General Wellington's first reaction when he received the news of the landing of the Desik in the Patong area was not shock, but relief. But in the next second, his mind was already focused on the military map in front of him, and he seemed a little overwhelmed about how to deal with this crisis.

Three days earlier, when the first piece of wood had been discovered by fishermen along the coast, General Wellington had already realized that the Desiks were probably not simply a border friction, but a real invasion. You know, this is not the border of the Morro River, but the long sea south of San Jose. It is more than a thousand miles from the nearest land of Desik, and it takes twenty days for even the fastest sailing ship to sail here.

And the Desicks, as soon as they came, hundreds of warships, were a declaration of war against San Jose.

Unlike the merchant alliance that used the adventurer's guild of flamingos to transmit messages, the San Jose Empire, which was more powerful, established a complete post road system throughout the country, and the knights who reported the news, riding fast horses, set off from the southernmost port of Minahir in the empire to arrive in the capital of San Jose, Kyoto City, but it was only a little more than two days of fast horses. Therefore, while General Wellington was still hesitating how to respond, the knights who had hurried from Kyoto Castle had already brought back orders from Kyoto Castle.

"Order, the commander of the Royal Navy of San Jose, Admiral Wellington, to organize all the men of the South Sea County to defeat the Desik enemy off the coast of Minethil Harbor. The Imperial Council will lodge a protest with the Desik side as soon as possible, and the South China Sea side, please try to keep the situation under control. During this period, the Nankai military forces were under the command of General Wellington until they were succeeded by a general sent by Kyoto Castle. ”

Looking at the "four dislikes" order in his hand, General Wellington looked a little crying and laughing, it seemed that the cabinet ministers of the Imperial Council seemed to have misjudged the purpose of the Desiks. Of course, Kyoto Castle received news that the Desik navy had invaded the coast of San Jose, and they probably did not know that more Desik had landed in the Patong area. The top priority now is to block them south of the Red Branch Stone Forest.

This brings us to San Jose's military system.

Unlike both the Merchant Alliance and Desik, San Jose has its own military system. In the city of Kyoto, there is the Emperor's direct Guards Legion, which is an elite army of more than 50,000 people, with a mix of infantry and cavalry, excellent weapons, and superior combat capabilities, which is the most powerful combat force in the whole of San Jose.

Locally, some are similar to the Desik, which is also divided into several parts: to the north, along the border of the Morro River, is the largest group of Northern Border Guards in San Jose, with a regular military force of more than 70,000 men, and they are mainly to guard against the Desik invasion on the other side of the Morro River, while in the west, there are smaller Western Army Groups, which are no more than 20,000 men, which are used to defend against the Merchant Alliance, but because the Merchant Alliance is weaker, the Western Army Group has always been relatively weak.

In the vast area south and east of San Jose, because of its proximity to the Long Sea, in addition to the Royal Navy of San Jose, each county and province has its own local armed force, the local garrison. This is an army of more than 150,000 men, but it is the worst in San Jose.

These local garrisons can hardly be regarded as second-line forces, and their daily work is nothing more than to arrest bandits and protect civilians. Although the number was large, the weapons and equipment were poor, and the garrisons were scattered in each county, and there were only a few thousand people. Nanhai County is considered to be the richest county in the south, with a total of more than 12,000 nominal soldiers, which is still more than the number of 35,000 in some provinces.

In addition to these standing armies, San Jose also had another large paramilitary force that was the embodiment of the old San Jose empire, and that was the aristocratic private army. The nobility of San Jose, like the rest of the continent, also came from the partition after the First Continental War, and a large number of nobles left the capital of San Jose with their private armies and chose to return to the local fiefdom.

These aristocrats have been developing in the local area for many years, and they have already multiplied, and thanks to the fertility of the land of San Jose, they have almost all raised a lot of private armies. The Secretary of War once estimated that if he really wanted to mobilize all of them, he estimated that San Jose could easily pull out another 500,000 troops in addition to the standing army.

However, the noble private soldiers belong to the nobility, and without the consent of the feudal lord or the noble master, these noble private soldiers will not be dispatched by anyone.

Therefore, in the order that General Wellington received that he was allowed to mobilize the military forces, he actually referred to the garrison of Nanhai County, and even more unfortunately, these large garrisons were not in Minethil Harbor, but in the main city of Nanhai County.

Nanhai County is the largest county in the south of San Jose. Historically, San Jose has had a very strange local administration, with counties and provinces at the same level. This brings us to the origins of San Jose. It is well known that the San Jose Empire was originally founded by a group of scholars from the Coalition of Rebels during the First Continental War. In the insurrectionary coalition, the scholarly organization is basically equivalent to the role of military staff officers and military advisors.

After the capture of the Magic Empire's capital, the powerful group of scholars eventually established the San Jose Empire on the corpse of the Magic Empire, while excluding their comrades-in-arms, the rest of the coalition.

At this stage, the areas under the control of the scholars were divided into counties. Of course, at that time, San Jose did not have the vast territory of the present, but was just a local separatist power with seven counties near the city of Kyoto, that is, near the capital of the Magic Empire.

Later, after hundreds of years of war, those small countries were defeated by the San Jose Empire, and the world-famous "San Jose Phalanx" was basically formed during this period. These looted territories were named after provinces to distinguish them. Among them, the remote western provinces were one of the last few territories to be conquered.

The modern Nanhai County has long been integrated into the San Jose Empire, and even a small number of wealthy territories within the empire. For example, Nanhai County is home to the most beautiful resort area, Cape Island, and the Royal Navy Consulate of San Jose, Minahill Harbor.

In terms of the topography of Nanhai County, Cape Land Island is in the southeast, Minahir Port is due south, Patong area is in the southwest, and the main city of Nanhai County is in the farthest north, and not far north of the main city is the territory of Orebol County.

Therefore, at this time, General Wellington was facing a more troublesome problem, the De Sick had landed in the Patong area, the Royal Navy was still confronting the De Sik Navy off the coast of Mý Harbor, and the garrison of the main city of Nanhai County was in the camp of the main city. What's more, he can't tell what the ultimate purpose of the Desik is.

Pacing anxiously in the room, General Wellington took a few puffs of his pipe in annoyance, "Damn, no matter, adjutant, you go and give the order, leave half of the warship, keep an eye on the Desik warship for me, and let all the coastal defense weapons of the rice port be ready." Let the 8,000 men of the 4th and 5th fleets go ashore at once and follow me to the Chizhi Stone Forest. ”

"Huh?" said the adjutant in surprise, "the general is going to let the sailors fight on land?"

"There is no way, there is no one at hand now, and we must set up a defense there before the Desik rush out of the Patong area. We're in the Navy, but we're first and foremost San Jose's soldiers. It is our natural duty to defend the territory, and besides, our goal is only to hold back the enemy, and I will immediately send a message to Kyoto Castle about the situation here, and I am sure that if we delay it for a few days, the Guards will arrive!"

As he spoke, General Wellington threw the pipe in his hand on the map, and his fingers pressed heavily on the part of the red branch stone forest on the map.

While General Wellington was preparing, at the top of the stone tower in the Red Branch Stone Forest, some of the Desik soldiers were also busy with something. From a distance, in addition to the armor-clad Desik soldiers building on the top of the tower, there were several black-clad mages who were using spatial magic to lift several huge iron cages covered in black cloth to the top of the tower.

If the other day, when the Desiks saw magicians, especially dark magicians, they were still mostly afraid. Dark magic has helped them on the battlefield many times during this time, and these Desik soldiers have become more and more familiar with the dark magicians fighting alongside them.

On a tall stone tower in the distance, two men in black were standing side by side, staring at the busy Desik soldiers and black-clothed magicians not far away with serious expressions.

"Lord Black, it's up to your two babies to take on the task here, are they ready?" The two turned out to be the two protectors of the Rise of Darkness ~ Law, Lan Lan and Blake.

"I can't say I'm fully ready, Alcmene and Amut, who had only conducted a few experiments on the Orebol side before. But don't worry, my subordinates have basically mastered their characteristics, and the operation here is also an experiment. ”

"Then I'll see, Lord Black. Lan Lan smiled.

"Hmm. However, Blake didn't appreciate it too much, but instead looked into the distance with a melancholy face, and after a long time, he spoke, "In addition to the alien beasts, Lord Lanlan, is your 'Spirit Storm' also here to try its power?"

"Of course, the 'Dark Veil', 'Spiritual Storm', 'Blood Forbidden Spell' and 'Alien Beast Detention Technique' that we dug out from the pile of old papers, aren't we confident to incite this war because of their existence?" Lan Lan still smiled smartly, "But ah, I'm really looking forward to these forbidden spells on a full scale, otherwise, it will always give people the feeling of a small fight." It's like last time, in Manning City, the 'Blood Forbidden Spell' was released, and those Manning people were so frightened that they left the city wall, and a good forbidden spell didn't play a big role, I hope this time, the beast can give people some different results. Hahaha!"

As he spoke, Lan Lan looked up to the sky and laughed, Blake beside him shuddered, the mysterious southern protector in the organization has always been a little terrifying, he shook his head, emptied the thoughts in his mind, and said, "Yes, let's wait and see." ”