Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Lord Fengyun quickly organized his territory's guards to launch a counterattack. As for those like Linlang who had upgraded to level four territories... they did have copper coins and materials, since he had conquered nearly ten territories. However, the number of official residents in his own territory was insufficient. After all, he had only recently upgraded to level three territories. How could he possibly reach the required population of five thousand for a level four territory so quickly?

Not to mention that he has already occupied a lot of level-two territories, which can replenish a lot of population. The population of other territories belongs to other territories and cannot be used in his territory. This territory still needs to reach 5,000 formal residents to be upgraded.

Since he couldn't repel the attackers by upgrading his territory to level four like Linlang did, he had no choice but to fight them.

At this point, he also knew who the other party was—he ran out to ask, and Linlang naturally wouldn't show herself directly, but instead had the battalion commander of the engineering camp tell the other party that she was from Yong'an territory and had come to avenge their attack on Yong'an territory.

Upon hearing this, the lord of the Fengyun Territory was surprised. He hadn't expected that the people from the Yong'an Territory would actually pursue them. He thought they had run away because they couldn't win the fight. He thought these people were incapable of fighting back, and even if they wanted to, they hadn't said which territory they came from, so these people wouldn't know where they were from.

To his surprise, the other party actually came knocking on his door. The lord was naturally astonished. He thought to himself, "The other party's information network is quite sharp. They actually found my stronghold. It seems this matter is going to be a bit difficult."

Moreover, do they really have so many experts? They're all at level 15 or higher. Are there really so many people who have already reached level 15 or higher?

—This person didn't realize that Linlang's people were system NPCs, because system NPCs look just like normal people. Only Linlang, the owner, could notice the difference: these people have their names marked above their heads, just like in a game, which is for Linlang's convenience in managing them.

Because he hadn't realized that Linlang's people were system NPCs, Lord Fengyun couldn't help but regret it. He thought that if he had known that this Yong'an territory was so powerful, able to easily upgrade to a level four territory, and had so many experts, he would have been better off not fighting it before. After all, there were other territories around, and he didn't need to touch this tough nut.

But it's too late for regrets now, since what's done is done, and all we can do is think about how to fight back.

However, they were completely outmatched in both numbers and rank, and it was impossible for them to win in a fight. In fact, after some of them died, the other guards began to panic and started to flee back to their territory.

This is quite normal. Before the apocalypse, these people were just ordinary people, not real soldiers. Ordinary people can only fight when things are going well; they don't have the will to fight when things are going badly. Naturally, they are all afraid of dying.

The Wind and Cloud Lord's guards ran away, but he didn't curse them. He was still scared and wanted to run away himself. After all, he had built such a large empire, and he didn't want to die. He wanted to continue being a local tyrant.

He wanted to run to his territory to summon everyone there to resist Linlang and her group, but the residents and the guards were no match for him and fled back. Looking at the attackers, they were all level 15, much higher than him, so he dared not fight them. Naturally, he didn't dare to leave his territory to fight Linlang and her group.

With no one fighting, Linlang and the others only needed to attack the walls, which made things much simpler.

Seeing that Linlang and the others were constantly attacking the walls, Lord Fengyun had no choice but to build more arrow towers in an attempt to counterattack.

This method was the same as what other lords did when he attacked other territories, and as it turned out, this method was useless.

Lord Fengyun had also considered buying guards from the system to fight against Linlang's people. However... his territory was only level three, and the highest level guards he could buy were only level ten.

A level 10 player fighting a level 15 player? That's just feeding them to the enemy!

He could use a sheer number of troops, but it wouldn't work. First, there's a limit to the number of guards in a level 3 territory, so he can't buy guards without limit. Second, although he's conquered nearly ten territories, he doesn't have enough money to buy guards without limit.

Seeing that the territory would inevitably fall if things continued this way, Lord Fengyun immediately summoned the remaining guards and prepared to break through the encirclement in the area where Linlang was not surrounded.

Linlang only has two hundred people, while a level three territory is at least the size of a village. Linlang's people certainly cannot cover all the areas, so there are gaps in the territory from which he can leave.

"Let's abandon this territory and go to the other best level-three territory I conquered. As long as we're alive, we can always rebuild. We can take over the Yong'an territory when we rise again," said Lord Fengyun.

He conquered a total of nine territories, seven of which were level two territories, but the other two were level three territories.

He figured the lord of Yong'an territory probably didn't know that once a lord conquers another territory, he won't lose his lordship unless he completely destroys all of that lord's territories. In effect, this lord has a few more lord tokens. This is why he had been attacking other territories before; he wanted to have multiple lord tokens to ensure he wouldn't lose his lordship.

Of course, once the other party conquers the territory and gains a management panel, they might discover this benefit, but by then, he will have already run away, and he believes the other party will not know which territory he has run to.

The enemy could find his Fengyun territory because he had people watching him when he retreated. But now, he has secretly gone to other territories. The enemy doesn't know he has run away. By the time they find out, he will be far away. Even if they send people to watch him, they won't be able to catch up. In this way, the enemy will know where he went.

Moreover, the other party may not know that he owns multiple territories, and may even think that his territory has been conquered and that he has lost his status as a lord.

Since the other side doesn't know that he hasn't lost his lord status, they will definitely think that once they have conquered his territory, he is no longer a lord. They will then lower their guard, allowing him to develop in his new territory and then fight back when he has developed to a certain point.

When Lord Fengyun said this, his guards naturally cheered. After all, they didn't dare to confront Linlang head-on. Since they could hide, they might as well hide. So, each of them brought their families and followed Lord Fengyun, breaking through and escaping from a place where Linlang's people were not.

The guards, along with their families, made up a considerable number of people, and naturally, some within the territory spotted them.

Seeing that the lord and his guards were about to flee, the people of the territory panicked and naturally followed suit—just like the people of Linlang's territory, the people of Fengyun's territory were also afraid that Linlang's people would attack and plunder their property, so they naturally wanted to run away. (End of this chapter)