After 3 days of observation, Yang Rui had a rough understanding of the Western Qiang rebel army's spawn rate and dispatch of troops.
The first batch of Western Qiang rebels that Yang Rui raided only respawned after three whole days. This meant that the respawn period of the Western Qiang rebel strongholds was three game days. Based on the Bandit leader's seamless investigation, as the number of counterattacks increased, the number of Western Qiang rebel strongholds that the Western Qiang rebel strongholds sent out their troops became more frequent.
In the beginning, only three or four rebel territories sent out their troops. However, as the number of troops needed for the counterattack increased, more and more territories began to send out their troops. Furthermore, the number of troops participating increased each time, until a certain territory sent out all of its soldiers.
Of course, every territory would retain a small number of soldiers in the end, but this number would not be too large. Through several probing attacks in between counterattacks, Yang Rui had basically found out where this bottom line was!
In the end, a low-level village would only retain 10 guards, an intermediate village would retain 20 guards, an advanced village would retain 30 guards, a beginner town would retain 40 guards, an intermediate town would retain 50 guards, and an advanced town would retain 60 guards. Almost every time a town's level increased, the number of guards would increase by 10. If this was the case, then a first-grade city would only have 70 defensive soldiers?! Even if there were more than that, it wouldn't be by much.
At the same time, if the surrounding Western Qiang rebels were unable to gather the required number of soldiers, then the number of territories participating in the counterattack would be increased accordingly, until they could gather the required number of soldiers. Only after three days would a new batch of soldiers be spawned in the previously empty territories. Only then would the territory where the troops could be sent out shrink again.
Taking Yue Capital as an example, Yang Rui noticed that they only sent out a small number of soldiers after the third wave of Western Qiang soldiers. By the ninth wave of Western Qiang soldiers, they were no longer able to send out a single soldier. The Western Qiang soldiers that participated in the counterattack were gathered from further territories.
This method of dispatching troops was in line with the habits of the Western Qiang people in the He Huang region, and was quite useful in defending their strongholds. However, if the opponent had sufficient strength, there would be many loopholes that could be exploited.
Yang Rui had grasped this loophole through careful and repeated investigation. After the 11th wave of attacks, Yang Rui led his troops and made their way towards Le Capital, making use of the time when the enemy forces were weak to launch a surprise attack.
Just as Yang Rui had expected, there were only seventy to eighty soldiers defending Le Capital. Apart from one intermediate general and two beginner generals, the rest of the soldiers were all Third Grade archers.
Of course, such strength couldn't stop Yang Rui's advance. Beginner and intermediate generals weren't enough to deal with Yang Rui and the others. Moreover, the enemy archers were quickly overwhelmed by Yang Rui's forty-two Fifth Grade archers and eight hundred Fourth Grade archers. The difference in numbers and grades instantly nullified the geographical advantage of the Western Qiang archers!
[System Notification: Congratulations on completing the first phase of the 'Origin of the Qiang Tribe' mission – conquering a beginner city of the Qiang Tribe. You have obtained mission item – Qiang Tribe unique equipment. Monetary reward: 100 gold coins.]
As Yang Rui conquered Le Capital, a system notification appeared. The first phase of the Yang Rui's Brocade Box mission had been completed. However, the reward for the mission wasn't that great. He only obtained a certain number of golden spears, which seemed to be far from his status as a Brocade Box mission!
[System Notification: Esteemed player Blazing Sun, as you have completed the first phase of the 'Origin of the Qiang Tribe' mission, you will now proceed to the second phase of the follow-up mission. Will you accept?]
"Accept!"
The system notification then prompted Yang Rui to proceed to the second phase of the mission. Naturally, Yang Rui had nothing to say about this. He directly chose to accept.
[System Notification: Esteemed player Blazing Sun, you have accepted the second phase of the 'Origin of the Qiang Tribe' mission. Defend Le Capital, the beginner city of Western Qiang, for six days. You will receive information about the follow-up mission after six days.]
Defend Le Capital for six days?! Yang Rui was stunned when he heard this. With the Western Qiang rebels launching wave after wave of frenzied counterattacks, defending Le Capital for six days meant that he would have to face twenty-four rounds of the rebels' frenzied counterattacks! With an increase of forty percent in every round, the more difficult it got. In the end, Yang Rui would have to face over four million Western Qiang rebels! All of them would be Third Grade soldiers. Their numbers would also be over a million! Yang Rui even suspected that he had chosen the wrong time to do the mission!
After conquering a beginner city, there might be a follow-up mission that relied on the city. Yang Rui had considered this from the very beginning, and he didn't expect it to be so. However, defending against twenty-four rounds of counterattacks from the Western Qiang rebels was extremely difficult!
Fortunately, Yang Rui tried his best to maintain the integrity of Le Capital's defensive structures. He didn't destroy the city walls or the city walls. The terrain made it easy to defend and hard to attack. It could be said that he had a geographical advantage. In addition, Yang Rui also had Zhang Ning as his trump card. If he went all out, it wasn't completely hopeless.
However, the area of effect of the [Heavenly Spirit Rain] was only 200 * 200 square meters. In the final phase, there would be over a million Western Qiang rebels attacking. Therefore, he still needed to find a way to effectively amplify the effect of the [Heavenly Spirit Rain]!
On this point, Zhang Jiao's actions during the Battle of Guang Zong were extremely typical. First, they used the trenches and a torrential downpour to destroy more than half of Han Ting's siege weapons, as well as a large number of Han Ting's soldiers. Next, they used the water surface of the trenches to burn a large number of wooden boats, as well as countless Han Ting's soldiers!
Using the terrain twice in a row, Zhang Jiao could be said to have amplified the effect of his skill countless times. Even when he was escaping, he used the same technique to block the path of Yang Rui and the other pursuers at Liucong River. It could be considered a very successful case. However, times were fickle. While Zhang Jiao blocked the pursuers from the Han Ting camp, he also blocked the path of Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang!
However, regardless of whether it was the trenches or the river that Zhang Jiao used, they couldn't be created out of thin air. If he didn't have the blueprints, even if it was a simple project like the trenches, it wouldn't be recognized by the system and would be quickly erased by the system! Therefore, if he wanted to use his brain in this aspect, he needed to find the relevant blueprints!
At the same time. Yang Rui's current military strength was too little, especially the close combat soldiers. When Yang Rui came, he didn't bring many soldiers with him. Therefore, Yang Rui had to consider making a trip back to Mountain Town and gather more military strength to assist in the defense.
Originally, Yang Rui couldn't use the teleportation circle from where he was. If he wanted to go back to the east of Gold City and use the teleportation circle, he probably wouldn't be able to complete it in time! However, Zhang Ning had the Wind Flying Carpet, so things were different. This carpet had 5 times the speed of a horse. It probably wouldn't take more than half a day to reach the east of Gold City. Although the Flying Carpet already belonged to Zhang Ning, after Yang Rui spoke, Zhang Ning still happily took it out …
Receiving the revelation of the Flying Carpet, Yang Rui thought of another item that Zhang Jiao left behind – the Platinum Grade "Yellow Scarf Profession Change Order"!
"My lord, are you sure that all 10000 Liegeman in the city will be changed into First Grade Yellow Scarf Soldiers?"
Yang Rui only mentioned the "Yellow Scarf Profession Change Order", but he didn't expect Zhang Ning to think that Yang Rui had his eyes on the Liegeman in the city! Currently, after conquering the Liegeman City, there were about 20000 Liegeman in the city. Although they weren't controlled by Yang Rui, they had already changed from the opposing faction to the neutral faction. This was a common phenomenon in wars. Not all opposing factions were as stubborn as the Yellow Scarf Family.
The most unexpected thing was that these neutral NPC Liegeman could also be changed into First Grade Yellow Scarf by the "Yellow Scarf Profession Change Order"! This news was naturally an unexpected surprise for Yang Rui. Even if the 10000 Yellow Scarf Soldiers were all First Grade, they could still participate in the defense of the city walls. However, Zhang Ning's attitude was a little hesitant.
"My lord, if you insist on changing these Liegeman into First Grade Yellow Scarf Soldiers, I can naturally do it. However … these Liegeman will not belong to us. After the mission is over and we leave this place, these transformed Yellow Scarf Soldiers will die from the pain of losing their identity. I really can't bear to see this happen!"
Zhang Ning finally told Yang Rui the reason. It turned out that there was a side effect of forcefully changing class to Yellow Scarf Soldier. Yang Rui suddenly understood.
The NPCs in the game all had a specific personality. In Yang Rui's opinion, it didn't matter if 10000 NPCs died. After all, they weren't his Liegeman. However, Zhang Ning 'really can't bear to see this happen'. If he didn't pay attention to their feelings, it might lead to a drop in their loyalty.
"What would happen if these Yellow Scarf Soldiers were killed in battle and then resurrected using the Yellow Scarf Uprising storyline quest points?"
Yang Rui had already decided to give up on converting Zhang Ning into Yellow Scarf Soldiers, so he just casually mentioned it. However, this sentence made Zhang Ning's eyes light up.
"If my lord is willing to spend the quest points to resurrect them, then you can completely take over the ownership of these soldiers!"
She didn't expect Yang Rui to say something like this. However, Zhang Ning agreed with his method. In this way, the two of them reached a consensus. Then, the 10000 Liegeman with better Physique in the city were turned into First Grade Yellow Scarf Soldiers. Yang Rui also had a defensive force in his hands. Resurrecting First Grade soldiers didn't require many points. Even if all 10000 were to be resurrected, it would only cost 200,000 points. For Yang Rui, this was still something he could afford and was willing to pay!
It had to be said that the scene of Zhang Ning using the Yellow Scarf Profession Change Token was quite spectacular. When Zhang Ning raised her magic sword, the Yellow Scarf Profession Change Token immediately flew out from her body and turned into a huge 'peace' symbol in the sky. Then, it flew towards the selected ten thousand Liegeman and turned into a large yellow curtain that covered them. After about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the Yellow Scarf Profession Change Token flew back to Zhang Ning. When he looked at the ten thousand people again, there was an additional yellow scarf on each of their heads …
Yang Rui only slightly praised the lighting effects in the game. He only watched half of the process before he activated the Flying Carpet and rushed towards Gold City. He temporarily left the defense of Ledu City to Zhang Ning and Li Dong.
The first few rounds of counterattacks by the Western Qiang rebel army didn't pose much of a threat. However, as time went on, it became more and more intense. Therefore, it was better to get reinforcements as soon as possible!
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