Mage Veigar

Chapter 849: Strange Territory
The Empire, the Immortal City.

Eldir Nolan stood on the city wall and watched Foster lead his army to battle.

Originally, he also wanted to go to the battle with the army.

But his body no longer supports him to go to the battlefield in person, and as the head of state, he must stay in the Eternal City to buy time for Foster.

At the same time, he has done everything he can.

In the end, whether Foster wins or loses, he will be sent to the gallows, because this is the consequence of forcibly suppressing civilians and the army, and he must give an explanation to the whole country.

So the only thing left to watch is Foster's performance.

In this kind of survival situation, Eldir unilaterally believed that Foster could handle it.

According to common sense.

Foster was indeed very good at handling this kind of situation, especially dragging the Galan Army into a 50-50 frontal battle. Even though their morale had completely disappeared, Foster was confident that he could defeat the Galan Army with the elite troops of the Empire.

Because morale can be remedied.

As long as they can gain a huge advantage and overwhelm the Jialan Army, the continuous victories will allow the soldiers to temporarily forget everything and concentrate on fighting bravely to defeat the enemy.

Of course, Vega knew this.

He knew clearly that once the enemy snowballed, there was no way to reverse the tempo of the war unless he used war seeds. This was why a frontal battle would be forced to become a 50-50 tie.

Vega didn't want to bet on a 50-50 chance.

So he made a decision that Foster did not expect -

Avoid fighting!

Foster looked at the tightly closed gates of Xierla City and the densely packed defenders on the city walls. He was so angry that he almost bit his teeth off. At the same time, a feeling of powerlessness made him feel desperate.

They had never expected this.

The Jialan Army, which had been impatient at first and planned quick attacks and sneak attacks from behind, were not in a hurry at this time. Seeing that they were actively seeking war, they not only refused to accept the challenge, but also started to defend the city.

I really didn't expect it.

After all, everyone knows that the Jialan Kingdom is in a hurry. Logically speaking, a decisive battle to decide whether you live or I die is the best way to solve the problem, but the aggressive Jialan Kingdom did the opposite.

"Since you want to delay, let's see who can delay it first."

In the end, Foster did not launch an attack, because a siege would cost a heavy price. Once the attack failed, the soldiers would develop a negative mentality, which would accelerate the speed of the backlash due to the high-pressure policy.

Therefore Foster did not dare to seek a siege.

His final choice was to compete with Veigar in patience.

Vega's deadline is clear: after the ice and snow melt next year, Vega will definitely withdraw his troops.

Their deadlines are not clear; they may collapse in the next second, or there may be no problems for two or three months.

In other words, this is still a race against time.

Whoever can hold on longer will win the war.

However, Vega's action did have some impact on the Imperial Army, causing them to suffer a loss at first.

Because they were full of energy at first, then weaker, and finally exhausted, they came with great momentum and wanted to fight a war, but in the end they found that the enemy who originally wanted to have a decisive battle with them was now cowardly. It was like a fist hitting cotton. This frustrating contrast would of course cast a layer of gloom over the entire army.

"Mr. Führer, now we can only rely on you."

Foster turned back to the camp, while looking in the direction of the imperial capital.

With him in the army, he was confident that he could hold the army together for a few months without causing it to collapse.

But the situation in the imperial capital is different. The emotions of the civilians seem to have reached a critical point. Some small rebel organizations have revived. Once any mistake occurs, it will directly cause a chain reaction and affect the army here.

Therefore, the stability of the rear became the key point of this war. If the rear was stable for two months, victory would be achieved without a fight, but if the rear was unstable, the front would inevitably collapse without a fight.

This time Foster felt unprecedented pressure.

Because he had never fought a war like this one that was beyond the battlefield.

In previous wars, whoever had a stronger army, more troops, and more sophisticated means would be able to win the war, but this war was obviously different from the past.

No real guns are needed.

There was no trace of gunpowder.

Even the war didn't start.

But Foster knew that the real war had already begun and had reached a fever pitch.

This kind of war in which no one died could actually become the final battle that determined the fate of the empire. If someone had told him that there would be such a war before, he would probably have scorned and laughed at the other person's fantasy.

But I only understood it after experiencing it myself.

A war without the smoke of gunpowder may be countless times more dangerous than a war with the smoke of gunpowder.

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Exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses.

This is Vega's usual way of fighting.

It cannot be said that if the enemy comes with great momentum and forcibly raises the probability of victory from 19 to 55, he will just obediently fight with the opponent and then turn the final victory into a coin toss, letting God decide the outcome.

He doesn't want to suffer such a big loss.

Therefore, he finally chose to defend the city, competing with the opponent to see who would collapse first, and at the same time to avoid his own weaknesses.

The Imperial Army has millions of soldiers and countless air fleets.

Once a full-scale battle begins, excluding the one-time factor of the war, the only advantage on his side is that Xia's star elemental mages are stronger than the imperial army, but this is definitely far from enough.

Therefore, Vega chose to drag the enemy into a war without the smoke of gunpowder, simply to see who could last longer.

This puts the Empire on the same level. As long as there is no real fighting, the so-called advantages of the Empire will no longer exist.

That's right.

The Imperial Shield, Xierla City, has five crystal hubs for air defense, walls that are strong enough to resist higher-level magic, and fortifications and resources that have been preserved...

As long as they are on the defensive, if the empire dares to attack, it will accelerate its own collapse. In the end, the empire will inevitably collapse first before their millions of troops can capture the city of Xierla.

At this time, the number of troops has become a burden.

Because the larger the number, the faster the rebound will be.

the most important is.

Vega knew that Foster was good at fighting miracles in evenly matched situations, especially in desperate situations, but if he was dragged into a completely unfamiliar military field, would he still be able to exert his strength? Vega thought it was absolutely impossible.

The current situation is completely unfamiliar to Foster.

If Foster thought that this game was just a matter of luck to see who could last until the end, then he was clearly wrong. In this kind of war without the smoke of gunpowder, the real way to win is not to let luck decide the outcome.

Its real way to win is still psychological warfare that kills people without bloodshed.

And psychological warfare.

Foster had no idea.

(End of this chapter)