Mage Veigar

Chapter 859 Turtle in the Urn
There is a saying that goes, "As one thing rises, so another falls."

The biggest risk of this plan is that once the soldiers from the major checkpoints are deployed to ambush near the United Kingdom of Hundred Races, it means that the major checkpoints will be in an extremely empty situation.

If by then the Western countries did not use the United Kingdom of Hundred Races as a springboard as Vega had imagined, but instead attacked the various checkpoints in a dispersed manner as originally planned, then the Western countries could almost easily break through the various checkpoints and cause damage to him.

At that time, it will be difficult to take care of both ends.

When Vega tried to withdraw troops from ambush near the United Kingdom of Hundred Races to block the attack, he lost the initiative.

Probably.

Vega's plan would not only fail to cause any hindrance to the enemy, but would also become the cause of the war's destruction.

Even until now.

Vega has not received any evidence that the United Kingdom of Hundred Races has re-colluded with the West. According to the known intelligence Vega has obtained, the pre-war meetings of the Western countries have been held and they will probably launch an attack in the near future.

Therefore, this plan of luring the enemy into a trap was too risky.

If you succeed, you will make a lot of money, but if you fail, you will lose everything.

Hausmann Christian was very opposed to this plan.

When he learned that Vega was secretly mobilizing troops to rush to the vicinity of the United Kingdom of Hundred Races, he roughly guessed what Vega was going to do next, so he went to the palace as soon as possible to stop Vega's decision.

"Your Majesty, it's not too late to revoke your order now."

Hausman said excitedly: "The Jialan Kingdom has now unified the East. There is no need for you to put your chips on an option where the probability of failure is greater than the probability of success. We can take a more prudent approach."

"For example."

Hausman glanced at the map hanging on the wall and said, "We can completely destroy the United Kingdom of Hundred Races to fill this hole, and then use the Jialan Mountains to keep the Western countries out."

"As long as we can hold off this wave of attacks, we will have time to develop."

Hausman gave Vega a beautiful blueprint: "Don't ask for more. Just give us another five years, and the national strength of Jialan will double. By then, the Western countries will be nothing more than food on our plate."

"I understand what you mean, General. You want to fight a protracted war, right?"

Veigar said without any impatience: "But General, have you ever thought that the Jialan Mountains are too long? With our army, it is difficult to be 100% sure to resist the attack from all directions on the ground. If we really calculate it, the chance of winning is less than 50%."

"But may I ask, Your Majesty, what is the success rate of your plan?"

Hausman became a little excited: "If our guess is wrong, you still have no evidence to prove that Meru Scimitar has rejoined the Western camp. Under this premise, I really can't find any reason to take risks."

"IMHO."

Hausman said bluntly, "Now our Jialan country is no longer what it used to be. We have passed the period when we had to take risks and gamble everything to win. Now as long as we move forward steadily, the final victory will surely belong to us."

"Steady progress?"

Veigar shook his head. “As a human being, the most important thing is to remember our original aspirations. We, the Jialan Empire, have come this far with our swords, and now you want me to abandon the claws of a beast and play a game of fists with them?”

"I'll tell you."

Vega's voice rose. "The Kingdom of Jialan has never been good at defensive battles. It has never fought a real defensive battle. In my war creed, the best defense must be offense. The Western countries want to attack in all directions, but I want to gather them together and catch them all in one fell swoop."

Veigar was so confident that he was even a little crazy. "Even if there is no evidence that Meru Scimitar has contacted the Western countries again, I believe that Meru Scimitar will not miss this opportunity. He will definitely find a way to get on board the Western war chariot."

"Why is your majesty so confident?" "General Hausman, you, standing at the top of the pyramid, won't understand..."

Veigar said bluntly: "Meru Scimitar is a greedy guy. Especially at this critical moment of life and death, a greedy person will definitely try every possible means to obtain that upgrade. You who have never experienced a win-or-die situation, absolutely cannot understand the power of the weak's determination to survive in the cracks. "

The existence at the top of the pyramid cannot understand the heart of an ant.

This is just like the emperor's "Why not eat meat?"

Hausmann had been smooth sailing until now, and even had only one defeat in his life. Such a person certainly could not understand what it meant to win or die.

But Vega is different.

Having danced with death from the very beginning, he understood the meaning of "win or die" too well.

And in Meru Scimitar, Veigar saw the same shadow.

It was this belief that made Vega think that compared to the 50% chance of defending each major level, the success rate of the latter might be countless times higher.

In the end, Vega rejected Hausman's request.

Not only Hausman, but also the core generals, including the most adventurous Tanniel, took turns to ask Vega to revoke his order. The reason they gave was that they were afraid that the Galan Empire would return to the pre-liberation era after one battle.

It is natural that the larger your family and business, the less you can take risks.

It is easy to say "never forget your original intention" but it is quite difficult to do.

However, everyone's intervention still couldn't stop Vega from doing what he wanted.

He believed in Meru Scimitar very much, more than he believed in himself now.

Although it sounds like a fairy tale.

Without reliable evidence, Veigar dared to hand over the fate of the entire Galan Empire to an enemy. But it must be said that Veigar's judgment was not wrong, and Meru Scimitar did not disappoint Veigar's expectations.

Late spring and early summer.

The Western coalition forces did not disperse and cross the Jialan Mountains, but came together to the United Kingdom of Hundred Races.

Vega made the right bet.

Even though Meru Scimitar's intelligence was very good this time, and he even secretly attended the meeting of Western countries without being discovered by the intelligence personnel of the Kingdom of Galan, his greed and his desire to win or die were exposed.

Others may not understand the mystery, but Vega must be able to see it clearly.

Therefore, the Western countries miscalculated again.

The various checkpoints of the Jialan Empire that seemed to be impregnable were actually as fragile as thin paper.

On the contrary, the seemingly most empty breakthrough point of the United Kingdom of Hundred Races had actually been surrounded by troops.

Now, as long as Vega sends his ambush troops to cut off their retreat, the Western coalition forces of more than three million will be trapped and die in the United Kingdom of Hundred Races, becoming real turtles in a jar.

But the time has not come yet, and Vega is still waiting.

Because there is still a force that has not yet entered the 'jar', it is too early to close the lid now.

(End of this chapter)