The lords of the Eastern Han District were gearing up to prepare for the first epic battle, and Chutian was still on his way to support Shangbi Village.

The decisive battle between the Han court and the Yellow Turban Army was in December, and it was mid-September, and Chutian still had time to build territory and train soldiers and horses.

"Upgrade to a second-tier town as soon as possible before the epic campaign begins. In this way, after the epic battle, you can storm a third-level town, or even a first-level city. The first lord to upgrade to the city should not be bad. ”

Chutian's strategy is also very simple, upgrade the second-level town before the epic battle, and then go all out to prepare for the battle and attack the world's first city.

The lords of the area outside the gate had a large amount of pasture and had the advantage of cavalry, but the number of people was still dominant in the area of the gate.

"Lord, you are about to arrive in Shangbi Village, please let your subordinates lead the cavalry to reconnoiter in front."

Mulan's voice brought Chu Tian back to his senses.

Thinking about what will happen in two months, it is better to settle the troubles caused by the third-level gold mine in Shangbi Village first.

In order to prepare for the "Yellow Turban Rebellion", Chu Tian had already moved the idea of conquering a town of the same level. Conquering a town is equivalent to doubling your territory.

Shangbi Village, which has a population of only 500, has a population of 700 because of the need to mine gold, and Chutian sent prisoners and laborers from other villages and towns to serve as miners.

Guarding Shangbi Village is the silver-level ranger hero Wu Shang, as well as 50 first-order light infantry and 200 village warriors in Shangbi Village.

There are two wooden arrow towers at the entrance of Shangbi Village.

Wu Shang was worried. He is not a professional general, and his troops are stretched. The combat effectiveness of ordinary light infantry is only a little higher than that of Xiang Yong.

There are more than 500 enemies surrounding Shangbi Village, among which there are hundreds of Inhumans armed with various weapons, and their single combat effectiveness is definitely stronger than that of the first-order troops of the same level.

200 against 500, the fortifications of Shangbi Village are also very rudimentary, with only wooden fences. Due to the attack of the enemy, Wu Shang did not have time to lay hunting traps around the village, and the enemy could break the wooden fence and break into the village at any time.

"There are only so many people occupying Shangbi Village? We are almost outnumbered by the number of villagers inside. ”

Tang Li Er, the mayor of Lingyan Town, rode on a war horse, observing the fortifications of Shangbi Village, and did not dare to attack rashly.

But according to his observation for a short period of time, Shangbi Village does not seem to have many troops. At most, this amount of troops is used to defend against bandits and small groups of Yellow Turbans.

"You lead the light infantry and the townspeople to attack."

Datang Li Er gave an attack order to a silver-level general.

Although he brought hundreds of freelancers, players may not dare to charge forward like professional soldiers, who value their lives more.

The military general of Lingyan Town, who was holding a red tassel gun, led 100 light infantry and 300 township warriors to officially attack Shangbi Village.

400 soldiers were densely packed for Shangbi Village, with a population of 700, blocking the entrance to the village.

The light infantry in the front row, holding shields and swords, advanced forward.

In the center are archers with longbows, ready to suppress the two wooden arrow towers and the defenders guarding the village gate.

Fortunately, the terrain at the entrance of Shangbi Village was narrow, and the army could not be deployed for a while, and each attack could only accommodate dozens of people.

Wu Shang himself stood on the wooden arrow tower and shot arrows at the enemy attacking the village, and one of the light infantry fell under his arrows.

However, there are too many enemies attacking Shangbi Village, and there are light cavalry and Inhumans in the rear as reserves.

It was extremely difficult to hold Shangbi Village with this amount of troops.

If it was a Confucian general or strategist guarding Shangbi Village, he might use stratagems or small tricks to delay time and wait for Xia Zhen's reinforcements to arrive, but Wu Shang's intelligence was not very high, and he was only ordered to defend Shangbi Village in his mind.

The two sides fought at the village gate, and 50 light infantry in Shangbi Village hid behind a wooden fence, using bows and spears to block the enemy who tried to rush into the village.

"Block the village gate!"

Under the command of Elder Zhang of Shangbi Village, the villagers moved the wood and stone from the warehouse and blocked the village gate to prevent the enemy from easily entering the village.

The villagers of Shangbi Village have reached 90 points because Chu Tian led his troops to expel the horse thieves, and not only will they not rebel at this time, but they will also actively assist the defenders to resist the enemy. This is why some ancient cities would rather die than surrender.

"The people of this village are really tenacious, and they didn't have to work so hard last time to conquer a third-level village."

Datang Li Er saw that the offensive was blocked, and he looked a little impatient.

With the strength of a first-class town, if he can't even conquer a second-level village, he will lose face, and the members of the guild may not be convinced in the future.

"Ranger Squad, climb over the wooden fence on the side and fight your way into the village. In the future, I will give you a portion of the proceeds from the mining of gold. ”

Datang Li Er made a promise to a small group of free players in the Lingyan Pavilion Guild.

The rangers in the Eastern Han Dynasty are similar to the assassins and capable men who traveled around the country during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and have relatively strong personal combat skills. It corresponds to the ninjas and ronins in the Toei area, but it is very different.

About 20 freelancers who were rangers heard that they could profit from the gold mines, so they drew their swords and climbed over the wooden fence under the captain's command to fight their way into the village.

Xiang Yong, who was defending Shangbi Village, spotted the squad, but was unable to stop the well-equipped players who had already learned a few skills.

"My lord, there is a team of strangers who have entered the village and set fire, and Shangbi Village can't hold it at all!"

Elder Zhang found Wu Shang, who was guarding Shangbi Village.

Wu Shang was a little anxious, so he had to say, "I'll deal with them!" ”

Wu Shang is a silver-level ranger, but he was attacked by several players, and the situation is not optimistic. As soon as he left the wooden arrow tower, the attack at the entrance of the village became more and more ferocious.

"It will be very soon to break through the village."

Datang Li Er finally showed a satisfied smile.

The third-tier gold mine will fall into his hands, and he will levy thousands of laborers to mine the gold here.

Just as the Lingyan Town coalition army was about to capture Shangbi Village in one go, a small group of cavalry appeared on the edge of the battlefield, which made the Lingyan Town coalition army uneasy.

"President, reinforcements from Shangbi Village are here!"

The scouts of Lingyan Town are not stupid, the cavalry that appeared near Shangbi Village at this time is most likely the reinforcements of Shangbi Village.

There was a commotion among the coalition forces in Lingyan Town, and the cavalry and free players who had not yet participated in the attack on Shangbi Village involuntarily turned around and looked at the rear, only to see a military general leading thirty or forty light cavalry to appear, seriously threatening the rear road of the coalition forces in Lingyan Town.

"There are only forty light cavalry, don't panic!"

Datang Li Er suddenly felt a little uneasy, the other party didn't seem to be as simple as forty light cavalry.

Nearly two hundred infantry and archers appeared on the horizon.

The coalition forces of Lingyan Town became nervous now, and the formation was already a little scattered.

"Calm down! We have a lot of people, and it's not like we don't have a chance to win! ”

Datang Li Er tried his best to maintain the formation of the coalition army, and he knew the importance of the formation in the era of cold weapons.

But something desperate happened to him, and behind the 200 or so professional soldiers, the villagers all over the mountains appeared, waving their flags and shouting.

Chu Tian rode a war horse in the Chinese army, this time he levied 400 township warriors in Xia Town, 300 township warriors in Xiaozhu Village and 300 township warriors in Yunlai Village, a total of 1,000 people, these township warriors temporarily put down their work and held spears, hoes, kitchen knives and other weapons to support Shangbi Village, just to bully more and less.