against the empire.

Why start preparing for war now?
You need to know that in his plan, the combat time was set in late autumn three months later.

Because frost will fall at that time, the relatively high Jialan Mountains will be closed by heavy snow in advance, and the western reinforcements will not be able to cross the mountains to assist the empire. That will be the best time to attack.

But now it can be seen that Hausmann has begun to mobilize the troops.

He transferred 400,000 of the 800,000 troops and four air forces to the City of Ice and Fire, which was closest to the Imperial City of Kalini. He then transferred the remaining half of the army to the City of Black Gold on the west coast, facing the City of Erkia in the east of the Empire.

This action immediately aroused the empire's vigilance.

After all, it was a mobilization of 800,000 troops, and it was almost impossible not to be observed.

This is definitely not good news for Hausman.

Because arousing the Empire's defenses would mean that his trilogy of quick attack plans would all fail.

(End of this chapter)