The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

"How is it? Can these foods be eaten?"

Leilaf and his group returned very smoothly to the temporary base that the orcs were building.

Although the tens of thousands of units of food he brought back were not enough to supply the army, they were enough to supply the working big-eared monsters and laborers.

However, although it was the orcs themselves who asked Aini to provide food and fodder, they did not have much trust in Aini.

In front of Parame, the Beast King Sachs ordered the only two shamans in the camp to cast a spell together to conduct a test.

As expected, both shamans shook their heads, indicating that they had not detected the toxicity using magic.

Shaman Ogu said: "Your Majesty, no toxins were detected in these foods."

Beast King Sachs nodded and immediately ordered people to prepare the food.

Although orcs prefer meat, they are omnivores like humans and do not only eat meat.

However, it is impossible to grow decent food in the Gobi Desert, and the food grown by humans is priceless treasure in the stronghold.

Thinking of the fragrant rice and the white and soft steamed buns, even the mighty Beast King missed them very much.

“If Your Majesty is worried, why not distribute the food to the hard laborers and slaves first.

If my lord had poisoned it, he would have poisoned the laborers and slaves first."

At this moment, the wizard Parame suddenly stopped him.

Beast King Sachs frowned slightly and said to Parame nonchalantly:

“The Master’s suggestion makes sense. Although we trust Lord Aini, he cannot come in person to take over the task. No one knows what will happen in the process.

It is right to be cautious first.”

After Parame fell silent, he did not say anything else. Although he was a mage, after joining the orcs, he completely abandoned his dignity as a human being and a mage.

There must be no problem with this batch of food. Xu Lai just didn't want to arouse the suspicion of the orcs, so he prepared some of each kind of food.

Although staple food is relatively precious in the stronghold, not many people are willing to eat it, and it is also easier to be discovered if poisoning is done with this food.

After proving that there is no problem with the food, the next step is how to transport the livestock out.

The space ring cannot transport living things. If you kill them all and then transport them, the space ring will not be able to accommodate them.

There were not many space rings in the stronghold, and even if all the chiefs' rings were collected together, they would not be able to hold much meat.

The concerns of Aini and the captain must also be taken into consideration. Even with this batch of meat, the orcs' food gap is still huge.

This hidden hiding place is extremely valuable and should not be easily exposed. The method of taking it multiple times is not feasible.

After several orc chieftains discussed for a long time, Paramei slowly said:

“The space ring also needs to store other supplies, so it is not suitable to store all meat.

Therefore, we not only have to consider the issue of transportation, but also the issue of storage after we bring the meat back.

At present, our materials are mainly used to build resting places for combatants, and it is impossible to build warehouses in large numbers.

Even if the cattle and sheep are brought back after being slaughtered, most of them will be spoiled.

However, living cattle and sheep only need to be kept in a pen and can survive for a long time, without the need for too much care.

And as far as I know, Xu Lai is extremely short of reconnaissance forces, and can only rely on a few reconnaissance knights, Pegasus knights and a few angels.

As long as we adopt an offensive posture, we will be able to attract all their attention.

When the time comes, we can send people to drive the cattle and sheep back, and there shouldn’t be any major problems.

As long as the hiding cave is not discovered, even if it is sensed by Xu Lai's men in the middle of the journey, we only need to delay Xu Lai's cavalry troops.

According to the current situation, Xu Lai's infantry corps would certainly not dare to go out of the city to fight in the field. Their troops are too few, and they are unwilling to give up the huge advantage in city defense. "

It is said that enemies are not as hated as traitors.

Although the orcs in the stronghold also hated Xu Lai to the core, it was difficult for them to cross the Pingfeng Mountains.

Secondly, whether orcs or half-orcs, their image is completely different from that of humans and they are completely unable to integrate into the human living environment.

Naturally, they couldn't obtain much truly useful intelligence.

But Parame is different. Aini has long regarded the Advent Heroes as a threat. In fact, Parame has been responsible for collecting intelligence on the Advent Heroes for Aini since early on.

Among them, Xu Lai, as a leader who showed his talent early on, was targeted by Parame early on.

It can even be said that Aini himself may not understand Xu Lai as well as Parame does.

Parame knew very well that most of Xu Lai's troops were recruited soldiers.

Although these recruited soldiers are useful, their flaws are also well known.

In addition, although there were many heroes who defected to Xu Lai, Xu Lai was overly cautious in using them.

In this regard, Xu Lai is not as confident as those traditional aristocrats.

Although Aini and the others are also afraid of these descending heroes, this does not prevent them from using these heroes.

Ultimately, it is traditional aristocrats like Aini who have more trial and error costs and more people available to form constraints.

Xu Lai did not have enough manpower and not that many soldiers to sacrifice, so he was naturally cautious.

Through analysis of previous battle reports, Parame concluded that Xu Lai would not easily divide his troops.

Because Xu Lai does not have enough heroes to support him, his strength will drop rapidly if his troops are divided, and he may be easily eaten by the orcs.

This is also why Xu Lai wants to implement the plan of clearing the countryside, which is to force the orc troops to attack the city, as only the city has enough food and grass.

"I don't think it's appropriate. That Xu guy is too high-level, has too good equipment, and has the most powerful artifact, the Angel Alliance.

If Kenlo Hag fails to grasp the situation and directly engages in a decisive battle with Xu Lai's large force in the wild, our losses may be unbearable."

The first person to jump out to oppose was York, Xu Lai's former captive.

After this guy suffered a major defeat, his position in the stronghold, which was originally among the top few, has now fallen outside the fifth place.

The last time Xu Lai led the knights in a field charge, he was so shocked that he completely lost the courage to fight Xu Lai.

The other chiefs present did not speak. Their troops either had not arrived yet or had just arrived and had no time to rest.

Obviously, if there was to be a head-on conflict with Xu Lai now, it would not be possible for their people to do it.

The stronghold is currently in a weak position, so they are still relatively united. However, they are still reluctant to speak up when it comes to matters that do not involve themselves.

"Sir York, what you said is wrong. You are boosting others' morale and destroying your own prestige."

Parame chuckled. As an envoy of Aini, he had something to ask of these orcs. He had been humiliated by them for a long time. The orcs might not care about other things, but when it came to face issues, no orc could bear it.

Beast King Sachs waved his hand and said directly: "This batch of livestock is extremely important to us, we must do everything we can to transport it back.

At the same time, it is best not to expose the existence of the hiding hole. It is better to ask Kenro Hag's opinion first.

If he is sure that he can entangle Xu Lai, then he will do as the master said.

But if Kenlo Hag is not sure, let's wait until our main force arrives.

By then, our army will be nearby, so we don't need to make contact in the wild. We can just let the Earl deliver the food and grass to our army camp. What can Xu Lai do?"

The Beast King had the final word, and even though Parame was dissatisfied, she did not dare to refute anything.

Soon, it was night. Although the orcs' camp could not be built in one day, with the support of the stronghold heart, dozens of caves were built.

Inside the cave, the orcs' high-ranking heroes and chieftains sat in a row, but unlike in the past, there was an additional human mage today.

At the meeting, Sachs briefly summarized the results of the afternoon's discussions.

When Kenlo Hag was asked for his opinion, he suddenly opened his slightly narrowed eyes and said:
“No problem, I agree with the human mage’s opinion. Xu Lai and his cavalry can be handed over to me.

Although we didn't fight today, we did test each other.

His cavalry units are clearly superior to the wolf cavalry units in terms of speed and endurance.

I am only able to advance and entangle for a short period of time. Once the time is too long, I may not be able to escape even if I want to.

Therefore, if we must do this, the Wolf Riders will inevitably suffer losses. I estimate that it will be at least between 10% and 25%. "

"So high?" Sachs was surprised.

Kenlo Hag nodded and said, "Tens of thousands of cattle and sheep cannot be transported in a short period of time.

Once I have a confrontation with them, it will be fine if it is short, but if it lasts for a long time, I can only abandon part of my troops to escape.

if not."

Having said that, Kenlo Hag paused for a moment and then continued, "We can only fight them to the death."

Kenro Hager, who has a talent for offensive skills, is not a very calm person.

On the contrary, he might be the most fanatical warmongerer in the entire stronghold.

However, Kenro Hag is more rational and more determined than the average orc.

Moreover, as the only commander of the stronghold camp, Kenlo Hag knows how to restrain himself better.

However, once his crazy side comes out, even Sachs himself cannot control him.

Kenro Hag's words made Sachs hesitate again. He asked the Orc hero Sirulu who was in charge of logistics:
"How long can the food in the camp last?
How long will it take for the main force to transfer here?"

Xilulu stood up and replied, “Your Majesty, with the food just delivered today, the food in the camp can last for a week at most.

It would take at least half a month to transfer all the troops over.

If the camp wants to maintain normal operation, it still needs to prioritize mobilizing logistics troops. If it wants to form combat effectiveness, it will still take about half a month."

Sachs thought for a moment and said, "What if the rations for everyone in the camp are reduced by half?"

Xilulu shook his head and said, "There's still little hope. The food consumption of slaves, hard laborers, and big-eared monsters has already been halved.

If it is reduced by half again, no matter how much we urge them, it will be difficult for them to have enough physical strength to maintain their work, which is equivalent to us wasting food to feed them.

Without sufficient facilities, not only was it impossible to accommodate the soldiers in the camp, but it was also difficult to deal with the food, fodder, and equipment that were transported in.

In addition, there are a large number of recruited soldiers in the camp. They need to consume a fixed unit of food every day, but they are not picky about the type of food.

Unless we cut the rations of the wolf riders and flying troops, we must have additional food to support them."

As soon as Xilulu said this, the commanders of the two armies all looked over coldly.

Kenlo Hagsilulu could not be offended, but he was not afraid of Ruda who had just caused heavy losses to the stronghold.

"Lu Da, have you gained anything today? I noticed that you all returned to the camp empty-handed."

Lu Da stood up tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Da has not been lazy or reckless today.

We have searched all the land west of Stone City several times, but have not found any mobile groups of people, villages, or other human settlements.

The two or three villages and towns that we managed to find had all been abandoned by humans, and there was not a single person in them.

Even many good pastures were simply abandoned.

Even large wild animal populations were not found, which must have been destroyed by humans.”

Ruda originally wanted to report this matter separately.

Because this report obviously did not produce any results, if it were reported in public, he would definitely be scolded.

Unfortunately, he couldn't escape after all.

As expected, the Beast King would not be satisfied with such an answer.

He glared at Lu Da fiercely and said:
"Keep looking for them tomorrow. I don't believe that Xu is so capable that he could move away half of the grassland's people and animals in just over a month."

Having said that, Sachs knew that Ruda had just made a big mistake and would probably not dare to be lazy at such a critical moment.

In other words, it is very likely that the man surnamed Xu really moved away half of the grassland.

Although this provided them with a vast space, it also completely deprived them of the ability to resupply.

Those dispersed groups of wild beasts were barely able to keep the flying corps going, and the huge physical expenditure incurred was already considered good.

Thinking of this, Sachs said, "Let's mobilize the Cyclops and the Orcs tomorrow.

We must transport these foods back to the camp, and everyone must cooperate with Kenro Hag in the operation the next day.

In addition, Mr. Mage, I need you to reconnect with your Earl as soon as possible.

These cattle and sheep are only enough to sustain us for a while. We still have a huge food shortage. Please ask him to find a way to send them as soon as possible."

Parame didn't dare to object, so she said, "It will take a certain amount of time to collect and transport the food."

Before Parame could finish her words, Sachs raised a finger and said firmly:

“One week at a time, I need to see the amount of food that satisfies me.

In this case, I will accept your Earl as a friend of the base!" (End of this chapter)