While the mercenary group was busy recruiting and training equipment, the pace of war was getting closer and closer, and the conscription team to capture goblin jackals was also increasing, and fires broke out almost every day.

The goblins in the wilderness are still fiercely contested, and the situation of the inhabitants of the village is naturally not optimistic.

When Fort Santil was still the sacred place of Bane, the god of fear and tyranny, although the laws were harsh and aggressive, at least it was able to eliminate bandits and keep the surrounding governance in order, so that it could develop into the largest city in the Moon Sea. After the fall of Bane in the turbulent years, Shirek, the Prince of Lies, was given his priesthood and holy land, and his church, with the mission of "keeping the people in fear and unease, so that the struggle never ceases, and the means to achieve the ends", caused the order of the Holy Land of Santil Fort and the surrounding area to gradually collapse, and almost became a paradise for robbers and a paradise for slave traders. In peacetime, in order to maintain normal trade, Santil Fort also paid more attention to law and order, but now that the war clouds are thick, Santil Fort has changed from a guardian of order to a destroyer.

Jeraceans, whose strength had long since been weakened by frequent civil strife, was now in dire need of expanding its military strength, and the situation can be imagined.

The situation of Far Mountain City was slightly better, but it also began to recruit troops aggressively as a defensive force for the city after the army was dispatched. Although their conscription was limited to young men, it was only natural that when the main forces guarding the village were taken away, law and order became chaotic. It's just that it's still in the preparatory stage for war, and the negative effects are not yet obvious.

Arms dealers, mercenaries, and spies of all stripes have also come here, either intending to seek personal gain, or trying to weaken both at the same time, and make this already unstable land even more miserable.

On July 28, the Santil Fort sent 3,000 troops, kicking off the war. In the afternoon of the same day, Yuanshan City sent 2,500 troops. Three days later, the army of Fort Santil arrived in Jerazah, but inexplicably did not attack immediately, and the next day, the army of Toyama Castle arrived at Toyama Castle, and the two armies began to confront each other.

But the mercenary group is not ready yet! Many of the tactics that want to be used have not yet been practiced, and even the commander has not yet been decided......

It's too late to get up after burning your eyebrows, but you can't care so much now, so let's hurry up and determine the coach first.

Mike, Thrall, and Sermena are all very passionate about war games, and they all want to be the commander of this elite 200 miscellaneous soldiers. Although Wukong is not very interested in leading such a small army, he is really not very comfortable with those three, so he has to fight.

It is widely recognized that Wukong is the most capable, the most experienced, and has the highest prestige among the soldiers, so it stands to reason that he should be the commander, and the other three Ma Jian should be the lieutenant generals and staff officers. But we know that many things are often not about ability.

Sermena obviously can't compete with Sal, and Goku can't compete with Mike, and neither of the two will budge. So, the end result is that Mike and Sal take turns as the head coach, changing every week, with Goku and Sermena each serving as their lieutenants. When the coach commands, as long as the opponent does not exceed half of his own number, he can fight casually, and others are not allowed to interfere at will.

The captains were also appointed on an emergency basis based on their previous duties. No. 1 Goblin Yoda commands eighty goblin shooters, No. 3 goblin leads one hundred and forty-five goblin cannon fodder, No. 7 bear goblin leads sixty-three other cannon fodder, and No. 8 Gnoll Luken leads forty goblin bear goblin gnolin warriors, with a team of twenty people having a team leader. In addition, No. 9 Goblin Lazer led a team of twenty men alone.

According to this scale, the Sanzang Mercenary Regiment, tentatively known as the "Love and Justice Mercenary Regiment", went to the Yuanshan Military Office, ready to accept the mercenary.

Sermena was in charge of the negotiations, but Mike went with him for the first time to learn from the experience.

I have to say that the problem of racial discrimination in the other world is really serious. The war has already started, and the Far Mountain City is still because the mercenary groups of love and justice are all inhuman races, and there are a lot of harsh conditions like this, if it is peacetime, wouldn't they be directly killed?

After returning, Mike immediately convened a meeting to prepare for a fight with Far Mountain Castle first, but was vetoed by everyone for various reasons. After the negotiation, Sermena refused to bring Mike again, and the negotiation partner became Yerazhan.

Also because of racial issues, Jeraceas refused to allow the Love and Justice mercenaries to enter the city or let them join the regular formation. However, the mercenary group did not want to enter the city or be cannon fodder anyway, so, like many other mercenary groups, the mercenary group of Love and Justice took over the task of attacking and harassing the Tyrburg army. I don't know if it's because I'm afraid of being hacked or whatever, but Jerazbeth didn't send them a prison like he did with other mercenary groups. It just so happened that Mike didn't bother to pay attention to them, and both sides got their own place.

The Love and Justice Mercenary Regiment disdains to harass the rear, and has little interest in food baggage. General Mike's main purpose is to attack and kill the orc Fura to get a bad breath for himself, and General Thrall wants to command thousands of troops and start a large-scale battle. Limited by objective conditions, the ideas of the two generals could not be realized, and the second choice was to attack the small forces of the Santil Fort.

The mercenary group has a very huge advantage in this regard.

The western part of the Moon Sea is dominated by plains, and in this terrain, qualified scouts can find small forces that are not deliberately hidden from three or four hundred meters away, and it is better to find hidden targets, such as Sermena, No. 1 Jurgen, No. 8 Luken, and No. 9 Lazer. However, Sermena can turn into an eagle and fly to scout at about 600 meters.

Thrall and Goku can reach up to three kilometers, and they are very strong at detecting hidden targets and extremely strong at the other.

Thrall is a dragon, born with a keen eye and special training, so he naturally has a strong ability to detect. However, he also has a big disadvantage, he is large and cannot be infinitely invisible, and it is easy to be exposed when flying in the sky. Therefore, he can only walk on the ground, and the actual reconnaissance distance does not exceed two kilometers.

Although Wukong looks like a half-orc, he is actually a hell demon refining demon who evolved step by step from a small inferior demon, and if his detection ability is not strong, he would have known where he would have died. Even if you don't take into account the infinite stealth that he never uses in front of everyone, he is very difficult to detect just by turning into a bird.

With this person and a dragon, the love and justice mercenary group can be said to be a super high match in terms of investigation, if there is a team of people who can fight with them to investigate, don't think about it, it is definitely not the "soft persimmon" that the mercenary group wants, and it is more appropriate for the mercenary group to retreat and turn into its swift wind.

Thinking about it this way, in fact, the mercenary group has been prepared for a long time......

In this way, the self-deluded General Mike and the confident General Thrall led their troops into battle.

Pedestrians scurry along the streets near dusk in the streets of Santil Fort, leaning against the side of the road. As the war came, the lords announced a series of prohibitions, including a night ban. Residents must stay at home after dark, or risk being put in the dungeon. This has forced people to end their busy day early and return home as soon as possible.

On both sides of the street, propaganda slogans are pasted or simply painted directly on the walls. "Severely punish the terrorists, and the Santil Fort will win", "Join the army and participate in the war, reward the land and be knighted", and so on.

Monopoly and slave owners, except for those who directly participated in the war, now have the same daily life as before, and the food and wine are enjoyed as usual. Because of the need for communication, the frequency of gatherings has increased significantly.

The daily lives of the residents have been affected to a certain extent, and the variety of food and daily necessities has increased, and the price has risen, so that they have to worry about the situation of the war. Although there is no shortage of brief battle reports such as "On the 4th, our army won another great victory, annihilating 400 enemy troops", it is difficult for people to completely believe it due to the lag and propaganda needs. As for the "personal seeing" and even "personal experience" circulating in the streets and alleys, they are mostly speculations and chasing after the wind.

The news of the dispatch of troops from Yuanshan City had already spread, and all the residents were furious. This was not because of how much they supported the military operation itself, but because Fort Santil had always regarded Jerazhaku as its sphere of influence, with a few centrifugal elements. These blood-absessive and racial elements in Yuanshan City have once again blatantly "interfered in the internal affairs of other countries", and it has seriously affected their lives!

The inhabitants of Far Mountain would never consider themselves to be "interfering in the internal affairs of other countries", and they have always regarded Jerazas as their front line against the evil forces of Santilburg. This time, the war maniacs dared to brazenly march out and once again extend their claws to Jerazah, in a vain attempt to rebuild the bridgehead for the invasion of the distant mountain city, and they must "keep the enemy out of the country" and once again strangle the damned Santarinyan conspiracy in the cradle.

Naturally, there are a lot of propaganda slogans on the streets of Yuanshan City, and the content of the brief battle report is nothing more than the Yuanshan Army moving from one victory to another.

The situation on the frontal battlefield is far from what was reported, with the main forces on both sides sitting in silence, and those who came forward to die were cannon fodder. Anyway, four hundred knights are also four hundred, and four hundred goblins are also four hundred, which is not about the same.

The sit-in of the Santilburg army is because of the high-level fighting method, and the open secret factions include the Santarin faction led by the legendary mage Manson, the Santilburg faction led by the lord Ogos and the Shirek Church, and I don't know how many secret factions there are. If they have the same goal, it is to exclude dissidents from power.

The sit-in of the Far Mountains Army is to wait for a better time. The First Lord, Melhill, believed that Fort Santil was the strongest around the Moon Sea, and that because of the Raven Fortress incident ten years ago, it was extremely difficult to get along with the cities, so as long as his army was held back, Melwater and Mumaster would naturally attack from land and sea, and it would be easier to launch a counterattack and win. Even if those fools can't seize the opportunity, it will be easier to preserve their strength than a decisive battle.

Jerazhan, on the other hand, was simply not capable of attacking alone.