I have to say that Kenlo Hager's Wolf Cavalry is indeed a bit rough.
These wolf cavalry are active in their own urban areas, and officials from various places will promptly send the updates of the wolf cavalry to Jimmy or Xu Lai.
In addition, in addition to Elvi who stayed in Stone City, several Pegasus knights and Pegasus knights were also helping Xu Lai conduct aerial reconnaissance.
Thousands of knights led by Xu Lai were chasing behind them. Not only were these wolf cavalry not caught by Xu Lai, but they also plundered several villages one after another.
Xu Lai did give the order, but once the order was conveyed to the city lords of each city, it may not be 100% implemented.
After all, Xu Lai issued a city closure order, which will have a great impact on every city.
Not all cities have sufficient food reserves. This is an era when food is worthless, and no one is willing to fill up warehouses with worthless food.
Especially for those cities that were conquered in the late period of Xu Lai, the time for hoarding food was too late. If they really want to be completely closed, they may starve to death first.
Secondly, Xu Lai occupied these cities for too short a time. Even if he sent officials, he had used weapons to scare them before.
But in the final analysis, the management of the city must rely on the local people, who own a large number of manors, farmland, and pastures outside the city.
With Xu Lai's order, the city can be shut down, but only if these people are willing to abandon these interests.
Finally, there are the civilians and herdsmen, either because of their hometown feelings, or because they are worried that their land and pastures will be usurped by orcs.
Faced with such news, Xu Lai was angry, but he had no way to change the situation.
The only thing he can do is to ask Jimmy to distribute all these notices, hoping to arouse the vigilance of officials in other cities.
But food supplies can be obtained from time to time, so that these wolf cavalry can always move in their rear.
Closing the city and suspending supplies is also a double-edged sword for Xu Lai.
Once it lasts for too long and there are not enough food reserves in the city, the family will collapse without the orcs coming.
Qingfeng City has the support of shipping channels, coupled with the huge inner city, the food reserves are sufficient.
However, the food reserves in Qingfeng City are not enough for external transportation. The defenders of Qingfeng City can barely hold on to Qingfeng City at most.
Jimmy also did not dare to act rashly. His main army needed to be on guard against the defense of Fort Kaunaston at all times.
At the same time, he must be ready to support his own Martell City and Xu Lai's Qingfeng City at any time.
Of these two cities, one is his foundation and the other is Xu Lai's foundation. He cannot accept the loss of either one.
For Xu Lai, the only good news is that he can keep an eye on Kenlo Hager's main force, which is the Frost Wolf Cavalry Regiment.
This cavalry regiment has very good endurance, and all have beast vision, allowing them to march at night.
Normally, the distance that Xu Lai shortened during the day, Kenlo Hager would definitely pull back at night, and he could also plunder one or two villages and towns by the way.
The size of this cavalry regiment is too conspicuous, and its features are also too obvious.
On the endless green plain, there is a large patch of snow-white traces, even if you don't want to be conspicuous.
Kenlo Hager had to consume at least ten acceleration spells every day, so that he could barely use the transfer between day and night, and never had a head-on confrontation with Xu Lao.
However, it was already approaching the end of spring and summer was about to begin. There were so many days during the day that it was not easy for him to get rid of Xu Lai.
The key is that Xu Lai has been following behind. The Frost Wolf Riders did not even dare to fight for more than half an hour, let alone attack the city.
At the same time, they have to run during the day and at night. People can also lie on the back of the wolf to rest for a while, but the giant wolves can only rest intermittently every day.
For frost wolves, they have to survive the harsh winter, so they have the habit of storing fat and can persist in a short period of time.
But as time goes by, and you cannot get regular supplements of meat, your physical strength will decline faster and faster.
Now Kenlo Hager has not only released the acceleration spell, but also continues to release the recovery spell while taking advantage of the duration of the acceleration spell.
But even so, the morale, fighting will, and even attributes of the Frost Wolf Riders are constantly declining.
The longer they run, the faster their combat effectiveness disappears.
If possible, Kenlo Hager would definitely not want to run anymore. He would gather all the wolf riders to have a desperate duel with Xu Lai.
As long as Xu Lai can be killed, the final victory in the battle on the grassland will definitely belong to them orcs.
But if he continues to run like this, even if he gathers all the wolf riders, he will no longer be Xu Lai's opponent.
Dozens of strategic spells are released continuously every day, even if he replenishes mana potions every day, it is too much for him.
Coupled with the lack of rest, the recovery effect is extremely poor. He can only rely on potions every day, and his mana reserve is getting worse every day.
When the battle begins, the opponent will release spells one after another, but our side will not even be able to fight back, so there is no chance of winning.
But no, the Beast King Sachs gave him a death order.
Even if he dies, he will die with Xu Lai's cavalry. No matter what, we must buy him at least a week.
Sachs will take advantage of this week to gather all his troops and capture the Stone City as a bridgehead.
Even if the orcs' final plan to conquer the grassland fails, as long as they capture this stone city carefully built by Xu Lai, the orcs can use the city as a defense line and occupy half of the grassland.
Although half a grassland is not better than one grassland, it can support the most elite tribe for the orcs.
After accumulating for a period of time, if he has the entire Gobi stronghold, will he still be inferior to Xu Lai who only has half of the grassland?
The reason why Xu Lai has been stationed outside is to prevent the orc army from attacking the city wholeheartedly.
When the pressure on Stone City is too high, or there is a gap in the defense.
Xu Lai, who was outside, only needed one charge to push back the orcs, replenish the city's defense facilities for the people in Stone City, and buy time to repair the city wall.
The charge that night could not be said to have completely destroyed Sax's confidence.
But it also let him know that, except for the Beamon Army, which had not really taken action yet, no troops in the stronghold could stop such a torrent of iron cavalry.
In addition, if Xu Lai is not mobilized, humans, who now have full advantage in the air and on the ground, will definitely not miss the opportunity for the orcs to slowly concentrate their forces.
His Behemoth army could not arrive quickly for a while, and the rest of the troops would be completely scattered if Xu Lai continued to attack them in a few waves.
By then, even if his Behemoth army is still there, can these beasts still be expected to climb the city wall?
So, Sachs can only attack what the enemy must save.
The wolf cavalry was wreaking havoc in the rear, and Xu Lai, the only mobile force, couldn't even think about it.
Of course, Xu Lai also has his own plans. Xu Lai didn't know how many enemies and supplies there were in the stronghold, so he couldn't let Stubborn City become an isolated city.
The lifeline in the rear cannot be destroyed by these wolf cavalry.
At the same time, he is also planning to take this opportunity to completely kill the Wolf Cavalry Legion in the stronghold.
In order to maintain the suppression of the wolf cavalry, Xu Lai left Naru, the fourth-level trainee knight, and the fifth-level knight's retinue outside the Stone City.
The 6,000 cavalry he carried with him were all serious knights at the lowest level of level 6.
In addition to the 6,000 cavalry, Xu Lai also had two supporting troops in the rear.
One is the knightly style legion led by Jimmy. Jimmy will personally lead the most elite, including the Knights of the Guards who all surrendered because of Aini. A total of 3,000 elite knights came to support.
Of course, they were not following Xu Lai and the others, but coming from a direction where Kenlo Hager might have fled.
In addition to Jimmy, there is also a knighthood that even Aini, Parame and other traitors don't know about.
Even this knight group was not part of Xu Lai's plan earlier.
His Majesty the Pope ordered to move millions of believers to the grassland area through the Northern Empire.
The Pope sent a total of two knights, a priests and a priests to protect these millions of believers.
Crimson Bishop Duer led the group of priests at the beginning, Bishop Wright led the group of priests to guard the rear, and Pierce led the group of knights to provide support in the middle.
Lina took the former Sixth Knights, now the Third Knights, as the vanguard.
The original Eight Knights of the Temple, which was famous in the Temple, went through several battles and added a large number of trainee knights, but they were still reduced to 6.
Except for the original leader of the Third Knights, Jerome, who died in battle, the Second Knights, the most powerful after the First Knights, were all killed in the Western Empire.
From the head of the knights to the horsemen, civilians, and church members who accompanied the army, the knights of nearly ten thousand people were all wiped out.
At this moment, the temple has also dispatched two knights, because these millions of believers are the future of the temple and cannot be lost at all.
As a vanguard officer, Lina should not have participated in any battles for the safety of these millions of believers.
But the other party was at Luo Mingru's place, and after reconnecting with Xu Lai, he would take all the original Sixth Knights to participate in the battle without saying a word.
When you arrive at Luo Mingru, you have entered Xu Lai's sphere of influence. Along the way, you can see many outposts built by Xu Lai, as well as patrolling knights.
Xu Lai also gave instructions to Su Ya, asking her to take Elena with her to handle the congregation.
Besides, there is a knighthood at the rear, as well as two crimson bishops, so it is nothing to leave a third knighthood alone.
Because the establishment of two knights was abolished in succession, many young trainee knights were also added, and the ranking was improved.
The number of the Third Knights has increased from the previous 2,000 to 3,000, and the number of paladins and knights has increased.
These are just the soldiers. If you include the horsemen accompanying the army, the civilian men responsible for building the camp, the cooks who transport food and cook, and the main and auxiliary soldiers of the Third Knights, there are more than 7,000 soldiers. .
During the war, only 3,000 knights need to be dispatched. They will intercept the fleeing wolf cavalry from the north.
Xu Lai had not thought about using this knighthood before, but Lina, the leader of the knighthood, told Xu Lai.
He said that he, Xu Lai, was the leader of the knights. How could he not allow his own family to participate at this time?
Speaking of which, Xu Lai has indeed never resigned from the position of knight commander, and when he left, Lina made it clear that he would always retain his position as knight commander.
Now people are also willing to help. Xu Lai really can't shirk it. Besides, there is a need, so he simply lets Lina participate.
There were Pegasus knights following during the day, and Xu Lai was behind, but he never used all his strength to catch up.
Otherwise, he has the talent of speed, an imperial flag like the Knight's Sword, and a master-level attack acceleration scroll.
Furthermore, in terms of the recovery speed and upper limit of mana, Xu Lai can never be worse than Kenlo Hag.
Kenlo Hager has large-scale acceleration skills such as Wolf Rush, and all the serious knights under Xu Lai also have the ability to charge and sprint.
Coupled with our full morale bonus, the enemy's morale is getting lower and lower. If we really want to pursue them, Xu Lai can't see these wolf riders.
The reason why we always keep a safe distance is to drive these wolves towards the encirclement.
Otherwise, even if Xu Lai catches up, the other party will break him into pieces, and he does not dare to divide his troops randomly. At most, he can only wipe out a few hundred or thousands of wolf riders.
Xu Lai didn't know how many groups the Wolf Cavalry troops were divided into, but judging from reports from various places, there were at least three groups.
But no matter what happened to the other routes, Xu Lai only had to keep an eye on Kenlo Hager's Wolf Rider.
Because the most elite Frost Wolf Cavalry and those level 7 Wolf Warriors are now all under the command of Kenlo Hag, and there are almost more than 6,000 of them.
Kenlo Hager divided his troops according to the size of Xu Lai's troops. He knew that there would always be a battle between him and Xu Lai.
But in such a battle, Kenlo Hager did not want to be surrounded.
After running for four or five days, Kenlo Hager and his wolf cavalry were finally surrounded by three major knights.
Although he was surrounded, Kenlo Hager did not panic.
He calmly pulled down his mask, pointed his sword in the direction of Jimmy Martell:
"Give me the order, all the wolf riders, rush in this direction.
After rushing out, they immediately dispersed and moved freely in small groups."
The adjutant looked at that direction, swallowed his saliva and said:
"That way is to the southeast. It is said that the guy named Xu's lair is there, why not break out to the northeast."
Look After looking at the flag flying in the northeast, Kenlo Hager said without raising his head:
"Go to the southeast, there is still a glimmer of hope of survival. Go to the northeast, and the wolf cavalry will be completely exposed here.
Go, although there are many enemy cavalry in that direction, the will to fight is the most powerful. No, as long as you are not afraid of death, you will definitely rush over."
The adjutant nodded and suddenly said, "We? General, aren't you with us?"
Kenlo Ha. Ge didn't speak anymore.
After he waited for all the military orders to be conveyed, he led 3,000 Frost Wolf Knights, changed their formation, and took the initiative to rush in the direction of Xu Lai.
If this extremely fast cavalry were not stopped first, none of the more than 6,000 wolf cavalry present would be able to escape. (End of this chapter)