The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Xu Lai went to visit the craftsmen in the dungeon in person.

The devil was quite nice to them. Although they looked a little pale and thin, they were not skinny at least.

In addition to the craftsmen, many of their family members also survived.

The craftsmen worked very hard, otherwise they would not have been able to repair the city wall and build several arrow towers in just one night.

It is even less likely that their wives and children will be spared by the devil.

Likewise, they never thought that demons would invade, let alone that the invincible demons would be defeated by humans once again.

When they saw the human soldiers rushing into the dungeon, they were ashamed and embarrassed.

The soldiers of the Xiandeng Camp who rushed in first became furious. They didn't even care about the heavy prison and wanted to kill the craftsmen immediately.

Traitors are always the most infuriating at all times.

But fortunately, Eric stopped them in time. After all, these craftsmen were only helping the demons build the fortress and did not directly persecute their own people.

Of course, the most important reason is that they did not do it voluntarily and should not be directly equated with traitors.

After hearing about what happened here, Xu Lai came over to inquire as soon as possible.

From the demand perspective, these craftsmen certainly cannot be harmed in any way.

The entire Western Empire was in a state of disrepair and needed a lot of manpower.

What's more, Xu Lai must not give up Little Gray Castle, as it is an important checkpoint in guarding the Gray Valley.

Xu Lai defeated the demon and wanted to defend this place to prevent the demon from fleeing to the Paphx Plain and continuing to cause destruction.

If you accidentally lose the battle, Little Gray Castle is the most important escape route.

Therefore, not only could he not give up Little Gray Castle, but he had to continue to build and reinforce it on the existing basis.

The arrow tower is easy to build. Just use the heart of the castle and rebuild it on the original site.

The reinforcement work can only be left to these craftsmen.

But although these craftsmen are needed, Xu Lai also needs to take care of the feelings of others emotionally.

Xu Lai thought for a moment and said to the angry soldiers, “They are just ordinary craftsmen, and they did nothing wrong in wanting to survive.

Let them do work instead of punishment and use labor to reform themselves.

During the working period, they are not allowed to take leave, can only live in designated places, and are only issued basic living supplies.

Those who meet a certain workload and perform well can be considered to have completed their transformation and will be given a chance to start a new life. "

It is called work, but it is also equivalent to imprisonment in disguise, except that one does not need to stay in this simple cell, and daily necessities can be guaranteed to a certain extent.

In this way, the practical needs were met and a certain degree of punishment was imposed on these craftsmen, so that the soldiers who first entered the camp could calm down.

In fact, if they were just ordinary civilians, even if they were forced to do some work under the oppression of the devil, they would not be so angry.

It was indeed these craftsmen who helped the demons build arrow towers and repair city walls in front of them, in order to slaughter their own people.

Not to mention these soldiers, even though Xu Lai originally went there for training, he was still unhappy when he saw this scene.

Naturally, the soldiers would not object to Xu Lai's decision.

They were all native people of the Western Empire, and these craftsmen were basically their fellow townsmen, or even their neighbors.

There was some impulsiveness in my behavior just now, but in front of Xu Lai, I naturally calmed down quickly.

Xu Lai still attaches great importance to the Xiandeng Camp.

It was stated again on the spot that in order to commend the outstanding performance of the Vanguard Camp in siege the city in the past few days, 3 tons of red dragon meat would be specially rewarded to the Vanguard Camp.

Three tons of red dragon meat is 3 kilograms, which is just enough for the 3 people in the initial landing camp, with one kilogram for each person.

Paired with the staple food and other side dishes, it can be eaten for at least two meals.

Moreover, 3 tons of red dragon meat, even if the price is much lower than that of black dragon, if it is sold, it is worth at least million gold.

After all, this thing requires a price but no demand.

No matter how much money a rich person has, the key is that he can’t buy something even if he wants to.

After eating these 3 tons of dragon meat, even though everyone present had experienced great sorrow, they could not hide the joy in their hearts.

They are different from the new recruits recruited by Xu Lai. They are all well-informed.

The members of the Qingfeng Corps are basically of civilian origin, and only a few officers may have some knowledge.

They knew that dragon meat was valuable, but they didn't know how valuable or precious it was.

The people who first entered the camp were either mercenaries or private soldiers. They were all professionals of a certain level and had a certain social status.

Only because they have extensive knowledge can they know how precious dragon meat is, and only then can they feel how rare Xu Lai's reward is.

Anyway, apart from Xu Lai, they had never heard of any other lord who would reward dragon meat to ordinary soldiers.

The most important thing is that many people here have been blocked by their own qualifications for a long time.

It can be predicted that after this meal of dragon meat is finished, a large number of people who can advance will appear in the Xiandeng camp.

This is the real reason why Xu Lai did not choose to reward with money but directly rewarded with dragon meat.

All the soldiers who arrived at the camp first left satisfied, except Eric, who declined Xu Lai's reward.

Others could eat some dragon meat, but as a dragon knight, and a black dragon knight at that, he should not touch either black or red dragon meat.

Xu Lai didn't force it. Although he raised a holy dragon, he was not a dragon knight.

Secondly, his little blue dragon does not think that it is of the same race as the red dragon and the black dragon.

In addition to the first ones to enter the camp, Xu Lai did not show favoritism and also rewarded the Qingfeng Legion with some dragon meat.

These are the newly recruited soldiers of the Qingfeng Corps. Although their ranks have been raised, they have never eaten dragon meat like their predecessors.

However, there were too many of them, and it was impossible to give each person two kilograms like in the Xiandeng Camp. Each person only got about half a kilogram.

Even if it is only half a pound, the qualifications that should be improved can be improved.

If the situation cannot be improved, their current level has not reached the top yet, and Xu Lai will not be stingy with rewards if they continue to make contributions.

Compared with the Xiandeng Camp, the new recruits of the Qingfeng Corps, although they had experienced a longer war, all received resettlement money and were allocated land on the day of conscription.

If someone really is dissatisfied, Xu Lai can talk it out with them.

Even for this greedy and ungrateful guy, Xu Lai would strip him of all his equipment, order him to return the upgrade fee and kick him out of the camp.

Fortunately, this situation did not occur, and I don’t know if it was stopped directly by the officer.

However, although no one came here to make trouble, Xu Lai still had emotions, which was inevitable.

But in the siege battles of the past few days, the Xiandeng Camp's performance was indeed much better than that of the Qingfeng Legion.

As long as the people of the Qingfeng Corps don't make trouble here, Xu Lai will be happy to be idle. It's also good to stimulate them with the treatment of the Xiandeng Camp, because the new recruits can't stand stimulation the most.

Today they got less dragon meat than those who reached the camp first, but tomorrow they will risk their lives to take back this honor.

It just so happened that Xu Lai assigned the task of clearing the uphill roads on both sides to the Qingfeng Corps and the Xiandeng Camp.

The vanguard camp, led by the dragon knight Eric, will cooperate with 3000 Naga guards, 1 murloc warriors, and the priest group led by Anna to clear the left hillside.

Brandi will lead the Qingfeng Legion and the priest group led by Yu Lan to clear the hillside on the right.

Elvy, with the angel army, patrols the sky and is responsible for supporting the friendly forces on both sides at any time.

After all, there were almost certain ambushes in the valleys on both sides of Little Gray Castle.

Jian Yuan and some of the knights he led were also needed to explore the passage in the Grey Valley for Xu Lai.

This passage leads directly to Kerrigan's base camp. There must be many ambushes not only on both sides of the valley, but also on the road.

It is highly unlikely that an ambush could be set up as the passage is narrow and not a location where many troops could be deployed.

Setting up an ambush on the passage is almost useless except for temporarily hindering the passage of troops.

But it would be different if some magic traps were set up in the passage.

When a large army marches over and triggers the trap, it can kill the enemy and block their passage.

If the magic trap is powerful enough, it might be able to form a linkage with the hillsides on both sides.

The Grey Valley has been extensively transformed by the demons. If some magma were to come down from the mountain, it would be a disaster for the soldiers who cannot fly.

Therefore, Xu Lai could not afford to be careless about this passage and had to check and confirm it repeatedly.

There is no other candidate who can undertake this task except Jian Yuan.

If there were traps and ambushes on the hillsides on either side, Elvy and the Angel Legion would be the only rescue forces that could arrive immediately.

Xu Lai himself, with Roland and the knights of Chivalry, garrisoned the Little Gray Castle and its outskirts.

On the one hand, he had to continue building fortifications here, and on the other hand, he also needed to wait for the craftsmen to repair the catapult.

It was already difficult to attack Little Gray Castle. Without enough catapults, how could we deal with the more solid and terrifying Big Gray Castle?

Great Gray Castle is naturally not called Great Gray Castle. Its name is Gray Castle. It is built at the end of Graydale and firmly guards the exit of Graydale.

And because of the existence of this Gray Castle, the small fortress at the entrance was named Little Gray Castle.

Unlike Little Graycastle, which is only a fortress-level structure, Big Graycastle is a real castle.

It shouldn't even be called a castle, because a castle still has the most basic people's livelihood and living functions.

The Great Gray Castle was a military fortress with only city walls and arrow towers, and almost no civilian life.

Compared with attacking Little Gray Castle, the difficulty of attacking Big Gray Castle is hundreds of times, or even more.

Although the Little Gray Castle was sandwiched between valleys on both sides, it could not be expanded inside the valleys, but at least it could be expanded outside the valleys.

Xu Lai didn't need to deploy too many troops. No matter how many melee soldiers he deployed, it would be useless.

He only needed his own catapults, and if he could deploy a certain number of them, he would be confident of capturing Little Gray Castle.

But when facing the Big Gray Castle, the situation was completely different. He needed to attack the Big Gray Castle in the valley.

Xu Lai was not sure what the valley opposite had been transformed into, but from the information he had obtained before.

The entire valley, at its widest point, could only accommodate six knights walking side by side.

Even if Xu Lai modified the catapult, he could only fit two at most.

Even if Great Gray Castle did not launch any counterattack, it would just allow the two catapults to bombard it indiscriminately.

Even if these two catapults are of the highest level and all use magic ammunition, it will take at least three to five days to smash a passage.

Not to mention, how could a militarized fortress be allowed to be bombarded indiscriminately by Xu Lai?

Therefore, Xu Lai had to prepare a large number of catapults to carry out uninterrupted attacks on the Great Gray Castle.

Even the Small Gray Castle had a group of craftsmen imprisoned there who specialized in repairing the city walls and arrow towers. Xu Lai didn't believe that there were no such craftsmen in the Big Gray Castle.

In addition to the craftsmen in Little Gray Castle, Xu Lai also sent a message to Qingfeng City.

Let Suya recruit senior craftsmen and mages, and reserve as many high-level catapults and magic ammunition as possible for him.

With the magical artifact like the warehouse ring, Qingfeng City becomes Xu Lai’s large long-distance supply base.

If it weren't for this innate advantage, Xu Lai really didn't want to attack Gray Valley.

Maybe, he will choose to close Gray Valley directly at that time and seize all the territories outside Gray Valley first.

But even with the support of Qingfeng City, which can guarantee an unlimited supply of catapults and ammunition, attacking Great Gray Castle is still an extremely difficult task.

Xu Lai now has two plans, one of which is currently being implemented.

Not only do we need to clear the passage in the Grey Valley, but we also need to clear the hillsides on both sides so that we can deploy long-range troops on the hillsides on both sides.

Otherwise, after placing some catapults in the valley, the long-range shooters would have no place to stand.

If the long-range forces in the Great Gray Valley are not restricted, no matter how many catapults Xu Lai has, they will not be able to withstand such consumption.

The second option requires waiting for a longer period of time.

After Tahan has reached a higher level, collected all the equipment, and increased its attributes, he will come to the Great Gray Castle and cast a forbidden spell on it.

However, in addition to waiting for Tahan to improve, it will take at least half a month for Tahan to recover his ability to cast spells.

The lightning storm directly blocked Tahan's air spells, and he could only wait for time to recover by itself, and it could not be shortened by any medicine or spell.

This plan is not perfect either.

First of all, when the forbidden spell was released, Mendis escaped.

Now that the news that Xu Lai knows a forbidden spell of air must have reached the demons, they will definitely make corresponding responses.

Air-protective magic arrays, anti-magic equipment and treasures, and the ultimate air-controlling magic should all be prepared.

As long as these things are prepared in advance, even forbidden spells will not be able to exert much power.

But this can also be considered good news, because it will inevitably cost the demons a lot of financial resources and energy.

At the same time, because of the forbidden spell of the Qi system, if there is a protective array in the Great Gray Castle, it must be resistant to magic or Qi.

No matter how wealthy the demons are, they probably can't build two layers of magic circles for Qingfeng City like Xu Lai did.

Therefore, the catapults and archers with purely physical attacks will greatly reduce the pressure.

Otherwise, if it was a long-range protective array, it would take a lot of effort to take down the Great Gray Castle. (End of this chapter)