The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Tahan was watching from outside with a large cavalry force, making it impossible for Kerrigan to concentrate on attacking the city.

Without taking Gray Castle and without a ground passage, the main force of the Burning Legion could not advance westward.

In fact, Kerrigan was not very interested in advancing westward. He just wanted to eat up Xu Lai's main force.

Therefore, wherever Xu Lai and his troops were, Kerrigan would attack until the troops were destroyed or Xu Lai was killed.

It was just right that the Western Empire could be taken back. After all, in order to transform the terrain of the Western Empire, Kerrigan also sacrificed a lot of resources and souls.

If it could not be taken back, at least Xu Lai needed to be defeated once to bring back the morale and spirit of the Burning Legion.

In order to prevent Tahan from interfering with his attack on Gray Castle, Kerrigan sent out his Fire Elves Legion.

After incorporating Briston's defense force, the number of Fire Elves and Fire Elves in the Burning Legion was not small.

The reason why Kerrigan named it the Burning Legion was because the main force of this legion was composed of Lava Trolls, Flame Trolls, Fire Elves, and Fire Elves.

These are all fire-immune and fire-damaging troops.

There are many types of demons in Hell, including those that fly in the sky, walk on the ground, and walk underground.

But there are only a few that can really be used.

The Fiery Elves, who are extremely restrained against melee troops, the Lava Trolls, who have a large range of long-range power, and the Evil God King, who are the most important in the pig-raising tactics.

With the speed of the Evil God King and the Evil God, chasing those cavalrymen will not be of any use except being treated like dogs.

Moreover, the Evil God King is good at whipping, and although the attack range is better than melee, his body is extremely fragile, and his defense and health are not as good as those of the Longhorn Warlord.

The role of the Evil God King is still more auxiliary, and it is also an important means for the Hell camp to continuously produce mid-level troops.

In the current situation where there are only a few Hell cities left, Kerrigan is reluctant to consume the remaining Evil God.

The Lava Trolls seem to have the advantage of range, but the cavalry is the least afraid of long-range units.

Unparalleled speed, led by high-level, highly talented cavalry heroes, will unleash unparalleled impact.

In the previous test, although our side had an advantage, that was because the number of our archers was hundreds of times that of the knights.

Even though the output of the archers was far less because of the lava trolls behind them.

Unless Kerrigan has hundreds of times more troops than the cavalry, then perhaps both sides can fight to a draw.

But don't say Kerrigan doesn't have it, even if he does, he won't bear it.

And although the fire elves can't catch up with those cavalry, they can't attack remotely.

But as long as these things are within the coverage of Kerrigan's hero ability, human cavalry will never dare to attack.

Because even if they can kill the fire elves, they will definitely be killed by the rebound.

Even if one rebound doesn't kill, two or three can kill a high-level knight.

Kerrigan can completely bear this casualties, even if the fire elves die, he doesn't feel sorry.

But as far as he knew, the Eagle Kingdom had only these in and under the city of Graycastle.

Once this batch of cavalry was used up, Kerrigan's main goal would be half achieved.

Speaking of which, he was even more eager for these cavalry to die with the fire elves.

Without the restraint of these cavalry, he would wait for another half a month and personally lead the Great Demon Army to fly into the Gray Valley to block the retreat of humans.

Then a fire forbidden spell would directly kill all the humans in the city.

But with this cavalry, Kerrigan had to prevent them from attacking his troops from the front and back, not only would they rush out of the city, but they might also defeat his Burning Legion.

After Kerrigan sent out the fire elves, Tahan and his men really retreated and did not dare to get too close.

The group of fire elves did not dare to really attack the cavalry.

Once they got close, they would first be beaten by the archers. Even if the casualties were not too great under Kerrigan's protection, it would still be a waste of losses.

They are fast, but with the Knight's Wind Banner and Tahan's blessing, these knights are not something that the Fire Elves can catch up with even without the blessing of God Speed.

Even if they have the advantage of flying path, they don't know how many arrows they will be hit by the archers if they can catch up. After catching up, will they still have Kerrigan's blessing?

If not, Tahan will use the magic scroll and put on a fire control magic to launch a charge, and the casualties ratio of both sides will not be acceptable to Kerrigan.

The knights were driven away, but they no longer had a flying legion, and the thousands of abyss demons recruited again were not of much use.

Humans have the advantage of defending the city, whether it is long-range or ultra-long-range units, the human side has a greater advantage.

Kerrigan did not intend to send lava trolls to attack the city. These trolls standing on their own city walls may not be better than humans, let alone attacking at the foot of the human city.

Kerrigan has high hopes for his other auxiliary force, the crypt demons.

Xu Lai and Reina attacked the Western Empire separately for so long, and the winged demons saw a lot and killed a lot of them.

The only thing he hadn't seen were the Crypt Demons, which were known as the Twin Demons of Heaven and Earth together with the Wing Demons.

In the sky, Kerrigan had more useful Fire Spirits and Great Demons.

Therefore, Kerrigan had no interest in keeping the Wing Demons, whose speed could not be faster than the Great Demons and whose combat power was so weak that they could not even defeat the infantry of the lower level.

However, the Crypt Demons were not very powerful in combat, and their only powerful attack was a sneak attack.

But the use of the crypt demon is more extensive than that of the wing demon, because this thing can dig holes in the ground.

Of course, the crypt demon does not really dig holes in the ground, but uses its unique control of earth magic to shuttle underground.

The troops defending the city often ignore the underground troops because they can see the enemies in the sky but cannot see the targets underground.

The number of crypt demons is huge, and it is difficult for them to disappear suddenly without attracting the attention of scouts.

And they also need to consume magic power to shuttle underground, and it is impossible for them to really travel all the way from Briston to Gray Castle.

However, Xu Lai has no better way to deal with it. He can only order everyone to take precautions.

It takes a lot of magic power for the crypt demon to shuttle underground, but it is almost like hibernation when it is on standby underground.

If it is full and goes underground, it can stay underground for at least three or four days.

Xu Lai cannot determine their specific location, and cannot determine the timing of their activation.

In addition to asking the ground troops to be careful, he could only ask the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance to pay close attention to the underground movements.

Although the demons outside the city surrounded Gray Castle early, they did not make any gestures to attack the city.

They did not even prepare the most rudimentary ladders, let alone catapults and siege towers.

Although Xu Lai was the commander of the legion, he only wanted to cover his own attributes to Tahan and Reina.

The actual command of the battlefield was still in Reina's hands.

This made Xu Lai very free, holding up a telescope and observing the layout of the opposite demon camp.

Thousands of fire demons, which were rarely seen at ordinary times, appeared in Xu Lai's sight.

He couldn't count them one by one, but conservatively estimated that the number of fire demons must be more than 3,000.

The number of lava trolls should be even greater, at least tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of fireballs bigger than bathtubs hit the city wall, Xu Lai didn't dare to imagine the scene.

Fortunately, for more than half a month, Graycastle has been supported by thousands of craftsmen, tens of thousands of helpers, and the city of Qingfeng at all costs.

Not only have all the damaged buildings been repaired, but several arrow towers have also been added, and more catapult platforms have been built.

The phantom archers have all moved into the arrow towers with powerful bonuses.

On the city wall, there are also tens of thousands of sky archers who have been promoted to high levels. The rest of the archer masters and the like do not even have the qualifications to climb the city wall as the main force.

On the city wall, in addition to the sky archers, there are also royal guards responsible for protecting them with shields.

There are also crusaders and golden armored warriors who prevent the enemy from climbing the city and engaging in close combat with people.

As for the Seraphs and the Angels of Sin, Xu Lai will never move unless the enemy's demon army is dispatched.

To be honest, Xu Lai is quite looking forward to the demons attacking the city. After all, his side has a huge advantage in city defense and its troops are not weak.

However, Kerrigan does not think so. He is like an experienced hunter, quietly waiting for the most favorable opportunity for him.

After the two sides had been confronting each other for a whole morning, Xu Lai finally lost his temper first.

Kerrigan and the Burning Legion he led were three kilometers away.

At this location, except for some high-level catapults on the city wall, other means had no effect.

But such a long distance obviously exceeded the optimal attack distance of most catapults.

Except for the few high-level catapults with range enchantments, which could still maintain full damage, the damage of other catapults needed to be halved.

However, with the power of the catapult, even if the damage was halved, it would not be a big problem to kill a few demons.

The key is that after exceeding the optimal range, the hit rate of the catapult, which had a low hit rate, would drop again.

Both sides knew this very well, so Kerrigan placed the main force 5 kilometers away and the outpost troops three kilometers away.

Xu Lai didn't want to waste ammunition. The demons three kilometers away were extremely scattered, and many of them even had no shadows in the sun.

Obviously, those were created by Kerrigan using the mirror method to confuse the audience.

The purpose of doing this is also very simple, which is to consume the ammunition of the defenders.

Unfortunately, unlike all other besieged people.

Gray Castle has no teleportation array and does not need to block the teleportation.

Xu Lai, who has the warehouse ring, has a constant supply of supplies as long as Qingfeng City does not fall and the warehouse is not destroyed and needs to be rebound.

This secret is only known by a few people.

Even Kerrigan, Barton and others only know that Xu Lai has sufficient supplies here, but they would never think that Xu Lai has a whole city as a backing.

In the inherent impression of demons, humans have sufficient supplies.

Like Lionheart City, Kerrigan used a constant supply of abyss summons for nearly a month, but still failed to consume Lionheart City.

At this time, he also planned to use the same trick again. Anyway, he had the Gate of Hell snatched from the three-headed dog of hell, and he could summon the demons in hell continuously.

Unfortunately, Mendis was killed by Xu Lai, and all the Abyss Lords under his command were also killed or wounded.

The remaining Abyss Demons and Abyss Lords could not maintain too many troops no matter how much mana they had.

Xu Lai had no shortage of ordinary ammunition anyway. If magic ammunition was not too expensive, he would have planned to use it.

Dozens of boulders whizzed out and smashed towards the demon troops in the distance.

The reinforced city wall was already wide, and Xu Lai added several more platforms, nearly doubling the number of catapults.

With the support of Rena's ballistics, even though most of the boulders were beyond the optimal range, nearly half of them still hit the target.

The boulders brought a lot of smoke and dust. Xu Lai saw countless demons shattered into pieces in the telescope.

Kerrigan was indeed cunning. Xu Lai thought that the demons in the first row were a mixture of real and fake, but he didn't expect that they were all mirror images.

If Xu Lai really waited for the demons to attack, he would have thrown all the most powerful magic ammunition at this batch of mirror images, which would have been a big loss.

Of course, in order to prevent being deceived by the demons again, Xu Lai directly ordered all the catapults within the range to smash him hard without worrying about the consumption of ammunition.

Although mirror images can confuse people, even if you don't break them, they can still cause actual damage.

But mirror images are also extremely fragile, and any damage can break them.

Most of the boulders that were smashed over will break into many pieces of rubble.

Originally, these pieces of rubble did not cause much damage to the thick-skinned demons, but they were very deadly to these mirror images.

This is why the demons disappeared in large numbers after being hit by only a dozen boulders.

Xu Lai had super catapults that could launch more than ten kilometers away, so he didn't have to focus on this row of demons.

When the demons in the front row were bombarded, Kerrigan was still indifferent, and even complacent that the mirror image could work.

But when the troops in the rear were also hit, he felt uncomfortable.

After all, this was just taking a beating, and he couldn't fight back.

"Haha, the king of humans is still too immature, and he lost his temper so quickly."

The hit rate at three kilometers away was only 50%. At five kilometers away, not only was the number of catapults that could be launched reduced by one-third, but the hit rate was only about 30%.

If the demon troops were sparser, the hit rate might drop to 20%, and not many demons would die even if they were hit for a day.

However, no matter how small the number was, they died in vain. In the past, Kerrigan was too lazy to even adjust his position.

Now he not only ordered the troops to move back, but also kept adding mirrors and specially made fake demons.

Except for using treasures such as telescopes for observation, or having reconnaissance skills, ordinary shooters cannot see targets 5 kilometers away even with the vision bonus of the city wall.

As long as the fake demons are made darker, they don’t even need human form.

Although Xu Lai saw it, he had no choice. He couldn’t use those catapults himself.

In this way, based on the principle that people rest, catapults don’t rest, the boulders kept hitting until it was dark.

And the demons who were constantly retreating due to the boulders and now retreated to 7 kilometers away finally made a move. (End of this chapter)