During the three-day observation, Yang Rui also roughly figured out the rules of the Xiqiang rebels' refresh and dispatch of troops.

The first batch of Xiqiang rebel territories that were looted by Yang Rui were refreshed after three full days, which shows that the refresh cycle of Xiqiang rebel strongholds is 3 game days; According to the almost seamless investigation of the leader of the thieves, with the increase in the number of counterattacks, the Xiliang rebels sent troops more and more frequently in each territory.

At first, there were only three or four rebel territories to send troops, but after the number of troops required for the counterattack increased significantly, more and more provinces began to participate in the counterattack, and the number of participation increased year by day, until all the soldiers in a certain territory were basically dispatched.

Of course, each territory will retain a small number of soldiers in the end, but this number will never be too much, and Yang Rui has basically explored this bottom line after several tentative attacks between counterattacks!

Lower-level villages will eventually only retain 10 defensive pawns, 20 intermediate villages, 30 advanced villages, 40 beginner town territories, 50 intermediate town territories, and 60 advanced town territories, almost every 1 additional level of territory level, the minimum number of defensive pawns will increase by 10. By analogy, a junior city level territory might only retain 70 defenders?! Even if it is more than that, I believe it will not be much.

At the same time, if the territory of the surrounding Xiqiang rebels cannot meet the corresponding number of soldiers required for the counterattack, then the territory range of the troops participating in the counterattack will also be increased accordingly until the corresponding number of soldiers can be gathered. Unless it is until 3 days later, the territory that was empty before the soldiers is refreshed with a new batch of soldiers, the scope of this territory will be reduced again.

Take Ledu City as an example. Yang Rui noticed that it only started to send a small number of troops from the third round of Xiqiang soldiers' counterattack. Until the 9th round, when the Xiqiang soldiers counterattacked, they could no longer send a single soldier. The Xiqiang soldiers who participated in the counterattack were gathered from farther territories.

This way of sending troops of the Xiqiang rebels is also in line with the habits of the Qiang people in the Hehuang area, and it has a great effect on the defense of the stronghold, but if the opponent's strength is sufficient, there may be a lot of loopholes that can be exploited!

Yang Rui grasped this loophole through careful and repeated investigations, and just after the 11th round of attacks by the Xiqiang rebels, Yang Rui rushed towards the direction of Ledu City, taking advantage of the empty time period of the opponent's troops to launch a surprise attack on Ledu City.

As Yang Rui expected, the current number of defenders in Ledu City was only seventy or eighty soldiers. Except for one of the mid-level generals and two junior generals, all the remaining soldiers were all third-order long-range archers.

Such strength naturally can't stop Yang Rui's pace, not only are the junior and intermediate generals not enough for Yang Rui and others to see, but the opponent's archers who want to rely on the advantage of the terrain to block it are quickly suppressed by Yang Rui's 42 5th-order archers and 800 4th-order archers, and the gap between the number and the level immediately offset the geographical advantage of the Xiqiang rebel archers!

"System prompt: Congratulations on completing the first phase of the 'Origin of the Qiang Tribe' mission - capture a Qiang primary city territory, you get the task item - Qiang special equipment parts, and get a monetary reward of 100 gold coins."

With Yang Rui's capture of Ledu City, a system prompt also followed, and the first stage of Yang Rui's brocade box quest was completed, but the task rewards obtained were not rich. It's just that a certain amount of Golden Gun rewards have been obtained, which seems to be a bit far from the identity of the Brocade Box mission!

"System Prompt: Dear Player Blazing Sun. Since you have completed the first phase of the 'Origin of the Qiang people' mission, you will now be moving on to the second stage of the follow-up mission, do you accept the selection? ”

"Accept!"

The system prompted Yang Rui to enter the second stage of task selection, and Yang Rui naturally had nothing to say about it, and directly chose to accept it.

"System Prompt: Dear player Lieyang, you have accepted the second phase of the 'Origin of the Qiang Clan' mission to defend the territory of Xiqiang Primary City - Ledu City for 6 days, and you will receive relevant follow-up mission information after 6 days"

6 days to defend Ledu City?! Yang Rui was stunned when he heard this, in the current situation of the Xiqiang rebels' crazy counterattacks one after another, defending for 6 days means facing about 24 rounds of crazy counterattacks of the Xiqiang rebels! Based on the calculation of a 40% increase in military strength in each round, the more difficult it will be to get to the back, and in the end, the Xiqiang rebel army that Yang Rui needs to face will exceed 4 million! All of them are converted into 3rd order soldiers, and the number of people will also be around 1 million! Yang Rui even wondered if the timing of the task was wrong!

After the primary city territory required by the mission is captured, there may be a follow-up mission relying on the city, Yang Rui has considered this aspect from the beginning, but he didn't expect it to be the case. However, it is very difficult to defend against the Xiqiang rebels in 24 rounds!

Fortunately, Yang Rui maintained the integrity of the defensive buildings of Ledu City as much as possible, neither destroying the city wall nor destroying the city wall, and its terrain was already easy to defend and difficult to attack, which was regarded as occupying a geographical advantage. In addition, Yang Rui and Zhang Ning have the trump card in hand, and it is not hopeless if you let it go.

However, the direct attack range of the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain is only 200*200m2, and the area occupied by the Xiqiang rebels who counterattacked by millions in the final stage is large, so it is still necessary to find a way to effectively amplify the skills of the Heavenly Spirit Fire Rain!

At this point, Zhang Jiao's behavior in the battle of Guangzong was extremely typical, first using a trench and a downpour to destroy most of the siege equipment of the Han court camp, as well as a large number of Han court camp soldiers; Next, he used the water surface of the trench to burn a large number of wooden boats crossing the river, as well as countless soldiers of the Han Ting camp!

Using the terrain twice in a row, Zhang Jiao can be said to magnify the effect of the skill countless times. Even later, when he escaped, he used the same skills to block the way of Yang Rui and other pursuers in the Taocong River, which can be regarded as a very successful case, but the situation made people, Zhang Jiao blocked the pursuit of the Han Ting camp at the same time, and also blocked the life of the two brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang!

However, whether it was the ditch or the river used by Zhang Jiao at that time. None of them can be made out of thin air. In the absence of architectural drawings. Even such a simple project as a trench. It is not recognized by the system soon after it is formed, and it will soon be brushed off by the system! Therefore, if you want to use your brains in this area, you also need to find relevant architectural drawings!

At the same time, Yang Rui's current military strength is too little, especially the close soldiers, Yang Rui didn't bring much when he came. Therefore, Yang Rui had to consider rushing back to Dashan Town and mobilizing some troops to come over. Assist in defense.

Originally, Yang Rui's location could not use the teleportation array, and if he wanted to return to the non-rebel area east of Jincheng to take the teleportation array, I am afraid that it would not be possible to complete it within the mission time! However, Zhang Ning has a wind flying carpet, this prop has a speed of 5 times the speed of the horse, I believe it will not take a day and a half to reach the east of Jincheng. Although the Daofeng Flying Carpet is currently owned by Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning still took it out very happily after Yang Rui opened his mouth

Inspired by the Daofeng Flying Carpet props, Yang Rui remembered another prop left behind by Zhang Jiao - the Zijin-level "Yellow Turban Transfer Order"!

"The lord is sure that all the 10,000 lords in the city will be transferred to the rank 1 Yellow Turban soldiers?"

Yang Rui just mentioned the matter of the "Yellow Turban Transfer Order", but he didn't expect Zhang Ning to think that Yang Rui had the idea of leading the people in the city! At present, after Ledu City was taken, there were about 20,000 people in it, although they were not controlled by Yang Rui. However, it has changed from an opposing camp to a neutral camp, which is also a phenomenon that often occurs in mutual conquest. Not all opposing camps are as committed as the Yellow Turbans.

The most unexpected thing is that these NPC lords of the neutral faction can also be transferred to Tier 1 Yellow Turbans by the "Yellow Turban Transfer Order"! This news was naturally a surprise for Yang Rui, even if the 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were all Level 1, they could also participate in the defense of the city wall or something, but Zhang Ning's attitude was a little hesitant.

"If the lord insists on transforming these leaders into first-order Yellow Turban soldiers, Ning will naturally be able to do it, but these leaders are not owned by us, and when we leave this place after the mission is over, these transformed Yellow Turban soldiers will definitely be confused and painfully destroyed, Ning is really a little unbearable!"

Zhang Ning finally told the reason, it turned out that the forced transfer to the Yellow Turban soldier had such side effects, and Yang Rui suddenly understood.

The NPCs in the game all have specific personalities, and in Yang Rui's opinion, 10,000 NPCs will die when they die, and they are not their own people anyway, but Zhang Ning is "really unbearable" about this. If you don't pay attention to their feelings, it may lead to a decline in their loyalty.

"What would happen if these Yellow Turban soldiers were killed in battle, and then resurrected using the Yellow Turban Uprising story mission points?"

Yang Rui was already planning to give up on letting Zhang Ning transform into a Yellow Turban soldier, but he just mentioned it casually. But this sentence made Zhang Ning's eyes light up.

"If the lord is willing to spend mission points to resurrect them, he can completely own the ownership of these soldiers!"

Unexpectedly, Yang Rui's occasional words, but Zhang Ning agreed with his method. In this way, the two reached a consensus, and immediately transformed the 10,000 people in the city with good physique into first-order Yellow Turban soldiers, and Yang Rui also had an extra defensive force in his hands out of thin air. It doesn't take many points to resurrect a first-order soldier, even if all 10,000 are resurrected, it only costs 200,000 points, which is still affordable for Yang Rui, and he is willing to do it!

I have to say that Zhang Ning's use of the "Yellow Turban Transfer Order" is still very spectacular, when Zhang Ning's sword was raised, the "Yellow Turban Transfer Order" immediately burst out of his body, flew into the sky and turned into a huge "Taiping" pattern, and immediately pounced on the 10,000 people selected below, turning into a large yellow curtain to cover it about a cup of tea, and then the "Yellow Turban Transfer Order" flew back to Zhang Ning, and then looked at the 10,000 people, each of whom had an extra yellow scarf on his head

Yang Rui only slightly admired the light and shadow effects in the game, and after only half watching the process, he launched the Dao Wind Flying Carpet and hurried towards Jincheng, temporarily handing over the defense of Ledu City to Zhang Ning and Li Dong and others.

There was not much threat from the first few rounds of counterattacks of the Xiqiang rebels, and the more they went to the back, the more intense they became, so it was better to get reinforcements sooner rather than later! (To be continued......)

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