Grimm, who had survived the war, came to the Duchy of Carman from Arnold with his new Hu, and Grimm, who had experienced the tragedy in Manning City, was unwilling to continue to be a hunter in his Adventurers' Guild, and at the same time had no will to die.

Chester saw very clearly, people who died once might have seen more openly, but this time he never touched the bottle again.

Green's martial arts skills are quite skillful, and Feida has privately told Chester that soldiers like the Thirteenth Regiment, generally speaking, a squad combined, may not be Green's opponent. Green, on the other hand, has no intention of returning to the Adventurers' Guild, full of anger against the Desiks and has nowhere to vent. Therefore, under the persuasion of Kester, Green became the personal guard commander of the 13th Regiment Guard Battalion, that is, the battalion commander.

And Feida, who didn't like to be an officer, naturally returned to Caster's side and worked with Rika to protect Caster's safety.

In fact, everyone knows that it is a matter of time before Koster commands the entire New Sixth Army, General Calvin has been absent from the army, and he can rest assured that he will hand over the affairs to his adjutant, and in the orders left by General Calvin, if there are affairs that cannot be decided, they can be handed over to Koster.

After Green's arrival, thanks to his experience in the Adventurers' Guild and the last-minute battle in Manning City, he brought a lot of first-hand information about the war. Therefore, in the 13th Regiment, the 13th Regiment took the lead in carrying out a great discussion and summary of the Shang Alliance and the Desik War, which was a consistent tradition of the 13th Regiment.

Unexpectedly, there were so many ordinary people, soldiers and officers who paid attention to the war that in the end, the discussion turned into a big event that affected the whole army.

Regarding this war, Koster summed up a total of several conclusions.

The main reasons for the defeat of the Shang Alliance and the Desik War are, first, the problem of combat power. In the early days of the war, the Lord of the Shang Alliance~Xi Hui was still quite confident in the combat power of the mercenary corps and the newly formed army. Prior to this, the Business Alliance had been preparing for war for two whole years, and the entire chairman~ meeting was full of confidence.

But Kerst believed that their faith at that time was meaningless. Before the outbreak of the war, there was a rebellion in the Duchy of Mossart, and the Ninth Army, a new army of the Shang League, was in Mozart at that time. As a result, the new army that the leader of the Shang Alliance ~ Xi Hui had high hopes for was defeated by a group of rabble-miner rebels, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the new army of the Shang Alliance is completely insufficient.

The results of the war were also very clear, even the New First Army and the New Second Army, which were supported by large countries such as Manning and White Harbor, their combat effectiveness was not enough in front of the Desik Army.

Second, there is the question of organization. The main member of the business alliance ~ the meeting, which is a very inefficient organization. In dealing with day-to-day affairs, his meeting system can ensure the interests of the majority of countries and can accommodate more different opinions. However, in the face of war, this is a redundant, abrasive, and unresponsive organization, not to mention, many of the ambassadors who represent various countries are still novices in war.

And the Shang Alliance itself was already aware of this problem in the later stages of the war. At that time, the establishment of the Front Staff Headquarters was also aimed at coordinating the various armies. However, the defeat of the Battle of Sedang and the death of General Etienne and General Guo Lao (Note 1) made this unformed staff headquarters exist in name only, and it did not play a role in the follow-up battles at all.

Thirdly, the level of strategy and tactics is insufficient. In Koster's view, among the Shang allied forces, whether it was General Guo Lao on the Western Front, or General Pierre and General Etienne before and after the Eastern Front, they were all more than prestige and less brave. For most of the war, they fought timidly, thinking about defense everywhere, but they couldn't hold it.

And the middle and lower-ranking officers are even more incompetent. In the defense line of the canyon, the Desik people only used a few tricks to divert the tiger from the mountain and attack the west, and they played tens of thousands of Shang Alliance defenders around. However, it is an absolutely unforgivable mistake to spread tens of thousands of defenders on a width of hundreds of miles, and to allow the enemy to break through the Dunkirk Bridge directly.

In the Battle of Sedang, which decided the fate of the Shang Alliance, the Desik people were quite clever in mobilizing two armies, and at the same time taking advantage of the opponent's carelessness and complacency, they beat the Shang Alliance army with a time gap. This is only a few hours, but it is the most life-and-death hours of this war.

If General Etienne, who was attacked at that time, could have been able to support General Guo's Western Front Corps more quickly, or if General Etienne's deputy, who had stayed in the camp at that time, could decisively abandon the camp and attack, Kerst felt that the outcome might have been different.

At least, it will not be like in reality, the two corps of the Eastern and Western Fronts were actually eaten alive by the Desik Army one after another.

After the crushing defeat at the Battle of Sedan, the Shang League lost its most important field army, and the Desiks successfully bypassed the Verdun line and went straight to Manning.

As for the battle that followed, it was a matter of course for the Desiks. Even the Mannings burst out with endless courage in the city of Manning, defending their glory with their lives and blood. In the process of conquering the Shang Alliance, the Desik people also seemed to be too easy.

And the fourth point, this is a variable on the battlefield.

The Desiks were helped by the Dark Mage when attacking the Canyon Defence, and when attacking Manning City, the Dark Mage also used the Forbidden Charm. In particular, the "Blood Forbidden Curse" under Manning City directly forced the Manning defenders to choose to abandon the city wall and had to enter into hard street battles, which eventually led to the tragedy of Manning City. There were not many escapes in the city, and everyone thought that the Mannings had been forced to abandon the walls.

In this war, the appearance of the dark mage surprised everyone.

Desik, after all, was the country that once hated dark magicians the most on this continent, but he didn't expect that the newly appointed Kaiser would collude with the Dark Rising organization, in order to realize his ambitions, in order to achieve his political demands, this emperor, who has always been a tough Desik soldier, actually compromised with dark magic.

This is also the point where Green cannot forgive himself. He had personally experienced the Incident in White Rock and had been in close contact with both Edward VI and the Dark Rising, completely unaware of the possibility that they had colluded. Although everyone told Green that it was not his fault, the leader of the competitive adventurer's guild hunter group was still immersed in guilt.

"It's all my fault," was everything that haunted Green's mind from the outbreak of war until the battle for Manning City began. It wasn't until he was awakened by Arnold that he returned to normalcy again.

These four points are Koster's summary of the tragic war of the merchant alliance, and in his opinion, there are many reasons for this result. Although both in terms of volume and military strength, there is a big gap between Shangmeng and Desik. But the war has reached this point, and the Shang Alliance has not given full play to its slightest advantage, and has been completely led by De Sick, which is also unforgivable.

Discussions were in full swing among the 13th Regiment and the other fraternal armies, and Xiao Mu, the leader of the Production Committee of the Shang League, was slowly approaching the New Sixth Army with two women.

The duke's convoy and heraldic flag were discovered by the sentry from afar, and it was not the first time he had come to the barracks of the New Sixth Army, and the sentry was naturally familiar with it, so he hurriedly blew the police whistle. The long and continuous whistle signaled the arrival of distinguished guests, and had to interrupt the affairs of Kester and his subordinates.

"Who is this?" Looking at the beautiful young woman in gorgeous clothes behind Xiao Mu and another female guard in infantry light armor, Kester looked quite curious, and kept signaling to Xiao Mu with his eyes.

Xiao Mu shook his head to Kerter imperceptibly, telling him to calm down for a while, and then walked into the camp tent of the headquarters with the two daughters with the deputy general of the New Sixth Army. It didn't take long for the herald to come out, "Commander Koster, Duke please come in." ”

"Hey, Jon, this girl is really good-looking, if you want me to say, it's not a big nobleman who came to the head of the group to propose marriage! Rickon, who was a little naughtiest, couldn't help but start making a joke about Kerster.

As a result, Feda next to him gave him an angry glare, and Rickon shrunk his neck and leaned aggrievedly towards Camp Commander Jon next to him. Jon didn't think about that, "That female guard, with a little dark skin and a tall build, I don't think it's quite like our southern merchants, but a bit like a northern barbarian. However, there are no barbarians in our Shang Alliance, what's the matter?"

"No, our merchant alliance has a barbarian tribe", Duncan, who was also nearby, interrupted Jon, he was born in the mercenary army, and he used to be active in the merchant alliance for many years, and he was well-informed, "The Southern Madur Kingdom of our merchant alliance is mainly composed of the Alpine tribes, and the Alpine tribes were originally a branch of the barbarians. ”

"And I've heard," despite everyone's astonishment, Captain Duncan continued, "Princess Nanmadur disappeared when the kingdom of Southern Madur was conquered by the Desiqs. Ambassador Nanmadur has been searching for the whereabouts of the princess all this time, so I think..."

"Ahh ”

Duncan was not mistaken, it was Guarman Rodrin, Queen of Southern Madur, who was in the camp. In front of Xiao Mu, Kester, and the officers of the New Sixth Army, Guarman did not twist, but said bluntly, "Duke Kaman, I want to borrow troops from the Shang Alliance, give me an army, and I want to go back to South Madur!"

The Flamingo flew over the plains and hills to the south of the Merchant Alliance with a message, bringing the message from King Kaman to Tramiste City, where the Military Council of the Merchant Alliance was stationed, and all current military operations of the Merchant Alliance had to be approved by the Military Council here.

And the flamingo, the communication bird that the Adventurers' Guild Elder has protected with all his might, is alive and well under the care of the bird keeper Jennifer, and she and her birds, in the southern city of Mister, have become accustomed to it. Although she sometimes thinks of her home in Manning City, she can't help it, as the bird keeper of the Adventurers' Guild, she must stay with these birds.

No, another flamingo, coming from the west, I don't know, there is news of where it has been brought.

Note 1: The situation of General Etienne, the leader of the mercenary legion, is not known to the insiders of the Business Alliance, and most people believe that he has died on the battlefield of Sedan.