If there is one thing that the rulers of the Shang League have learned from these years, it is the cruelty of war.

At that time, the Shang Alliance, sitting on hundreds of thousands of troops and canyon moats, was hit one after another in the war with the Desiks, and one after another defeats finally buried the Shang Alliance, a large alliance country entrenched on the west side of the continent. Countless riches and commoners were wiped out, and many of the nobles left over from the First Continental War a thousand years ago were not even a single dross.

After coming to the south of the continent, the new Merchant Alliance's understanding of war has risen to a higher level, and with the appointment of a series of young generals such as Koster and Christit, the Merchant Alliance's army has grown rapidly in the successive battles with the Desiks. If the Shang Alliance's army was a baby who couldn't walk during the war with Desik a few years ago, the current Shang Alliance army is already a sturdy young man who can run fast.

If the situation of the war on the mainland has remained the same as it has been for several years, with this new army and the leadership of the new Merchant Alliance's Military Council, the Merchant Alliance will have the confidence to fight the enemies of the Magic Empire. But even if Duke Kaman is already working on building the Merchant Alliance's own magic army, the Merchant Alliance's army is still quite far from the strength of the new magic empire. These gaps were slightly fatal in the early stages of the war.

However, no one can complain, after all, the preparation for Dark Rise for so many years is not easy to crack. Compared to the San Jose royal family and the Desik royal family, who no longer know where they are, at least the Shang Alliance is still alive.

Unlike the Drasiks, who love to sneak attack, the rulers of the new magical empire are convinced that they are destined to be invincible on the battlefield. Therefore, General Wendell's order was simple, "Lead his army, with the cooperation of the magician, to break through the line of the merchant alliance head-on." ”

For such a major combat operation, the Military Commission of the Shang Alliance also attaches great importance to it. King Lucius and General Calvin of the Military Council were on the front line, and the countless weapons accumulated from the Carmen Production Committee over the past few years were continuously sent to the front by means of wagons. The four main armies of the Shang Alliance, the New Sixth Army, the New Ninth Army, and the New Eleventh Army, formed an inverted triangle on the Tra border.

The New Sixth Army was in the center, the New Army and the New Eleventh Army were on his north and south flanks, while the New Ninth Army, which had arrived to reinforce the latest troops, was waiting behind the three armies, and if the front line was critical, they would reinforce as quickly as possible.

Nine months ago, the New Magic Empire had organized a tentative assault on the Shang Alliance's defenders, although that attack did not yield any substantial benefits, and only forced the Shang Alliance's army back for dozens of miles. However, that battle made the upper echelons of the Shang Alliance understand that the Magic Empire's army was different from the ordinary armies of the past.

Since then, the Merchant Alliance has begun to equip ordinary armies with more ranged weapons, a small number of mages, and a number of contingency measures. Everything was prepared to minimize the influence of the mages in the opposing army. Duke Carman, Monica, Mage Setty, and Mage Lolita are all on the front line, and they will be the backbone of the Merchant Alliance's magic, leading one hundred and twenty magicians selected from all over the Merchant Alliance to resist the attack of the Magic Empire.

In fact, everyone's hearts are very worried. Outsiders don't know, but Xiao Mu knows that these one hundred and twenty "mages", many of them are just elemental awakeners he has just excavated, and under the simple guidance of Mage Setty and Monica, they have learned a small number of spells, such as "magic shield", "healing technique" and some offensive spells, which do not have much effect.

On the other side of them, there are more than three times as many mages in the new Magic Empire. In Wendell's army alone, there are more than four hundred magicians in the army.

"Where did they get so many magicians?" said King Lucius in despair during a military discussion.

"Not all of them are full-fledged mages," mage Setie reassured, "many of them are also elemental awakeners who have been temporarily unearthed from the civilian population, and mastering a few rudimentary offensive spells is enough for them to cooperate with the attack. However, the development of Rise of Darkness over the years has also accumulated a lot of magicians, and they are the forces that we absolutely need to pay attention to. ”

Koster is no longer as easy as it used to be these days, and more and more news from scouts is indicating that the new Magic Empire's army is concentrating on the three provinces of the Blood Moon, the Wastelands, and the Sunset Province of the former San Jose. With so many troops, it is self-evident what purpose they have. However, Kester is quite relieved that at least before the integration of the new magic empire is completed, the merchant alliance has recovered the three northwestern kingdoms. Now, the three countries of Southern Madur, Kosok and Carthage are under intense recovery under the leadership of Queen Guarman Rodrin.

Although these three countries are barren, they have at least gained a respite for the Merchant Alliance, and even if the war with the New Magic Empire is unfavorable, the Merchant Alliance's headquarters can enter the Sunset Mountains and move north. There, the gathered resistance groups and the New Third Army combined had more than 30,000 troops.

Of course, the headquarters of the Merchant Alliance will not recruit the army in the north at this time, as the situation in the north has just stabilized, and the headquarters of the Merchant Alliance is also quite worried about the magic war that will come in the future.

"Koster, which direction do you think the new Magic Empire's army will come from? Standing beside Koster was the commander of the New Ninth Army, the former Mosatt commander Christet. Although the New Ninth Army was stationed behind the three main army corps on the front line, Christit herself couldn't stay in the rear, and Kerster, who had a relationship with her, became the object of his inquiry.

Feida and Rika stood not far away, Christit was a traditional soldier, and sure enough, she had put aside her suspicions with the two for the time being, and had not mentioned the unpleasant incident since they met that day.

"I don't think it's likely that they're coming from three directions at the same time, and I think the scout's message must be wrong, and at least two of the three armies in this are fake. Chestter said.

"It's normal, they have such a large number of magicians, I'm afraid it's quite easy to fake some illusions of marching. So where do you say their main force will come from?"

Kster pondered for a moment, and then said slowly, "Actually, it doesn't matter at all, the frontal defense line of Sunset Province is garrisoned by the New Army, the front line of Blood Moon Province is my New Sixth Army, and the frontal defense line of Odanluo Province is guarded by the New Eleventh Army. In the event of an attack, at least two corps will go to reinforce the line of each corps. Therefore, the Military Commission's temporary transfer of your new Ninth Army is a clever move. In this way, we will be more active in arranging our troops. ”

"No", who knew that Christit actually shook her head, "Actually, you didn't understand what I meant. You also know that with the help of the magicians, their offensive threat will be much greater, and even if the military council's defensive strategy is foolproof, we still don't have the confidence to be able to hold the line, do we?"

"And what do you mean?" said Koster, his eyes wide with rage.

"Give up the defense, take the initiative to attack, attack on three sides, and destroy the enemy's offensive force!" Christit's categorical voice made Chester a little distracted for a while, and he muttered for a long time, "This, this, why don't you tell the Military Commission about this idea but come and tell me." ”

Christit straightened her armor, "I mentioned it, but they refused. ”

"How can you not refuse!" Kerst secretly thought in his heart, Christit's idea is good, if he can really find the main force of the Magic Empire, several armies surround him, if he can annihilate this offensive force, at least in a short period of time, the Magic Empire, which has just stabilized the domestic situation, can no longer organize an offensive of the same scale. But the trouble is, who can guarantee that even the merchant alliance of four legions will be able to wipe out the army of the Magic Empire (Note 1)?

Once the attack is unfavorable, the Shang Alliance will not even have time to mobilize the defending army, and at that time, the army of the Magic Empire will go straight to the capital of the Duchy of Tra, Mister City, will the Shang Alliance have to experience the "Death of Manning" again?

It's just that in his heart, Kster is embarrassed to say it directly, no matter how he says that Christit is the commander of the New Ninth Army, and he is the same level as himself, he was stunned for a long time and said, "This, it's too risky!"

"Don't take any risks, Caster, answer me, do you think we can hold on to defense alone?"

"This ......" Kerst didn't speak, although his new Sixth Army has grown rapidly over the years, but the magic army of the legendary Magic Empire is coming on the other side, who knows what will happen then? The incident of the Royal Navy of San Jose being completely annihilated by a super forbidden spell in the Patong region has only been less than two years.

While the two were arguing, a small group of cavalry was galloping back on the plain in the distance, and the smoke and dust raised by the horses' hooves were hundreds of degrees. Seeing the leading scout, Caster's eyes instantly narrowed, "Commander Christit, I'm afraid it's too late to say anything, my scout battalion commander is back!"

Led by Kester's good friend, Green of the Scout Camp, followed by his young squire Arnold. It turned out that Robertson of the New Sixth Army Scout Wing was therefore experienced and had been transferred to the New Eleventh Army to train new scouts. Therefore, now the scouts of the New Sixth Army are all in charge of Green.

The smoke and dust made a beeline for the New Sixth Army line, and Kester hurried up with Christit, Feda, and Rika.

"Commander, it has been found out that the enemy's main force came from the barren land and went straight to the position of the New Eleventh Army. In front of us was only a small group of cavalry, no more than 2,000 men. The Magic Empire army on the side of the New Eleventh Army has 50,000 or 60,000 people, and I have seen no less than 300 magic flags alone (Note 2), and in two days at most, they will be out of the barren land. ”

Kester glanced at Christit, then instructed the heralds, "Go and report to the Front-Line Military Council." ”

Note 1: The Shang Alliance is not aware of the number of troops in the Magic Empire at this time.

Note 2: All mages of the Magic Empire have their own magic banners with the coat of arms of the Magic Empire, even for the lowest level of mages.