The 1,000 female huntresses that Emma had trained were enough for defense. The main force of Furious Bears Village could now enter and exit freely. Lu Bu began to plunder crazily. The 1,000 female huntresses were still using the lowest level of short bows, so they were not good enough. The most important thing now was to prepare for war. Other than Emma, all of Lu Bu's generals, including Barbaric Bulls, had been sent out.
During this period of time, more than ten generals had been recruited from the prison. However, they had not seen a single third-rate general. Most of them were high-level generals, and there were two high-level knights from the Western civilization. Their combat strength was around 55, which was not bad. At the same time, Furious Bears Village finally had a real cavalry unit. There were 50 people, and the horses were all middle-level horses. The captain was Deng Kang, who was experienced. Although Lu Bu was more suitable, there were still many things that Furious Bears Village needed him to do. He couldn't leave. In addition, the two Western Knights had been sent by Lu Bu to Deng Kang's side.
With Chu Feiyun, Deng Kang, and Lu Hu as the generals, they sent out almost all of Flying Bears Village's forces and began to plunder the surrounding villages, mainly small and medium-sized ones. Lu Bu did not want to touch the large-sized ones yet. Although there were many benefits, destroying a large-sized village would also cause a lot of losses to Flying Bears Village's own forces. Seeing that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was about to begin, if the losses were too great, it would be difficult to walk on the road of the following Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Batches of resources, equipment, and provisions that were looted from the village were sent back to Furious Bears Village. Many players wanted to rob them, but when they saw the troops sent by Furious Bears Village, they could hardly think of doing so.
Heavy Armored Spearmen were an elite force even for the system's NPC forces. Furious Bears Village had about 20 to 30 soldiers in each team, and an Intermediate Village's military force would only have about 100 soldiers. Moreover, players did not know how to train soldiers. Most of them were still militia with relatively high combat power. Even if there were some lucky ones who obtained barracks construction blueprints, most of them were light infantry, spearmen, and other ordinary cannon fodder barracks. Their combat power was slightly stronger than militia, but they could not compare to Heavy Armored Spearmen.
They could only watch the supply troops of the Flying Bears Village swagger past the gate with envy, but there was nothing they could do. The Battle of the Yellow Turban was coming. No matter whether they wanted to join the Yellow Turban camp or the Eastern Han camp, they did not want to lose their troops at this critical moment.
Of course, there were also a lot of idiots who exchanged a lot of resources with real money through the black market. Regardless of the village's ability to withstand, their military strength far exceeded that of ordinary villages. They wanted to take down the supply troops of Furious Bears Village with their numbers. But soon, the troops of Furious Bears Village told them with their actions that when their strength reached a certain level, numbers were no longer useful.
Furious Bears Village now had more than a dozen Advanced Generals, and they were overflowing. Every supply team would have one Advanced General, 20 Heavy Armored Spearmen, and 30 ordinary soldiers with combat power of 30. Currently, the players with decent combat power were generally between 21 to 25, and the stronger ones were at 27 or 28. Even Bull had just broken through to 33, which was far from the Advanced Generals.
Moreover, in terms of understanding and command of the cold weapon era, the players could not even compare to these system NPCs. Lu Bu's greatest advantage was that he was a person of this era. He knew what the cold weapon era needed and what the people of this era thought much better than the players. Coupled with the influence of a modern society, his standing was much higher than the players.
The army of Furious Bears Village used their actions to explain the cruelty of war in the era of cold weapons to these hotheads.
They were ruthless and did not leave any room for negotiation. If they had anything to say, they would talk about it after the battle. The sharp attacks of the heavy-armored spearmen and the high-ranking generals killing their village chief under the protection of the militia had dealt a blow to their morale.
In almost every battle, they killed all the other party's people at the cost of zero casualties. It was basically unrealistic for these village leaders who had lost their armies to gain any benefits in the upcoming Yellow Turban war. After all, there was no currency exchange system. It was already good enough to keep their villages from being annexed by others.
This was the rule of war in the era of cold weapons, and also the rule of the game. The strong preyed on the weak. It could be imagined that these players who relied on numbers to win would lose their biggest reliance and would completely fall out of the first group of players. Even if they spent a lot of money to buy game currency through the black market in reality and lost their early advantage, they could only slowly accumulate strength like the players who entered the game later and start from scratch.
With an endless supply of resources, Furious Bears Village entered a high-speed development stage. With enough time, it was absolutely possible for it to be upgraded to a town-level city with a city wall within a month.
Unfortunately, reality could not be changed by a person's will. The Battle of the Yellow Turban finally began a month after Flying Bears Village was upgraded to a large village.
" China System Announcement: The Heavens are dead, the Yellow Heavens will be established, the year is sixty, and the world is in good luck. In the first year of Zhongping, the first month of the year 184, due to the improper use of people by the great teacher Zhang Jiao, his disciple Tang Zhou reported the matter, and Ma Yuanyi was beheaded. When Zhang Jiao heard about it, he raised his army in the starry night. The Yellow Turban Uprising officially began, and the Huaxia service area officially entered the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The large-scale plot of the Yellow Turban Uprising has been automatically updated. Please choose your own camp. During the plot period, detailed rules can be found on the official website.”
After the system announcement, all the players received a private message:
" System prompt: The large-scale historical plot mission, the Yellow Turban Uprising, has begun. Please choose your camp, Eastern Han, Yellow Turban, or Neutral. Please make your choice within ten seconds. If you don't make a choice within ten seconds, the system will automatically determine that you are in the Neutral Camp.”
As for which faction to choose, most players had already made up their minds. Naturally, Lu Bu chose the Eastern Han faction without hesitation. After making his choice, the system sent another system notification:
" System Notification: You have chosen the Eastern Han camp. Since you are in the hinterland of the Yellow Turban army, you are about to face a punitive expedition from the Yellow Turban army. Please be prepared!”
"Gatt!" Upon hearing the system notification, Lu Bu immediately called for the Advanced Knight Gatt, who was resting in the territory.
"Master, what are your orders?" Gatt respectfully came to Lu Bu and knelt on one knee.
"Send out all the cavalrymen and recall all the troops. Don't even bother with the looted resources.”Lu Bu said in a deep voice. He hadn't expected such a thing to happen. He was truly caught off guard.
"Yes, this subordinate will go now." Lu Bu's expression was very serious. Gatt didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly gathered all his troops and assigned them tasks. Then, they all sped off in different directions. In order to recall the troops in time, every troop that went out to plunder would leave their destination behind so that the territory could find them.
"Oh my!"
"Master." Emma walked up to Lu Bu and bowed.
"A group of Yellow Turban forces will attack the village. Find their location as soon as possible. I'll lend you fifteen of my cavalrymen for the time being. I want to know their location, strength, and marching speed in the shortest time possible!”Emma was an expert at scouting, and her abilities were well known. Lu Bu didn't want to waste such an expert.
"Yes, Master. I swear to complete the mission.”Emma nodded coldly and turned to leave.
"Even if you can't complete it, you have to come back alive.”Lu Bu said solemnly.
Emma's frozen face showed signs of melting, and her eyes were filled with gratitude. She nodded her head firmly and mounted the Nether Leopard. The Nether Leopard spread its claws and disappeared from Lu Bu's sight.
The first to return was the team that Bull was in. This fellow was following Chu Feiyun, and the team he was in was also the strongest team under Lu Bu. When Lu Bu received the system notification, Bull also received it and immediately informed Chu Feiyun of the situation. Chu Feiyun had also known that there was a special communication method between the Outlanders during this period of time. Furthermore, Bull was considered an elder of Flying Bears Village. Chu Feiyun did not suspect anything and immediately commanded the troops to return to the village. After that, Deng Kang, Kuai Zheng, and Lu Hu's troops returned one after another.
Lu Bu had already prepared wine and meat for the soldiers to feast on and prepare for the upcoming battle.
Emma had not returned yet. Without accurate information, Lu Bu did not dare to attack rashly. He pulled the troops to the entrance of the valley and anxiously waited for Emma's news. At the same time, he asked Zhang Xue to stop the villagers from transporting some strategic supplies here. The location of the main village of Flying Bears Village was chosen to be surrounded by mountains and rivers. There was only a relatively narrow entrance. Later, a simple pass was built here, which was now useful.
Emma returned very quickly. To put it bluntly, the Yellow Turban Army was mostly farmers who had just laid down their weapons. They were even worse than the militia recruited and trained by many players. To an expert scout like Emma, they posed no threat at all.
"Master, we found an army of about 5,000 people. However, the quality of this army is very low. There are only 200 people who can fight. The rest are mostly militia under the warriors. There are also many ordinary people.”
Lu Bu wasn't surprised by Emma's news. In his previous life, the Yellow Turban Army had also appeared in Bingzhou, but their numbers were relatively small. Most of them were ordinary people like refugees, and they didn't have much combat power to speak of.
"However, along the way, many brave lords have joined in, and the enemy army is constantly expanding.”Emma continued. Warrior was the name that NPCs in the western civilization used to address players.
"How far is it from here? Are there any cavalrymen?" Lu Bu asked. This was what he was most concerned about.
"There are no cavalrymen for about ten miles.”Emma said with certainty. The main component of this army was still the players. At this stage of the game, other than Lu Bu, who else could produce cavalry?
"Ten miles?" Lu Bu did not expect the other party to arrive so quickly. In fact, at the beginning, the Yellow Turban army only sent two hundred regular Yellow Turban soldiers. However, many players joined them along the way. Some even dragged the entire village out to strengthen their momentum. However, this also caused the Yellow Turban army to march slower and slower.
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