Although Xu Lai is used to killing people, since others are willing to surrender, he does not have to kill them.
Of course, people don’t need to be killed, but they must be valuable.
Otherwise, he would not be able to let go of a wolf-riding hero who has been able to stand alone and has awakened his talents.
Unlike local heroes, advent heroes have space backpacks.
As long as the local hero pulls out the equipment and takes the space ring, the rest of the ransom will be in vain.
The advent of heroes is different. The equipment worn on the body can be stripped, but there is only one way to take out the items in the space backpack.
Therefore, in most cases, it is difficult for heroes to be forgiven unless they can get unexpected rewards.
No matter how much they promise, if you kill them, you may get more.
Moreover, most of the fallen heroes are alone. Even if they are imprisoned, no family members are willing to pay the ransom.
In order to survive, this orc hero activated his diplomatic skills and was willing to use a ransom of 500,000 gold coins and an important piece of news in exchange for a chance to survive.
No matter how good Xu Lai's character is, people will not easily believe that Xu Lai will keep his promise.
Using diplomatic skills can at least ensure that Xu Lai can no longer hurt or capture him for a period of time.
As for this period of time, whether he can escape or not depends on his own ability.
This guy traded an important piece of news for a chance of survival. Xu Lai didn't know if the other party would tell false news.
Therefore, Xu Lai also needs diplomatic skills to ensure the authenticity of the information told by the other party.
The two sides quickly reached an agreement, reached a deal through diplomacy, and paid the ransom.
Xu Lai let the orc hero go, but he only kept ordinary clothes, gave him 7 days of food rations, stripped off all his equipment, and even confiscated the wolf on his crotch before letting him go.
During his departure, any orc hero who dares to attack any force affiliated with Xu Lai will be regarded as violating diplomacy, and Xu Lai will not have to bear any punishment if he kills him.
Of course, Xu Lai's people cannot attack him actively, otherwise Xu Lai will also be in trouble.
Simply, he left a flag for this guy and a deadline document with a big seal.
If he still fails to leave the country within the stipulated time limit, Xu Lai can catch this guy again and kill him at any time.
After watching the orc hero go away, Xu Lai pondered for a while and asked Tahan and Yan Feng:
"Do you believe what that guy just said?"< br>
Yan Feng was the first to speak: "Since you have activated your diplomatic skills, then what he passed to you must be true news."
"No, the news is not necessarily true, it can only be said He really received such news, but the news may not be true
The battle on the front line just ended yesterday. Maybe the Beastmasters did retreat, but I think they must not be willing to leave like this. "
Tahan quickly added.
Yan Feng scratched his head and smiled: "That's right, Tahan is much more rigorous than me. ”
Tahan and Yanfeng were born almost at the same time, and they were also the most indispensable right-hand men in the early stage of Xu Lai.
The most important thing is that they had already led the army independently. When working alone, you have a certain ability to judge yourself
Unlike Roland, this guy is only interested in how to protect Xu Lai. It's best not to ask him for other matters, and you won't get much out of him.
The orc hero told Xu Lai something important, and it was also the latest news that had just been conveyed.
Beast King Sachs, when he could not contact Kenlo Hager last night, directly issued orders to all the heroes in the Wolf Riding Legion.
Sax's order is for these wolf riding commanders to return to camp immediately.
If it is inconvenient or impossible to return to the camp, just find a way to take a detour and return directly to the wilderness through the Pingfeng Mountains.
This posture clearly indicates a retreat.
The orc hero was also afraid that he had misunderstood, so he specifically asked the priest who gave the order for clarification.
Adventure heroes are generally good at doing things. Even if they are not good at doing things, they will still find ways to take on tasks and increase their favor.
As one of the few spellcasters in the stronghold, most of the priests and high priests have good relations with the Advent Heroes.
So the other party revealed a little more information. It was said that most of the chiefs were in a mood because of a defeat during the day.
Most of the chiefs have already expressed their intention to withdraw.
Even the commander of the second largest tribe in the stronghold (York) and the leader of the tribe, the Cyclops King, have made it clear that they are determined to take people away, regardless of whether the Beast King agrees or not.
Of course the specific losses of the orcs will not be disclosed easily.
Therefore, the orc hero did not know the specific number of casualties.
However, Xu Lai probably knew it.
Reina had already reported yesterday's battle report. In addition to her own casualties, of course there were also the other party's casualties.
However, the opponent's casualties are only up to the moment the battle report appears. If there are subsequent deaths, they will not be included in the battle report.
And as long as they are not dead at the time, or leave the battlefield, no matter how injured they are, even if they only have the last 0.1 health points hanging, they will not be included in the statistics. After all, they have no experience.
In addition, the orcs are 100% sure that they have no resurrection ability, so the actual number of casualties will only be more than the 86,000 or so in the battle report.
Nearly 100,000 casualties, even if Xu Lai was the tribal leader, Xu Lai would be angry.
Especially the number of orcs who have died this year.
With all the strength of the entire camp, one hundred thousand orc casualties are indeed nothing, but if they can't stand it, the casualties in this year have exceeded one million.
The vanguard army formed by the orcs has almost been completely destroyed, with hundreds of thousands of casualties here alone.
Xu Lai's attack resulted in millions of casualties among the ogre tribe. Even if only one-tenth of the number were warriors, there were tens of thousands.
Not to mention the ogre tribe, not to mention that all the people are soldiers, there is no problem that half of them are combatable soldiers.
Just when they passed through the Pingfeng Mountains, they lost tens of thousands of flying troops.
During poisoning and night attacks, the losses were the highest, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. In addition to the subsequent treatment that could not keep up, tens of thousands more were killed.
One hundred thousand people were lost again in the siege, and one of the wolf cavalry regiments was also lost. Even the commander was killed on the battlefield.
After such continuous and fatal blows, many clan leaders and chiefs have not impeached Sachs until now. It is really just because the Behemoth tribe has not been injured so far.
This is also the only source of support for many clan leaders.
If the Behemoth Army suffers further losses, with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the wilderness, they may not even be able to defend their hometown.
A large amount of territory has to be divided up among the animal trainers.
Another key point is that Behemoth does not help much in siege. Using it to siege will only result in wasted losses.
Based on these analyses, Xu Lai also judged that the orcs would most likely withdraw their troops.
But Xu Lai didn't know if they wanted to make some small moves before leaving, but he highly doubted it.
"In this way, Tahan and Yanfeng, you each lead your own knights to drive away the wolf cavalry in other positions. They should also have received the order to withdraw, and they will not stay in the rear.
If you show up, just hang them from a distance and monitor them. There is no need to fight with them.
Especially you, Yan Feng, don't try to take advantage of your speed and mounted shooting. Deliberately get closer to take advantage.
The assault speed of the Wolf Cavalry is not low, especially since you cannot use equipment and props.
None of us know what equipment the wolf-riding commanders are wearing or what props they have.
In short, you just need to hang from a distance to act as a deterrent to them, prevent them from continuing to destroy our rear, and witness their departure.
All our current strength must be preserved to deal with more dangerous wars in the future. "
The hunt for Kenlo Hagar was enough to make Xu Lai heartbroken.
Whether it was the previous sneak attack with the Flying Legion at night, his losses were not big.< br>
But in yesterday's battle alone, more than 300 knights and knights' retinues were killed.
Fortunately, Xu Lai now has enough priests so that the injured knights can be properly treated.
If those 3,000 wolf riders did not just run for their lives, but stayed to fight, Xu Lai's losses would be even more serious.
After all, the Angel Legion is no longer here. If you die, you are dead. There is no way to continue resurrecting.
Tahan and Yan Feng looked at each other, raised their hands together and said, "Here!"
Originally, Xu Lai did not dare to divide his troops. Just like the wolf cavalry that was dealt with today, no matter how many they were, they were all led by heroes.
After the troops were divided, Tahan and the others not only did not have an advantage in strength, but without Xu Lai's blessing, their strength would be greatly reduced.
Once the troops are divided, the few cavalry he managed to cultivate will probably be wasted.
But now that they have received the latest information, it is different. After the wolf cavalry received the order, they must not have much fighting spirit.
As long as Tahan and the others are not impulsive and do not take the initiative to fight these wolf riders, there should be no danger.
This way, you don't have to run too hard, and it can also serve as a deterrent to the orcs, so that they don't dare to continue looting along the way.
Just do it, Xu Lai and others took a break at the same place, had lunch by the way, and planned to set off immediately in the afternoon.
After a while, Su Ya, Jian Yuan and others also rushed out of the city.
Jian Yuan and other reconnaissance knights were notified by Xu Lai in order to guide Tahan and Yan Feng.
Su Ya heard that Xu Lai didn't even enter the city, so she came out to visit Xu Lai.
Xu Lai has been sleeping outdoors during this period. In the past three months, he has rarely even had time to take a shower.
Although summer has not yet arrived, the exposed skin is still exposed to the sun in the grassland, and it is difficult to see the white appearance of the past.
The hair and beard on the body are all messy, and no one has time to take care of them.
After Su Ya saw it, she felt so distressed that she almost shed tears.
She took action directly without any explanation, cleaning Xu Lai's face, and then watched Xu Lai lead a group of paladins as they galloped away in the direction of Stone City.
Without Xu Lai, even if Reina knew that the orcs wanted to retreat, she probably wouldn't have much reaction.
Her main task, which cannot be missed, is to guard the Stone City.
If the orcs come to retreat and trick her into leaving the city, and then engage in a decisive battle in the wild, Stone City is in danger of being destroyed.
On the contrary, as long as she stays in Stone City and remains unchanged in response to changes, the orcs will have to send at least hundreds of thousands more casualties if they want to take over Stone City.
If Xu Lai were in Reina's position, he would definitely make the same decision.
But Xu Lai was really unwilling to let the orcs go.
After he rushes away, he can leave Reina to continue to sit in the Stone City, while he takes some of his troops to take advantage of the orcs' retreat.
Not to mention anything else, this time the orcs must be beaten so hard that they will not dare to take advantage of humans again for decades or even hundreds of years to come.
There was no need to tell Su Yaming about Xu Lai's thoughts. She ran over to take a look in person and understood everything.
After days of traveling and non-stop fighting, even if the Paladin Legion had won consecutive battles, its morale could not help but drop to around 90 points.
Recruiting soldiers needs to be forced to get 8 hours of rest every day. Otherwise, not only physical strength and endurance will not be restored to full value, but morale will also continue to decrease.
This time when returning to Stone City, there is no need to be as anxious as before. Xu Lai can rest as much as he wants on the way.
And the angel troops, who had completely seized the air supremacy, were constantly circling and investigating near the orc camp.
Elwee and the others were afraid of the wolf riders' nets and did not dare to get too close to the camp. However, because of Elwee's presence, the orc flying troops did not dare to leave the camp.
With the two sides in such a stalemate, the situation is ultimately favorable to Xu Lai.
Because even if he didn't dare to get too close, after all, he had the advantage of high-altitude vision, and all the specific movements of the orcs would still fall into Elvi's eyes.
However, according to Elvi's report, the orcs do not seem to have any plans to evacuate.
Materials from the rear are still being transported to the camp in a steady stream.
The orc troops not only had no time to rest, but instead used the time to train.
The purpose of the training is not to improvise and try to advance into the orc army at this time, but to restore morale.
Neither Elvi nor Reina believed that the orcs had any intention of evacuating, but Xu Lai strengthened his judgment.
As expected, there was no real battle between Tahan and Yanfeng.
After seeing a large number of Imperial knights, the Wolf Cavalry immediately fled without any desire to fight.
As for Sachs, although the training and supplies continued, no new troops entered the camp.
This means that there are no new recruits coming over from the Pingfeng Mountains.
The lack of new soldiers means that morale cannot be improved quickly, and the orcs do not have enough troops to launch a new offensive.
So Xu Lai did not rush to Stone City, but contacted Lina, the former leader of the Sixth Knights.
Invite her to cooperate with him again to intercept the wolf cavalry driven away by Tahan and Yan Feng.
Lina responded directly to Xu Lai's invitation: "Knight Commander, please give us orders directly!"
Xu Lai smiled slightly, did not continue to be polite, and commanded Lina Continue to encircle the Wolf Cavalry troops on three sides.
So, he spent about three days outside, and once again surrounded and killed three groups of orc and wolf cavalry.
At this point, except for the remaining two thousand wolf riders led by Adjutant Kenlo Hager.
All the wolf cavalry sent by Sachs to Xu Lai's rear were wiped out by Xu Lai. (End of this chapter)