Mage Veigar

Chapter 818 Normal Behavior
In the northern part of the Kingdom of Jialan, there is the City of Ice and Fire.

Haussmann's 400,000 troops were stationed here. As for the 400,000 troops on the west coast, they were commanded by Major General Scolaud Darnay, who surrendered with Haussmann in the east last time. He was now highly valued by Haussmann.

The 800,000 troops of the Jialan Kingdom were deployed here.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Jialan Empire was preparing to make a desperate attempt, planning to first take down the empire before the world coalition forces attacked, unify the entire East, and then force a 50-50 tie with the Western countries.

But the forces are not in a hurry at all.

Because the probability of taking down the Nuolan Empire before the World Coalition attacked the Jialan Empire was less than one percent, and they could send troops to support at any time. The Jialan Empire was completely seeking its own death by doing this.

Not only other forces knew this, but even the generals of the Jialan Kingdom were well aware of it.

At a meeting in the Ice and Fire City, the former Ice and Fire City garrison commander asked Hausman, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, we have received intelligence that the Imperial Army has withdrawn 800,000 troops to support the city of Kareni. With the Ice and Fire City's 400,000 troops and the enemy still defending the city, it would be inappropriate to rashly launch an invasion war."

Everyone looked at Hausmann with suspicion.

If the person sitting there was Vega, everyone here would have no doubts, because if Vega said that this war could be won, they would fight to the death even if there was only one army. But if it was Hausman sitting there...

The answer is obvious.

No one thought that Hausman could win this unwinnable war.

Hausman was not surprised by this. He said kindly, "I think you have misunderstood something. When did I say that I would attack the empire's territory?"

"Then why did you mobilize a full 800,000 troops and eight air corps to attack the Northern Ice and Fire and the West Coast Black Gold?" A staff officer obviously did not believe Hausmann's nonsense and said in a skeptical tone.

"Everyone has misunderstood."

Hausman said with a surprised expression: "I just received an order from His Majesty the King to bring troops to the border to garrison in case the Empire suddenly launches an attack at this time."

"Is this an order from His Majesty the King?"

The major general of the garrison showed a surprised expression. In addition, Hausman said that he knew nothing and was only following Vega's orders to carry out the garrison work. He immediately showed an expression of admiration and said, "As expected, His Majesty is far-sighted. He must have expected that the Empire would suddenly launch an attack at this time, so he took precautions early."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"With His Majesty in the Kingdom of Jialan, we will surely win the war next year."

"I feel guilty that Your Majesty had anticipated the Empire's surprise attack, but our officers at the border were totally unaware of it."

"Isn't this the greatness of your Majesty? How can the likes of us compare to him?"

"..."

Everyone in the conference room spoke up, expressing their admiration for Vega.

It seemed that in the army of the Jialan Empire, anything that had anything to do with Vega, no matter how unreasonable it was, would become a matter of course. Hausman saw this clearly and appeased the top brass with just a few words.

After appeasing the top management.

Based on the Empire's response, Hausmann responded with his own actions.

Send a hundred thousand troops to the border to station,
Hausmann's action immediately frightened Foster who was nearby in Kareni. He thought that the Galan Army was going to launch an attack, so he hurriedly ordered the closure of Kareni City and prepared to defend the city.

But what he never expected was.

The Jialan Army did not cross the border to launch a war against them, but instead set up a defense line near the border of Jialan Country, as if even if you have a million soldiers, you can't get over here.

"Is this news true?"

When Foster heard the battle report brought back by the scouts, his brows twisted into knots. "It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense at all."

Foster paced back and forth in the conference room.

If the Jialan Army really wants to attack them, why would they set up defensive lines within their own territory? Once the attack is launched, those defense lines will have to be garrisoned by troops, which will weaken the power of the attack.

There is no point in saying that you are leaving yourself a way out.

To the rear is the City of Ice and Fire. Once defeated, the Galan Army can retreat to the City of Ice and Fire. Those defense lines are not as useful as the City of Ice and Fire, which is a heavy city. This makes Foster puzzled.

At this moment, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Could it be that... the Jialan Nation is not planning to attack at all, but is... setting up defenses?"

This idea is really normal. If other countries were at a disadvantage and mobilized 800,000 troops to the border, his first thought would definitely be that the enemy was deploying defenses rather than preparing for an attack.

But it is precisely because the enemy is the Jialan Kingdom.

This led to the fact that he never thought about the normal action of the Jialan Kingdom to deploy heavy troops from beginning to end.

If this reason is really used to explain the actions of the Jialan Army, then everything makes sense.

The reason why the Jialan Kingdom sent troops to the City of Ice and Fire and the City of Black Gold was to prevent them from suddenly launching an attack on the Jialan Kingdom. On the other hand, it was also to prepare for the war next year. These two cities are the front line of the war.

Later, when they mobilized 160 million reinforcements, the Jialan Kingdom immediately sent troops to the border to build a defense line. Isn't this a normal response to the fear that they would launch an attack?
That's normal!

It couldn't be more normal.

"So we were the ones scaring ourselves before?"

Foster had a look on his face as if he had eaten a fly. If this was true, then this was a huge embarrassment. He just raised his hand, which was normal, but they had imagined it all, mobilized a large number of people, and frightened themselves to the point of paralysis.

"No, we can't conclude that yet."

In order to test the true intentions of the Jialan Army, Foster mobilized an army group totaling 100,000 troops to the border to establish a defense line, and warned the commander of this 100,000-strong army to retreat immediately if the Jialan Kingdom attacked.

This army group is actually a bait.

If the Jialan Empire's goal is to attack, it will definitely not let go of this piece of fat meat.

But if the Jialan Kingdom has no intention of attacking and is really here to garrison, then there are only two possibilities. One is to ignore his actions, and the other is to strengthen the defense line.

And everything turned out just as Foster had expected.

The next day Foster received news that the enemy had sent another 100,000 troops and was building a more solid defense line.

At the same time, the war spies lurking in the City of Ice and Fire also brought back information that there was no trace of Vega Saint Laurent in the City of Ice and Fire, and only Haussmann Christian was commanding the army.

And at the last high-level meeting.

Hausmann's answer to the generals was to garrison, not attack.

This made Foster dejected like a deflated ball. It turned out that he was just scaring himself. So at this critical juncture, how could the Jialan Empire fight a war where the chance of winning was less than 1%.

Should have thought of it earlier.

At this time, strengthening border defense and paying attention to the movements of countries on the continent are what the Jialan Empire should do most. These actions of the Jialan Empire are normal and completely logical.

(End of this chapter)