After clearing away the fifth stronghold where the Corpse Witch was entrenched, Liu Yifei let the army take a rest while he contacted Xue Lan and Lei Hanyu.
The army in the rear is marching safely, and is now getting closer and closer to the national border. However, the movements of the "opponent" make Lei Hanyu a little worried, because he has not even seen the shadow of the enemy all morning until now!
Although this greatly increased the marching speed of the army, it was so strange that people had to worry about whether it was the calm before the storm.
For this reason, Lei Hanyu had dispersed all the angels and griffins in the team and set up a tight surveillance line around the army. However, no trace of the enemy had been found so far, which made him somewhat uneasy.
Liu Yifei was convinced that since Emperor Aojian dared to make such a big fuss over a "private matter", he would never die without any problems.
Since he has already spent so much money...
I'm afraid there really is some more shocking conspiracy brewing!
However, Liu Yifei didn't dare to say this to Lei Hanyu. He just told him not to worry too much. The supplies in the team should be protected, and the rest... if there is any accident, it doesn't matter if a little military strength is lost.
Anyway, killing Liu Yifei is not enough. At the moment, who in the Jiuxin Empire really dares to openly attack this "expeditionary force", unless that person really doesn't want to be in the Jiuxin Empire~
On the other hand, Xuelan's side was really as "dreary" as Liu Yifei expected.
The reason why Xue Lan finally chose to bring the "Grand Priest" to fight zombies was because the magic units could continue to recover mana.
Their explosiveness and attack power are not as good as those of crossbowmen, but the real trouble in killing those hundreds of thousands of zombies is the ability to continue fighting. It doesn't matter if they are faster or slower, but it is great if they can kill them all~
What many people don’t expect is that there are actually a lot of ghouls hidden among the zombies!
Ghouls, like corpses, are also second-level mercenaries of the ghost clan. Strictly speaking, they should be "variants" of the corpse-type arms. As for how Liu Yifei was transformed, he still doesn't know much about it, but he used to represent various lords in the past.
I have seen quite a few of them while dealing with various lord tasks.
Compared with the corpse mercenaries, "Ghouls" have lower blood defense, but they have gained the ability to eat corpses to restore physical strength. And its biggest improvement is in speed!
In terms of small-scale movement, the ghoul is still not very good, but in the straight-line pursuit, it is faster than the skeleton! Combined with the characteristics of the undead unit that does not fatigue and never slows down, it is definitely the best in the army.
Long-range pursuit and running troops!
In terms of combat, the attack power of ghouls is average. Not even as good as zombie warriors. And with the reduction of blood defense, their battlefield survivability is relatively weak and they can be easily consumed~
However, their first "pounce" after accelerating the sprint is extremely fierce, not as powerful as the "combat dive" of the fighting griffon. However, there is a certain chance of "pumping" the standard size unit and suppressing it.
If the downed unit does not have enough strength attributes, it is doomed and will be crushed to the ground by the ghouls and attacked for several rounds!
Such special effects make ghouls very suitable as death squads to swoop into enemy groups in the early stages of contact battles and cause chaos in the enemy's battle formations. In Liu Yifei's opinion, they are also a very strategic special unit and he has always wanted to get them. Unfortunately, he has not found it yet.
Ways.
Knowledge about the transformation, upgrading, and strengthening of arms has always been the most closely guarded by the NPC class, because it directly involves the issue of military strength and is the basis of class rule, and it is extremely difficult for players to get involved.
If Liu Yifei and the others were not equipped with fighting griffins, the appearance of these ghouls would definitely wipe out the entire army of the high priest!
After all, the Grand Priest is only a high-level unit of the sacrificial route. It is a subordinate of the "Saint". It is not suitable for combat output. In other words, it can bully low-level natural enemy opponents. If you add an auxiliary state to yourself.
Then you can still fight~
Once dragged by the ghouls, when the zombie army rushes over, the thousand chief priests will not even be enough to fill the gap between the teeth~
Fortunately, the fighting griffons flew very fast and were not knocked down by their opponents in the first round.
After being prepared, Xue Lan then led out the ghouls and eliminated them bit by bit. This process wasted a lot of time. Fortunately, when Liu Yifei contacted her, she had already begun to gradually eat away at the zombie army.
Liu Yifei hurriedly sent three spirit-level servants to help prevent the opponent's hero from jumping over the wall...
The mission on Xuelan's side is troublesome because it consumes people's energy. It is estimated that even with Liu Yifei's support, the two of them will have to work hard for a long time~
But Liu Yifei's next battle was troublesome. It was in a cave, and the terrain was complex and changeable, and the enemy obviously couldn't let him go as easy as before~
No matter what, playing against a more mobile team is always a headache...
Liu Yifei did not rush to fight, but instead lurked his army outside the mine and tried to lure the enemy out bit by bit.
With nine spirit-level servants here, Liu Yifei had enough capital to conduct experiments.
Facing spirit-level enemies, even if they can't defeat them with a strong attack, the lazy ones will always have no problem and escape is not a big problem. If the enemy can be deceived and led to the periphery of the mine... then it won't be a big problem!
Unfortunately, it turned out that Liu Yifei's idea was a little too naive.
Not to mention attracting the vampire army to follow them outside the mine, they didn't even reach the people halfway, and they all retreated after chasing them for less than a hundred meters in a straight line.
Seeing that the enemy seemed to be unable to pursue him from far away, Liu Yifei made a real move this time, letting the crossbowmen come in first, trying to take advantage of the long-distance attack and retreat in time to wear down the enemy bit by bit...
Even if the remnants of the arrows cannot last for long, they can at least effectively destroy the enemy!
When the number of vampires is overwhelming, there is no need to worry about the hit rate. Anyway, you will definitely get something with one arrow!
However, Liu Yifei's plan failed again!
The enemy seems to be very aware of the power of the crossbowmen. The four thousand crossbowmen have just entered, and a thousand of them have entered, and the team is arranged at the very edge of the enemy's stronghold space. However, before they even enter the battle preparation state, the enemy launches an attack.
A sudden surprise attack!
When there was a scream from the stronghold and countless vampires flew out like scarlet clouds, Liu Yifei was almost scared to death!
He didn't expect that the enemy would pay attention to his movements from such a distance, and he didn't expect that the enemy would be so decisive and not even give him a chance!
And the timing of the opponent's attack is also extremely accurate!
The formation has not yet been deployed, and our own army is blocking the way back. We can't rush forward and can't retreat, but we can't retreat...
This is simply the grave Liu Yifei dug for himself!
Fortunately, just in case, angels and spiritual servants were by his side, otherwise Liu Yifei would have really hit the wall this time~
After reacting, the entire front of Liu Yifei's regiment suddenly lit up with two completely opposite lights, holy white and dark.
Both angels and spiritual servants started to summon various summoned creatures like crazy. In short, they wanted to cool down all their skills!
At the same time, the army of crossbowmen began to retreat at full speed, but the thousand people who entered the cave earlier did not retreat for the time being. Instead, they began to counterattack on the spot. They all loaded the last arrow of the Holy Judgment, preparing to attack those vampire bats head-on!
When a vampire transforms into a vampire bat, it can further improve its agility and flight speed, and it can also avoid surrounding physical attacks with a high probability. Whether it is melee combat or long-range attack.
But this will also reduce their blood defense properties. Therefore, in the vampire bat state, the most feared thing is naturally the various AOE ultimate moves!
After the density of enemies reached a limit, thousands of Holy Judgment Lotuses instantly bloomed in the field! A blinding white light suddenly erupted in the entire mine!
There was a sudden shrill scream among the vampire bats, and all the vampires within the attack range of the Holy Lotus were severely damaged!
Compared with the corpse witch, the blood defense of the vampire itself is lower, and it is much lower. After transforming into a vampire bat, it slipped again. Just one hit by the vampire bat of the Holy Lotus almost ended his life. Unluckily, he was killed by two
In the next episode, the body that was purified on the spot during the attack was completely gone!
It’s just that there are too many enemies~
The light and shadow of the Holy Lotus was fleeting, and the next moment, more vampires were still screaming and rushing forward!
What greeted them was a large number of cannon fodder legions and the sharp arrows of crossbowmen!
After completing the summoning, all the angels and spiritual servants, including Liu Yifei himself, rode the bone dragon to the front line without fear!
The angels tried their best to radiate holy light and enveloped the entire battlefield, causing all the vampires to fiercely drain their blood, while the undead and summoned creatures from the heavens fought for their lives with the vampires!
Until then Liu Yifei discovered that he had made a second terrible mistake!
He shouldn't have summoned celestial beings like the Light Dog at all!
These guys are not very strong and there are many of them. They are simply a natural blood bank for vampires. It would be a good thing for vampires not to get rid of them!
In comparison, the "Heaven Patrol" that mid-level angels can already summon is excellent against the undead, especially vampire warriors!
Because these guys are set as constructed life forms enchanted by light, they have no blood, but they have extremely strong combat power and high agility. Their defense is also very high, and they are a natural nemesis for vampires!
Although the Heaven Patrol can only recruit one at a time, the effect of purely recruiting the Heaven Patrol is better~
Angels can use other attacks and auxiliary spells to control the situation.
However, Liu Yifei was panicking just now, and it was inevitable that he would make mistakes in his judgment when he panicked.
Sure enough~
Before he could instruct the angels to drive away those troublesome light dogs, blood creatures such as light spirits, a loud shout suddenly sounded from the vampire group, and then all the injured vampires quickly rushed towards the light dogs, and the follow-up
The vampires desperately ignored the surrounding cannon fodder and opponents' attacks, and just kept attacking the defense line in an attempt to surprise the crossbowmen who were planning to retreat!
This time it really cost my life!
And this is why Liu Yifei doesn't like fighting with troops led by heroes!
The intelligence of wild monsters is very low. If you find out the opponent's behavior patterns, you can design and eliminate them~
But having a spirit-level hero makes a big difference!
Once any flaws are revealed in battle, the enemy will not be lenient!
"No way! Everyone retreat! We can't hold on anymore!"
How could a defense line set up by hundreds of angels control the entire scene?
More vampires have broken through the defense line, and with their remaining blood, they started to pounce on the group of powerful crossbowmen in the rear, even ignoring the arrows fired head-on!
As the cannon fodder continued to die, Liu Yifei gradually felt more and more pressure, and the vampires even vaguely began to plan to surround the angel troops.
Compared with the crossbowmen, the Angel Corps is the main elite force that Liu Yifei cannot afford to lose. At this point, he has no choice but to withdraw~
There are as many as 20,000 to 30,000 vampires here, which cannot be easily solved by 400 angels.
As the main force gradually retreated, the vampires seemed to be in pursuit. They continued to advance slowly, constantly entangled and attacking angels and spiritual heroes, while still constantly breaking through the blockade to chase and kill those on the way.
Crossbowmen.
What's worse is that after retreating into the cave passage, the crossbowmen can no longer attack at will, and the rear formation cannot support the front formation. However, once the crossbowmen are weakened by a close attack, the gap between them is three
More than four times! This undoubtedly strengthens the determination of the vampires to hunt down!
It wasn't until the angels carefully retreated to the entrance of the cave that the situation changed slightly.
Under the command of Liu Yifei, the angels began to use the heaven patrol to summon creatures to block the entrance of the cave.
The small number of summoned creatures is just right here, while the angels are responsible for blocking the upper half of the passage, which is not too big. The front half attacks. The back half begins to quickly heal companions and the summoned creatures below.
Several undead servants who are good at summoning have been used to the extreme by Liu Yifei!
Compared to the summons from heaven, vampires are obviously more afraid of those huge numbers of undead cannon fodder! Because these guys can't suck blood, they can't ignore their attack power. Instead, they are starting to regain their disadvantage little by little by the Angel Corps.
But the enemy is not stupid either.
After realizing that the pursuit was hopeless, the vampires did not continue to fight. Instead, they retreated decisively and retreated to their stronghold again, waiting for the order to charge again...
This battle was like a short but fierce storm! It started suddenly and ended even more unprepared~
"Tch! That's why I said that I hate dealing with these commanded mobile troops. It's so troublesome..."
Liu Yifei sighed secretly, and finally had no choice but to exit the mine.
In this battle, Liu Yifei estimated that he beheaded at least four thousand vampires! He definitely weakened the enemy by more than one-tenth~
What makes Liu Yifei extremely heartbroken is...
Damn it!
More than four hundred strong crossbowmen died!
This is the result of Liu Yifei and the others' desperate efforts to protect him!
Otherwise, none of the more than a thousand strong crossbowmen who entered the cave early would even think of exiting!
However, despite this, this is still a result that Liu Yifei cannot accept!
Judging from the proportion, this seems to be a "reciprocal" war of attrition. Judging from the absolute numbers and total military strength, Liu Yifei has taken a huge advantage.
However, this was a failure for Liu Yifei!
The experience of strategic mode made Liu Yifei understand that if he wants to become stronger as he fights, he should not consider how to destroy the enemy as quickly as possible. Instead, he must learn to protect himself.
When the military strength cannot be replenished, unless it is a particularly important fighter plane worth fighting to the death, the first thing to consider is to protect yourself.
Because once the troops start to lose, even if it is small at first, a vicious cycle will soon form!
Because the weaker the total combat power of the army, the longer each battle lasts. The more severe the losses will be!
In this mission, it is obvious that Liu Yifei and the others are unlikely to get more supplements~
And now Liu Yifei lost more than 400 strong crossbowmen before the main dungeon was even opened...
Damn it!
This is strategic-level "direct firepower"! It is an important data that needs to be prioritized more than combat power!
Combat power means "the firepower output that the troops can cause", such as spearmen, the "combat power" after gathering into a group is very high.
But if you can't catch up with the enemy and are kited by the enemy, you will be like a zombie. No matter how high your combat power is, it is useless. If it cannot be converted into actual "firepower", it will just be the enemy's prey~
The advantage of long-range attack troops is that they are absolute "firepower troops" and can convert combat power into actual firepower output as soon as possible!
And this is especially true for the crossbowmen as a "strategic unit"!
Their value has been fully demonstrated in the last battle~
Such an important unit, Liu Yifei, only had 5,000 in total, and he suddenly lost more than 400...
Nima is still protected by angels and resurrected!
Otherwise, the casualties will at least double!!!
Liu Yifei was so anxious that he wanted to curse!
However, after thinking about it...Liu Yifei suddenly discovered a problem...
Will the enemy take the initiative to attack?
Hold!
Then why didn't their angels attack when they entered in the first place?
Liu Yifei seemed to have grasped some key and immediately started experimenting!
The third time, he brought five hundred light knights into the cave, adding and subtracting all the way. Even if the value fluctuated between one hundred and one thousand, the enemy did not move at all.
The second time I brought the Saints.
When the number of saints reached three hundred, the enemy decisively launched an attack!
Depend on!
Actually watching people order dishes!!!
But this time Liu Yifei and the others came prepared, but they didn't take advantage of them.
The Saints quickly retreated to the red channel. Immediately an angel called to block the door~
After repelling the enemy, Liu Yifei began to run around the cave again to lay out his plan...
The fifth time he entered the hole, Liu Yifei used a "life-threatening" style of play!
The three hundred saints still retreated into the passage immediately, but they didn't retreat too far. They didn't even turn the first corner of the passage.
The angel in charge of the road closure didn't know if it was due to negligence. The air route was not completely blocked, but a small hole was opened!
Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of it, the vampires went berserk again and rushed forward desperately to attack the defense loopholes!
And the angels and celestial hunters are also good this time~
They no longer stare at a vampire to kill. Instead, they use various group attack methods to continuously deduct the vampire's life in large areas. At the same time, they also control the loophole very strictly. Only three or two vampire bats can be released every second.
The speed of flying.
Of course, it still looks amazing, that is, the speed at which the enemy kills vampires has been significantly reduced. And the vampires are constantly breaking through the blockade and rushing towards the enemy's "back array"!
Almost at the same time as they broke through the angel's defense line, the entire tunnel suddenly echoed with the violent sound of horse hooves!
The next moment, bright knights suddenly rushed out from more surrounding tunnels in an endless stream, directly using the secondary charge speed to knock away the vampire army~
Although it was impossible to achieve the ultimate charging effect in such a place, the vampire bat's own strength and physical attributes were too weak, and it still suffered an almost devastating attack from the Bright Knights!
In particular, the enemy attacked the side of the vampire army. Not only did they severely damage the attack target, but also injured and killed countless vampires. They also received no counterattack from the vampires. They made a huge profit in vain!
What's even more shameless about these light knights is that after they succeeded in attacking, they actually ignored the pursuit of the vampire bats who reacted around them, and turned over and began to retreat collectively!
More than a thousand bright knights suddenly emerged, divided into about twenty groups. Each group had a squadron of knights. When they rushed out, they spread out in a fan shape to attack the enemy. When retreating, they quickly merged into a line and evacuated along the way they came.
Come and go like the wind, with perfect discipline. Like the most well-trained knight!
And the heavy iron armor they wear also ensures their safety, which is enough to withstand the attacks of surrounding vampires. Even if they lose blood slightly quickly, they can quickly recover their blood through various self-healing methods, and they are not afraid of the pursuit of vampire bats.
"Chase! Kill all these arrogant knights! Let them know who owns the world here!"
A scream suddenly came from the vampire group, obviously the other hero was unhappy~
But just when he ordered his descendants to hunt down the retreating Knights of Light, suddenly another group of Knights of Light emerged from deeper, closer to their vampire stronghold!
The Bright Knight who just rushed out used a fan-shaped attack formation to wipe out all the enemies around the tunnel exit~
It’s just that this time these knights didn’t turn around and run~
on the contrary!
Before the vampires could react and fill the gap, the clear sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the tunnel again!
The next moment, another squadron of knights pounced on them, following the attack route of their teammates in front and clearing out a group of vampires again!
And in front of their attack route... is the stronghold of the vampires!
