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The next morning, before the sun had even risen, Chen Li and Chen Ping had already led the soldiers to Linwen Village. They were lying in ambush around the village entrance, silently waiting for the arrival of the pirates.
Currently, there were about three hundred soldiers near Wenshui. Apart from the one hundred First Grade militia who were training near Water Origin Village, the remaining two hundred Second Grade and Third Grade soldiers were arranged by Yang Rui to Linwen Village.
According to Village Chief Wang Su, the number of pirates that came each time wasn't small. There were about two hundred of them. One hundred Third Grade pirates were responsible for fighting, while the other one hundred Second Grade soldiers were responsible for transporting things. Thus, Yang Rui didn't underestimate them. He transferred all the soldiers that could fight over and personally led twenty soldiers outside the village to provide support.
If it was a battle on the water, two hundred pirates would be a force that couldn't be underestimated. However, in a battle on land, the pirates' combat power was greatly reduced! It was much easier to deal with them, especially when they were waiting for an exhausted enemy!
In truth, it wasn't realistic for Yang Rui to have so many soldiers lie in ambush. However, it was still possible to use the wooden houses near the village entrance to hide their figures.
Sure enough, when the sky brightened, the pirates rushed into the village without checking anything. From their point of view, Linwen Village posed no threat to them. However, the pirates miscalculated this time. What awaited them was a rain of arrows, continuously raining down from the houses around the village entrance!
"Ah! Ah! Ah! "
"Ah … …"
The pirates were instantly stunned. For a moment, many of them fell to the ground from the arrows or cried out in pain.
The timing of this rain of arrows was just right. Most of the pirates had already entered the village, leaving only the tail of the group outside the village entrance. The rain of arrows came down unexpectedly, and after a short moment of absent-mindedness, the pirates were thrown into chaos. They knew that they had fallen into someone's ambush, and all of them covered their heads and fled in the direction of the main gate. It was naturally difficult to avoid being trampled on, and the situation became even more chaotic!
"Kill!"
"Kill … …"
At this moment, the one hundred Third Grade longswordsmen that had been lying in ambush rushed out amidst the chaos. Under the lead of Chen Li and Chen Ping, these Third Grade soldiers lunged at the chaotic pirates like ferocious tigers unleashed from their cages.
The rain of arrows might have lessened, but the pirates didn't have the chance to catch their breath. The real battle had only just begun when they clashed with the Third Grade longswords. Another one-sided slaughter had begun.
Of the two hundred pirates, a hundred Third Grade pirates were at the very front. They were also the first to die! About a third of the remaining one hundred Second Grade pirates had yet to enter the village. Some of the faster ones had managed to escape with their lives.
But when they reached the shore of the Wenshui where the boat had stopped, they realized that there was no boat at all. On the shore, there were only ten or so corpses of pirates lying haphazardly! They were all Second Grade pirate soldiers that had been left behind to watch the ship! The pirates were dumbfounded.
In truth, these ships had already been put away by Yang Rui. Ever since he had seized the pirate's boat near Windy Fragrance Village and cut off their escape route, Yang Rui had set his sights on the pirate's boat from the very beginning. He wanted to seize the opportunity to seize these means of transportation and cut off the pirates' escape route once again!
Once most of the pirates had left for Linwen Village, Yang Rui and the twenty Third Grade soldiers hiding in the bushes on the shore naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity. They very decisively charged out and exterminated the ten or so Second Grade pirates that had been left behind, once again taking control of the enemy's boat!
This was almost a repeat of the previous scene. The only difference was that apart from the 'small boat', there were also two small transport ships.
"Small transport ship: Carrying capacity: five thousand kilograms. Can carry five operators and escorts. Speed increased by 50%. Usage requirements: Second Grade and above water profession. "
The resource production of Linwen Village was much higher than that of Windy Fragrance Village. These two small transport ships were probably specially used to carry food or other resources. The pirates had set a rule for Linwen Village that they had to hand over 10000 units of food every four days. These two ships were probably used to carry food!
Compared to the small boat, the small transport ship was slightly slower and only had a 50% increase in speed. However, its transportation ability was incomparable to the small boat. This was also an unexpected gain for Yang Rui.
With the transport ship stolen by Yang Rui, the pirates had no way of escape. Apart from a few lucky pirates that jumped into the Wenshui and escaped, the rest of the pirates were ambushed and surrounded by Yang Rui and were all executed. Nearly two hundred Second Grade and Third Grade pirates had fallen. In total, Yang Rui had contributed around thirty sets of advanced skill books and equipment to him.
The complete defeat of the pirates was witnessed by the black and skinny village chief Wang Su. He was so emotional that he almost cried. The huge mountain of pirates had been pressing down on Linwen Village and Wang Su's head for far too long. However, the problem in front of him seemed to have been solved in an instant! How could he not be excited? Wang Su seemed to have suddenly become ten years younger. Naturally, he thanked Yang Rui profusely and immediately arranged for the villagers to mine iron.
Just as Yang Rui had expected, after the pirates failed to rob Linwen Village, they once again became cowards, just like what they had experienced in Windy Fragrance Village. Only after four days did the pirates once again 'visit' Linwen Village. Once again, they suffered a crushing defeat and contributed another batch of skill books, weapons and equipment, as well as fast boats and transport ships.
However, the time interval was a little long. There was only one large-scale battle every four days. Whether it was farming monsters, leveling up, or harvesting skill books and equipment, the efficiency was very low!
Fortunately, from the second day onwards, Yang Rui's shipyard in Blackdragon Swamp in Mountain Town began to produce Second Grade water soldiers. Yang Rui used these water soldiers and the captured ships as bait and successfully opened up a second front against the pirates.
There was some distance between the pirate's shipyard and the shore. Yang Rui had the newly advanced Second Grade water soldiers of Mountain Town sail the ships not far from the shore. Every time, they would lure out waves of pirates from the shipyard and charge towards the shore. At this time, Yang Rui's Second Grade archers could show their might. Once the pirates entered their shooting range, they would be greeted with a rain of arrows …
The matter of killing the pirates was now on track. Yang Rui focused on the iron ore in Linwen Village.
Linwen Village had invested almost ninety percent of the five hundred villagers into the mining of iron ore. Only a small number of villagers were used to maintain a part of the farming industry. The rest of the food, wood, and stone were all provided by Yang Rui.
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