Chapter 168: Intermission
After a series of battles, both Zuo Zhe and Zuo Zhe's heroes and soldiers were already very tired, and those soldiers who had received many treatments were about to become skinny and bones. The healing power is not a cure out of nothing, but an instantaneous acceleration of metabolism, cell differentiation and replication of the injured part of the human body. Even though the magic contained in the healing skill will compensate for some of the energy consumed by metabolism, the human body is not a sculpture, but an organic whole. Therefore, after a person is injured, the healing ability will call up the emergency energy and raw material reserves in the body to provide the basic "building materials" needed for cell differentiation and replication. The damaged cells and tissues will be replaced, either from the body surface, or transferred to the liver and kidneys along the blood circulation, or waste use, or excreted through the excretory system.
In other words, even with powerful healing abilities, it is impossible for Zuo Zhe's heroes and soldiers to fight indefinitely.
Unless Zuo Zhe wanted to replace the heroes and soldiers of the Humans, Orcs, and Night Elves with the heroes and soldiers of the Undead Race, it was not appropriate for this war to continue.
Fortunately, at this time, all the enemies who could fight had already retreated, and the troops who wanted to fight Zuo Zhe had not yet entered the battlefield. Therefore, after the ** division used the group teleportation skill, Zuo Zhe teleported away with those heroes who were left outside and a small number of elite troops. Well, before leaving, as usual, a shadow of hidden (shēn) (yīn) will be left.
In the north of the Blood Leaf Mountains, in a mine in the gold field, the ** division returned here with Zuo Zhe, heroes and soldiers. Unconsciously, the amount of gold in Zuo Zhe's hands was only a little more than 800 kilograms, and he could no longer open a new system again. At the moment, the only system that is still open is the "Warcraft" recruitment system. Therefore, Zuo Zhe led people to the gold mine and decided to dig gold on his own. For just 11 kilograms of gold, Zuo Zhe can recruit a mining expert who is a Terran farmer with gold perception. A mining expert with a few Terran farmers can bring Zuo Zhe a steady stream of gold returns. As for the hard labor of the orcs, the elves of the Night Elves, or the acolytes of the undead, the hard labor of the Orcs is fine, but if the elves of the Night Elves want to open mines, they must first have the Tree of Life. In other words, it is not the elves that the Night Elves can mine, but the Tree of Life. The elves are more like the miners in the mine (cāo) who control the excavation machinery, and the Tree of Life doubles as the mining machinery. Therefore, for Zuo Zhe, who has no way to build the Tree of Life, the role of the elves is limited to vigilance and self-detonation. As for the acolytes of the undead, their mining principles are similar to those of the Night Elf elves. However, the acolyte (cāo) does not control the ancient tree of life, but the ghosts and the like in the haunted gold mine.
In terms of mining, the only thing that can compete with the Terran peasants is the hard labor of the orcs. Like the Terran peasants, the orc laborers are also hoeed by miners with special effects. After a little inspection, Zuo Zhe found that the work functions of the Terran peasants and the orc laborers overlapped, so he didn't bother to recruit the orc laborers to compete with the Terran peasants for jobs. As for the efficiency of competition, the two sides of the heart are in trouble, and the orc hard workers directly eat the Terran peasants as dry food!
Yes, Zuo Zhe is already preparing to live in this gold mine for a long time, at least the garrison is mined by Terran farmers in this gold mine, and guarded by Terran infantry and priests here, Zuo Zhe can get a steady stream of gold. After all, it would be uncivilized to rely only on robbery. Zuo Zhe is a civilized man from the civilized world, not a barbarian. Well, Zuo Zhe admits that the real problem is that there is not as much gold in the vault as there is in the gold mine, and the mining efficiency of the natives of this world is not good. Uh, well, Zuo Zhe admits that the real reason is that the guard level of the vault is too high, it is not easy to overcome, and it is easy to be full of hatred. At the moment, Zuo Zhe has no plans to fill the world
Well, Zuo Zhe admits that he is hypocritical. If things (qíng) are really as Zuo Zhe, then where did the watchmen go, and why didn't they teleport back with the big army?
Watchman, the watchman at this time is constantly teleporting to the hinterland of the Southern Hegemony Kingdom! When the watchmen find a suitable place for group teleportation in the hinterland of the Hegemony Kingdom, the ** division will teleport over with Zuo Zhe and the others. At that time, Zuo Zhe will be able to leave a few shadows of the undead (yīn) in the right place.
After Zuo Zhe and the others retreated, the slave capture group led by Bacon Riel encountered the cavalry troops that arrived first in the hegemony kingdom. Whether it was Zuo Zhe, who was afraid that he might go and return at any time hidden in the dark, or for other reasons, the two cavalry troops who rushed to the aid had a tacit understanding and did not start the battle. Among them, Bacon Riel retreated to Hongye City in the north with the Slave Catcher and the Tek Wizard team, while the cavalry unit of the Tyrant Kingdom was led by the Royal Mage Regiment to kill the crazy zombies.
Infantry and cavalry fight on the plains, just as sheep and wolves fight on the plains, and they will be harvested by one side. If you can't catch up with the enemy, and your defenses are not invincible, you can only be kited by cavalry units with long-range weapons such as crossbows and short spears. This is vividly reflected in ancient wars. Just like when the infantry of the Song Dynasty fought against the northern barbarian cavalry, although the number of victories claimed to be far greater than the number of defeats, the number of kills was actually extremely limited. However, in those failed battles, once the infantry unit fails, it will encounter the doom of almost annihilation! Because the infantry cannot outrun the cavalry, they can only be eaten by the cavalry troops that are plundering like the wind!
At the moment, although the infantry has been replaced by zombies, the essence has not changed. As long as the zombies can't outrun the horses, it will be difficult to attack cavalry units with ranged weapons. Speaking of which, zombie ben (shēn) is not good at running, and even crazy zombies can't catch up with war horses.
However, the Lich Immortal doesn't care much about this. Even if the cavalry troops don't kill these crazy zombies, the crazy zombies won't survive much. Moreover, if the Lich Indestructor wishes, it is easy to reorganize a group of zombies. The question at the moment is, where should the Lich Immortal take his four undead powerhouses with him?The original plan has been frustrated due to mutual distrust, and the idea of wreaking havoc on the Hegemony Kingdom may not be easy to implement for the time being. And in order to open up the teleportation channel between the Hegemony Kingdom and the Immortal King City, a large number of lives need to be sacrificed. After much thought, the Lich Immortal decided to get rid of the enemy Rao first. And to get rid of the enemy's pursuit, the Lich Immortal's choice is the Bloodleaf Mountains in the north. There are a large number of blood snakes in the Bloodleaf Mountains. Blood snakes are very dangerous to living creatures, but they have no attack on the undead**. The venom of the blood snake is of little significance to the undead, and even if you bite a piece (ròu) from the undead (shēn), people will not feel pain. Moreover, the toxins in the bodies of undead creatures are not immune to ordinary blood snakes. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't open up the spatial passage by sacrificing the Blood Serpent, the Lich Immortal would really want to nest in the Blood Leaf Mountain Range and not come out.
Vincent Yaba and other magicians discovered the retreat direction of the Crazy Zombie Force, and immediately realized the intentions of the Lich Immortal and others. Once the Lich Immortal was allowed to retreat to the Bloodleaf Mountains, regular cavalry units would not be able to continue the pursuit. In the mountains and forests with complex terrain, the cavalry can exert less combat effectiveness than the infantry. Well, there are a lot of rugged mountains and forests where horses can't get through. For example, it is less than half a meter wide, and there is a winding road with a cliff outside. Such a passer-by can grasp the protrusion of the rock wall sideways (shēn), but the larger warhorse will not be able to pass through the school at all
Spotting the mad zombie's retreat path, the next step was for the cavalry to circle around the flank and intercept it. Considering that the Lich Immortal and the others were not something that ordinary cavalry could stop, the magicians of the Royal Mage Regiment followed the cavalry and went around, wanting to cut off the Lich Immortal and the others' retreat.
Finding that the back road was blocked, the Lich Immortal and the other five had no choice but to give up the relatively slow crazy zombies, and immediately forcibly broke through towards the Blood Leaf Mountains in the north!
"Stop them!" Seeing that the Lich Immortal and the others began to forcibly break through, the elite of the magicians, including Vincent Yaba, immediately rushed to help, trying to stop the Lich Immortal and the others. As long as they stop it, the magicians who come after will be able to consume these undead creatures alive!
However, it's a pity that Vincent Yaba overestimated his own strength and underestimated the strength of the five undead creatures such as the Lich Immortal. Although the strength of the Lich Immortal and the others is only of the third order, it should be clear that the body of these five undead creatures is not here, they are all in the undead king city! That is, the five undead creatures who appear here are actually just the points (shēn) of the five undead creatures! Although these points (shēn) are not strong, they have the hole cards of a fourth-order magician and rich combat experience!
As a result, Vincent Yaye and other magicians finally did not stop the Lich Immortal and the others, and sat back and watched the other party retreat at a rapid speed into the Blood Leaf Mountain Range, which was complex in shape and was not conducive to the battle of the large army, and could only destroy those crazy zombies who had been abandoned!
After a series of battles, among these forces, except for the defeated I (ài) Luo and the Marquis of Red Fox, the side of Bacon Riel lost its fighting power due to the unexpected death of Quinriel, and had to rely on Hongye City to defend against attacks from the south. As for the hegemony kingdom, although it did not suffer much loss in this battle, it was betrayed by the grand duke and lost Hongye City, an important town in the north. Without the barrier of Hongye City, the vast plain between the Blood Leaf Mountains and the Pilian River in the north of the Overlord Kingdom is under the threat of Bacon Riel. Even the hinterland of the kingdom on the south bank of the Pilian River could be threatened from the north.