The meat grinder-like battle in front of the bridgehead continued, and near the small Dunkirk Bridge, more than 20,000 elite soldiers from both sides fought around the bridgehead fortress, which was only a few hundred grams, and as the days and nights passed, the corpses of the dead soldiers were no longer piled up, and people were thrown under the cliffs of the Grand Canyon.

"It's almost time, it's time for the second phase of planning. Hans suddenly straightened up on his horse and commanded Florian.

"Yes, it's time to go. ”

"Woo woo woo!" The horn sounded again, and the Desik soldiers, who could no longer kill, retreated to the east side of the bridge like a tide, and the soldiers of the Shang Alliance, who were also red-eyed, shot the last bows and arrows in their hands, hoping to take away a few more Desik. The retreating Desik soldiers, when they reached the east side of the bridge, began to disperse on both sides, and for a while, the Dunkirk bridge was quiet, except for the tick-tock, dripping blood.

At this time, the commander of the New Second Army, who was meeting at the headquarters of the mercenary corps, did not come back at all, but Pegasus sent someone to send back an urgent order, the inexplicable adjutant general, opened the order and looked at it, his face was shocked, and he hurriedly rushed out of the camp, "Herald! Herald!"

Captain Oude, who had experienced the first battle, did not go into battle again in the battle the following day, but was arranged to rest in the back row, but in the afternoon of the next day, Oude was notified to take the rest of his men to the rear of the bridgehead fortress to line up, while more people turned around and headed south, in the direction of the "Highland Bridge" and "Lowland Bridge" in the south, and left without looking back.

When he retreated from his position for the first time, Captain Oudeh's nerves were paralyzed, and the battle on the Dunkirk bridge had no fighting art at all, it was completely crazy hand-to-hand combat, and in the eyes of everyone, there were only enemies, weapons and blood.

And Oude, who went to the battlefield for the second time, was much more normal, and his soldiers were no longer trembling and trembling. Although this time, they are not on the front line.

Until the red sun set, the last rays of light departed from the earth, and the Desiks did not attack again.

On the other side, a little further south, out of sight, there were two "conjoined bridges" that were so close together that they looked like twins from the air. However, both bridges are wooden structures, that is, they can only be walked, and from the perspective of the bridge body, they are not very wide, and they are also piled up with debris by the Shang Allied forces, and at the head of the bridge, there is a stone fortress that is connected to more than 800 grams.

These two bridges mainly garrisoned a large part of the most elite mercenary corps of the Shang Alliance, who guarded these two bridges and the surrounding dozens of miles. More than 10,000 people, almost densely packed at the bridgehead and the rear camp.

In the words of Captain Pierre, although the Desik soldiers were brave, in such a small area, the military strength could not be unleashed, and in the end it was not by grinding meat. Everyone is human, and he doesn't believe in you, the Desik, a few more arms and legs, or a few more heads.

However, the course of the war did not seem to be what Captain Pierre had in mind. The first batch of De Sik who rushed up, as if he was not dying, ran frantically across the two wooden bridges, and then was shot into a hedgehog by a crossbow, and the head of the two wooden bridges was once full of corpses and had nowhere to put his feet, and the De Sik soldiers in the rear pushed the corpses of their dead colleagues in front of them forward, and then slowly approached the bridgehead fortress, using machetes and spears to inflict damage on the guarding soldiers.

"These Desik people are crazy!" This was the thought that lingered in the minds of Captain Pierre and most of the Mercenary soldiers of the Merchant Alliance, and just like that, the same place, the Desik soldiers who had left a large number of corpses behind, did not relax at all, and battalion after battalion of Desik soldiers were sent up, as if they were sent to death. In the end, the bodies of many Desik soldiers who died on the bridge were pushed directly down the bridge and abandoned to the bottom of the valley.

"General, the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth regiments are basically consumed, and I have already asked the crossbow team to withdraw. "In the rear of Desik's assault position, General Alvin was reporting to Generals Florian and Hans about the situation ahead.

"Hehe, how many soldiers have been killed by the Warlords. General Hans's smiling eyes looked a little terrifying, as if there was a cold light in his pupils.

"I didn't calculate specifically, but it won't be less than the business alliance. General Alvin shrugged his shoulders and replied nonchalantly.

"Alright, allow the rest of their soldiers to withdraw, it's time for a day and a night, it's time for a general attack. Master Arthur, it's your turn! In the meantime, Alvin, get the Dunkirk side ready, and if there's a change here, you can do it there!"

The situation on the Highland and Lowland bridges seems to be slightly better than on the Dunkirk Bridge, where there are more mercenaries and fewer Desik soldiers on the two narrow wooden bridges that can be spread out at the same time. But General Pierre always had a trace of worry in his heart, and he didn't know what his worries were, but he always felt that something was not quite right.

And at this moment, in the sky, in the wilderness on the east side of the two bridges, three green ceremonial flowers rose into the sky, reflecting the sky into a strange green. "It's coming!" General Pierre's heart moved, and although he didn't know what the Desiks were trying to do, it was clear that the signal meant something.

The two wooden bridges are still quiet and silent, on the ground of the wooden bridge, there are some burning torches and rockets, still quietly emitting green smoke, but at this moment, the soldiers in the bridgehead fortress have rubbed their eyes, those torches that fell on the ground, suddenly "dark" in an instant, not extinguished, but, so suddenly invisible, including the two bridges themselves and the debris on the bridge.

"There's a fog there!" began to shout many of the soldiers, as they noticed that something was obscuring their vision. If one of them, Kerst or Feyda, had been here, they would have seen a scene so similar to the one they had seen on the Chaotic Ridge of Mossat not long ago.

Yes, Desik, the most magic-hating country on the continent, has a user of dark magic, a large-scale dark magic that has been cast around the Grand Canyon.

Yes, Master Arthur, the leader of the Black Dragon Society, who once appeared in the White Rock City of the Desik Imperial Capital, was wearing a black robe and was behind the military formation of the Siamese Bridge. The magicians who have risen from darkness have always acted in black robes, for fear that others will not know their identities. However, the situation is different now than it was a few years ago, no one cares about the dark mages operating in Desik's territory, and the adventurer's guild is beyond the reach of the whip.

Therefore, after talking with the Northern Protector~, Arthur went directly to visit Duke Edward (Note 1), and I don't know what agreement the two reached, so when the Chief of Staff and the Western General came to preside over the Western Offensive, this mysterious dark mage also came. The order in the base camp was clearly written, and the second phase of the attack began with Master Arthur.

The black mist spread in the military formation, and under the feet of the soldiers, the black mist rose, slowly climbing to the calves, then to the waist, and finally, all the soldiers were drowned in the mist, and in the dark night, the light of the torches could not penetrate the heavy mist.

Behind Master Arthur, the other five mages were also sitting on the ground, holding hands and chanting some incantation, in line with Master Arthur's practice.

Suddenly, in the black mist, a light flashed, and a huge silver-white pentagram was revealed through the mist. The light became brighter and brighter, and suddenly there was a burst of light, and after a loud noise, the whole fog disappeared, and the two regiments of Desik soldiers in the mist, a total of more than six thousand people, were gone.

If someone can fly into the air and look down from above, they can see that on the east side of the conjoined bridge, a large black mist is surging, slowly starting from the bridgehead camp towards the Wulian Bridge. Along the way, the places where the black mist passed became dark, and nothing could be seen.

When the fog crossed the bridge, the entire Highland Bridge and the Lowland Bridge were already submerged in darkness. Through the faint light of the torch in his hand, the mercenaries of the Shangmeng on the front line had already felt fear coming, and large drops of sweat were falling from many people's heads.

The nervous Shang Alliance soldiers could no longer control their mood and body, and in an instant, a large number of crossbow arrows shot out, flying over the short bridgehead position, shooting towards the mist that could not be seen clearly.

However, the fog was not abnormal at all, and even a sound did not come out, and it still spread unhurriedly until it crossed the first wall, the second wall, the camp area, and even the headquarters to the rear of the Shang Alliance's army.

Along the way, all the Shang Alliance soldiers only felt dizzy for a while, but they quickly recovered their abnormalities, and when they reacted again, in just an hour, this mysterious black fog had already come to the large plain behind the headquarters, and then remained motionless.

General Pierre sent two small groups of brave soldiers to throw dozens of torches closer, and under the light of the fire, the nearby soldiers finally saw clearly that the large black mist was slowly dissipating.

As the fog cleared, some of the silhouettes in the fog appeared: huge shields, shiny knives, and, a large group of burly and sturdy soldiers, Desik soldiers!

"Not good!" General Pierre blurted out, almost without thinking, "Albert (Note 2), your men are the closest, let them send two regiments of reinforcements, quick!"

Albert also saw the current situation and did not hesitate to turn around and leave.

In the mist, the Desik soldiers, who had come to their senses, began to draw their weapons, and the smiling expression made all the merchants in shock in their hearts.

Note 1: According to the timeline, Edward had not yet ascended the throne at that time, so he was called Duke Edward here.

Note 2: Albert, the commander of the New Second Army, held a military meeting at the mercenary headquarters and did not have time to leave.