The people of the merchant alliance are not all bloodless. After the fall of several northern countries, many civilians who had not had time to evacuate gradually fell into dire straits.

The Desiks were very ambitious, and the war with San Jose required a lot of wealth and food support. And Desik's domestic power has been basically exhausted in this war with the Shang Alliance. In order to make up for the huge gap caused by the war, those who remained in the territory of the occupied areas became lambs to the slaughter.

The Scimitar blades of the Desiks slaughter innocent people all the time, perhaps just the last grains of wheat in their homes.

Many of the merchants had to hide in swamps and forests, and they helped each other, and in areas that were difficult for the Desik army to enter, some underground resistance groups began to take shape.

As the Desiks devoted more and more energy to the battlefield of San Jose, the Desik troops also drifted away from Germany, and their attitude towards the occupied territories changed slightly.

The sending forces eased their oppression, but the resistance grew. He even cooperated with the regular army of the merchant alliance to organize an attack on the dispatch army. On that occasion, Master Koster of the New Sixth Army, with the help of the Resistance Group, dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the Desiks.

Since then, the resistance movement, which was originally nothing more than a spontaneous organization, has gradually stepped onto the stage of the battlefield of the merchant alliance. The headquarters of the Southern Merchant Alliance, at the junction of the former Kalin Kingdom and the White Port Kingdom, has established several supply channels.

Through this passage, a large number of weapons, armor, bows and arrows were sent to the area where the resistance was located. Even in the later period, many aristocratic youths who had lost their homes went to the resistance groups themselves, joined and helped them fight.

Therefore, it seems that after the end of the war, the entire front line of the Shang Alliance and the occupied area of Desik was calm, but in fact, the resistance never ended.

As Koster led his army out of the Sunset Mountains, he saw Queen Gualman in the distance, chatting eagerly with a group of rather haphazardly dressed men.

"Queen Gualman!" called out Kerth, who turned around with a smile on his face, "Fore, I've said it many times that you just need to call me Melonman." You're slow, Giroud-sama has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Behind Gualman, a tall middle-aged man with a full beard and a clear age saluted Kester, "Dear Lord Koster, good day." ”

"Haha, Giroud!" Kist stepped forward and hugged him, "Long time no see, Giroud." ”

Giroud is Chinese New Year's Eve and a native of Carlin. Before the outbreak of the war, Giroud had been an officer in the Royal Guards of the Kingdom of Carlin. The Imperial Guards are the loyal troops of the Carlin royal family, and unlike the newly formed armies of the Shang Alliance, the Imperial Guards are small in number, but they have always been impressively combative.

After the Desik army broke through Manning City, the kingdom of Karin, which was close to Manning, could hardly hold its territory on its own. At the behest of King Lucius, King Carlin transferred some of the civilians and supplies from the south of the country to neighboring Carman.

But the haughty King of Karin was unwilling to evacuate, and with the last of the Royal Guards, they fought to the death against the Desiks. In that battle, almost all of the Kalim Imperial Guards were killed on the battlefield, with only a small number of wounded, captured by the Desiks.

Giroud, on the other hand, was one of the captured Imperial Guards. Seeing that he was an officer, and that most officers were noble, the Desic held him and some of the other captives in a large camp outside the "Gloomy Clearings", guarded by Decic soldiers.

In cooperation with the San Jose battlefield, Koster's New Sixth Army and the Resistance in the Dark Glades worked together to break through the Desik camp near the Dark Glades, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Decik soldiers and successfully rescuing the Merchant League captives in the camp.

After being rescued, some chose to follow the New Sixth Army back to the area controlled by the Shang Alliance, while people like Giroud chose to stay in the occupied area. Giroud, who was there, wasn't quite healed yet. Giroud, with one arm hanging, vows to defeat the Desiks on the land of Carlin.

Compared with the members of the original underground resistance, an officer like Giroud, who came from the regular army, has better military literacy and ability. And after the battle with the Desik, they also have a clearer idea of the fighting power of the Desik.

Just six months later, Giroud was the new leader of the resistance. At the same time, the headquarters of the New Business Alliance, including the members of the Military Commission, who had tasted the sweetness, realized that there was such a powerful force to be used in the fallen areas of their land.

From the northern borders of Tra and Kaman, several communication routes of the Merchant Alliance secretly connect the Merchant Alliance to the dark glades of Kalin, the Whispering Forest of the Kosok border and other places, like blood vessels, supplying their needs.

In this way, Koster and Giroud, who had only met briefly during the battle at that time, became more and more familiar. Although he was only able to communicate through letters from flamingos, Koster instilled many of his ideas into the Resistance.

"Caster, let me introduce you, this is 'Nantes', this is 'Natasha', and this is 'Jarvis', they are the leaders of the resistance groups of Carthage, Kosok, and Manning, respectively. Giroud, as he spoke, introduced the men and women around him to Koester.

Although they had already exchanged several times through letters, and the names of these people had been deeply reflected in Kester's mind, it was the first time he had seen a real person.

Like Giroud, the two men, Nantes and Jarvis, are both bearded, one tall and one short, probably with a long guerrilla career, making them look a little thin and emaciated, and their beards are messy and have no time to take care of. And Natasha, this is a red-haired girl, she is different from the others, she is the daughter of a duke in Kosok, her father died in the Desik invasion, she is unwilling to evacuate, with the family's private soldiers, insist on fighting on the front line against the Desiks.

The good tradition of the nobility allowed her to retain the demeanor of the nobility in the difficult combat environment, wearing a close-fitting hunting suit, with a red cloak on the back, and the coat of arms of the duke's family on it. However, Natasha is not pretty, and even looks a little majestic, and her skeleton is much thicker than that of the girls in the south. With her red hair, she has a bit of a sense of might.

Caster stepped forward to greet the crowd. Compared to them, Kster is a legion leader and a great nobleman from the headquarters of the Business Alliance. This time, the message from Koster was to organize a major offensive in the north of the Merchant Alliance, but the letter brought by the Flamingo did not say why.

Gualman was even more anxious, urging Kerst to set up camp quickly. Koster smiled and motioned for Duncan and Jon to settle the army, and then led Giroud into the makeshift camp.

Temporary camp, located on the plains at the foot of Sunset Mountain. The terrain is pleasant, with snow from the top of the mountain flowing down to the plains at the foot of the mountain, creating fertile pastures where the Desik cavalry used to graze. After the resistance grew, there were almost no Desik troops in this area where food was not produced.

The Resistance had firmly occupied the land with the Sunset Mountains, and along the way, he saw countless Resistance fighters, brandishing a jumble of weapons and cheering at him. His heart was a little moved, these simple people were always looking forward to the return of the Shang Alliance's army to this land. For them, the three years of the fall were as long as a century.

'Giroud, tell us about the situation. Entering the camp's largest command tent and not waiting for a rest, Kest summoned all the leaders of the Resistance to a military meeting. Time is running out, the Rise of Darkness is growing faster in the East than expected, and the Business Alliance must speed up the process.

The number of resistance groups gathered in the vicinity was still considerable: Giroud brought 3,000 men, Natasha 1,700, Jarvis 1,500, and Nantes, as the "landlord", also had 2,000 in hand.

Among them, the Giroud tribe, which was the first to establish contact with Koster, was the strongest, and there were more than 5,000 resistance groups relying on the aid of the merchant alliance in the dark and glad. The trail that crossed the Swamp played a huge role, and in Kerster's words, it was more convenient to supply them than San Jose was to give them aid to the Business Alliance.

Natasha and Jarvis, because they had to travel through several Desik occupation areas on the way here, they didn't bring many people. And Nantes, although his men and horses are in Carthage, Carthage is too poor to feed too many people.

"The current situation in the north, Lord Koester, you are also aware of it. The entire Desik dispatch army of 150,000 troops, after years of attrition, has successively lost more than 10,000 people, mainly light infantry. Florian now had no way to replenish his forces from the chaotic Desik, and had to buy soldiers heavily from the Occupied Zone. This part of the people is quite weak in combat, and besides, there are our people in between. ”

"Hehe, it's inevitable. Now Florian's mind is full of thoughts about being his prince in the territory of the Shang League, where can he take care of Desik. The leader of the Steppenwolf Rider, Jim, he was originally a rebel to the top, and the two of them are really a good match. By the way, that Florian, what did he call himself? What prince?"

"Prince of Prussia, Master Koster!" Giroud replied quickly, "Florian was born in Prussia, a small western city of Desik, so..."

"So", Kerry nodded, "this time we must take this opportunity to fight, the goal is to lift the siege of Southern Madur by the Desiks, connect with the new three armies of the Merchant Alliance that we are trapped in the territory of Southern Madur, and by the way, solve the Desik army in the Kingdom of Carthage, so that the entire Merchant Alliance can rely on the Sunset Mountains to unite as one, no matter what the future battle situation is, we can have a stable position first." ”

"According to Master Koster, if this is the strategic purpose, the main targets of our attack are the 7th Division of the Desik Dispatch Army in Yerkes City, the 3rd Division in Newton Bay, and the 11th Division in the Whispering Forest" Giroud held out his finger and pointed heavily on a few black dots on the military map.

At that location, several black dots surrounded the kingdom of Southern Madur. Unbeknownst to the Desiks, today was their last peaceful day.