It is indeed appropriate to use locusts to describe the lord.
The lords who were driven by profit would dare to brave the dangers of mountains and seas of fire.
It is better to expect their morale to collapse than to expect the sun to rise from the west.
As long as the rewards of the mission are generous enough, the lords can complete it until death.
To Archduke Jonathan, this war was a senseless war against banditry.
But for the lords, it was a good opportunity to make a fortune.
In these two days of fighting, the surviving lords had more or less gained something.
Through point redemption, their strength is gradually increasing.
Overall, the gains of the lords are greater than their losses, which is why Lord Jonathan feels like the enemies are getting more and more.
Not just because new lords flocked from the surrounding areas to join the battle.
There are also reasons why the surviving lords quickly restored their forces.
Of course, if you want to benefit from this battle, the most important prerequisite is to survive.
Those lords who died in the battle were eliminated and naturally received nothing.
The essence of these temporary tasks is still a kind of screening and elimination.
Zong Shen's strong rise made it difficult for the regional lords to keep up with their development progress.
In order to balance the average development progress of the region, there is a lord mission targeting the total population under his command between 500 and 3,000 people.
We still follow the principle of winners rising and losers eliminated.
Like Zong Shen, lords with tens of millions of people are obviously not within the scope of the mission's invitation.
His strength has already far exceeded his level.
Besides, the giant city of Lentax was completely wiped out by him.
Even Archduke Jonathan's dispatch of troops there was inseparable from Zong Shen's behavior.
The battle in the great city of Lentax went on day and night.
The lords occupied the relatively intact second and first circles there, and even the Marquis Castle at the core was not spared.
In fact, there is also a clear competitive relationship within the lords.
But before facing a common enemy, this competitive relationship will not continue to get worse.
Most lords unite with each other in units of [legions] and squads.
Each occupied a certain tower or fortress.
This also applies to the Marquis Castle.
Now the entire castle is occupied by hundreds of lords, and together they have brought tens of thousands of soldiers, which can fill all the battle positions.
Thanks to the indigenous people of the Endless Continent, the buildings are very spacious and magnificent.
Various defensive buildings can basically accommodate a large number of soldiers.
This was a good time for the lords and their soldiers to have a place to stay.
However, the defensive equipment originally deployed in these buildings, as well as the defensive runes and magic circles engraved on them were all dismantled by Penny's people.
So what these lords occupy is just an empty shell.
You can only use your own props to enhance protection as much as possible.
This resulted in chaos throughout the giant city of Lentax.
There are magic shields of various colors and sizes to the east and one to the west.
After two or three days of fierce fighting, many towers in the second circle were destroyed.
The outer ice layer was also severely damaged.
The houses that were originally frozen in the ice were gradually revealed.
The fighting lasted almost all night.
Not to mention Grand Duke Jonathan's side, the lords had no concept of rest.
Even in the dead of night, there are still lords taking turns.
Because only various war actions can earn points.
In any case, this war will probably last for some time.
Either Grand Duke Jonathan dies, or the lords' mission is over or they are completely defeated.
Neither side has a reason to back down.
Justice Jonathan, who seemed to have the upper hand, was dragged into the quagmire by the stubborn and rogue lords.
This involves a process of ebb and flow.
The biggest factor that affects the results of interference is the lord system.
The points earned by the lords can be quickly converted into combat effectiveness.
Under such circumstances, even a battle loss ratio of 10 to 1 is meaningless.
Archduke Jonathan understood the horror of the fourth natural disaster.
This kind of enemy that cannot be defeated and kills more and more will make everyone feel troublesome.
Those legendary strong men can harvest hundreds or even thousands of lives every time they go out.
But such numbers are nothing compared to the total number of tens of millions.
Those guard-level demigods were even more destructive when they took action, but to be able to kill tens of thousands in the face of various treacherous means was remarkable.
You must know that the lords will not sit back and wait for death.
Even if their attacks are insignificant in front of the powerful demigods.
But quantitative changes can always lead to qualitative changes.
You must know that on a battlefield with tens of millions of levels, a demigod-level expert is not absolutely invincible.
Many of the blood-burning demons that invaded the Endless Continent in the last era were defeated by the human wave tactics.
To be able to achieve stable output, you have to rely on a large army.
The dragonborn military formation increased the combat effectiveness of the legionnaires under Jonathan's command.
Attack and defense can be integrated.
As long as the opponent just sends out a slightly larger team, they will soon be met by the legion.
The rangers in the rear fired longbow volleys, and the cavalry regiment repeatedly charged and trampled them like a meat grinder.
This is how the initial shocking casualties were caused.
The second is the seventh-level natural disaster-level magic jointly performed by various siege equipment and the mage group.
All of these caused huge damage to the lord.
However, after suffering several losses, the lords became wiser.
They gave up on gathering a large army numbering more than 100,000.
They dispersed into separate teams and attacked the troops and camp supplies under Archduke Jonathan in different directions, time periods, and targets in the form of teams of 3,000 to 10,000 people.
Army horses were killed and robbed every day, and supplies of food and grass were often attacked.
Once the large formation is deployed, it is really hard to defend against.
Moreover, those who came to harass were killed one after another, just like a wave.
Although it doesn't hurt my muscles or bones, it really gives me a headache.
Now Archduke Jonathan only hopes that when the reinforcements arrive, they can annihilate these bandits in one go!
Twenty million troops are not all the troops under his command, but they are most of the troops he can mobilize in this area!
Even though the territory of the kingdom is vast, there are countless giant cities and states.
To be continued...