Mage Veja

Chapter 844: The Edge of Life and Death
Since ancient times, attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top.

The most difficult city to break down is often the first to disintegrate inside.

Whether it was the promotion of two naval lieutenants to attract desperate enemies, or the spread of rumors that the city will be slaughtered with war seeds, everything is laying the groundwork for the disintegration of the Immortal City of the Emperor.

And until now.

Veigar finally sees the hope of taking the Immortal City.

He wants to make the Immortal City--unbreakable!
It was precisely after seeing this point of Vega that Eldir realized that the general situation was over, and fainted on the spot.

That's right.

When rumors spread in the city, there was no possibility of salvation.

High pressure policy?

This may have been useful before, because at that time the subjects of the whole city still existed on the same front, and you used high-pressure policies to erase those discordant voices. Strictly speaking, it did not violate the interests of ordinary people, ordinary soldiers He and his subjects may still support this move, after all, they cannot escape from the war.

Since I can't escape, why not pull a back?

This kind of selfish psychology will make them especially support the government's high-pressure policy against those high-ranking officials.

However, the news that the Jialan Army is going to use the war to massacre the city spreads, and the situation is different.

from now on.

This war is already related to everyone's life safety and interests.

When the interests of civilians and soldiers are violated, and you still use a high-pressure policy, every civilian and soldier will affirm that this matter is true. If this matter has not been suppressed, a rebellion will start first in the city.

Since blocking is worse than sparse, why not use some soft means to guide civilians?

When life is threatened, talking about glory and camp to civilians and soldiers will be considered hooliganism by the whole city. Now the only behavior that the whole city will agree with is probably only one——

surrender!

Only this one, and only this one, was supported by the whole city, rather it was expected by everyone.

"It's horrible, it's horrible."

Foster only felt a chill spread from the soles of his feet to the bottom of his heart until his whole body became cold.

He knew that Veigar liked to play tricks on people's hearts, but he never thought that that kind of heresy could replace real swords and guns and win a war, but Veigar told him from the actual situation that winning the Immortal City didn't even take a single step. One soldier.

Yes.

The reason why the imperial capital is known as the safest fortress in the world is that it has the thickest city walls, the most elite central army, absolute air supremacy, fearsome war statues, and mountains of resources.

But other than that, there's really nothing left.

Faced with Vega's 'crazy' attack, Foster finally discovered that their proud defense was as fragile as paper.

There are millions of troops in the sky, but there is no place to use them. This is the most embarrassing war.

"My lord, you must not fall down."

Foster waited anxiously outside the door for the military doctor's diagnosis.

Especially in this kind of thing, the head of the empire must not fall.

Once Eldir falls, this psychological battle will end with Veigar's complete victory.

Because of the fall of Eldir, the whole city will lose its last scruples and directly declare surrender to the Jialan Army.

creak-

The door was opened, and the military doctor walked out from the door.

Seeing the military doctor come out, Foster couldn't wait to ask: "How is the situation of the head of state?"

"I'm afraid the situation is not optimistic."

The military doctor sighed and said: "The head of state is already old, and he has been overworked recently, especially the huge pressure has severely damaged his spirit and body. It is conservatively estimated... that he will live for less than a year."

"enough!"

Foster let out a long breath upon hearing this.

Although it sounds a bit unreasonable, Foster still breathed a sigh of relief, because the victory or defeat is between these two months, as long as the head of state does not fall within these two months, it is enough for the empire.

"My lord general, my lord head of state invites you in."

The adjutant came out of the house at the same time and asked Foster to come in and talk.

Foster was invited to walk into Eldir's bedroom, and at the first sight he saw that the Führer had woken up, but the whole person looked lifeless, as if he might let go at any time.

"Your Excellency."

Foster greeted softly.

Like a rusty machine, Eldir turned his head extremely slowly: "Your Excellency, the only ones who can support the empire now are you and me. Although Vega's move really made our chances of winning [-] out of [-] , but I don't want to admit defeat so easily, so I would like to ask you to replace me to personally go among the civilians and soldiers to understand their psychological conditions."

"I understand."

Foster nodded, then turned and left immediately.

Even if Eldir doesn't say anything about this matter, Foster is ready to do it.

Just from the information book, it is impossible to intuitively see how bad the situation has deteriorated.

At this time, as a commander, the most important thing to do is to go deep into the grassroots and use your own eyes to confirm the real situation.

Therefore, Foster changed into civilian clothes and went deep into the army and civilians with his guards.

Foster came first to the army.

He found that even the most elite Central Army Corps was panicked, and that kind of mental state let alone let them go to battle, it was a blessing to be able to keep it as it was without collapsing.

And rumors have spread to the military.

Even if the army strictly controls these rumors, it has no choice but to prohibit soldiers from discussing them in private.

This is true for the Central Army Corps, not to mention the other armies. Foster lost the desire to go to other armies and went directly to the civilians.

When he arrived near Central Avenue, Foster was taken aback by the scene in front of him.

The bustling imperial capital of the past no longer exists, all the shops along the street have been closed, and the street is also a mess and desolate.

Besides.

Large numbers of demonstrations took place in the streets to protest.

Holding high the banner demanding the government's surrender, they kept swarming towards the government building.

Following the flow of people, Foster came to the front of the government building.

He found that the government building was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. The civilians who did not dare to vent their anger on the army yelled at the government frantically, and even threw stones and various sundries. The civilians in the front row had risen with the security team. conflicted.

"Whoever dares to cross the red line will be shot to death!"

A magician stood within the red line of the government building, using a magic loudspeaker to roar out.

But as soon as the words fell, a fireball among the crowd flew towards the magician.

The magician of the security team never thought that there would be a magician hidden in the crowd, and coupled with such a short distance, he was caught off guard and fell to the ground on the spot, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

"The government can't take us to be buried with us!"

"Our destiny is up to us!"

"As long as we surrender to the Jialan Army, we will survive."

"We don't need such a government, we don't need such a head of state!"

"..."

With roars, the civilians broke through the red line and directly collided with the security team.

Seeing this, Foster already understood that under the rumors and Vega's deliberate promotion, the government has lost its original credibility, and the conflict with the civilians has reached an irreconcilable level.

Is it really already...

The trend is gone?

(End of this chapter)