The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Looking at the debris on the ground, Xu Lai was so angry that he didn't want to talk.

Wang Chaoqiang said with a smile: "I found it, I found it, I should be able to recycle some of it."

Xu Lai did not expect to make a fortune from the war, but this war really caused him heavy losses.

Not to mention the tens of millions of gold coins used to make the poison, the bounty offered by Xu Lai alone is probably over 10 million.

Fortunately, not many people died this time. Most of the laborers were recruited from farms, and the remaining survivors were basically resurrected.

The number of victims whose bodies could not be found or who had to make way for other more important units only added up to a few hundred.

Among these, except that the pensions for mercenaries will be higher, the number of conscripted soldiers and farmers will be less.

However, the mercenaries do not need Xu Lai to support their future lives, and Xu Lai will provide future security for all those who died in the Qingfeng Legion.

Although Wang Chao said that some of it could still be recycled, Xu Lai knew it well.

The ruins before us have some value other than digging out the heart of the castle.

All that's left are some rotten wood and stones, which are worth nothing.

Xu Lai turned around and said to Wang Chao, Tahan and the others, "Go ahead, but don't kill any more orcs. Capture them all.

After they are captured, the leaders will be killed, those who resist will be killed, and the rest will be tied up. I will find slave traders to transport them away."

Since the orcs left something to restore his health, Xu Lai had no choice but to let the orcs restore his health themselves.

At this time, Xu Lai actually regretted releasing the two Doomsday Judgments. These two spells were powerful and had a wide coverage.

Apart from the orcs still alive in the ruins of the base camp, only a few lucky ones and high-level orcs are alive within the coverage area of ​​his spell.

Xu Lai had bought orc slaves before to try out drugs, and he knew very well that orc slaves were a relatively popular breed.

There are three reasons. These orcs are very strong and work hard. One orc can be used as two or three adult men.

Secondly, the orcs are not demanding. As long as they are fed, they are willing to work hard.

Unlike human slaves, who are always thinking about escaping because their occupation is illegal.

If a human slave runs away, he will have a free and unfettered life. How can he be content to be your slave?

But it is different for orcs. Even if they run away, they will only be killed by sheriffs, patrolmen and mercenaries, or sold to other masters.

Thirdly, the living environment in the wilderness is too harsh, otherwise Sachs and other chiefs would not have to be so obsessed with fighting their way out of the wilderness.

In their own tribes, these orcs are equivalent to the private property of the chiefs and elders, and are not much better than slaves.

The most important thing is that although the work in the wilderness and in human territory is the same, working for humans at least allows you to have enough food to eat.

Several people can even sleep in one room without having to endure wind and rain. If they are lucky, they can even have some meat occasionally if there is a happy event in the host's family.

Relatively speaking, human landlords also prefer orc slaves.

Because once the orc slaves start to resist, even if they are handcuffed and shackled, it will be difficult for ordinary landlords and slave owners to deal with them.

But these orcs, as long as they are well fed and don't need warm clothes, they will be quiet and obedient enough.

Food is not valuable anyway, so why provoke these peaceful orcs to rebel? Even a fool can do the math.

However, the orcs Xu Lai had bought before were all around level 3, while the average level of the orcs at this time was around level 6.

Orcs are different from other people. Orcs are mainly strong in their physical strength.

If it is a wizard, no matter how high his level is, he will not be afraid. He can just put on a magic lock and no matter how strong his magic power is, it will be about the same as that of an ordinary person.

The physical strength of high-level orcs is so terrifying that even heavy steel shackles may not be able to control them.

This means that once these high-level orcs rebel, they will be difficult to control and the risk is relatively high.

If it really doesn't work, Xu Lai doesn't mind going to the wilderness and asking the chiefs there if they are willing to redeem these high-level orcs.

Even if the redemption price was one or two times more expensive than the recruitment price, he estimated that the orc chiefs would be willing to buy it.

There was no way out. After this battle, there were not many soldiers left in the entire stronghold camp.

Not to mention dealing with Xu Lai, the tower, or the invasion of the swamp, it was not enough to even deal with the barbarians in the wilderness.

There are many horse thieves, mountain bandits, water bandits and pirates on human territory.

In the orcs' territory, due to poverty, there are more such bandits, barbarians, goblins and the like innumerable.

It’s strange to say, Xu Lai didn’t say before that he would not kill those who surrendered, but these orcs refused to surrender.

Xu Lai thought they were tough guys, but it turned out that they simply thought Xu Lai would not let them off.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the orcs knelt down one after another. Even the chieftain did not hesitate at all.

In fact, this is not surprising. Before Xu Lailai, most of the orcs had been hungry for several days.

Even if Xu Lai didn't use the Doomsday Judgment, these guys would have no ability to resist at all.

The price of not eating enough is that you can’t use even one point instead of the ten points you originally had.

The logistics soldiers that Fang Chao brought with him were not of high rank, and they usually would never dare to touch these high-level orcs.

But today, the orcs in front of him were either dying or lying paralyzed in the ruins, refusing to move.

The logistics soldiers were at a loss as to what to do. Some of them took out the holy water they were issued and carefully poured some into the jars.

Some took out their own rations and shared one or two steamed buns with the orcs.

They really had no choice. Affected by the Doomsday Judgment, even the high-level orcs were left with only a trace of skin hanging on, looking like they would die at any time.

If they don't replenish their health in time, they might die in the next second.

Now, these orcs are no longer enemies, but property, and dead property is worthless.

As for feeding them steamed buns, it’s not because we’re afraid that they will die.

The orcs generally have good physical fitness. They can survive even if they starve for seven days and seven nights, let alone three days.

However, they are now lying on the ground pretending to be dead, looking completely uncooperative.

If we don't give them food, it will take several people to carry these orcs, wasting several people's manpower.

You have to lift them. Each of these things is more than two meters tall, and even if they are stripped of all their equipment, they still weigh several hundred kilograms. There is no way a low- or mid-level warrior can move them.

Giving them a steamed bun will neither fill them up nor give them some strength.

In this way, they can tie themselves up, follow the main force back to the camp, and carry the equipment themselves.

You don't even have to find someone to watch it.

The orcs were so hungry that they saw stars. They heard that everyone would be given several more steamed buns when they returned to the camp.

There are even meat buns inside the steamed buns. The orcs wish they could grow wings and fly into the human cities.

Of course, there are also those who are disobedient. Even if the morale of the recruited orc warriors drops to zero, as long as the intimidation of diplomacy is not triggered, these guys will resist to the end.

Of course, apart from providing experience, these guys have no other use.

Even the lowest-level peasant can kill these high-level orcs with a simple strike of the sword with the help of god-level offensive skills.

Xu Lai felt it was a pity, but he had no other choice. Fortunately, the orcs he recruited were loyal and most of them died in the camp. Those who escaped here were basically orcs that grew up naturally.

Xu Lai directly notified Su Ya and Wei Yihong, asking them to find a way to organize more slave traders and middlemen to come.

If you simply look for a slave trader, you will be forced to lower the price to death without even thinking about it.

Xu Lai had just fought a war with the major chiefs in the stronghold. Even if Xu Lai was willing to trade with these chiefs, they would not dare to come.

Therefore, it is necessary to find so-called middlemen to mediate between the two parties.

Of course, this kind of middleman must have a certain basis of trust between both parties, or he must have a good reputation and be able to convince both parties.

There are not many such people, and they are not easy to find. However, as far as Xu Lai knows, there are quite a few people in the empire who specialize in this kind of business.

Xu Lai did not necessarily have to do business with these middlemen, but with them around, the slave traders could not suppress him.

By the way, Xu Lai also called Wei Yihong and his caravan over.

He doesn't have much loot, but Lena must have a lot. The drops from the behemoths alone are worth at least tens or millions of gold coins.

There are several thousand Behemoths. Recruiting them costs tens of millions of gold coins even if they are not rare resources. It is too common for them to drop loot worth hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold coins.

In addition to these drops, the weapons and equipment used by the recruited orc warriors and the spell materials left in the camp are all quite valuable.

Even the corpses of giant wolves, evil wolves, and kodo beasts, if they were alive, their value would be several times higher.

Now that the battle is over, Xu Lai certainly needs to exchange these things for resources that are useful to himself as soon as possible.

The person who was the fastest and most experienced in handling these spoils was naturally Wei Yihong.

"Lena!"

"Knight Commander, please give me your orders."

Lina in the silver armor responded with a serious face.

Xu Lai smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Don't be nervous, the battle is basically over."

Lina blinked and said to Xu Lai: "Really? Why do I feel that it's not the case?"

Xu Lai's eyes froze, and he asked, "Why do you think so?"

Lina shrugged and said, "I heard that you moved a large number of villages and towns and farmers to the rear, and you are willing to allocate land and houses to these people. It will cost a lot of money."

Xu Lai asked doubtfully, “I spent a lot of money, but I also killed a lot of nobles and seized a lot of manors and land.

It would be a pity if we don’t send people to cultivate these manors and lands and let them go to waste. There is not much arable land in the grassland area.”

Lina nodded and said, “I know this, it’s because there is not much arable land in the grassland, so your willingness to provide these people with food and to go to safe areas is even more valuable.

But I remember that you are a person who never wants to suffer any loss.

The orcs have caused you so much loss, are you willing to let them go just like that?"

Xu Lai shook his head and said, "So what if I am unwilling? Can I still chase them and beat them?

I would like to force them to sign an unequal treaty with me.

But the wild land is vast and has few resources.

Even if I brought enough food, I wouldn't have the time to waste on this.

We all know that in a few months, the devil will surely make a move."

The six-month deadline was almost up, but Kerrigan was tricked by the Pope and suffered heavy losses.

After the demon army has rested, it is hard to say whether they will attack the grassland or directly attack the imperial capital.

The temple judged that they would attack the imperial capital, otherwise they would not have to send millions of believers over from thousands of miles away.

“With so many things you have to deal with, there’s definitely no time.

What if we make this trip for you?"

Xu Lai swallowed his saliva. If someone made this trip for him and made the orcs feel threatened, these guys might really be willing to submit and pay tribute.

The stronghold is now seriously damaged. To put it bluntly, if Xu Lai is willing to spend time and energy to attack one city at a time, he can really wipe out the orcs.

The orcs are not good at ingenuity, and they are extremely short of siege and defense equipment.

The main forces attacking and defending the city, the Cyclops, Thunderbirds, Rocs, Golden Eagles and Orcs, all suffered heavy casualties.

If Xu Lai could use some more tricks to win over a group of people and suppress a group of people, then it would be no problem for him to unify the wild land and become the king of beasts.

But again, he didn't have the time.

Even if I set out with Lena and split into two groups, it would take at least one or two months to travel the entire wilderness.

Back in the underground city, Xu Lai only set fire and made threats. It was impossible for him to really flatten all the twelve main cities one by one.

Besides, there was nothing to do at the time, and he traveled with a small entourage. Even if he had to go back before the end of the month, he could use the time-space gate at any time.

But it was different when we went to the stronghold, as there was no underground passage connecting the stronghold to the grassland.

Xu Lai did know a teleportation array, but the problem was that it was impossible for him to conquer the wild land with only a few people.

“I can’t give you too much help, and even though the orcs have been badly wounded, they must have left troops to defend their hometown.

You only have 3000-odd knights, so don't take the risk."

Unexpectedly, Lina shook her head and said, “We have more than just these knights, we also have the Eighth Knight Order.

We will set out together, taking with us plenty of provisions.

Don't worry, we will not touch the orcs' high cities and strongholds. We will only invade the orcs' tribes in the form of small teams.

Their wolf cavalry suffered heavy losses, and our paladins can heal each other's wounds, so they will definitely not be able to outlast us.

When they are pushed to the point where they can no longer bear it, they will naturally be willing to sign the unequal treaty you mentioned."

Xu Lai hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "It's too risky, there's no need for this."

However, Lina said firmly: “Yes, and it must be necessary.

I brought millions of believers here, and now these believers have no land, no food, and not even a place to live.

I know, and Bishop Durr also told me that you have already started preparing in advance.

But no matter how well prepared we are, it is impossible to accommodate so many believers.

Moreover, the arable land area of ​​the grassland is small, and the arrival of believers will inevitably take away a large amount of resources of the grassland people.

Perhaps for a long time in the future, you, the lord, will be needed to take care of them.

As knights, there's not much we can do to help you. The only thing we're good at is fighting.

Besides, I also have some selfish motives. Many new soldiers have joined our two knight orders.

The orcs, who were severely injured at this time, were also suitable for them to go through training. "(End of this chapter)