The efficiency of the decisions of the Cabinet Ministers at the Royal Council of San Jose was very high. The battle was still going on, and the Minister Langton had personally led the envoys to the city of Myster in the Duchy of Tra, where the current headquarters of the Merchant Alliance was located.

San Jose reacted immediately after being raided by Desik's army. Except for some of the Guards Corps who stayed in Kyoto Castle to garrison the Red Fort, the rest of the army galloped to the north and south fronts. The local garrisons were also rapidly assembled on the orders of the War Chancellor in both fields, and the border guards on the northern Morro border were equally on guard against any further offensive by the Desiks.

On the other hand, the court magician, who spends more time searching for clues in the pile of information, gradually discovers that the Rise of Darkness and the magic empire of a thousand years ago show a slight connection.

Chancellor Langton personally led a delegation to the Merchant League, and as Foreign Secretary, Chancellor Langton's feelings were quite mixed. A year earlier, King Lucius, the envoy of the Merchant League, had traveled to Kyoto along this route. They didn't get any promises, and now, although the war between Desik and San Jose has just begun, and it's hard to say who will win and who will lose, in the war, it is necessary to seek allies.

When the legations entered the city of Mister, the war in San Jose had already begun for a month. At the end of June, the city of Mister was much more prosperous than it had been when it was the capital of the Duchy of Tra. Countless nobles and merchants who fled from several northern countries crowded into the city of Mister with a huge amount of wealth. For a while, there were not enough houses in Mister City to rent, and many nobles waved gold coin bags and could not even rent a small apartment.

Only the great nobles were provided with accommodation by the Grand Duke of Tra himself, such as the orphans of King Manning, the children of the feudal lords of the Duchy of Carlin, etc., and their retainers protected these monarchs, looking forward to the day when the country could be restored.

Of course, there were also monarchs who chose not to stay in Mister City, such as the new queen of South Madol, Gualman Rodlin. After receiving the recognition of the South Madol ambassador, who remained in Manning, Guarman officially took over the government of the South Madol in exile~. I don't know why, Guarman especially likes to stay in the barracks of the New Sixth Army of Karman and hang out with Kester, and Kester's lover Miss Feida and Princess Monica, the regent of Karman, are her good friends, and her female bodyguard, Vivenna, and Kester's female bodyguard, Rika, also often stay together.

The Duke of Kaman, Xiao Mu, was busy organizing the production of the southern countries, the peasants were working hard to grow food, and the workers were frantically digging the minerals of the Tara Basin to forge weapons and armor. Although the Shangmeng lost most of its land, it burst out with more productivity. Before you know it, it's starting to turn into a more vibrant country.

Of course, the current business alliance is still quite weak, and neither De Sik nor San Jose can easily offend, so the arrival of Minister Langton has also made the current business alliance headquarters eagerly discussed.

The news soon reached the barracks of the New Sixth Army, and Koster and Guarman, naturally, also heard the news. As soon as Guarman heard this, he turned his eyes to look at Kerst. Kester knew exactly what Gualman was trying to say, and he smiled and said, "Queen Guarman, I know, I told you we needed a chance. But you don't want to ask me if it's that chance every time you get a special message. ”

"Isn't it?" said Guarman, his face full of displeasure.

"Of course not!" Kerst reassured Guarman with a smile, "there will be a chance, Queen." Besides, isn't Nanmadur still in the hands of the New Third Army!"

Of course, although Koster said that now was not a ripe opportunity for a counter-offensive, the proposal brought by Lord Langton was the same.

There are now three main armies of Desik, the Desik army on the Morro River, the Desik landing force in the South China Sea, and the Desik Dispatch Army of the Shang Alliance. The San Josens are now in a stable stalemate with each other on both the North and South fronts. And Desik's military strength of more than 150,000 troops is the force that can change the situation.

According to the analysis of the Imperial Council of San Jose, although the land of the Shang Alliance is more fertile than the land of Desic, it is a different concept compared to the thousands of miles of black soil in the north of San Jose. So the cabinet ministers agreed that the Desikhs were likely to make a desperate gamble and provoke a bigger war north of San Jose.

And at this time, the business alliance can do a lot of things. As long as they easily show their willingness to counterattack the northern part of the Shang Alliance, the Desik royal family, which already regards the northern part of the Shang Alliance as part of the country, will definitely not be willing to give up. Even General Florian in Deathstroke City would not allow such a thing to happen.

In the face of Lord Langton's suggestion of cooperation, King Lucius, who had eaten 'behind closed doors' in San Jose, showed an old fox-like smile that did not match his age, "Lord Langton, you also know that we have lost so much land, soldiers, and civilians. Now we are in the three southwestern countries, we lack food, weapons, gold coins, we lack everything. You say, how can we hold back the Desiks. ”

Knowing that Lucius was exaggerating, Minister Langton couldn't ignore it, "What the Imperial Council prepared for the Business Alliance was ......"

The follow-up content is unknown outside the headquarters of the Business Alliance, except that Lucius, who left the venue, has a happy expression on his face, while Minister Langton has a displeased face. However, the follow-up cooperation agreement was successfully reached.

At the same time that the De Sick and San Jose people were fighting on the south side of the Morro River, the De Sick in the north of the Merchant Alliance was also ready to move, and the rangers outside the City of Death Bell were sent out one after another to the entire territory of the Merchant League, which made people feel fearful.

After the cooperation agreement was reached, Kester soon received an order from the Military Council of the Merchant Alliance, "Order the New Sixth Army of the Merchant Alliance to attack the Karlin region today and attack the Desik army here." ”

This order was actually cleverly chosen. The purpose of the Shang Alliance is to hold back the Desiks, not to attack directly, and with their strength, it is not enough to complete this task. And the Kingdom of Kalin, which is more than five hundred miles away from the base camp of the Desik Army, "Death Knell City", the Desik people can't react at the first time. The swampy terrain of the Duchy of Carlin minimizes the threat of rangers and wolfriders.

General Calvin, who was stationed in Mister, the headquarters of the Merchant Alliance, privately suggested that the New Sixth Army should be under the command of Koster, and that there was no need to send all the troops, and that two brigades would be enough to complete the task of feint.

Eventually, after the Military Council consulted with General Calvin, Koster led Clark's 13th and 14th regiments to carry out the plan.

The thirteenth regiment of Kerst and the fourteenth regiment of Clark were more than 6,000 men, and Queen Guarman was to act with them. Kester was unwilling, but he didn't expect Queen Guarman to dispel Kester's doubts with one sentence: "I'm a magician, do you still have magicians in your army?

This problem cannot be solved, and it is almost a fact that there are dark mages in the Desik army. The defeated troops and civilians who escaped from the city of Manning have all seen the "Forbidden Spell of Blood" released by the dark mage under the city of Manning, and the terrifying blood mist has greatly stimulated the spirits of many soldiers.

So, with two regiments of soldiers and Princess Guarman, the group set out from Kaman and headed north. Their target was the "Gloomy Glades" in central Kalin, where a Desik dispatch of around 5,000 men was stationed, commanded by a Silver Wolf Head.

The terrain of the Dark Glades was complex, and the Desik army was stationed near the eastern part of the Zed. This location is not far from Manning and White Harbor. Koster's goal is to attack the defenders through the interior of the Zed, and then attract the attention of the defenders near Deathknell in order to share the pressure on San Jose.

The purpose of choosing the Dark Glades is also that in the event of an unfavorable war, they can quickly retreat into the Dark Glades, so that the Desiks are not familiar with the environment and dare not enter easily. Advance can be attacked, retreated, and defended, which can not only complete strategic goals, but also protect their own security.

The people of San Jose, who had traded the large amount of weapons and food stored in their treasury for the help of the merchants, were rewarded this summer. Soon after, news spread on the mainland that a small merchant alliance had attacked the camp of the Desik Dispatch Army. More than 2,000 men were killed and wounded, and the leader of the Desik Dispatch Army, General Florian, was furious.

But when they gathered a large army to retaliate, they faced the complex terrain of the dark and humid terrain and lost a large number of rangers, and then returned in a huff. Shangmeng people, it's really nice to choose this place.

"Leave them alone, their purpose is clear, they don't want us to go to San Jose!" General Florian said to his subordinate generals at a meeting with his subordinates, "they are mistaken, the sending army has the goal of sending the army. Everywhere seize the time to resume production and collect wealth. Since we occupy the land of the Shang Alliance, we must have a lot of gains. It's just that everywhere, you have to be vigilant and don't do anything like this again. ”

Whether intentionally or not, the sending force did not make any further moves into San Jose. Koster and his New Sixth Army were able to withdraw from the gloomy plains without incident. Of course, there were other interesting things that happened along the way, they actually encountered a lot of underground resistance groups in Zedi, and a lot of interesting stories happened, of course, this is all for later.

It's just that the civilians in the occupied areas are suffering, especially the original Kalin. The dispatch army, which suffered considerable losses, demanded that the former Shang Alliance who remained in the territory of Carlin compensate for their losses, and if they did not comply, they would start to kill. All of a sudden, there was a cry of mourning in the land of the Shang Alliance, and many people took the opportunity to break away from the rule of the Desiks and flee into the dark plains to join the rebellion.

In short, both the Shangmeng and the San Jose people took what they needed, and both achieved their goals.

The Desiks, however, have no intention of stopping, the war is in full swing, and the hot summer has arrived. If you can go to the territory of Desik, you will find that the imperial recruiters are frantically recruiting new soldiers throughout the territory of Desik, whether it is White Rock City or Black Harbor, the first and second military factories are all at full capacity, producing the armaments urgently needed at the front line.

Shadows, gradually gathering over San Jose.