Following the increase in the number of new territories built by the three kingdoms, the Mountain Village's ranking in the China region had dropped below the thirtieth place.
From the ranking, the Mountain Village only had a slight advantage in terms of military. Among all the territories in the China region, the Mountain Village was still one of the top few. This was mainly due to the number of second grade soldiers in the Mountain Village who had advanced.
The next morning, Yang Rui arrived at the bandit checkpoint early in the morning. He was a little worried about whether Chen Li and Chen Ping's change of guard had gone smoothly. After all, the checkpoint still belonged to the bandits, and bandits could spawn at any time!
Groups of bandits would still spawn from the foot of the mountain to the checkpoint, clearing the monsters along the way. Only when Yang Rui arrived at the checkpoint did he truly relax. The checkpoint was under the control of the two brothers, and no accidents had occurred. The bandits that spawned in the checkpoint had also been wiped out, and several basic skill books had dropped. However, nothing else had spawned in the checkpoint's warehouse.
Following Yang Rui were five second grade archers and eight short spearmen. After a short period of training and comprehension, among the militia who had obtained the basic archery skills, five of them had successfully advanced to second grade soldiers.
After placing the five archers at the checkpoint, Yang Rui brought Chen Li and sixty second grade soldiers and slowly made their way towards the bandit's main camp. Chen Ping, on the other hand, led the remaining thirty second grade soldiers to guard the bandit checkpoint. With the addition of the second grade archers, there shouldn't be any accidents.
The bandit checkpoint was about four to five miles away from the camp at the top of the mountain. Along the way, there were also groups of patrolling bandits. Not only had the types of soldiers changed, the number of people in each group had increased to ten, and the patrol density had also increased by a lot!
"Pu Dao Bing: Level 25, Grade? … …
… … "
Level 25 bandit Pu Dao Bing. Although he couldn't see his grade, he was undoubtedly a second grade soldier based on his level.
Even if they were both Second Grade footmen, the piao swords would slightly counter the pikemen. However, when they were both of the same type of footmen, the counter wasn't that obvious. Their strength mainly depended on their Grade and attribute points.
In other words, if a piao bladed soldier and a pikeman of the same rank were to fight one on one, it was very likely that the difference in combat strength would be very small. Generally speaking, whoever had a higher combat strength would win!
With such a huge difference in numbers, Yang Rui naturally led his soldiers to wipe out the patrolling bandits one after another. At most, there would be three or four groups of bandits attracted by Yang Rui's troops at the same time, but they were all wiped out by Yang Rui's soldiers without much effort.
Almost every group of these bandit Pu Dao Bing would drop two to three basic sword techniques, as well as podaos, money, and other items. All of these items were immediately collected by Yang Rui into his backpack.
Yang Rui's current role in killing these Second Grade bandits was very awkward. Although his level hadn't fallen behind, and he was already level 23 with 82% of his experience, Yang Rui had never changed his profession. His combat strength was not much different from a normal First Grade soldier! Therefore, while he was commanding the troops, he could only take on the role of picking up items!
After wiping out over twenty patrolling bandits, Yang Rui and the others finally reached the bandit camp at the top of the mountain. Right in front of the bandit camp was a flat field with a radius of over a hundred meters. It wasn't small at all for the top of the mountain!
This flat field looked like a drill ground. Five or six groups of patrolling soldiers were active in the field. Moreover, their clothes and equipment were different from the bandits in front of them! Although they were still equipped with podaos, they all wore wrist guards on their hands, and the length of their cloth armor reached their knees! Yang Rui sensitively noticed this.
With Yang Rui's experience, these bandits on the drill ground were very likely to be Third Grade soldiers! Although Yang Rui hadn't come into contact with this bandit camp in his previous life, he had been to many other humanoid NPC camps. Under normal circumstances, the Second Grade and Third Grade soldiers of a humanoid NPC camp were both considered low grade soldiers. There wasn't much difference in appearance between the two. Most of the time, it was just a change in individual parts, just like the few groups of soldiers on the drill ground.
"Pu Dao Bing: Level 35, Grade? … …
… … "
As expected, Yang Rui took the opportunity to investigate these bandit soldiers. The information he obtained basically confirmed his previous guess! Level 35, they had completely reached the level standard of Third Grade soldiers. Combined with the characteristics of their camp, he could basically confirm that the few groups of soldiers on the drill ground were undoubtedly Third Grade soldiers!
"This isn't going to be easy!" Yang Rui couldn't help but frown. The difference between a Third Grade soldier and a Second Grade soldier was just as huge. In a one-on-one fight, five Second Grade soldiers fighting a Third Grade soldier was already not bad! This ratio had to be much higher if he wanted to achieve unharmed damage!
Considering the fact that he had only brought sixty Second Grade soldiers with him, Yang Rui decided after a brief moment of hesitation that it was best not to provoke these ferocious squads before he brought sufficient forces with him. He decisively turned and returned to the checkpoint halfway up the mountain.
At this moment, Molin had already arrived at the checkpoint. When he saw Yang Rui return with his troops, he greeted him from afar.
"Brother Molin, you've come." Yang Rui smiled and patted Molin's shoulder with both hands, "I just happen to have something to discuss with Brother Molin!"
"Village Chief Blazing Sun!" Molin, on the other hand, cupped his fists in a formal manner. "What instructions does Village Chief Blazing Sun have for me?"
Village Chief Mo Qing had already discussed with Yang Rui the day before yesterday. He had agreed to provide Yang Rui with some help in the process of exterminating the bandits. Molin's question was not out of line.
"Brother Molin, I brought my men to investigate the bandit camp at the top of the mountain earlier. I discovered that the bandits were much stronger than I had expected! Village Chief Mo has been dealing with these bandits for a long time now. I wonder if your village has a deeper understanding of the bandits' strength? I hope Brother Molin can enlighten me! "
Yang Rui pulled Molin to stand by the parapet wall at the edge of the checkpoint. His gaze was directed towards the bandit camp at the top of the mountain.
"Even if Village Chief Blazing Sun hadn't asked, I had been entrusted by Village Chief Mo Qing to explain the situation in more detail! Just as Village Chief Blazing Sun has seen, the strength of these bandits is not to be underestimated! If it weren't for this, my Gourd Valley wouldn't have been forced into such a passive position!
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