The San Jose Empire also received the latest news of the war, and the uncertainty of the current direction of the war made the ministers of the San Jose cabinet finally give up the seemingly delicious "Desik cake" of King Lucius.

Lucius had been prepared for the rejection of the proposal, and he left the follow-up negotiation work to the two deputy envoys, and rushed back to the merchant alliance without stopping. At the moment when they arrived at Kyoto City, the Flamingo brought the latest battle report.

The Desiks, once again, are on the offensive.

If you ask the people on this continent, "Which country is the most belligerent?" everyone will answer, "Desik". The belligerence of the Desiks is not only manifested in the fact that they always can't help but find friction when they have the opportunity, but also in the fact that whenever the war begins, they will not give up until the goal is reached.

Edward VI, since he became Emperor Desik, the whole country began to go into war mode. This man is completely different from his predecessor, although William IV has always been tough, and under his men, Archduke Edward has also created a small amount of border friction, but the environment on the mainland is generally peaceful.

After Edward VI took office, the generals of the Chinese militant faction, including the original Western generals, Southern generals, newly removed Eastern generals, and several commanders of the base camp, were replaced, and the plans of the base camp continued to be revealed, and a large number of farmers and slaves were armed and sent to the front line of the army.

The base camp of Baiyan City, the "military affairs tent", is brightly lit day and night, countless staff officers are coming in and out, and there are constantly newly appointed officers changing their ranks in Baiyan City, stepping on horses, and heading to the front line.

And the small fur shop in the market of White Rock City has been closed for many days, and the owner of the shop, Gülen, the middle-aged old man who is always smiling, has disappeared from the eyes of the residents of White Rock City for a long time, and many aristocratic women are still a little pity, Gülen's old man looks a little lustful, but the goods in his shop are really good.

No one knows where Gülen has gone.

Gülen, of course, slipped away. On the day of Dessick's coup, the streets were filled with sergeants and fireworks, and samurai riding Steppenwolf and carrying scimitars chased down the garrison soldiers armed only with spears and leather armor.

Looking out through the crack in the door, Gran trembled, fortunately, his secrecy has always been very good, and no nobles in Desik know that he is actually a nail left in Desik White Rock City by the Merchant Alliance Adventurer Guild.

The flamingos that the guild was in contact with Gülen had to come for a long time, and Gülen waited anxiously for many days to deliver the news of the coup. Then, he saw with his own eyes that the garrison soldiers and a small number of warriors of the wasteland who had been captured in the coup d'état were simply armed and sent out of the city. I heard that they were going to the western front.

And the families of these people were concentrated in the civilian area in the west of the city, and dozens of people were stuffed into one room, and their lives and deaths were in peace. Some of them even had relatives who were military officers, and they were all nobles in the past.

"Hmph, it seems that they are threatening them with their relatives, this new emperor really doesn't waste a manpower, even if he surrenders troops, he has to give him his life. Glenn muttered to himself hatefully, as he had lived in White Rock City for a long time, he could see at a glance the purpose of the Desik.

Then, the news of the war came, and the Desiks, unexpectedly, within a few days, broke through the defense line of the Grand Canyon of the Shang Alliance, and near the Dunkirk Bridge, established a new city, a base for the advance of the army.

The staff officers of the base camp soon followed the new batch of troops to the base, and the nobles in White Rock City were talking about the place called "Death Knell City", which was the first city established by De Sik on the west side of the Grand Canyon, which meant that from here, the death knell of the Shang Alliance's demise was sounded.

The shrewd Gülen, before the "Great Search" came, left his shop and the store full of goods and left White Rock City.

Soon after the start of the war, White Rock City was once again "lively". Almost all of the captives and soldiers died on the edge of the Grand Canyon, and the death toll of more than 10,000 people left the families imprisoned in the west of the city grief-stricken, and although they were soon allowed to move freely, they knew that their husbands, sons, and fathers might never return.

There was a commotion in the city.

Edward VI suspected that the Empire's hostile elements were operating in White Rock in an attempt to ignite the flames of resistance. So, under an order, the new Central Garrison General, with his men, began to search for spies throughout the city, and once caught, they were hanged without trial. For a moment, the people of White Rock City were panicked.

Of course, this has nothing to do with our Uncle Gülen, who saw the opportunity to go fast, but in just a few days, he had already run hundreds of miles to the west, and not far in front of him was Tarim City near the "Daqu" at the bend of the Morro River.

Daqu is a place name that refers to the place on the map where the Morro River is diverted from south to north to west to east. To the northwest of Daqu is the Grand Canyon, and to the south is the misty forest on the other side of the Morro River. On the Morro River, there is the fortress of the merchant alliance "Golden Gate Sluice", and after the Grand Canyon, go more than 100 miles to the southwest, there is a continuous mountain range, which is a rare hilly area in the Manning Kingdom, called Lens Mountain.

Lens Mountain has four peaks, the main peak is about 500 grams high, stretching for seven or eight miles. At the foot of the mountain, there is a large hilly area, where dozens of small mountains, high and low, are located.

To the northwest of the Lens Peak, the secondary peak of the range, the West Verdeen, is a mountain range that is slightly lower than the main peak. At the bottom of the mountain is a large plain, and the West Verdeen Mountains continue to the west, and the whole plain is divided into two by it, which is a natural checkpoint across the interior of the Manning Kingdom.

On the southeast side of the main peak, the Lens Peak, is a series of small peaks, two of which are more prominent, and a tributary winds out of the mountains, splitting the peaks in two, and the tributaries go straight through the mountains to the Morro River.

The two peaks in the south and the north are called the Little Lance Twin Peaks. The north twin peaks are slightly higher, the south peaks are slightly shorter, and nearby is a string of shorter peaks.

The area where the Lens Mountains are located is the eastern part of the Manning Kingdom, called the "Verdun Region". As an area of Manning, it has historically been the barrier and the only dangerous place to the east and north of Manning.

General Pierre, when he was withdrawn from the line of defense of the gorge, transferred all the troops that had not suffered losses to the Verdun area for defense. At the later meeting of the Merchant Alliance~, General Pierre, who was responsible for the defeat, stepped down, and his successor, General Etienne, still used the Verdun area and the Lens Hill as the main line of defense.

Compared to his predecessor, Pierre, General Etienne was more of a man of letters than a general. He was thin, blond, and dressed in a merchant mercenary uniform that was compact and slim. When he was fine, Etienne always held a book to read, and in his words, all military knowledge, except for summarizing, was learning. Whenever there is an important report that needs to be written, the mercenary command will choose to let Etienne write it.

In fact, when he was young, Etienne was originally a scholar from San Jose, and when he was traveling around the world, he encountered robbers in the Duchy of Tra in the territory of the Shang League.

After a fight, his face was cut and he was robbed of all the gold coins he had. Wandering around the merchant alliance penniless, he eventually chose to join the mercenary army, starting as a small handyman.

Thirty years later, the young scholar grew to become the most important chief of staff of the mercenary corps, and after the retirement of the previous deputy commander, he took over the position of deputy commander of the corps. Now, with General Pierre responsible for the defeat at Dunkirk, Etienne became the commander of the Mercenary Corps and commanded the entire Eastern Front of the Merchants.

According to the latest arrangement of the main ~ meeting of the merchant alliance, the Verdun area has gathered the most elite army of the merchant alliance. After careful consideration, General Etienne chose to have the mercenary corps defend the main peak of Lens, while the heavily damaged New Second Army and the New Eighth Army came to the aid of the Twin Peaks.

At the same time, the New Twelfth and New Thirteenth Armies, which had withdrawn from the northern line of the canyon defense, would line up along the line of the West Verdeen Mountain, and they would face the army of Desik attacking from the plains in front of the mountain.

And the remaining army, the New Tenth Army, which had just arrived to reinforce it, was placed behind the mercenary corps, at the foot of the main peak of Lens, and they were to serve as a reserve for the defenders of the entire Eastern Front.

In the past few days, the pressure on General Etienne has doubled, and the discussion conclusion of the business alliance leader ~ meeting has been conveyed to the front line, which is different from the situation at the time of the canyon defense line, this time, before General Guo's Western Front Corps completely solves the invading Desik wolf cavalry, the Eastern Front cannot take another step back.

The lord of the Shang Alliance~ Xi Hui and King Manning are not fools, they have retained two troops of the Wanton Army and the Twelfth Army in Manning City, as well as the Manning Guard of about 5,000 people in the Manning Kingdom, as well as a large number of noble private troops temporarily recruited.

Of the entire newly organized corps, only Kaman's New Sixth Army and the New Ninth Army, which is being rebuilt, have not yet gone to the front line. The Nine-Nation Business Alliance is already facing a back-to-back battle.

Danger will always come, and of course it will come. After completely consolidating their advance base "Death Knell City", the Desiks finally tore off their disguises, and the vanguard of more than 10,000 people, led by several noble generals, rushed straight to the Verdun area. All of a sudden, the flamingo that reported the news and the gunpowder smoke that burned all the way quickly transmitted the news to the headquarters of the Western Front Army on the main peak of Lens and the Manning City where the main ~ meeting of the merchant alliance was located.

General Etienne stood on the main peak of Lens and looked north, and when the weather was fine, the view here was quite clear, and he could only see black columns of smoke that did not know whether it was gunsmoke or wolf smoke, rising into the air. On the horizon, a black line is slowly approaching.

Dozens of war horses were galloping back, and the knights on the horses were pressed on the horses, and the whips in their hands were whipping the horses fiercely, "Hurry up!

Everyone knows that what came behind was the army of the Desiks. The fighting, which had been suspended for 30 days, was once again rekindled. This time they will face an army of Desik who are fully prepared and armed to the teeth.