Mage Veja

Chapter 729 The Way of Survival and Death
The army crushed the city.

The imperial army continued to move forward and surrounded the city of war.

The rebel army did not choose to ambush, but chose the most conservative defense of the city. Coverdale was going to rely on the city of war to start a tug-of-war with the imperial army. It would drag on for half a year and seek opportunities to counterattack during this period.

The imperial army came all the way from the center.

In fact, the time they can stay is not very long.

If you fail to take the City of War within half a year, no matter because of the long supply line or because of the morale of the whole army, you will have to make a decision to retreat. The most taboo point.

of course.

After recharging its strength, the empire may make a comeback.

But as long as they resist the first wave of attacks, the rebel army can get the next round of "investment" from the West, survive this most difficult period, and use the time in the cracks to grow up.

So in Vega's view.

Resisting the city and defending it is not the best strategy, but it is an effective method.

With the whole city united as one, it is theoretically possible to resist the imperial army, but there are variables in it, and this variable is Foster Nolan.

In a desperate situation.

Foster Nolan often bursts out with incredible potential, and then reverses the entire battle situation. Throughout Foster's entire military career, his late-strike ability is definitely not comparable to Coverdale.

Deal with generals like Foster.

Vega thought that Foster should be slapped to death just like when the Royal Army suddenly invaded the city of Kaleni, without giving him even the slightest chance of turning the tables.

But Veigar didn't say anything about it.

After all, he just used the rebel army to contain the imperial army, and it was enough for Veigar to be able to contain the first half of the year.Therefore, as long as Coverdale doesn't ask him for help, and the rebel army can hold on for half a year, he won't interfere with the opponent's decision-making on his behalf.Although the possibility is slim, Veigar doesn't want to feed tigers.

So after seven days, Foster did it.

First of all, the imperial army launched a tentative attack. This attack dispatched a total of 1000 soldiers and an aviation unit. Finally, after leaving [-] corpses, the empire left with the army.

"Victory!" "Victory!" "Victory!"

The soldiers on the tower watched the imperial army retreat, shouting victory.

Vega, who had just come out of the air-raid shelter and saw this scene, couldn't help shaking his head.

Is it better to say that the rebels are more ignorant, or should it be said that the rebels are more optimistic?The imperial army did leave 1000 corpses in this battle, but the death toll of the rebel army was three times that of the imperial army.

You need to know that the rebels are the defenders.

In a normal war, apart from bugs such as star mages and sub-dragon soldiers, the price the attacker has to pay is always 1.5 to 3 times that of the defender, but the opposite is true when it comes to the rebels. .

The most terrifying thing is.

The rebel army was not ashamed, but proud, thinking that being able to repel the imperial army was a victory.

Not even Coverdale himself sees anything wrong.

He explained to Vega: "There is no way to do this. The Imperial Army has enough food and a complete aviation army. We only paid three times the price to repel them. It is already a huge victory."

"..."

Veigar didn't speak anymore, because he found a deep gap with Coverdale's combat thinking.

In his war thinking.

There is no absolute advantage and no absolute disadvantage, each army has its own advantages and disadvantages.

For example, the advantages of the Imperial Army are very obvious. The huge number and sufficient resources are the advantages of the Imperial Army. However, they are doomed to be slow to move due to the bloated army, and they are very dependent on resources. Once the supply line is cut off, it is almost fatal.

As for the rebels.

If you want to list the disadvantages and shortcomings, of course there will be a lot of baskets, such as low overall quality, small number, high-level military force that is not comparable to the Imperial Army, and even only a standard air force...

These are all points of failure for the rebels.

But the rebels also have their own advantages.

Speaking of it, the rebel army is a bit like the army of Vega's own country. Although they are not as good as the Empire and the Holy Dragon Kingdom in terms of quantity and quality, they have a fighting style that is not afraid of death. Can feel like a duck to water.

So a general is good or not.

It depends on whether he can give full play to the advantages of the army under his account.

Although Coverdale took advantage of some of the strengths of the rebel army, it was not enough for Vega.

This method of injuring the enemy by 800 and self-injury by 1000 cannot be called a victory at all, but this is not his army after all. Since the rebel army thinks this is a big victory, let's just call it a big victory.

"But speaking of it..."

"How did the rebel army survive until today?"

On the way back, Veigar muttered to himself.

The number is not comparable to the Imperial Army, and the quality and resources are also inferior to the Imperial Army. The losses in each war are still three times that of the Imperial Army. Why has the rebel army not been wiped out?
On the second day, Veigar came to a conclusion.

It turns out that only 3000 people were lost yesterday, and 6000 more people signed up to join the army today, and these soldiers, men, women, and children, not to mention that they don’t need to pay military salaries, they just need to take care of a mouthful of food, and some people even bring their own dry food. Of course, the army will not refuse anyone.

"It's just that I'm ignorant."

Veigar was a little stunned and said: "It turns out that this is the survival mode of the rebel army. They have piled up to this day with their lives. No wonder they dared to make a slogan of 400-[-] with the empire when they were at their peak. At that time, they Shouldn't the number have exceeded [-] million?"

"Your Majesty, what you said is indeed correct..."

Housman said with some headaches: "When the rebel army was at its peak, I was still serving in the empire. When the people wanted it, they were like locusts overwhelming the sky, and the number of troops reached an extremely terrifying number. But They don't have good generals, and they don't have good equipment, they are just a bunch of rabble in my opinion."

"But it's just such a group of mobs who forcibly survived until today, isn't it?"

Veija asked rhetorically: "Each force has its own way of survival. Since the rebel army has its own way, we just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. I just took this opportunity to study hard, except The way of survival of other powers other than the empire, and every way for the power to survive, must have its advantages."

"Your Majesty is wise."

Although Housman agreed with Vega, it was still difficult to hide his disdain for the rebels in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)