Chapter 158: All parties involved
After Lu Shuang finished talking about big business, he left Lei Yan Town with his bodyguard in style.
"President, what is he planning when you say he wants us to transport grain?"
There are only two people left in the private room, Tianhuo Lei Yan and Pheasant, who is just a master player and doesn't understand the strategies between some guilds.
"Light Yu he came out at this time, and he also promised to give us twenty sets of equipment, in fact, this is me to test him to see if the heavy cavalry is really his army, and now it seems that the first player really deserves his name." Tianhuo Lei Yan sighed.
"Player first? "The Real World" has so many super guilds involved, each of which has extremely terrifying strength, and even our Lei Yan Guild is only a branch in front of them. Although Qing Yu is at the forefront of the world, he is lucky after all, how can the power of only one player compare to those super guilds? "As the right-hand man of Tianhuo Lei Yan, Qing Pheasant knows a lot of information about the super guild, so he can't recognize Tianhuo Lei Yan's words.
"In terms of overall strength, of course, he is not as good as the Super Guild, but don't forget, potential is also a kind of strength, I have a hunch that if there is no major accident, Light Feather will establish a force like a Super Guild sooner or later." As the president, Tianhuo Lei Yan can see more long-term and things more thoroughly.
But even so, he still underestimated Lu Shuang's strength, because of the Matthew effect, Lu Shuang's current strength in the game can definitely rank first, maybe the super guild has an absolute advantage in terms of manpower, material and financial resources, but they can't be transformed into an advantage in the game at the first time. Lu Shuang is different, his advantage in the game is unmatched by any player force, and this advantage will only make the snowball bigger and bigger under the Matthew effect, unless he dies halfway.
"We also went to his barracks that day, and during this time, we secretly used reconnaissance techniques to look at the attributes of several soldiers, and found that we couldn't see all of them." Tianhuo Lei Yan recalled that day when he went to visit Cheng Hui, his back couldn't help but feel a chill, and said, "What does this mean?" It shows that none of these soldiers are inferior to the strength of intermediate generals, that's a full 10,000 people, I really can't imagine the scene when 10,000 senior generals fight! The person who accompanied Qing Yu today should be a king-level general, I have felt it with Wang Zhi, and that Cheng Hui gives me a higher and more unfathomable feeling..."
"Is he a player or an NPC?!" Hearing Tianhuo Lei Yan say this, the pheasant's impression of Lu Shuang was much taller.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, who is he sacred, this will definitely be known in the future." Tianhuo Lei Yan retracted his thoughts and said: "We can just finish what he asked, what Qing Yu means is that we can act before noon tomorrow, but the sooner we act, the sooner we will finish, Pheasant wait for you to arrange the next person, you must set off before three o'clock this afternoon." "Considering that the situation is getting more and more anxious, Tianhuo Lei Yan hopes to complete this transaction as soon as possible, so that the 30,000 players can get out as soon as possible.
"Yes, President. However, Qing Yu is willing to pay so much price, which means that the benefits he can receive must be greater than this, I really don't know what medicine he buys in the gourd. ”
"This is only known to him, I guess he wants to use this batch of grain to lure the Xianbei forces out, he is good at war, I heard that this guy Qingyu harvested a lot of war horses some time ago, I guess he is still fighting this idea."
As a first-class guild, the Lei Yan Guild quickly deployed 30,000 players, prepared enough transport vehicles, and set off from a township of the Lei Yan Guild under the banner of doing tasks to transport them to Wang Zhi.
Lu Shuang has a space ring of five hundred cubic meters, which can transport 200,000 units of grain to the town of the Lei Yan Guild in several times, and although that town is not far from the county seat, the transport vehicles are all pulled by ox carts or horse-drawn carts, and the movement speed is slow, and it will take two days to reach the county seat at the earliest.
For a while, there were several discussions about the Lei Yan Guild's local tyrants taking action and sending out 200,000 units of food as mission consumables. Throughout the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a history of food shortage, and no force dared to relax on food, let alone give away these grains. The small tasks of collecting food released by the system are generally collected by scattered players, and the small amount adds up, and it is very rare for the guild forces to sacrifice their roots to do the task.
However, Lu Shuang is still an exception, not that he is not short of food, but the food produced in the current territory is far greater than the food consumed, and there is a large surplus, and these 200,000 units of food are not enough for the consumption of Flying Sky City for a day. At the same time, there is an advantage to the grain produced by oneself, that is, it saves a lot of costs, the market unit price of grain outside is 10 to 15 copper coins per unit, and the self-production is much lower, who makes there are many junior and intermediate farmers in Lushuang's territory.
In the past day, the Xianbei cavalry's sense of smell on the grassland was sensitive, and without any accidents, the batch of grain and grass that Lu Shuang had asked Tianhuo Lei Yan to transport was attacked, and the player almost lost everything, not to mention that the grain and grass were also robbed.
In fact, all this was expected by Lu Shuang, he asked Tianhuo Lei Yan to help him just want to lure the Xianbei cavalry out, and the goal was achieved. As for the players who died, the Lei Yan Guild will bear part of the compensation, and they can exchange ordinary iron equipment and a first-level player level for high-end manufacturing, and I believe that Tianhuo Lei Yan also thinks it is worth it. Although there are a lot of these 200,000 units of food, it is not him after all, and it is just a pity that he was robbed.
But there is one person who is very angry, and he is Wang Zhi. Yesterday morning, I received news from Tianhuo Lei Yan, saying that 200,000 grains would be transported over, although 200,000 units of grain is not much for the army of the entire county, but it is not a lot, you must know that ordinary players or player merchants do tasks, each person only has a maximum of 100 units at a time, and the merchants will have more, but it will not exceed 1,000 units. At this time, 200,000 units of food were snatched away by the Xianbei people, and 30,000 players were lost, how could he not be angry?
In the past two days, he has received news that the territory in the county has been attacked, which has made him anxious, if it weren't for the fact that the player forces have not gathered all their forces, he would have started a war long ago. Although the cavalry of the Xianbei forces is stronger than the combat effectiveness of the Central Plains, it is also limited, but the background of the imperial court is more profound, in addition to soldiers and war horses, there are many war weapons that can be used, which is also more feared by the nomads outside the Saiwai.
Several townships have been destroyed in the past two days, and there are many systematic townships, which are the territory directly under Wang Zhi, and the destruction will adversely affect his own strength. In some player territories, the number of players is larger, and after being wiped out, it also indirectly affects the strength of the imperial court. It's just that he can't understand why these Xianbei cavalry can accurately find the towns and villages with weak city defenses.
Of course, Wang Zhi would not let the enemy make trouble in his own territory, and some troops stationed in various places immediately set off after receiving the news, intercepted many Xianbei cavalry, and stopped the loss in time.
And Lu Shuang also reacted quickly in this series of incidents, and the heavy cavalry troops that acted separately successfully annihilated several Xianbei cavalry units, recaptured half of the 200,000 grain and grass lost, and killed more than 30,000 Xianbei cavalry.
Taishou House.
"Taishou, the city lord of Flying Sky City is full of light feathers and asks to see you." The guard said.
"I came at the right time, I just wanted to talk to him." Wang Zhi put down the bamboo slip in his hand and said: "Among these aliens, Qingyu is still on the cards, and more than 30,000 cavalrymen have been killed, which is really enough for Xianbei people to drink a pot, haha." ”
"The grass people see Taishou." Lu Shuang entered the door and hugged his fist.
"Qingyu, you did a good job this time, and dealt a severe blow to their arrogance." Wang Zhi said with satisfaction.
"Taishou, the grass people came to see this time, hoping to make an early move, teach the Xianbei forces a lesson, and save the people of the Han Dynasty from the destruction of the invaders." Lu Shuang looked indignant, and said: "This is the intelligence of the Xianbei forces detected by the grass people's subordinates, they have just set up camp, and they don't have much food with them, and they urgently need to replenish food, so they will loot food in the territory." The grass people suggested that it would be better to attack while they were scattered, as they would shrink their forces and reduce their attacks on the towns and villages as a last resort; Second, we can increase their food consumption so that they are passive until the food is replenished. ”
Wang Zhi didn't expect Lu Shuang to talk about this as soon as he came up, and took the information handed over by Lu Shuang, the scout rank under him was not high, and the information he obtained was even less than that of Lu Shuang, and the information in his hand was more detailed, at least a lot of it was unknown to him.
"Qing Yu, you said that this official is clear, but the day before yesterday, the official summoned the lords, and it will take a certain amount of time for them to gather the army, will it be a bit reckless to attack before they gather?" Wang Zhi
"Back to Taishou, it is precisely because we want to wait for the troops to be gathered before attacking, but the other party finds an opportunity to break each other. Many of the destroyed towns are the territory of the players, and there are a lot of players in them on weekdays, and the punishment for dying again is very large in the ten days after they die once, which will cause some people to be unwilling to work hard in these ten days, which is actually a weakening for us. "In the setting of the system, the NPC knows that the player is an alien, so Lu Shuang said in front of Wang Zhi that the player can understand.
"Do you have any suggestions?" Lu Shuang's words aroused Wang Zhi's attention, although the power of scattered players is not as strong as NPC soldiers, but when condensed, it is a very powerful force, and Wang Zhi has to pay attention to it. The most important point is that Wang Zhi can't bear these Xianbei forces to spread wildness on his head.
"According to the grass people's opinion, we can put a little pressure on the Xianbei people, and even force them to concentrate their forces, and we can't continue to fight guerrilla warfare for them." Lu Shuang spoke his mind.
"These officials naturally know that if we pass, the Xianbei people will not come out of the camp, unless we attack it, it will not be of much use. But at this time, because the forces of the various lords have not yet gathered, we will be at risk of being bypassed and sneak attacked. Although Wang Zhi agreed with Lu Shuang's idea, he had to consider other aspects.
"Dare to ask Taishou, when will the players arrive at the county seat at the latest?" Lu Shuang didn't want to delay any longer, and the time for his action was getting closer and closer.
"Now the closer ones have been stationed in the temporary military camp outside the city, and they will probably all arrive tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, but the number of those men and horses is not much." Wang Zhi was persuaded by Lu Shuang, and he had a feeling of eagerness to try.
Lu Shuang pondered silently for a while, as if making a difficult decision, and said, "If Taishou is willing, the grass people are willing to send two thousand troops to help." ”
"Really? So when do you want to go to war? Wang Zhi suddenly asked.
Lu Shuang didn't answer immediately, his eyes looked at Wang Zhi through the bronze mask, and after a moment, he said, "Everything is only up to Taishou to decide." ”
"Haha, okay. Since you are so sincere, the official did not agree to invite you in front of so many lords that day, and today for the sake of the people, he actually took the initiative to lend me 2,000 iron horses, no matter how much the official said, he could not disappoint you. After Wang Zhi finished speaking, he ordered the guards on the side: "Pass on my military order, and tomorrow this official will personally lead the army to set off and drive the invaders out of our land." ”
"Too mighty." Lu Shuang patted his ass.
After Lu Shuang left, Wang Zhi said to himself: "What is this kid scheming, looking at his appearance, I really hope that we will have a big battle with the Xianbei people." ”
"Taishou, since you think he wants to take advantage of us, why do you agree to his request?" The guard was puzzled.
"Hmph, he wants to use me, why am I not using him?" Wang Zhi snorted and continued: "The Xianbei people are mostly cavalry, although we have many ways to control cavalry, but sometimes we always have to fight hand-to-hand in close combat. I heard that his heavy cavalry has amazing combat effectiveness, plus our wolf cavalry, why be afraid of the Xianbei cavalry? ”
And it is true that as he said, these days the Xianbei people have come to harass and plunder, and if they continue like this, they will find braids for others. So this official will go out of the army tomorrow, and with 2,000 iron horsemen to join, what does it matter if there are fewer aliens? Wang Zhi said confidently.
"Taishou is really thoughtful! That stranger thought he could use us, but he didn't expect to be toyed with by Taishou in applause! The guard praised.
Lu Shuang came out of the Taishou Mansion, and it was almost dark at this time, but before leaving, he finally got Wang Zhi's promise. He has been thinking about whether it is worth it in the past few days, spending 200,000 units of food and some equipment, and also lending troops to Wang Zhi, so that the strength of the heavy cavalry will be known to him.
But his intuition told him that there must be something greasy in the grain and grass of the Xianbei people's movement, otherwise there is no need to transfer the elite of the elite to assist in transporting a batch of grain, there should be any important items in the battle situation, and it is worth how the Xianbei forces can arrange it.
It is actually risky to go to Wang Zhi today, this kind of NPC has a very high IQ, and when Lu Shuang was asked when the war would start, he almost thought that he was going to be exposed, but fortunately he was wearing a mask and could not observe his expression, so Wang Zhi did not suspect anything.