Chapter 492 Key Person
Zhou Xu felt enlightened after sorting out his thoughts.
After a round of inspection, Zhou Xu had a rough idea of the losses in his own weapons and equipment.
Basically, all the enchanted weapons except the silver steel sword had exhausted their power. However, the enchanted giant crossbow arrows did bring him some surprises.
Previously, after ordinary giant crossbow arrows attacked, the arrowheads would be squeezed and deformed because they could not withstand the impact of the force, but these enchanted giant crossbow arrows were different.
The entire arrowhead remained intact after being pulled out of the armored dragon's body, but the power of the mantra on it had been completely consumed in that attack.
Compared with those that need to be directly re-processed, these are just minor problems.
These giant crossbow arrows only need Wang Dong to re-enchant them and they can be used as enchanted crossbow arrows again.
After thinking about this, Zhou Xu suddenly realized that he seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.
"If that's the case, then I can make all the giant crossbow arrows into enchanted crossbow arrows, and re-enchant them after they are used up. Wouldn't that make them weapons that never wear out?"
If this is really possible, although it will greatly increase the workload of relevant departments in the short term, once the time is extended, a large amount of productivity can be saved.
But then Zhou Xu changed his mind and felt that he had oversimplified things.
Regardless of whether the giant crossbow arrow can really achieve the point of never wearing out through this method, let's just talk about the enchantment work.
At this stage, unless the "mithril" mentioned by Silk is found, the enchantment effect on the weapon cannot be preserved for a long time. Wang Dong has to rush to enchant the weapon every time, which is an unstable operation. If there is any mistake, it will easily go wrong.
Regarding the 'giant crossbow arrow that never wears out', this matter needs further research.
But even if we ignore the fact that it "never wears out", the advantages of the enchanted crossbow arrows have already been demonstrated.
Zhou Xu thought that it was still worthwhile to produce a few more batches.
[The next energy channel should be opened in the next few days. I will send a messenger back to arrange this matter. There is also the issue of the cavalry's manpower. Although according to my thinking, the battlefield should be fully transferred to the rainforest area next, and the lizardmen probably dare not attack easily again, but just in case, it is better to train another batch of cavalry. ]
His thoughts drifted a little far away, and after thinking about the follow-up arrangements, Zhou Xu quickly pulled his attention back to confirming the post-war work at hand.
They didn't do anything big over the next few days, as the post-war workload was huge and they had a lot to do.
During this period, they have also cleaned up the corpses on the battlefield one after another.
Considering that there were many broken limbs and some that were almost turned into meat paste and mixed up beyond recognition, it was difficult for them to count an accurate number.
We can only roughly conclude that they killed more than 600 enemies, including the Lizardman infantry troops that advanced along with the Shield-Armored Dragon Phalanx.
Among them, Zhou Xu's control of the Shield Ankylosaurus to launch a sweep and a lazy donkey rolling operation was of great significance.
It is no exaggeration to say that in that battle, most of the Lizardman infantry died under Zhou Xu's operation, and a Lizardman leader was also crushed to death.
Of course, Zhou Xu himself was not aware of the existence of this lizardman leader, and it was difficult to distinguish him from the meat paste.
After that set of operations, the Lizardmen infantrymen who had managed to survive were all frightened out of their wits and fled in all directions.
With their limited military strength and relatively simple defense facilities, they were able to achieve such amazing results. There is no doubt that the most important person here was Zhou Xu himself.
Throughout this entire battle, Zhou Xu controlled the rhythm of each important link and used his methods to connect them together.
Without Zhou Xu, it would not be easy to completely curb the advance of the armored dragons relying solely on the crossbow troops and the pit traps.
Not to mention that there are lizardman infantrymen accompanying the armored dragon formation throughout the process, so there is a high probability that their camp will be completely wiped out by the enemy.
The entire situation thereafter would no longer be able to proceed at the rhythm previously controlled by Zhou Xu.
But now that the results are in front of us, there is naturally no need to worry about something that has not happened.
Maintaining a state of rest and recuperation, the day when the energy channel opens soon arrives, and another group of mountain soldiers who have just completed training arrive in this world with supplies and equipment.
At the same time, on the Lizardmen side who suffered a great defeat, Soros was in a very bad mood recently.
After the army is defeated, whether passively or actively, the soldiers will often instinctively take the approach of "scattering like birds and beasts".
This can be considered one of the rogue tactics on the battlefield. Once it is used, the party with the advantage will most likely not be able to wipe them out.
Many soldiers fled back to the front-line camp that day.
Considering the situation at the time, it was a good thing for Soros that some soldiers could escape back.
But he soon discovered that two Lizardman leaders, including Gruul, had not returned.
Missing is a euphemism. To put it bluntly, he is most likely dead.
Not to mention the other Lizardman leader, Gruul is a special individual among their tribe, and he also performed well in the previous battle with the ratmen on the southern battlefield. The high priest has high hopes for him.
If Gruul died, it would undoubtedly be even more difficult for Soros to deal with the high priest.
Although he temporarily avoided meeting with the high priest on the pretext of dealing with post-war work, he still had to face what he had to face sooner or later.
"Soros, meet the high priest!"
The high priest did not speak, but raised his hand, indicating that he should begin his report.
Soros had no intention of lying or exaggerating.
Even if we look at the matter objectively, the situation at that time was mainly caused by two main reasons: Gruul on the front line made misjudgment and made wrong moves, and the opponent showed extraordinary means.
At the end, Soros was silent for two seconds, and then reported that Gruul was missing.
"Okay, I understand."
After listening to Soros' report, the high priest was surprisingly calm.
"Next, you must guard the rainforest defense line well and resist the enemy's invasion. Retreat."
Hearing this, Soros felt as if he had been pardoned and quickly left.
Looking at Soros's departing back, the high priest took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
The high priest undoubtedly had spies in the army. He had already known the situation on the front line almost completely before Soros came to report. At least the other party did not lie to him, which made him feel a little better.
After such a great defeat, the Lizardmen troops on their side suffered heavy losses, but the high priest did not get angry because he knew that they were now attacked from two sides and the situation was not optimistic.
Soros is an important general under his command, and he needs him to hold the line. In this situation, beating and scolding him, or simply executing him, does not sound like a wise decision.
Obviously, the pressure from both sides now leaves the high priest no room to act recklessly.
(End of this chapter)
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