As a result, before Zhou Xiaoyang and the others cut down all the trees here, the enemy army had already appeared above the horizon.

Zhou Xiaoyang checked it with a telescope and found that the number of enemy troops was at least twenty or thirty thousand, and they were indeed elite, all of them had extremely strong aura, and even second-order masters had hundreds.

As for his own side, there are only a dozen second-order masters, among which Zhou Xiaoyang himself has not long broken through to the innate one, and his combat power has been forcibly improved by relying on the fetters of the war pet Xiaobai, which is much worse than the combat power of a martial artist who has cultivated to the innate realm.

The really powerful one has to be Xiaobai, who has a combat power equivalent to the innate eightfold, and there doesn't seem to be a master of this level among the enemy army, only seven or eight innate five or six masters.

Seeing that the enemy army had arrived, Zhou Xiaoyang hurriedly gathered all his troops, and then began to set up a defensive line with this small mountain bag as the center.

And after those enemies found that the opponent did not seem to be completely ready for battle, the demon general led by that immediately sent a demon heavy cavalry of more than 2,000 people to attack the enemy army on the hill.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!"

In the midst of Zhou Xiaoyang's eager roar, the skeleton crossbowmen who had just lined up their formations fired arrows at the demonic heavy cavalry that rushed down the mountain.

However, these demonic heavy cavalry were all wearing heavy plate armor, and although these crossbow arrows and arrows were densely packed and constantly smashed, the damage they could cause was extremely limited, and they only shot a dozen enemy cavalry off their horses after shooting for a long time.

"With a catapult, smash me!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyang immediately asked hundreds of zombies to control the improvised catapults that had been hastily made from those cut down wood not long ago, and threw fist-sized stones at the demonic heavy cavalry that was constantly approaching the top of the hillside.

The reason why only such small stones are thrown is mainly because the strength of these simple catapults is too small, and the larger stones cannot be thrown, and even these fist-sized stones, with the advantage of the terrain, can only throw more than 200 meters away.

However, although the stones thrown by these improvised catapults are small, they cannot be used to smash down those strong city walls in siege warfare, and they can be used to deal with these demonic heavy cavalry is still quite effective, after all, it is a blunt weapon injury, and after being thrown high by a catapult from the top of the mountain, after smashing on the body, those demonic heavy cavalry were smashed one by one even if they were protected by thick armor, and from time to time there were demon knights who couldn't hold on and were smashed off their horses.

And this is a hillside after all, as they get closer and closer, the steeper the slope becomes, and the charging speed of those demonic heavy cavalry gradually slows down, and finally when they finally rush to the first line of defense laid by Zhou Xiaoyang, the speed is already as slow as ordinary people trotting.

In front of them was an unfinished low wall only about half a meter high, which was piled up with some freshly cut down trees, and five thousand zombie spears stretched out one sharp spear after another behind this low wall, forming a dense and solid gun array.

Facing the spear phalanx, even these demonic heavy cavalry did not dare to collide directly, and they all reined in their horses and stopped advancing.

In fact, under normal circumstances, those enemy troops are often frightened to collapse when they face them in the face of these demonic heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor and the mount under their crotch is also a tall and fierce hell horse, but this time the enemy they encountered is these emotionless low-level undead creatures, so their intimidation tactics suddenly failed, and after they stopped at this time, these demon heavy cavalry didn't know whether to continue attacking or retreating for a while.

After being stunned for a moment, some of the demonic heavy cavalry tried to dismount and fight, brandishing their weapons and taking the initiative to attack the gun array in front of them.

However, this was obviously a stupid decision, and those demonic heavy cavalry who chose to attack the spear array were soon stabbed to death in front of the spear array by the dense stabbing spears.

Seeing this, the demon lord in the rear also hurriedly asked his subordinates to blow the trumpet, so that those demon heavy cavalry could quickly retreat.

At this time, the rain of arrows and stones on the hill did not stop falling for a moment, and in the process of retreating, those demonic heavy cavalry were killed and wounded more than a hundred people, and the total casualties of this back and forth had exceeded three hundred, and they were not able to achieve any results.

The demon lord was very embarrassed by this, and soon sent more than 3,000 infantry to take the lead, covering more than 2,000 elite archers and dozens of demon mages to attack the small hill again.

The demon forces with a large number of ranged units attacking together are much more threatening, and from time to time arrows and various magic fall on the defenders on the hillside, and those skeleton crossbowmen with less vitality are basically killed by a hit, and only those rough-skinned zombies can resist two or three more times.

Zhou Xiaoyang watched the casualties of the undead warriors under his command continue to increase, although there was no expression on his face, but in his mind, he was cooperating with the human soldiers under his command, so that those skeleton crossbowmen could fire arrows more accurately at the enemy troops attacking the mountain, and try to kill and injure more enemy archers and mages in the shooting.

However, those enemy archers and mages, once they released the attack, they would immediately hide back in the shield formation of those heavy infantry, it was very difficult to kill them, and when those demons attacked in front of the first line of defense on the hillside, Zhou Xiaoyang and they killed more than a hundred enemy archers and mages, as for those enemy heavy infantry wearing heavy armor, they only killed more than fifty people.

And after finally approaching in front of the gun array, those demons did not do anything brutally, and they were almost face to face, constantly throwing javelins and throwing axes and other throwing weapons at the zombie pikemen who were close at hand, and there were also those archers and mages behind, attacking from time to time, which made the zombie pikemen in the front row continue to die and fall, but fortunately, these low-level undead creatures are not afraid of this emotion, after the death of their teammates in the front row, the zombie pikemen who are afraid of the back immediately stepped forward to fill the position with expressionless faces, So that the array of guns remains intact at all times.

And Zhou Xiaoyang and the others on the top of the mountain were constantly directing those catapults and skeleton crossbowmen to shoot arrows and throw stones at those enemy soldiers all the time, gnawing at this 'hard bone' little by little.

The speed at which the two sides kill and injure each other is almost equal, so this is completely a cruel exchange between each other, and Zhou Xiaoyang finally understood what it means to achieve success at this moment.

Most of the generals in the Blue Dragon Empire who rose from grassroots officers were like Zhou Xiaoyang, and they became mature little by little in actual combat.

When the enemy's long-range force was finally killed and injured by almost half, Zhou Xiaoyang finally dispatched the elite troops in his hands, which was a ghoul army of more than 3,000 people, although this thing was like zombies, it belonged to the walking corpse undead creatures, but unlike the zombies who took the initiative to increase their strength and blood volume, the ghouls focused on improving their agility and speed, and were a more advanced walking corpse undead creature than zombies. Although they don't have as much health as zombies, they have a powerful ability to quickly regenerate health by devouring corpses on the battlefield, which is where their name comes from.

Because they are speed-oriented troops, these ghouls are also equipped with a set of breastplate armor just like skeleton crossbowmen, but their hands and the toes of their feet are covered with extremely sharp metal claw blades, so that they can inflict damage on enemies with a single swing of their hands and feet.

After receiving Zhou Xiaoyang's order to allow them to attack, these more than 3,000 ghouls who had been coveting the corpses on the battlefield for a long time immediately rushed down the mountain like hungry wolves.

Then, under the command of the grassroots centurions served by the human soldiers, the ghouls quickly divided into two teams, bypassed the guns in front of them, and finally cooperated with the friendly troops, and launched an attack from the left and right against the enemy troops who had been fighting for a long time and were already a little tired.

A sharp-eyed demon archer was the first to spot the speeding ghouls, and the arrow that should have been fired at the zombie pikeman on the opposite side was shot by the demon archer at the fastest ghoul.

As a result, with the fierce shooting of the arrow, the ghoul who was running fast actually twisted his body quickly and avoided the arrow, it turned out that this was an elite ghoul who had evolved twice, and his combat power was already comparable to that of a martial artist, and it could be said that it was easy for them to dodge an arrow with their agility.

Seeing that his arrow didn't hit, the demon archer was also shocked, and felt very uncomfortable, after all, the zombie pikemen they dealt with before were slow to move, and they were completely good targets, and they could shoot without much aim, and now there was a sudden undead creature with such agile movements that could dodge his arrows, which would naturally surprise this demon archer.

Without giving the demon archer a chance to shoot a second arrow, the elite ghoul, who was faster than a horse, rushed in front of the demon archer in the blink of an eye, and then it leaped hard, raised its two sharp metal claw blades and grabbed the demon archer's face.

Seeing this, the demon archer hurriedly put away the archer, and instead pulled out the long knife at his waist, blocking the front door of his own face, and finally able to block the claws that the elite ghoul grabbed with all his might.

However, soon the demon archer felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, he looked down and found that the chain mail on his abdomen had been scratched by the other party with the claw blades on his feet, and then the other party kicked his abdomen hard with the other foot, and the sharp metal claw blade gave him a disembowelment, and at once he scratched several large holes in his abdomen, and a large amount of blood began to gush out of the wound.

As the blood continued to drain, the demon archer also felt that his strength began to weaken rapidly, and was soon forcefully slashed by the elite ghoul to pull away the long knife blocking the door, and then the other party was very viciously grabbed at the demon archer's eyes, and in a terrible scream, the two eyeballs of the demon archer were forced out by the elite ghoul.

The other ghouls also arrived one after another, and pounced on the enemy army like hungry wolves, causing the demons to be in a state of confusion.

Zhou Xiaoyang saw the opportunity and immediately let those zombie pikemen also attack.

As the zombie pikemen in the front row raised their feet and kicked hard at the logs piled up in front of them, these round tree trunks immediately rolled down the slope of the hill with some slopes, knocking many demon warriors to the ground.

And while those demonic heavy infantry fell to the ground, and the shields in their hands could not continue to defend, a large rain of arrows and stones also smashed down from above like a torrential rain again, killing and wounding thousands of enemy soldiers at once. Especially those demon mages whose defenses were relatively weak, they were almost wiped out in waves.

The zombie pikemen also began to walk in order, pushing the sharp spears in their hands forward, piercing any enemies who dared to stand in their way into a sieve.

And under the repeated blows, the elites of these demon armies finally couldn't support it, and began to retreat towards the bottom of the mountain one by one.

Zhou Xiaoyang and the others commanded the undead warriors to chase and kill all the way, and finally killed this demon army with a total strength of 7,000 to only about 1,000 people, and fled back to the newly built camp at the foot of the mountain.

The demon lord under the mountain saw that his elite actually retreated without his order, and he was so angry that he became murderous, and he ignored the heavy casualties of the troops attacking the mountain, and directly beheaded the more than 1,000 demon warriors who retreated without authorization.

This move made the other demon warriors feel chills in their hearts, and they all secretly swore in their hearts that no matter how difficult the battle was and how heavy the casualties were, they would not be able to retreat without permission.

And after fighting for so long, it was close to four o'clock in the afternoon, and if the fight continued, it would soon be dark, so the demon general did not launch a third wave of attacks, but asked his soldiers to start cooking in pots, preparing to cook before it was completely dark, and then let his soldiers finish dinner early and go to rest, and prepare to continue attacking the mountain tomorrow.

Zhou Xiaoyang, who was on the top of the mountain, observed with a telescope for a while, and after confirming that the enemy army had indeed given up on continuing the attack and began to bury the pot to cook, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, after all, he needed to command and coordinate so many undead warriors at the same time, and it was also very hard, and after the battle was over, he found that he was sweating profusely, and at the same time, his brain was a little drowsy, and it was difficult to concentrate, so he had to take a good rest.