The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

On the third day after the capture of Brilliant City, several good news came in succession.

The Coast Guard led by Avid captured and destroyed the Hell Camp, several water forts of different sizes, shipyards, docks, etc.

Going upstream along the Hanjiang River, dozens of water forts and docks belonging to different demon lords were no match for the Coast Guard at all.

However, the demon lords did not pay much attention to the water forts and docks.

Except for one demon lord who launched tens of thousands of winged demons to launch a surprise attack on the fleet, the other demon lords did not care at all.

The demon lord who mobilized the winged demons did not take advantage.

Above the Hanjiang River, the demon lords themselves could not fly and could not cover the attributes of the winged demons.

However, the Coast Guard had nearly 20,000 shooters, 500 phantom shooters, and countless long-range equipment.

The huge long-range ability gave these winged demons a painful lesson.

Even if these winged demons were lucky enough to board the ship, there were at least hundreds of brave and high-spirited sailors on each ship.

So far, there is no more territory controlled by the forces of hell on both sides of the Hanjiang River.

However, the various tributaries of the Hanjiang River and the narrow waterways upstream of the Hanjiang River cannot be cleared by the Coast Guard for the time being.

Those places are difficult for ships such as cruisers, even ocean-going gunboats and large arrow ships to enter and exit.

And because of the recklessness of the Coast Guard during this period, large and small refugee waves have appeared on both sides of the river.

When Avid sees humans, he will naturally find a way to take them away.

But even for a very fast magic-powered ship like a cruiser, even if it is just to patrol the main road of the Hanjiang River, it takes at least two to three days to go back and forth.

Before the Coast Guard appears, these refugees must find a way to avoid the patrol of the hell demons.

Another good news comes from Jian Yuan. Xu Lai's strategy of swiftness has achieved very good results.

When the demons were in chaos, the appearance of Jian Yuan and a large number of cavalry undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to these demons.

In the entire earldom, except for the Brilliant City, there are not many remaining base camps and fortress-level cities.

Most of the plains are indeed dominated by towns and villages.

First, these places are in the heartland and are not easily invaded by foreign enemies.

Even the Western Empire and the grasslands, and the borders with the Northern Empire and the Southern Empire, were all under the Empire a few years ago.

As for bandits and robbers, large towns also have security teams, patrol teams, and militias, and are not afraid of bandits.

Even if you encounter special buildings such as underground passages, there are castles and base camps nearby.

Second, it is out of practical needs.

The countryside can gather more productivity, and crops have no place to grow in the city.

Towns are necessary for economic prosperity while ensuring food.

Cities above the fortress level must have city walls, which are quite resource-consuming.

At the same time, buildings such as fortresses are all for fighting, which also means that the space left for people's livelihood and economy is very limited.

To build a large city, not only do you need to build wider walls, but the difficulty of defense is also doubled.

You can't just have walls without enough troops to garrison.

Towns don't have this need. You can expand your town as much as you want. You just need to build roads and build a few more watchtowers.

So although Jian Yuan didn't take the cavalry to attack the city, he led the cavalry to sweep half of the earldom in 3 days.

Wherever the cavalry passed, the demons either hid back in the city or had their heads chopped off and piled into a hill.

This move not only dealt a heavy blow to the demons of hell, but also brought great hope to the rebels everywhere.

Jian Yuan had no time to stay. The towns and mines they captured would soon be taken over by the rebels everywhere.

Although the rebels were not many in number, they had some combat effectiveness.

Once the demons sent troops to try to retake them, the rebels only had to light the beacon fire.

If the distance is far, Elvi will fly back with the angels. If the distance is not far, Tahan will go and come back quickly with the elite cavalry.

Jian Yuan led the cavalry and had no idea of ​​attacking the city.

On the contrary, because he never attacked the city, almost all the demons stationed outside fled into the city.

The knights of the Wind of Knights did not participate in the landing battle and siege battle a few days ago.

However, after the battles in the past few days, the 3,000 newly recruited nomads have basically advanced to level 4 or 5.

After the advancement, even without Xu Lai's blessing, with the statue of the god of war and the battle flag of the Wind of Knights, the speed of these knights is still not slow.

Those demons in the wild can hold on for a while if they defend the stronghold.

As long as these demons escape, it will basically be a one-sided massacre, and they can't escape at all.

The brave knights led by Tahan are too disadvantaged in chasing and killing, because they can't be divided into too many teams.

Jian Yuan led a mixed force of new soldiers and veterans, mostly conscripted knights, with the smallest team being a 10-man squad.

This group of knights, with the old leading the new, would not cause any accidents, and the efficiency of pursuit was high, and the experience was a lot of money.

Of course, the infantry, archers, and priests of the Qingfeng Legion were upgraded by two or three levels.

These knights also upgraded by an average of 1.5 levels, and they were basically conscripted soldiers, which really cost Xu Lai a lot of gold coins.

But Xu Lai did not pay out of pocket, and even made a lot of money.

Because he mainly paid the soldiers' salaries and advancement fees, and the war pensions and bounties had not been paid.

The demons would not be polite when they entered the city. After Xu Lai occupied the city in the grassland, he generally only plundered the noble rulers.

For the merchants, mercenaries and other middle and high-income people in the city, they could not be easily touched.

Once these people were touched, although he could plunder more wealth, he would also lose the support of the people.

If he only relied on ordinary farmers, Xu Lai would not be able to develop.

He captured so many spoils in each battle. If it were not for Xu Lai's good reputation, how could he convert them into resources so quickly from the merchants.

When he unified the grassland and sent officials, the mercenaries who supported him also made outstanding contributions.

However, the demons would not be polite. They didn't care who you were, whether you were an official or a civilian, and all the people and wealth were left.

After occupying the Brilliant City, the wealth that Matthias had robbed, except for the part that had been used for sacrifice, the rest naturally belonged to Xu Lai.

Although Xu Lai will return the land and real estate to the people, it is impossible to return the resources.

First of all, no one can prove that gold coins, food, minerals and other resources belong to them, unlike real estate, which at least has proof.

For things without proof, it is impossible for Xu Lai to give them as much as they say.

If someone asks for too much, will Xu Lai directly give them his Eagle Kingdom as compensation?

Secondly, the city was not conquered by him, Xu Lai, but by those soldiers.

The Qingfeng Corps has good welfare, and when the country was founded, it just issued a large bounty for military merit.

Therefore, even if these people are new recruits, they are willing to trust Xu Lai, and can do almost nothing under the requirements of military regulations.

This is unimaginable in any army, especially an army that mainly recruits soldiers.

But the Qingfeng Corps did it.

But as long as Xu Lai does not reward them for their merits this time, will these soldiers still work so hard and abide by the rules?

Therefore, if Xu Lai does not accept this money and resources, he will have to pay for it himself.

Then it's better not to fight this war. No matter how much Xu Lai reserves, he can't afford such consumption.

He still has the Angel Legion, and the pension can be reduced to an extremely low level.

But even so, if he conquers one or two earldoms, Xu Lai estimates that he can't continue to fight.

So this money is what Xu Lai deserves, even if someone has objections, Xu Lai doesn't care.

Who let these people lose their country? The Western Empire is no longer there, and there is no one who can make decisions for them.

Besides, Xu Lai saved the life of the owner after all, and the money was not stolen by him. If they have the ability, they can go to the devil to get it back.

The third good news came from Hantan City.

The Deep Sea Tribe, which has allied with Xu Lai, agreed to cooperate with Xu Lai in depth and jointly sign a strategic alliance agreement.

And when the old patriarch who led the team met Xu Lai's Coast Guard, he immediately decided to leave Emilia and the Naga Guard she brought with him.

It's a pity that Xu Lai crossed the river early and didn't meet the old patriarch in person.

Emilia and the Naga Guards are both amphibious creatures and will not be trapped on the cold river.

They are warmly received in Hantan City today. After a day of rest, they will rush to Brilliant City to meet Xu Lai tomorrow.

The old patriarch said that since it is a deeper cooperation, as allies, they have the obligation to send troops to fight for Xu Lai.

Of course, during the period of dispatching troops, Xu Lai will bear the food and lodging of these allies, and they should also share the spoils.

The number of Naga Guards brought by Emilia is not large, with a total of 3,000 people, but the lowest is the 5th level 4-armed Naga.

Unlike the previous support for Qingfeng City, since it is a deeper cooperation, the old patriarch also specially mobilized a murloc unit.

The murloc unit is naturally not as good as the Naga Guard, but it is also an amphibious creature, and the average level is also 3rd level, so it will not be a drag.

The key is that the number of murloc units is large, with a total of 10,000 murlocs, mainly divided into murloc warriors and murloc hunters.

The former are basically cannon fodder for the Naga tribe, while the latter are one of the few long-range forces of the Naga tribe.

Murloc hunters can perform semi-long-range shooting by throwing bone spikes behind their backs.

The so-called semi-long-range is usually used to refer to those whose range is far lower than the standard range of archers.

For example, if the maximum range of a normal archer is 100 meters, then the maximum range of a semi-long-range archer unit is less than 50 meters.

General throwing archers are almost all semi-long-range, such as Xu Lai's wind knight, the orcs in the stronghold, and the big goblins throwing hammers in the tower.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the Cyclops throwing boulders in the stronghold and the lightning titans throwing lightning in the tower.

The bone spikes of the murloc hunters can only be thrown to about 30 meters. The good news is that they can automatically generate bone spikes, and they don't have to carry a large bag of axes like the orcs when they go out.

These 13,000 amphibious troops will be added, plus the Qingfeng Corps transferred by Xu Lai, and the first-line suicide squads incorporated on the spot.

In terms of military strength, there is no big gap between Xu Lai and the demons.

In fact, the demons have many troops but they are scattered all over the place because they have to defend the entire Western Empire.

Xu Lai's military strength may not be as strong as the demons of hell, but he can gather into a fist, and any local demon will not be his opponent.

"The sun is about to set. How many families will move out of the city?"

Xu Lai was calculating his strength. He looked up and saw that the sun was about to set. He quickly asked Yu Lan.

Yu Lan looked at the information compiled by the secretary and replied:

“A total of more than 630 households have moved out of the city and have been resettled in three villages near our farm.

There are more than 200 households in a village, and they need to continue to expand a little more on the original basis.

The three villages are already full. It is unlikely that other households will be moved here in the future. Is it too close to Brilliant City? "

Xu Lai shook his head and said: "Placing them together is to give them a sense of security.

But this is only temporary. After they wash away the stains on their bodies, it will naturally be difficult for others to bully them.

It just so happens that since we are close to the city, we can use it as a role model for publicity in the future. We can also get some care from Brilliant City later. "

Yu Lan nodded and didn't say much. In most cases, Yu Lan was extremely indulgent to Xu Lai.

Unless there is a real problem, Yu Lan will basically not deny Xu Lai's intention.

"There are more than 800 men from these 630 households, and all of them have already reported to Brandi."

Xu Lai touched his chin and said, "Only more than 800? I remember that there are quite a few slaves in Brilliant City."

Yu Landao said: "The specific number cannot be counted anymore, and some people, even slaves, do not need to work in front of others.

For example, the cooks in the castle, the personal servants of the devils, and so on.

As soon as Brilliant City was liberated, they quietly blended into the crowd, and no one could identify them.

Of course, there are still many who are simply afraid of death, and you also said that others are not allowed to violate the law.

These people are probably lucky. "

Xu Lai sneered and said: "Ignore him, what about the rebels I asked you to contact yesterday? Are they willing to accept their recruitment?"

Yu Lan smiled bitterly, took a look at Xu Lai's face, and felt that he must be in a good mood, so she told the truth:

“There are more than a dozen groups of these rebels, large and small.

There are thousands of people in the big ones, and only dozens of people in the small ones.

There are some who are willing to accept our recruitment, but most of them are small teams with dozens of people.

The rest of the troops are also willing to accept recruitment, but they have to negotiate terms with us and are not willing to join us unconditionally. "

Xu Lai snorted again and said, "What conditions do they have?"

“Well, most of them are actually okay, I think the conditions are acceptable.

Some of them are professional soldiers who escaped, some are mercenaries, and there are also private armies of nobles and trained militiamen.

What most people want is nothing more than to give their families more land and property.

When we recruit soldiers, we also receive settlement allowances. These rebels are all pretty capable, so I think it’s acceptable to give them more land.

Some are unacceptable, such as Yan Wenjun, Xiong Zizheng, Alex and others. "

Xu Lai frowned. His memory was very good now, and he instantly thought of the people Yu Lan just mentioned.

Yan Wenjun and Xiong Zizheng were both advent heroes. Relying on their specialization abilities and the few remaining soldiers they had recruited, they both managed to gather hundreds of people around them.

And that Alex is the leader of the largest resistance army, with as many as 34,000 people under his command.

Among these 34,000 people, in addition to the elderly, weak, women, children, and non-combatants, there are still more than a thousand middle- and high-level warriors.

It is said that this Alex was the leader of the largest mercenary group in Glory City.

"What conditions did they put forward?" (End of chapter)