The City of Silver Pines.

This is a small city in the eastern hinterland of the Holy Dynasty, because there is a silver-white cedar in the city, so it is named the City of Silver Pines, and the whole city has a permanent population of about 220,000.

As the dynasty abandoned the east.

Therefore, this small city is now garrisoned by a reinforced regiment of the 11th Army of the Kingdom Army, and because it is not an important city in itself, the Kingdom has not considered to defend it with heavy troops at all.

Coupled with Kerrison's southward journey, he attracted the Kingdom's attention.

Therefore, Vega, who walked out of the Taliban Mountains, was not paid attention to by the reconnaissance force of the Kingdom Army at all, and the Kingdom Army probably thought that Vega would go south with Kellison to cross the river downstream.

Put down the binoculars.

Vega turned his head to look at Adjutant Ilo and said, "Lieutenant, how much food do we have?" If there is enough food, the matter of attacking the City of Silver Pines will be forgotten, and this matter will most likely expose our traces, and even make the kingdom guess our plan to go north." ”

"Report to the general, resources are already insufficient. ”

Iloh picked up a stack of stats, flipped through them, and said, "As things stand, we might be able to last a week, but it's not enough to get us to the next city." ”

According to Vega's plan.

He planned to resupply the troops in the next city, because the Kingdom Army had only driven the main forces of the dynasty out of the east, and the control of the smaller cities had not yet begun, so the second city was not garrisoned by the Kingdom Army.

"Tell the General Staff to draw up a battle plan. ”

There is no way to march without resources, so even if doing so would expose their tracks, Vega can only order the capture of the city of Silver Pines and take the enemy's military supplies for themselves.

It is not difficult to attack such a city.

Because Vega's troops, excluding the few soldiers lost in the breakout battle, still have a full 22,000 troops, of course, most of them are ordinary troops, and the number of high-level forces and war airships is not sufficient.

But even so, it is not comparable to the Kingdom Army.

A reinforced regiment of more than 3,000 people and 4,000 soldiers wanted to block half of the army, this kind of war was not a battle of magnitude at all, and it was really easy to capture the city of Silver Pines.

However, Vega did not use brute force to break down the city directly.

Of course, this is not because he does not want his troops to cause unnecessary casualties, Vega is afraid that the enemy dog will jump over the wall and burn some military supplies or food reserves.

Not alarmist.

This kind of thing is too common in war, how can you cheapen the enemy if you can't get it?

The lion fights the rabbit with all his might.

At the same time as Vega ordered the staff to formulate a battle plan, he issued another order: "Inform the Shadow Mage team to immediately sneak into the city to find the location of the logistics reserves, the Elemental Mage Squadron and the Professional Brigade are on standby with me outside the city, and once I receive the signal from the Shadow Mage, follow me into the city to occupy the granary as soon as possible." ”

"Please take back the general's order. ”

Adjutant Yiluo stopped him for the first time: "I won't let the general risk doing this kind of thing this time, please take responsibility for your own life and tens of thousands of people in the whole army." ”

"I see. Vega sighed.

Originally, there was no risky action this time, he wanted to follow the front line to kill professionals and magicians, and mix up some mental power and skill points, after all, the "intermediary fee" of the system was too expensive. However, considering that the Supreme Commander's unauthorized departure from his post was indeed a bit detrimental to dealing with unexpected situations, he could only give up.

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The city of silver pines, the street around the city.

In a seemingly clean and tidy inn, the guardian knight Carol is discussing the latest information on the front line with Princess Thea.

"Your Royal Highness, the news has been confirmed from the mouth of the enemy army. ”

Carol said to the map: "Our army suffered a loss for the kingdom army with almost zero losses in the breakout battle, and the kingdom not only lost 50,000 soldiers, but even the aviation unit was destroyed by 2/3, and it was impossible to covet the western part of our country in a short time. ”

A look of regret.

Carroll continued: "Unfortunately, martial law in the port city seems to be tighter than ever, and we may not be able to return to the West Bank anytime soon, so you will have to wait longer. ”

"Great, I didn't expect that there would be generals in my country who could make the kingdom suffer such a big loss. ”

Hearing the news of the great victory of her own army, Princess Xiya had two innocent dimples on her face: "Carol, tell me which general was able to achieve such a big result." ”

"Yes ......"

Carol originally wanted to say that it was the war commanded by Vega, and he was also ranked fifth on the kingdom's war threat list, and there was only one general of the dynasty outside the 20 on this list, so he subconsciously changed his words directly: "It's Admiral Kerrison." ”

"Admiral Callison Clive?"

Princess Thea's eyes showed excitement: "So General Callison has successfully broken through with his troops? That means that our country still has a force in the east with the strength to fight, can we rely on Admiral Callison's troops to cross the river?"

"This matter needs to be considered in the long term. ”

Carol immediately stopped: "Now that General Callison's troops have attracted the attention of the Kingdom Army, it is estimated that he will be encircled and suppressed for a long time to come, and it is not the best choice for us to rush forward." ”

"Carol, what are we going to do next?"

"Please continue to wait, Your Highness the Princess. ”

Carol thought for a moment and continued: "This city is quite safe, and when the kingdom no longer has martial law in the port city, that is, when we return to the west coast, Her Royal Highness the princess will probably have to endure for half a year. ”

That's right.

Carol brought the princess to this remote town to escape the limelight.

Because the most dangerous place is the safest place, the cities that have been occupied will naturally not break out into war, and the small cities that have not yet been controlled by the royal army are at risk of war, and even encounter the royal army to check the city.

Once the war breaks out and the city is cleared, the risk of the princess's whereabouts being exposed is too great.

Therefore, Carol thought that hiding in the city of Silverpine under the full control of the Kingdom Army and the inventory would not be exposed, after all, the Kingdom Army did not know that they were still in the east, and he was ready to take the princess to live here for a long time.

But at this moment, there was a noise outside.

Sneaking closer to the half-open window, Carroll noticed a large number of troops hurrying towards the city gates, their faces full of despair, as if something big was about to happen.

What can make a soldier look desperate?

This kind of thing is known even to Carol, the bodyguard, and there is only one possibility of "war".

This speculation made his face change, because he was most afraid that the war would expose the princess's whereabouts, and at the same time his face was a little puzzled. According to the information that was finally discovered from the mouth of the enemy army, Callison's troops had obviously gone south, so there were still troops of that force who dared to launch an attack on the kingdom army that was in full swing?

No sooner had the thought come to me than an explosion was heard.

Boom –

There is the location of the military warehouse.

In other words, the enemy has actually touched the city, and this is probably not an ordinary war.

For the sake of the princess's safety.

Carol immediately said to Thea: "Your Royal Highness, the situation has changed, please pack your things immediately, I will escort you out of this city, the city of silver pine is no longer safe." ”