The Military Council reacted quite quickly, and ordered that Koster lead two main regiments and immediately reinforce the defensive line of the New Eleventh Army. One of the remaining regiments continues to monitor the front of the Blood Moon Province in case the Magic Empire attacks from multiple sources. The New Ninth Army maneuvered to the south of the Principality of Tra as fast as it could, building a second line of defense behind the New Eleventh Army.

The Military Council and the magicians will converge with the New Ninth Army behind the New Eleventh Army at the same time. The New Ninth Army will serve as a reserve, ready to fight at any time.

The New Eleventh Army was a new formation formed by the Duchy of Tra, and this unit did not appear much in the war between the Shang Alliance and Desik, and suffered almost no devastating blows. On the contrary, after supplementing a large number of weapons and equipment brought by the evacuation of White Harbor and absorbing and learning some of the leading ideas of Koster, the combat effectiveness grew very fast.

At present, the New 11th Army has about 15,000 troops (Note 1). It was divided into three combat regiments, the 24th, 25th, and 26th Regiments, each with 5,000 elite soldiers. These soldiers were not the mercenary-level armies of the Shang Alliance, but a combatable army that had grown up in blood and fire.

In order to guard against the magicians of the Magic Empire, there are about forty magicians in the New Eleventh Army, a small number of which are mages brought by Setie from San Jose, and the rest are the forces that Duke Kaman has unearthed in the Merchant Alliance.

When Koster hurried to the south of the Duchy of Terra with Jon and Duncan's two regiments of more than 9,000 people, the banner of the Magic Empire on the opposite side was already fluttering in the air in the wind, and the logo of the Magic Empire on the flag was clearly visible.

The new 11th Army's defensive line was built on the southern hills of the Duchy of Tra. These hills are only a few dozen degrees high, and they stretch for more than 50 miles. On the top seven of these hills, the New Eleventh Army built permanent fortifications, built of masonry and rammed earth to protect against magical attacks from the Magic Empire. The hill is equipped with a large number of archers and crossbows, and the trebuchet technology provided by General Wellington has also been hastily digested by the Shang Alliance, and a total of more than thirty trebuchets are built behind the mountain, ready to attack at any time.

On the front of this line is the former San Jose Empire's province of Odanlo, which is known for its barren desert and Gobi desert, and this border land is a bit strange, with yellow sand on one side and lush hills on the other. The yellow-green dividing line is as distinct as the dividing line on the battlefield.

What Chestter saw was the presence of countless Magic Empire troops stationed on the side of the Yellow Line. Sure enough, as Green said, the number of this army was definitely more than 50,000 people, and hundreds of mage banners were fluttering, like man-eating demons about to open their bloody mouths.

Despite their well-trained, a considerable number of the merchant alliance soldiers of the New Eleventh Army were also apprehensive, joking, the other side was full of magicians.

"Captain Caster, how is it?" The commander of the New Eleventh Army is a typical native of the Duchy of Tra, but he is in his forties, and he is a nobleman whom the Duke of Tra trusts quite much, and he is a count himself.

Kest didn't speak, but Mage Set, who came with him, said first, "I was in the position just now, and the disturbance of the magic elements not far away from the opposite side was quite strong, there should be more than five high-level magicians in the opposing formation, and the strength of the other magicians is not weak." Just now, they unscrupulously summoned the magical elements in the air, completely ignoring our detection, and it seems that we are not being taken seriously at all. ”

Koster looked at the commander of the New Eleventh Army and did not speak, meaning that the situation is like this, if the decision is up to you.

The commander of the New Eleventh Army was a typical Tra people, and the Tra people were especially known for their stubbornness. They received the order of the Military Commission, and naturally they would carry it out to the letter, and after listening to Setie's words, the commander of the New Eleventh Army pursed his lips and did not respond for a long time. In the end, he just turned around, held his sword and left. Before leaving, his voice came, "Captain Koster is in trouble to help strengthen the defense of the two hills on the north side, there are still some weak ones, and the rest, not much more." ”

In his heart, where there are immortals in war. The Military Council has already given itself the greatest assistance, and the magicians led by Duke Carman are behind him, so what can he say?

The start of the war was rather sudden. Looking at the Magic Empire troops camped peacefully in the distance, all the Shang Alliance soldiers felt that the battle would not come immediately. And the magicians seem to be a little unable to wait. Setty roared wildly to alert Khster that there was a violent disturbance of magic in the distance, and at the same time, countless huge fireballs were just flying into the air in the Magic Empire's barracks.

"Fireball!" the line recalls the desperate and tragic warning of the lookout sentinels. Fortunately, the business alliance's response had been thought out before. Looking at the dozens of super fireballs flying in the sky, all the Shang Alliance soldiers immediately jumped into the fortifications beside them and shrank their whole bodies into the tunnels of the fortifications.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The continuous fireball technique bombarded the defensive fortifications that the Shang Alliance had already dug up, and the fierce fireballs smashed the stone trenches, and countless bricks and stones shot out in all directions, smashing many Shang Alliance soldiers who couldn't dodge and vomiting blood.

The burning fire kicked up puffs of smoke on the position, and the billowing black smoke shocked the distant Kester. He looked anxiously at Mage Setie and roared, "Do something, Setie!"

"Don't worry, look closely!" said Setie.

Keste looked at it, but he didn't expect that although he had been hit by the fireball technique, the Shang Alliance army actually coped with it in an orderly manner. After the first wave of fireballs was blown, many soldiers of the New Eleventh Army rushed out of the trenches of the position, dumping the sand and soil that had been prepared long ago into the raging fire; at the same time, the medical team carried the wounded soldiers out of the tunnels; and the brave lookout sentries climbed the watchtower again to observe the movements of the enemy troops.

The trebuchets behind the mountain were not attacked, and many mechists had already stepped forward to control the trebuchets and stone projectiles, ready to fight back at any time.

"Koster, you command well, let's go first!" Seeing that many wounded people in the distance were transported off the defensive line, Xiao Mu, Monica and others who arrived together hurried there. After all, out of so many mages, only they can heal.

"Caster, go and command your troops, I'm going to command these magicians to fight back. Setie nodded to Kirster as well. Kerst had no choice but to take Feida and Rika to the north of the mountain. There, the soldiers of his two regiments had already gone up the hill to begin their defenses.

It was not the mage troops that began to counterattack first, but the trebuchets hiding behind the mountain. The trebuchet that shone in the San Jose-Desique War was an eye-opener for the Merchant League, and it turned out that the means of attacking from a distance were so efficient. These trebuchets hiding in the position behind the mountain will not be attacked by the magicians for the time being, and one by one the stone projectiles roar into the air, roaring towards the Magic Empire army opposite.

A huge magic shield had opened at the front of the Magic Empire's army, and the pale cyan ripples were the same as the magic barrier that had opened over San Jose. However, this kind of enchantment is mainly used to defend against magical attacks, and it is useless against armed attacks such as stone bullets.

Unhindered, the stone bullet unceremoniously passed through the magic shield and smashed into the crowd. The stone bullet brought up a piece of flesh and blood, and then bounced on the ground with a grunt, causing more damage. The army of the Magic Empire is not the army of Desik after all, and several magicians dodged out, and their black magic robes are reminiscent of the dark rise that has been calling for wind and rain on the continent in recent years.

With the incantation, several black spatial cracks unfolded, quickly engulfing the stone bullet, and several soldiers near the stone bullet were also affected. The screams stopped abruptly when they were swallowed, and they were extremely terrifying.

Although it didn't cause much damage, at least the Shang Alliance swore an oath of their existence with stone bullets. This is a war to defend the Merchant Alliance, and even the Magic Empire cannot easily step through the front lines.

After the stone bullet attack, the magic attack that had just caused chaos in front of the camp had been eliminated, and seeing that the opposing magician did not make any more moves, the soldiers of the Shang Alliance came out of the pit and entered the position.

The magicians of the Magic Empire were unwilling to end, seeing that the first wave of long-range attacks did not work, with the movement of the magic spell, on the land in front of the army, three huge elemental monsters of fire, earth, and water rose into the air.

The elemental creatures were so large that they were almost three times the size of the water elemental that Mage Seti had summoned on the battlefield of Kursk. Whether it was the soldiers of the Shang Alliance or the Magic Empire, they all looked up at these three elemental creatures in a daze.

"Mage, magic shield ready!" Just as the soldiers and commanding officers of the Shang Alliance were stunned, the experienced mage Seti had already gathered the mages of the Shang Alliance to start preparing for the defensive enchantment. Although many magicians had to come to the front line after learning a few spells in a hurry, fortunately, there was a Setie mage organization, and under her guidance, everyone began to use their spiritual power to cast magic shields.

Like the Magic Empire army on the other side, a huge magic shield unfurls in front of the Merchant Alliance's army. At the same time, several rockets, water arrows, and earth spikes had just been launched. "Bang bang bang", a continuous impact sound was heard, and cyan ripples began to shake violently on the cyan magic shield.

"Don't stop, trebuchet troops, archer troops, concentrate on shooting the elemental creatures in front!" the commander of the New Eleventh Army roared from the position. Setti Mage has been popularized to all commanders before the battle, and even elemental creatures will dissipate after taking too many attacks. For the Merchant Alliance army, which lacks mages, it can only rely on these ranged troops.

The infantry of the Shang Alliance and the infantry of the Magic Empire on both sides of the position had a strange feeling. The battle had been going on for a while, and there was no place for them, but the mages and ranged troops on both sides were already tired enough. Kester sneered in his heart, "Magicians can naturally only be restrained by magicians. When the two sides are at loggerheads, they naturally still need ordinary soldiers. ”

As if in response to Kerster's thoughts, the sound of trumpets began to be heard in the Magic Empire army, and the enemy was about to move!

Note 1: Under the threat of the Magic Empire, each army of the Shang Alliance has expanded to varying degrees, such as the three regiments of Koster have been expanded to 5,000 men, and the New Eleventh Army is no exception.