From a certain aspect, Sandru still valued Xu Lai very much.
In other words, Sandro valued Xu Lai's Seraphs and the Royal Griffin Legion very much.
They are all air force, and if they rush to reinforce, it will definitely not take half an hour.
The fastest Seraph Legion can even fly to another battlefield in a few minutes and directly enter the battle.
The bone dragons are not very afraid of the giant dragons in the barrier. After the two sides have been fighting for so long, there are fewer and fewer dragons in the barrier, but there are more and more undead bone dragons.
Sandro, in particular, dug several dragon cemeteries one after another, and after sacrificing a large number of low-level skeletons, he summoned a large number of high-level bone dragons.
A bone dragon might not be able to defeat a green dragon, but what about two? If not, just use 3. Anyway, Sandro has all the high-level bone dragons in his hands.
On the other hand, the number of high-level combat power of elves is not as good as that of undead, but they are still relatively well preserved, so the difference is not very big.
The key point is that these giant dragons, in addition to the Elf Royal Court that the elves must guard, which is the main body of the World Tree, are also distributed in the other four sacred wood cities.
There is a huge gap in numbers. In addition to the undead having the initiative, the elves, as the defenders, also have to share their forces.
The most important thing is that in the remaining cities, there is no existence like Xu Lai that can completely suppress the undead.
In other words, the outskirts of these elven cities are all shrouded in darkness.
The undead can hide in the shadows and gather forces without restraint.
Bone dragons are a flying unit, and are blocked by the dark sky. Even if a ranger who is not afraid of death takes risks to deliver the message to the elves, it is unlikely that the bone dragons will be discovered.
Sandro took advantage of this and gathered a large number of bone dragons and ghost dragons, catching the elves by surprise.
From the undead Bone Dragon Legion launching a surprise attack, to the heroes responsible for garrisoning Shenmu City confirming the situation and assessing the battle situation.
Then send a request for help report and pass it to the other Shenmu cities.
Finally, Xu Lai received the situation, and more than ten minutes had passed.
At this time, a fierce battle was going on between Xu Lai and Modo, and Elvi and the Seraphs blocked most of the sky.
In order to hold Xu Lai back, Modo not only released all the vampires, one of the undead trump cards, but also added a large number of ghosts.
This thing is relatively restrained for physics professions, and Xu Lai doesn't have many mages here.
Only Seraphs who turn on the sacred flame can kill these things quickly and effectively.
Moreover, Shucheng at this time already needs the support of Shenmu City, and it is even more impossible for Xu Lai to send Seraph away.
How could a group of recruited griffins fly to Shenmu City without Elvi's leadership.
Therefore, Xu Lai refused the rescue without even thinking about it.
He didn't know what happened after that. He waited until the battle here was over and the undead were completely driven away before he had time to ask.
The answer was more surprising to Xu Lai. Shenmu City was actually captured by Sandru.
Deep in Xu Lai's heart, he actually didn't think Sandro's sneak attack would succeed.
From the dark sky, he flew into the city with a group of bone dragons, which indeed helped him avoid a large number of long-range threats.
But the defensive ability of the elves is not simple. Take Modo as an example. Under the guard of the ancient tree spirits, the city suffered almost no damage.
What Xu Lai brought out was not even one-tenth of the power of Shenmu City, just a small group of elites.
The city that the elves are responsible for defending must have a higher configuration than the one on Xu Lai's side.
Those ancient guardians can attack the air and the ground, have high attack and defense, high health points, and can quickly regenerate their health points.
Apart from spells, Xu Lai couldn't think of any other way to quickly kill these guardians.
However, Xu Lai ignored one thing, something he had never worried about, but it was very fatal to the elves.
Morale, the morale of elves is generally low now, but the morale of elites such as dragons can still be maintained at the passing line.
Other elven warriors, such as the Sword Dancer Legion, the elves' only human shield.
Due to the large number of casualties and countless disastrous defeats, the morale of the Sword Dancer Legion was not even 30 points.
This kind of morale value is basically equivalent to having no combat capability. It is the kind that will be defeated after just two hits on the battlefield.
Therefore, the current elves can only rely on treants and dwarves, and these two units move extremely slowly and are only suitable for defending fixed locations.
Therefore, as the actual main race of the barrier camp, the elves always used their own sword dancers to fight in the early stage.
In fact, no matter what kind of troops the elves use, they have gone from a very large camp that occupies an area no less than that of the Empire to now only having a forest of World Tree, and they still need to be rescued.
This huge gap, as well as the fact that countless elves were killed by the undead and turned into corpses controlled by the undead, had an almost devastating impact on morale.
Therefore, when Sandro led the Bone Dragon Legion into the city, he encountered almost no resistance.
Except for the dutiful ancient guardians, the elves were completely defeated in one blow and failed to form effective resistance at all.
Morale was already extremely low, and when they were attacked by surprise, the walls at the front were filled with archers without heavy armor.
In addition, Sandro's goal was clear. He not only took action personally, but also flew directly into the city on a bone dragon to harass the civilians in the barrier.
Led by the centaurs, elves and dwarf civilians, the army only struggled briefly and ran away with the civilians.
It can only be said that the fear brought by the undead to the elves is too deep.
Even if there are some soldiers who would rather die than surrender, they can't hold on to recruiting soldiers, and they will automatically collapse when their morale reaches zero.
A breakdown in morale will trigger the herd effect, which is the so-called herd mentality.
Once this phenomenon occurs, it will be difficult for the most brilliant commander to save it.
The good news is that Sandro led a group of bone dragons to launch a surprise attack.
Once the elves and centaurs dispersed, Sandro would not be able to hunt them down one by one in the dense forest.
The only thing he can do is to control the bone dragon group and kill the elf troops that pose the greatest threat to him and are the largest in number.
Coupled with the dragon army sent by the Elf Royal Court, most of the elves in Shenmu City successfully escaped.
Another good news is that Sandru plans to use the sacred wood city as a springboard to attack the Elf King's Court.
Therefore, this time the undead did not directly choose to destroy the elven city as before, but chose to occupy it.
This may be more dangerous for the elves, which means that the undead will bring a large number of siege equipment, and the Elf Royal Court and the World Tree will encounter greater threats.
But for Xu Lai, it might still be a good thing.
He wanted a quick victory, but the key was that it was difficult for him to find the main force of the undead.
Even if he could be found, they might not want to fight him.
There is no benefit if you win, and if you lose, you may lose all your capital. Only fools do this kind of business.
But things are different now. The undead cannot transport equipment along hundreds or thousands of kilometers.
They must want to use local materials in Shenmu City to build siege equipment.
This means that the undead need to transport a large number of undead craftsmen and various precious resources.
This also means that they will not give up on this city easily.
What's more, now that the city is in the hands of the undead, the advantage is also in their hands. Instead, the siege party became Xu Lai and the elves.
Occupying the absolute advantage in numbers and terrain, Xu Lai didn't believe Sandro and refused to fight head-on.
If this is the case, Xu Lai will be convinced and entrust everything to Reina. He should rush back to Qingfeng City as soon as possible.
Of course, even if he wants to go to war with Sandru, Xu Lai can't just go there with his elite men rashly like he is now.
Sandro is not Modo, Modo is just one of Sandro's subordinates who is more capable of fighting.
What's more, the elves just listened to his advice and built a tree city.
No matter what, Xu Lai will continue to stay here for a while, and then consider other issues after Shucheng's defense force is established.
And the elves also need to think about what to do next.
Should we continue to stay in Shenmu City for defense, or should we shrink all our forces and gather them all in the Elf King's Court?
If he chooses the former, Sandro will obviously not care about the other sacred trees anymore, but will concentrate on attacking the World Tree.
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The number of elves' combatants is simply incomparable to that of the undead.
If we continue to divide our forces, the end may be the same as that of Shenmu City, which will be destroyed by a wave of Sandro's raids.
But it's not possible to concentrate the troops. The elves are not like the undead. They need to eat and replenish their energy.
When the undead is motionless, just lie down on the ground. If the spirit lies down on the ground, isn't it waiting to die?
If they really give up all the outer territory, the undead don't need to do anything else, they only need to surround the Elf King's Court.
At that time, there was no source of supplies and all relied on the supply of the World Tree. The elves could be declared extinct without fighting.
The elves were also undecided, and they were not very willing to concentrate their forces.
The Royal Court was already overcrowded, and if they gathered again, there would be no place to stand.
If you don't concentrate your forces, both elves and dwarves will feel that there is still a way out.
After all, there are three other sacred wood cities. Even if the undead hit the royal court, they can run in several other directions.
The morale of the barrier army is already low. If they are not allowed to break through, they may really have no combat effectiveness at all.
The day after the Elf Queen was captured in Shenmu City, she personally teleported to Xu Lai and had a detailed exchange with Xu Lai.
"To be honest, I can't give you any advice. After all, this is a matter of life and death for your clan.
You may not adopt any of the opinions I give now, and even if you do, you may not regret it in the future.
All I can say is that as an ally, I will do my best to help you.
But your future destiny must be in your own hands. ”
The Elf Queen, who only wore ordinary clothes today, sighed:
"What would you do if His Majesty the King were me?"
Xu Lai smiled bitterly and said: "I can't do better than you. I am a person who doesn't like to sit still and wait for death.
If I do nothing, it will be a slow death.
If I were you, I would find a way to fight the undead, and I would definitely fight.
It is not advisable to avoid fighting and wait for the undead to take the initiative to attack.
Just like in Shenmu City this time, the undead took the initiative to attack, either as a test or because they were fully prepared.
No matter what the situation is, the initiative is in the hands of others. They can fight if they want and withdraw if they want.
And we are in a state of being passively beaten, and our morale will never recover, and may even drop further.
So, not only did I have to fight the undead, I had to win.
If I can't win the head-on legion battle, then I'll think of other ways.
For example, this vast jungle must be the advantage of the elves, but the undead are limited by the number of high-level undead and must be bloated.
I will find ways to bloom more and use the excellent mobility of elves and centaurs to launch small-scale attacks in multiple areas.
In any case, morale must be boosted first, otherwise even if it is a last-ditch effort to guard the World Tree, it will be impossible to defend it. ”
"Then what are your plans next?" The Elf Queen asked again after pondering for a moment.
Xu Lai smiled and said: "I plan to ask Reina to go out and guard this new city.
First, we can completely solidify the territory we have occupied and expand our living space.
Secondly, clean up the remnants of the undead around and find opportunities to continue building more elven cities.
Or, find a way to take back the old city that the undead didn't destroy.
As for me, I want to see what Sandro wants to do.
He is the source of the undead. Unless Sandro is eliminated, the undead will never stop. ”
"Do you want to change the situation of the war by assassinating the Undead King?"
Xu Lai nodded and said: "This is almost the only way to win now."
The Elf Queen sighed: "We have also tried, and the ranger troops currently outside still have the primary task of finding the undead heroes.
However, undead heroes are extremely difficult to find. So far, we have killed only a dozen undead heroes, and most of them are new heroes who have arrived..."
The Elf Queen wanted to continue complaining, but Xu Lai suddenly asked:
"By the way, I don't know Sandro's detailed information yet. If you have detailed information, you might as well show it to me.
Also, although yesterday's battle was far from ideal, we still need to draw lessons from our experiences.
I wonder how much strength Sandro deployed yesterday. ”
Xu Lai's question once again touched the Elf Queen's sadness.
She sighed and said to Xu Lai: "I will ask someone to send you a detailed information on the undead hero later.
As for yesterday's situation, there is no need to trouble others. I have a detailed battle report here.
The battle report showed that the Undead Legion dispatched a total of about 100,000 troops. Although the number was not large, they were all flying soldiers.
Among them, the lowest level is the bone dragon, with a number of about 80,000 to 90,000.
The number of higher level ghost dragons is about 10,000.
There are not many shadow dragons recorded in the battle report of the highest level, probably only about a thousand. ”
Xu Lai exclaimed: "In other words, these 100,000 are all Bone Dragon Legion?"
The Elf Queen nodded and said: "Only these troops participated in the battle yesterday.
But we all know that Sandro must have more than this strength in his hands.
He now has control of Shenmu City and can transfer ground troops into the city at any time. "(End of Chapter)