Mage Veigar

Chapter 873 The Third Encirclement

To fight or to surrender?

Everyone turned their eyes to Strachey, the king of the Free Alliance.

Among all the people present, the one with the highest prestige is the King of the Free Alliance. Although he has done some despicable things in the past, his status as the boss of the West does not prevent everyone from relying on him at critical moments.

Strachey certainly felt the pressure.

When everyone is eagerly waiting for his every word, the decision he makes is not only related to himself, but also to the survival of the entire West, so he has to be cautious.

Tick ​​tick tick——

Time passed slowly, and Strachey's frown deepened.

Although everyone had to wait for quite a long time, this time it did not cause impatience among the crowd. Rather, the longer the time dragged on, the more it proved that Strachey was indeed thinking seriously.

Finally, when the time reached twenty minutes, Strachey spoke.

He looked at everyone and said, "Without evidence, we cannot conclude that the Principality of Baya will really send troops to support us, but we cannot rule out the possibility. Therefore, I think it is better to use some tricks to test Vega Saint Laurent."

"How to test?"

There was curiosity in everyone's eyes.

Strachey coughed and said, "As long as we write a letter to ask the Jialan Empire to postpone the attack and give us more time to decide whether to surrender, there is generally no reason for Jialan to refuse such a small matter. If it refuses... then it is obvious that the Principality of Baya has indeed sent troops to support us."

"As expected of His Majesty Strachey."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they had no objection to this suggestion.

They asked the Jialan Army to give them a few days' grace. If the Principality of Baya did not come to support them by then, they could surrender smoothly. If the Jialan Army did not agree to such a small matter, then as Strachey said, there was 100% something fishy going on.

Once it is confirmed that the Principality of Baya will come to support.

Then, by then, they will be able to work together inside and outside and open up a road back to the West. In order to avoid being attacked negatively, the Jialan Army may even give up blocking them.

This is a two-pronged approach.

So that day, the remaining fifteen countries jointly submitted a petition to the Galan Empire, asking Vega to give them a few more days.

After reading the letter, Vega finally sighed.

As expected, the countries were not easy to deal with. Although he used the encirclement to block the news that the Baya Principality had crossed the Jialan Mountains and would come to support within four days, and issued an ultimatum to the countries, forcing them to lay down their weapons and kneel down to surrender before the arrival of the Principality Army, haste makes waste, and this matter eventually aroused the suspicion of the countries.

Of course he understood that this was a test from the various countries.

This time the test has no solution.

If he disagreed, the nations would think that he was guilty and would be certain that the Principality of Baya was ready to rescue them.

If he agreed, after four days, when the Principality of Baya launched a fierce attack on the encirclement, the news would certainly not be concealed from the coalition forces of various countries nearby, and the truth would be revealed.

Therefore, whether you agree or disagree, it is of no use.

However, Vega agreed to the demands of the Western countries in his reply and gave them a full ten days.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to give them ten days' grace?"

Hausman said worriedly: "The Principality Army will arrive here soon..."

“All’s fair in war. This is just a verbal agreement.” Vega replied as a matter of course.

"Verbal consent?"

Hausman was stunned at first, then he immediately realized what Vega meant.

The so-called verbal agreement means to verbally show a fearless attitude, so that the Western countries will think that everything is just their delusion and no one will support them, and at the same time let go of their tense mood. At this time.

The nations would never have expected that Vega, who had just agreed to give them ten days, would launch an attack the next day as originally planned. Although this surprise attack could not kill the nations in one fell swoop, it could at least maximize the damage.

With any luck.

Maybe we can destroy the coalition forces of all countries within three days?

Although it is somewhat unrealistic, at the very least it can greatly weaken the strength of Western countries.

Therefore, this reply letter full of lies was sent to the hands of various countries.

The various countries had no doubts about the letter at all, and even the glimmer of hope that had just been ignited was directly extinguished by this letter. They no longer believed that the Principality of Baya would send troops to help.

However, they did not surrender immediately.

Anyway, you can live one day at a time, and you can surrender until the last day. Why should you submit to others so early?

Once surrender was confirmed, the countries began to relax.

That night, the guarding force was more than half weaker than usual, and the countries were clearly beginning to throw in the towel.

But the Liberty Alliance is an exception.

Because after the meeting, Dark Night Swinburne suggested: "Your Majesty, I suggest you do not let your guard down. Vega Saint Laurent has always been cunning, and his favorite thing is to pretend that there is nothing, and pretend that there is something when there is nothing. Before the last second comes, we cannot make a final conclusion about Vega Saint Laurent's words."

"I see."

Strachey followed the advice and ordered the entire army to remain on high alert.

So the peaceful day passed.

There was no sneak attack that night, and there was no movement at all in the morning and afternoon of the next day. The major camps of the coalition forces seemed so calm, as if they were all enjoying their last moments.

But on the second night, the peace was broken.

Due to the terrain, although the war airships could not intervene in the war, the Jialan Empire, which took over the Imperial Army, was not at all inferior in frontal combat. It could be said that it was one of the best in Jialan.

What's more, this time it was a surprise attack on the unsuspecting enemy.

When the afterglow of magic illuminated the night and the fire from hell rose from the ground, the third encirclement and suppression began.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! It's the Jialan Army!"

In all the camps, voices of fear were heard one after another.

The soldiers were caught off guard by the sudden attack and suffered heavy casualties. However, they quickly organized a resistance force. After all, Vega was fighting on the fifteenth front this time, and the offensive was not as terrifying as expected.

"It's coming, it's really coming! Hahaha!"

Compared to the soldiers' fear, the fifteen kings were actually crying for joy at this time.

Because they understood that Vega Saint Laurent's breach of yesterday's promise and sudden attack meant one thing -

He feels guilty!

As for the reason for their guilty conscience, it was obvious that the Principality of Baya really came to save them.

In other words.

They don't have to kneel down and surrender to the Jialan Empire.

(End of this chapter)