Saying that it was an autumn offensive, the counteroffensive organized by San Jose in the southern Patong area lasted only fifteen days before it came to an end.

Although they were not able to completely wipe out the Desik army entrenched in the south, at least the Guards led by Viscount Slim succeeded in destroying the temporary docks of the Desik and the mines that produced the fire oil.

The failure of the Desik navy to block the desperate San Jose ships in the port of rice, and the fact that most of the defenders were attracted by the offensive and defensive battles in the Red Branch Stone Forest area was the main reason for the defeat of the Desik.

Judging from the whole situation of the war, the Deschians suffered a lot of blows in both the north and the south, and their plans to destroy San Jose within a year were dashed. The San Josens retaliated and gave the Desik Empire a hard slap in the face.

The autumn of the previous four years gradually departed with the end of the autumn offensive, and the cold winds began to sweep across the countries of the continent, and winter came again.

In this winter, the mood of the cabinet ministers and the Emperor of Benin in the city of Kyoto is somewhat relaxed. The Desik army in the south had been dispersed, and Viscount Slim was sweeping up the remnants with the rest of his army, and the ships of the Desikhs off the coast of Mi Harbor could not hold out for long after losing their temporary docks in the Patong area, and had to disappear at the end of the long sea, and no one knew where they had gone.

And in the northern battlefield, on the front line of Kursk Province and Hongye Town, the battle situation is still the same as since the summer, and no one on either side can help anyone, I heard that even General Hans, the commander-in-chief of Desik, has returned to China.

The Minister of War, Count Mosic, was also not on the front line, and he went back to the Imperial Council to report to His Majesty the Emperor on a small matter, but it was a little tricky.

After the destruction of the docks and mines, the Desik army withdrew from the Patong area, and the Desik defenders, including the Red Branch Stone Forest, had to flee in all directions. The San Jose garrison entered the Patong area to dig up the burned mine and see if they could find some more remnants of the oil extraction. However, when the copper mine was excavated, the soldiers on the scene were frightened.

In that collapsed pit, countless people were buried alive under the earth. The deaths were unusually painful: most of their faces were pale or lead-gray, some were even bruised and swollen, and there was a lot of bleeding near their eyes. A few have protruding eyes and elongated tongues, as if they are being choked by the neck. All of them had crooked fingers, many of their nails had been torn and fallen off, there was a lot of blood on their fingers, and their weapons were all broken.

The San Jose soldiers digging the pit seemed to have that scene in front of their eyes: the burning fire and the exploding oil shook the pit down, and the people whose way out was blocked felt the thinner and thinner air in despair, digging a way out with their fingers and weapons. But the 80-gram-long pit and the sparse air would not have given them such a chance. Everyone had to die a painful death in fear and despair.

One of the more terrifying things is that on the bodies of many corpses, San Jose soldiers found the same military uniforms as themselves, and these people were also San Jose people before their deaths. Quick-witted people thought of their identities at the first moment: those captured San Jose Navy soldiers. These men first suffered a mental storm on the battlefield, and after being captured, they had to toiled in Patong Beach and this unknown mine in exchange for a little water and rations. Finally died after suffering a great deal of pain.

The officers present, not knowing who took the lead, silently took off their military hats and quietly paid silent tribute to these dead colleagues. They knew that on the battlefield, Viscount Slim's choice was not wrong, and fire attack was the best option available at that time. These dead companions should not blame the Guards and Viscount Slim.

The cabinet ministers and the Emperor of Benin, who heard the news, were speechless for a long time. The news brought by Count Mosik was too shocking, and they, like Count Mosick, certainly couldn't blame the battlefield commander at the time, Viscount Slim, this kind of thing could only be said to be an accident. "Bury these fallen Royal Navy soldiers, collect every single bone, and build a tower for them in Minashil Harbour as a memorial. In the end, the Emperor of Benin gave the arrangement, and everyone did not continue to discuss.

The cruelty of war, many times happens inadvertently like this, and everyone is unwilling to look back.

Another thing is that the Desik soldiers in the Chizhi Stone Forest area did not continue to insist on continuing after the destruction of the docks, and the San Jose soldiers, who also received Viscount Slim and the Guard, did not want to continue the attack. As a result, the remnants of the Desik soldiers withdrew from the Chizhi Stone Forest area in batches, broke through to the west, and left these remnants to the southern garrison to solve.

But the Desik soldiers are trivial, and the few members of the Dark Rising who appeared in the Red Branch Stone Forest have also disappeared, which is one of the things that annoys Count Mosik and the court magicians quite annoying, especially since there are two terrifying beasts between them and a deep magician who can cast the forbidden spell "Spirit Storm". Now the knowledge of these magicians is limited to this, the palace magicians have led the soldiers to follow the clues, hoping to find these unstable elements as soon as possible.

As for the next step in the war, the Emperor of Benin also wanted the Count of Mosique to give his opinion. Count Mosik thought that the war would be fought in another two to three years, at least until the Deciks had exhausted the dividends they had earned in the Merchant War. However, the situation is much better now than half a year ago, the stronghold of the Desik in the south - Patong Beach has been completely uprooted, and the San Josens can concentrate the forces of the whole south and the west to deal with the Desik invading army on the front line of Kursk and Red Leaf Town.

Therefore, the Emperor of Benin was now full of will, and if he could completely defeat the Desik army, his prestige in San Jose would reach its peak, which was certainly something he would like to see.

However, an unexpected event interrupted the illusions of the Emperor of Benin. Before the imperial meeting was over, the Emperor of Benin received a letter of state from the Shang League, which came in such a hurry that all the cabinet ministers were still busy with the meeting, and the letter of state was handed over by the embassy staff and delivered directly to the Emperor of Benin.

Benin opened the letter of state in confusion and found that it was a suggestion from the current leader of the merchant alliance, King Lucius of the former kingdom of White Harbor.

As the current leader of the Chamber of Commerce, I, Lucius James, on behalf of the Alliance, once again propose cooperation to San José. It was heard that San Jose had completely suppressed the invading army of De Sick on the domestic battlefield. And on the battlefield of our Merchant Alliance, our Merchant Alliance army is also cooperating with local resistance organizations, constantly harassing the Desik Dispatch Army day and night. Now, both within the Shang Alliance and in San Jose, the Desik army has entered a state of extreme tension, and the strength of the counterattack is increasing, and the time is gradually ripe.

Therefore, on behalf of the Shang Alliance, I would like to make a new proposal to the Emperor of San Jose: since the eyes of the De Sick people are now attracted by the battle in San Jose, and the whole energy of the De Sick base camp is poured into the San Jose battlefield, we are willing to share the pressure on San Jose, and will send a new army of more than 10,000 troops in the next three months to launch a series of counterattack operations on the original Carlin-Manning-White Harbor line, and strive to eliminate a quarter of the De Sik troops and bite off a large piece of their flesh.

But this plan requires the cooperation of San Jose, hoping that San Jose can conduct another feint attack on the Kursk battlefield for a period of time to completely attract Desik's attention. ”

King Lucius's plan can be said to be quite bold, even when the Desik army is so strong, he does not forget to take the opportunity to fight a battle and give the Desik a little blood.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, King Lucius didn't want to bleed the Desik, he wanted to cut off one of the Decik's arteries!" added Count Mosik with a smile.

"Anyway, it's bloodletting, which is also in line with our opinion in San Jose. Last time, we rejected King Lucius's kindness, and this time the opportunity has come again, so we can't say anything anymore!" The King of Benin is also in a good mood, and now that San Jose and the Business Alliance have formed a united front, such a plan is certainly in the interests of San Jose.

The smiling cabinet ministers agreed on this matter, and the follow-up work would naturally be coordinated by Count Mosik and the military committee of the Business Alliance. However, if the Desiks can be defeated so easily, they are not Desiks. The Merchant League and the people of San Jose were so angry and irrational that they were unaware of the problem.

Long out of the sea, two hundred miles southeast of Cape Island, a narrow passage between two magical elemental storms. The flagship of the Desik Navy, the Scharnhorst, was sailing, and behind it was the huge Desik fleet. After the Battle of Patong, their mission was also accomplished. General Heinrich was receiving two mysterious guests in the command cabin of the flagship, and the mysterious man in a black robe looked at General Heinrich with a smile.

"I still have to thank Master Black and Master Lan Lan for their assistance, although the mission was not successfully completed this time, it also achieved a lot of goals. I will put two at the mouth of the Morro River, and my naval men will return north of Black Harbor. I toast you two with a glass of wine, and we have a happy cooperation. ”

Behind the battleship "Scharnhorst" were two main battleships of the Desik Navy, "Cologne" and "Bochum", and behind them were a huge number of Desik transports, each of which was full of barrels of barrels. The liquid in the barrel ripples with the waves of the sea.

A smile appeared on the corner of General Heinrich's mouth, although the mine and the temporary dock were destroyed, the Sicilian plan was basically implemented. The thousands of barrels of oil on these transport ships are their fruit. The people of San Jose didn't know that the document provided by Rise of Darkness made it clear that the oil mine in Patong Beach was bigger than any other in San Jose. For a few months, there was enough oil to be mined here to deal with the war.

I don't know what the purpose of these dark rising magicians is, but these oils are real, and they are enough to comfort Emperor Edward, Heinrich thought to himself.