The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Xu Lai personally visited the craftsmen in the dungeon.

The demons were pretty good to them. Although they looked a little sallow and thin, they were not skinny at all.

And besides the craftsmen, many of their family members also survived.

The craftsmen worked very hard, otherwise they would not have been able to repair the city wall and build several arrow towers in one night.

Their wives and children are even less likely to be spared by the devil.

Similarly, they never thought that demons would invade, let alone that the invincible demons would be defeated by humans again.

When they saw the human soldiers rushing into the dungeon, they were ashamed and ashamed.

The soldiers who rushed in first became furious and immediately killed these craftsmen without even caring about the heavy prison.

No matter when, traitors are always the most infuriating.

But fortunately Eric stopped them in time. After all, these craftsmen only helped the devils build fortresses and did not directly persecute their own people.

Of course, the most important reason is that they are not voluntary and should not be directly equated to traitors.

After hearing about what happened here, Xu Lai also came over to inquire immediately.

In terms of demand, of course these craftsmen cannot be harmed in any way.

The entire Western Empire is in a state of exhaustion and is in need of manpower.

What's more, Xu Lai of Little Gray Castle must not give up. This is an important hurdle for guarding Gray Valley.

Xu Lai defeated the demon and wanted to guard this place to prevent the demon from flowing to the Pafix Plains to continue its destruction.

In case of accidental defeat, Little Gray Castle is the most important escape route.

Therefore, not only could he not give up Little Gray Castle, but he also had to continue to build and strengthen it on the existing basis.

The arrow tower is simple to build. Just use the heart of the castle and rebuild it on the original site.

The work of reinforcing can only be left to these craftsmen.

But although these craftsmen are in great demand, Xu Lai also needs to take care of the emotions of others.

Xu Lai thought for a while and said to the angry soldiers: "They are just ordinary craftsmen, and they did nothing wrong if they wanted to survive.

Let them use work instead of punishment and use labor to carry out reform.

During the working period, workers are not allowed to take leave, they can only live in designated places, and only basic living necessities are provided.

Those who meet a certain workload and perform well will be deemed to have completed their transformation and will be given the opportunity to start a new life. "

It is said to be work, but it is also equivalent to being imprisoned in disguise, except that you do not need to stay in this simple cell, and your daily necessities can be guaranteed to a certain extent.

In this way, it not only met the actual needs, but also punished these craftsmen to a certain extent, so that the soldiers who entered the camp first could calm down.

In fact, if they were just ordinary civilians, even if they were forced to do some work under the oppression of demons, they would not be so angry.

It was actually these craftsmen who, in front of them, helped the demons build arrow towers and build city walls to slaughter their own people.

Not to mention these soldiers, even if Xu Lai was originally going to train soldiers, he was still unhappy when he saw this scene.

Naturally, the soldiers would not object to Xu Lai's decision.

They were all natives of the Western Empire, and these craftsmen were basically their fellow villagers, and they might even be neighbors.

There was some impulsiveness just now, and in front of Xu Lai, he naturally calmed down quickly.

Xu Lai still attaches great importance to climbing to the camp first.

He said again on the spot that in order to commend Xiandengying for his outstanding performance in siegeing the city in the past few days, he specially rewarded Xiandengying with 3 tons of red dragon meat.

3 tons of red dragon meat is 3,000 kilograms, which is exactly one kilogram for each of the 3,000 people who camped first.

Paired with the main dish and other side dishes, it can last for at least two meals.

Moreover, even if the price of 3 tons of red dragon meat is much lower than that of black dragon, it would be worth at least 1.8 million gold if sold.

After all, this thing has a price but no market.

No matter how much money a rich person has, the key is that they can’t buy anything they want.

With these three tons of dragon meat, even if everyone present had experienced great sorrow, they could not hide their joy at this time.

They are different from the recruits recruited by Xu Lai. These are all well-informed people.

The Qingfeng Legion is basically composed of civilians, and only a few officers may have some knowledge.

They know that dragon meat is valuable, but they don't know how valuable and precious it is.

The first people to enter the camp were either mercenaries or private soldiers. They were all professionals with a certain level and a certain social status.

Only with their extensive knowledge can they know how valuable dragon meat is, and how rare Xu Lai's reward is.

Anyway, except for Xu Lai, they had never heard of any other lord who would reward ordinary soldiers with dragon meat.

The most important thing is that there are many people here who have been stuck with their qualifications for a long time.

It can be expected that after this meal of dragon meat is eaten, a large number of people who can advance will appear in the first camp.

This is the real reason why Xu Lai did not choose to reward money, but directly rewarded dragon meat.

The soldiers who arrived at the camp first all left with satisfaction, except Eric who declined Xu Lai's reward.

Others just ate some dragon meat. As a dragon knight and a black dragon knight, he should not touch either black dragon meat or red dragon meat.

Xu Lai didn't force it. Although he raised a holy dragon, he was not a dragon knight.

Secondly, his little blue dragon does not think that he, the red dragon, and the black dragon are of the same race.

In addition to the Xiandeng Camp, Xu Lai did not show favoritism and also rewarded the Qingfeng Corps with some dragon meat.

These are the newly recruited soldiers of the Qingfeng Corps. Although their ranks have been raised, they have not eaten dragon meat like their predecessors.

However, there are too many of them. It is impossible to give each person two catties like the Xiandeng Camp. Each person only received about half a catty.

Even if it is half a catty, those whose qualifications should be improved can be improved.

If they cannot be improved, their current ranks are not at the top, and Xu Lai will not be stingy with rewards if they continue to make meritorious contributions.

Compared with the Xiandeng Camp, the new recruits of the Qingfeng Corps, although they have experienced a longer war, have received resettlement fees and land on the day of conscription.

If someone is really dissatisfied, Xu Lai can also talk to them.

Even for this greedy and ungrateful guy, Xu Lai has to strip him of all his equipment and order him to return the advancement fee and drive him out of the camp.

Fortunately, this situation did not occur. I don’t know if it was stopped directly by the officers.

However, although no one has come to Xu Lai, there are still emotions, which is inevitable.

But in the siege battles of the past few days, the performance of the Xiandeng Camp is indeed much better than that of the Qingfeng Legion.

As long as the people of the Qingfeng Legion do not come to Xu Lai, Xu Lai will be happy to be idle.

It is good to stimulate them with the treatment of the Xiandeng Camp, because the recruits are the most unbearable.

Today, the dragon meat is less than that of the Xiandeng Camp. Tomorrow, they will fight for their lives to take back this honor.

It just so happens that Xu Lai assigned the task of clearing the uphill on both sides to the Qingfeng Legion and the Xiandeng Camp.

Under the leadership of the dragon knight Eric, the Xiandeng Camp will cooperate with the 3,000 Naga Guards, 10,000 fishmen warriors, and the priest group led by Anna to clear the left hillside.

Brandy will lead the Qingfeng Legion and the priest group led by Yu Lan to clear the hillside on the right.

Elvy, with the Angel Legion, patrols in the air and is responsible for supporting the friendly forces on both sides at any time.

After all, there will almost certainly be ambushes in the valleys on both sides of Little Gray Castle.

And Jian Yuan and some of the knights he led need to find out the passage in the Gray Valley for Xu Lai.

This passage leads directly to Kerrigan's base camp. There must be many ambushes not only on both sides of the valley, but also on the road.

It is highly unlikely to set up an ambush. The passage is narrow and it is not a place where many troops can be deployed.

Setting up an ambush on the passage is almost useless except for temporarily hindering the passage of troops.

But if some magic traps are laid in the passage, it will be different.

Once the traps are triggered when the large troops move past, they can kill the enemy and hinder the passage.

If the magic traps are powerful enough, they may be able to form a linkage with the hillsides on both sides.

The Gray Valley has been transformed by the demons. If some magma is brought down from the mountain, it will be a disaster for the soldiers who cannot fly.

Therefore, Xu Lai cannot afford to be careless about this passage and must check and confirm it again and again.

There is no other candidate who can take on this task except Jian Yuan.

If there are traps and ambushes on the hillsides on both sides, Elvy and the Angel Legion are the only rescue forces that can arrive immediately.

Xu Lai himself, with Roland and the Knights of the Wind of Knights, stationed in the Little Gray Castle and the periphery.

On the one hand, he has to continue to build fortifications here, and on the other hand, he also needs to wait for the craftsmen to repair the catapults.

Attacking the Little Gray Castle is already so difficult. Without enough catapults, how can we deal with the more solid and terrifying Big Gray Castle?

Big Gray Castle is naturally not called Big Gray Castle. Its name is Gray Castle. It is built at the end of Gray Valley and firmly controls the exit of Gray Valley.

And because of this Gray Castle, the small fortress at the entrance is named Little Gray Castle.

Unlike the Little Gray Castle, which is only a fortress, Big Gray Castle is a real castle.

It should not even be called a castle, because the castle also has the most basic livelihood and living functions.

Big Gray Castle, however, is a military fortress with only walls and arrow towers, and almost no civilian life.

Compared with attacking Little Gray Castle, the difficulty of attacking Big Gray Castle is simply a hundred times, or even more.

Although Little Gray Castle is sandwiched between the valleys on both sides, it cannot be deployed in the valleys, but at least it can be deployed outside the valleys.

Xu Lai does not need to deploy too many troops, and it is useless to deploy more melee soldiers.

He only needs his own catapults, which can be deployed in a certain number, and he is still very confident in attacking Little Gray Castle.

But when facing Big Gray Castle, the situation is completely different. He needs to attack Big Gray Castle in the valley.

Xu Lai is not sure what the opposite valley has been transformed into, but from the information obtained before.

The widest part of the entire valley can only accommodate 6 knights side by side.

Even if Xu Lai transforms the catapults, he can only put two at most.

Even if Big Gray Castle does not fight back, it will let these two catapults bombard.

Even if these two catapults were the most advanced ones, and all used magic ammunition, it would take at least three to five days to smash a passage.

Not to mention, how could a militarized fortress allow Xu Lai to bombard it indiscriminately?

Therefore, Xu Lai had to prepare a large number of catapults to attack the Great Gray Castle continuously.

Even the Little Gray Castle has a group of craftsmen who are specially used to repair the city walls and arrow towers. Xu Lai doesn't believe that there are no craftsmen in the Big Gray Castle.

In addition to the craftsmen in the Little Gray Castle, Xu Lai also sent a message to Qingfeng City.

Let Su Ya recruit senior craftsmen and mages, and reserve as many high-level catapults and magic ammunition as possible for him.

With artifacts such as the warehouse ring, Qingfeng City is Xu Lai's large-scale long-range supply base.

If it weren't for this innate advantage, Xu Lai really didn't want to attack the Gray Valley.

Maybe, he would choose to close the Gray Valley directly at that time, and grab all the territories outside the Gray Valley first.

But even with the support of Qingfeng City, which can guarantee an unlimited supply of catapults and ammunition, it is still extremely difficult to attack the Big Gray Castle.

Xu Lai now has two contingency plans, one of which is being made now.

Not only to clear the passage in the Gray Valley, but also to clear the hillsides on both sides, so that the long-range troops can be deployed on the hillsides on both sides.

Otherwise, after some catapults are placed in the valley, the long-range archers will have no place to stand.

If the long-range power in the Great Gray Valley is not restricted, no matter how many catapults Xu Lai has, it will not be able to withstand such consumption.

The second plan requires a relatively long wait.

After Tahan has upgraded his level, collected all the equipment, and increased his attributes, he will come to the Great Gray Castle and throw a forbidden spell to it.

However, in addition to waiting for Tahan to upgrade, it will take at least half a month for Tahan to recover his ability to cast spells.

The lightning storm directly banned Tahan's air spells, and he can only wait for time to recover by himself, and cannot be shortened by any medicine or spells.

This plan is not perfect.

First of all, when the forbidden spell was released, Mendis escaped.

Now that Xu Lai has a forbidden spell on his side, it must have been passed to the demons, and they will definitely respond accordingly.

Air protection arrays, anti-magic equipment and treasures, and ultimate air control magic should all be prepared.

As long as these things are prepared in advance, even the forbidden spells will not be able to exert much power.

However, this can also be considered good news, because this will inevitably cost the demons a lot of money and energy.

At the same time, because of the forbidden spell of the air system, if there is a protective array in the Great Gray Castle, it must be anti-magic or anti-air.

No matter how rich the demons are, I am afraid they can't build two layers of arrays for Qingfeng City like Xu Lai did.

Therefore, the catapults and archers with pure physical attacks will greatly reduce the pressure.

Otherwise, if it is a long-range protective array, you have to break a few teeth to bite off the Great Gray Castle. (End of this chapter)