From refugee NPC to mythical general

Chapter 86 Preparing for War
The rookie never thought that Liao Hua, the top general under his command, would say something so morale-shaking!
Moreover, he took the lead in surrendering to the enemy, showing fear before even fighting, and not even having the courage to resist!
With Liao Hua's surrender, the soldiers' morale immediately weakened and everyone laid down their weapons.

The soldiers took the initiative to open the gates of Jiming Town to welcome the triumphant return of the royal army. Who among the people would dare not surrender at this time?
Xiao Cai Ji's heart was bleeding, watching the high building he had built step by step collapse so easily... If he had known earlier, he would have taken all the soldiers and civilians to join Ning Mengya. At least he wouldn't be so depressed and disgusted as he is now!

Ning Mengya had sent troops to persuade them before. At that time, the rookie was full of confidence and thought that the alliance formed by him and four other players was enough to defeat Xia Chao's offensive!

So what if he is a seventh-rate general? With so many troops, a seventh-rate general may not be able to defeat them!
But who could have imagined that their alliance would collapse so easily.

No wonder the six kingdoms were annexed by the powerful Qin. The six kingdoms and Qin were all vassal states. Their power was weaker than Qin, but they still had the potential to defeat Qin without bribery. However, the six kingdoms were destroyed. Why? It was not because their soldiers were not good at fighting, but because they bribed Qin!

The historical stories are also vividly reflected in the game. Aren’t these players the kings of the six kingdoms that were destroyed?

Xiaocaiji sighed, and then went offline, announcing that all his hard work from the internal testing to the present was burned to ashes at this moment!
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The player Linxia stood with his hands behind his back on the low city wall of Jiming Town. This time, he captured more than 200 soldiers without losing a single soldier, and also obtained all the resources of Jiming Town. All the troops and supplies were replenished.

All this was because she was lucky enough to recruit the powerful seventh-rate general, Meng Huo!
Meng Huo was standing on the top of the city wall with Lin Xia at this time. He looked westward and said calmly, "My lord, those four players are already in our hands. We can seize the opportunity to pursue them now. Otherwise, something unexpected will happen."

After this group of players return to defend, they will definitely find a way to migrate and find a new territory to develop... We cannot give them this opportunity, we must annex them as soon as possible and absorb their power!

"General Meng, how do you think I should respond now?"

Meng Huo said: "My lord, I have sent Jiang Qin and his men to lead troops to attack the other four territories. Soon these four territories will be in our possession."

Linxia nodded: "General Meng is thoughtful. With General Meng here, we will soon be able to conquer Luoyang and become the lord of the Central Plains!"

Meng Huo said casually: "My lord, what we want is this world. It has always been my ambition to unify the chaotic world!"

Linxia: "Okay! Then Luoyang first, then the world!"

Having said that, the player Linxia sneered in her heart. Now she has not recruited higher-level generals. If she can recruit a first-class general like Guan Yu, Meng Huo will be nothing in her mind.

However, at the current stage, she still has to rely on Meng Huo to capture Luoyang. This is her goal. If she wants to dominate the world in the future, she definitely cannot rely on Meng Huo!
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Ning Mengya entered the game and came to the meeting hall of Daming Town.

As expected, she found that the territory of the rookie had been annexed, along with the territories of four other players around Jiming Town.

Now the Xia Dynasty's sphere of influence has almost covered the area 150 miles southeast of Daming Town.

After the Xia Dynasty annexed these territories, its army marched northward. In other words, the Xia Dynasty's strategic intention was to annex the entire north first and then march south.

The direction they were marching in was undoubtedly towards Daming Town.

Guo Tu and Zhang Zhao looked at the map and pondered for a moment. Zhang Zhao said solemnly, "It should be less than half a month before the enemy's troops will arrive at our doorstep."

Guo Tu also said: "This time the Xia Dynasty annexed Jiming Town and other territories. I wonder how much the military force has expanded. It seems that they are not well-intentioned!" Ning Mengya had already sent a private message to Xiao Caiji on the forum just now.

She said to everyone, "Liao Hua, the general of Jiming Town, surrendered with all his troops intact."

"If the lords of the other four territories surrender without a fight, the maximum strength of the Xia Dynasty should have reached 2,000 by now!"

Ning Mengya looked at Zhuge Liang solemnly, and then said: "The general of the Xia Dynasty is Meng Huo, a seventh-rate general, and he has two eighth-rate generals and one ninth-rate general under his command. If the generals of the other four places all surrender, then she will have... one seventh-rate general, two eighth-rate generals, five ninth-rate generals, and 2,000 troops under her command!"

This configuration is almost invincible!
At present, Daming Town only has one eighth-rate general, Zhuge Liang, and two ninth-rate generals, Pan Feng and Zhong Hui. The gap between them and the enemy is too big.

Even if Zhuge Liang was promoted to a seventh-rate general within half a month, the gap in strength would still be huge.

At this time, Zhuge Liang's expression also became slightly solemn.

If the enemy had only a thousand soldiers and one seventh-rate and two eighth-rate generals before, Zhuge Liang would still be confident of winning, but now the situation has obviously become worse.

Zhang Zhao and Guo Tu were discussing the defense plan, and the two counselors were extremely anxious at this time.

Zhuge Liang signaled them not to rush and to think of countermeasures slowly. At the same time, he said to Ning Mengya: "We must upgrade the town to level three as soon as possible, and recruit the sixth-level barracks to full capacity!"

Even if the sixth-level barracks is fully staffed, there are only a thousand soldiers, which is not enough to solve the current dilemma.

But that's all they can do now.

Ning Mengya nodded and said, "Today I will upgrade the town to level three, strengthen the city wall defense capabilities and recruit soldiers!"

Zhuge Liang said to Guo Tu: "Mr. Guo, please cooperate with the Lord to distribute the money properly and avoid a shortage of money."

"Yes!" Guo Tu bowed.

After Zhuge Liang finished giving his instructions, he continued with his hunting to gain experience. No matter what, he had to upgrade his generals to the seventh rank first, so that he would have a better chance of winning.

After several days of development, the money in Daming Town has reached 142 gold coins, 97 silver coins, and 48 copper coins. The speed at which more than villagers obtain resources is still relatively fast.

Ning Mengya immediately used 100 gold coins to upgrade Dameng Town. After upgrading to a level three town, the barracks was also upgraded to level six.

At the same time, the city wall of Daming Town can be raised by 1 meter, and the total height becomes 6 meters. This kind of city wall already requires siege equipment such as ladders to land.

But the problem is that raising the height by one meter requires another 100 gold coins. Now there are only 42 gold coins left in Daming Town. It is obviously not enough. NPCs will be recruited later, and the money will be even more stretched.

In desperation, Guo Tu had to give up raising the city wall and focus on recruiting first.

Ning Mengya was also very nervous. Now she only had three recruitment opportunities. Three times... Could she recruit higher-level generals?
(End of this chapter)