The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Hantan City lost a large area of ​​land south of Hanjiang River, and the food supply is less than half of what it used to be.

As the human city closest to Hell, Hantan City is the first choice for all refugees.

Although the Hell Camp has deployed troops near Hanjiang River to intercept them.

But as long as the refugees escape from other places to Hanjiang River and find a floating object to float downstream, they still have a chance of survival.

Thorn City seems to provide support to Hantan City, but it is someone else's city after all, and it has been dirty before, so why would it be willing to go all out.

Hantan City, which has devoted all its efforts to developing the navy and trying to stop the Hell Camp on Hanjiang River, has almost no land power.

The Lord of Hantan City would never have thought that even though he was in this position, his own territory was still being considered by "his own people".

The Lord of Hantan City has been exhausted by now.

So, if you don't want it, I'll just give it to you directly.

The nobles of Thorn City died in vain. Not only did they not have any effect, but they also made the Lord of Hantan City reject Xu Lai's invitation to join the government.

"Your Majesty, I am old. There is still some wealth left in my family, but there is no surplus food left.

I am willing to contribute all the remaining wealth in my family. I only hope that Your Majesty can forgive the rich families in the city."

The Lord of Hantan City, Avid Valentine, is the patriarch of the Valentine family and was awarded the title of Imperial Viscount.

However, the Valentine family is not very popular. The first patriarch of the family was once the chief shipbuilder of the famous naval general Sylvia.

He was awarded the title for building a royal giant ship that dominated the ocean for Sylvia.

However, the patriarch of Valentine, who was a technician, was not recognized by the mainstream nobles, so he was exiled to the mouth of the Hanjiang River.

At that time, the estuary of the Hanjiang River had not been governed at all, and there was not even a piece of good land around it.

After hundreds of years of operation, the Valentine family managed the Hanjiang River, built the Hantan to divert the river, and cultivated tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.

Unfortunately, most of the fertile land has been destroyed by magma, and no crops can be grown at all.

Xu Lai was silent for a moment and replied: "What if I don't want to forgive them?"

Avid sighed and said calmly: "That's up to you. You are the winner and have the right to dominate the life and death of everyone in the city.

However, whether for you or for the bloodline of the human race, please treat the Hantan Navy well.

With them, at least, they can deter hell a little, so that they dare not cross the river easily, and also buy more time for humans."

Avid didn't even look at Xu Lai. When he saw the troubled place of the Lord of Thorn City, Avid anticipated his own fate.

Originally, he still had some hope, but he didn't expect to meet a cruel tyrant.

This is not surprising. He heard that the folk customs on the grassland are extremely fierce. He was not surprised to see this situation.

However, humans can no longer withstand any internal fighting.

Moreover, even Longan City, Wasteland City, and Thorn City were taken down by the grassland king in front of him. What can the weaker Hantan City do to fight him?

For Hantan City and the entire human race, preserving a little more fire can be regarded as the last contribution of their Valentine family to the empire.

Xu Lai had a headache. To be honest, Xu Lai really needed the other party.

After searching the grassland, he could not find a general who was good at naval forces. The Sylvia family was famous for its navigation skills, but the other party was in the distant Southern Empire.

If Xu Lai had known that Avid would directly open the city and surrender, he would have spared those people’s lives.

"Mr. Avid, to be honest, I came all the way here just for you.

If you and your family are unwilling to be loyal to me, I think there is no need for the entire Hantan City to stay.

At that time, not to mention the Hantan Navy, all the people in Hantan City will be buried with this city."

Avid said in horror: "You, do you still want to massacre the city?"

Xu Lai narrowed his eyes and said: "I don't know if you have heard of me before. I think my reputation is actually quite good.

But if this is the only way to achieve my goal, I don't mind doing it."

With a sizzling sound, the soldiers wearing leather armor behind Avid drew their swords.

"City Lord, stop talking nonsense with this kind of people, let's fight them."

Xu Lai was stunned. In order to show his sincerity, Xu Lai did not stop Avid's guards, let alone unload their weapons.

Just when Xu Lai was surprised, Roland was also shocked and angry.

As the captain of Xu Lai's guards, he jumped out personally regardless of his status and kicked down the guard captain who drew his sword.

Roland, who had multiple blessings on his body, attacked with hatred and showed no mercy.

Even though the guards around Avid were all rank 7 royal guard captains, they were still kicked away.

The other guards wanted to resist, but there was no need for the other holy knights to take action. Roland alone kicked them all to the ground one by one.

Tahan, who was newly promoted to a general, has replaced a whole set of equipment. Not only did his attributes increase greatly, but he also gained many general-exclusive effects.

Tahan, who was riding on a horse, snorted coldly, and the fearless aura after the advancement instantly enveloped Avid's entire guard.

The guards of the guard felt cold all over, their courage was deprived of a few points out of thin air, and their morale dropped several points instantly.

With the aura of fearlessness, Roland knocked down all the guards around Avid with one punch each, without even drawing his weapon.

However, Avid did not even look at the guards around him, staring straight at Xu Lai and said, "You are threatening me."

Xu Lai also said nonchalantly, "Yes, I am threatening you.

If it were in the past, I might have invited him three times and made a gesture.

I treat him as a national hero, so I can expect others to repay me as a national hero.

But I don't have time now, the strongholds and the undead are attacking cities and plundering land on a large scale.

Every second and every minute of delay now will cause countless human deaths.

Even an outsider like me can't stand it, I don't know how you people have the nerve to be hypocritical."

Avid was blocked by Xu Lai here with a breath, his face flushed red, and said:

"How can I be hypocritical, I just don't want to work for people like you . "

Xu Lai snorted coldly and said, "Heh, humans are on the verge of extinction, and you still have the nerve to talk about preferences.

Don't think I'm just threatening you. If you don't pledge allegiance to me, I can't use the entire Hantan Fleet with confidence.

If I don't use these fleets, Hantan City will only give me false hope.

Let me invest endless resources and manpower in this city that may betray me at any time.

Instead of doing this, I might as well destroy this city, give up all false hopes, and concentrate on arranging defenses on land.

So I also hope that you can think about it carefully and don't delay the entire Hantan City because of your momentary pleasure. "

Xu Lai originally really wanted to persuade the other party, at least not with such a tough attitude.

The most important thing is that even if Xu Lai succeeded in forcing the other party to pledge allegiance, this kind of loyalty gained by coercion and inducement is extremely unstable.

But just as he worried, the latest intelligence came from the temple, and the Hell camp began a new round of troop assembly.

At present, Xu Lai is still unclear about what Hell wants to do with its troop assembly and which direction to attack.

But what is certain is that Hell is going to make trouble, and he really doesn't have much time left.

If Avid still drags his feet and is sticky, Xu Lai will not really burn the city, but he will definitely not continue to invest resources here.

He will even give up Thorn City and seize all the time and energy to build Longan and Wasteland into the edge defense line of the Eagle Kingdom.

Looking at Xu Lai's serious expression, Avid also fell into hesitation.

As a local, Avid hates outsiders like Xu Lai.

As a noble, he hates Xu Lai, a barbarian who kills nobles at will.

But it seems that Xu Lai did not lie. If he continues to refuse, the other party may really massacre the city directly.

Xu Lai did not give Avid any chance to hesitate, and directly gave a loud order:

"Brandy, take your men to block the Cold Pond and pour all the kerosene we brought into the Cold Pond. I want nothing left in the Cold Pond."

The Cold Pond leads directly to the Cold Pond City and the Cold River. Kerosene can be poured into the Cold Pond from the shipyard in the Cold Pond City.

Kerosene cannot burn when it comes into contact with fire, but it can burn on the water surface. The warships of the Cold Pond Navy are basically made of wood.

Now most of the officers and soldiers of the Cold Pond Navy have disembarked from the ships, and Brandy and the surrendered soldiers have unloaded their weapons.

Once the kerosene is poured, the fleet will have no time to escape. It will burn into a piece in a moment, and nothing will be left in the end.

Arvid, who heard the order, shouted, "You, are you crazy?"

Xu Lai said regardless, "Brandy has led the troops over. In a quarter of an hour at most, the fire may burn.

By then, it will be too late even if I give the order to stop it.

And considering that it takes time to pass the order, you don't have a few minutes left."

"No, please don't hurt this fleet. I am willing to obey all your orders."

Xu Lai looked at Arvid and said coldly, "I don't want slaves."

Arvid paused, looking at the large group of soldiers moving, he gritted his teeth, knelt in front of Xu Lai and said:

"I, Arvid Valentine, the patriarch of the Valentine family, hereby swear to the respected King of the Eagle Kingdom:

The Valentine family is willing to be loyal to His Majesty forever and never betray."

Xu Lai curled his lips slightly. In fact, he didn't bring any kerosene, and Brandy was just pretending.

"Get up. I don't believe in eternity. I only believe in the present.

Take me to see your fleet. I hope your fleet can bring us some hope."

Avid stood up and walked towards Hantan with Xu Lai.

Outside the shipyard, except for a few people guarding the ship, most of the soldiers had already lined up outside.

Of course, their weapons had been confiscated, and Lena was watching them personally.

Seeing this elf heroine, Avid was surprised again.

But he didn't say anything, but introduced to Xu Lai:

"The Hantan Fleet has a total of 120 ships of various types, but 20 of them are converted civilian ships. They have no combat power and can only serve as transport ships.

Among the remaining 100 ships, there are 30 large arrow ships, 20 standard ocean-going gunboats, 30 medium and large transport ships, 9 frigates, and one flagship Hantan."

Xu Lai asked in confusion: "Isn't this just 90 ships?"

Avid nodded and said with a bitter face:

"There are 10 more flamethrowers. This kind of ship is quite effective against other ships, but not so effective against hell soldiers."

Xu Lai thought for a while and said, "I heard that your family is a shipbuilder and has built a giant ship for Sylvia?"

Avid said, "Yes, the drawings of the giant ship are still kept in our family.

The Hantan flagship is a replica of the royal giant ship, but it is a smaller and simplified improved version.

The real royal giant ship, let alone Hantan, can't be deployed even on Hanjiang. It is a flagship for naval battles."

The Hantan is extremely conspicuous, standing out among the ships.

The Hanjiang River is hundreds or thousands of meters wide at its widest point, and 50 to 60 meters at its narrowest point. It is like a terrifying river.

But even with such a river surface, it can't be deployed. I don't know what the giant ship looks like.

Xu Lai asked Avid directly for the improved version of the Royal Battleship's attributes, which is the attributes of the flagship, the Cold Pond.

[Cruiser]: can accommodate 150-1200 people, (to sail and maintain the minimum attack, at least 150 people are required, and to maximize the attack effect, at least 600 people are required)

The attack method is siege attack (affected by ballistics and archery):

Main gun * 1: attack 800, range 3000

Secondary gun * 12: attack 500, range 1500

Tail gun * 1: attack 600, range 1800

Defense: 250 (city wall defense)

Durability: 8000

Ammunition: 500 ordinary ammunition, 100 fragmentation shells, 50 explosive shells.

Equipment: bow ram, shooting platform*2, watchtower*2, magic system*1

Construction requires 6000 wood, 80000 gold coins, 5000 iron ingots, 800 crystals, 800 sulfur, and 1000 hours of work.

The cruiser belonging to the Hantan has really good properties, much better than the large arrow ships and ocean-going gunboats produced by ordinary shipyards.

Of course, the cost is also quite amazing.

Xu Lai remembered that in the shipyard blueprint he obtained at the beginning, the cost of a built-in ocean-going gunboat was only 10,000 or 20,000 gold coins.

In fact, the most important thing about shipbuilding is that it takes time.

If you buy it ready-made, an ocean-going gunboat is about 100,000 gold coins, and the merchants in the south can provide it in large quantities.

And a cruiser like the Hantan takes 1,000 hours.

However, there are many senior shipbuilders and shipbuilders in Hantan City. If they are allowed to work at full capacity, they can build one in about two or three days.

Even with this cost, the gold coins alone cost 80,000, and other resources such as wood and iron ingots, at least 200,000 per ship, and this does not include the wages of workers.

Of course, 200,000 per ship is actually profitable, because the Southern Empire does not sell ships of this level at all.

Even if it is sold, it will probably cost no less than one million gold. At this price, you can recruit angels to form a small regiment.

"This is the ship. Let the shipyard stop all the ships currently being built and focus on producing this type of cruiser. Make another 9 ships first.

In addition, Mr. Avid, I now officially appoint you as the commander of the Coastal Defense Force of the Eagle Kingdom.

The Coastal Defense Force will be based on the existing Cold Pond Navy. I will allocate you 10,000 infantry and 10,000 archers. Is that enough?" (End of this chapter)