Mage Veigar

Chapter 840 Tenacious Resistance
Shield of the Empire, the city of Silla.

The city's combat commander was Tyers, who had retreated from the east.

As one of the empire's veteran generals, the recent wars have really overwhelmed him.

Especially when the east suffered a surprise attack from the Galan Army and lost two important cities, Erkia and Shelantu, he deeply felt that he had really grown old and useless.

If it was when you were young.

No matter what he is, he can't be so slow.

Unfortunately, his youth was gone, and the empire was in need of men, so he had no choice but to move on.

Of course, sighs are sighs.

Regarding this battle, Tiers certainly believed that the empire would definitely defend the center and cooperate with the Western coalition forces to destroy the Kingdom of Galan next year.

This kind of confidence is the most basic.

If you lose even this level of self-confidence, then you are no longer qualified to call yourself a commander.

especially……

As Vega Saint Laurent's former teacher, he would not allow himself to admit defeat in front of his students.

A true commander will always maintain a spirit of upward challenge.

Even though he is old, and his thinking, agility, and physical strength...can no longer keep up with the young officers, his determination to win makes him not lose to anyone, even if his opponent is known as the number one general.

In other words...

He was looking forward to the coming of war, or even a fight with Vega himself.

The clarion call of war really came out of nowhere just as he had expected. With a huge explosion in the rear, a soldier rushed into Tils' office.

"Commander, enemy attack!"

"Don't panic. Which direction are the enemies coming from?"

Tils showed the composure that a commander should have. He knew very well that as a qualified commander, even if he was extremely panicked, at least he couldn't let the soldiers see it on the surface.

Tiers's calmness calmed the soldiers.

He quickly replied: "The enemy is coming from the direction of Jier City. They have now broken through our rear and occupied the city gate. The main force will probably reach the city within half a day and launch a general attack on us."

"As expected of Vega Saint Laurent."

Tiles's face was full of envy: "Using the navy to sneak into the rear without anyone noticing, this strategy is hard to predict even if I were in my prime, not to mention now."

This is indeed due to the inertia of thinking.

The higher the level of the general, the less likely it is that he would think of using the navy to make a big circle and land in the rear for a surprise attack. Especially for a country like the Nuolan Empire, which claims to have an invincible army, it is even less likely to pay attention to things at sea.

Therefore, Tils admired Vega's actions from the bottom of his heart.

But he would never agree to give up just like that.

He took a sip of coffee without hurrying, and then said to the soldiers: "First, guide the civilians to take shelter; second, implement the pre-made Plan A; third, immediately seek help from other cities."

"Yes, Commander."

Inspired by Tirs, the soldiers became more confident.

After the soldiers left, Tiers put down the cup and said, “Although I am indeed old and I did not expect you to launch this surprise attack from the rear, but Veigar, you must not underestimate your teacher.”

What appeared on Tils's face was absolute confidence.

Because although he did not predict from which direction Vega would break through the city defense, he expected that Vega would definitely be able to break through the first line of defense and rush into the city.

Tiles' confidence is not confidence in himself, but confidence in Vega.

He firmly believed that Vega was capable of doing what no one else could do, and based on this premise, he gave up the fight for the city gate and made a lot of preparations in the city, intending to use street fighting in the city to delay the arrival of reinforcements.

It's hard to believe.

As a commander defending a city, instead of doing a good job of deploying the first line of defense, he chose to unconditionally believe that no matter how he reinforced the first line of defense, the enemy would definitely break through it.

It's like admitting that your level is not as good as your opponent's, but still believing that you can win.

This contradiction between self-confidence and lack of self-confidence was fully demonstrated in Tils, and based on this, he made preparations in advance, which directly caused Vega to face a huge obstacle.

It can indeed be described as huge.

As the vanguard, Kaga has felt tremendous pressure.

After occupying the city gate, the enemy's loose resistance allowed him to defeat them effortlessly and gain a crucial breakthrough in the city. He even thought that the war would be over once the main force arrived.

But with the arrival of the main force and the advancement of the front line, he found that he was wrong.

In the area outside the city close to the center, the enemy relied on its huge army to block the Jialan Army outside of its defense lines. In order to take over a line of defense, the Jialan Army often had to pay several times the price.

This can be seen from Kaga's own troops.

The reinforced regiment of more than 6,000 people has been reduced to less than 2,000 people now, and who knows how many lines of defense they need to break through. At this rate, I am afraid that this war cannot be resolved within two days.

Are we going to return empty-handed?

Kaga was very unwilling to accept this because he had already taken the most difficult step, but died at the last step. How could he possibly admit such a thing? Was his persistence just a joke?

"Charge! Don't stop!"

Kaga raised his spear and ordered his soldiers to charge towards the front line of defense for the eleventh time.

But this time, what made Kaga despair was not how strong the enemy's defense was, but that his own soldiers had developed a fear and began to dare not launch a charge.

"What are you doing? Didn't you hear my order?"

Kaga yelled in frustration, but unfortunately all the soldiers lowered their heads: "Captain, we have launched eleven charges. The brothers are tired. Why don't we slow down and let the brothers from other units take over first?"

"Other troops? Yes! Other troops!"

Kaga turned around and looked around, but was sadly discovered that other troops were also beginning to be timid.

As seen here.

These 300,000 soldiers are the navy's land combat force. Their overall combat capability is probably slightly stronger than cannon fodder and slightly weaker than the regular army. As for compared with the elite soldiers of the Imperial Army, they are probably several levels weaker.

Therefore.

As soon as such an army encounters any difficulty in a war, it will become afraid to fight and even flee.

Tiers also anticipated that the Kingdom of Galan had no elite troops available except the 800,000 in the front, so he dared to ensure that he would be able to respond even if he encountered a sneak attack by Vega.

Continue to develop in this way.

This raid may end in failure due to the quality of the soldiers.

Kaga, who saw the situation clearly, loosened the spear in his hand as if all his strength was drained, and fell into despair like the other soldiers. The emotion of despair is indeed contagious, and now the Jialan Army has lost the morale it had at the beginning.

(End of this chapter)