The first four years and a whole year passed in a mess, and the fragmented business alliance that was divided by the war resolutely began to glow with new vitality. Under the leadership of the new leaders of the Merchant League, King Lucius, Grand Duke of Tra, and Grand Duke Carman, only a third of the territory remained of the Merchant League, and instead began to become more united, active, and courageous.

Farmers actively tended to the land, and piles of wheat were sent to barns all over Kaman. In addition to satisfying the needs of the common people, this grain also had to be stored for future wars, and the workers, the workers of Mossat seized the time to dig out a large amount of ore from the Tara Basin, which was smelted and forged into weapons, armor, etc., and the nobles, especially the children of the nobles who lost their homes in the war, began to enter the barracks and became the new generation of soldiers of the merchant alliance.

In the past, the mercenary corps of the Shang Alliance had always been synonymous with incompetence and uselessness, but the new leader injected new courage into the army, and the new army of the Shang Alliance was no longer the cowardly army of the past. This is the feeling that Kester has gained from the new atmosphere of the entire business alliance these days.

The flames of war in San Jose were raging, and the Desik troops of the Shang Alliance were ready to move, and every once in a while, news would come from far away from the Shang Alliance.

During the war, the rival Desik and San Jose fought fiercely over a large area of San Jose, and a small number of merchants who traveled between the two countries regardless of the danger brought news of the battlefield: the Desiks occupied a large part of the territory in San Jose, and the San Josens launched a counterattack against the Desiks, the meat grinder-like battle in Kursk brought a large number of casualties to both sides, and the Merchant's Alliance and San Jose signed a new covenant, and the two sides jointly attacked the Desiks.

Originally, everyone hoped that the San Josens would be able to defeat Desic completely, and with the help of such powerful allies, the Shang Alliance would be able to recover the lost territory sooner or later. However, one day, the merchant from San Jose suddenly disappeared, and there was no news from San Jose for half a month. The merchant ships on the Morro River were cut off, and the flamingos could not be sent out without finding the recipient.

Everything is starting to get pretty weird.

King Lucius sent a large number of scouts across the border to look for clues, and the news that the scouts brought back was quite shocking: there seemed to be civil unrest in San Jose, and now the army in the country was completely in a mess. In the entire province of Blood Moon on the border of Tra, there is no regular army of San Jose at all. The Western Border Guards, who were originally stationed there, have completely disappeared.

The diseasy King Lucius transferred the elite Carman New Sixth Army to the border between Terra and San Jose, and Kester was now the commander of the New Sixth Army, and the former commander of the army, General Calvin, was now a member of the Military Council of the Merchant Alliance. Kerster, who officially took over as the commander of the New Sixth Army, gave Duncan the position of commander of the Thirteenth Regiment, while Green, the former chief hunter of the Adventurers' Guild, is now the scout battalion commander of the New Sixth Army. Yes, Koster expanded the scout wing of the New Sixth Army into a battalion.

Kist led the New Sixth Army along the Tra border near the Blood Moon Province. After all, the Shang Alliance and San Jose are still allies, and sending a small number of scouts to find out the situation without the permission of the allies and sending a large army across the border between the two countries are completely different things.

It was the spring of the first three years, and spring in the south has always come a little earlier than in the north. Across the hills of the Terra border is the Blood Moon Province of San Jose, and to the north of it is the Sunset Province, bordered by the Misty Forest. In the south, it is a barren land of thousands of miles of Gobi and a vast and sparsely populated land - Odanlo Province.

The New Sixth Army, under the leadership of Koster, has long become the most elite iron army in the Shang Alliance, and they are no longer the rookie army before the outbreak of the war. During these two years, the two empires of Desik and San Jose were at war frantically, and the merchant alliance and Desik sent troops were not idle.

Kerst once led a small force to sneak attack the camp of the sending army, taking advantage of the swampy terrain to maneuver with the opponent, and achieved superior results. And in that battle, Koster met many new comrades. After that, the New Sixth Army made several sorties, and there were dozens of battles with the Desik Dispatch Army, and both sides suffered casualties. In the battles again and again, the soldiers of the New Sixth Army of the Shang Alliance, who were originally recruits, began to grow rapidly in blood and fire.

Now Koster's command is already a veteran of many battles. When they encounter an enemy, they will no longer be afraid to fight with their teeth, nor will they be afraid to hold the weapon in their hand. Koster still remembers that in the first battle, those soldiers who usually seemed to be well-trained would accidentally shoot their bows and arrows without hearing the officer's order, and almost startled the snake.

Of course, Koster didn't punish those soldiers afterwards, and in the war, as a commander, Koster also grew rapidly, including Duncan, Clark, Jon, Rober, Riken, Feida, and other officers, who were no longer rookie officers, but a qualified business alliance officer.

During General Calvin's review of the New Sixth Army, he said meaningfully to Koster, "It is a correct decision I have made to hand over the New Sixth Army into your hands, and I believe that the New Sixth Army will definitely be able to exert its strong strength in your hands and wash away the shame of our business allies as soon as possible." ”

Now, the New Sixth Army is camped along the Tra border, and the neat tents and strong camp walls make everyone who sees it sigh that this is a well-disciplined and well-trained army. Every 50 grams on the camp wall, there was a guard tower more than 20 grams high, from which the soldiers with the best eyesight looked out, always keeping an eye on the situation in the east direction. There is also a Divine Arm Crossbow on the watchtower, a small crossbow that Koster researched and placed on the "rushing car", which is now used by the sentinels to guard the camp.

Koster stayed in his headquarters, frowning at the map in front of him. The Eastern Province of Tra borders the Blood Moon Province of San Jose and is about 200 miles from Leicester City, the capital of the Blood Moon Province. The westernmost province of San Jose, the last part of San Jose's history to be conquered, is staggeringly large, with one Blood Moon province alone being almost as large as three Kursk provinces.

"What happened in San Jose, why is there no news at all until now? From the latest information that came back before, the people of San Jose have almost grasped the initiative of the war. In the province of Kursk, the army of Desik could not advance or retreat, that is, it could not break the line of the San Josens, and it was not willing to retreat to the Morro River easily. The Desik army in the south has also been scattered, and it is said that not many enemies have fled into the wasteland. Moreover, there are court magicians in San Jose, and they should not be afraid of the dark magicians of Desik. ”

"Hey, what a headache!" Kerst rubbed his head, thinking about his next steps. The order given to him by the Merchant Alliance was to garrison the border and monitor all movements in San Jose. However, it is still far from the nearest big city, Leicester City, and it is only near the border, so the scouts can't get more information.

Just when he was worried, Khor's bodyguard, Rika, suddenly opened the tent door of the headquarters, "My lord, something is wrong!" Kester and Rika hurried to a lookout tower on the east side of the camp, where several regimental commanders, as well as Feida and Green, had already gathered.

"What's going on?" asked Kerst in a deep voice.

"Commander", Jon is a close associate of Koster, and he usually reports at this time, "There are a large number of birds in the east, we suspect that there is a large group of men and horses in that direction, but it should be far away, I don't know what it is?"

"Troop people?" Kerst thought for a moment and ordered, "Green, you take Robertson, the two of you, take a group of scouts, go over and have a look, pay attention to protect yourself!"

"Commander (note 1)?" Jon looked at Kerst strangely, "it's already San Jose over there, and the order given to us by the Military Council (note 2) is not to cross the border in person. ”

"It's okay, listen to me, go and go back quickly", Kerst instructed Green and Robertson, "Come back when you find out the situation, understand?" The two nodded, turned to get on their horses and left, and a group of people rushed out of the camp gate, hula and kicked up a cloud of dust. And at this moment, with a clear "whoosh" sound, a huge black shadow also flew out of the camp gate with them, drawing a large black shadow in the sky.

"Kaka!" Rika's voice came from behind her, it turned out to be the little dragon from Kester.

The scouts soon returned, and fortunately, it was the Western Border Guards from San Jose. However, that group of people actually looked like they had experienced several major battles, and they were all embarrassed and exhausted. Many of them had untidy weapons and armor, and most of them seemed to have not eaten for days, and their faces were yellow and thin, and they were extremely weak. The group of soldiers, escorted by Green and Robertson, slowly approached the camp.

Koster and all the officers walked out of the camp gate and hurried to the front of the group. The group of soldiers looked at the people in the uniforms of the merchant allies, and suddenly collapsed. Behind them, a beautiful figure in a white robe was revealed, and the dust and fireworks did not hide her radiant face, but instead looked more and more radiant. Although the corners of her eyebrows are also tiredness that can't be hidden.

Seeing Koster, the woman couldn't help but let down her guard, she slowly walked to Koster's side, and in front of all the officers, she fiercely poured Koster into her arms, and said in a low tone, "Koster, San Jose is finished!"

Everyone sat around the headquarters of the Cast, listening to the quiet talk of the woman, who was none other than Princess San Jose, Cast's friend, Ferda's sister, Princess Lolita.

"Archmage Merlin, who is simply the Rise of Darkness, has united with General Wendell of the Western Border Guards, General Manstein of Desik, and some court magicians to attack the royal family of San Jose. Everything is their conspiracy, and the rise of darkness is their conspiracy!"

Koster stood up with a "Teng", "What you say, is it true?"

Note 1: Koster has been the commander of the 13th Regiment of the New Sixth Army, and Jon is the battalion commander under him, his old leader. Therefore, in front of everyone, Jon always calls Kerst the leader.

Note 2: The Military Council of the Merchant League, of which King Lucius is the leader. The Shang League used to call it the Military Council.