Chapter 1057: Staying unchanged to cope with all changes
Only Zhou Xu, a little brother, would say this if he asked him.
If it were anyone else, he would never show his weak side, otherwise where would he put his face?
Speaking of the latter, Xie Liancheng couldn't help but mention Zhou Chongshan who arrived in time, rescued him and the border guards, and fought alongside him.
The words unconsciously contained a bit of admiration, and even a bit of yearning.
"Of course, he is definitely not my opponent in a one-on-one duel."
After speaking, Xie Liancheng did not forget to add.
"But after this battle, I found that his will is really much stronger than mine."
Listening to these words, Zhou Xu couldn't help but roll his eyes.
But I didn’t forget to enlighten my brother.
"Zhongshan was not like this from the beginning. In his early years, he was anxious and restless, unable to calm down, and felt anxious and afraid..."
Zhou Chongshan in his early years was definitely not a good person. A strong-willed general, he was uneasy and very anxious due to pressure.
Unlike Xie Liancheng, Zhou Chongshan was purely unconfident and afraid of losing his value.
Listening to Zhou Xu’s story, Xie Liancheng’s heart gradually calmed down.
“Everyone has experienced something like this at one time or another, but your boy has been too smooth in the past few years.”
While the two were chatting like this, Silk, who had arranged the defense task, came back quickly.
“Your Majesty!”
Looking at Hilke who had something to report, Zhou Xu patted Jie Liancheng on the shoulder and stood up.
"Stop thinking nonsense. This battle is not over yet. You have to have a good rest and recover as soon as possible."
After saying that, Zhou Xu walked with Silk. aside.
"What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, what should we do with the two ogres outside?"
Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Zhou Xu's eyes.
“Kill them and make them into skeleton soldiers.”
Although the green-skinned troops had withdrawn at this time, the two ogres were trapped to death by the entangled vines. He was also drained of energy, and now he basically had no strength to move or finger.
According to the situation of the green skins, there is basically no possibility of surrendering. Killing them directly and making them into skeleton soldiers is the most appropriate approach.
After confirming the order, as soon as Hilke walked away, Zhou Zhongshan walked over with an unkempt appearance, and then knelt down on one knee in front of Zhou Xu without saying a word.
Looking at Zhou Chongshan’s appearance, Zhou Xu already had some guesses in his mind.
“Say it.”
“Your Majesty...”
As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhou Chongshan's hoarse voice made Zhou Xu's heart tighten.
"The trapped camp suffered heavy casualties, 365 people were killed, 56 were seriously injured, and the rest were all lightly injured!"
As soon as this number came out, Zhou Xu's heart suddenly pounded. One pump.
After this battle, it is no exaggeration to say that almost all of the trapped camp was wiped out! This is the ace unit that he has put the most effort into!
Just thinking about it, Zhou Xu felt so heartbroken that he almost couldn't breathe.
During this period, Zhou Chongshan's face was filled with grief and his eyes were filled with tears. "The general is incompetent, please punish me!"
Faced with this result, Zhou Xu took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and then personally lifted Zhou Chongshan from the ground. Help up.
“The green-skinned troops have a huge military advantage. You lead the trapped camp and are outnumbered. You don’t even have the troops to support you. You were besieged by the green-skinned troops throughout the whole process. It is not easy to stabilize the situation and hold the grassland pass. "What's Zhongshan's crime?"
While speaking, Zhou Xu patted Zhou Zhongshan's shoulder hard.
"I'm late! Even if I have to be punished, I should be punished!"
Hearing this, Zhou Chongshan was excited and moved, and at the same time, the look of shame on his face became thicker.
"Your Majesty, please don't say that. If Your Majesty hadn't marched all night and arrived in time, the general and the trapped camp would have died in this battle long ago!"
"Okay, don't say that. Come on, take care of your injuries and take a good rest. We must settle this account with those greenskins!"
Zhou Xu was also extremely sad about the heavy casualties in the trapped camp, but at the same time he was also very sad! It was clear that he didn't have time to wallow in grief now.
After comforting Zhou Chongshan, Zhou Xu went to visit the injured soldiers trapped in the camp to boost their morale, and then went to confirm their status with Silk and John.
At this time, Hilke was busy setting up defenses, while John and the others began to meditate as soon as the battle ended.
Before becoming an extraordinary mage, the mantra power in the body of an ordinary mantra mage was relatively limited. In previous battles, after two rounds of mantra spells were cast like that, even John, the most powerful man in the mage group, would have no power in his body. More than half of the power of the mantra has been consumed, and the consumption of other wood elf mages will only be greater.
Among them, ‘plant manipulation’ accounts for the majority of consumption.
Although it was only used once, the overall consumption accounted for almost 40% of the total consumption, and the remaining 60% was divided between 'savage growth' and 'energy extraction'.
They have actually mastered the mantra spell of 'Plant Control' for a long time.
I think back then, Locke often used this trick to control tree vines, hang up the younger members of the clan who made mistakes and whip them until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen.
But this move is still a bit too expensive for ordinary mantra mages, so they basically didn't use it much before.
Looking at the wood elf mages who were all meditating, Zhou Xu did not disturb them. After giving Hilke and the others a few more words, he returned to the outpost camp in the canyon and began to rest.
Considering the upcoming battle, he had to recover quickly.
After all, no one knows when the green-skinned troops on the opposite side will attack again.
As Zhou Xu predicted, the five hundred Imperial Guards arrived here successfully before dawn.
According to the known intelligence, there are three ogres in the green-skinned troops on the opposite side, and all three ogres have been eliminated by them.
Facing the green-skinned troops without giant units like ogres, with the 500 Guards and the troops in the canyon, holding the grassland pass is basically not a big problem.
But Zhou Xu obviously cannot be satisfied with just guarding the grassland pass.
In fact, according to Zhou Xu's idea, he must regain the lost ground as soon as possible!
The reason is simple, because there is an oil village over there!
Not only because of a resource issue, but also because he was worried that the greenskins would notice the existence of oil.
When the oil falls into the hands of the greenskins, they will be in big trouble.
Of course, even if we want to launch a counterattack, it will definitely not be now.
At least we have to wait for Bollevin to arrive in the rainforest area with reinforcements.
When the time comes, with the help of the lizardman troops and the extraordinary mage Bollevin, he will not panic even if he faces the large green-skinned troops outside.
But before that, they should guard the entrance of the canyon obediently and remain unchanged in the face of changes!
(End of this chapter)