Mage Veigar

Chapter 830 Luring the wolf into the house
Lacaccia.

This is an important city in the northwest. It was originally the capital of hundreds of tribes, but was later occupied by the empire.

It is backed by an extension of the Kareni Mountains and faces the Kalambaka Mountains to the west.

The important northwestern city of Lacasia can defend against the Old Kingdom to the north, intimidate the West to the west, and intimidate a number of vassal small countries from its base in the northwest. It can be said to be the most important city in the northwest except for the City of War, and it also symbolizes the power of the hundreds of tribes at that time.

Precisely.

Now the city is the first line of defense in the northwest of the empire.

As long as this city is in hand, the northwest can be guaranteed to be safe, so it is an insurmountable obstacle for those who want to invade the empire.

Plus the complex terrain of Lacasia.

This led to Hausmann not considering the northwest as a breakthrough point from the beginning, because it was too difficult.

Generally speaking.

The city of Lacasia is always attacked last. The correct attacking posture for this city should be to take over the central area of ​​the empire, and then turn to the northwest from the center. Only attacking from the inside is the most correct choice.

So Lacasia is absolutely safe.

This also led to the fact that the Imperial Army has not paid attention to the northwest until now.

Because if you use common sense to know that with so many attack directions such as east, south, west and north, why bother choosing a hellishly difficult attack point? No general would do such a thankless task.

But what the empire never expected was that there was a traitor among them.

The rebellion of the Hundred Tribes had long been suppressed by the Empire, and their people were listed as third-class citizens. Not only were they driven out of the city of Lacasia, but they were also required to pay a large amount of taxes to the Empire every year. These taxes were as high as 50 to 70 percent of the total fiscal revenue, which basically treated them like livestock being kept in captivity.

North of Lacasia.

That is the current area of ​​activity of the Hundred Tribes.

They relied mainly on grazing, forest breeding and planting, and rebuilt a city. They also elected a common leader to lead them, the great patriarch Meru Scimitar.

However, the size of this city is really worrying, because the Empire does not allow them to build cities larger than medium-sized, and each tribe is not allowed to have an army of more than 3000 people. The leader also needs to report to Lakassia City every month...

The empire used countless means to oppress hundreds of tribes.

Obviously this is killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

The more severely the hundreds of tribes are oppressed, the less likely other vassal forces will dare to act rashly.

At the same time, the empire used this behavior of oppressing hundreds of tribes to increase the national pride and sense of superiority of the local civilians of the empire, making them more united and stabilizing the turbulent situation in the northwest in one fell swoop.

Meru Scimitar finally couldn't stand the Empire's actions anymore.

And today is the day of revenge and rise of hundreds of tribes.

There was a cruel look in his eyes as he looked at the slowly opening gate of Lacasia.

creak creak-

The drawbridge over the moat was lowered, the city gates were opened, and the imperial soldiers on the city walls looked down at the troops of the Hundred Tribes.

"It's finally time for these livestock to pay tribute again this year."

“Every year at this time, I can’t wait.”

"The commander-in-chief will probably issue an order to reward the three armies soon, hahahaha."

"Don't go home until you're drunk tonight!"

"..."

A group of soldiers mocked the transport convoy of the Hundred Tribes while looking forward to the next show.

Every year, the tribute materials from hundreds of tribes are collected by the city of Lakassia. At this time, every soldier in the army can receive a sum of "subsidy", and that night they will celebrate it as if it were the Festival of Grace.

Therefore, for soldiers, this day is the most anticipated day of the year.

The same is true for officers.

The soldiers drank soup, but they ate meat. Therefore, just looking down from the tower, the endless convoy made the officers salivate.

These carriages wrapped in oilcloth contain valuables.

"stop!"

The officer came forward and looked at Meru and his son Dill with disdain: "You are the chieftain, Mei... Mei what's his name?"

"Reporting to the master, it is Meru Scimitar." Meru said humbly.

"I don't care what kind of Meru Messi you are."

The officer walked to the front of the first carriage, looked it up and down and said, "Is there anything in this carriage that is not allowed into the city? I tell you, you third-class untouchables had better not play tricks, or you will get yourself exterminated."

Dill Scimitar subconsciously tightened the staff in his hand, and a nervous expression appeared on his face.

"Father……"

He called out softly.

But Meru ignored him and flattered him, handing a large bag of gold coins to the officer: "What are you talking about, sir? How could we do such a thing? If you don't believe me, I will ask them to lift the oilcloth and open the box for you to check."

"Hahaha, I don't think you would dare. There's no need to check. We don't have the time for that."

The officer left satisfied and ordered them to pass.

Meru thanked him again and again, then led the team into the city and headed towards the military camp.

Traditionally, these matters have been handled by military logistics and then handed over to the government the next day, so the destination of this trip is the military base rather than the government.

The handover went very smoothly.

According to convention, the army would clear an area for the tribes to unload their goods on their own before driving them out of the city.

It can be said that the empire not only takes things from hundreds of tribes, but also uses them as free labor.

The unloading lasted until the evening.

At night, the commander-in-chief really ordered a reward for the three armies, and the army from top to bottom was in a carnival.

We are working like slaves here.

They are living a life of debauchery over there.

People from hundreds of tribes can only endure this silently every year.

The purpose of the military doing this, of course, is to further stimulate the hundreds of tribes, while increasing the pride and cohesion of the soldiers, making them feel the superior status of the imperial camp.

The revelry lasted until late at night.

At two o'clock in the morning, the army began to fall silent, and even the soldiers on duty were staggering.

Meru Scimitar smiled upon seeing this.

He ordered his men to pull down the oilcloth that was wrapping the supplies, and it turned out that what was wrapped in the oilcloth was not a bunch of small boxes, but a huge box as tall as a person. They knocked on the box a few times, and living people jumped out of the box one by one.

It is obvious that these are all soldiers from the hundreds of tribes.

Including the 3,000 people in the transport convoy, the Hundred Tribes had now assembled more than 8,000 soldiers.

Under the command of Meru Scimitar.

One part of the soldiers went to the city gate to seize the gate and cover the main force entering the city; another part of the team went to the airport to destroy the empire's war airships so that the Jialan Empire's Air Force could gain air superiority; the last team was responsible for setting fire and executing decapitation tactics. The main purpose of doing so was to paralyze the command system and plunge the city into chaos. The more chaotic the situation, the better it was for them.

A three-pronged approach.

The imperial army probably never imagined that this time they were inviting a wolf into the house, and they, as jackals, ended up becoming lambs.

It wasn't just the defenders here who were unprepared.

Veigar's target, the War City, was also completely defenseless.

(End of this chapter)