Winter on the mainland is separated by the Morro River, and the north of the Morro River is cold and windy in winter, and south of the Morro River, there are only a few days of the coldest days in a year, which will make people feel cold and do not want to go out.

For soldiers, field combat is a matter of course, but when the weather is too cold, most of the soldiers have to hide in their tents and cannot go out. And once the coldest days have passed and the weather gradually warms up, the officers will drive the soldiers out to carry out activities, so as not to let the soldiers who have been in the barracks for a long time suffocate, and it will not be good to bomb the barracks.

Officers, that's another matter. Like San Jose, most of the officers came from aristocratic families, and they were allowed to leave the camp alone in the winter, sometimes without combat missions, and many officers would even go back to Kyoto City in groups to visit their families, friends, and loved ones.

Therefore, when the San Jose Army suddenly appeared on the front line despite the cold weather, most of the Desik soldiers were a little stupid and completely unprepared.

However, it sometimes happened that a large amount of fire oil from the Morro River was being redressed for the Steppenwolf rider in charge of the attack. All of them were learning how to use it these days, and the San Jose people came to the door.

Let's return our sights to the front line.

The fire caused by the deflagration of the oil ignited the catapults in the back row and the nearby mechs. This scene is exactly the same as the battle that took place on Patong Beach not long ago. The charging side threw out the oil bottle and set it on fire, and the defending side was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

After completing the attack, the Desik wolf rode slowly back, and then withdrew. Only the San Jose soldiers were left in a panic to extinguish the fire.

The consul of the Wolf Riders and the deputy head of the Wasteland Warrior Order, Manstein told the Wolf Riders to retreat after completing the first wave of attacks. Although he had encountered the San Jose people on the battlefield many times, it was the first time that he was able to use it himself, so the goal of the Desiks was also clear, and this counterattack, with its experimental nature, was a great success.

The people of San Jose did not expect that in order to cooperate with the actions in the direction of the merchant alliance, only one feint attack and a long-range attack by trebuchets would cause the De Sick army to rush up and fight desperately like a madman.

To make matters worse, the Desiks obtained large quantities of fire oil from the south and began to use it in this battle. In a sea of fire, the San Josens lost thirty catapults, which is half of their current total number of trebuchets in the northern theater.

You know, the San Josens relied heavily on these trebuchets in the field. They have always been trebuchets to open the way before the infantry charged. Thirty trebuchets were blazing, and the nearby soldiers who had not been implicated in the flames tried in vain to extinguish the fires, and then had to be pulled away by other colleagues.

The flames crackled, black smoke billowed into the sky, and the Desik soldiers in the distance cheered, and the soldiers who had just been on duty at the camp wall wiped the sweat from their heads. This winter, it's all scared out of cold sweat.

The wolf riders were wolf riders, and their sorties stopped the San Jose counterattack, which was what the ordinary soldiers thought. Of course, some people will wonder, how could the wolf rider be dispatched in such a timely manner, and just happened to be testing the fire oil bottle?

In the evening, news from the front reached the headquarters, which was gloomy from Count Mosick, General Montgomery down. The failure of the plan before it could begin is nothing to the people of San Jose if it misses the strategic purpose. The trouble is, however, that thirty trebuchets is not a small number. The staff officers in the command headquarters did not dare to come out, and looked at the two generals cautiously.

In fact, they had guessed wrong, and it was not a few dozen trebuchets that Count Mosicke and General Montgomery were worried about, even though that was already a third of the number of people on the front.

"It seems that the amount of fire oil they have obtained in the south is not small, according to the soldiers who returned from the front, there are about 2,000 Steppenwolf riding out of the camp, except for the last team of wolf riders who use rockets, and everyone throws several packs of fire oil bottles. General Montgomery looked at the information in his hand and read it to Count Mosic.

"Well," Mosik said, "that's why we're in such a hurry to solve the problems of the Southern Battlefield first." On the one hand, they don't want them to continue to occupy such a strategic support point, and on the other hand, they don't want to let them get hot oil anymore. ”

"How's going on with our own oil extraction?" asked Montgomery suddenly.

"The Imperial Council has issued an order to the southern prefectures and provinces to send additional local garrisons to all six existing mines producing explosive oil, and the Imperial Council will send technical officials directly from Kyoto Castle to inspect the situation. ”

"Alright!" Count Mosick, slapping the table, "cheer up, for now, although the Desic have also obtained the oil of fire, we have a lot more experience than them over the years. The battle still has to be fought. It just so happened that a magician was sent from Kyoto Castle to assist us in continuing this operation. ”

As he spoke, he motioned to the guards at the door to open the camp gate, and there were several court magicians in white robes waiting outside, and at the front was a graceful female magician, who was it not Setty?

From the large camp of the San Jose Army, the baggage troops began to deliver large quantities of water and sand to the front-line troops. Once the fire oil is on fire, it is difficult to extinguish, so it must be covered with a large amount of dust, and then poured water on the dust to reduce the fire area, and after the oil is burned, it will be extinguished by itself.

The San Jose infantry, which had planned to cooperate with the Merchant Alliance's operations, suffered a head-on attack on the first day of fighting. Fortunately, the attacking Steppenwolf riders did not take the opportunity to charge, and simply burned the trebuchets in the back row and retreated. At the same time that the trebuchet was destroyed, a large number of mechs in the back row also suffered a devastating blow. The fire ignited by the oil reduced the nearby people and the trebuchet to ashes without hindrance.

The command again mobilized twenty trebuchets and part of the crossbows, and re-sent new infantry regiments. However, due to the presence of the oil of fire, each soldier will be drenched in ice water before charging, although this does not stop the oil from burning, but it always adds some psychological comfort.

According to the command command, the soldiers had to advance to within 200 grams of the Desik camp on the front line, and at the same time launch more than five charges in three days, so that the Desik people could think that they were really going to break through the Desik camp. At the same time, for the presence of wolf cavalry, the Guards cavalry had to go into battle again, and Viscount Slim, who returned from the south, would personally direct the battle.

Everything was ready, the fire three days ago had already been left behind by the soldiers, and this time the battle would be personally commanded by Count Mosick. However, just as the soldiers were about to leave, Count Mosik suddenly found that several court magicians led by Mage Setty had actually come to the headquarters again.

Count Mosik was a little puzzled, "Mage Setty, mages, do you have something to do?"

Mage Setie walked up to Count Mosick, motioning for a one-man talk, and Count Mosicke came over to him.

"Ah, what are you talking about!" exclaimed Count Mosick, whose staff, nobles, and officers in the tent were not clear, "are you 100 percent sure?" asked Count Mosick.

Mage Setie nodded, looking at the other mages behind her all looking so serious, Count Mosic understood the importance of the matter.

"Their elemental aura is the same as what I encountered in the southern Chizhi Stone Forest area. We came to the front by way of San Jose, and they must have come by boat from the Long Sea along the Morro River, apparently arriving at the same time as the oil and kerose. ”

Count Mosik nodded, "Well, then you should go and get ready first." After the mages left, the chief of staff, General Montgomery, hurriedly approached Mosik and asked, "What's the matter?"

Count Mosicke explained softly that when the mages were meditating in the camp, they felt the gathering and restlessness of a large number of magical elements, and it seemed that the magicians from the Desik army on the opposite side seemed to have taken action?

General Montgomery suddenly realized. After the destruction of the Desik army in the southern region, there was no need for the magicians who had appeared there to stay, and it was natural for him to appear here, he was still a little nervous, "Can our mages handle it?"

Count Mosicke patted Montgomery on the shoulder, "Don't worry, our court magicians are the most powerful, trust them." Montgomery looked back at the figures of the departing mages, their white mage robes, ironed without a single wrinkle, the leader of the mage, but just past the most graceful age of women, the charm is still the same.

"Can they?" Not only Montgomery had some doubts in his mind, but so did Count Mosic, although the Grand Magus Merlin was very powerful and often demonstrated magic at the Imperial Council, but as far as he knew, in San Jose, the work that these magicians had always done was research work, actual combat?

Of course, the young nobles and staff officers in the command were much more elated, and they all excitedly high-fived and celebrated with their colleagues, after all, in their eyes, magicians, they were all big shots.

In the Kursk province, on this day when the winter was just showing some signs of warming, another big war was about to break out. Court mages will work with the army to eliminate the opposing mage.

These dark mages were running too fast in the south to be caught, and this time, nothing could be said to let them run away again. This is the thought in the minds of all the court magicians of San Jose.

"Woo woo woo ......" may know that the San Jose people will not give up easily, early in the morning De Sick's military camp also sounded a low horn sound, De Sick soldiers are also ready to fight, and in front of them 800 grams away, three armed San Jose infantry regiments will directly raid the De Sick camp under the cover of long-range attacks. All remaining trebuchets and crossbows will be able to do a saturation bomb before they charge, destroying as much of the opponent's defense as possible.

The cavalry of both brigades were also on standby, and they would always be on guard against the repetition of the old tricks of the Desik wolf cavalry, and the battle was about to break out.