Mage Veja

Chapter 568
Rops City, Imperial Army Command.

Early in the morning, Foster received the latest battle report——

Veigar changed his formation and attacked Rops City again.

Seeing this, Foster opened his squinted eyes, he let out a long breath and said: "The little brat finally got confused, he either retreated or fought, he wanted to fight first, then retreated, and was caught Forced to fight back again, such a cycle directly exposed his flustered heart, as long as he continues to drag down, the victory of this war will definitely belong to me."

"Order!"

Foster continued with a posture of sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai: "The whole army defends the defense line according to the plan. As long as we persist for another 20 days, our reinforcements will arrive. The victory of this war will definitely belong to us."

"Yes, Commander."

Everyone responded in unison, and Foster also walked out of the command room after giving the order.

Foster looked at the withered leaves in the distance and felt the howling cold wind. He couldn't help tightening his neckline: "Winter... is finally here."

In 20 days, early winter is coming.

When winter comes, it means that the empire's 400 million reserve troops have completed the restoration of combat effectiveness.

Although winter is not suitable for marching and fighting, but under the premise that the city of Rops is not lost, the empire is still very happy to defeat Veigar and regain control of the north this winter.

But it would be different if Lops City was lost.

The empire probably saw that the city of Rops was lost, so it chose to put aside the battle to recover the northern part of the empire in the next year, and first took the Baya Principality in the northwest. Even a fool would know that the persimmon was weak.

Will Vega be able to take the city of Rops within 20 days?

It used to be [-] to [-], but when Vega was flustered, Foster believed that the probability had become [-] to [-].

Of course, the 1 is Vega and the 9 is Foster.

Therefore, Foster's current strategy is still to stick to the city of Ropes and never go out of the city to fight a frontal battle.

Of course, it cannot be said that the strategy implemented is exactly the same as before. In the past, if Veigar wanted to leave, Foster might set off a string of firecrackers to celebrate. Kaliu here.

Of course Vega knew this too.

He understands that Foster just wants to procrastinate. If the siege is carried out directly, the probability of winning Rops in a short time is less than [-]/[-]. But if Foster is forced out of the city for a decisive battle, the winning rate will increase. To thirty-seven open.

Of course, three is Foster and seven is Vega.

So the crux of the problem is how to make Foster take the initiative to go out of the city for a decisive battle.

It is absolutely difficult.

Now Foster unilaterally believes that Vega is restless, which will make him more calm. Once a person becomes calm, he will not do anything that is absolutely unfavorable to him, so now Foster will not go out of the city even if he is a fool. Fight against Veigar.

It's man-made.

Just as there are no fortresses that cannot be breached, there are no enemies that cannot be lured out.

As long as you can grasp the key to the problem, you can do what others cannot.

At this moment, Veigar's eyes rolled wildly, and there was no frown on his face, but he was full of confidence. He seemed to have an idea. Obviously, he had found the key to the problem and was ready to give it a go.

"Order."

Veigar waved his hand on the second day: "The air force is responsible for the cover, and the whole army will carry out the siege battle according to the formation."

The order was quite simple, that is, under the cover of the air force, the army launched a frontal siege battle.

In a war, under the premise that the strength of the two armies is almost the same, the side defending the city has a natural advantage. If there is no three times the strength of the defending army, in fact, no one can guarantee that a conventional siege battle can win a heavy city .

So the result has come out -

After a few hours, Veigar gave the signal to retreat.

In this battle, Vega lost [-], and the Imperial Army lost less than [-]. It was clear at a glance who suffered.

Although he seemed to be at a disadvantage, Veigar didn't show a frustrated expression on his face. He even smiled more happily in the command room than Foster, who had won a big victory.

"Hahaha!"

After Veigar laughed heartily, he ordered again at the meeting that night: "Continue the siege battle tomorrow."

"Yes, General."

The officers of the empire don't like to call Vega by His Royal Highness, but there is no doubt about their loyalty to Vega, because they have no way out and can only obey Vega's orders.

The results of the second day were self-evident, and it still ended in Vega's loss.

It's just that the losses suffered today are relatively small, and only 5000 soldiers were lost before and after. Of course, the number of soldiers lost by the enemy also decreased, only less than 1500.

Day three, day four...

In the next few days, Veigar went back and forth like this, fighting a siege battle every day, but the number of soldiers lost became less and less, and the soldiers were too timid to charge forward, and the morale of the whole army fell to a certain extent. .

It's all in Foster's eyes.

Now he can conclude that Vega has nothing to do. As long as it lasts for more than ten days, the counterattack can be sounded as soon as the reinforcements from the empire arrive. If all goes well, Vega can even be left in Lops City directly.

Neither fast nor slow, it continued to pass.

When the time came to the ninth day.

Veigar no longer ordered the army to attack the city that day, but suddenly ordered the whole army to turn around and retreat in the direction of the Lops Grand Canyon at night. This move happened so suddenly that no one expected it before.

dong dong dong-

There was a knock on Foster's door.

Foster, who finally fell asleep, opened the door with a trace of anger. Before he had time to reprimand the soldier who knocked on the door, he heard the soldier panicked: "Commander, an hour ago, the enemy suddenly withdrew to Rope. in the direction of the Grand Canyon."

"what?!"

Foster's eyes widened and his voice rose an octave.

"What is the purpose of retreating suddenly now?"

Foster muttered to himself, and then broke out in cold sweat.

He suddenly realized that in a few minutes today, it would be the tenth day when Veigar turned his head around. During these ten days, he was so dazzled by the victory that he didn't pay much attention to the construction of Veigar's retreat route. .

He took it for granted.

Since there were no other reports from the scouts, Veigar must have given up on the construction of the retreat route.

If you look at one, you will lose the other.

It turned out that Veigar attacked Lops City just to attract his attention, and then took advantage of the fact that he was blinded by successive victories, and secretly built a retreat route so that he could retreat by taking the opportunity?
Obviously yes.

Foster was very remorseful.

He originally thought that Veigar had lost his balance, but he didn't expect him to remain calm from the beginning to the end.

It is not too late.

Foster realized that if he sent troops to chase now, Vega might be able to stay, so he immediately ordered: "Order the air force to take off immediately, I want them to blow up the enemy before the enemy escapes the Lops River at all costs." All the retreat routes, even if they use up the last war airship, they must complete the mission."

"Yes, Commander."

"Notify the First and Second Legion."

Foster continued to issue orders: "Let them set out immediately, and the vanguard army will go into battle with light equipment. We must catch up with the enemy and delay their footsteps before they retreat to the northern hinterland. Our main force will then reinforce them."

With the issuance of two orders, the city of Lops moved.

The first is the Aviation Corps, the second is the Vanguard Army, and the last is the main force of 23. The three troops, one in front and one behind, chased Vega in the direction of retreat. Foster desperately wanted to keep Vega here.

(End of this chapter)