Once at the Royal Military Academy in San Jose, there was an old professor whose name was Murphy. Murphy was a man more than a hundred years ago, and he once mentioned a law that was later called Murphy's Law.

There is only one central statement in Murphy's Law, which is that "when you worry that something is going to happen, it will happen, no matter how unlikely it is." This law was once considered unreasonable by many people, but in the course of historical development, more and more people have experienced things that conform to Murphy's law, and Professor Murphy's theory has begun to be recognized.

And now, in front of the top brass of the merchant alliance, the terrible Murphy's Law has once again played its role.

"What's going on?" Listening to the sound of the trumpet in the distance, it was a signal that the Shang Allies were in an emergency, and King Lucius, General Calvin, and Koster all had a bad premonition in their hearts. The facts are also positive, and their hunch is not wrong. The herald hurried up, "What's the matter?" asked King Lucius again.

"Ahead, a large number of mage reinforcements have appeared behind the Magic Empire army, our mage's spiritual power has been exhausted, and the front is urgent, please advise what to do?"

"A large number of magicians?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. There is a large piece of black pressing, not to mention there are hundreds!"

Elby and Blake, personally leading the old members of Dark Rising and some of the new magicians, rushed to the Western Front, with this order coming from Archon Merlin.

The anxious King Lucius was about to step forward on the spot, but Kester grabbed him, "Your Majesty Lucius, hurry back to Mister City, I'll go to the front." ”

"You go to the front, and you can hold it?" King Lucius looked at Kester.

"If you can't keep it, you have to go. Now there is only Christit on the front, she can't do it alone, and my two regiments are also in front. Your Majesty Lucius, General Calvin, is there still an army in Mister City?"

Lucius looked at Calvin, and General Calvin held his forehead tiredly, "There are also eleven regiments of reservists totaling more than 30,000 people, all of whom are newly trained troops, and there are also the White Harbor Guard, the Tra Guard, and the Carman Guard, adding up to seven or eight thousand people. ”

After a moment of heart, Lucius looked at Kester, "Give me three days, and I'll give you forty thousand people." ”

"Yes! I'll keep it for three days. Chestter said in a deep voice.

"Kerst!" Calvin exclaimed, "so many magicians, what are you going to keep for three days?"

"I can use whatever I can, anyway, I'll keep it for three days. If reinforcements don't arrive after three days, we'll leave. ”

After saying this, Kerst climbed into his horse and yelled at the herald, "Go!" and left without looking back, shouting as he went, "King Lucius, remember, in three days, if reinforcements do not come, I will retreat to Stonetalon Valley, northwest of Mister City......"

When Koster arrived at the front line and stood on the front line watchtower with Christit, he understood why Christit was in such a hurry to blow the emergency whistle.

The dense number of magicians floated in the sky above the Magic Empire's troops, and those Magic Empire troops who had been fighting fiercely for several days actually regained their courage and once again formed three complete San Jose phalanxes, slowly heading towards Camps 1 to 4. The main forces of the New Eleventh Army here have been temporarily withdrawn, and the main forces on the positions are now Mosat's New Ninth Army. Koster also transferred his two regiments to Camp No. 4 for key defense, and part of the New Eleventh Army, which had not been evacuated, was responsible for the defense of the original New Sixth Army section.

"Koster, the command is in your hands, and I'll lead the troops below. Christit looked at Koster, "I know what level of officer I am, and if it weren't for Duke Mossart's trust in me, I wouldn't be in the position of Legion Commander." "Kester doesn't shirk either, it doesn't really matter who gives the order at this time. "What I told King Lucius was to stay here for three days, to give the city of Mister time to gather his army. ”

"Three days doesn't sound like a long time, but for us on the front line, it's not a short time. Christit shook her head and sighed.

"Well, the members of the Military Council are a little too obsessed with merit. After taking back a large area of land in the north, they wanted to actually take control. We still have more than 100,000 troops in the three northwestern countries, and we can't spare any of them. Don't you think it's similar to the situation of the Desik Empire and the Dispatch Army111?"

"Koster, Koster!" Before Koster could speak, he heard someone behind him call his name, and when he looked back, it was Xiao Mu, Monica, Setie, and Lolita.

"Why are you still here, look at your pale faces, go down and rest!" said Kerst anxiously. In the battle a few days ago, these magicians had exhausted their mental power, after all, their number was too small compared to the people of the Magic Empire.

"Don't talk about it, as long as we still have a breath of air, we won't let you fight alone. There are hundreds of magicians there, how can you fight with these ordinary soldiers of yours?" Monica said with the most irritable temper.

Kester's face sank, walked to their side, and pulled Xiao Mu over: "Xiao Mu, I rarely beg you, but you can see the current situation clearly, there is no essential difference between a few more of you and a few of you." I'm not a magician, but I know that in your current state, we can only resist their magic for a few more seconds. You and Monica can't both stay here, you have to get Carman to go and prepare for the worst. ”

"How bad is the worst plan?"

Kerst smiled bitterly, "That's what I said, and it doesn't have to be that bad." However, Kaman also had to prepare in advance. ”

Eventually, under the persuasion of Koster, Mu and Lolita decided to go back, and they both had their own civilians to protect. Setie is a native of San Jose, and Kester can't persuade her, "I have my own insistence, Kester doesn't need to persuade her." Setie said. And Monica, she just glared at Kerst with her eyes, so that Vester no longer dared to talk nonsense. After all, Xiao Mu has already gone back, and he is the rightful Duke of Carman.

"Woo woo woo", the horn sound of the front line is getting more and more urgent, the infantry phalanx of the Magic Empire has approached the front line, and the black pressure magicians in the air can already see the corners of their robes fluttering in the wind. Chester gritted his teeth and shouted, "Ready, Archers ready!" The herald passed on Kerster's orders one by one, "Crossbow ready! Archers ready!" The soldiers on the front line clenched their weapons tightly, and their faces were full of determination.

The officers under Koster, Jon, Duncan, Rober, Rick, and Ferda, Rika, and Green at Koster's side, all knew that the time had come to decide their fate. Christit, who was in charge of the front line, turned back and nodded secretly at Kerth, and there was only trust in his eyes.

"Fire!" The enemy was already close, and Kerst could no longer bear it, and waved his hand. Following his order, countless crossbows and bows and arrows from the Shang Alliance's position left the strings, overwhelmingly shooting at the magicians in the sky. And the magicians were not to be outdone, fireballs, ice blades, wind knives, all kinds of elemental magic, shot towards the defense line of the Magic Empire's army.

At the same time, the mages flying in the air also learned the lesson of their colleagues and began to dodge flexibly. With the exception of a few unlucky ones, most of the mages survived the rain of arrows.

Kester swallowed helplessly, whether it was the army of the Magic Empire or the army of the Merchant Alliance, they all grew rapidly in this magic battle, and perhaps only when the two sides fought at close range, could they avoid the attack of the enemy's magic.

The Merchant Alliance army is not stupid, these days, they have been fighting the opposing mages every day, and they have become extremely skilled in the use of ravines and trenches. As soon as the enemy's magic attack came, the soldiers hid in the tunnels of the camp, holding shields. When the fireball landed in the tunnel, the soldiers immediately shoveled up the nearby sand to cover it to prevent further damage, and if it was an ice blade and a wind knife, the damage to the tunnel would be even less. A small number of undefensible spatial slashes and spiritual magic attacks were handed over to a small number of magicians on the Shang Alliance's side to solve.

Setie and Monica are on the front line, each leading a few magic apprentices to "put out the fire".

Magic has completely changed the dynamics of warfare.

"Wendell, do you know why the archon changed his mind this time and asked us to come to our aid?"

The latter shook his head, of course he didn't know.

"Don't worry," Elby reassured Wendell, "the battle reports you sent back to the rear have aroused the interest of the archon, and your use of magical tactics has made him very interested. That's why he's sent me to bring so many more magicians to help you, and at the same time, to experiment with the use of magicians on a larger scale. ”

Hearing Elby say this, Wendell was a little frightened, "Don't hide it from the Archon, our tactics are also figuring out, and even on the first day of battle, many magicians were attacked and killed by crossbow arrows from a distance. ”

"It's okay, war, there are no immortals. Elby seemed a little indifferent, which made Wendell feel relieved.

"Alright, Consul, General Wendell, there's going to be a battle ahead. Blake, on the side, reminded everyone.

As soon as the infantry of the Magic Empire approached the merchant allied front, the mages in the sky began to withdraw. After the battle between the two sides, the soldiers who stood together made it impossible for mages to cast spells on a large scale, and instead became especially easy targets for archers. Therefore, General Wendell's tactic was to use the magicians to suppress them from a distance while covering the approach of the infantry.

In traditional charge combat, archers have always been able to inflict a lot of damage on the attacking team. Under the cover of the magician, the eyes of all the archers are focused on the magician, and at the same time, the magician's spells can also cause a lot of chaos to the defenders and provide cover for the attacking infantry.

At this time, the soldiers of the Shang Alliance were extremely lacking in magicians to bless them with all kinds of blessing spells, so they could only desperately fight the enemy with their swords.

Without the help of the magician, the casualty rate of the Shang Alliance soldiers began to rise, and the atmosphere in the headquarters was quite solemn.