The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

The speed of the cavalry was far beyond Matthias's expectations.

The number of nobles on the Western Empire's territory is the largest and most densely populated area in the entire empire.

The large number of nobles also means that they have many knights.

In addition, the Western Empire connects two grasslands including Pingfeng Grassland, and war horses are relatively cheap. Families with a little more money are willing to support a knight squire.

After all, knight squires have the opportunity to be selected by nobles. If they are lucky, they may become the next knight to be granted a fiefdom.

Matthias followed Kerrigan all the way to fight, and encountered dozens of knight teams.

These people are more or less powerful when they charge head-on, but they have never seen such a fast speed.

Xu Lai is not only fast, but also has the effect of prayer. He leads top knights such as Holy Light Knights or Heroic Knights.

In a flash, the two teams of cavalry bypassed the two sides in battle and fiercely inserted into the group of Magog from the rear and both sides.

From the time Matthias saw the two teams of knights, to the time he ordered Magog, Gog and other long-range troops to turn around, to the time he was stabbed by the knights, the whole process took no more than 5 minutes.

The charging knights were too fierce and violent.

Especially after Tahan was promoted to general, the fearless knights of the 9th level, the only profession, were like hundreds of tanks stacked together, and rushed into the flock of sheep at a speed of thousands of yards.

The mere 3rd level Gog and 4th level Magog were as fragile as cardboard, and could not cause any delay to the knights at all.

Only Matthias and the warlord guards around him were well-equipped and thick-skinned, and had some resistance.

But even these people only delayed for a little longer.

Even Matthias's head was chopped off silently by an unknown knight.

In fact, Matthias wanted to run when he saw those knights, but these knights were much faster than he expected, so he had nowhere to run.

The morale of the hell army was not very high to begin with, and now that the commander was killed, the morale plummeted.

In addition to the plummeting morale, the hero leading the team was killed, and the expertise and attribute blessing he gave to the whole army all lost their effect at this moment.

Originally, they relied on the expertise effects and higher levels of defense, offense, etc., even though they were far inferior to human infantry, they could barely cause a little damage to the opponent.

There was no need to worry about being killed by infantry who were not good at attacking, without even a chance to rescue.

However, with the death of Matthias.

The negative state of morale worsened, and without the blessing of offensive skills, neither the long-horned demon nor the demon commander could even break the defense.

And their enemies only needed a light knife, without much force, to chop off a demon head with one knife.

The situation instantly collapsed like an avalanche, and there was no room for recovery.

All the demons were fleeing frantically, wishing they could grow wings immediately and fly out of this slaughter-like Shura field.

But in front of them were infantrymen and spearmen who were bloodthirsty. These soldiers recruited from believers were not herdsmen.

The herdsmen had suffered enough from the orcs, but had never fought against the hell demons.

Most of these believers came from villages destroyed by demons, and many of them escaped from the Western Empire.

Otherwise, no matter how big the face of the temple was or how many territories it had, it would be impossible to mobilize more than a million young and strong people at will.

At the same time, they were believers of the God of War, and the idea they had been instilled with since childhood was to kill demons.

Now that these demons fell into their hands, how could they get away with it.

And their retreat was cut off by the knights in the back.

The collapsed demons couldn't even beat the 4th-level infantry and 4th-level spearmen, let alone fight against the average 8th-level knights.

Some cunning demons could probably slip out from both sides, but most of the demons couldn't outrun the two-legged infantry, let alone the four-legged knights.

Seeing that the battle would last from day to night, the demons would have an advantage at night. Most importantly, Xu Lai was not familiar with this place.

At this time, the various units chasing the demons were already scattered. If they did not gather while there was still light, it would be very easy to suffer non-combat casualties at night.

Blow the assembly call, summon troops, reorganize the troops, and set up tents.

All affairs were in order and well arranged by officers at all levels, so Xu Lai did not need to give orders again.

It is said that the battlefield is the best training ground and actual combat is the best teacher, and this is indeed the case.

This unit has been trained in Qingfeng City for more than a month, and when it was pulled out, it was still a team with an uneven formation.

After several actual combats, it is now an elite unit that can win and dare to fight hard battles.

At night, Avid took the trouble to take the transport team for several consecutive trips.

Not only did he bring a large number of tents, beddings and other camping supplies, but he also reorganized the civilian team of Hantan City.

These civilians took the initiative to undertake all tasks unrelated to combat, such as transportation, camping, cooking, etc.

Although Avid didn't say anything, Xu Lai knew that at least at this moment, Avid's heart was with the Eagle Kingdom.

Xu Lai dealt with the upgrade of the Qingfeng Corps and then transferred some soldiers from the Coast Guard.

The heroes on the other side of Hell have been slaughtered.

Because of this Hell Hero, the Qingfeng Legion gained a lot of extra experience.

It was almost comparable to the sum of the two battles in Long'an City and Wasteland City for many consecutive days.

Without the hero, even if there were still generals from Hell, the difficulty of the siege instantly dropped several levels.

The reason why Xu Lai had to draw troops was because this area was too big.

After the camp was set up, Xu Lai immediately found the refugees who fled from here to Hantan City.

And for the sake of rigor, Xu Lai also specially invited Avid to come over to prevent intelligence errors.

According to these refugees, more than a dozen cities and towns nearby, nearly a hundred villages and towns, all belonged to a demon lord named Matthias.

This Matthias was the demon hero who was stabbed to death by a brave knight in the afternoon. He belonged to the Burning Legion of Hell, but his ranking was not high.

Several major legions of Hell, including the one in Selron, had been dispersed by Xu Lai.

The remaining Northern Empire guarding the gates of Hell were also severely damaged by Xu Lai's attack. Finally, under the attack of the Northern Empire and the Temple coalition, they fled to other Hell cities.

According to the intelligence from the tower, many of them fled there and captured two hills of the tower in succession.

The Mage Council of the tower has as many hills as there are Grand Magisters.

Now three of them have been occupied by Hell, and even the Aswan Snow Mountain has been completely transformed into the Aswan Furnace.

The remaining half, of course, escaped to the Western Empire through the Hell Passage in the city.

These heroes were not valued by Kerrigan.

After selecting a part of the relatively decent ones to join the Burning Legion, the rest were stationed in the corners and some underdeveloped areas like Mathias.

According to the intelligence of most people, Kerrigan has not yet distributed the parts of the Western Empire close to the imperial capital, the Northern Empire, and the Southern Empire.

These places are all under Kerrigan's management for the time being. At most, during the half-year rest period before, demons were temporarily sent to manage them.

And because the advent heroes did not gain Kerrigan's trust, many native heroes of Hell were killed.

At the same time, heroes were also needed to garrison the territory of their own Hell, otherwise those unvalued advent heroes might have to make some trouble.

Therefore, the only demon hero that can be found in this large area of ​​cities nearby is Matthias.

In addition to this large area, the several territories adjacent to Matthias are roughly earldoms, and there is only one hero.

Earldoms can be large or small, but even the smallest earldoms must have at least a dozen cities.

The larger ones, such as the grasslands, even have nearly a hundred cities.

Although the troops of these marginal territories have not been drawn by Kerrigan, their combat effectiveness is not high.

In most cases, they are basically similar to Matthias, with only some low- and medium-level troops at most.

Xu Lai calculated that it was not difficult to take these cities, but the difficulty was that the nearby villages and towns had been swept by demons.

Just as it was difficult to clean up the demons, just like the humans on this land, Xu Lai could not clean up the demons in a short time.

Therefore, in addition to a large number of knights with fast movement speed, he also needed a large number of troops.

The real Qingfeng Corps would take at least a week to arrive.

It was not that Reina would delay, but the Qingfeng Corps were all infantry, and this time they would bring a lot of baggage and logistics troops together, so the speed would naturally not be fast.

"Mr. Avid, after the cruisers in the shipyard are launched, we will transform them all into transport ships.

With the current strength of the Coast Guard, not to mention defending the coastline, at least it shouldn't be a problem to crisscross this cold river.

By the way, are there enough sailors? This position cannot be replaced by recruiting soldiers. If not, recruit as soon as possible.

Don't worry about the treatment. All of them are in line with the Qingfeng Corps.

You should also be able to see the salary and food these days.

I won't tell you about the rest of the benefits, military uniforms, etc. You can find out about them by just asking any officer."

Although Xu Lai didn't go into detail, Avid had actually inquired about these things a long time ago.

The Coast Guard was established in a hurry, and the rest of the benefits have not yet been implemented.

But Xu Lai paid the salary as soon as he came. The standard, not to mention the current treatment of not even enough food, is more than one level higher than the previous imperial regular army.

Judging from the battles throughout the day today, no matter how fierce the battle was, how serious the injuries were, or even if some people died, there was no sign of retreat from these new recruits.

This is certainly because the believers have a firm faith, but also because Xu Lai gave them enough so that they don't have to worry about the future.

For example, the hundreds of soldiers who died in the battle today were resurrected by angels before dinner was ready, and they were able to catch up with a hot dinner.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Hantan City has received many people from Thorn City. Our two cities rely on the river for food.

I can't say anything else, but there must be enough sailors.

Not to mention the many refugees, many of them swam across the river directly, and their water skills are beyond doubt.

With a little training, they will all be excellent sailors."

Xu Lai nodded and said, "That's the best. The current transport ships are not big enough and the efficiency is not high enough.

The total number of main troops and logistics troops brought by General Reina must be at least about 200,000.

In addition to the cavalry troops I left in Hantan City, it would take several days just to transport them here.

In addition, let me put it bluntly, we are not a match for the Burning Legion now.

What if Kerrigan suddenly comes back and catches us by surprise?

With the current transportation efficiency, even if we successfully evacuate, we will still be blocked by the cold river.

After you go back later, you still have to hurry up and try to produce a few more transport ships.

Workers can be paid more generously, and those who are willing to work overtime should be given sufficient benefits. "

Arvid muttered: "Your Majesty, the reason for the slow landing efficiency is not just because there are not enough transport ships.

The most important thing is that there are not many ports suitable for landing.

If you agree, I would like to apply for some civil servants to expand and reorganize this port to make it more convenient for ships to use.

In addition, when we were patrolling a few days ago, we discovered the hell camp fleet in the tributaries of the upper reaches of the Han River.

The number of ships in this fleet is not large. If you allow me, I would like to take down this fleet and see if I can get their shipyard back. "

Arvid was reluctant to say it before because he was afraid that Xu Lai would not want to start a war with hell at this time.

He originally wanted to be more prepared, especially after taking control of all the cruisers and the soldiers on board, he would just do it first.

But after seeing the Qingfeng Legion's performance today, Arvid knew that with his methods, it was impossible to pry the hearts of those soldiers.

Moreover, this young King is very courageous and is a man who dares to fight the demons of hell.

If that's the case, then there's no need for him to hide it, so he might as well just tell it.

Xu glanced at Arvid and said nonchalantly:

"You are temporarily in charge of the Coast Guard, and you can make your own decisions on matters on the river.

In addition to this port, you can also renovate all nearby landing locations.

In addition, you are in a special situation now, so you need to train a few outstanding navy generals as soon as possible.

On my map, there are more than a dozen cities, large and small.

If you don't step aside to help me as soon as possible, are we going to give up these cities to the demons of hell again? "

Arvid was stunned. He originally thought that Xu Lai deprived him of his position as city lord to guard against him.

Unexpectedly, Xu Lai actually wanted to hand over the management of Mathias's territory and more than a dozen cities to him.

You know, there is a castle and three base camp-level cities here. (End of chapter)