Mage Veigar

Chapter 817 The frightened bird
Nuolan Empire, the capital and immortal city.

A soldier was charging through the capital on his warhorse, but the patrolling guards did not stop him. Instead, they assisted him in clearing the crowd, allowing the soldier to move forward as quickly as possible.

Da da da--

The horse's hooves roared like thunder, and the warhorse did not stop until it reached the President's Palace.

Before the soldier even got off his horse, he shouted, "Quick, quick, open the door! I want to see the Führer. Urgent news from the border!"

After saying this, the soldier fainted.

"Quick, notify the Führer and call a doctor."

The captain of the guard issued the order immediately, but the soldier who delivered the message actually fainted due to exhaustion after arriving at the destination. This had never happened before. The captain of the guard could not imagine how important the message was that made the soldier fight to such an extent.

With the help of the doctor, the soldier quickly woke up.

When the soldier saw President Eldir in the conference room, he didn't even have time to breathe before he said, "Your Excellency, urgent news from the border: the Jialan Empire has raised 80 troops in the army and 8 air forces, stationed in the Ice and Fire City in the north and the Black Gold City on the west coast."

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Eldir stood up immediately when he heard the news.

His face changed slightly, he stood up and walked back two steps and said, "The Jialan Nation is really preparing to attack us before the World Alliance arrives. I didn't expect that the previous discussion with Foster would come true. I'm afraid we will have a tough battle next."

"Someone is coming."

After talking to himself, he immediately called the guards and said, "Go and ask General Foster Nolan to come here immediately. I have something important to discuss with him. In addition, this urgent report is not allowed to be leaked for the time being. Those who violate it will be punished by military law."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Under Eldir's order, Foster quickly arrived at the President's Palace.

When he saw Eldir's expression, he immediately realized that this time he might not be asked to come here for a simple reason: "Master, why did you suddenly ask me to come here? Is there something important going on?"

"The Jialan Empire has begun to take action."

Eldir repeated the battle report again.

Foster frowned and said, "The Jialan Empire is preparing to attack us from both sides. I think we should immediately send reinforcements to Erkia and Kareni City, otherwise the two cities may be in danger."

"I'll trouble you, General, about Kaleini."

Eldir nodded in agreement. "But who do you think would be the best person to send to the city of Erkia in the east? To be honest, I don't have a suitable candidate in mind. There are few officers in the empire who really know how to fight a war."

"I recommend General Tiles."

Foster made a pertinent recommendation: "Tils was once Vega Saint Laurent's teacher, and he has long studied new combat concepts, so I think he can be sent to guard the Eastern Front with reinforcements."

"Thank you for your advice, Excellency."

Eldir nodded and said, "Then this time I will give you and General Tiers 80 troops and 8 air corps each. Together with about two local armies, you must resist the invasion of the Kingdom of Galan."

"Your Excellency, are you making a big fuss over nothing?" Foster said in confusion. "The enemy only has less than 800,000 troops, while the total number of troops we have dispatched has reached 2 million. What's more, we are still defending the city. In my opinion, there is no need to mobilize so many troops."

The more troops are deployed, the more financial resources are consumed.

It is not an easy task to maintain an army of five million nowadays.

In order to maintain an army of five million, three million are actually doing voluntary labor to support themselves. If 160 million troops are rashly withdrawn, it would be equivalent to raising 160 million extra soldiers out of thin air.

Even for an empire with great wealth, this is a considerable burden.

Therefore, Foster believed that there was no need to withdraw so many troops in such a hurry. It was entirely possible to wait until the Jialan Empire launched an attack and then start to mobilize a large number of troops for national defense.

"A lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit, let alone the enemy is Vega Saint Laurent?"

Eldir said cautiously, "Vega Saint Laurent is best at winning battles with fewer troops. In this regard, no one, including you, me, and all the officers, can be his opponent. At this time, the only way to give us a sense of security is to send a large number of troops to prevent the enemy from loopholes."

"I understand."

Foster still felt that Eldir was a little too cautious, even to the point of treating Vega as a god, but Eldir was the head of state, and he could not deny the proposal if the head of state insisted.

"Then I will go down and make preparations."

Foster said goodbye to Eldir and prepared to take his army to Kaleni to defend as soon as possible.

However, Eldir stopped him at this time: "General Foster, please wait a moment. In addition to this matter, there is another matter that I am undecided about."

"Please speak, Mr. Leader." Foster stopped and prepared to leave.

Eldir pondered for a moment and said, "The enemy has an army of 800,000 troops approaching. Should we ask the Western countries for help and ask them to send troops to support us? I am still afraid that if Vega Saint Laurent is up to something again, I am afraid that the empire will be in danger."

"Your Excellency, are you being too cautious?"

Foster couldn't understand Eldir's almost neurotic caution. "In the case of active attack, our empire is indeed not sure to take down the Kingdom of Jialan, but this does not mean that as the defender, we can't stop the attack of that little devil even with an army of five million. And if you let the reinforcements of the Western countries enter our territory, aren't you afraid that they will turn the tables? The Western countries have wolfish ambitions, so we have to guard against them."

"I'm just saying."

Eldir also realized that he was a little nervous, so he laughed dryly.

When Foster saw that there was nothing else, he stood up and said goodbye to President Eldir. He didn't want to stay with this overly cautious new president any longer.

And as the order was given, the empire began to move.

The two million troops, one million in the north and one million in the east, faced the 100 Jialan troops, and the two sides formed a tit-for-tat situation. As long as the Jialan troops dared to cross the border, they would inevitably encounter fierce resistance.

The movements of the Jialan Army also spread to the West.

Western countries also believed that the Jialan Army was preparing to attack the Empire.

In fact, they hoped that the Jialan Army could inflict heavy damage on the Empire so that the Empire would ask for help from them, and then they could openly station in the Empire's territory. Now that the Empire did not ask for help from them, it would be difficult for them to stick to it on their own.

(End of this chapter)