When Arthur led his people to attack the human army at night, the wolf king Wolf was not far away.

The firelight lit up half of the sky, and the fierce gunfire fell silent in less than half an hour, and the 800 elite wolf soldiers of the werewolves disappeared, and only a dozen or so werewolves escaped back.

Wolf held back the thought in his heart and turned away from the battlefield.

Suffering a big loss made him suspicious, but the combat effectiveness of the human army shocked him even more.

The superiority in weapons has completely eliminated the individual differences between humans and werewolves, and a human army of considerable size is completely unafraid of a head-on clash with wolves of the same size.

With this great victory, the Nationalist Army seems to have found a way to deal with the werewolves, as long as the regimental-sized units take defensive measures and command effectively, they are enough to deal with the night raids that the werewolves are best at, and a battalion-level unit is not afraid of frontal resistance during the day.

The scope of the 3rd Army's activities on the vast plains on the south bank of the middle and upper reaches of the Longjiang River suddenly expanded, and they built military pillboxes everywhere with battalions as units, and these simple fortifications were connected to each other, using traditional beacon fires to transmit enemy information, greatly reducing the space for werewolves to move.

At the same time, the Nationalist Army moved the local humans out of the wilderness, making it impossible for the werewolves to rely on raiding to obtain valuable food, and hunting was a rather dangerous and luxurious affair, because the Nationalist patrols could kill them at any time.

By the autumn of 1839, the werewolves, led by Worf, had finally migrated eastward to St. Nouvé, as the Nationalists had approached their temporary settlements of old and weak women and children at least three times, which was a rather dangerous thing.

On the horizon, werewolves stood in the way of the pursuing Nationalists.

These werewolves are old and have volunteered to stay, depressed but not lacking in the courage to die.

Ozouf, who has been promoted to deputy commander of the cavalry brigade directly under the legion, is the commander of the 3rd Legion in charge of pursuing the werewolves.

The cavalry moved like a wall, and instead of galloping on horseback, they slowly advanced forward in a tight formation, not giving the werewolves a chance to fight hand-to-hand, but pulling away and accurately projecting fire at a safe distance of about 120 meters.

The other two cavalry regiments were on the left and right flanks, respectively, in a flanking position.

This simple way of attacking is the most uncomfortable for the werewolves, in order not to become lambs to the slaughter, the werewolves either retreat or take the initiative to attack in the face of a hail of bullets, in order to seek close melee opportunities.

If you are lucky, the werewolves will also cause some damage to the national army, but at this time, the soldiers in the front row of the national army have completed at least three shots, and there are very few werewolves who can break into the front and start hand-to-hand combat.

As the number of encounters between the two sides increased, the Nationalist Army became more and more proficient in dealing with werewolf counterattacks.

This time the same was true, in the face of a group of generous werewolves, the three battalions of the cavalry regiment that confronted them head-on were divided into three parts, the front, the middle and the rear, all of which were a hundred meters away from each other, and each cavalry battalion was lined up in two tight horizontal formations.

When the werewolves rushed over, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, after firing 2 bullets, quickly moved to the sides regardless of the outcome of the battle, and moved away from the frontal battlefield. Since they are cavalry, this makes it difficult for them to be bitten by werewolves who are still some distance away from them.

At this time, the cavalry of the 2nd Battalion was less than a hundred meters away from the werewolves rushing forward, which was the best distance for the carbine in their hands to give full play to their advantage in firepower.

The sound of gunfire rang out, and most of the werewolves had fallen, wailing all over the field. The other two cavalry regiments in charge of outflanking had already killed them from behind.

The one-sided battle situation did not make Ozuf too happy.

He is a northerner, but he happened to come to the south to make a living, when Sean was preparing for the Genoa Civil Defense, he became one of the few cavalry officers in the Civil Defense because he had been a former Imperial cavalryman, and he was also a short general. Unexpectedly, he worked in the army for ten years and became a senior officer.

Ten years ago, he had also followed Sean to fight against werewolves, and compared to that time, werewolves were even less powerful. It's not that the werewolves aren't brave, it's that their own side is stronger.

The werewolves who were not dead lay on the ground and wailed, and the soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield ended their lives with bullets. They dug a huge pit in the ground and threw the werewolf corpse into it to bury it.

Riding on his horse, Ozouf lit a cigarette and looked to the eastern horizon, not far from the borders of the province of Saint-Noowe.

The drive of the werewolves to Saint-Nouvi seems to have been an elaborate plan by the magnates, as the province was still under the control of royalists.

But for Sean, the werewolf ravages also delayed his plans to restore the economy south of Longjiang for a year.

In the autumn of 1839, the only thing Shaun was happy was that the railroad had finally crossed the Ott Mountains, laying the tracks to the north, which was expected to be completed by the end of the year.

It took the Genoese five years to build the railway through the mountains, and at great cost tens of millions of dollars, many of the railway workers died in a series of construction accidents.

However, not many people paid much attention to the death of the railway workers, and the Genoese had high hopes for the railway, as it would greatly open up the space for southerners, allowing the southerners to expand rapidly to the north.

Once the train monster came to the north, it changed the course of the north faster than people expected. Genoese capital rapidly expanded north through the railway, and many factories sprung up along the railway, the machines of which rumbled day and night, producing manufactured goods and munitions.

In the north, the long war caused the Liberals to break through the last line, and they actually formed an alliance with the Assyrians, trying to use the power of the Assyrians against Jean Sauron.

The werewolves temporarily got a respite in St. Noowe, and the local royalist forces after an autumn and a winter battle, although the werewolves were driven north of Longjiang, but they also suffered a lot of losses, and the national army took the opportunity to enter St. Nouvi and seize the power of St. Noowe.

Joseph Frank even went to Gale in person to meet Sean and protest in person, demanding the withdrawal of the National Army from Saint-Nouvé. However, Sean rejected Frank's request in the name of the collective decision-making of the Southern Alliance.

It also heralded a break between the Southern forces, led by Sean, and the royalists.

At this time, the royalists and anti-Holy City forces gathered around Jean, giving Jean control of three provinces with more than 200,000 troops.

Jean's opponents, the new army of the Holy City, exceeded 200,000, plus the Assyrians and werewolves who were sheltered by the Holy City, the total strength exceeded 300,000.

On December 12, 1839, Carlos II was put on the gallows.

On that day, it snowed heavily in the holy city.