The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

The Eastern Empire mass-produces griffins, and Duke Yuwen Shaogong also has the talent for griffins.

When the group of griffins led by Lord Yuwen Shaogong himself dives into battle, the group of griffins that cover the sky and the sun can cause extremely terrifying damage.

It can be said that Yuwen Shaogong’s group of griffins is the nemesis of any ground unit.

Most of the griffins accumulated by the empire in recent decades are in the hands of Yuwen Shaogong. This is a most valuable legacy.

The other party's arrogant attitude completely offended Xu Lai.

Without saying anything, Xu Lai said to the Knight Commander Roland who was guarding him:

"Go, break his legs. I don't like someone standing in front of me and talking to me like that."

Roland didn't care whether the other party was a messenger or not. He was just a loyal knight who would never disobey Xu Lai's orders.

"You, are you crazy? If you do this, Duke Yuwen will not let you go."

As they were talking, the other members of the delegation and the guards all rushed forward.

There were not many people in the Eastern Empire delegation, only about ten in total, so like the elves, Xu Lai let everyone in.

After all, this is his castle. Starting from the castle gate, there are always a large number of paladins patrolling and guarding.

When going to the imperial capital to recruit angels, Xu Lai also specially brought more than 40 knights recruited from the Hall of Champions in the past two months and went to the mountain fortress on the way.

Moreover, in the castle, in addition to his Paladin Guards, there are also troops who are usually responsible for defending the castle.

Our own guards of over a thousand men were nearby, and there were even four Holy Light Knights standing guard outside the gate. There were only a dozen or so guards, and their weapons had been confiscated, so there was no need to worry about them at all.

Roland didn't even draw his sword. He just waved his hand and the four Holy Light Knights outside the door rushed in together.

They were also unarmed, but the Knights of Holy Light were wearing heavy armor. The enemy guards smashed on the armor with bangs, and even if their hands were broken, they could not cause any damage.

Within two minutes, the messenger who had spoken earlier had his leg bones broken by the Holy Light Knights, and he fell to his knees in front of Xu Lai.

Xu Lai stood up leisurely, not wanting to continue talking to the messenger, and walked straight to him and said:

“I don’t know where you got the confidence to come to me from afar and give me a chance to pay tribute.

If you have the guts, let your Grand Duke come to me and speak in person, and see if I will give him face."

The messenger was quite courageous. Even though his legs were broken by the Holy Light Knight, he still held his head high and said:

“Our Grand Duke admires you, so he is willing to give you this opportunity.

In the Eastern Empire, countless heroes wanted to become our Grand Duke's disciples, but he turned a blind eye to them all.

He sent me here specially this time, not only to confer the title of earl on you, but also to adopt you as his adopted son.

Do you know how many battles and struggles the Grand Duke went through to select his three adopted sons? "

Xu Lai frowned even more deeply and said to Roland:

"Cut this guy's tongue out and throw all these people out.

In addition, in my name, a decree is issued in all grassland cities, prohibiting any grassland people from trading with the Eastern Empire."

After that, Xu Lai stepped on the envoy and said, "You really insulted the name of Dongfang.

Go back and tell Lord Yuwen Shao to remove the name of the Eastern Empire as soon as possible. In this way, when I conquer the Eastern Empire, I can still leave him with an intact body.

Otherwise, leave no one alive, get out!"

Xu Lai did not dare to use much force when he kicked the messenger, for fear of killing him.

Roland touched his head and said to Xu Lai, "Lord, do you still want to cut off your tongue?"

Xu Lai rolled his eyes and said, "Of course I have to cut it off. If you don't cut it off completely and let him say anything in the future, I will give you to Yuwen Shaogong as his son."

Roland quickly shook his head and said, "I don't want to recognize a father for myself. I'm just afraid that if I cut off his tongue, I won't be able to pass on the message to you."

Xu Lai said unhappily, "There are still about ten of them, and I didn't ask you to cut them all off. Can't you just leave a few to pass on the message?

Also, remember not to break their legs, at least let them leave by themselves."

For no reason, someone came to find a godfather for Xu Lai, and Xu Lai was so angry that he almost laughed.

Su Ya on the side quickly comforted him: "Okay, okay, my lord, who are you now? It's not worth getting angry about such a small matter."

After driving away the Eastern Empire's envoys, Xu Lai shook his head and said:

"This is no small matter. From the attitudes of these people, we can clearly see the attitude of Lord Yuwen Shao.

It’s not like the envoy didn’t see how prosperous and powerful Qingfeng City is, but he still dared to say those words without any scruples. This is enough to prove that the strength of the Eastern Empire’s army is far beyond our imagination.

In addition, Duke Yuwen Shao was different from other nobles.

The other nobles were basically repulsive to the hero, except Lord Yuwen Shao, who actively tried to win over the hero and even adopted him as his son.

Only we ourselves can know how powerful a hero is.

The nobles were in disarray, each running their own business, and there was no strong leader to control them.

This means that they are destined to be unable to truly unite with each other, because they each have to take their own interests into consideration first.

But we, the heroes sent from heaven, have no foundation and no territory.

All Lord Yuwen Shao needs to do is to be fair and just, and to reward and punish in moderation, then it will not be difficult to recruit the heroes who come from heaven to serve him.

At that time, they were a complete interest group.

I have told the elves before that a single hero can only decide one side of the battlefield.

If Yuwen Shaogong had enough heroes under his control, he could completely avoid the frontal battlefield and rely on the soldiers led by the heroes to defeat the majority with the minority, the strong with the weak, and continuously erode his opponents.

If it weren't for the undead holding him back, and the entire empire was just divided normally, then I think that Duke Yuwen Shao would be the person with the greatest hope of unifying the entire empire.

When the Western Empire and the Northern Empire are both defeated, he will take the opportunity to swallow up the two empires.

Those powerful people in the Southern Empire who have no ambition to make progress and only think about where to get more money every day.

As long as they see the Northern Empire and the Western Empire destroyed, they will most likely surrender without Yuwen Shaogong having to do anything."

Su Ya smiled and said, "What you said makes sense, but now, isn't Yuwen Shaogong being held back by the undead?

What's more, even if he can defeat the undead, if he wants to attack us, he needs to go through Kerrigan in the middle first.

If Yuwen Shaogong is really as powerful as you say, I don't think Kerrigan would attack us first, but would first conquer the Eastern Empire." Xu Lai smiled bitterly and said, "I hope so. After all, Yuwen Shaogong is also a human being. If he is powerful, it will be good for all mankind.

Besides, the Eastern Empire is tens of thousands of miles away from us, so it can’t cause us any trouble for the time being.

Compared to the Eastern Empire, I am more worried about the stronghold."

Su Ya frowned and said, "Is there any latest news?"

Xu Lai nodded and said, "When we were at the auction house before, Elena gave me the latest news from the temple.

It is said that the stronghold camp and the swamp camp have signed a non-aggression treaty, and the stronghold camp has voluntarily given up all the land bordering the swamp area."

Su Ya was stunned and said, "Give up all the land bordering the swamp? How much would that be? I heard that the land near the swamp is of higher value."

Xu Lai said: "That's right, the swamp area is rich in nutrients. Even if you can only get a little bit of it and put it in the stronghold camp, it will be considered very good land.

Moreover, the boundary between the stronghold and the swamp is also very long. I don’t know how much land was given up by retreating the stronghold.”

"Are you willing to give up the Beast King?" Su Ya frowned.

Xu Lai also sighed and said, "No normal person would be willing to do so, and if the Beast King is willing to do so, it only means that he has bigger ambitions.

Although the land in the border area is relatively fertile, it is harassed by swamps every day and cannot actually produce much food.

In addition to the natural living environment of the swamp, even if the land is given up, the creatures in the swamp will not be willing to live in the Gobi Desert.

What do you think of this deal, that piece of land that won't bring much benefit but will cause countless troubles in exchange for a piece of prairie full of hope?"

Su Ya sneered and said, "That depends on whether they can take it. The orcs have suffered so much in this land. Don't they have learned their lesson?"

Xu Lai said: "That can't be said. Before, we wanted to occupy both sides, so we lost one while focusing on the other, and we didn't get anything.

This time, the Beast King has made up his mind to launch a massive invasion of the grassland, perhaps even mobilizing the entire country's strength.

The heroes and generals in the strongholds are generally of higher levels, and there are no important cities on the grasslands. Most importantly, we are too short of manpower."

"The grassland orcs are good at field battles, and we happen to be good at field battles as well.

You let Reina station troops in Stone Castle, and then you fight guerrilla warfare and burn them to death with the Last Judgment. "

Su Ya gave some advice.

Xu Lai laughed and said, "Your idea is similar to mine, but the enemy may not be as we imagined.

Besides, Stone Castle is still in the hands of old man Eni, so we can't arrange defenses right now.

In addition, even if the Stone Fort was taken down, the most dangerous thing would be the enemy's flying troops.

The flying troops can completely bypass the Stone Fort and directly attack the city behind us.

They don't even need supply lines. With the speed of flying creatures, they can transport supplies back and forth on their own.

Originally, I gave face to those people in the Eastern Empire because I wanted to find a way to buy more griffins through them.

I also sent a message to the market, asking them to purchase flying units at all costs, not only those from the Empire, but also barriers, towers and even those from the neutral side.

I just don't know how many flying troops can be gathered before the orcs gather to launch an attack.

I don't even expect our flying troops to be able to fight against the orcs.

As long as we can contain them and prevent them from going too deep into Stone Castle and rushing to Qingfeng City or Conaston Castle to wreak havoc, we will be satisfied."

Su Ya thought for a moment and said to Xu Lai, "Don't worry too much, there will always be a way out when you reach the mountain.

Aren’t you still worried about where to build a fortified city?
In my opinion, it would be better to just demolish the Stone Fort and use the existing materials to build a more massive fortress on the spot.

Orcs are best at fighting in vast areas such as deserts and grasslands.

Let's turn the entire area along the Stone Fort into a forest and see if the beastmen dare to split their forces.

Although the forest cannot stop the enemy's air force, it can at least make the orcs more cautious and not dare to send out the wolf cavalry easily."

Xu Lai nodded and said, "No matter how strong the air force is, it cannot directly capture the city, and it doesn't even dare to get too close to large cities with complete city defenses.

The only problem is that the logistics supply routes and trade routes will be harassed and destroyed by the air force.

But if we move all the people in Stone Fort and its vicinity to Stone Fort, we won’t have to worry too much about supply problems.

The remaining question is whether I can unify and mobilize the entire grassland before the orcs attack.

If we can take over the entire grassland and coordinate all resources, I will be confident that we can drive those orcs away."

After all, they had fought a great battle with the orcs before, and at least destroyed an entire army of thunderbirds, as well as a large number of air forces such as self-protection bats.

More importantly, the ogres and supplies on the orc border were severely destroyed by Xu Lai.

One of the two most important wolf cavalry units in the stronghold was directly destroyed by Xu Lai.

In addition, during this period, the orcs and the swamps fought one after another under the constant instigation of the Empire, the Tower and other camps.

During this year, the orcs had hardly any respite, and there were actually big problems with both manpower and supplies.

If he were the Beast King, he might accumulate strength for a period of time before taking his time to make his move.

But no one knew whether the Beast King had stayed in the barren Gobi Desert for too long, or whether he thought the Empire had no ability to resist, so he couldn't wait to invade the grassland.

Elena did remind Xu Lai that the Beast King might have obtained a reliable insider, such as Count Eini who had already lost his base.

But when Xu Lai came here, he had no intention of keeping Aini until the orcs invaded.

As the saying goes, before you can fight against foreign enemies, you must first stabilize the country.

If the orcs came quickly, he would definitely kill Aini first, even if he suffered some losses at the front. He would never allow any problems to occur in his homeland while he was fighting at the front.

It was for this reason that Xu Lai was unwilling to wait for the Qingfeng Legion to rest, but instead wanted to regroup his troops and immediately join the battle again.

Hancock has already recruited a large number of mercenaries through the Mercenary Guild.

The troops from other places have almost gathered, and they are just waiting for Xu Lai to be free, so that they can set off with the Paladins and the Angels.

Before setting off, Xu Lai had instructed Lena to lead part of the Qingfeng Legion to occupy the Wanshi Fort first.

Later, Wang Chao will bring a large amount of construction resources to Wanshibao, and then move Wanshibao and the surrounding herdsmen, villages and towns back to the rear. (End of this chapter)