Lu Bu did not stop. In just half a day, Furious Bears Village had gained three more towns, including the system's famous town, Three Yin County. The maximum number of soldiers in Furious Bears Town had increased by 2500 overnight. Adding on the soldiers from the three towns, Lu Bu's maximum number of soldiers was now 5250. If he could recruit all of them, he would be considered a major force even among the NPC forces in Bohai County!
The 18 high-level generals were assigned to three towns. Lu Bu did not return to Furious Bears Town. He asked Boren to bring the cavalry back while he led the 300 archers who had just arrived at Three Yin Town to guard the town. As long as the troops of these three towns were fully recruited, Furious Bears Town would be able to look down on Nanpi County! Unless Nanpi County's 100,000 strong army came, no force could pose a threat to Feixiong Town.
On the second day, the five battalions of the Three Yin Town sent out 250 soldiers at the same time. Adding on the 300 soldiers from the other two towns, the total number of soldiers in the three towns reached 850. Lu Bu finally heaved a sigh of relief. The city gates of the Three Yin Town had been repaired and thickened.
The peace notice had been posted, but the people in the city still caused a lot of commotion. This was the hinterland of the Yellow Turban. To them, it didn't matter who was in charge as long as they could survive. It didn't matter if they were Han soldiers or Yellow Turban soldiers. No one wanted to live in a place where they fought all day long. Who knew, they might get involved.
Lu Bu only ordered his subordinates to appease them. If they really couldn't do it, he would kill a bunch of troublemakers. He didn't believe that these people would be dishonest! Lu Bu's method might seem inhumane in the eyes of the players, but it was undoubtedly the quickest and most effective method. Soon, the complaints in the city disappeared. As for the problem of humanity, why don't you try talking to Lu Bu? In this chaotic world, there was only power and no so-called humanity. If one couldn't realize this, they could forget about becoming outstanding in Hero.
In the Three Yin Academy, Lu Bu looked at the ancient words on the plaque and smiled bitterly. He had never thought that he would come to such a place of his own accord. Back then, his foster father had asked him to study more, but he had been unable to do so. When he finally understood his foster father's painstaking efforts, his foster father had already died. He had even killed him with his own hands!
Thinking back to that year, even when his foster father's head was cut off, his eyes were still filled with disappointment and helplessness, but there was no hatred! Lu Bu felt as if his heart was being stabbed by a knife.
"The mayor is here! Quick, please come in, sir!" A shop assistant saw Lu Bu standing outside the door, staring blankly at his plaque. He was afraid that the name of his plaque would anger the mayor and smash the Academy. He quickly came out and respectfully welcomed Lu Bu in.
"Yes." Lu Bu replied indifferently. He didn't like people calling him mayor. General sounded nice.
"Where's your manager?" Lu Bu looked around. Other than a few handymen and waiters, he didn't see anyone else in the huge academy. He couldn't help but ask curiously.
" Shopkeeper!?" A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in the shop assistant's eyes as he said angrily,"Yesterday, when Lord entered the city, he took a few guards and family wealth and fled, leaving us behind. Fortunately, Lord loves the people like his own children and did not make things difficult for us. If we met the Yellow Turban bandits, we might not be able to keep the Academy.”
"He ran away?" Hearing this, Lu Bu frowned. Who was he going to buy books from? Although he was already the City Lord of Three Yin City, the system had made it a rule to prevent players from robbing the city's property. All the property in the city could only be bought with money. Of course, the mayor of the city could buy things 30% cheaper than ordinary players, or he could use coercion and bribery. The system rule was that the people would be killed and the people would be obtained. However, if that happened, the people's hearts would definitely fall.
"May I know why Sir has come here?" The waiter asked carefully.
"Buying books? Is there anyone else here who can take charge?”Lu Bu looked around again, but he didn't see anyone who looked like the boss. He could only ask the shop assistant.
"Sir, you are the mayor. Since the boss has left, you naturally have the final say here.”The shop assistant passionately sold out his boss without holding back. This was the system's rule. If there was an ownerless property in the city under his jurisdiction, the city lord could distribute it freely, but it could not become the city lord's property.
After learning about this matter from the Barbaric Bull, Lu Bu looked at the shop assistant in surprise and said,""What's your name?"
"I'm Lin Hai, a local!" The waiter was flattered.
"In the future, you will be the owner of this place. However, you must give 30% of the money you earn every month to the government.”Raising the taxes of a shop at the last minute was also one of the powers of the city lord. However, 30% was already the limit. If it was higher, it would affect the hearts of the people.
"This…Mayor, isn't 30% too high?”Lin Hai looked at Lu Bu and said with some difficulty. The Academy had never paid taxes before. In his opinion, it was enough to give Lu Bu some benefits. He was not willing to increase his monthly income to 30%.
"You can eat as much as you want. If you are unwilling, I believe that the others here will not reject my request.”Lu Bu snorted coldly, his eyes flashing with a cold light. He hated this kind of petty person the most.
As expected, as soon as Lu Bu finished speaking, the surrounding NPCs who were busy doing chores pricked up their ears and kept glancing over.
"Don't, don't, my lord. Let's talk it out, let's talk it out! " How could they do it well? I…" Lin Hai scratched his head anxiously. He had waited for this opportunity with great difficulty. He wanted to say something to lower the price, but he was rudely interrupted by Lu Bu.
"I don't care how capable you are. What I need is loyalty. If you don't have it, you don't have the right to help me manage this place!”The word " management " was very heavy, especially when Lu Bu spoke with a domineering aura that made Lin Hai shiver.
"Yes, I understand. Greetings, master.”
" System Notification: Congratulations to player Lu Fengxian for recruiting a high-level talent-Merchant.”He didn't expect Lin Hai to be a high-level merchant. Lu Bu didn't care about merchants as much as modern people. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants were the most realistic reflection of the status in ancient times. Therefore, when he heard the system notification, a hint of disdain appeared in Lu Bu's eyes. He nodded but didn't say anything.
"Take out all the books here that are intermediate and above.”Lu Bu sat on a chair. This wasn't available during the Three Kingdoms era, but the system had specially set it up to make the players more comfortable.
"Yes." Lin Hai nodded and trotted to take out all the books in the shop. Although Three Yin Town was a famous town, it was still a small town. There were only five books above the intermediate level. What surprised Lu Bu was that there was also a high-level book-Sun Tzu's Art of War! Able to increase the movement speed of troops by 50%.
These were good stuff, so Lu Bu didn't hesitate to carry them with him. As for the five intermediate books, Lu Bu didn't hesitate. In order to please Lu Bu, Hai Lin had lowered the price to the lowest. 50 gold taels. The six books in the bar were worth 150 gold taels.
After taking down the three towns of Three Yin, the harassment that Feixiong Town received every day had decreased significantly. However, Lu Bu's attack on the famous town had finally touched the bottom line of the Yellow Turban army. Nanpi County's General Deng Mao personally ordered the second-rate general Du Yuan to lead 10000 Yellow Turban soldiers to attack. This time, the 10000 Yellow Turban soldiers were not like the Yellow Turban army organized by the players last time. They were all regular Yellow Turban soldiers, and their combat strength was not inferior to the regular Han army. Moreover, after experiencing He Man's failure last time, Du Yuan did not recruit the player army this time. The 10,000-strong Yellow Turban army marched in the direction of Three Yin Town.
Nanpi County was a three-day journey from the nearest Three Yin Town. The next day after receiving the system notification, Lu Bu gathered all the soldiers he had for the day and had Boren guard the three towns on his behalf. He then led 500 archers out of the city.
Furious Bears Town's military strength had not been fully recruited. At present, the total military strength was only about 1500. If an army of 10,000 approached the city, Lu Bu could imagine that Furious Bears Town, which had no reinforcements, would eventually be flattened by the Yellow Turban army. Therefore, he had to delay the Yellow Turban army. As long as he could delay them for another three days, including the time the Yellow Turban army had arrived, it would be five days. It was enough for Furious Bears Town to recruit all the regular military strength. In addition, there were the archers trained by Emma and the cavalry of Furious Bears Town. As long as the elite troops like the heavy-armored spearmen could hold on until Lu Zhi's army arrived at Jizhou, Flying Bear Town would be safe.
In order to speed up the march, Lu Bu brought along Sun Tzu's Art of War, which he had just received, and increased the march speed by 50%. In addition, the archers 'equipment was light to begin with, so they could run much faster than other armies. In a day, they saw the shadow of the Yellow Turban army.
Du Yuan's army was well-equipped, and their reaction speed was incomparable to He Man's undisciplined player army. As soon as Lu Bu arrived, a wave of arrows rained down, and the enemy counterattacked. If Lu Bu hadn't reacted early and led his troops away, the 500 archers would have been gone.
In the first battle, the Yellow Turban army lost 31 swordsmen and shield-bearers, 87 spearmen, and 76 of Lu Bu's 500 archers. Lu Bu was outnumbered and retreated.
In this battle, the elite troops of the Yellow Turban army officially entered the battlefield. This time, the Yellow Turban army was not as easy to deal with as before. Lu Bu had also changed his tactics. He did not clash head-on with the Yellow Turban army. Instead, he relied on the surrounding terrain and constantly launched sneak attacks. He would leave after a single attack. If the Yellow Turban army came to chase him, he would escape. If only a small group of troops came to chase him, he would turn around and eat him up. They had caused Du Yuan's army to be in a flurry, moving thirty miles a day!
Du Yuan was so angry that he started to cry out. However, he had no choice. Lu Bu was too slippery. He was like a mosquito, constantly buzzing around him. However, he couldn't stay there. If he wasn't careful, he might even be bitten by Lu Bu and bleed. He had a headache.
"General, the path ahead is Chuxia Road. Do you think Lu Fengxian will ambush us here?”A high-ranking general looked at the narrow path that appeared in front of him and hesitantly followed Du Yuan. In the past two days, the Yellow Turban Army of more than ten thousand people had been frightened by Lu Bu. Moreover, this canyon was indeed a dangerous place. With Du Yuan's understanding of Lu Bu, this guy had no reason not to make a move!
"Order the army to pass through quickly!" Du Yuan's expression did not look too good. Lu Bu would definitely appear in places where they could launch a sneak attack. As for the issue of food supplies, it was easy to solve the problem of four hundred people's food supplies. In the beginning, Lu Bu had robbed the food supplies of Du Yuan's army. Later on, Du Yuan's protection of the food supplies had become much stricter, so it was difficult for Lu Bu to make a move. However, there were many player villages belonging to the Yellow Turban forces in the surrounding area. They used local materials and did not have to worry about running out of food supplies. This caused many players to complain. If it were not for Du Yuan's insistence on not letting the player troops join, He believed that in less than a day, Du Yuan would be able to gather 50,000 troops.
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