Chapter 320: Carol's Calculations
Boom Boom Boom –
As the magical bombardment of the war airship falls, it marks the arrival of the main force of Vega.
Under the control of the east gate, the main force drove straight in, and more than 20,000 soldiers directly swept away the leaves with the autumn wind, and washed the Shenghui City in just over 3 hours.
The war lasted until 23:49 that night.
After all, the enemy army only has a standard brigade of 6,000 people, and under the loss of the important defense line of the city gate, it is impossible to defeat half of Vega's army in any case, not to mention that the kingdom army does not understand the so-called street fighting.
It's the opposite.
As the first officer to use street warfare in this world, Vega can use the mature concept of street warfare to annihilate the enemy army and expel it from the city, so in this battle, Vega's troops only lost more than 1,000 people.
Of the more than 1,000 people, four-fifths were killed in the battle for the East Gate.
Of course, the loss of the kingdom was even greater.
As a result of Vega's surprise, the chief commander of the enemy army was killed, the operational headquarters was destroyed, and the bloody order of Vega not to accept prisoners was left with the order of Vega, and the enemy army of 6,000 men was left without one in ten.
All in all, it's a big win!
"Victory, victory, victory!"
When the soldiers of the city shouted victory, the banner of Saint Laurent with a golden crown was raised on the top of the tower, heralding the return of the city to the embrace of the Holy Dynasty.
"Victory, victory, victory!"
The cheers continued for a long time and continued into the second half of the night.
The capture of Shenghui City not only heralded that Vega's plan of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes" had taken a crucial first step, but also gave the soldiers of the whole army a large dose of stimulants.
Successive victories gave them confidence.
Now they enshrine Vega's orders as oracles, and the execution of the orders has reached an unprecedented height, as long as it is Vega's orders, even if they are unreasonable, they will do it.
Mere soldiers don't think too much.
For them, whoever can lead them to victory, who can carry them back alive, they will obey whomever commands, and now only Vega can do this. So anyone who dares to question and obstruct Vega's orders will be an enemy who doesn't want to give them a way out.
A few families are happy and a few are sad.
As the main "star" of this war, Mennono, the commander of the Kingdom Army, followed Vega and others, he looked at the lifeless corpses of the Kingdom Army, crying like a 250-pound fat man.
"Woooooooo ”
Mennonite wiped his tears and said in a choked voice, "Can I go back? Can I go back? Am I no longer able to go back, woo woo...... I am a sinner, a sinner of the kingdom through the ages.
"Then you will apologize with death. ”
Vega saw through Mennonite's thoughts at a glance, and casually threw a cross-sword in front of him.
This move directly made Mennonite get up one by one, respectfully took the cross sword back to Vega, and then said: "The lower official doesn't want to die yet, but after doing such a thing, I'm afraid I can't go back, and I ask the general to take it in." ”
That's right, his performance just wanted to express -
He can't go back, he wants to join the Imperial Army.
At this time, even if Vega let him go, he didn't want to return to the United Kingdom, and it was estimated that ten heads were not enough for him to lose his big things today, so he pretended to be pitiful.
Vega took the cross-sword.
This foreshadowed his acceptance of Mennonite's request: "Stay with me as a personal counselor, but I can't give you any official position, do you have any opinion?"
"Thank you, General, for taking it in. ”
Mennonite straightened up for the first time and said: "The kingdom has raised an unrighteous army, so that the lives of the Holy Dynasty have been ruined, and the people will not be able to survive. ”
Click-
A war-torn kingdom golden lion banner is cut off by Mennonite, which is a pledge of allegiance to Vega.
Vega nodded with satisfaction, maybe the character of being afraid of death is not accepted by ordinary people, but in Vega's opinion, this kind of character is just easier to control, and it is definitely better to leave Menno's life than to kill him.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Mennonite was uneasy because he was in Vega's camp, and Vega was busy until dawn on the post-war clean-up and summary work.
Even Carol and Princess Thea, who have nothing to do, can't sleep.
For Thea and Carol, today is a day to upend ideas and open the door to a new world.
19:00-23:49 minutes.
This is the total time from the attack to the end of the battle in Shenghui City, which is really less than 5 hours.
Take a large and medium-sized city in 5 hours?
This kind of thing is too big a shock for them.
They were natives of the dynasty, and they knew the situation in Shenghui City well.
The thick walls can withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of mages and war airships for dozens of days, and as long as a small team of mages is stationed at the narrow city gates, no enemy troops will try to get close. Even a brigade is needed to hold off a corps for up to 7 days of attack.
There are historical precedents for all this.
But what about Vega's?
At the beginning, when he said that he would take Shenghui City in 24 hours, Carol really thought that Vega was telling a joke, and later received a positive answer, and even Thea thought Vega was crazy.
But now it seems that they are sitting in the well and watching the sky.
The act of taking Shenghui City in 5 hours gave them a slap in the face, making them realize that Vega was indeed not lying, and was not an arrogant person, but was suspected of being too modest.
"Carol, I want to cancel my plans to go back to the West. ”
Xiya looked at Carol seriously and said: "I believe that General Vega can capture Saint Laurent City, and the king of the dynasty should be crowned emperor in Saint Laurent City, and I think Grandpa must also want to see this day." ”
"Your Highness Princess, this is too risky. ”
Carol hurriedly stopped: "That little ghost does have a set of marching and fighting, but this alternative tactic cannot be used many times, now all the information on the fall of Shenghui City may have been sent to the Kingdom Army Saint Laurent Command, I don't think that little ghost can capture Saint Laurent City in a short time, please follow my advice." ”
There was a hint of murderous intent in Carol's eyes: "When that little ghost gets caught in the tug-of-war of Saint Laurent City and attracts the army of the port city kingdom to pour out, we will secretly leave here and take the opportunity to cross the river to the west bank." ”
"Absolutely not!"
Xia's face was pale: "General Vega could have fled back to the empire with his troops, but in order for me to be crowned emperor in Saint Laurent City, he did not hesitate to risk his life to attack Saint Laurent, how could I use him as bait and leave him." ”
"Your Highness, those who achieve great things are not informal. ”
Carol said excitedly: "And Your Highness, as the royal family of the dynasty, how can you rely on an imperial general, this is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, please Your Highness cross the west bank of the river with me when that little ghost attacks Saint Laurent." ”
"Don't talk about it anymore. ”
Thea resolutely vetoed: "Although General Vega is a general of the Empire, I believe in his character, and he even advocates fighting to the death and helping General Callison break through the siege, but what about you?"
Saying this, Xiya's face once again showed disappointment.
She opened the door and said: "But you are hiding the truth from me, Carol, I am a little disappointed in you, don't mention this matter again, I will never abandon General Vega, if the battle of Saint Laurent fails, it is a big deal to die." ”
Bang!
The door was slammed shut, and Thea returned to her room.
She didn't turn on the magic lamp, but curled up behind the door with her legs crossed and muttered to herself, "General Vega, Xiya swears, even if I die with you in this war, I will never use you to cross the Donbu River." ”
In the next room.
Carol clutched the glass of water tightly, and his eyes flashed with anger: "Vega Kareni!!"
Click-
The glass of water in his hand shattered.
"There's no way that imp can take Saint Laurent. ”
Carol's eyes changed to firmness: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I must take advantage of this God-given opportunity to take you across the west bank of the river, even if it is rude, or even disgusted by you, but one day you will understand my good intentions." ”