Tauren Overlord

For important refugees who cannot escape, such as craftsmen or other talents, Lu Heng will use the portal to rescue them first.

Next, they will be allowed to voluntarily choose the resettlement location they want.

The first choice is Luna Academy, or more precisely, Shanhai Academy under his control.

Historically, the Cat-Eared Kingdom was once part of the Luna Court, so these refugees can be said to be returning to their homeland.

The dean of Cat Ear Academy at that time chose to abandon Luna Academy and join the rapidly rising Sea Alliance for his own interests.

The dean who made this choice also changed the college system to a monarchy and became the king himself.

But not every voter in Lunayuan State supports the Grand Dean's claim to the throne.

Now I can take this opportunity to return to Lunayuan State without Lu Heng's coercion.

From Lu Heng's perspective, the Shanhai Academy under his rule has always been on the front line against the empire, and the problem of population loss has never been completely solved.

Having a group of people as supplementary population is a good thing for both parties.

Of course, they have another option, which is to go through Lu Heng's portal and reach the distant New City Republic.

Anyway, we are all new immigrants and no one looks down on anyone.

The area there is vast and sparsely populated, even far exceeding the war-torn Luna State, so the opportunities are endless.

Although Lu Heng only provided them with two options, it was better than having no choice at all, right?

With the continuous advancement of Marshal Selron and the Undead Army, Lu Heng has been very busy these days.

After saving the wounded and the dying, Roland, who stayed in Cat-Eared Glade, also reported to him the Cat Queen's request to talk to him.

It seems that the cat girl is somewhat easier to talk to than the arrogant little golden dragon. Lu Heng readily agreed to her request.

The author says:

Author's words: Thanks to [Undead Spirit] for the reward ww

295. The siege begins

In order to bypass Cat-Eared Glade's magic defense barrier and directly reach cooperation with the queen in the city, Lu Heng had asked Roland to deliver the communicator in advance.

As the clear voice like a mountain stream entered Lu Heng's ears, he also heard the "alliance" request of Queen Cat-Eared Via.

Simply put, the queen hopes that Lu Heng will send two troops from south to north, either to participate in the defense of Cat-Eared Glade or to participate in the rescue.

In exchange, she can provide 100 rune bombs, but due to limited production capacity, the kingdom can only pay the "money" in installments over the next year.

Perhaps in Tesna's eyes, she and her kingdom had already made great concessions, but Lu Heng was clearly not satisfied:

"I sympathize with your situation, but unfortunately, you have missed the best time to get out of the predicament."

"If you need to cooperate, I can help you gradually evacuate this city that is about to fall and minimize your casualties."

"As an equal exchange, I still hope that you can share the production line of Rune Bombs."

"Once we can produce rune bombs on our own, all the technical personnel will be sent back to you."

Lu Heng's asking price immediately made Tesna's tone become surprised:

"You mean my city can't be defended?"

"Our Sea Alliance still has at least eleven member countries, and it is very difficult for you to be the leader of two countries."

"I'm really curious, why do you conclude that we can't hold on?"

The reason why Lu Heng said this was not entirely because he really helped the queen out of trouble. She might also turn against him.

The biggest factor is that it is almost impossible to rescue the situation - especially when the opponent does not obey orders.

Lu Heng just answered truthfully:

"It is precisely because the Sea Alliance is too powerful that your Undead traitors have closely united with the Empire to attack you together."

"It is difficult for us to defeat them all at the same time. We must try to increase the differences between the Empire and the Undead and make them fight each other. Only then will we have a chance of winning."

"But at the moment when the Sea Alliance is still very powerful, this condition is difficult to achieve."

"The only thing we can do is to weaken the enemy's strength as much as possible and lay the foundation for a future counterattack."

At this point, Lu Heng discovered that the Queen had fallen silent and was unwilling to accept the fact that her capital was about to fall.

It would be detrimental to cooperation if the cat girl was made sad and disappointed. Lu Heng then "comforted" her:

"To show my sincerity, I can provide you with some help for free, provided you do as I say..."

Outside the city, the Empire's naval and land forces and the Undead Legion of the Kingdom of Volachia were also surrounding the city on three sides.

The only undefended direction is the north of Cat-Eared Glade.

The empire deliberately left a way out for the defenders.

As long as the defending troops flee to the north, they will find their elf and treeman allies there.

So abandoning the city and fleeing is always an attractive option.

Even if they didn't run, the existence of a way out would make the defenders' morale more likely to collapse, making the city easier to conquer.

It would be even better if they escaped halfway, and Selron could just rob and kill them along the way.

But there are also differences within this anti-Sea Alliance.

Selron wanted Degal and his Undead Legion to surround the south of Cat-Eared Glade, while his own Imperial Army would be responsible for the east of the city.

To Degar, Serlon's intentions were obvious.

Once Selron and the Imperial Marines to the west formed a siege on Cat-Eared Glade, the two Imperial armies also completed the siege on him.

Since the two imperial marshals can attack from the east and west and capture the capital of the Cat-Eared Kingdom, they can also attack his undead troops from both sides.

Degar even suspected that the Empire's siege of him might not have been after the city was captured, but before the city was captured...

Even if we take a step back and say that the Empire does not want to eliminate their allies so quickly, Degar would still suffer a great loss if he went to the south.

Because Serlon may have a more sinister consideration: to let the troops of Degar and the Tauren Overlord consume each other.

As a participant in the siege, Selron was well aware that Cat-Eared Glade would not be conquered in a day or two.

And the longer the siege lasts, the more new reinforcements will arrive - the failure to capture the city over a long period of time is the best proof that the siege force is weak.

Once the Minotaur Lord in the south forms an alliance with the Cat-Eared Kingdom and heads north to rescue, the south will be the first to be hit.

Using enemy reinforcements to weaken the empire's future enemies is truly killing two birds with one stone.

Although Degar and Lu Heng had a secret agreement, it was hard to say whether the other party would betray him.

He himself is the number one traitor of the Sea Alliance, so how can he expect others not to use him as a target for fraud?

In short, Degal refused to agree to Marshal Selron's request no matter what.

It took him a lot of effort to convince Selron by threatening that his own strength was limited and he could not guarantee the safety of the empire's southern supply line.

To show his sincerity, Degar voluntarily gave up the plan to divide the goblin deserters equally and handed over the right to dispose of the goblins to the Empire.

Selron also didn't intend to push his "temporary ally" too hard.

If his alliance with the vampires broke down prematurely, the empire's conquest would undoubtedly be much slower.

More importantly, when he really wants to destroy this group of undead, these dead people will be more alert...

Three days later, the encirclement was completed.

Selron entertained Degar in his tent as if he were welcoming an old friend he had known for half a lifetime.

The topic they wanted to discuss was very clear, which was how to capture the most solid fortress in all of Cat-Earvia.

As the guide, Degar is of course most familiar with his former allies.

"Your intelligence says that the cat girl has consumed a large amount of rune bombs in the west."

"But from what I know about her, Tesna will definitely not be stupid enough to use up all her cards in the west."

Selron agreed with this. He picked up a glass of beautiful blood, shook it slightly, and then put it into his mouth.

Unlike humans who enjoy fine wine, carefully prepared blood is the favorite drink of the great demon.

Beautiful blood is not the blood of ordinary people. The blood of innocent and kind people is the best raw material.

As Selron went along, he always focused on killing doctors, nurses and children.

As for "dirty creatures" like goblins, they are naturally completely out of his eyes and are only fit to be used as consumables.

After drinking half a glass of beautiful blood, Selron finally asked his question:

"How many rune bombs can a goblin consume?"

Among the cannon fodder troops closest to the city wall, apart from the Empire's demonic creations and the enslaved low-level undead, the rest are the goblins.

They would order the goblins to charge the city walls at all costs, since the goblins were the "cost" in this no matter the cost.

After Goblin and all the brave goblins die, the goblins that are not brave enough will be legitimately turned into sacrifices by Selron.

This is also the consensus reached by Selron and Degal long ago, goblins are meant to die.

However, Degar was pessimistic about whether the goblins could achieve their goal of consuming the rune bombs:

"That kind of bomb is indeed very suitable for destroying a large group of troops charging in a dense manner, but from what I know about Tesna and Aurelia, they won't use it that way."

"Although we have a large number of troops, my navy and your army combined may have 50 troops, but these troops are not without weaknesses."

"Whether it's your fire monkey, demon son, or three-headed hound, or my undead, they all rely heavily on colonized demons or necromancers."

"Our enemies happen to have the ability to drop rune bombs, which can cause devastating damage to our spellcasters."

"Once she blasts our necromancers, the undead servants will perish. Your demon-colonized creations won't be much better, right?"

Selron continued to taste the beautiful blood in the cup, his tone a little playful:

"Aren't you responsible for stopping the other side's air force?"

The dead devil Degar's face had long lost any emotion. He just replied calmly:

"Under normal circumstances, we can indeed stop it."

"But what if the gold dragons are desperate and the Queen of Gold Dragons directly orders her gold dragons to carry out suicide attacks with rune bombs?"

"Then they at least have the ability to perish together with the Empire's colonial demons with their wounded bodies before they are completely destroyed."

"At least the Aurelia I know might really be able to make such a sacrifice."

The author says:

Author's words: Thanks to [盖了帽了] for the coin ww

296. Always trust the Minotaur

Selron didn't take it seriously. He shook the blood cup and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

"I have already had the colonists dispersed. How difficult is that?"

"As long as they can't wipe out most of our colonists and your necromancers, we will have an absolute advantage in numbers."

"The Imperial Navy has also made them consume a large number of rune bombs. They must not have much in stock at this time, otherwise they would have bombed us long ago."

The Vampire King Degal had already sensed that Selron was increasingly looking down on him, and he was secretly delighted.

The more future enemies underestimate him and his undead army, the greater his chances of success.

But for now, they are truly "sincere allies."