Rhea Edric looked up at the sky tremblingly, and sure enough, she saw a man wearing golden armor and leading a group of angels appeared above him.
Even the strongest royal griffon cannot fly too high while carrying a group of knights.
The gryphon can bear it, but not everyone can.
Xu Lai was different. His physique was extremely high, so he only brought some Seraphs with him to observe the battle situation from high altitude and provide attribute bonuses to Tahan and the others.
Tahan and the others had already arrived near Lionheart City before receiving the news from the captain of the guard.
However, Xu Lai did not rush to let them enter the city, but asked them to clean up the demons on the periphery first.
There are dozens of human towns outside Lionheart City, and there are countless demons hiding in them, large and small.
Every day that is delayed, countless more people will become the devil's food.
The demons in Lionheart City are basically under control.
Besides, even if the army wants to enter the city, it needs to clear the land outside the city first.
Otherwise, the army and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city would all be supplied by food from Qingfeng City, and the pressure would be too great.
The appearance of the Southern Empire army was not only expected by Xu Lai, but also unexpected by Xu Lai.
It was expected because Xu Lai had long known that the three great empires in the north, south, south, and south were all plotting against Lion Heart City.
The reason why he rushed here was because he wanted to capture Lionheart City first before these three empires.
In good conscience, Xu Lai did not want to cause any conflicts with the other three empires at this time.
After fighting all the way to this day, the population has withered, the soldiers are exhausted, and the magical world has a food shortage, and is in urgent need of some time to recuperate.
Of course, as a Chinese, Xu Lai must have unified thoughts in his heart.
But at this time, he still preferred to stop fighting for a while.
He originally thought that as long as he captured Lionheart City and left the other empires with no chance to take advantage, they would give up.
But I didn't expect that the ordinary man was not guilty, but he was guilty of carrying the jade.
After Xu Lai occupied Lion Heart City, not only did he not let the three empires restrain themselves, but because his opponents were no longer demons, all three empires actually mobilized their armies.
After getting the secret report from the captain of the guard, Xu Lai was worried.
He simply transferred all his bodyguard knights and Yan Feng's cavalry corps into Lion Heart City.
The army marched into the city, which also meant that Xu Lai no longer had to endure it and could finally deal with the old nobles.
After learning that Xu Lai had been assassinated, Roland personally took action, and the captains who were promoted from the Holy Light Knights each took more than a hundred troops and rushed to the powerful families.
Yan Feng was also furious. Compared to Roland, Yan Feng was among the first to follow Xu.
Although he does not serve as Xu Lai's defense officer, his loyalty to Xu Lai is unquestionable.
Like Roland, he divided the archers into more than a dozen teams, each with at least a thousand people.
Either guard the palace gates, city gates, and all traffic arteries and intersections, or personally lead the team to hold down the battle for Roland.
The city is in chaos, and there are still demons lurking everywhere. It is not yet completely peaceful.
At this time, tens of thousands of troops entered the city, and the people welcomed them from the bottom of their hearts.
After all, no matter which country's army they belong to, as long as they are human beings, they are of the same species and race, and at least they will not harm them for no reason.
However, when they saw these troops who had just entered the city, they immediately dispersed and directly guarded all the traffic arteries.
No matter how stupid people are, they know that this is going to be a big war. Those who are a little smarter will find a place to hide and wait for the storm to pass.
Tahan and Roland sealed the city and did not intend to let anyone or the devil go.
As for Xu Lai, there is no time to wait here.
He is not the type to sit still and wait for death, not to mention that before his infantry has arrived, all he has at his disposal are cavalry.
The infantry and archers of the Southern Empire had just arrived ashore after a long journey, and immediately marched towards Lion Heart City.
Because he came to attack the city, Will brought a large number of infantry and archers, but not many pikemen.
Traveling so fast, the Southern Empire's army didn't have time to set up camp.
In fact, there was enough time, but Will did not intend to waste time on the road. He wanted to rush to the vicinity of Lionheart City in one go and set up camp directly there.
The enemy is exhausted, and we are waiting for work and fighting at home.
They are also the cavalry who are best at fighting on the plains, and their charge power can be doubled.
In this case, if Xu Lai didn't fight with them, he would feel at a loss.
So he sat on Yu Lan's body and asked Elvi to fly directly to high altitude with a hundred Seraphim escorts to control the battle remotely.
There was no suspense in the battle. When Tahan rushed to the battlefield with more than 100,000 cavalry, the outcome was already doomed.
There was a roar like rolling thunder, and seeing the knights rolling in, even the most elite royal archer group was so panicked that they couldn't even hold their bows.
The three major royal legions are all selected from the most elite warriors, and no recruited soldiers are qualified to be selected.
Because soldiers who enter the Royal Legion must change to the best standard equipment.
This alone is enough for the soldiers of the Royal Legion to crush any legion of the same level.
However, just having the best equipment is useless.
In fact, there has been no major war in the empire for thousands of years. These soldiers who have been selected into the Royal Legion, except for the best rank and equipment, do not have high fighting will.
Especially since they were sent to the wealthy south, where the Royal Princess Jasmine personally controlled the power, and their treatment was even better than when they were in Lion Heart City.
A life of wealth and luxury always makes it easy for people to become addicted, thus losing the determination to fight hard.
What's more, facing the panic cavalry, any resistance is in vain.
Tahan took the lead, and the thousands of knights he led pierced the heart of the Southern Empire army like a sharp knife.
Under the constant scoldings of Earl Will and a group of senior officers, the royal archers barely raised their bows and launched a wave of counterattacks. After just one charge, they lost all the strength to resist.
The morale of the Southern Empire army was still quite high. No matter how sharp the sword was, it could only stab a few thousand people to death in one round.
Compared to the 200,000-strong army, these thousands of casualties are really nothing.
The continuous flow of knights and continuous charges that follow are the real trump card.
However, even if the morale of the troops is still as high as over 70 points, after the soldiers lose their morale to fight, collapse becomes the only outcome.
Countless of the most advanced royal archers dropped their longbows and swords early before the subsequent knights arrived.
On the contrary, it was the heavy shield infantry who were responsible for covering these shooters. Although the casualties were greater, many of them were still holding on.
Of course, they couldn't hold on for long. The second wave of knights and the third wave of knights came in a steady stream. They were so stubborn that not even a single piece of the body could be found intact.
More people put down their weapons and surrendered. If they did so slowly, the knights would not be able to control them even if they wanted to spare their lives.
A battle involving more than 300,000 people from both sides didn't even last half an hour.
Xu Lai didn't even invest tens of thousands of cavalry here, let alone the huge phalanx of the Southern Empire's 200,000 troops.
One hundred thousand knights were many, but it was impossible to rush out in a swarm.
Not to mention that the terrain is not spread out enough, even if it is enough, the knight behind can only poke the butt of the knight in front.
If the Southern Empire's army really resisted desperately, even if the cavalry could crush the infantry, 200,000 pigs would not be killed in half a day.
When Rhea arrived with the Royal Griffin Regiment, he happened to see the Southern Empire army almost surrendering collectively.
Everyone else had surrendered, so Xu Lai certainly couldn't kill them all, especially when his family was short of people.
These people are all very good labor force. If you choose them carefully, it is not impossible to incorporate them into your own use.
And Xu Lai did not expect that uninvited guests would appear on the battlefield.
He didn't want to show up originally, but also wanted to see the overall situation better, so he flew a little high.
It just so happened that these griffins didn't pay attention to the tops of their heads at all.
With such a large group of griffons, Xu Lai couldn't help but avoid noticing them, so he avoided them in advance.
After the gryphons stopped, Xu Lai first found the leader among the gryphon knights, and then flew down with Elvi and the others.
Xu Lai's sudden appearance really scared Ruiya half to death.
However, before Rhea could speak, Elvi flapped her wings and the sword was already placed on Rhea Edric's neck.
"Be careful, don't move!"
As the strongest Seraph, Elvi is really as fast as a ghost with the blessing of Xu Lai's speed force.
A large amount of cold sweat broke out on Ruiya's forehead instantly. She forced herself to calm down and said to Xu Lai:
"Your Majesty, King of the Eagle Kingdom, what do you mean?"
When their boss fell into the hands of others, the other gryphon knights naturally did not dare to act rashly.
Xu Lai smashed Ba Ba's mouth and said:
"It's my turn to ask you this, right? My troops and I are fighting here, why are you bringing your gryphons over here to join in the fun?"
Rhea Edric was speechless. She couldn't tell Xu that he was here to take advantage.
After a moment of silence, Rhea said: "Your Majesty the King, please think clearly that your current actions mean that you are declaring war on the Eastern Empire.
I think there are still many misunderstandings between us, so why don't we all sit down and talk about it. ”
Xu Lai sneered and said: "Is it just you?
I forgot to ask, in what capacity are you talking to me now?
Is it in the name of the leader of the Royal Griffin Knights of the Empire, or in the name of a vassal of the Eastern Empire.
If it's the former, I can tell you a few words.
If it's the latter, then sorry, you're not qualified yet. ”
After saying this, Rhea was speechless after being criticized again.
Indeed, he is the founding king after all, a human king recognized by the temple and blessed by the God of War.
And if he gave up his identity as the commander of the imperial army, he would be just a vassal under the Grand Duke, and he would really not be qualified to talk to Xu Lai.
"As for me, I am Yu Wenxin from the Yuwen family of the Eastern Empire. I should be able to talk to you."
Seeing Ruiya being restrained, Yu Wenxin stood up without hesitation.
Xu Lai glanced at Yu Wenxin who stood up, frowned, and the giant eagle under his feet immediately sensed his thoughts.
A chain lightning struck Yu Wenxin instantly.
The power of the chain lightning was certainly not enough to kill Yu Wenxin, but he and the royal griffon under him were all struck by lightning.
Under the influence of the paralysis effect, the two people immediately fell from the height.
Xu Lai just waved his hand gently, and the two Seraphs flew out.
In order to prevent accidents, Xu Lai dispatched two Seraphs to save face.
He could still calm down when a sword was held at his neck, but when Yu Wenxin fell and two Seraphs chased him out, Rhea couldn't calm down anymore.
"Xu Lai, what are you going to do? Do you really want to provoke a war with the Eastern Empire?"
Xu Lai snorted coldly and said: "Didn't you start the war?
I snatched Lionheart City back from the devil. Now you are all coming with soldiers and horses to rob my city. Are you still not allowing me to fight back?
There is no such truth in the world.
If you dare to appear here today, you must have the consciousness of death. Otherwise, what are you doing here, playing house? ”
"Yu Wenxin is the second son of Grand Duke Yuwen. If you kill him, Grand Duke Yuwen will never let you go."
Xu Lai shrugged nonchalantly and said, "Will he let me go if I send you back intact?"
Rhea Edric was stunned and said: "I, I don't know."
Xu Lai laughed and said: "Okay, I'll put you back now. How about you help me be a lobbyist after you go back?
I really don’t want to provoke the Eastern Empire now. You go back and let Yuwen Shaoguang express his condolences. Anyway, I heard that he has many sons. ”
Although Xu Lai's words were unpleasant, Rhea's eyes lit up and she said, "His Majesty the King is really willing to let me go back?"
Xu Lai smiled and said, "If you don't want to, just go back. I just don't know if Yuwen Shaoguang will let you go if you go back."
Rhea's face turned pale, and then she remembered that Yu Wenxin was the only one who died in the entire Griffin Legion.
If he really goes back like this, what should he say if Yuwen Shaoguang asks.
Just say that Xu Lai killed his son alone among thousands of troops?
Or is it that your son ran out recklessly and ended up getting killed?
Even if Yuwen Shaoguang believed these explanations, he would not let him go.
In any case, Yuwen Shaoguang handed over his son to him. If he took him out and failed to bring him back, he would definitely have no way to explain.
But fortunately, he can still go back. Considering the face of his Royal Griffin Knights, Yuwen Shaoguang should not do anything to him.
The most I can do is be more obedient from now on, give Yuwen Shaoguang a little more face, and sacrifice a little dignity.
"Oh, by the way, you can go back, but you have to leave these griffins under your command to me.
Don't worry, I don't want any of your knights, including their mounts. You can still fly back. ”
"Wha, what?"
"What? Do you think that the lives of yourself and your brothers are less valuable than these tens of thousands of griffins?" (End of Chapter)