From refugee NPC to mythical general

Chapter 51 Provocation
The gold coins needed for city wall construction are far from enough. After all, Dameng Town only has 2 gold coins now.

During the next twenty days, Ning Mengya focused on development, acquiring resources, and recruiting NPCs and villagers.

The full capacity of a level four barracks is 200 people. After four rounds of recruitment in the past twenty days, the barracks have been filled to capacity. The number of militiamen has reached 202, and the number of each type of arms has increased significantly. The largest number is still 95 infantry, 16 cavalry, 35 archers, 15 sword and shield soldiers, 19 javelin soldiers, 6 scouts, 10 swordsmen, and 6 halberd soldiers.

The number of villagers also increased from 157 to 269.

Thus, after more than twenty days of growth, the members of Daming Town became as follows.

Villagers*157, Militia*202 (Archers*29, Sword and Shield Soldiers*10, Spearmen*17, Cavalry*8, Infantry*23, Scouts*5, Axemen*6, Halberd Soldiers*4)

At the same time, as the number of people increased, the food reached 6947, the gold coins became 9, the silver coins became 96, and the copper coins became 37.

The bad news is that the wild animals in the mountains behind Daming Town are almost extinct, and the trees in the forest are almost being cut down.

So Guo Tu immediately ordered all the villagers to concentrate on growing food and no longer engage in the tasks of chopping wood and hunting.

Although Longhu Village and Yinling Village were captured by Zhuge Liang, there was still one last wave of bandits hovering within a radius of three miles. Ning Mengya did not dare to let the villagers leave the territory at will.

During this period, Zhuge Liang focused on training militiamen, 31 of whom were promoted to intermediate militiamen, which was a huge increase in strength!
Not only that, after acquiring the ninth-rate commanding ability, Zhuge Liang's performance in daily training has become even more significant. Now the militiamen have begun to resemble soldiers on the battlefield and know how to read flag signals, fight in phalanxes, and so on!

Other players also survived the second wave of bandit attacks, and many players began to restart in tears.

However, Daming Town had completed its counterattack against the second wave of bandits more than 20 days ago and did not encounter any crisis.

Everything was developing in an orderly manner, and then one day, a letter accompanied by an arrow was shot at a tree at the entrance of Daming Town.

After the scouts discovered this, they immediately sent the news to Zhuge Liang.

Inside the meeting hall.

Zhuge Liang was discussing the future construction and development of Daming Town with Ning Mengya and Guo Tu when a scout delivered a letter.

Ning Mengya took a look first, and her expression suddenly became serious.

"What happened?" Zhuge Liang and Guo Tu looked at Ning Mengya.

Ning Mengya said: "The last wave of bandits sent us a letter, asking us to surrender to them as soon as possible to ensure the safety of all our villagers and soldiers. Otherwise, they will come to massacre our town on another day!"

Guo Tu sneered: "What a big tone!"

Now Zhuge Liang has become a ninth-rate military commander, and no one takes this last wave of bandits seriously. They are now concentrating on developing internal affairs and have no time to attack this group of bandits. Yet they are the first to make threats?

Ning Mengya shook her head and said solemnly: "The person who left the message was Liao Hua!"

Ok?
Guo Tu was stunned for a moment. Isn't this a general from the Three Kingdoms period? Although he is a general of the lowest rank, he is still a general. Why would he become a bandit?

At this moment, Guo Tu was no longer as relaxed as before. If the other party was just a bandit like a high-level militiaman, he would certainly not take it seriously. But the other party was a ninth-rate military general, which forced him to take him seriously.

After all, Zhuge Liang had just been promoted to a ninth-rate general, so he should not be a match for Liao Hua anyway... Uh!

Guo Tu suddenly thought of an event in the past. Didn’t Zhuge Liang kill Yanlong of Longhuzhai just after he was promoted to a senior militiaman?
So what am I still worrying about?
Guo Tu turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang and asked, "General, what do you think?"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes and asked Guo Tu, "Mr. Guo, why did Liao Hua watch Longhu Village and Yinling Village being breached by us without doing anything to rescue them? Doesn't he understand the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold when they are gone?"

Guo Tu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said: "He is deliberately sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight, and then trying to reap the benefits!"

In the past, he had to deal with two mountain strongholds and Daming Village, but now he only has to deal with Daming Town!

This shows that he never took Daming Town seriously. Even though Daming Town swallowed up two bandit villages at the same time, Liao Hua did not take them seriously.

After all, there is a natural gap between military generals and militiamen. No matter how strong the militiamen are, they can never defeat the military generals!

Zhuge Liang said calmly: "Since they have come to provoke us, let's fight!" Guo Tu pondered for a moment and said: "General, you can take advantage of the fact that they underestimate us, send a letter back, and challenge them to a fight directly."

"With Liao Hua's blindly confident character, he will definitely accept the challenge, and this way we can avoid the trouble of attacking the city."

If it really comes to a siege, it will definitely be more difficult and more soldiers will be sacrificed.

If both sides were to fight on the plain battlefield, then Zhuge Liang would undoubtedly have it much easier.

"Sir, that's a good idea. Then you can write back to stimulate him!"

"Please use harsh words." Zhuge Liang added.

Guo Tu chuckled and said, "I'm good at this!"

"Hahaha!"

……

In the General's Camp, Liao Hua is in charge, with 236 soldiers under his command. He was originally from a wealthy and aristocratic family in Miannan, but his family fell into decline and he was enslaved by the local government, so he became a bandit in anger!
The soldiers under his command are all real veterans on the battlefield. Unlike ordinary bandits, they have strict military orders and strong combat effectiveness!
He had the arrogance of a wealthy and powerful family, and never took bandit villages like Longhu Village and Yinling Village seriously.

So when Zhuge Liang attacked the two villages, he just sat on the mountain and watched the fight. He thought that the two villages would swallow up Daming Village, but the result surprised him a little.

But it was just an accident, there was no other concern.

The mid-level scouts under his command have already figured out the details of Dameng Town. The commander, Zhuge Liang, is a militiaman.

However, those who were able to defeat bandits like Yanlong and Liu Meng must have reached the top of the senior militia.

However, Liao Hua remained calm. His martial arts value had reached 28 points, which was considered top-notch among the nine-rate generals.

This morning, he had his scouts spread a harsh message. If the other party surrendered to him, he might be able to spare their lives and recruit them into his own army. If they did not surrender...

Liao Hua smiled slightly. They didn't have the guts to do that! They couldn't afford the consequences of a massacre!

Liao Hua was holding the fine wine and eating the delicious beef with a smile on his face. At this moment, the scouts quickly came to the central hall.

"Report!"

"General!"

Liao Hua took a sip of the wine and said calmly, "Has the other party replied? When will he come to submit to me?"

The scout said hurriedly: "General, they, they also sent a letter."

"Read!"

The scout was a little embarrassed and said, "General, this...would you like to look at it yourself?"

Liao Hua shouted angrily: "I will let you read it!"

　I haven't had time to chat with you all, I'll talk about it as soon as I finish coding today. It's not that the author doesn't want to update more, it's just that there are not many people now, and the daily income is only a few dozen yuan, which is not enough to support a family.

　　The editor had advised me to cut it off a long time ago, but I persisted. I said that the readers had voted for me so many times, and I couldn’t let them down, so I had to finish it!
　　I dared to comment on new books when they were first released, but now I’m under too much pressure and don’t dare to read reviews. Plus, the editor isn’t optimistic about it, so I can only keep my head down and write slowly on my own.

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(End of this chapter)