The city of Lops, the headquarters of the Imperial Army.

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

Vega reversed formation and struck towards Lops City again.

Seeing this, Foster opened his squinted eyes, and he let out a long breath and said: "That little ghost finally messed up with himself, either retreat or fight, he had to fight first, then retreat, and was forced to come back to fight helplessly, so the cycle directly exposed his panicked heart, as long as it continues to drag down, the victory of this war will definitely belong to me." ”

"Command!"

Foster continued with a posture of sitting firmly on the Diaoyu Tai: "The whole army holds the line according to the plan, as long as we hold on for another twenty days, our reinforcements will arrive, and the victory of this war will definitely belong to us." ”

"Yes, Commander. ”

Everyone agreed, and Foster walked out of the command room after giving the order.

Foster looked at the withered leaves in the distance, felt the howling cold wind, and he couldn't help but tighten his neckline: "Winter...... It's finally here. ”

There are still twenty days to go, and early winter is coming.

When winter arrives, it means that the four million reserves of the empire have completed the restoration of combat effectiveness.

Although winter is not suitable for marching and fighting, the Empire is more than happy to defeat Vega and regain control of the north this winter, provided that the city of Lops is not lost.

But it wouldn't be the same if the city of Lops was lost.

It is likely that the empire will see the loss of the city of Lops, so it chooses to put the war to recover the northern part of the empire on hold until the next year, and first take the Duchy of Baya in the northwest, even a fool knows that persimmons are soft to pick.

Will Vega be able to take Lops City in twenty days?

In the past, it was five or five open, but when Vega was flustered in his heart, Foster thought that this probability had become nineteen open.

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

Therefore, Foster's current strategy is still to defend Lops City, and definitely not go out of the city to fight a frontal battle.

Of course, it can't be said that the strategy implemented is exactly the same as before, in the past, Vega was leaving, Foster might set off a string of firecrackers to celebrate, and now if Vega wants to leave, he will keep Vega here even if he sacrifices all his air force.

Of course, Vega knows this.

He understood that Foster just wanted to drag it out, if he directly engaged in a siege battle, the probability of taking Ropps in a short period of time was less than five or five, but if Foster was forced out of the city for a decisive battle, then the winning rate would increase to three or seven open.

Of course, the third is Foster and the seventh is Vega.

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

It's absolutely difficult.

Now Foster unilaterally thinks that Vega is restless, which will make him more and more calm, once people fall into calm, they will not do anything absolutely unfavorable to themselves, so now Foster will not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Vega even if he is a fool.

It's man-made.

Just as there is no fortress that cannot be breached, there is no enemy that cannot be lured into.

As long as you can grasp the crux of the problem, you can do what others can't.

At this time, Vega's eyes rolled wildly, his face did not show a sad brow, but full of confidence, he seemed to have an idea, this obviously found the key to the problem, ready to give it a go.

"Command. ”

Vega waved his hand the next day: "The air force is responsible for covering, and the whole army is engaged in siege warfare 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 defending side has a natural advantage, and if there is no three times the strength of the defenders, in fact, no one dares to guarantee that a major city can be taken in a conventional siege battle.

So the results are already out -

A few hours later, Vega gave the signal to retreat.

In this battle, Vega lost 10,000, and the Imperial Army lost less than 3,000, so it is already clear who suffers.

Although it seemed that he had suffered a loss, Vega did not show a frustrated expression on his face, and he even laughed more happily than the victorious Foster in the command room.

"Hahaha!"

After laughing heartily, Vega gave another order at the meeting that night: "Tomorrow the siege will continue." ”

"Yes, General. ”

The officers of the Empire did not like to refer to Vega as His Royal Highness, but their loyalty to Vega was unquestionable, as they had no way out but to follow Vega's orders.

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

It's just that today's losses are relatively small, with only 5,000 soldiers lost before and after, and of course the number of soldiers lost by the enemy has also dropped, only less than 1,500.

Day 3 & 4......

In the next few days, Vega went back and forth, going to fight a siege battle every day, but the number of soldiers lost became smaller and smaller, and the soldiers were afraid to rush forward, and the morale of the whole army was low to a certain extent.

It's all in Foster's eyes.

Now he can already conclude that Vega has nothing to do, as long as it drags on for another ten days, the Imperial reinforcements can sound the horn of a counterattack as soon as they arrive, and if everything goes well, Vega can even leave Vega directly in the city of Rops.

Neither fast nor slow, it continues to pass.

When the time came to the ninth day.

Vega 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 Grand Canyon of Ropes at night, which happened very suddenly, and no one expected it before.

Knock Knock Knock –

There was a knock on Foster's door.

Foster, who had finally fallen asleep, opened the door with a hint of anger, and before he could reprimand the soldier who knocked on the door, he heard the soldier say in a panic: "Lord Commander, an hour ago, the enemy suddenly withdrew in the direction of the Grand Canyon of Ropps. ”

"What?!"

Foster's eyes widened, and his voice raised an octave.

"What is the intention of retreating now?"

Foster muttered to himself, and then a cold sweat ran down his face.

He suddenly realized that in a few minutes today it was the tenth day of Vega's turn, and he had been so carried away by victory in those ten days that he had not paid much attention to the construction of Vega's retreat route.

He took it for granted.

Since no other reports had been reported from the scouts, it was assumed that Vega had given up on the construction of the retreat route.

If you take care of this, you will lose the other.

It turned out that Vega attacked the city of Ropps just to attract his attention, and then took advantage of the fact that he was blinded by the successive great victories and secretly built a retreat route so that he could take the opportunity to retreat?

Apparently yes.

Foster was very remorseful.

He thought that Vega had messed up with himself, but he didn't expect that people were calm from beginning to end.

It's never too late to make amends.

Foster realized that if he sent his troops in pursuit now, he might be able to keep Vega, so he immediately ordered: "Order the air force to rise into the air at once, and I want them to blow up all the retreat lines before the enemy escapes the great river of Ropps at all costs, even if they try their best to complete the mission with the last war airship." ”

"Yes, Commander. ”

"Inform the 1st and 2nd Army Corps. ”

Forster went on to give orders: "Let them move at once, and let the vanguard march lightly, and must hold back the enemy before withdrawing to the northern hinterland, and our main army will be reinforced afterwards." ”

With the two orders given, the city of Ropps moved.

The first was the Aviation Corps, followed by the Vanguard Army, and finally the main force of 230,000, and the three armies pursued one after the other in the direction of the retreat of Vega, and Foster was desperate to keep Vega here.