In just one month, more than 10,000 main troops were directly lost, and they were all high-speed main troops.
Previously, the orcs wanted to use self-destructing bats with acceleration capabilities to sneak attack Xu Lai's air units, and dispatched more than a thousand of them in one breath.
Even an archangel would not be able to bear being hit by these guys.
Because self-destruction bats cannot be recruited and can only be domesticated in the wild, it is not easy to increase their numbers. The key is that the damage of this thing is very low.
The normal attack is to throw a fireball. Not only does it not throw far, but the damage when thrown is not high, and its ability to fight in single combat is almost non-existent.
In addition to normal attacks, the self-destructing bat can also self-destruct, exploding the fuel stored in its body at once.
But because it is a group attack, the damage is still not high. However, the self-destruction damage is fire spell damage and ignores physical defense.
At this time, the problem of insufficient intelligence of the orcs became apparent.
They only knew that the one fighting them was the archangel, but they didn’t know that there was a large group of seraphs watching the show.
Seraph is completely immune to fire damage. When he saw a group of self-destructing bats, he took the initiative to greet them, so that more than a thousand self-destructing bats didn't even get a hair back.
After surviving the end of February, the orcs no longer wanted to waste their strength in vain, and supplies and troops from the rear have been gradually transferred to place.
When Xu Lai saw the golden eagles, rocs, and thunderbirds covering the sky and the sun, flying over the Pingfeng Mountains, he knew it was time to retreat.
These flying troops were sent out by the Beast King to cover the army passing through the Pingfeng Mountains.
There are not many entrances and exits in the Pingfeng Mountains. The orc warriors can also reach the grassland by climbing over the Pingfeng Mountains.
However, it is impossible for the behemoths, logistics supply vehicles, and wolf riders who are not good at climbing to climb over the mountain.
The existence of the Pingfeng Mountains prevented the orcs from launching a full-scale invasion.
Even this time, the orcs did not go out in full force. First, they had to reserve some troops to defend the swamp camp.
Secondly, there are natural dangers like the Pingfeng Mountains. The roads that can be passed are basically trails. Even if supply vehicles can barely pass, they will suffer huge losses if they are not careful along the way.
A large-scale invasion, unless it can be resolved quickly and 100% able to take away cities and land from humans, will most likely lead to no return.
The mere existence of the Pingfeng Mountains is already a huge headache for the orcs.
If there are still imperial troops harassing people near the Pingfeng Mountains, the difficulty of passage and transportation will increase many times.
Therefore, the Beast King flew the flying troops that could quickly pass through the Pingfeng Mountains first to drive away the imperial army near the Pingfeng Mountains and cover his own troops and supplies passing through the mountains.
This was originally a very correct decision, but the rough beast king just forgot to add a sentence, do not pursue the enemy.
Xu Lai has been staying in the Pingfeng Mountains. In addition to wanting to eat all the orcs' reconnaissance troops and put on a show for the beast king, his other purpose is to harass the orcs' mountain-crossing troops.
With his attributes and specialization, even if there are only less than a thousand Paladins around him, their combat capabilities are extraordinary.
According to the speed of the orcs crossing the mountain, Xu Lai basically does not need to worry too much before the large group of orc infantry crosses the mountain.
However, the appearance of orc flying troops forced Xu Lai to abandon this tactic.
The main force of the Orc flying force is the Thunderbird. The Thunderbird's main attack method is the physical attack of its claws and beak, but it also carries air spell attack capabilities such as thunderbolt and lightning.
After all, the Paladin's invincibility only lasts for one minute, and the number of enemy Thunderbird troops is quite terrifying. If he is not careful, his entire team of less than a thousand people may be trapped here.
And in addition to the flying troops, the enemy's high-level combat capabilities, such as powerful heroes such as the Sword Master, Ax King, and Beast King, are likely to directly climb over Pingfeng Mountain to support them.
Unlike humans, orcs believe that hero is an extremely glorious title, and only the strongest can inherit the title of hero.
Therefore, orc heroes pay more attention to improving their own abilities, and they often bear the brunt of it during battles.
Although humans also pay attention to these, there are also brave generals and pioneers who lead the charge, but they pay more attention to tactics, formations and strategies.
To put it simply, orcs value themselves more, or the strength of the individual.
Humans are better at using collective power, which is also a key factor in humans being able to defeat powerful races such as orcs and demons.
Top heroes like Sword Master and Axe really dare and are very likely to fight alone.
Xu Lai is not afraid, but there is no need to take this risk. It is not the time to fight the orcs yet.
Unfortunately, God failed, and Xu Lai did not want to have a decisive battle with the main force of the orcs at this time.
However, when the flying troops in the sky saw Xu Lai leaving, they mistakenly thought that Xu Lai was scared, so they chased after him.
Xu Lai brought cavalry, which was not slow, and was blessed by the speed force. If he accelerated with all his strength, even flying units would not be able to catch up.
But after running for a while, he found that these big birds were really following him, and he simply didn't let them go.
Using the Magic Message Stone, I directly notified Elvi to come to meet up, and then asked Giselle to come out with the fastest phantom shooters to meet her.
Under Xu Lai's order, Giselle didn't even dare to bring a 6th-level phantom archer, but only a 7th-level phantom marksman and an 8th-level phantom archer.
In the battle of Mingyue City, there were many people who upgraded to Phantom Marksman and Phantom Archer.
Coupled with the phantom shooters Lena borrowed, they were also her main force in conquering the dungeon city.
With the extremely long range and terrifying power, as long as you use your own catapults to destroy the opponent's catapults defending the city, it will basically be crushed without damage.
In this way, almost all the phantom shooters who followed him have advanced.
The phantom archers from both sides merged, and Giselle had a total of 500 level 7 phantom marksmen and more than a hundred level 8 phantom archers.
Before they set off, Reina specially tore up an ultimate attack acceleration card for them, which could last longer.
The phantom marksmen, who are extremely agile, are almost as fast as the knights on the grassland. If they march forcefully, they can be comparable to the charging ordinary knights.
Of course, elves are not a race known for their physical strength. Their physical strength is not very high. If they really have to march forcefully, they may fall asleep in two or three hours.
Xu Lai called Giselle and the others here in order to annihilate these flying troops as much as possible.
These guys are too mobile, only better here on the grassland, the terrain is flat and there is no cover.
If it turns into a hilly area and detours are needed everywhere, the cavalry, which is ten times or a hundred times larger than these flying soldiers, will not be able to keep up with these air units.
Xu Lai is really not afraid of the orc infantry, wolf cavalry, etc. But these air forces, if used well, will become a nightmare for the human race.
This was a temporary decision. Xu Lai couldn't say whether it would be effective or not. He could only say that he would try his best.
For this reason, he constantly controlled the speed of his horse, allowing the enemy's air troops to slightly surpass them, giving them the illusion that they could catch up if they put more effort.
This is indeed the case. Xu Lai and the others ran for who knows how long. An extremely huge thunderbird flying at the front was less than a hundred meters away from the last knight.
This thunderbird is much larger than the other thunderbirds. The most terrifying thing is that this thunderbird is also carrying a short orc. Not only is it not slow, but it can surpass the other thunderbirds.
Xu Lai felt that this was not the top speed of the thunderbird. The opponent obviously did not dare to leave the large group, so it just flew at the front.
The orc on the Thunderbird quietly took out the ax at his waist.
His eyes have been fixed on the last knight.
If it were on the ground, a hundred meters away, he would have already thrown the flying ax in his hand.
But now he was in the sky, a hundred meters away, and he was attacking the same moving target at a fast speed, so he didn't have much confidence.
He was afraid of irritating the knights running for their lives below, and no matter how strong he was, he could only throw one ax at a time.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he forced himself to hold back and prevent himself from throwing the axe.
Just to make it easier to attack these ground knights, their flying force was at an extremely low altitude, completely ignoring the figures above them hidden in the clouds.
The running time has been too long, and it has been so long that the Beast King also discovered the abnormality, and sent a message to the hero who led these flying troops, the half-orc Ruda.
Although Ruda wanted to kill the humans below in one go, after all, he did not have the courage to disobey the Beast King's order.
"Sir, they seem to have stopped."
As an adjutant, Jilong has been following Xu Lai, and he doesn't have to pay attention to Xu Lai's safety at all times like Roland.
Hearing this, Xu Lai looked behind him, and sure enough he saw himself and the thunderbirds. The rocs were getting further and further away.
“Stop, stop!”
Although Giselle hasn’t arrived yet, Xu Lai still wants to give it a try.
At least in the grasslands west of Hard Rock City, most people, whether friends or foes, were semi-forced to move to the rear.
In other words, this grassland is not affiliated with Aini's camp for the time being, and the existence of it marked as Xu Lai's enemy can allow him to use Doomsday Judgment boldly.
But once his Doomsday Judgment is used, these flying units will immediately flee, so he only has one chance to release them.
Later, even if he could catch up with these flying soldiers, it would only be on the ground.
He can't fly. For a flying unit that can easily reach thousands of meters high, Doomsday Judgment won't be able to cover many enemies at all.
Originally, he wanted to use Giselle and her phantom shooter to get some arrow rain to assist the output and kill more flying units at once.
But since they were going to run away, Xu Lai couldn't wait any longer.
“Chase!”
Xu Lai ordered again that even if he sacrifices a little today, he will try to keep these flying units as much as possible. Anyway, Elvi is already nearby, and the Angel Legion will be ready at any time. Can release resurrection spell.
The half-orc Ruda had already raised his altitude and was about to turn around and leave.
After noticing the returning Xu Lai troops, they decisively regrouped the troops in the air.
Xu Lai raised his own flag, but unfortunately not many orcs recognized the knightly style captured from Aini.
But of course there is a reason why the orcs are chasing after them so closely, because this is a group of paladin troops.
I have long known from Aini that Xu Lai is on the front line, and Xu Lai has a group of holy knights, which is also information that the orcs have already known.
This means that under their feet is the newest ruler of this grassland.
Kill him, and this grassland will have almost no resistance. How can Ruda not chase after such a temptation.
Xu Lai turned around, which was exactly what Luda wanted. With a wave of his hand, a large group of unknown number of golden eagles rushed toward the knight on the ground.
As a level 5 raptor, the golden eagle has sharp claws and fangs that are not inferior to the gryphon at all.
And because of the huge size of the griffin, although its strength is worse than that of the golden eagle, its speed and agility are not as good. In an aerial battle, the griffin cannot defeat the golden eagle alone.
Level 5 golden eagles, although the level is low, there are too many of them.
In addition, orc heroes generally have the ultimate offensive technique. Although it only increases the attack power by 50%, it can ignore 15% of the defense and has a 10% probability of critical hit.
Fortunately, the Paladins are good at defense. Even if they are ignored by 15%, it is still not something that the fifth-level Golden Eagle can break through.
However, it is difficult for the Paladins' charge to charge units in the air.
The attack power of a Paladin who uses a one-handed sword and shield will drop by at least 50 points.
Fortunately, Xu Lai has a stronger god-level offensive technique, which can increase the attack power by 65%.
Moreover, although Xu Lai used the Doomsday Blade and was unable to combine the Angel Alliance, several other major accessories were present, and the basic attack and morale attack were greatly increased.
For a level 7 Paladin, it is more than enough to break the defense of a level 5 Golden Eagle. In this way, the final damage can be increased by 25%, almost achieving an instant kill effect.
The golden eagle covering the sky and the sun completely blocked the view above, so that Ruda could not see the battlefield clearly.
After the Golden Eagle triggers a critical strike, it can also cause certain damage to the Paladins.
But for this level of damage, let alone the Holy Shield, setting up a Blessing and applying Holy Healing to each other twice is already overwhelming.
The greatest contribution of this group of golden eagles is probably the drain on the physical strength of the Paladins.
It is a pity that there are no priests present, otherwise let them cast a physical recovery spell, and these paladins can become perpetual motion machines before they starve to death.
Although the huge group of golden eagles blocks the view, Ruda and the others are masters of beast control.
After the death of golden eagles, especially those of subdued wild golden eagles, the screams are endless. Even a fool should know that his own golden eagles are dying in large numbers.
Ruda is not a fool, he is mentally prepared to make certain sacrifices.
Xu Lai is the newest ruler of the grassland, and he leads a top-level troop like the Paladins. How can he be so easy to kill?
This group of golden eagles is used to consume the physical strength of the knights. The real killing move is the thunderbirds that he plans to kill at the end.
However, Ruda did not dare to let the golden eagles die too much. About half an hour later, under the urging of the Beast King again, Ruda finally reported his situation.
The Beast King is also a decisive person, letting Ruda control the number of sacrifices of flying units, and he and support will arrive at any time.
Seizing the head of an admiral among thousands of armies has always been the specialty of the orcs.
After knowing that Ruda was already fighting with Xu Lai, he didn't want to pursue it anymore. He just wanted to take advantage of this good opportunity to determine the outcome of this war in one fell swoop. (End of this chapter)