Yang Rui had been following the yellow scarf daoist all the way, but it wasn't all for nothing. First of all, Yang Rui had confirmed the daoist's status as a wanted man. If he could capture him and hand him over to the county magistrate's office, he would be rewarded greatly. Secondly, the bandit's lair at the mountain pass had basically been exposed, so its value was self-evident!
After returning to the mountain village, Yang Rui brought the five newly promoted Second Grade short spearmen back to the intersection where he had been following the daoist. These soldiers had just been promoted to Second Grade and were only around level 20. There was no hope for them to reach Third Grade in a short amount of time, so there was no need to worry about delaying their leveling speed.
The reason why he only brought five soldiers was because Yang Rui didn't plan to make a big fuss. He only wanted to guard the entrance of the old daoist and see if he could take him down. At the same time, he would find an opportunity to kill the bandits in this area. Yang Rui assigned the rest of the soldiers to Chen Ping, Chen Li, and the others to lead. Molin would work with them to kill the bandits at the entrance of the gourd valley.
During the day, the bandits' range of activity had expanded significantly. Although they hadn't reached the main road, Yang Rui encountered these bandits not long after entering the intersection.
Six versus five, needless to say, Yang Rui led the five soldiers and pounced on the patrolling bandits. Even though Yang Rui's combat ability was relatively low, he could still deal with Second Grade bandits. At least Yang Rui's level was higher and he had a lot of HP, so he wasn't in much danger.
After expending a lot of effort, Yang Rui and the others successfully placed all five bandits of the same grade on the ground. The patrolling bandits dropped a weapon and a related skill book, as well as a large amount of money.
In comparison, the bandits here were even more generous than the bandits at the entrance of the gourd valley. The five men dropped over 1500 coppers, which was more than twice the total wealth of the bandits!
"Iron Staff: Attack 10-25, Level Requirement: 20, Durability: Basic Staff Technique: Basic Martial Technique Book. User can grasp the basic moves of staff techniques. Second Grade Soldier Profession Change Skill."
Right when Yang Rui checked the equipment he dropped, a few groups of patrolling bandits rushed over from the narrow mountain path. Yang Rui had no choice but to hastily retreat with the five Second Grade soldiers. It was only when they were several hundred meters away from the main road that the bandits finally retreated!
The bandits here are a little different! Normal wild monsters, even if they were humanoid NPCs, would only react when they entered their aggro range. However, most of the bandits who had chased after them were outside of their aggro range! As Yang Rui and the others sat on a large rock by the roadside to rest and recover, they thought of a possibility.
Looking at the formation of the bandits that were swarming over, it was very likely that the bandits here were at least at the level of a beginner general! That was the only explanation for the situation where so many people were chasing after him. Not only was it because of the aggro vision, but it was also very likely that the Commander had given the order to chase him down!
Moreover, the weakest patrolling bandits here were Second Grade soldiers. In addition to the information provided by 'A pint of incense', ten Third Grade soldiers who were escorting the caravan couldn't defeat these bandits. This meant that there was a large number of Third Grade soldiers here!
Not only that, since they were all Second Grade soldiers, according to the calculation of the military strength, the chances of a Fourth Grade soldier appearing in the bandits' camp was very high! The appearance of Fourth Grade soldiers meant that there must be an intermediate army camp in the bandits' camp!
The military strength of the traitor NPC camp was only divided into three stages. First to Third Grade soldiers were Low Grade soldiers, Fourth to Sixth Grade soldiers were Intermediate Grade soldiers, and Seventh to Ninth Grade soldiers were Advanced Grade soldiers. There were no Tenth Grade soldiers.
In other words, the Fourth Grade soldiers of the traitor NPC camp could only be from the intermediate army camp. This was exactly one grade different from the lord's camp. The Fourth Grade soldiers of the lord's camp were from the beginner army camp!
Thinking of this, Yang Rui didn't dare to act rashly anymore. After all the soldiers had rested and recovered their stamina, Yang Rui once again brought the soldiers to the fork in the road leading to the bandits' camp. However, they only stayed here and didn't provoke the small groups of patrolling bandits on the small path.
In the evening, Li Hong led another five Second Grade spearmen from the mountain village to replace the soldiers that Yang Rui had brought out earlier. Yang Rui himself continued to stay at the same spot.
Every twelve hours, which was twelve hours in the real world, was a soldier's stamina cycle. If they didn't rest for twelve hours, their stamina would be in a state of exhaustion, and all their attributes would drop by a lot. Therefore, Yang Rui had arranged for Li Hong to bring people to 'take over'.
Yang Rui himself didn't follow back because he didn't trust the adaptability of the others. Even if their stamina dropped, it didn't matter. Yang Rui himself didn't have much attack power. He only needed to give instructions on the spot.
When night came, the patrolling area of the bandits had indeed shrunk significantly. Yang Rui led the five Second Grade soldiers who had rested during the day and once again crept up the mountain path.
Similar to the situation from the previous night, most of these Second Grade bandits in charge of night patrols had let down their guard. They even started bonfires, warming themselves up, and chatting amongst themselves.
These bonfires were set up at intervals of a hundred meters, winding up the mountain path. Obviously, every bonfire was lit by a patrol squad of five. These bonfires revealed their position and strength very clearly, and also provided Yang Rui with coordinates.
Yang Rui wasn't as conservative as he was during the day. A distance of a hundred meters should be enough for Yang Rui to exterminate a squad of bandits without alerting the neighboring squad. Moreover, under the cover of the night, he could also launch a surprise attack, reducing the difficulty of the battle to the lowest possible level.
The battle that followed proved Yang Rui's judgment. Without much effort, a squad of bandits was silently exterminated. Moreover, the neighboring squad didn't notice the situation here.
Yang Rui rested for a moment after collecting the dropped items. Then, he led the five men to the next bonfire. Repeating this process, Yang Rui actually managed to take down over ten groups of bandits at the bonfires. His efficiency was much higher than during the day! Most importantly, he didn't have to face the encirclement of multiple groups of bandits at the same time!
The height of this mountain wasn't low either. After passing over ten bonfires, Yang Rui and his party were still wandering around the mountain. In the darkness of the night, the bonfire extended far into the sky.
This was undoubtedly good news for Yang Rui. This camp was already the farming spot that Yang Rui had decided on. The more bandits there were, the more skill books and equipment there would be. Of course, he wouldn't reject them.
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