Xu Lai didn't know that Kerrigan had already dispatched the second-in-command of the Burning Legion.
After liberating the entire Brilliant Territory, he is choosing a target for himself in the next stage.
In addition to Hantan City and other cities across the Han River, there are three territories that intersect with the Brilliant Territory.
The first is the Burke Territory, which is located in the southeast of the Brilliant Territory and on the upper reaches of the Han River. It was originally the territory of the Daan Burke family and was also an earl territory.
But now, the Daan Burke family has long been destroyed. According to the refugees who escaped from the Burke territory, not even a single child of the entire Burke family survived.
There are two left, one is in the south of Brilliant Territory, which is a hilly area with a huge area, far larger than the normal earl territory.
The devil's occupancy rate in this place is not high. They only robbed the cities and mining sites, but did not kill all the civilians who hid in the mountains.
Nearly all the refugees from the Brilliant Territory and several nearby territories have taken refuge in this dense hilly area.
In addition to humans, there are also hill dwarves living in this place.
Whether the demon has insufficient troops, is unwilling to provoke more enemies at this time, or is simply because the terrain is too complex.
In short, the devil is not too interested in this area.
However, this place produces excellent iron ore and crystals. The hill dwarves settled here because of its output.
At the same time, humans also need the powerful forging skills of the hill dwarves.
The High King at that time made a charter to nationalize this territory and leased it to the dwarves.
After the collapse of the empire, the dwarves have not paid rent for several years.
There is a size difference between dwarves and humans, which makes them unsuitable for intermarriage.
And their tempers are relatively weird. Not only the elves can't stand them, but humans are actually not very adaptable either.
But the dwarves are all in the righteous camp after all. Even if they are more minded, humans are still kind to them.
In the past half year or so, the number of humans who have fled one after another is estimated to be hundreds or tens of thousands.
The last territory connected to the Brilliant Territory is a marquis territory, which is as big as 4 or 5 Brilliant Territories.
In addition to its large territory, the land quality of this Marquis Territory is also very good. It is a vast and connected plain.
Just in the intersection between the Brilliant Territory and the Marquis Territory, the land harvest will be increased by more than 30%. If you continue to go deeper, this bonus will only get higher and higher.
Of course, this was all before. Now I don’t know whether these lands can still grow any living food.
Fortunately for the Brilliant Territory, Archbishop Duer has entered Brilliant City with more than a thousand official priests.
Under the day and night prayers and purification of the citizens of Brilliant City and many priests, the power of the abyss that penetrated into the land is slowly fading away.
After the power of the abyss in the land completely dissipates, the terrain that was previously changed by the abyss will be completely restored to its original state.
Fortunately, in the current Brilliant Territory, the population is less than one-tenth of what it was before. Even if two-thirds of the land is unusable, the remaining one-third is completely enough.
With three adjacent territories, Xu Lai naturally did not have enough troops to provoke them at the same time.
However, after Reina led the main force of Qingfeng Legion to Brilliant City, Xu Lai was unwilling and fought over territories one by one.
On the huge map, Xu Lai drew three circles for these three territories.
He wants to select two from these three circles as targets for the next stage.
“Come on, let’s talk about what you think.”
Leina was the first to speak: “I have seen the military briefing some time ago.
I can take it personally. A group of people captured the Berk Territory and asked Yan Feng to lead people to the territory of the Hill Dwarves.
The Hill Dwarves are good at forging, but without humans, the weapons and armor they forged have no way out.
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And they are not good at production, so they have always been dependent on the elves.
The human empire has perished, and they have probably not received supplies for a while. They can join forces to fight against the demons in this area.
The Marquis Territory is mostly plains. Although one-third has been transformed by the abyss, it is still very conducive to cavalry operations. "
"No, Your Majesty the King, I have dealt with those dwarves before.
This group of dwarves looks easy to talk to, but in fact they are very cunning and greedy.
At that time, many surrounding lords asked the hill dwarves for assistance, but they all refused.
If it was before, they might still need our help in life.
But now, they have detained hundreds of thousands of people there, with no intention of returning them to us.
In my opinion, they want to take advantage of this opportunity to completely occupy our hills.
At this time, I heard that the dwarves on the other side of the barrier were also having a hard time. They might recruit more dwarves, or even establish a dwarf kingdom. ”
The speaker was Sir Eric, Xu Lai's newly appointed commander of the Xianden Battalion.
This man was not one of the more than 800 people who moved out of Brilliant City, but a leader of the resistance who voluntarily joined Xu Lai and vowed to take revenge on the devil.
This Sir Eric is also a legend. He is a mercenary and is a level 7 mercenary king.
Originally, as a mercenary, it was impossible for him to obtain the honor of knighthood no matter how high his rank was.
A knight, like a knight, is the threshold of the nobility. The difference is that a knight needs at least one manor territory, while a knight does not.
Therefore, some big nobles are willing to reward big businessmen with the title of knight.
Obviously Eric is not a big businessman, nor can he afford a large amount of money to buy Jazz.
The reason why Eric was able to obtain the title of knight was because this guy was lucky and capable. He actually surrendered a black dragon and became a dragon knight.
Dragon Knight has always been the highest honor for a knight. However, he was unwilling to be loyal to any lord, so he only received the title of knight.
The title of the Eagle Kingdom is also not actually conferred, but the corresponding salary will be given.
In view of Eric's status as a dragon knight, and in recognition of Eric's loyalty without any conditions, Xu Lai also recognized his status as a knight.
Although Eric did not hold any position in the Brilliant Territory, after becoming a dragon knight, ordinary lances were no longer sufficient for him.
For ordinary lances, the length of 3 or 4 meters is already the limit. Although the length of 5 or 6 meters is easy for knights to hold, it is not easy to use.
Riding on the giant dragon, a 3 or 4 meter long lance is considered good if it can barely protect the dragon's head and face, let alone being used for charging.
Therefore, he went to the hill dwarves specifically to purchase a 9-meter-long adamantine spear enchanted with lightweight spells.
Although the big gun becomes a magic weapon after being enchanted, adamantine is also added to it, making it sufficiently sharp and sturdy.
To be honest, the level of this big gun is not high. After all, it is only the lowest level enchantment, and the fine gold content is not high. However, just such a big gun cost Eric half of his life savings.
As a mercenary king, Eric's income is not low. After half a lifetime of accumulated income, he only got a big gun. It's no wonder that he doesn't have a good impression of the hill dwarves.
After reaching a contract with the black dragon, Eric can share his life with the black dragon. Although he does not inherit the black dragon's powerful defense ability, he can share the anti-magic ability with the black dragon.
Therefore, Eric was promoted from the previous seventh-level mercenary king to an eighth-level dragon knight.
And the actual combat effectiveness of his dragon knight is far beyond that of ordinary level 8 units, at least stronger than the level 8 black dragon.
Xu Lai also has a holy dragon that is being developed, and he is also a knight.
This holy dragon was raised by Xu Lai. It would not be difficult to sign the dragon knight contract.
Unfortunately, his holy dragon is still in the growth stage. It is not even a young dragon and is not yet qualified for a contract.
However, Xiao Lan is quite long now, so it is no problem to carry Xu Lai on his back anyway.
But he did not bring Xiao Lan out. After all, this little guy is still in the growing stage. He occasionally comes out to fight and fight, but most of the time he needs to eat and sleep.
Eric joined the Eagle Kingdom and the Xianden camp unconditionally.
Joining them were the mercenaries that Eric had led before, as well as the civilians who were later recruited into the resistance team.
The total number of them is not many, and together with other rebels who are willing to accept adaptation, there are more than 700 people in total.
These people and the 800-person death squad were combined to form the 1,500-person First Deng Battalion.
The remaining ones who are unwilling to accept the adaptation will either have their weapons confiscated and returned to civilians, with land and houses distributed.
Of course, although land and housing are allocated free of charge, in order not to waste resources, they only have the right to use them temporarily.
Only after three years of planting and reaching the standard yield every year, the permanent lease will be granted after the fourth year.
If you don’t want to become a civilian, it’s easy. Xu Lai has transferred Hancock and asked him to form a new mercenary guild in Brilliant City.
This time, Xu Laike wants to make a big move. The mercenary guild he formed this time will no longer be connected with the Mercenary General Association, but will completely belong to the Eagle Kingdom.
Hancock is the first president of the Eagle Kingdom Mercenary Guild. He wants to form more mercenary guilds not only in Glory City, but also in other castle-level cities in the Western Empire. .
This is obviously a long-term undertaking, and the entire grassland has been included in the Eagle Kingdom, and the importance of Kaunaston Castle has also dropped significantly.
So, Xu Lai simply transferred Lin Qiu to him as the deputy city lord and administrator of Brilliant City.
Xu Lai left the position of city lord to Arvid, which Xu Lai promised to him.
The Coast Guard was handed over by Arvid to the former commander of the Hantan Fleet, Baron Rhine.
After registering mercenaries, their family information, home addresses, etc. will all be recorded in the mercenary guild and will be supervised by the mercenary guild.
If even the mercenary guild is unwilling to enter, then Xu Lai has nothing to do. He will drive them away directly and let them go wherever they want. Anyway, don't stay on his territory.
The two advent heroes who thought they could have some relationship with Xu Lai, as well as the leader with the largest number of rebels who bargained with Xu Lai, were all driven away by him.
Xu Lai no matter where they go, they can't stay in the Eagle Kingdom's territory anyway.
And as the territory of Eagle Kingdom expands in the future, it is estimated that it will have to keep moving.
To achieve this level, Xu Zi believed that it was the most benevolent thing. Otherwise, it would be most correct for him to kill these people directly to avoid future troubles.
Getting back to business, after Reina and Eric expressed their opinions one after another, the others said they had no more ideas.
Tahan Jianyuan and others are not familiar with the surrounding area, so they are unwilling to express opinions easily.
Arvid and Rhine agreed with Eric's statement and ignored the hill dwarves for the time being and dealt with the demons in the Berk and Marquis territories first.
In the end, Emilia, as the commander of the Naga and fish-men armies, thought of going up the Han River and first defeating all the cities along the Han River.
With the Coast Guard, Naga and Murloc troops, relying on the Han River, it is indeed easy to open up the situation.
However, this opinion was the first to be rejected by Xu Lai.
Going up the Han River, you will have to fight against many demon lords.
Anyway, with the Coast Guard here, these demon lords cannot rely on Hanjiang to pose a threat to Hantan City and Brilliant City.
Xu Lai only needs to march from the land and attack nearby territories, and he only has to face two demon lords.
There is no way, including him, there are only two heroic commanders in total.
The rest, whether it is Luo Mingru, Qin Laoliu and others, they can bring their own troops to make contributions.
Asking Xu Lai to hand over his troops to them, he can't do it yet.
“That’s it, Lena, thank you for your hard work, and still lead the main force of the Qingfeng Legion to be responsible for capturing the Berk Territory.
Fang Chao, you are still responsible for logistics for the Qingfeng Army.
I took Brandi, Eric, Emilia and Chivalry to attack the Marquis Territory.
I have a warehouse ring here, so the logistical pressure will be less.
But there is also the possibility of separate operations, so Arvid and Lin Qiu, you are responsible for providing logistical support for our department.
Rhine, you continue to be responsible for patrolling Hanjiang and training new soldiers.
However, there is no threat on the river now. You should first give half of the old soldiers' strength to Lord Arvid.
On the hilly dwarf side, we also have to take precautions. There are more than 10,000 people defending the city, and Bishop Duer is here. Defending the Brilliant City should not be a big problem. "
Xu Laidu sent troops to fight the part that intersects with the Brilliant City. If the devil wants to capture Brilliant City, he must find a way to bypass Xu Lai's army.
This is basically It's impossible, so Brilliant City is most likely to be attacked by enemies in the hilly direction.
There aren't many demons there, and it's even less likely that the whole family will be there.
There are more than 10,000 veterans guarding the city, and there are more than 1,000 mid-level and high-level priests. Even if they cannot defeat it, it will still be no problem to defend it until Xu Lai sends troops to return reinforcements.
After Xu Lai gave the order, everyone quickly responded and went back to prepare.
Just when Xu Lai was arranging combat missions, bursts of red light suddenly emitted from the towering Gate of Hell in the largest castle in the Pafix Plains.
At first, the demon guarding the gate of hell didn't take it seriously, thinking it was a visit from demons from other places.
Until groups of figures, like mountains, walked out of the gate of hell.
The governors responsible for guarding the gates of hell hurriedly sent people to find their master. (End of this chapter)