Xu Lai personally visited the craftsmen in the dungeon.
The demons were pretty good to them. Although they looked a little sallow, they were not skinny at all.
And besides the craftsmen, many of their family members also survived.
The craftsmen worked very hard, otherwise they would not have been able to repair the city wall and build several arrow towers in one night.
It is even less likely that their wives and children will be spared by the devil.
Similarly, they never thought that demons would invade, let alone that the invincible demons would be defeated by humans again.
When they saw the human soldiers rushing into the dungeon, they were ashamed and ashamed.
The soldiers from the first camp who rushed in were immediately furious. They didn't even care about the heavy prison and immediately killed these craftsmen.
Traitors are always the most irritating at any time.
But fortunately Eric stopped them in time. After all, these craftsmen only helped the devils build fortresses and did not directly persecute their own race.
Of course, the most important reason is that they are not voluntary and should not be directly equated to traitors.
After hearing about what happened here, Xu Lai also came over to inquire immediately.
In terms of demand, of course these craftsmen cannot be harmed in any way.
The entire Western Empire is in a state of exhaustion and is in need of a lot of manpower.
What's more, Xu Lai of Little Gray Castle must not give up. This is an important hurdle for guarding Gray Valley.
Xu Lai defeated the demon and wanted to guard this place to prevent the demon from flowing to the Paphex Plains to continue its destruction.
In case of accidental defeat, Little Gray Castle is the most important escape route.
Therefore, not only could he not give up Little Gray Castle, but he also had to continue to build and strengthen it on the existing basis.
The Arrow Tower is easy to build. Just use the heart of the castle and rebuild it on the original site.
Reinforcement work can only be left to these craftsmen.
But although these craftsmen are in great demand, Xu Lai also needs to take care of the emotions of others.
Xu Lai thought for a while and said to the angry soldiers: "They are just ordinary craftsmen, and they have done nothing wrong if they want to survive.
Let them work instead of being punished. , use labor to carry out transformation.
You are not allowed to take leave during the labor period. You can only live in a specified place, and only basic living supplies are provided.
Those who meet a certain workload and perform well can. Once the transformation is completed, you will be given the opportunity to start a new life.”
It is said to be work, but it is also equivalent to being imprisoned in disguise, but you don't need to stay in this simple cell, and your daily necessities can be guaranteed to a certain extent.
In this way, it not only met the actual needs, but also punished these craftsmen to a certain extent, so that the soldiers who entered the camp first could calm down.
In fact, if they were just ordinary civilians, even if they were forced to do some work under the oppression of the devil, they would not be so angry.
It was actually these craftsmen who, in front of them, helped the demons build arrow towers and build city walls to slaughter their own people.
Not to mention these soldiers, even if Xu Lai was originally going to train soldiers, he was still unhappy when he saw this scene.
Naturally, the soldiers would not object to Xu Lai's decision.
They are all natives of the Western Empire, and these craftsmen are basically their fellow villagers, and they may even be neighbors.
There was some impulsiveness just now. In front of Xu Lai, he naturally calmed down quickly.
Xu Lai still attaches great importance to climbing to the camp first.
He said again on the spot that in order to commend Xiandengying for his outstanding performance in siegeing the city in the past few days, he specially rewarded Xiandengying with 3 tons of red dragon meat.
3 tons of red dragon meat is 3,000 kilograms, which is exactly one kilogram for each of the 3,000 people who camped first.
Paired with staple food and other side dishes, it can last for at least two meals.
Furthermore, even if the price of 3 tons of red dragon meat is much lower than that of black dragon, it would be worth at least 1.8 million gold if sold.
After all, this thing has a price but no market.
No matter how much money a rich person has, the key is that they can’t buy it even if they want to.
When these 3 tons of dragon meat went down, even though everyone present had experienced great sorrow, they could not hide the joy in their hearts at this time.
They are different from the recruits recruited by Xu Lai. These are well-informed people.
The Qingfeng Legion is basically composed of civilians, and only a few officers may have some knowledge.
They know that dragon meat is valuable, but they don’t know how valuable and precious it is.
The people who arrived at the camp first were either mercenaries or private soldiers. They were all professionals with a certain level and a certain social status.
Only with their extensive knowledge can they know how valuable dragon meat is, and how rare Xu Lai's reward is.
Anyway, apart from Xu Lai, they had never heard of any other lord who would reward ordinary soldiers with dragon meat.
The most important thing is that there are many people here who have been stuck with their qualifications for a long time.
It can be expected that after this meal of dragon meat is eaten, a large number of people who can advance will appear in the first camp.
This is the real reason why Xu Lai did not choose to reward money, but directly rewarded dragon meat.
The soldiers who arrived at the camp first all left with satisfaction, except Eric who declined Xu Lai's reward.
Others just ate some dragon meat. As a dragon knight and a black dragon knight, he should not touch either black dragon meat or red dragon meat.
Xu Lai did not force it. Although he raised a holy dragon, he was not a dragon knight.
Secondly, his little blue dragon does not think that he, the red dragon, and the black dragon are of the same race.
In addition to entering the camp first, Xu Lai also rewarded the Qingfeng Legion with some dragon meat.
These are the newly recruited soldiers of the Qingfeng Legion. Although they have been promoted to higher ranks, they have not eaten dragon meat like their predecessors.
But there were too many of them. It was impossible to give each person two jins like in the Xiandeng camp. Each person only received about half a jin.
Even if it is half a pound, the qualifications that should be improved can be improved.
If they cannot improve, their current level has not reached the top yet, and they will not be stingy with rewards if they continue to make meritorious deeds.
Compared to the first camp, although the new recruits of the Qingfeng Legion have experienced a longer war, they all received their resettlement allowance and were allocated fields on the day they were recruited.
If someone is really dissatisfied, Xu Lai can talk it over with them.
Even for such a greedy and ungrateful guy, Xu Lai stripped him of all his equipment, ordered him to return the upgrade fee, and then drove him out of the camp.
Fortunately, this did not happen, and I don’t know if it was stopped directly by the officer.
However, although no one caused trouble for Xu to come here, the emotions were still there, and it was inevitable.
But in the siege battles in the past few days, the performance of the First Ascent camp was indeed much better than that of the Qingfeng Legion.
As long as the people of the Qingfeng Legion don't cause trouble to Xu Lai, Xu Lai will be happy and free. Whether you use the treatment of being admitted to the camp first to stimulate them, the recruits are the most uninvited.
Today, the portion of dragon meat was less than those who arrived first. Tomorrow, they will risk their lives to get this honor back.
Just in time, Xu Lai assigned the task of clearing the upper slopes on both sides to the Qingfeng Army and the Xianden Camp.
The first camp will be led by the dragon knight Eric, and will cooperate with the 3,000-man Naga Guard, 10,000 murloc warriors, and the priest group led by Anna to clear the left hillside.
Brandy will lead the Qingfeng Legion, together with the priest group led by Yu Lan, to clean up the hillside on the right.
Elvy, patrols the air with the Angel Legion, and is responsible for coordinating the friendly forces on both sides at any time.
After all, there are almost bound to be ambushes in the valleys on both sides of Little Gray Castle.
Jian Yuan and some of the knights he led still need to find the passage in the Ashen Valley for Xu Lai.
This passage leads directly to Kerrigan’s base camp. Not only on both sides of the valley, but also on the road, there must be many ambushes.
It is impossible to set up an ambush with a high probability. The passage is narrow and it is not a position where many troops can be deployed.
Setting up an ambush on the passage is almost useless except for temporarily blocking the passage of troops.
But it would be different if some spell traps were placed in the passage.
When a large army marches past, once a trap is triggered, it can both kill the enemy and block passage.
If the spell trap is powerful enough, it might be able to link up with the hillsides on both sides.
The Valley of Ashes has been extensively modified by the demons. If some magma comes down from the mountain, it will be a disaster for the soldiers who cannot fly.
Therefore, Xu Lai cannot tolerate any sloppiness in this passage, and must go through repeated inspections and confirmations.
Besides Jian Yuan, there is no other candidate who is qualified for this task.
If there are traps or ambushes on the hillsides on both sides, Elvi and the Angel Legion are the only rescue teams that can arrive immediately.
Xu Lai himself, along with Roland and the knights of knightly style, stationed at Little Gray Castle and its outskirts.
On the one hand, he has to continue building fortifications here; on the other hand, he also needs to wait for the craftsmen to repair the catapult.
It is already so difficult to attack the Little Gray Castle. Without enough catapults, how can we deal with the more powerful and terrifying Big Gray Castle?
Of course the Great Gray Castle is not called the Great Gray Castle. Its name is Gray Castle. It is built at the end of the Gray Valley and firmly guards the exit of the Gray Valley.
And precisely because of the existence of this Gray Castle, the small fortress at the entrance was named Little Gray Castle.
Unlike Little Gray Castle, which is only a fortress, Big Gray Castle is a real castle.
It shouldn't even be called a castle, because the castle still has the most basic livelihood and life functions.
The Gray Castle is a military fortress with only city walls and arrow towers and almost no livelihood.
Compared with attacking Little Gray Castle, attacking Big Gray Castle is hundreds of times more difficult, if not more.
Although Little Gray Castle is sandwiched between valleys on both sides, it cannot be deployed inside the valley. At least it can be deployed outside the valley.
Xu Lai does not need to deploy too many troops. No matter how many close combat soldiers are deployed, it is useless.
He only needs his own catapults and can lay down a certain number, and he is quite sure of capturing Little Gray Castle.
But when facing the Gray Castle, the situation was completely different. He needed to attack the Gray Castle in the valley.
Xu Lai still doesn’t know what the valley opposite has been transformed into, but judging from the information he obtained before.
The entire valley, at its widest point, can only accommodate 6 knights side by side.
Even if Xu Lai modified his catapult, he could only fit two at most.
Even if the Gray Castle didn't make any counterattack, it would just let the two catapults bomb wildly.
Even if these two catapults are the highest level catapults, and they all use magic ammunition, even if they are three, five or seven days old, they can't even think of smashing a passage.
Not to mention, how could a militarized fortress be allowed to be bombarded by Xu Lai?
Therefore, Xu Lai had to prepare a large number of catapults to attack the Gray Castle continuously.
Even the Little Gray Castle has a group of craftsmen specially used to repair the city walls and arrow towers. Xu Lai doesn’t believe that there are no such craftsmen in the Big Gray Castle.
In addition to the craftsmen in Little Gray Castle, Xu Lai also sent a message to Qingfeng City.
Ask Su Ya to recruit high-level craftsmen and mages, and stock him with high-level catapults and magic ammunition as much as possible.
With artifacts like warehouse rings, Qingfeng City is Xu Lai's large-scale remote supply base.
If it weren’t for this innate advantage, Xu Lai really wouldn’t want to attack Gray Valley.
Perhaps, he will choose to seal off the Ashen Valley directly and seize all the territory outside the Ashen Valley first.
But even with the support of Qingfeng City, which can guarantee an unlimited supply of catapults and ammunition, it is still extremely difficult to attack the Gray Castle.
Xu Lai now has two plans, one of which is currently being worked on.
Not only clearing the passage in the Ashen Valley, but also clearing the hillsides on both sides so that long-range troops can be deployed on the hillsides on both sides.
Otherwise, after placing some catapults in the valley, the long-range shooters will have no place to stand.
Without limiting the long-range power in the Great Ash Valley, no matter how many catapults Xu Lai has, they cannot withstand such consumption.
The second option requires waiting for a longer period of time.
After Tahan improved his level, collected equipment, and increased his attributes, he came to the Gray Castle and threw a forbidden spell to it to try.
However, in addition to waiting for Tahan to improve, he also needs to wait for at least half a month for Tahan to regain his ability to cast spells.
The lightning storm directly blocked Tahan's air spells, and he could only wait for time to recover itself, which could not be shortened by any medicine or spell.
This plan is not perfect.
First of all, Mendis escaped when the forbidden curse was released.
Now that Xu Lai has a forbidden air spell, the news must have reached the demon side, and there will definitely be a corresponding response.
Qi protective arrays, anti-magic equipment and treasures, and ultimate air-bending magical techniques should all be prepared.
As long as these things are prepared in advance, even the forbidden spell will not be able to exert much power.
But this can also be considered good news, because this will definitely cost the devil a lot of financial resources and energy.
At the same time, because the forbidden spell of the Qi system must be taken into account, if the Gray Castle has a protective magic circle, it must be resistant to magic or Qi.
No matter how wealthy the demons are, they may not be able to build a two-layer magic circle for Qingfeng City like Xu Lai did.
Therefore, the catapults and shooters who attack purely physically will greatly reduce the pressure.
Otherwise, if it is a long-range protection circle, if you want to chew down the Gray Castle, you will have to break a few teeth. (End of this chapter)