The intensity of the war between De Sick and the Shang Alliance reached its peak on June 7 in the first five years, and after June 7, the subsequent fighting began to level off. After the loss of the Dunkirk Bridge, General Pierre decisively abandoned the high and low bridges, and the remnants of the mercenaries of the Shang Alliance and the new second army of Manning were gathered to retreat to the Verdun area more than 100 miles west of the Grand Canyon defense line, and the entire Grand Canyon defense line only left the New Fifth Army in White Harbor, which relied on the "Golden Gate Sluice" defense line to hold the main road of the Desik army to the southern White Harbor Kingdom.

The Verdun region is a high mountain area in the eastern part of the Manning Kingdom, this alpine area, which is mostly plain, seems quite abrupt, and the Morro River will bypass the Verdun area from the south and then turn north after flowing through the city of Manning. And in the Verdun area, the Lens mountain, a belt of hills with a height of hundreds of degrees, is the area that General Pierre chose to guard next. If this place is lost again, Manning City, the capital of the Manning Kingdom, will directly face the Desik army.

While retreating to Verdun, General Pierre sent instructions to all the remaining troops on the side of the Grand Canyon to destroy several bridges in the north, including the central bridge and the Bonn bridge in the middle of the Grand Canyon, as well as the Leipzig bridge, the Hindenburg bridge, the Versailles bridge and the Dinard bridge in the north.

Fortunately, after breaking through the defense line of the Grand Canyon, the Desik army began to send garrisons within twenty miles of the Dunkirk Bridge as the core, but did not penetrate further, except for a small number of rangers, most of the army was consolidating their new occupation.

For Desik, it is easy to break through the Dunkirk Bridge, and it is easy for soldiers to come, but if you want to conquer the merchant alliance, it is not something that can be completed in a short period of time, so a stable forward base for transporting materials and personnel is quite important. Therefore, they were not in a hurry to continue the attack, but patiently carried out the construction of the base.

Therefore, when the time entered the second half of June of the first five years, the war in the territory of the Shang League came to an end temporarily: in the eastern section, the main forces of the Shang League, such as the mercenaries, the New Fifth Army, and the New Second Army, and more than 60,000 Desik troops who crossed the bridge, confronted each other in the Verdun area; in the western section, the New First Army, the New Third Army and the New Seventh Army led by General Guo Lao recovered the city of Southern Madur as quickly as possible, and the Steppenwolf Horsemen who attacked Southern Madol disappeared into the continuous sunset mountains in the west. Old General Guo didn't dare to leave easily, the super mobility of the wolf rider was clearly there, and once the garrison of Southern Madur left, they would come out of the mountains and bite off another large piece of meat of the Shang Alliance.

And the city of Nanmadur, which was once the capital of one of the nine countries of the Shang Alliance, has been burned down by the Desik people within more than 20 days of its fall, and it will never be as prosperous as it used to be. Almost all of the royal family of Southern Madur were killed, but it was heard that King Rodrin's daughter, Princess Guarman, fled on the day the capital fell, but now there is no one alive and does not know where.

A handful of nobles, who had fled Southern Madur, are now in Manning City, ready to re-establish the Southern Madur government-in-exile, but their first task is to find the missing Princess Gualman.

Therefore, in the territory of the Shang Alliance, the military power of the Desik Empire formed two attack clusters in the east and west, the eastern cluster confronted Manning in the Verdun area, and the western cluster was in the Sunset Mountains, threatening the three northwestern kingdoms of the Shang Alliance.

Manning City, the core city of the merchant alliance, is now in a panic mood in the whole city, countless Manning people, feeling the panic that they have not felt before, and even some merchants are already packing their bags and preparing to take refuge in San Jose or the temporarily stable southwest direction. The defeat of General Pierre has greatly hit the prestige of the Lord of the Shang Alliance~ Xi Hui, and these days, the ambassadors of the Lord ~ Xi Hui have been criticized by countless nobles, and there are two ambassadors who do not know which young son of a big aristocratic family on the streets of Manning has also beaten him with a stick.

There are also unspeakable pains and adventurers' guilds. According to General Pierre's report, on the Eastern Front, dark magic appeared twice, which directly reversed the course of the battle, and the originally solid defense line was torn by dark magic. The elders of the Adventurer's Guild will have quite a headache, and these dark mages, somehow, have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, letting the elders know that their extermination of dark mages for so many years is child's play.

Green, the leader of the Hunters and a member of the Council of Elders, has been busy for the past few days, and the series of actions of Rise of Darkness finally made him understand that their operation in White Rock City had completely failed. Obviously, Edward VI had already colluded with the Dark Rising organization, so it was no wonder that at that time, he would personally kill the warrior named Antonio with a crossbow arrow.

In the current battle situation, the Adventurer's Guild has basically stopped his basic business. In the Tower of Babel, the first and second floors, which were originally very lively, have now become crowded. The Hunters have all been sent out and have begun to take on the job of scouts for intelligence gathering for the Business Alliance. There is no way, with the flames of war, those adventurers, who have the patriotic heart to choose to join the army and think more about themselves, are basically like those businessmen, who have fled to San Jose or the three southwestern countries.

The leaders of the merchant alliance ~ Xi Hui are now unable to assume their responsibilities, and the raging flames of war are no longer something that these ambassadors can decide at will, so King Manning personally sent Flamingo to ask the monarchs of all countries to gather in Manning City to discuss the next step of the situation.

However, the monarchs of various countries are quite slow, they are not stupid, Manning City is already the front line, no big nobles will choose to be in danger at this time, the Nine Nations Business Alliance, after all, it is the Nine Kingdoms, not Manning. King Manning, once again, had to send flamingos to various countries.

When Flamingo flew to the Duchy of Kaman in the southwest of the continent with the news, Koster and his party were also rushing back to the capital of Kaman as fast as possible via the Duchy of Tra.

When Koster and the others returned to the Duke's Castle in the Kaman royal capital, Xiao Mu was staring at the letter in his hand in a daze, and did not see Koster, Monica and Lolita pushing the door in the slightest. Monica, who was anxious, snatched the letter from Xiao Mu's hand, "What are you looking at, so distracted!"

Xiao Mu raised his head at this time, "Ah, you're back, so fast." ”

"Of course, we are rushing to Kaman day and night, tell me what is the situation in South Madur, and how did the Desiks come from the snow-capped mountains at sunset?"

Looking at the people who were waiting for him expectantly, Xiao Mu smiled bitterly, "The problem of Nanmadur is not the biggest problem at all now, you are so busy that I am afraid you haven't noticed the latest battle situation at all." As he spoke, Xiao Mu pointed to the letter that had just been snatched by Monica.

Monica picked up the letter with a strange expression.

"The defense line of the Grand Canyon has fallen!", "The Dunkirk Bridge has been lost!", "Tens of thousands of merchant alliance soldiers have died!", "The mercenary army retreats to the Lens Mountains in the Verdun region!", but a few lines of words, but brought such important news, which had to shock Monica, Kester, and others.

"This, this ......" Monica was completely speechless, and Kerst was also angry, "What kind of battle is Manning fighting, the mercenary army, the new second army, the new fifth army, more than 50,000 people, and the Grand Canyon natural danger, but it only lasted 3 days and then it was lost." It's 50,000 pigs, and the Desik will catch them for three days!(Note 1)"

Xiao Mu stretched out his hand and tugged on Koster, "Don't blame General Pierre of the mercenary legion, I still have one." What you saw just now was the battle report on the surface, and this one was given to the monarchs of various countries by the Adventurer's Guild, you can take a look at it. ”

Kerst and Monica took another letter from Xiao Mu's hand with a puzzled expression, and then they were hit even harder.

"Dark Rising? Dark Magic?"

"Yes. ”

Only then did Kerst and Monica understand that the defense line of the Grand Canyon was not so much breached by the Desiks as it was defeated by the dark magicians. Dark Rising, what role the organization plays behind the Desiks, no one knows at present.

"What now?" asked Monica.

"That's why I'm in a hurry and need you back, sister. Xiao Mu said in a deep voice.

"Why do you say that?" asked Monica.

"I have to go to Manning City, no matter what the monarchs of other countries think, after all, the nine countries of the Shang Alliance are one, if you only rely on the Manning Kingdom, it is impossible to live in the low-grade Desik. And if you want the nine countries to be one, oh no, now it's the eight countries, and the monarchs must discuss the follow-up actions together, so I will go to Manning City as quickly as possible to participate in the follow-up resolution of the Lord of the Business Alliance~ Meeting. ”

"Isn't it too dangerous?" said Koster, worried.

"The New Sixth Army will go with me, they will be waiting for me at White Harbor and the Manning border, and Khorter will go with me, so Kaman will have to hand it over to you, sister. ”

Not long after the return of Koster and the others, Xiao Mu went to Manning City as the Duke of Carman. Kerst sent Fayda back to the New Sixth Army, told Jon to get ready for battle, and followed Mu on his journey to Manning.

While King Manning was anxiously waiting, the monarchs of the merchant alliance countries were still rushing to Manning City at different speeds. And the Desik people are also unhurriedly building their military base in the territory of the Shang Alliance, which will become their base camp in the subsequent war. In the territory of Desik, the whole country is moving, the First Military Factory in White Rock City and the Second Military Factory in Black Harbor are increasing their horsepower to produce weapons and equipment, the Eastern General is expanding the Changhai Sea Army, and the Southern General has mobilized a large number of San Jose border guards to take over the defense line of the Western General and continuously enter the territory of the Shang Alliance.

If you take the form of a flamingo, you can see countless Desik soldiers in the sky, fully armed, preparing to launch a greater war against the Shang Alliance.

The Second Continental War broke out.

Note 1: Salute to the beloved head of Chu.