The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

"Aha, nice to meet you, my student, I hope my knowledge can help you."

After personally burying ten gems under the Wisdom Tree, Xu Lai received the experience imparted by the Wisdom Tree, and his newly upgraded level was once again increased by one.

Immediately behind Xu Lai was Su Ya. She also brought a shovel, but she only needed to bury 2,000 gold coins, which was much cheaper than Xu Lai.

There is no need to upgrade Dill Rogers. Several of his characteristics have already been upgraded, and 2,000 gold coins is still a lot of money.

However, only Xu Lai knew that it was just a superficial reason. In fact, it was because Dier did not have the effect of being a die-hard loyalist, so Xu Lai had a knot in his heart.

At this time, the situation in Stubborn Castle was changing, and the shadow of war hung over every grassland person.

A few days ago, the orcs had just mobilized the thunderbirds to launch a sneak attack, but they did not expect that the elves' fast troops had arrived.

More than a dozen golden dragons who ignored the thunderbirds' thunderbolts and lightning led dozens of green dragons to fight, killing nearly a hundred thunderbirds and rocs.

This was the only time in the dozens of battles after the orcs' reinforcements increased and the humans gave up their outer territories that major results were achieved.

But that's all there is to it. There are so many Dapeng and Thunderbirds in the stronghold that neither the golden dragon nor the green dragon dares to stay away from the fortress.

The fortress is also supported by ballistas, elf archers, and human archers. The golden dragon and green dragon are immune to Thunderbird's thunderbolt and lightning. On the contrary, other troops in the stronghold camp are unable to provide support.

Relying on air superiority, all human movements are seen by the orcs.

The orc commander also considered dividing his troops. The grassland was so big, and he could use the mobility of the Wolf Warriors to bypass the fortress in front of him and massacre the continuous reinforcements from the rear.

However, after trying several times, the orc commander found that he could not take advantage at all.

Relying on his own talent, the wolf cavalry, under his leadership, can indeed easily attack the rear reinforcements.

The wolf cavalry has a fast assault speed, and the combat effectiveness of wargs and wolves is not comparable to that of war horses.

However, even if he possesses the talent of Wolf Knight, it cannot change the fatal weakness of Wolf Knight's extremely poor endurance. Several attacks were blocked by the knights of the temple.

If he hadn't decisively cut off his arm to survive and left some Wolf Riders to contain them, the Wolf Riders under his command would have suffered heavy losses.

As a cavalryman, war horses have great advantages. They have good endurance, high load-bearing capacity and fast running speed. The eyes of the envious orc commander are all red.

Later, the Beast King and the chiefs of many large tribes in the stronghold unanimously decided to suspend the offensive to give humans enough time to assemble.

After all, it would take a long time for the stronghold to transport siege equipment and supplies from the rear.

The Beast King and the chiefs wanted to complete their victory in one battle and use the strength of the stronghold to fight a decisive battle with humans.

The human race still has a great advantage on the grassland. Almost everyone can ride a horse, everyone can shoot arrows, and every village has a large number of horses.

If we divide the troops and clear them out bit by bit, it will not only be difficult, but the casualties will also be relatively heavy.

Moreover, the orcs have always advocated attack. Since humans are willing to fight decisively, how can the orcs not agree?

The orcs not only agreed to the invitation for a decisive battle issued by the temple, they even released the human prisoners of war they had captured. Of course, they also exchanged many of their own people for this.

Moreover, since the decisive battle was agreed to, no orc has ever crossed the defense line of Stone Castle. Instead, humans often send out scouts for reconnaissance.

From this point of view, orcs are more disciplined than humans, and they respect ancient traditions more, because it is this tradition that allows them to survive tenaciously in the bitter cold land.

The date for the decisive battle in the temple was set three days after the war mobilization order, firstly to give the reinforcements time to rest and form up.

Secondly, it is basically impossible for the human race to have more reinforcements, so the orcs should not be given more time to assemble the troops in the rear.

With the activation of the war mobilization order, more and more troops gathered in Stone Castle, including many heroes.

The heroes who were born in the grassland, except for those who have died or are still in prison, basically all came to the stubborn stone castle one after another, including Wang Chao who left Xu Lai before.

There was no way. In the town where Wang Chao hung out, almost all the adults were recruited into the army. Wang Chao had no choice but to use his favorability to get a captain's identity from the mayor.

Wang Chao was relatively miserable. Although he was followed by hundreds of soldiers, he was only a nominal commander, used to give these people specialization effects. The actual leader was the short winter melon next to him who was less than 1.7 meters tall.

He is the son of the mayor. Before setting off this time, he got a promise from Count Aini to a future lord. If the townspeople behind him don't listen to him, should they listen to Wang Chao, an outsider?

But he died miserably. He was much better than when he first met Xu Lai. At least with Xu Lai's 1,000 gold coins, he now had a few more loyal spearmen around him.

Since the entire grassland was mobilized this time, although there were not many towns on the grassland, there were more than a dozen of nobles and nobility combined.

Coupled with those knights who had no fiefdoms or only one manor, and the barons from one or two villages, the assembled troops could number in the tens of thousands.

Most of them are just ordinary young men, with at most some militia training, followed by spearmen, infantry and shooters recruited from towns.

It's just that these arms can only be commanded by nobles, and the lowest nobles must be knights or lords.

Even though Count Aini has been promoted to several knights and lords during this period, he still cannot gather the soldiers from all the towns.

When these people are gathered together, it is natural to organize them into formations. Otherwise, the mess will not only fail to increase the combat effectiveness, but will actually affect one's own main force.

Although Stone Castle is only a fortress, it spans three towns, two of which are large towns, covering an area that is somewhat larger than Count Ani's castle.

However, due to resource constraints, apart from a moat and a stone wall in front of the fortress, the entire defense line, which was dozens of kilometers long, could only block the cavalry.

Even if Count Aini only treats these low-level troops as cannon fodder, he cannot let all these cannon fodder die casually. Otherwise, even if he wins this battle, the grassland will become deformed due to the large loss of young people. Worthless.

Therefore, Count Aini began to select a large number of commanders, forming a large number of low-level soldiers into thousands-man-level legions, and appointed knights and heroes to guard every battlefield.

In fact, if Ani didn't have many people under his command, and he didn't want to transfer the commanders of his troops, he would have been reluctant to delegate command to those heroes.

But the temple has explained to him the role of heroes. Without these heroes, there would not be enough nobles to lead the troops in the military camps.

If Ani continues to pretend to be deaf and mute, even his own men will not turn towards him again.

Of course, even if Aini has agreed to let those heroes serve as commanders, it cannot be done casually. It must be selected and appointed by him personally.

Hero Aini has come into contact with many people, and the temple has also come into contact with them a lot. He knows that they were originally ordinary people who were just selected by the rules of creation and did not possess high military qualities.

If an officer is appointed who cannot even understand military orders, or an officer who understands but is unwilling to execute them, what will happen even if he is brought under military law afterwards.

Therefore, Aini proposed that these heroes should be reviewed and assessed, and then he would come forward to appoint and remove them. Whether it was from legal considerations or practical considerations, the temple had no reason to object.

When Xu Lai came to Hard Rock Castle, it was already the sixth day after the war mobilization order was issued.

The gathering of troops on the grassland was basically completed in the first four days, and a large number of knights were appointed and dismissed on the fifth day. This day happened to be the assessment day for heroes, also known as the day of generals.

Of course, Xu Lai only arrived in the afternoon of the sixth day. He completed the final preparations yesterday and set out early this morning. It was already 3 or 4 o'clock when he got here.

After he went to the temporary command post and handed in his orders, the last commander of the thousand-man battle group was also appointed and dismissed.

There are 50 thousand-man regiments, each led by 30 knights and 20 heroes. Viscount Norton and his direct troops are responsible for commanding and centrally regulating these 50 thousand-man regiments.

There are also some selected elites, such as retired veterans from various villages and towns, like the village chief Lazi, who have been selected into the main group.

No one knows how many main forces the human race has now except those above.

Even Wang Chao only knows that some elven reinforcements have arrived, and they must be the main force. The reinforcements from the tower have not appeared yet.

Count Aini brought two full knights and a large infantry group. Other nobles on the grassland jointly formed a knighthood of more than 3,000 people and a large infantry group.

As for how many there are in the temple, no one knows. They only know that the temple is full of real people, and there are no so-called monster soldiers, because no one there can lead them.

Therefore, although the number of people in the temple cannot be determined, what is certain is that the knights and priests of the temple have the highest combat effectiveness and are the most terrifying.

The timing of Xu Lai's appearance was really unlucky. All the hero assessments had ended, and even the temporary award ceremony had begun.

When High Priest Ryan and Xu Lai appeared in the school grounds, there happened to be two radiant heroes on the stage, holding the Commander's Blade that Count Ani personally awarded them.

This Commander's Blade is a third-level weapon, and its damage is much higher than the initial weapon they brought with them. Many people had a look of joy on their faces.

However, Xu took a look and almost laughed out loud, because almost all of these commanders' swords were modified from thieves' sabers, and the marks on them should not be too familiar to Xu Lai.

Of course, Count Aini and the others couldn't help it. Of course, Count Aini was reluctant to take out the good things. It was too embarrassing and useless, and the style must at least be unified.

There happened to be a batch of weapons like this in the temple, so Count Ani took them over and asked the blacksmith to make some modifications, so that they could be used immediately. Why not?