In order to make full use of Zhang Ning's skills, Yang Rui would only let Zhang Ning use the Divine Fire Rain skill when they encountered Qiang territory above the level of a town. In normal encounters or village level battles, Yang Rui would always use Beginner Generals.
During this process, Yang Rui also experienced the effects of Zhang Ning's other two support skills. "Tranquility" could effectively increase the Defense of Beginner Generals and Soldiers within the skill's range by one fold, and most notably, it could increase the Inner Force of Beginner Generals and Soldiers by one fold, which basically doubled their damage output. "Recuperation" could effectively increase the endurance of Beginner Generals and Soldiers in battle, and also replenish their Health Points at all times. Unless they encountered an intense battle, they would not have to worry about their Health Points!
The only downside was that Zhang Ning's two ultimate skills were continuous skills, and could not be used at the same time, which greatly limited their effectiveness! But in the current situation, Yang Rui did not face much of a challenge in defeating the Western Qiang rebels, so he could let Zhang Ning use the two skills in rotation.
As for the consumption of Zhang Ning's own Taoist skills, there was basically no need to worry. With her mastery of special Taoist skills, she would not be able to deplete them in a short period of time. Yang Rui's Beginner Neigong level already had a few thousand points of Inner Force, reaching over 3,200 points. Using this as an analogy, if she were to surpass the Intermediate and Advanced levels and reach the Special Skill level, Zhang Ning's Taoist skills would be at least a million points!
After reaching this level, there was generally no need to worry about the reserves of the cultivation method. Unless one encountered an opponent of the same level, and both sides fought for hundreds of rounds, in a situation where one continuously used big moves, only then would it be possible to exhaust the reserves of the cultivation method. Of course, going through continuous battles and not being able to recover could also exhaust the cultivation method. At the current stage of the game, these two possibilities should not appear for the time being!
Yang Rui and the others were invincible. After half a day, Yang Rui had conquered a total of 15 Qiang village-level territories and 4 Qiang town-level territories. This was only because the population of Western Liang was relatively small, and the territories were relatively sparse.
These were the territories that the Qiang rebels had raided and plundered. Yang Rui had also obtained a lot of equipment and skill books. Among them, the number of Second Grade and Third Grade skill books exceeded 10000, and the Second Grade skill books alone accounted for 9.5% of the total. Yang Rui even considered selling some of the low-grade skill books. The number of low-grade skill books in his possession far exceeded the demand, and the price of skill books in the market was not low.
When he was to rank rank rank's to become a town to to to town to be to be leveled, to become a Town, to become a Rank, a skill book was to become a Second Grade skill book. On the other hand, Third Grade skill books were much rarer, and cost around 30 silver coins. Fourth Grade skill books were even rarer, and all of them cost more than 5 gold coins. For example, the Fourth Grade Cavalry skill book cost more than 10 gold coins, which was more than 1000 dollars in real money.
Of course, Yang Rui only had an abundance of Second Grade and Third Grade skill books. Fourth Grade skill books were also precious in Yang Rui's hands. Yang Rui had not obtained many in the beginning, and the number was even fewer than Fifth Grade skill books! Before this, Yang Rui had been considering whether to spend money to buy some, but he was not in a hurry to use them, so he did not put them into action.
Moreover, Yang Rui had taken over many Qiang territories, and just the looting alone had netted him over a hundred gold coins. This was mainly due to the fact that Zhang Ning had burned down almost all of the Qiang towns. Otherwise, this harvest would have been much higher.
Close to evening, Yang Rui and the others had occupied an advanced village as their temporary base. At the same time, a Qiang city, Ledu City, had also appeared within the range of Yang Rui's detection. It happened to fit the requirements of Yang Rui's Brocade Box mission, so Yang Rui took note of it.
However, the terrain of this small city was very strange. It was built around a small, half-moon shaped lake, and was surrounded on three sides by the lake. Only one side was exposed to the outside world, and was blocked by a sturdy city wall and gate. Therefore, it was very difficult to attack the city directly.
However, this was without considering Zhang Ning. If Yang Rui had used brute force, it would not have been difficult to break through the city with Fire Rain of Heavenly Spirits. However, if he had done so, the structures of Ledu City would have suffered a lot of damage.
Once the defensive structures were damaged, a city that had lost its defensive capabilities would not be of much use if there was a need for a follow-up mission. Therefore, Yang Rui was more inclined to maintain the city's integrity in case of emergency. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would not use Zhang Ning's skill!
The next morning, before Yang Rui and the others could make a move, a group of people had appeared around the advanced village they had occupied. They quickly rushed towards the advanced village.
[System Notification: As you have chosen to occupy the Qiang village, Nanwa, for more than 12 hours, you have received the first counterattack from the Western Qiang rebels. Please pay attention to the defense of the village!]
It turned out that the Western Qiang rebels' counterattack had arrived! In the previous life, Yang Rui had not attempted to conquer the Western Qiang rebels' territory due to his lack of manpower. Therefore, this was the first time that Yang Rui had faced the Western Qiang rebels' counterattack.
However, the Qiang rebels had only sent four to five hundred Western Qiang soldiers in the first round of counterattack. Moreover, most of them were First Grade and Second Grade soldiers. The total number of soldiers did not exceed 1500. Yang Rui did not feel much pressure in this regard. He quickly spread out the twenty beginner generals and eight hundred Fourth Grade archers he had brought with him to the four gates of the village and started a massacre.
How could the few hundred First Grade and Second Grade soldiers of the Western Qiang rebel army be a match for Yang Rui's elite soldiers? In less than fifteen minutes, the Western Qiang rebels had been wiped out. The dozens of soldiers who tried to escape were also caught up by Yang Rui's beginner generals and killed on the spot.
[System Notification: Congratulations on defeating the Western Qiang rebels' first round of counterattack. From now on, the Western Qiang rebels in the surrounding territories will launch a counterattack against the village you have occupied, Nanwa, every six hours. In six hours, you will receive the second round of counterattack from the Western Qiang rebels. Please make defensive preparations.]
It was only now that Yang Rui finally understood the pattern of the Western Qiang rebels' counterattack. As there was still some time before the second round of counterattack, Yang Rui could not afford to wait here. As such, he took the initiative to give up on this advanced Qiang village and started to farm the Western Liang rebels in an area of several hundred kilometers with Yue City as the center.
At the same time, Yang Rui was also searching for more suitable Western Qiang territory. It would be best if it could be a town or above and not too far away from Yue City! Yang Rui intended to use this opportunity to attract the Western Qiang rebels' attention in Yue City.
Through the system notifications, Yang Rui noticed that the Western Qiang rebels participating in the counterattack were all soldiers from the surrounding territories. Even though these soldiers could be respawned without limit, there was still a process to it. If he could grasp the timing well and empty out the Western Qiang soldiers in Yue City before the rebel soldiers respawned, he would be able to take them down. When that happened, the difficulty of attacking Yue City would be greatly reduced!
Of course, to achieve this goal, he first had to have a precise understanding of the Western Qiang rebels' respawn rate. At the same time, he had to have a rough understanding of the situation of the Western Qiang rebels' reinforcements. That way, he would be able to calculate the timing of the reinforcements in Yue City and launch a thunderous attack!
When it was almost noon, Yang Rui finally managed to take down a small town about a hundred kilometers away from Yue City. This small town seemed to be a horse farm of the Qiang people. There were over a hundred Fourth Grade Western Qiang cavalry patrolling the area, but there were very few infantry soldiers defending the town.
In theory, with over a hundred Fourth Grade cavalry present, the town's defenses should be much higher than other places. However, how could Fourth Grade cavalry be a match for Yang Rui and the other beginner generals? Yang Rui quickly defeated the cavalry around the town after discovering it. He charged into the town like a hot knife through butter and took over the entire town. He did not destroy any of the town's defensive structures in the process.
It was worth mentioning that Yang Rui obtained over twenty sets of Fourth Grade cavalry class advancement skill books and equipment in the process of taking over the town. He also managed to capture over a hundred ownerless horses in the town! That was definitely a pleasant surprise!
Yang Rui already knew that there were many horses in the Arid Plains. In fact, there were even herds of wild horses in the wilderness that could be tamed by players or NPCs. This was one of the important reasons why Yang Rui had come to Western Liang. He had signed a horse supply agreement with the CU Alliance, so he needed a lot of horses. However, Yang Rui did not expect that attacking the Western Qiang rebels would allow him to capture ownerless horses. That provided Yang Rui with a new source of horses.
After taking over this small town called 'Horse Po', Yang Rui sent out all forty-two Fifth Grade bandit leaders with him to investigate the strength of the Western Qiang rebels. They were also prepared to observe the patterns of the Qiang soldiers participating in the counterattack. In particular, Yang Rui sent out the most bandit leaders in the direction of Yue Du City.
Yang Rui assigned horses to the forty-two Fifth Grade bandit leaders so that they could grasp the distribution and movements of the Western Qiang rebels. Very soon, the bandit leaders reported back to Yang Rui. Yang Rui took advantage of the 12 to 12 hours before the first round of the Western Qiang rebels' counterattack. He prioritized the 2 towns and 10 villages within 50 miles of the Western Qiang rebels' territory and quickly flattened them all!
The loot from raiding these Qiang territories was secondary. More importantly, Yang Rui could reduce the number of targets he had to investigate. This would allow him to better find out the patterns of the Western Qiang rebels' respawn and counterattack.
As expected, twelve hours later. It was the middle of the night, but the Western Qiang soldiers participating in the first wave of the counterattack had already appeared. However, the Fifth Grade bandit leaders sent out by Yang Rui caught sight of the rebel army not long after they appeared! This group of four to five hundred low-grade Western Qiang rebels had come from the five villages closest to Horse Po Town. They had all set off separately and met up five kilometers west of Horse Po Town. Then, they rushed toward Mapo Town.
These counterattacking soldiers had been targeted by the bandit leaders the moment they set off from their villages. It was nighttime, which was the home field of the Fifth Grade bandit leaders. Even if their sense of smell was not as good as the Americans in the real world, it was not that far off!
Following that, the Western Qiang rebels would launch a counterattack every six hours. Most of the time, the Western Qiang rebels would not escape the eyes of the bandit leaders. Most of the time, Yang Rui would have already received detailed information before the rebels had even reached half the distance. In fact, there were three or four times when Yang Rui had tried to intercept the rebels with a group of beginner generals, not giving them a chance to counterattack!
As the number of times the Western Qiang rebels launched a counterattack increased, the number of troops sent out would increase by around forty percent. No wonder the best result of the Three Kingdoms Civilization Area in his previous life was only seventeen rounds of defense. Based on the current pattern, seventeen rounds of defense was equivalent to an increase of two hundred times the number of troops. It was enough to make the Iron Blood who had achieved this result proud!
"System Notification: Congratulations, you have once again repelled the Western Qiang rebel army's counterattack for 5 consecutive rounds. You have made an outstanding contribution to the Great Han Empire. Player Lie Yang is specially rewarded with 200 gold coins as encouragement …"
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"System Notification: Congratulations on repelling the eleventh round of counterattack by the Western Qiang rebels. In the next six hours, the Western Qiang rebels in the surrounding territories will launch their twelfth counterattack on the Horse Po Town that you have occupied. Please make defensive preparations."
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