Volume 1: The Second Coming (Remastered) Chapter 39: The Tamil Rebellion (2)
Players can say that they love and hate war.
Love because any war means a feast for players, and a large number of experience points and military merits attract players to plunge into the whirlpool of war like moths to fire, especially military merits, which can be used to improve their military ranks, and can also be exchanged for equipment or props from logistics officers, compared to killing monsters in the wild and challenging dungeons, joining the war is a better choice. Even life players who are unwilling to fight can also obtain corresponding experience points and military merits by taking on some logistics tasks, which is also an important upgrade path for life players.
And hate is because every war is a gamble for the player, and the stake is his own life! Even the most advanced players are vulnerable to thousands of enemy troops, ready to go out like a tiny candle in the wind. In the world of Ntagre, every death of a player is equivalent to a near-death experience, let alone being injured in battle, and few players are able to overcome their psychological barriers, getting used to the feeling of swords and swords, blood splashing, flesh and skin being cut, and limbs being cut off, and even causing many players to have mental confusion and various symptoms in their previous lives, which affects their lives in reality. This is one of the reasons why advanced players are so highly regarded, proportionally speaking, almost one in ten players can get used to that kind of bloody and brutal combat, and only one in a hundred players can appear to be a high-level player who can constantly improve themselves and develop their potential in battle.
Yu Bin has long been accustomed to this. Whether it's the game experience in the previous life or the struggle to survive in the new world, everything he has experienced is even more terrifying than those so-called battles, and it is because of this that he can keep his calm in the battles, use his best strength, and finally win.
Therefore, since he knew about this war that happened to coincide, Yu Bin naturally would not let it go. Especially since both sides of the war are undead, which means that there will be a large number of low-level troops on the battlefield, Yu Bin can easily harvest those low-level materials needed, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Instead of enlisting for the temporary city guards in Forster, he walked to the side of the square, where several officers in standard armor stood the undead who were in charge of all aspects of his army, including logistics, reconnaissance, training, and so on. The important part is of course done by the army itself, but some unimportant supplies or tasks are delivered to the Indigenous people who are interested.
Yu Bin walked up to an undead officer, and took over a task of transporting materials from the other party, according to the amount transported, you can get a certain amount of military merit, this is a relatively hard task, whether it is an aboriginal or a player, few people can equip themselves with space bags or similar equipment, so the transportation of materials in most cases needs to be transported to the front line little by little by transport vehicles to meet the consumption of soldiers. Although there is no shortage of cannon fodder for the undead, skeletons and zombies with almost no intelligence are simply unable to deal with some emergencies, and it is impossible to let those middle and high-level undead do this kind of thing (middle-level and high-level undead often play the role of middle- and low-level commanders), so this kind of task is generally given to civilians like Yu Bin to do. Of course, in the previous life, with the appearance of a large number of players, this kind of task has gradually become the obligation of players, and many life players are often called up to escort a large number of supplies to the front line.
The reason why Yu Bin took on this mission was not for that little military merit, but to have an excuse to follow the counterinsurgency forces of the Felta Empire, Yu Bin with two space bags could easily send supplies to the front line, without having to slowly escort the transport vehicle like everyone else.
After loading some supplies from the military warehouse in Forster City, Yu Bin chased after him in the direction of the Tamil retreat. Like the development of the previous life, judging from the route, the direction of Tamil's retreat is almost straight to Deathknell Town, and those who don't know think that this guy wants to rely on the defense of Deathstroke Town and have a good fight with the Imperial Army chasing after his ass. Only Yu Bin knew that Tamil's target was probably aimed at the Valley of the Winds from the beginning, not Death Knell Town.
Along the way, you can often see some undead soldiers killed in the wild, most of them skeletons and zombies, these so-called rebels are dressed in rudimentary armor, and many of them are not even equipped with equipment, which can also be seen that the Tamil Viscount is not financially strong. These rebel soldiers did not provide Yu Bin with many low-level materials, which also proved that the individual strength of these rebels was not strong.
After a few hours, Yu Bin had already seen the rearguard of the Imperial Army, mainly composed of zombies and other slow-moving troops, marching while escorting some light war equipment.
Yu Bin bypassed these guards from a distance, followed another road through a small town, and then turned back to the north, and soon found the advance of the Imperial Army.
The forward force composed of skeleton cavalry, dark cavalry, ghouls and ghosts is regrouping, and there are many skeletons and corpses scattered nearby, it seems that it should have just fought with the rebel rearguard troops, this situation often happens in pursuit battles, due to the different speeds of each unit, in order to ensure the safe retreat of the main force of the army, there are bound to be some soldiers who will be left behind to block the pursuers.
Yu Bin rode his horse on, and it took more than an hour to find the trace of the rebels, looking at the rebels marching along the road in the distance, Yu Bin became more and more convinced of his guess. Judging from the ranks of these rebels, it is clear that they do not look like they have just suffered defeat, and being able to do this shows that the structure of this force has not been damaged too much, and the middle and low-level officers who are responsible for commanding the soldiers are still calm. However, it was clear that this rebel army did not fall into chaos, but Yu Bin did not encounter even a single rebel scout, as if the other party was so generous and allowed his marching direction to be exposed, which was simply incredible.
Clearly, Tamil's aim was to attract the pursuing Imperial Army in this way. The tight marching column meant that there was no way to cause chaos with surprise attacks, which forced the forward units of the Imperial Army to adopt forcing tactics instead of cutting off tactics, whether it was the Dark Cavalry or the Ghouls, they were not thick-skinned troops, and it was difficult to bite this kind of enemy. Once the raid fails and gets bogged down in positional warfare, the forward troops, which lose speed, can easily become a snack for these rebels.
The movement speed of the rebels can only be called ordinary, because they need to take care of the main forces located in the middle army, these main forces composed of corpse witches and death bringers are the most common strike force in the undead army, the death witch can use a variety of necromancy, and the death bringer has rough skin and thick flesh, and also has some spell-like abilities, as a fifth-order creature, their individual strength is also very good, and they are often put into battle as the backbone of the undead army.
A few hours later, Yu Bin watched from afar as the rebels successfully escaped into the Valley of the Winds by taking a group of improvised skeletons and zombies as outcasts, convinced that there must be a greater conspiracy behind the Tamil rebellion. Because he had already prepared some defenses in the Valley of the Winds, he successfully pitted the Imperial cavalry troops who tried to block the entrance first, and almost wiped out this cavalry force dominated by the Dark Knights.
As the rebels slowly passed through the narrow entrance, the pursuing Imperial Army could only watch the other party march away, and unwillingly chose to camp on the spot.
The Valley of the Winds is a valley surrounded by mountain peaks, originally a small mountain range known as Brasso, where a branch of dwarves lived during the time when the province of La Rodos had not yet been incorporated into the territory of the Felta Empire, and they established cities in the mountains to dig ore as their main source of income. As the undead expanded, the dwarves resisted along with their nearby neighbors, and were eventually slaughtered by the undead army, and the city built by the dwarves was completely wiped out by a powerful spell along with the Brasso Mountains, leaving only a circle of low rounded peaks.
The powerful magical power is still at work today, and the surrounding peaks often blow violent winds without warning, and the rolled up rubble can cause devastating damage even to the low-level undead, hence the name of the Valley of the Wind.
Relying on this natural barrier, the rebels only need to seal the entrance to the valley to ensure their own safety, and the entrance with a width of no more than fifty meters is simply not able to deploy a large number of troops, which makes the counterinsurgency forces of the Ferta Empire helpless.
Under Yu Bin's watch, in the next two hours, the commander of this imperial army launched five attacks on the entrance to the valley, from the refueling tactics of low-level cannon fodder to the elite raids of middle and high-level troops, it can be said that they have exhausted all means, but they are still unable to break through the narrow defense line. The more than a dozen defensive settings arranged by the rebels on the inner side of the valley floor could almost ignore the attacks from the outside and splash fire to their heart's content, greatly reducing the pressure on the defense.
If this progress is followed, there are only two ways to destroy the rebels, either send several heroic undead to attack at the same time, destroy the defending rebels and those defenses in one go with unparalleled strength, and then rush into the valley to fight a decisive battle with the rebels; Either they can only continue to consume the strength of the rebels, and wait until the opponent can no longer hold on, and then break into the valley and destroy the rebels.
Based on the memories of a previous life, the commander of this imperial army apparently chose the second way. After a siege that lasted more than a month, waiting for the rebels to weaken before attacking the valley. Despite this, it only defeated the rebels, but did not completely eliminate the undead of the rebellion, which eventually led to the awakening of Moradium and the occurrence of that great event.
At this time, Yu Bin had no interest in continuing to watch the play. He made a detour into the Imperial Army barracks and left after the supplies had been delivered by the logistics officer. After returning to Forster City to purchase some props, Yu Bin chose to go offline to rest.
The next day, Yu Bin, who was back online, took the purchased props and rode the skeleton war horse towards the Yin Wind Valley. He wanted to enter the Valley of the Winds to see what the rebels were up to, and as for the way to enter the Valley of the Winds, it was naturally from the peaks of those mountains.
Although the irregular wind is terrifying, it does not mean that it cannot be resisted, as long as you wear enough armor and replenish the lost life force at any time, there is still a chance to survive the wind. However, this method only works for the player, as it is impossible for the natives to equip the undead soldiers with these things.
After putting a simple cover made of iron lock rings on the outside of the armor, Yu Bin began to try to climb over the mountain, but the first time it was unsuccessful, the wind that lasted more than half an hour made it difficult for Yu Bin to climb halfway up the mountain, and he had to choose to retreat to the foot of the mountain and wait for the wind to stop. After returning to Forster City to replenish some potions again, the second attempt finally allowed Yu Bin to successfully climb the mountain and enter the Yin Wind Valley.
As soon as he stepped into the valley, Yu Bin saw a patrol approaching from a distance, and it was clear that the rebels had sent a patrol to patrol in order to prevent a small enemy from sneaking over the mountain peaks into the valley. This caution is the opposite of the previous practice of not caring about the route of the march being exposed, and it proves Yu Bin's guess.
Yu Bin didn't want to alarm this patrol, the patrol team composed of five skeletons, three ghouls and two ghosts just met the standard number of a combat squad, this is not an enemy that Yu Bin alone can quickly solve, Yu Bin believes that these patrols must be equipped with warning props, otherwise the so-called patrol is meaningless.
The good thing is that Bin is also an undead. The undead's perception of the breath of life is the most sensitive, and in comparison, the perception of the soul is worse, unless the soul fluctuates very violently, otherwise with the distance between Yu Bin and the other party, there is basically no possibility of being discovered.
After the patrol team left the field of vision, Yu Bin tiptoed out from behind a pile of rocks, because of the strong wind, the peaks around the Yin Wind Valley had long been left with rugged rocks, and they would often be blown down, which made the foothills near the foot of the mountain full of large swaths of rocky beaches, providing Yu Bin with excellent cover.
Carefully avoiding the patrols encountered along the way, Yu Bin walked towards the center of the valley little by little, and on the way, he could often see a necromancer using necromancer to summon new cannon fodder, and the bones buried in the ground were awakened by the power of death, becoming a skeleton in the form of a human or beast, playing the role of a coolie under the command of the necromancer, digging traps and building low earthen walls.
It seems that the rebels are ready to fight in the Valley of the Winds for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible to do such a thing.