Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1056: Being Recruited
If the Elf Knights and the Vanguard Iron Cavalry were in their prime, they would naturally not be to be feared.

But in the current situation, the Vault Daggers had just ended a deadly battle with the large greenskin army, and the Elf Knights had just finished a burst of attack in order to support the Vault Daggers and escort them out of the siege.

At this critical juncture, if we were to be entangled by the Goblin Wolf Cavalry who have an overwhelming advantage in manpower, it would be a fatal thing.

As an important part of his own personal regiment, Zhou Xu knew the situation of the elven knights very well.

As for the Vanguard Cavalry, they are outnumbered by the greenskin army and have been besieged until now. I think their condition is not very good. There is basically no need to consider their combat effectiveness.

How could Zhou Xu, who had predicted this situation in advance, not be prepared at all?

While letting the Skeleton Troops hinder the Goblin Wolf Cavalry's actions as much as possible, Zhou Xu quickly gave the order...

"John! Intercept the Goblin Wolf Cavalry!"

"As ordered!"

With a response, all the mantra power that had been saved before was used at this time.

【Wild growth! 】

【Plant Control! 】

Under the influence of "wild growth", the winding vines on the battlefield began to grow faster.

However, unlike before, this time these entwined vines seemed to come alive, like spirit snakes moving swiftly along the ground, approaching the running goblin wolf riders.

Although the Goblin Wolf Riders were agile and able to adapt to many complex terrain environments, they were still caught in this completely unexpected situation.

The entwining vines that flew over swept them to the ground, but the offensive of the Wood Elf Mage Corps obviously would not end there.

While sweeping the Goblin Wolf Riders to the ground, the winding vine's winding properties were also triggered and it quickly climbed up their bodies.

Seeing the right opportunity, the Wood Elf Mages led by John immediately took follow-up measures.

【Energy absorption! 】

This 'energy absorption' is used directly to block the opponent's retreat. Combined with the means of 'plant control', it will undoubtedly be difficult for the entangled goblin wolf riders to break free.

The wolf cavalry commander was shocked by the completely unexpected means. After cutting off a vine flying towards him with a knife, he felt like retreating in the face of the frequent means used by the Great Zhou troops.

"Everyone retreat! Evacuate the area covered by these vines!"

They, the Wolf Riders, are also elite troops among the Greenskins. They can't just die here in obscurity!
Try to save those who can be saved, and give up decisively on those who cannot be saved. The Goblin Wolf Cavalry who received the order quickly retreated and kept a safe distance from the flying vines.

Seeing this, the Wood Elf Mage Group led by John did not pursue them relentlessly.

With this retreat of the Goblin Wolf Cavalry, their purpose of covering the Elf Knights and the Vanguard Cavalry in withdrawing back to the grassland pass was achieved.

The reason why the entwining vines were able to successfully intercept the Goblin Wolf Cavalry just now was because they knew the Goblin Wolf Cavalry's movement route and their destination, so they simply blocked their path.

But it is basically unrealistic to ask them to control the entangled vines to chase the cavalry.

If Locke were here, relying on his extraordinary magician strength to attack with all his strength, he could make the growth speed of the winding vines in a short period of time exceed the movement speed of the cavalry, forming a pursuit capability to a certain extent, but John and the others obviously can't do that yet.

Fortunately, the Goblin Wolf Cavalry on the opposite side had been successfully persuaded to retreat.

At the same time, the unexpected setback quickly made the opposing greenskin troops choose to withdraw temporarily.

During this time, Xuan Yu was flying in the air the whole time, confirming the movements of the opposing greenskin troops. After confirming that the other side had indeed retreated, Zhou Xu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly released the control of all the skeleton soldiers. At that moment, his face had turned a little pale.

With more than half of the mantra power in his body consumed, summoning and controlling 3,000 skeleton troops to fight would be a heavy burden for him.

At this moment, Zhou Xu couldn't help but feel a little fortunate.

Fortunately, the opposing greenskin troops chose to retreat. If the stalemate continued, with the severe consumption of the power of truth, he would inevitably be dragged into a terrible negative state.

By then, it would take ten days or half a month just to get rid of the negative state.

In fact, he was already at that critical point. The severe consumption made him feel dizzy and had a slight headache.

If the greenskin troops did not retreat at that time, he could only use the last resort and let the Wood Elf Mage Corps block the entrance with entangled vines to prevent the subsequent offensive of the greenskin troops.

Taking a deep breath, according to his current condition, it would be best for him to take a rest quickly, but Zhou Xu was obviously not in that mood.

"Silk, please arrange the subsequent deployment."

After quickly handing over the defense task to Silk, Zhou Xu quickly walked to Qiansui, who was covered in blood.

At this moment, Qiansui was so tired that he fell asleep on the spot. Looking at its bloody body, Zhou Xu felt heartbroken but couldn't speak for a long time.

After adjusting his mood and without disturbing Qiansui's rest, Zhou Xu turned around and found Jie Liancheng sitting on the ground.

This was the first time he had seen someone in such a miserable state.

"How's the injury?"

Hearing this, Xie Liancheng shook his head with difficulty.

"The injury is not a big deal, but I was a bit shocked this time. I don't feel very happy."

As he spoke, Xie Liancheng hesitated for a moment, and then told about his previous experience facing the siege and blockade by the greenskin troops, when he felt despair and even lost the will to fight.

After saying this, Xie Liancheng let out a long breath and felt much better.

Zhou Xu was not too surprised by this situation.

To put it bluntly, I suffered fewer setbacks in the past.

From the five-star bravery, it can be seen that Jie Liancheng is extremely talented in the relevant field. He can learn any technique quickly. At a young age, he is a national-level martial arts athlete. Later, he participated in fighting competitions and won the world championship.

Basically, other players of the same generation were all superior to him. In his level, he was dominant and had no rivals at all. This also made his previous career so smooth.

To put it more arrogantly, he doesn't even know how to write the word failure.

After that, he traveled through time and space, and relying on his strong individual strength, he became a general under Yan Sheng.

Later on, he was indeed suspected and suppressed by Yan Sheng, and he also witnessed some court struggles, but this did not affect the fact that he had never been defeated!

On a battlefield of that scale at that time, a peerless warrior of his level could turn the tide with his personal bravery alone, which undoubtedly made him more confident.

After that, he followed Zhou Xu. In the battle in New Taipei District against the greenskins, he was under pressure, but he still won in the end.

Therefore, this was the first time he faced a situation where he was completely powerless to change the situation, and it felt terrible.

(End of this chapter)