The Eastern Empire mass-produced griffons, and Duke Yuwen Shaogong also had the talent of griffins.
When the group of griffins led by Yuwen Shaogong himself is engaged in swooping combat, the group of griffins that covers the sky and the sun can cause extremely terrifying damage.
It can be said that Yuwen Shaogong's group of griffons is the nemesis of any ground unit.
Most of the griffins accumulated by the empire in recent decades are in the hands of Yuwen Shaogong. This is the most precious legacy.
The other party's arrogant attitude completely offended Xu Lai.
Without saying a word, Xu Lai said to the knight captain Roland who was guarding him:
"Go, break his legs for me. I don't like someone standing in front of me and talking to me like this."
Roland doesn't care if the other party is a messenger, he is just a loyal knight who will never disobey Xu Lai's orders.
"Are you crazy? If you do this, Grand Duke Yuwen will not let you go."
As he spoke, the rest of the mission and the guards all swarmed forward. .
There were not many people in the Eastern Empire's mission, only about ten people in total, so like the elves and others, Xu Lai let all the people in.
This is his castle after all. From the entrance of the castle, there are always a large number of paladins patrolling and guarding.
When he went to the imperial capital to recruit angels, Xu Lai also specially took the more than 40 knights he had recruited from the Hall of Champions in the past two months to the mountain fortress on the way.
Furthermore, in the castle, in addition to his paladin guards, there are also troops who are usually responsible for defending the castle.
More than a thousand of our own guards are nearby, and there are even four Holy Light Knights standing guard outside the gate. There are only a dozen people, but they are still guards whose weapons have been confiscated, so don't worry about it at all.
Roland didn't even draw his sword. He just waved his hand and the four Holy Light Knights outside the door rushed in.
They were also bare-handed, but the Knights of Holy Light were heavily armored. The opponent's guards banged their armors hard, even hammering their hands to pieces, but they couldn't do any harm.
In less than two minutes, the messenger who had spoken before had his leg bones broken by the Holy Light Knights, and he knelt down in front of Xu Lai.
Xu Laishi stood up and was too lazy to chat with the envoy. He walked straight to him and said:
"I don't know where you got the confidence. You have traveled thousands of miles. Run in front of me and give me a chance to make an offering.
If you have the ability, let your Grand Duke come to me personally and see if I can give him face. "
The envoy was quite brave. His legs were broken by the Holy Light Knight, but he still held his head high and said:
"Our Grand Duke appreciates you, so we are willing to give you this opportunity.
In the Eastern Empire, there are countless heroes who want to worship our Grand Duke, but the Grand Duke turns a blind eye to them all.
He specially sent me here this time. In addition to making you an earl, he even wanted to adopt you as his adopted son.
Do you know how many fights and struggles the three adopted sons under the Grand Duke took before they were chosen by the Grand Duke as their adopted sons? "
Xu Lai's frown deepened, and he said to Roland:
"Cut off this guy's tongue, and then throw all these people away. go out.
In addition, in my name, decrees will be issued in all prairie cities to prohibit transactions between any prairie people and the Eastern Empire. "
After saying that, Xu Lai stepped on the envoy and said, "You have really insulted the name Dongfang.
Go back and tell Duke Yuwen Shao to remove the title of Eastern Empire as soon as possible. In this case, when I defeat the Eastern Empire, I can still leave him a whole body.
Otherwise, leave the chickens and dogs alone, get out! "
Xu Lai did not dare to use force with his kick, for fear of kicking the messenger to death.
Roland touched his head and said to Xu Lai: "Lord, can the tongue be cut? Already? "
Xu Lai rolled his eyes and said: "Cut it, of course it must be cut. If you can't cut it cleanly, let him say even a few words in the future, and I will give you to Yuwen Shaogong as my son." ”
Roland quickly shook his head and said: "I don't want to recognize my father. I'm afraid that if I cut his tongue, I won't be able to send you a message."
Xu Lai said angrily: "This There are still about ten of them, and I didn’t ask you to cut them all off. Just leave a few to send messages.
Also, remember not to break their legs, at least let them go. I can leave on my own.”
For no reason, someone came to the door and wanted to find a godfather for Xu, and Xu Lai even laughed angrily.
Su Ya on the side quickly reassured: "Okay, okay, my lord, what is your status now? Why is it worth getting angry about such a trivial matter."
After driving away the Eastern Empire’s envoy, Xu Lai shook his head and said:
“This is no small matter. From the attitudes of these people, we can completely see the attitude of Yuwen Shaogong.
Then It's not like the envoy didn't see the prosperity and power of our Qingfeng City, but he still dared to say those words without any scruples, which is enough to prove that the strength of the Eastern Empire's army is far beyond our imagination.
In addition, Yu Wen Shao Gong is different from other nobles.
Other nobles basically reject heroes. Only this Yu Wen Shao Gong actively wins over heroes and wants to adopt him as his adopted son. < br>
Only we ourselves can know how powerful a hero is.
The nobles are scattered, each has his own mess, and there is no strong leader to control them.
This is doomed that they cannot truly unite with each other, because they each have to take care of their own interests first.
And we heroes who descended from the sky have no foundation or territory at all.
Yuwen Shaogong only needs to be fair and just, and reward and punish appropriately, and it will not be difficult to take the heroes who have descended from the sky for his own use.
At that time, they were a complete interest group.
I told the elves before that one hero alone can only determine one aspect of the battlefield.
If Yuwen Shaogong has enough heroes, he can completely avoid the frontal battlefield and rely on the soldiers led by the heroes to defeat the many with fewer, the weak to defeat the strong, and constantly cannibalize his opponents.
If it weren’t for the undead that held him back, and if the entire empire was just divided normally, then I think Duke Yuwen Shaogong is the most promising person to unify the entire empire.
When the Western Empire and the Northern Empire are both defeated, take the opportunity to devour the two empires.
The dignitaries in the Southern Empire are not enterprising and only think about where they can get more money every day.
As long as he sees the Northern Empire and the Western Empire being destroyed, he will most likely surrender directly without the need for Yuwen Shaogong to take action. "
Su Ya said with a smile: "What you said makes sense, but now, isn't Yuwen Shaogong being held back by the undead?
What's more, even if he can defeat the undead, if he wants to attack us, he still needs to go through Kerrigan in the middle first.
If Mr. Yuwen Shaogong is really as powerful as you say, I don’t think Kerrigan will attack us first, but will first defeat the Eastern Empire. Xu Lai smiled bitterly and said: "I hope so. After all, Yuwen Shaogong is also a human being. If he is strong, it will be beneficial to all mankind."
Besides, the Eastern Empire is thousands of miles away from us, so it can’t cause us any trouble for the time being.
Compared to the Eastern Empire, I am more worried about the stronghold. "
Su Ya frowned and said, "Is there any latest news? "
Xu Lai nodded and said: "When we were at the auction house before, Elena gave me the latest news from the temple.
It is said that the stronghold camp and the swamp camp have signed a non-aggression treaty, and the stronghold camp has voluntarily given up all the land bordering the swamp area. "
Su Ya was stunned and said: "Abandon all the land bordering Hehe Swamp? How much is that? I heard that the land near the swamp is of relatively high value. "
Xu Lai said: "Yes, the swamp area is rich in nutrients. Even if it is just a little bit, it is considered to be very good land in the stronghold camp.
Moreover, the boundary between the stronghold and the swamp is also extremely long. With the retreat of the stronghold, I don’t know how much land has been given away. "
"Then the Beast King is willing to give up? "Su Ya frowned.
Xu Lai also sighed and said: "Normal people would not be willing to part with it, and if the Beast King can be so willing, it can only mean that his intentions are bigger.
Although the land in the border area is relatively fertile, it is also very fertile every day. Being harassed by swamps cannot actually produce much food.
Coupled with the natural living environment of swamps, even if the land is given away, the creatures in the swamps will not be willing to live in the Gobi Desert. < br>
That piece of land does not bring much benefit, but will cause countless troubles in exchange for a prairie full of hope. What do you think of this deal? "
Su Ya sneered? Said: "Then they have to be able to take it down. The orcs have suffered so many losses on this land, don't they still have a long memory?"
Xu Lai said: "You can't say that. Previously, I wanted to occupy both sides of the stronghold, so I lost sight of one and failed to gain either.
This time, the Beast King has made up his mind, and it must be a large-scale invasion of the grassland. , maybe it’s the whole country’s effort.
The heroes and generals in the stronghold are generally of a higher level, and there are no important cities on the grassland. The most important thing is that we are too short of manpower.”
"The grassland orcs are good at field battles, and we happen to be good at field battles too.
You let Reina station troops at the Stone Castle, and then you fight guerrillas and burn them to death with Doomsday Judgment."
Su Ya came up with an idea.
Xu Lai laughed and said: "Your idea is similar to mine, but the enemy may not be as we imagined.
Moreover, the old guy Aini is still in the Stone Castle. In our hands, we have no way to set up defenses now.
In addition, even if the Stone Castle is taken down, the most dangerous thing is the enemy's flying troops.
We can completely bypass the Stone Castle and directly attack the city behind us
They don't even need a supply line. At the speed of flying creatures, they can go back and forth to supply on their own.
Originally, I betrayed the people in the Eastern Empire just because I wanted to find a way to buy more griffins through them.
I also sent a message to the market, asking them to acquire flying units at all costs, not only from the empire, but also from the barriers, towers and even the neutral ones.
I just don’t know how many flying troops can be gathered before the orcs gather to launch an attack.
I don’t even expect our flying troops to fight against the orcs.
As long as we can contain them and prevent them from going too deep into the Stone Castle, we will be satisfied if we can rush to Qingfeng City or Kaunaston Castle to carry out destruction. "
Su Ya thought for a while and said to Xu Lai: "Don't worry too much. There will be a way to reach the mountain.
Aren't you still worried about where to build a barrier city?
In my opinion, it would be better to dismantle the Stone Fortress and use readily available materials to build a larger fortress on the spot.
Orcs are best at fighting in vast places like the Gobi and grasslands.
Let's turn the entire area along the Stone Fort into a forest to see if the orcs still dare to divide their forces.
Although the forest cannot stop the opponent's air force, it can at least make the orcs have more scruples and dare not send out the wolf cavalry easily. "
Xu Lai nodded and said: "No matter how strong the air force is, it cannot directly capture the city, and it does not even dare to get too close to a large city with complete city defenses.
The only troublesome thing is that logistics supply routes and trade routes will be harassed and destroyed by the air force.
But if all the people in the Stone Castle and nearby areas are moved to the Stone Castle, there is no need to worry too much about the supply problem.
The remaining question is to see if I can unify and mobilize the entire grassland before the orcs attack.
If I can capture the entire grassland and allocate all resources uniformly, I will be confident that we can drive away those orcs. ”
After all, we had fought a battle with the Orcs before, and at least they wiped out an entire Thunderbird Legion of the Orcs, as well as a large number of accompanying self-protection bats and other air forces.
More importantly, the Orcs The ogres and supplies on the border were severely destroyed by Xu Lai.
The two most important wolf cavalry troops in the stronghold were directly destroyed by Xu Lai.
In addition, during this period, the orcs and the swamp fought one after another under the constant instigation of the Empire, Tower and other camps.
In this year, the orcs have hardly had any respite. There are actually big problems in terms of strength and supplies.
If he were the Beast King, he might first accumulate strength for a period of time and then slowly develop it.
But I don’t know if the Beast King has stayed in the barren Gobi Desert for too long, or he thinks that the empire has no ability to resist, so he can’t wait to invade the grassland.
Elina reminded Xu Lai, saying that the Beast King might have obtained reliable insider information, such as Count Aini, who had already lost his base camp.
But when Xu came here, he had no intention of keeping Aini until the orcs invaded.
As the saying goes, when dealing with foreign affairs, you must first settle within.
If the orcs come quickly, even if he suffers some losses in the front, he must take out Aini first. He will never allow problems to arise in his hometown while he is fighting in the front.
It was precisely for this reason that Xu Lai did not want to wait for the Qingfeng Army to rest and recuperate, but wanted to regroup his troops and immediately join the battle again.
Hancock has recruited a large number of mercenaries through the mercenary guild.
The troops in the rest of the places have almost been assembled. They can just wait for Xu Lai to be free and lead the Holy Knights and Angels to set off.
Before setting off, Xu Lai had told Reina to lead some of the Qingfeng Legion to capture the Stone Castle first.
In the future, Wang Chao will rush to the Stone Castle with a large amount of construction resources, and then move the Stone Castle and the surrounding herders, villages and towns back to the rear. (End of this chapter)