The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

In fact, Xu Lai guessed correctly. Of course the demons had more than just these troops, but they were indeed sitting back and watching their own troops being slaughtered.

And this kind of killing has been going on for a long time.

Xu Lai hadn't guessed the reason yet, but Cage, who had been leading the way, explained with an ugly face:

“They are probably raising pigs and using us to kill these little monsters and imps.

After we spend a lot of energy to kill these little monsters and little demons, they will send evil gods to the stage to turn the corpses of those demons into scorched demons.

At that time, the mercenaries who had been fighting for a long time were just at the moment when their physical strength was exhausted and their arrows were bottomed out.

The devil will capture us effortlessly and sacrifice us in exchange for more little devils and monsters, and the cycle repeats endlessly! "

Xu Lai understood it as soon as he heard it. For the commander of Hell, this was also a multi-purpose move.

Xu Lai had already inquired in detail on the way here. Cage and his mercenary group dispatched about eighty soldiers. There were not many cavalry, only a few. The rest were mostly infantry, shooters and individual mages.

The configuration of several other mercenary groups is roughly the same as theirs. Including the caravan members, there should be about 5,600 people in total.

Xu Lai didn't get too close, and it was night, so he could only see the fire from a distance, but couldn't see the specific situation clearly.

According to Yin Yi's report, the mercenary group had formed a circular defensive array with trucks and large shields.

Although this formation is very helpful for defense, it has almost no mobility, which means it can only be beaten passively.

The merchants put up this formation because the mercenary groups were not subordinate to each other. There were several group leaders, so they could not fight in a unified manner.

Secondly, they may have pinned their hopes on reinforcements. In addition to sending people to ask for help from Xu Lai, Cage said that they also sent messengers to several big cities such as Baishi City to ask for help.

This is right between White Rock City and another castle called Rotania.

Baishi City didn't talk about him. The owner of Rotania was a count. No matter what, he would leave some soldiers in the castle. If he wanted to rescue him, he should be faster than Xu Lai.

The current battle situation is that the little devils and monsters of the Hell Army are almost dead, but the long-range shooters of the Hell Army have not yet launched an attack.

The leader of the mercenary group is also very aware of the demons' intentions, so long-range weapons such as bows and arrows are only used as a deterrent, and shields and vehicles are used as much as possible to delay time.

The mercenaries are very aware of their situation, and they are not willing to kill these little demons, because once these little demons and monsters die, more powerful demons will only rise up.

Most of them only use shields to resist damage, but they can't resist the little monsters and little devils who want to die.

These low-level monsters have lower IQs than wild beasts, and each of them works desperately, as if they are afraid that they will die too late.

"Aren't they afraid of morale collapse?" Xu Lai frowned in confusion.

Luo Mingru explained: "At the beginning, I was also confused. According to common sense, if one's own troops continue to suffer battle losses, morale will lose very quickly.

However, someone explained to me that the demons will control the situation on the field and ensure that after they have killed two or three little demons, they will add a horned demon in time.

Rely on the morale brought by the continuous addition of middle-level soldiers to offset the part of one's own losses. "

After fighting for several months, Xu Lai himself had already figured out some rules for the increase and decrease of morale.

Morale increases when one is inspired by the leader, whether through bravery on the battlefield or through verbal encouragement through leadership.

Next are the high-level soldiers. The more high-level soldiers there are, the stronger the morale will be. Some high-level soldiers also have attributes that increase morale, such as the Paladins.

There are also reinforcements. The addition of reinforcements will of course greatly boost the morale of the original army. Especially if the combat effectiveness of the reinforcements is stronger than that of the lost troops, morale may rise in the opposite direction.

Xu Lai watched the battle from the outside for a long time, and the anxious captain named Cage poked his head over to take a look from time to time.

But Xu Lai didn't know the enemy's deployment, so he couldn't make up his mind easily.

Fortunately, Xu Lai was not kept waiting for too long. Yan Feng sent people back to report again, and the information about the hell army could be roughly confirmed.

Because it was difficult to see clearly at night, the data reported by Yan Feng was not accurate, and he only used approximate words.

The number of enemies is about three thousand, but these 3,000 people are not all demons. In addition to the little demons and monsters sent out to die, there are also a large group of humans bound by ropes.

The largest number of enemies are horned demons and horned evil spirits, followed by long-range creatures such as Gog and Magog.

The core position cannot be seen clearly, all I know is that it is surrounded by a group of three-headed hell dogs. These things are very famous in hell and in the world.

It is said that this thing is specially used to see the gate, which is the gate of hell.

But in fact, their sense of smell is also extremely sensitive, and they can smell human scent from several kilometers away.

"So, we should have been discovered by those hell armies. That's why they delayed launching a general attack on the mercenaries. They are probably waiting for us!"

Afraid that Xu Lai was not familiar with the Hell Army, the investigating Pegasus knight reported while Luo Mingru explained to Xu Lai.

Luo Mingru was stunned. He had never thought about this problem.

Xu Lai touched his chin and said to Yinyi: "Go and tell Yan Feng to go around to the other side of the demon army and launch an attack on the demon from there.

Tell him that I only allow him to launch long-range attacks and will never allow him to be approached by demons.

Whenever the devil intends to attack, he must stay away immediately. If he is pursued, he will lead his troops back to Greenwood Town first. "

There is also an infantry regiment in Green Forest Town, as well as the crossbows brought back from Kuba City. In these crossbows, Xu Lai also used Thunderbird Hearts. Before leaving, he specially asked people to pack them up.

And if the devil really pursues him, he will just use the cavalry to intercept him halfway, taking advantage of the enemy's divided forces to continuously eat the opponent.

Five minutes later, Xu Lai signaled the troops to move forward. He had been hiding behind and could not see the specific situation of the battlefield ahead.

With Xu Lai's current high level of level 22, his attribute coverage is quite wide, and with his blessing, he doesn't believe that Yan Feng will be entangled by the hell army.

Xu Lai was mainly worried about the enemy's flying units. These things were flying in the sky. Even if Xu Lai opened his eyes wide and couldn't see them, Yan Feng might miss them.

As a result of Xu Lai's approach, the human mages on his own side simply misfired. There were fireballs or lightning from time to time, illuminating the battlefield, but now there was no movement.

I don't know whether it was affected by the Forbidden Magic Ball or whether the mana was exhausted. Only the powerful light bulb like a small sun in the sky continued to play its role.

Of course, it's not a real light bulb, it's just a continuous lighting spell, a light spell, but its effect is comparable to a four- to five-hundred-watt super light bulb.

The intermediate eagle eye technique allowed Xu Lai to instantly find the core of the hell army, the demon hero sitting high on a hell horse covered in flames.

And this demon also noticed the appearance of human troops, and she did not show the slightest surprise.

The demon in front of him was prettier than most of the women Xu Lai had seen. Apart from a slightly reddish skin and two goat-like horns on her forehead, she was almost exactly the same as a human being.

Even if the two sides are still far apart, even if Xu Lai has intermediate eagle eye skills, he should not be able to see what the other side looks like.

But he saw it, and he saw it very clearly. He even saw the other party grinning at him, and the two black goat horns on his head seemed to be glowing red.

"This is a devil!" Luo Mingru probably also vaguely saw the female devil sitting high at this time.

"devil?"

Luo Mingru nodded and said: "Yes, just like the empire camp has two major professions: knight and priest, hell also has two major professions.

One is a devil who is good at physics, and the other is a pagan who is good at magic.

In the case where there are spell books and spells, the devil is much more difficult to deal with than the pagans. "

The spell book greatly simplifies the ability to cast spells, so that the wizards in this world can no longer be called wizards, but knights and devils who are good at physical attacks. A spell book can exert as much power as the spellcasting profession.

The female devil waved her hand, and the Goges at the front all raised the fireballs that had been brewing for a long time.

Xu Lai rubbed the forbidden magic ball hanging on his horse. It was obviously working. At least Xu Lai wanted to release a blind man, but he couldn't even open the spell book.

But those Gog fireballs seemed to be beyond the control of the Forbidden Magic Balls.

Xu Lai couldn't get an answer to this question for the time being. As the hell army threw fireballs, their general attack also began.

At this time, Yan Feng, who received Xu Lai's order, finally launched an attack on the Hell Army from the other side of the Hell Army.

Except for those Pegasus knights who shoot arrows, the rest of the rangers and heroes have Xu Lai's advanced archery skills and talent and treasure bonuses, so the damage is not low at all.

32 horse archers, with Xu Lai's extreme speed talent and 20% attack speed bonus, can almost shoot an average of two arrows per second.

The hero's arrows can basically kill the outermost horned devil instantly, and it is not a problem for the ranger to kill the fourth-level horned devil instantly. Obviously, the devil from hell opposite him does not have high-level defense skills.

On the mercenary side, the shooters and crossbowmen who had been waiting for the opportunity also began to counterattack.

The archers could shoot far enough to reach Magog beyond Gog, while the crossbowmen were equipped with repeating crossbows. More than 30 crossbowmen caused a terrifying blow from 300 archers.

Just taking a beating without fighting back is not the way of hell.

The Magogs, who were hit by arrows, threw fireballs that were far bigger than Gog.

The mercenary's shield had already been worn down a lot by the little monsters. This round of fireballs was thrown at him, and he was instantly thrown off his back.

However, many of the horned demons who resurrected also lost a lot of health points under the attack of the exploding fireballs. (End of chapter)