Chapter 159: Deduction Starts Again! Establishment of local advantages
The instructor that Lin Ling found for the militia in the canyon village was not some great man, but his first immortal, the arcane warrior Kovich.
There are more than 200 units of Golden Grain Rice taken out by Shadow Priest Toba, and after all of them are transplanted into the Ghost Lands, they can generate more than 2,000 psychic powers per day, which is enough to maintain the cost of the Arcane Warrior Kovich's stay in the Eternal Continent.
If the Tower of the Qi Merger is moved back to the Land of Spirits, the amount of psychic power obtained per day will increase.
But Lin Ling wasn't ready to do this, the Tower of the Qi Merger had to maintain enough independence like the undead, and manage it separately from the Shadow Legion in the Ghost Land.
It's not that he doesn't trust NPCs. In fact, whether it was the High Elf priestess Aryak who listened to the announcement, or the shadow army that had always existed independently, they were actually under the management of the title of "Lord of the Ghost Land", as long as Lin Ling was willing and had the corresponding foundation, he would be able to pull this army to the Eternal Continent to fight immediately.
But until he has a commensurate base, corresponding strength, and sufficient resources, randomly co-opting these NPCs will only increase his burden.
Just to maintain the existence of the three undead in the Ghost Lands as living bodies rather than soul stones, the Arcane Warrior Kovich, the mysterious Bamoles, and the Priest Aryak, he consumes nearly a thousand psychic powers every day, which is basically not much surplus, let alone using psychic powers to add new equipment and functions to the Tower of the Qi Merger.
Shadow Priest Toba was pleased with the undead summoned by Lin Ling.
An undead creature like the Undead is a bit of a novelty for Toba the Shadow Priest, but it's not enough to be feared. This Shadow Priest who believes in Destiny believes in fate – both existence and reason.
Why is it reasonable?
Because of the arrangement of fate!
"Toba." Lin Ling shouted to the Shadow Priest Toba who was going to take the Arcane Warrior Kovic out to introduce everyone to him, and asked a question that he already knew the answer to, but still wanted to hear Toba say it himself, "If you didn't confess to me, in what capacity would you appear on the battlefield?" I mean when it's time for you to use your true power. ”
"If there's anything I can tell my brothers, I think the only thing is to obey fate." Shadow Priest Toba said his other option, an answer that Lin Ling had already verified on the strategic attack and defense map, "Precepts, I will appear on the battlefield as a Precept Reverence Priest who serves the Mandate of Heaven." ”
"Thank you for your answer."
Lin Ling motioned for the Arcane Warrior Kovic to follow the Shadow Priest Toba out. He carefully folded the cloth bag spread out on the table, leaving not a single grain of golden rice behind, and sent it into the ghost land, where he activated the werewolf Baron's soul stone and asked the revived werewolf druid to arrange the planting of golden rice.
This batch of golden rice is not a rice seed, they are genuine rice, mature rice.
Without the care of the psychic altar, only 30% of this batch of golden rice would have sprouted and sown as rice seeds in the Wraithlands, which was the result of the werewolf Baron using the druid's natural holy arts to take care of them. But Lin Ling was not afraid of loss, as long as he expelled the forces of the Hellstein Castle rebels from Canyon Village, after he annexed the High Frey Manor, the Golden Rice, the Psychic Altar, and even the inheritance of another Black Knight that might exist would fall into his hands.
With full confidence, Lin Ling smiled and welcomed a new visitor.
Big Bean brought him the materials he needed, as well as a book of curiosity production notes with blueprints for the "Flex Frame" and "Power Core".
Lin Ling didn't plan to spend too much time on this batch of materials, he quickly completed the production, and handed over the 82 sets of parts produced to the big Bean to modify the walking harvester.
System Prompt: You get a new class; Your undead arcane warrior Ković has a new position: Militia Instructor;
When you capture a building in the Strategic Attack Map, you can garrison it with the Arcane Warrior Kovich, who is responsible for training your armed peasants as militiamen.
The Militia Instructor will initially bring 20 units of the Militia, and you can also assign more Undead to join the team.
Note: Every undead joining the battle will increase your psychic power consumption, so do what you can.
Lin Ling returned to the secret room prepared for him by Nongfu Toba and unfolded the strategic attack and defense map.
Combined with the militia led by the Arcane Warrior Kovic and Bean's Walking Harvester, he currently has as many as 5 teams at his disposal, enough to compete with the Hellstein Castle rebels.
Lin Ling began his third wargame deduction. In the first three rounds, he had a similar layout to the previous rounds, splitting the Orion team into two teams as soon as he got started, and then slowly expanding his forces, and when the rebel units had run out of mobility, he ate the three strongholds of Ash Manor, Thumb Mill, and Smuggler's Camp in one bite.
A militia led by the Arcane warrior Kovic moved into the Smuggler's Camp, transforming the Smuggler's Camp into a militia training camp.
Militia Training Camp: Upgrade 30 units of armed peasants to become militia and 10 units of Orion to become militia shooters per turn.
Each stronghold you capture will bring you additional militia reinforcements.
It's good to talk to NPCs about it.
Lin Ling set his sights on the six rebel flankers who had caused him considerable trouble, these rebel flankers were stationed in five strongholds, and the group of rebel flankers closest to Canyon Village had already exhausted their mobility power when he annexed the three places of Grey Manor, Thumb Mill, and Smuggler's Camp, and had not yet been withdrawn.
He ordered Bean the Great's team of foot harvesters to launch a surprise attack on the rebel flanks.
The strength of the Walking Reaper is noted as level 22 (a lot), and the actual strength is 82 units, which is comparable to the book data of the rebel flankers.
In fact, there are low-level rebel soldiers, middle-level rebel riders and rebel elites with an average level of 23 or above in the rebel flanks, and the level difference is very large, and the pure combat effectiveness is not higher than that of the walking harvesters with similar troop levels, and they are even at a disadvantage.
A rapid charge by Bean the Big and the Walking Harvester harvested more than half of the rebel flankers, damaging only 3 Walking Harvesters themselves.
But Lin Ling still had chess pieces in his hand and didn't go. He pulled the mixed party led by Toba, the Shadow Priest, to the entrance and charged at the flanks of the rebels.
The quality of the wheat field golem is inferior to that of the walking harvester, but it has an absolute advantage in quantity.
At the beginning, Lin Ling had sent all the low-priced mana crystals he could find to Canyon Village, and even he couldn't count the specific number. And Nongfu Toba also packed all these mana crystals into the body of the wheat field puppet, and how many wheat field puppets were made or excavated during this time, I'm afraid the canyon village side can't say a specific number.
In the heat of the day, a sea of wheat field puppets overwhelmed the rebel flankers and captured their camp.
System Hint: You have captured a rebel camp and searched for 1500 gold.
You can choose to leave these coins for the peasants to exchange for experience points for the troops, or you can keep them.
Lin Ling unceremoniously chose to keep the gold coins. After the war, the canyon village was in ruins, and everything needed money, and naturally, money could buy everything. In addition, when the battle situation that evolved from the war game came, he himself would have to pay to hire a few rangers to scout for him.
It costs money, and you have to pay for it yourself, and no one will reimburse you.
By the time Toba the Shadow Priest has finished his operation, the wargame will reach the fourth round.
The two brigades of the rebel riders parted ways halfway, one continuing to deliver food to the High Frey Manor, while the other diverted to Canyon Village and arrived outside the village in one round.
In the next round, the Orion team that occupied the wooden wall of the village, led by the brewer Sarah, fired a round and two shots at the rebel rider team, and luckily landed two critical blows in a row with the attribute bonus of the parapet, killing a third of the rebel riders.
Another team, with more than half of the Orion promoted to militia marksmanship, made a detour back to the corner of the Gofrey Manor and occupied the Thumb Mill, which was equivalent to cutting off the rebel riders' movements.
Under the command of Lin Ling, the rebel army array rushed out of the canyon village and set up a formation at the entrance of the village, blocking the only way for the rebel riders to enter the village.
The phalanx would not be overwhelmed by the cavalry, as long as the combat attrition did not exceed 30%, and the infantry phalanx still had a certain morale advantage against the cavalry.
The annihilation of the rebel flanker attracted the attention of the remaining five rebel flanks, who, unlike the previous wargames, all five rebel flankers poured out of their nests and abandoned their strongholds.
Lin Ling's mind moved, he originally planned to send out the low-level farmers in the Shadow Priest Toba's team in this round, occupy the Ash Manor, and increase the number of reinforcements in the militia training camp.
But the outpouring of the rebel flankers gave him more opportunities.
He expanded the original split to six, with six farmers each carrying a wheat golem being spun off from Toba the Shadow Priest.
Big Bean's Foot Harvester retreated into the entrance to Canyon Village, blocking the Resistance's flank. Lin Ling planned to use this team as a heavy cavalry, pulling the formation of the opposing team and depleting their morale through repeated charges.
Moreover, as long as the mechanic driving them does not die, no matter how badly damaged, as long as they rest for a round, they can be restored to their original state, which is far more economical than cavalry.
At the end of the round, the additional forces generated in the Militia Camp enter the camp and merge with the Militia of Arcane Warrior Kovich.
The fifth round began.
The main rebel force encountered the Ogre Clan, the King of the Mountains, and had to stay in place for a round while annihilating the opposing party.
Unsurprisingly, the rebel riders who were heading for the Manor were wiped out by the Gofrey Guard, and the dead rebel riders were resurrected as skeleton riders by the Black Knight Commander Gofrey and joined the Gofrey Guard.
The rebel riders outside the village retreated, attempting to attack the Thumb Mill, which was not protected by the parapet.
More than two-thirds of the Orions upgraded to militia shooters changed colors and repelled the rebel riders.
System Tip: The exterior wall of the Mill of the Thumb is damaged, your garrison is no longer protected, and they no longer get additional attack and defense bonuses from the next turn.
You can rebuild a parapet with the Rest-in-Place command, which has two-thirds of the initial retaining durability and is used with care.
Lin Ling looked at the system prompt and shrugged his shoulders slightly, not worrying too much about the matter of the Thumb Mill. He has already established an advantage in local battles, and the next step is to expand the local advantage into a comprehensive advantage, so as to lay a solid foundation for himself to win the final victory.
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If the next chapter is there before half past eleven, it will be tomorrow morning.
I've been very sleepy lately, strange.