The reason why Xu Lai rushed to Qingfeng City overnight was because he received news from Su Ya that the patrolling knights discovered the traces of wolf riders at the border of Qingfeng City.
Kenlo Hag's wolf cavalry had tens of thousands, and he only brought 6,000. The rest of the wolf cavalry must have been divided into several groups.
However, Kenlo Hag leads the most elite Frost Wolf Riders, while the other wolf knights are either of relatively low levels or the heroes they lead are of average strength.
The grassland has experienced several battles, and Xu Lai did not have many cavalry to mobilize, so he could only choose one to round up.
If he could only choose one, he naturally chose Kenlo Hager, who was the most threatening and the most powerful.
Looking at Xu Lai's retreating back, Jimmy glared bitterly at the cavalry captains who were kneeling on the ground in a row.
The 3,000 wolf riders escaped from his direction, making him, the coach, lose his master in front of Xu Lai.
"Don't worry, father. The lord will not blame father for such a trivial matter.
The lord specially left me here because he wanted me to stay on your behalf to appease you."
Jimmy lamented: "Your Excellency Xu Lai has always been generous, how could I not know that he would not punish me for this.
But I didn’t do this well. Wouldn’t people doubt my level?
After having this impression, people will be less likely to give me difficult tasks in the future.
Without a mission, there is no opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Regardless of the current prosperity of our Martell family, we will be surpassed sooner or later in the future.
My father has been finalized, and I will probably be a city lord in the future. If Lord Xu Lai can take a few steps forward, I might be able to get a higher title.
But whether our family can reach the top depends on you in the future. ”
After patting Giron on the shoulder, Jimmy Martell said in a very serious tone.
Jilong swallowed quietly, bit his lip and said: "But from what I've seen, the lord doesn't seem to have much ambition.
Whether it is the Western Empire or the Northern Empire
Even if he doesn’t want to quarrel with the Northern Empire now, in addition to the land in the center being occupied by Hell, there are at least dozens of towns on the edge of the Western Empire. In a state of being ownerless."
After thinking about it, Jimmy mused: "My father has also explored the dozens of towns that border our area, and they have all been occupied by those heroes who descended from the sky. To take over the past
You should be able to feel the development speed of the heroes from the sky during this time.
As long as they are given a chance, with their huge expertise advantage, they can easily defeat enemies several times their size.
I think Mr. Xu Lai may just want to keep them as a barrier to resist the invasion of hell.
Besides, we are still suffering from internal and external troubles. Those descending heroes have occupied these cities, and no one is willing to hand them over obediently.
At this time, it would be nice if these guys didn't come to cause us any trouble.
However, you are right. Generally speaking, our lord's ambition is still somewhat lacking.
When appropriate, we can give Mr. Xu Lai some suggestions.
However, you must not make your own decisions. Remember at all times, we can only make suggestions, not give opinions.
Your Excellency Xu Lai is relatively loyal. We, father and son, will work hard for him. As long as we don’t make any big mistakes and don’t offend his taboos, we won’t do too badly.
Don’t be confused about your identity. ”
Jilong smiled and said: "Don't worry, father, I still have this point, and I will never make a mistake."
Jimmy nodded and said: "There is one more thing you should pay attention to. You are now under Mr. Xu Lai People who work around you.
Let go of the previous relationships. If there are any grievances, let them go.
You must first understand why Mr. Xu Lai wants to stay. You are by my side.
He has no one to use now, so those old nobles from the past will still be used if they can be useful.
At this time, you must not make any mistakes, and don't be blinded by the small favors and small grudges in front of you. "
Jilong was shocked and said, "Don't worry, father, I'm not someone I haven't seen before.
I know what kind of things are long-term, and I will pay careful attention to them. "
Jimmy patted Ji Long on the shoulder and said again: "Although Mr. Xu Lai gave you a few days off, you can't really take it as a holiday.
When the situation was urgent, His Excellency Xu Lai appointed many officials, most of whom were recommended by his father.
At that time, I kept an eye on it and sent special spies to every official recommended by my father.
Now the information they passed back has filled several bookcases.
You combine the military reports during this period and the reports sent back by each of them, compile them into a volume, and report them to Your Excellency Xu Lai.
In recent times, the wolf cavalry has been rampant, and the orders issued by Lord Xu Lai have not been implemented properly.
You don’t need to hide many problems from your father.
Time is short, and the number of people I can recommend is limited. Most of them I can only hear about through hearsay about their character.
There must be some who are not worthy of their name. I have also greeted Mr. Xu Lai in advance. He will not doubt his father's intentions because of this.
Even if the father's responsibility must be investigated, it will not be a big sin.
On the other hand, if you deliberately conceal it for me at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to stay with Mr. Xu Lai in the future. "
Jimmy thought very clearly that he was the first noble to surrender to Xu Lai, and it can be said that he made great contributions to Xu Lai's unification of the grassland.
Even Xu Lai could unify the grasslands by himself. At least he greatly accelerated the process.
The most important thing is that without the full help of their Martell family, the grassland at this time would still be in chaos.
Let alone integrating the power of the entire grassland, Xu Lai still has two questions about whether he can capture Aini and all his territories.
When the orcs come over at this time, Aini will never rebel. The orcs have a stable food supply, a large army, and rich intelligence.
Faced with such an opponent, Xu Lai had no choice but to fight with him. He might not even be able to protect his own foundation, Qingfeng City.
Therefore, no matter from which aspect, Jimmy made great contributions to Xu Lai.
For such a great achievement, unless he rebels again one day, he will not be severely punished.
But such treatment is only available to his generation.
If his son abandoned his official position for personal reasons, maybe Xu Lailai would not say anything for his sake, but he would definitely become estranged in the future.
With this alienation, all the friendships formed now will be useless in the future.
Here, Jimmy is using his many years of life experience to tirelessly teach his son.
On the other side, Xu Lai rushed to Qingfeng City overnight.
Although thousands of wolf cavalry who have no siege ability are unlikely to take down Qingfeng City, which he has worked so hard to build.
Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected. Qingfeng City was his lifeblood, and his investment in this city was extremely exaggerated.
What's more, this city has accumulated countless resources from his efforts to eliminate the horse bandits and plunder the underground city.
Other buildings such as the Cloud City and the Golden Statue of the God of War cannot be missed.
On the contrary, he can afford to lose no matter how much he loses to the military camps, large trading markets, villages and towns he built outside the city.
Kenlo Hager divided the Wolf Cavalry into 5 teams, each with about 5,000 people.
If there are too many, it will be more difficult to obtain supplies. If there are too few, it will not be able to form combat effectiveness, and there is no way to solve the battle quickly.
When they are carrying out sabotage behind enemy lines, what they hate most is to be held back by the enemy.
Once they are held back and reinforcements are recruited, it will be more difficult for them to escape, and it is very easy for their entire army to be annihilated in the rear.
In the evening Xu Lai also received a message from Reina and learned that the Qingfeng Legion had won a battle in Hard Rock City.
Due to the resurrection of the Angel Legion overnight, the losses were almost negligible.
In the end, there were only more than a hundred civilians and dozens of soldiers who could not find all the corpses and could not be resurrected.
The rest of the casualties were basically cured under the treatment of the priest.
Even those who use the regeneration spell of severed limbs only need to rest for two days before they can rejoin the battle.
It is equivalent to the fact that after a battle, less than 500 soldiers quit the battle.
But compared to the losses of our own army, the remaining losses are relatively large.
The city wall was destroyed in three places, and three catapults were completely damaged, including an enchanted flame catapult.
The five remaining catapults on the city wall also need major repairs. More than 50 ballistae were smashed, and the number of repairs required is as high as three figures.
In terms of ammunition, the Phantom Shooter is very powerful and consumes ammunition at an alarming rate.
The armor-piercing ammunition used by the crossbows and crossbowmen has also consumed hundreds of thousands of rounds. The inventory is running low, and most of the remaining ammunition is ordinary ammunition.
The pyroblast bombs also blasted away about half of the inventory, and the remaining magic ammunition of all types only totaled more than a thousand rounds.
If the orcs organize such an offensive again, then the existing ammunition in Stone City alone will no longer be able to kill the enemy quickly and destroy the enemy's morale as quickly as it does today.
Of course, even so, Reina is still confident that she can continue to defend Stone City.
What she said was just to remind Xu Lai that the ammunition and supplies in Stone City still need to be replenished.
She used the materials delivered before the battle to build city walls and arrow towers. The materials delivered after the battle could only support three or four rounds of repairs at most.
The premise is that the damage can only be as bad as it is today at most, and cannot continue to expand.
Xu Lai didn't know yet that the orcs had already thought of retreating due to excessive losses.
He only knew that if an entire camp was mobilized, the manpower and material resources that could be used were unimaginable, let alone a force that had been accumulated for hundreds of years.
It’s just that he has forgotten that the place where the orcs live is called the Savage Land.
For hundreds of years, it has been extremely difficult for these orcs to survive and reproduce, let alone accumulate resources.
Of course, Xu Lai didn't really forget. He just had no choice but to prepare for the worst first and then try his best.
It would be the most foolish thing to lose the entire war due to insufficient preparation due to overly optimistic estimates.
When a lion fights a rabbit, you have to use all your strength.
It’s just that he can’t satisfy Reina’s request yet.
The team for subsequent transportation of supplies still cannot be organized.
Although they had just wiped out Kenro Haggar, her wolf riders were still wreaking havoc in the rear.
Xu Lai was so busy riding horses in the middle of the night that he wished he could just sleep on the horse.
But he still has no skills at all. He doesn't know how long it will take to eliminate these wolf riders.
No, he no longer expects to wipe out all these wolf knights. He only hopes to drive them away as soon as possible, and at the very least, he will drive away a few of them.
Only in this way can he reorganize the team to transport supplies to Hard Rock City, because only then can he be sure to keep an eye on those wolf riders.
Leina expressed her understanding of the situation at the rear, while Xu Lai hurried back to Qingfeng City at night.
It’s just that he didn’t enter the city, and he didn’t even alert the defenders of Qingfeng City. He only said hello to the patrolling sentries, and asked them and the cooks at the nearby post station to prepare for him and his knights. breakfast.
Fighting during the day and running at night, with only one or two temporary breaks in between, each time lasting no more than two hours.
While it was still dark at this time, those wolf riders did not really get close to the super big city of Qingfeng City.
In such a super big city, I imagine there must be a large number of defenders.
The wolf riders have only two tasks. One is to obtain as much supplies as possible to support themselves.
The other is to destroy the human rear as much as possible and rob any caravans and transportation teams.
To touch the enemy's huge fortified city behind the enemy's rear is simply seeking death. These Wolf Riders are not a suicide squad.
Even if it is really suicide, it must be meaningful.
Wouldn’t it be more effective to stay on the outskirts of this fortified city and plunder caravans entering and exiting the city at any time, and still complete the task?
Since the enemy is not close to the city, Xu Lai naturally does not need to enter the city. He can catch up with the opponent faster outside the city.
After taking a hurried two-hour rest and eating something to replenish food and physical strength, Holy Dragon Xiaolan, who followed Xu Lai all the way, successfully helped him find the target he wanted.
Although those Pegasus knights could also fly, their speed and vision were not as good as those of the Holy Dragon, so Xu Lai was simply left to Lina.
After finding the target and confirming the direction, Xu Lai was not in a hurry.
The continuous running attack can be tolerated by people, after all, they have been sitting on the horse, but no matter how powerful the horse is, it cannot bear it, and it must take longer to recover.
It just so happened that the group of targets that Shenglong had found were moving closer to him, so he just waited and waited.
There were no surprises in the battle. Although the knights could not completely recover in three hours, a short charge was not a problem at all.
This group of wolf cavalry has a large number, about 6,000 people. It is the other main wolf cavalry besides Kenlo Hager.
The leader of the team is also a wolf riding hero, but he is just an advent hero and cannot be regarded as a real orc.
Of course, from Xu's point of view, this makes no difference.
After so long, he has killed countless heroes and has long lost the fear and uneasiness he had at the beginning.
However, there is no difference for Xu Lai, but the difference is huge for the hero himself. He has no idea of dying for the orcs.
"I surrender, brother, I surrender!" (End of Chapter)