"So be it, Xerxes. How about we build an offensive and defensive alliance? ”

"How do you attack and defend the alliance?" In his previous life, he led his army to kill everywhere but never formed an alliance with others, and that kind of commanding spirit is still there.

"Do you want to go back?"

"I don't want to." Xerxes replied firmly. This answer was very unexpected to the Grand Duke, and it disrupted his twists and turns.

"Don't want to, you want to stay in the Borderlands forever?" Zhou Yu was stunned for a while.

"In previous lives, the flames of the Achaemenids burned throughout Asia Minor, the Aegean, the Nile, and the Caucasus, and they were tired of the kneeling captives, the roar of the undead legions, and the glory of the lion empire. After more than twenty centuries of suffering in the ninth layer of hell, the only thing I still believe in and hold on to is Zoroaster. For Ahura Mazda, I can give everything I have. ”

Okay, dare to love this is another Shunzhi emperor. But the old man was blessed because his beloved Concubine Dong E died, so he saw through the red dust and escaped into the empty door. You're not, how to figure out how to look like the way of the world can no longer be tolerated, and now you have to do the way for heaven and be a cross-era crusader.

"It doesn't matter, like this. We sign a contract, that is, make a contract. Contracts, you know? ”

"The contract is the foundation of man's word and faith."

"Since you know, I don't have to say anything. The spirit of the contract, you should pay more attention than me. The general content is that you and I will accompany each other, share weal and woe, revolution together, exterminate heretics and promote Zoroaster together. Until the light shines on every inch of Thoraxia, banishes the water king, and welcomes the new era. What do you think? ”

"Y-Are you really willing to follow Zoroaster with me?" Xerxes' eyes sparkled, and the Metropolitan was the first person he had confessed his religion to the Borderlands.

"Well, actually, originally, actually, yes! No problem, I follow Zoroaster, you are my godfather. Come on, Swing Corleone! With that, Zhou Yu took a step, raised one of Xerxes's arms, bent over his head, and bowed reverently.

Although the baptismal posture was very lame, Xerxes could not guess if it was from the bottom of his heart, or if it was just the wrist of this bad-brained boy. However, for the first time, the beast called "Loneliness of Faith" in the heart felt panic.

"Well, now we can have a good talk with each other, right? My Godfather? Zhou Yu always felt that he had taken advantage of him, and to be Xerxes's godson was to go back and be ruthless with the old man who repaired bicycles on the side of the road. Besides, it's good to have faith. Faith makes people united, good, and understand what the bottom line is. A nation and society without faith is terrible. Because, they usually kill each other, and they don't even let go of themselves when they go crazy.

"We've been fine with each other, we've never had any unpleasantness, huh?" Xerxes spread his hands and flattened his mouth as if nothing had happened. Zhou Yu rolled his eyes, I'll you, you old guy? Turning your face is faster than turning a book, and you really have to guard against you in the future, you emperors have been doing it for a long time, your standing position is too high and impersonal, and if you don't say a word or two, you will put people to death. No, no, it's better to be the eldest sister of the hair salon.

"Look, Lao Xue! Here we are, the city of Drunken Flowers, the hub of Soracia. Xerxes followed his fingers and looked at them earnestly.

"If you want to fight with Water King Li, taking Drunken Flower City is a prerequisite. Otherwise, we will easily be beaten on our backs in this vast grassland and swamp. ”

"Well, I agree with that."

"If you want to win Drunken Flower City, you can't rely on these two jujubes outside us, right?" The Governor tempted him.

"That's not enough. Even if a regular Immortal Army legion were to be established, it would need at least 10,000 men. If you want to level the world, you need 300,000 lions. "Xerxes is really not exaggerating, his name means warrior in ancient Persian, and when it comes to leading troops to fight and conquer cities, most of the governors are far behind.

"So, what I mean is that in the name of jihad, we can liberate more slaves to join the rebels, so that we can have the capital to fight against the water king."

"Liberation?"

"Yes, that's what it means to take refuge. Let more people believe in Zoroaster, not some ghost rain god. It's cold and cold every day, and there are really people who believe in this. ”

But on what basis do people convert? In my opinion, the Rain God Cult is deeply rooted in Thorasia and has many followers, and it is not easy to convert to them. ”

"That's easy to do. Let's give them hope. ”

"What hope?"

"A messenger of God, a messenger who saves the people from misery."

"Oh? You mean? The two looked at each other and smiled. Dealing with people who understand is to save time and effort, and Zhou Yu looked at his expression and became even more convinced: What religion, worship, and worship are all the hands of the ruling class.

"Yes, isn't there a ready-made one! The last Samir on the steppe! At this time, Nika, who was dancing like a butterfly in the lover's meadow outside, suddenly sneezed loudly.

"Bambul, assemble all of you, and go out as a team." The Governor shouted, and the slave soldiers with their weapons, armor, and food had already looted the centaurs, and packed all the boxes they could take away, filling more than a hundred wheelbarrows.

"Well, where are we going next?" Nika, who was holding a pair of lover's grass in her hand, jumped over and asked quietly. Zhou Yu had never seen her so well-behaved, and stuck out his tongue.

"Where? Take revenge, go to meet the corpse swamp chapter squid first! The Grand Governor drew his sword of atonement from his back and led the way in the ranks on a tall, black-covered steed.

"Y-Are you going to die?" Nika shouted, but the windy man could not hear her. The sound of the surrounding trees resounded in the sky.

"Your Excellency the Commander and Deputy Commander, this is it. A dozen of our brothers were torn in the mire. Marca pointed to the calm waters in front of her, each about ten meters in diameter.

"Come, Lao Xue, three commanders. Let's talk about it. Nika saw that the military council had no part of her own, and walked away in a huff. led her pure white mare and went to the side to graze herself.

"So, so, do you hear clearly?"

"Hear me clearly!"

"Okay, action!"

Since it is also a race of the elven steppe, according to Fiskel's words, it must be afraid of human fire. Therefore, in this battle, Zhou Yu adopted the tactics of luring the enemy out and breaking each one. First, the death squad lured Zhang Squid to stretch out its tentacles on the edge of the mire, and then inflicted heavy damage on it with a fire attack, and finally when it completely surfaced from the ground, it attacked with all its strength and killed it with one blow.

"Listen, Bamble. The death squad picks some dexterous ones to avoid unnecessary casualties. Forget it, I'll lead the team. With that, Zhou Yu threw off his shirt, revealing his sturdy upper body, and walked in front with the sword of atonement.

"Lao Xue, cooperate!" Zhou Yu glanced back at Xerxes and reached out to make an OK gesture.

More than two dozen topless slave soldiers with torches in their hands moved along the waterfront in groups of three. They each pressed their backs against their backs, observing the situation around them from the greatest perspective.

"Ho, ho, ho!" Seeing that there was no movement of Zhang Squid, Zhou Yu raised his hand to signal the death squad to enter the second stage, and shouted in unison for a short time, in order to arouse the vigilance of the monster underwater.

Sure enough, bubbles began to bubble from the ground. At first, small strands turned into huge bubbles, and the already small surface of the water tumbled violently, and even began to whirlpool.

"Brothers, look ahead. It's coming out. Before Zhou Yu could finish speaking, four or five huge tentacles ejected from the water, five or six meters high. These black-brown tentacles covered with suckers swayed and shook violently in the air, as if they would be struck down at any moment and swept away and devoured everyone.

"Kazik, release the arrows! Shoot the arrows! Zhou Yu stood in place and shouted, as soon as the order fell, a hundred and ten feathered arrows roared past his ears, brushing through these huge tentacles and coming out, and the end of the strong crossbow landed on the opposite side.

"Marsha, up! Above! "These arrows were specially modified by the Grand Duke, and the Immortals generally carried one hundred and twenty feathered arrows with wooden and iron clusters with each person. Zhou Yu asked them to collect all the centaur short swords this morning and melt them all and turn them into hundreds of pure metal bows and arrows, which are actually big long nails. Behind the nails were sturdy marching ropes, which came out of the body and landed opposite the shooters.

"What is he doing here?" Nika stood in place, looking at the Metropolitan Governor waving command in the middle of the battlefield with an expression of disbelief.

"I can't guess, I can't tell! I'm glad I'm not friends with him! Xerxes stroked the tiger whiskers under his chin and exclaimed slightly. Zhou Yu had previously explained his tactical play to him, but he even told him to prevent fire, theft, and Nika.

Over there, more than two dozen people from the death squad quickly took out the hammers pinned to their backs, rushed over to pick up the nails on the grass opposite, and wedged them into the soil. The coordination is seamless and smooth.

At this time, the five or six tentacles held in the air were like needles with threads pierced, and although they swung more violently, and even swept away by four beats, they were restricted by the fetters of the marching rope, and the radius of movement became small. The slave soldiers learned their previous lesson, and they all crawled on the ground, and this angle of engagement made it difficult for the tentacles to sweep away.

"Bamble, ignition!" The Grand Governor shouted, and Bamble swung his scimitar in his hand. A dozen or so soldiers with torches set fire to the hemp ropes in the hands of the hundreds of soldiers who were dragging the marching ropes on the side of the archers. The huge tentacles circled desperately trying to break free from the ropes and flee back into the swamp, dragging hundreds of soldiers to the ground. A tug-of-war is being staged in front of the Grand Duke. He saw that his side could not hold on, so he ordered the fire.

It turned out that these marching ropes were soaked in pine oil, and the flames roared up along the ropes, and when they burned to those tentacles, they felt the ground tremble violently under their feet a few times. The tentacles squeaked like monkey brains burned with boiling oil, and the smell of burnt flesh quickly spread. Many slave soldiers hurriedly covered their mouths and noses.

The method used by Zhou Yu is to give Zhang Squid the greatest blow damage on the basis of the existing materials. If it was just to use fire arrows, Zhang Squid would quickly flee when he was in pain. In this way, it is slowly burned with its tentacles, and it is the real iron plate squid. Boss, brush the sauce or sprinkle the noodles? Zhou Yu licked his lips and remembered the big brother who sold a military coat with a cart at the entrance of the community.

There were two loud bangs, and half of the slave soldiers were shaken to the ground, and their bows and spears were unstable. At this time, I saw Zhou Yu leading the daredevils to run towards the large army like crazy, what else was he shouting in his mouth while running?

Boom, five or six water pools sank at the same time, and the meadow in between them was pushed open by a huge creature, first a dozen huge cracks, then bulging and arching into a hill, and finally the piece collapsed down.

The corpse swamp chapter squid came out. This behemoth, which suffered pain, was finally successfully lured out of the ground by the Grand Governor. I don't know how it is going to retaliate after being grilled five or six feet.

"Roar-" A huge howl came from a round head with a diameter of more than 20 meters, and after the entire squid surfaced to the ground, it was able to use its strength, no longer limited by the water water, and easily flung it, five or six tentacles pulled up the wedge nailed to the ground, and crackled a few crisply, some of the marching ropes were broken, and some of the other end was desperately dragged by the sergeants, and was raised and thrown into the air by the rope. Thrown up several floors high, they were all dying after falling.

It turned out that Zhou Yu shouted "let go" just now, but he was suppressed by Zhang Squid's earth-shattering roar, and no one heard it. Zhang Squid was even more arrogant when he saw that he broke free from the shackles as soon as he was killed. Howling and slapping up and down or sweeping all the two dozen tentacles left and right, everywhere they went, people turned on their backs, flying sand and rocks, and the slave soldiers who had no time to dodge were shot out alive, and some had to be slapped into pulp.

Oh my mother! When Zhou Yu saw this, his eyes were bloodshot, he screamed, and rushed forward with a knife.

"Heavy infantry, assault!" Yelling at him. Although he had planned to use this method to force Zhang Squid out of the ground, he had never expected this behemoth to have such a lethal power. When he saw these brothers who had died tragically, he was born with evil and courage.

The archers quickly dispersed and retreated, revealing a thousand heavily infantry, neatly groomed. This kind of forbidden and well-trained team cooperation was the first time even Nika had seen it, and she was greatly surprised by Zhou Yu's unchaotic command and the chaotic dispatch of the Immortal Army.

The heavy infantry all carried round shields, and the men hid behind the shields. These shields are based on the Spartan shield design, with a notch on the right side and a spear sticking out exactly from the middle. It can kill enemies while defending.

What surprised Nika the most was that these heavy infantry not only had their spears quenched in their hands, but even their shields were mixed with meat oil and pine oil, burning with a raging flame. They formed five phalanxes, each of two hundred men. Surrounded the squid by trotting all the way.

The huge corpse swamp chapter squid wielded its tentacles murderously, and where the round skull and whisker claws met, there was a circle of dozens of eyes, scarlet and scarlet glowing with a fierce light. His mouth was whirring and he was panting, and the black skull and brown antennae were extremely ugly in the green between heaven and earth.

Obviously, seeing clusters of firelight surrounding him, Zhang Squid was a little afraid and retreated. The idea of quenching the shield was devised by Xerxes, and this method may not work when fighting people, but it can be a big advantage when fighting elves who are afraid of human fire.

Cambyses II used a similar method at the Battle of Pelucia in 525 BC when he sent his army against Egypt. He found out that the Egyptians worshipped cats very much and worshipped them as gods. When the two armies were engaged, he ordered all the heavy infantry to have a cat tied to their shields, causing the enemy to be afraid to attack, and finally won easily.

Following the example of Lao Xue's ancestor and quenching on the shield, Zhang Squid did not dare to attack easily. Without the fatal blow from the overhead, the full power of the heavy infantry could be unleashed. This method is only useful for these elves, if you deal with ordinary people, people don't rush up and wait, the kung fu shield of a meal will be burned out, see how you still fight.