The Merchant Alliance kept their promise, and the hundreds of thousands of Desik troops in the territory of the Merchant Alliance were attracted by the offensive of the Merchant Alliance and had to stand still.

San Jose, who had lost his worries, began to fight De Sick under the command of the cabinet ministers of the Imperial Council. According to the conclusion of the Imperial Council, among the two fronts in the north and south, the Desik landing force in the southern Patong region was the first enemy to be dealt with urgently.

San José's military system, the Guards and Border Guards, was a pure field army (Note 1), and they were more combat-ready and professional. However, the army with the largest number of troops was, on the contrary, the local garrison.

Throughout San Jose, there were about 150,000 local garrisons, and even if they were not well trained and equipped, they were at least professional soldiers. In Nanhai County and the surrounding provinces alone, there were 70,000 local garrisons.

And now, the Desiks, with a landing force of less than 30,000 men, are firmly nailed to the Patong area, which can easily contain the local garrisons of the southern provinces. The warships, including the Royal Navy, had to stay in the south.

Therefore, the dilemma before the Imperial Council was the question of whether to go south or north first. To the north of San Jose, the Morro River Plain, thousands of miles of black soil, the fertile soil nourished San José's agriculture and was the granary of the entire empire. Here, if there is a big war, it will affect the harvest of the empire next year.

In the south, however, a lot of the empire's energy was restrained, and once the Desik defenders in the Patong region broke through the Chizhi Stone Forest and burned and looted in the south, it might be too late for the San Jose Empire to come back.

While the opinion of most of the cabinet ministers was to deal with the Desik army crossing the border in the north first, the Minister of War, Count Mosik, personally rushed back from the southern front, and made his opinion clear: "The Desik in the south must be dealt with first, even if it is necessary to risk the destruction of the Desik in the north." ”

The cabinet ministers, including the Emperor of Benin, were a little puzzled, and finally it was the Chief Minister Dirk who figured it out, "Are you afraid that Desik's reinforcements will continue to come from the other side of the Morro River, and it is impossible for us to solve the enemy in the north in a short time?"

Count Mosik nodded slowly, and everyone present gasped! In the minds of the cabinet ministers, whether it was the Desik army besieged in the Patong area or near Hongye Town, it was a small matter, and with the military strength of San Jose, it should be able to solve it quickly.

As a result, listening to Count Mosic, it seems that the war will last for a long time. Therefore, a stable South is one of the necessary conditions.

"What if, then, when we concentrate on dealing with the Desiks in the south, more Desik troops cross the Morro River? You know, along the Emperor's Road, Kyoto City is only a few hundred miles away from the Morro River, and for the wolf riders, it is only three days and three nights. Dirk, looking a little worried.

"Come and see!" Count Mosicke beckoned, pointing to the map of San José on the table, "and now we have to focus on three problems. ”

Count Mosik highlighted three issues.

First, how to guard against the northern front. Judging from the current battle situation, there are about 20,000 Desik troops crossing the river, all of whom are Desik veterans. They were now being condensed by the San Jose Guards and the Northern Frontier Guards in a small space fifty miles long and thirty miles wide, with the border town of Red Leaves in the middle, where the war broke out.

Of course, since the attention of the Northern Frontier Guards was drawn around the town of Momiji, the responsibility for the long Morro line was now largely borne by the local garrison.

Second, the long sea. San Jose has more than 1,000 miles of coastline, except for the cliffs of the long sea in the east, which are not suitable for landing, the rest of the places are very suitable for the landing of Desik warships. Originally, the Royal Navy of San Jose would be based in the port of Minehir, and multiple squadrons would patrol the long sea from the mouth of the Morro River to the long sea in the south. And now the problem is that more than 200 Desik warships have been left in the long sea of Nanhai County, and the Royal Navy has lost half of its manpower, and now their mobility and combat effectiveness are insufficient, and it is still difficult to monitor the Desik Navy.

Although it is unlikely that Desik will organize a landing operation on such a large scale as in Patong again, even if a thousand wolf horsemen sneak into a certain place, it will be a headache. In front of the Desik, the combat effectiveness of the local garrison is simply not visible.

And the third, south of the Chizhi Stone Forest, occupies the Patong area and is already building a dock. With this foothold, a large amount of supplies can be sent to the Patong area by sea, and the existence of the Red Branch Stone Forest ensures that the San Jose army cannot enter.

"Break through the Chizhi Stone Forest first, and then, destroy the Desik Landing Army in the Patong area in one fell swoop! Regardless of the situation in the north, my opinion is that the enemy in the south must be dealt with first. Otherwise, we will not be able to win this battle without a stable rear. Don't forget, the amount of aid given to the Merchant Alliance is also very large, and without the support of the Merchant Alliance, once the Desik army in the territory of the Merchant Alliance breaks into our country, the consequences will be unimaginable. The Count of Mosik finally came to a categorical conclusion.

Soon after the Imperial Council, the vast war machine of San Jose began to kick in. Countless people and goods have been flocked from Kyoto Castle to the southern region. Of course, the cabinet ministers naturally did not forget the existence of dark mages, and five high-level mages and several mid-level mages went to Minahir Port together. You know, that's half a court magician.

However, it backfired, the cabinet ministers had a good idea, and the Desik were not stupid. Although due to the sudden actions of the Shang Alliance, the De Sik Dispatch Army in the territory of the Shang Alliance could not join the San Jose battlefield, but the crazy Edward VI would definitely not be willing to watch San Jose destroy his Southern Front Army, which is a part of his military strength that will play a big role in the future.

The base camp, gritting its teeth, sent more than 100,000 recruits from the country, and after filling the troops everywhere, it reorganized 80,000 elite troops and 10,000 newly trained Steppenwolf horsemen, and rushed into San Jose from another crossing of the Morro River.

In Desik's country, whether they supported Edward or not, all the nobles thought that His Majesty the Emperor was crazy. In this group of troops, a large number of soldiers were Edward VI's old foundations, and even many officers came from the palace guards. In their eyes, within a few years, this group of troops is the last group of veterans that Desik can take. Until the training of the new army is completed, they will not be able to maintain their existing combat strength for the time being.

However, the Desic had always been arrogant, believing that their army would be able to defeat the San Josens no matter what.

Count Mosik had a good plan, but he died halfway through, and no matter what the world would say about Edward VI in the future, at least in terms of war, everyone agreed that he was a genius strategist.

Count Mosic, who had left Kyoto Castle only a few days after leaving Kyoto Castle with reinforcements and magicians, received a message from afar. In the province of Dunkirk, not far east of the San José army, which was besieging the town of Momiji, more than 100,000 Desiks once again crossed the Morro River.

The local garrison had done everything in its power to block it, but they were outnumbered. The Desiks, not giving the San Josens a chance to turn back and exterminate the legions on the Southern Front, directly applied for a decisive battle on the Morro River Plain.

"What did the commander of the garrison do? 100,000 Desik troops, he didn't find out about crossing the river! And you know what is the use of giving me such a report!" Count Mosik slapped the table angrily, 100,000 troops crossed the river, which meant that his plan to first go south and then north was completely shattered, and he could not ignore the fact that more than 100,000 Desik troops were gathered in large numbers only two hundred miles away from Kyoto City and were indifferent.

"Your Excellency, don't blame the commander of the garrison. The front line of the Morro River was originally the defense line of the northern border guards, and it was not easy for the garrisons in these places to stabilize the front in the first place when they went to meet the enemy near Momiji Town. Even if they found out in advance, they wouldn't have been able to stop the Desik from crossing the river easily. Mosik's adjutant advised.

"Well, of course I do. Count Mosik sighed, "The Desiks are coming so fast, where did they get so many troops!

The adjutant flipped through the report, "The Guards Corps have returned to Kyoto Castle, and the Northern Border Guards have begun to attack the Desik crossing the river from the west. It's still quiet near Momiji Town for the time being, and the local garrison has been asked to be vigilant. ”

"Don't do it, I'll have to go at once!" After listening to the report, Count Mosick was a little dissatisfied.

The three armies of the front were not subordinate to each other, so they behaved very contradictory. This is a big problem, the Kursk province is only a few hundred miles from the city of Kyoto, and once the 100,000 troops break through the defense line of the guards, the city of Kyoto will be in danger.

So, only a few days after the departure, Count Mosick, who had planned to go to the south to organize a battle, had to turn around and go to the north, while the court magicians, led by several high-ranking magicians, went to the southern battlefield to help the army there resist the invasion of the Desiks.

"Urgent order, the three ministers of the Guards Regiment, the Northern Border Army, and the Garrison Army, go to the capital of Kursk to join me, and the armies of all units will immediately spread out along the outskirts of the Kursk Province, and not a single Desik soldier must be allowed to approach the Emperor's Avenue!"

War, war, shows no signs of stopping. Count Mosik did not even return to Kyoto City, and ordered a copy to be sent directly to the Imperial Council, and hurried north along the Emperor's Avenue. The court magicians, on the other hand, went south from the other direction.

Despite all the efforts to avoid it, a continent-by-continent war broke out. The great battle in Kursk Province, which was called the "Battle of Kursk" in later history books, became an important battle in the Second Continental War. This battle made the two empires of Desik and San Jose completely tear their faces.

On the "Lausanne City" on the Kaiser's Boulevard, a large area of land in front of the capital of the Kursk province, there was a storm for a while.

Note 1: The field army is a mobile combat force that can be mobilized to various places at any time to respond to the battle. Corresponding to the garrison, it is generally not easily mobilized. All countries have field army configurations, such as Desik's Steppenwolf Cavalry and Rangers, both of which are field army in nature, and San Jose is the Guard.