Mage Veigar

Chapter 874: Encirclement and Suppression Failed
The horn of war has sounded.

But the kings of all countries showed their brightest smiles at the same time.

Because the moment Vega broke the agreement and suddenly launched an attack, they knew they could survive.

"Notify the entire army!"

The king of the Free Alliance shouted to the messenger, "Go tell everyone that the reinforcements from the Baya Principality are on the way. As long as we can resist this attack, I will take them home tomorrow. This will be our last war in the East."

at the same time.

All the countries made the same decision as the Free Alliance, and the news that reinforcements would come to save them spread from top to bottom. This news made the soldiers who had originally had no intention of resisting burst out with strong momentum again.

Because every soldier wants to go home.

If they can resist this attack and go home tomorrow, then everyone is willing to fight to the death.

They did not doubt the king's words.

Because you can lie about anything, but you absolutely cannot lie about this one thing.

If we deceive them with lies now and fail to fulfill our promises the next day, the anger caused by hope turning into despair will probably cause the entire army to collapse without a fight, so lies will inevitably be a choice that will only lead to self-destruction.

If it's not a lie, then it's the truth.

"Just one more step, just one more step!"

"We can go home tomorrow. I absolutely cannot die here."

"Father, mother, sister, I will return alive."

"..."

The eyes of the soldiers from the Western countries were shining like stars.

fighting!

The only thing left in their minds was fighting.

Fight to get home!

For the soldiers of Western countries, this was a real do-or-die battle.

This is the terrifying power of hope.

Vega has been trying his best to avoid this situation all along. It is no secret that a single spark can start a prairie fire. As long as desperate people see even a glimmer of hope, they will fight to the death with everything they have.

The intensity of this struggle.

Of course, you can use brute force to suppress it, but if you are not careful, you may not be able to suppress it.

Seeing the battle situation become what it is now, Vega's brows have been furrowed deeper and deeper.

As the war went on, battle reports came in one after another.

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Legion cannot advance the front."

"The 11th Legion encountered stiff resistance."

"The Fifth Legion has suffered heavy losses. We request your support, Your Majesty."

"..."

The war lasted from darkness until almost dawn, but the Jialan Army made no progress and instead was stuck in a stalemate.

It's really hard to imagine.

Obviously they were just a few defeated soldiers, but facing his large army's encirclement and suppression, they displayed a fighting style that was even more elite than that of the elite troops. With their indomitable morale and fearlessness of death, they dragged the battle until almost dawn.

The night ends and the day dawns.

As the sky in the east began to turn pale, Vega knew that there was no need to continue this war.

The enemy's obsession to return home cannot be suppressed by force.

If they insist on encircling them here, the difficulty is no less than crossing the Jialan Mountains and taking over the entire west. It can even be said to be more difficult, because there is a support force that may cut into the battlefield from the rear at any time. If one is not careful, it is possible that the front and rear will not be able to take care of each other, and instead put oneself in a passive situation.

need to know.

The protagonists of this decisive battle are the Western countries.

Although the Galan Army seemed to be superior on the surface, Vega was still prepared to avoid their attack.

He sighed, turned away and said, "Order the entire army to retreat. We have lost this battle."

boom!
The light of the signal flare rose with the dawn, and the army of the Jialan Kingdom began to retreat. The retreat of the Jialan army meant one thing -

The third encirclement and suppression plan failed.

The undefeated Eastern giant succumbed to their determination to return home.

"Victory? We..."

"We won? Did we really win?"

"Yes! We won! We won!"

"..."

The soldiers cried for joy, the officers looked dazed, and the kings seemed to be in a dream.

They defeated Vega and the giant from the east.

For them... no, for the entire Jialan Continent, this is the first time.

With this joy, they started to break out from the northwest without any time to rest.

Because a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign requires a considerable number of troops, these troops must be the troops originally on the blockade line of defense. When these troops arrive here, it means that the encirclement is already in name only.

If we fail to destroy them.

Then they can take the opportunity to break out, and at this time there will be no troops to stop them.

Vega did not stop this, and even ordered the troops along the way to clear the road and let these people return to the west safely.

Because Vega knew how important morale was to war. At this time, using a defeated army to stop a victorious army that was eager to return home was like adding fuel to the fire. Not only would he be burned to ashes, but it would also further increase the morale of the enemy.

Facing that kind of morale.

Even the star magic fear swallowing may not have any effect.

Therefore, on the one hand, they took the initiative to let them go, and on the other hand, they were eager to return home. The coalition forces of the Western countries scattered like birds and beasts, broke through the encirclement from all directions, re-entered the Jialan Mountains, and disappeared without a trace.

From beginning to end.

The troops of the Principality of Baya were all on the road and did not even participate in the war.

But the contribution they made was so great that it changed the war situation of the entire world and even brought a myth to an end.

Vega was afraid that he would join forces with other countries and be attacked from all sides. He was eventually forced to launch a third encirclement and suppression campaign before the arrival of the Principality of Baya. This encirclement and suppression campaign ended in failure, and the myth of his invincibility came to an end.

The coalition forces of various countries ignited their confidence in a do-or-die battle because of the Principality of Baya.

This confidence enabled them to resist the third and most fierce encirclement of the Jialan Army and break through the encirclement.

The significance of this war to Western countries is undoubtedly huge.

Although 75% of their troops remained in the East, most of the officers returned safely to the West. Officers are the soul of an army. As long as there are officers, the fire of resistance against the East is still there.

Besides.

The end of the undefeated myth gave the West great confidence.

In particular, the successful experience of this valuable victory helped many officers to vaguely understand the essence of war.

After all, the experience of failure is valuable, but the experience of success is sometimes more valuable.

Among them, Swinburne, the Night Elves, understood a truth directly because of this victory -

When two armies fight, morale comes first and quality comes second.

Whoever can control the minds of all soldiers on both sides will win the war.

of course.

This victory is certainly of great significance, but as mentioned before, the Western countries also lost a large number of troops because of this battle. This battle at least weakened the strength of the entire West by 50%.

Therefore, the East and the West are no longer evenly matched.

From the overall perspective, the East is already much stronger than the West. The West simply does not have the ability to wage war against the East. They are only retaining a spark of resistance against the East. Whether this spark can spread is still an unknown.

The most serious thing for the West is that the initiative of the war has now been completely handed over to the East. The Jialan Empire replaced its shield with a sword, and the Western countries were forced to pick up shields because their swords were broken.

So even though the Jialan Empire's last encirclement and suppression failed.

But it does not prevent them from becoming the "losers" who gain the most from this war.

(End of this chapter)