Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

In the game, these five pieces of equipment can all be classified as "fashionable junk".

The Poplar Bow amplifies ranged damage without armor penetration and adds a poison effect.

Forest branches allow the wearer to move freely in dense forests without sacrificing offensive or defensive attributes, while also providing some resistance to ranged ammunition and ranged damage.

It looks good, but the biggest advantage of ranged units is that they can reduce the number of enemies before the battle even begins by raining down a large number of arrows.

A single lord or agent wielding ranged weapons is neither able to eliminate a large number of targets nor effective in close-quarters interception, making it a losing proposition.

The Five Elements Staff and the All-Spirit Jar are somewhat useful, but not much.

The staff has an extremely powerful backstory, being personally crafted by Yulong Yuanbo, capable of strengthening the surrounding magical winds. However, in practice, it can only enhance the magical winds once, and the effect is minimal.

The Jar of All Souls allows a lord to die as wounded instead of killed in battle, and greatly accelerates the healing speed of wounded lords after battle.

With limited equipment slots and so many more powerful and battlefield-advantageous items available in the game, survival-related items like equipment are simply not worth considering...

and many more!

Immunity from death?! Accelerated healing?!

Li Lin was startled and trembling as he picked up the small jade bottle.

In the system properties panel, this lord now has only a sliver of health left, and he would collapse at the slightest touch.

In the game, if a lord dies, he dies; the next one will be better.

But the reality is he only has one life!

Moreover, the soul of the dead will suffer eternal torment!

Even the most powerful equipment is not as important as giving him a get-out-of-jail-free card! Not to mention it also comes with the ability to heal at high speed!

"I can never repay the Dragon Emperor's kindness!"

He prayed excitedly to the Dragon Emperor, but after a long while, the little green bottle still didn't work.

"Isn't that how it's used?"

Scratching his head in thought, he realized that it made sense. How could such a powerful and precious magical artifact possibly work just by holding it in his hand and chanting a few words?

Li Lin pondered for a moment, then opened the system and dragged the Jar of All Spirits directly into his equipment slot, which represented "magical items".

The small green bottle suddenly glowed, accompanied by the scent of maple that permeated the entire armory, and a thin mist drifted around Li Lin.

His exhaustion from accompanying his adoptive father, surnamed Lu, all day long, and the internal injuries from the poisoning that had not yet fully healed, were greatly relieved.

He should recover in a few days.

As expected, we still have to rely on the system's divine power.

It would be too much to ask him to immediately believe in a Dragon Emperor he knows very little about.

Li Lin carefully stored the small green bottle close to his body, and planned to hand the staff to Yi Ge, and the great bow and the forest branches to Xing Ganqi, so that they could test their power as soon as possible.

After all, given the precedent of the Eternal Flame Banner, who knows if there will be any surprises?

The battle flag is just here; it can be dragged and used from the system at any time, so there's no need to take it out specifically.

Thinking of this, Li Lin suddenly realized that moving only one or two pieces of equipment would be fine.

If there is an occasion where a large amount of gold is needed, how would he move this warehouse full of thousands of gold out of the truck?

At the same time he was thinking about this problem, his body, by muscle memory, had already walked back to the lobby.

In the center of the main hall inside the Dragon Palace stood a stone pillar as tall as a person, with a bead the size of a goose egg, crystal clear, its color constantly shifting between deep blue and dark green, suspended at its top.

"Dragon... Ball?" Li Lin murmured unconsciously.

He abandoned his thoughts and followed his instincts, reaching out to touch the dragon pearl on the stone pillar.

The originally restrained radiance inside the Dragon Ball instantly spread, and a faint dragon roar rose from the bottom of Li Lin's heart. Then, the entire compass cart, including the inner and outer layers of the Dragon Palace, as well as the surrounding area of ​​about ten feet, was all reflected in Li Lin's mind. The scene was lifelike, and Li Lin could even see the swarm of flies dancing around the lights.

He circled around curiously like a camera, lingered for a few seconds in front of Yi Ge's door which emitted an eerie green light, and finally decided not to cause trouble and left dejectedly.

After wandering around for a while, Li Lin came to the wooden box placed in the outer corner.

"If only we could move these two boxes into the vault."

The moment the thought crossed his mind, the wooden box vanished from sight.

Li Lin immediately turned around and looked at the treasure room with its doors wide open. Sure enough, the two incongruous dirty wooden boxes were placed at the entrance of the vault!

After unfastening the sword from his waist, Li Lin made some more attempts and finally came to a conclusion.

He didn't actually need to hold onto the Dragon Ball all the time; the ball and he already had a close, intertwined relationship.

As long as he is inside the large vehicle or within a ten-foot radius, he can freely teleport objects within it.

Even living things are no exception!

"A divine artifact! A truly divine artifact!"

"Truly worthy of being a magical artifact personally crafted by the Dragon Emperor!" Li Lin released the night crow back into the wild, marveling at its creation.

The Dragon Emperor personally instructed the military governor's family to have a truly unfathomable foundation!

But why would someone so precious entrust it to me so easily?

Could it be that he entrusted his orphan to someone on his deathbed?

Li Lin tried to recall carefully, but had no recollection of it, so he dared not draw any conclusions.

The most urgent task is to use all available resources to survive!

He looked at the new [Side Quest 1: Recruit Soldiers] and the [Side Quest 2: Return to Nanli] in the corner, his expression changing from surprise to seriousness.

With the little green bottle, he no longer needs to rest these past few nights and can continue to oversee the overall situation and plan for the future.

Tomorrow's goal is to recruit more people and spend all the money.

The goal is to convert all resources into combat power in the shortest possible time.

He teleported into the cramped compass carriage, picked up the ink brush and register on the table, and his thoughts returned to the treasure room in the Dragon Palace, where he began to plan carefully.

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Sunrise occurs at dawn, just as the sky begins to lighten.

Li Lin then woke up all the officers in charge of the criminal investigation team and the supply corps, and ordered them to recruit soldiers in the refugee area on the edge of the camp under the banner of the Southern Li Military Commissioner.

The conscription requirements are: Aurora native, eligible male, physically fit, able to wield a spear and run.

Salaries are paid according to regular military standards, and family members are allowed to accompany the unit. Each wife, children, and elderly person receives two meals a day as a benefit, which are not included in the salary.

Upon their arrival, the Yu Yong personal guards, led by Xing Ganqi, immediately began array drills. They also selected outstanding performers from the two agricultural labor units within the ranks to serve as the new Lushun troops, while simultaneously reorganizing all the remaining veterans into the new units.

Xing Ganqi was very pleased with this, as he was also from a peasant background.

However, upon hearing this, the officers in charge of the supply corps earnestly advised Li Lin that since there were still two days left, he should first try to recruit more professional Jade Warriors.

Li Lin did not refute, but simply told them to do as ordered, and handed over the poplar bow and the tree branches from the deep forest to Xing Ganqi, asking him to try them out when he had time.

The martial arts tradition was strong in China, among the regional military commissioners, dragon descendants, Haotian generals, and even the Haotian Dragon Emperor who had not left China.

Every month, he would personally go down to the battlefield to teach all the people of the world how to form ranks and fight, and how to use spears and bows.

These people are cheap to recruit and quick to learn. Moreover, in the game, they have a trait that even the elite Jade Warriors do not possess—"Resist all charges".

Whether it's the ogre's stone horde cavalry or the green-skinned boy's infantry horde, the peasant soldiers can withstand them head-on for a very long time without collapsing.

If it could be given some damage-boosting buffs, it would be able to put up a fight even against top-tier units like man-eating beasts and giants!

Quick to recruit, low military supplies, and strong combat power.

There's absolutely no need to waste energy dealing with the elite troops and foreign mercenaries in the fortress who are likely waiting to be sold.

While the others went to recruit soldiers, Li Lin took Yi Ge, ten clerks, and fifty farm laborers, and drove the Sinan cart directly towards the bustling market in the center of the fortress.

The Sulfur Road was an important route for merchants traveling through the northeastern provinces of China, and a large number of merchants gathered in the Allied Forces.

In the past few days, people have probably been busy with private transactions, so there haven't been many markets popping up.

However, starting last night, inside the fortress, near the central tents of the commander and others, merchants began to trade with the outside world in large numbers.

Various pavilions and towers sprang up overnight, attracting all sorts of powerful figures and generals from the allied forces, creating quite a spectacle.

Without some tricks up your sleeve, people on the outside won't even be able to squeeze in.

Fortunately, Li Lin's compass carriage, which carried the Dragon Palace, was the top-tier mount of the legitimate military governor.

Pulled by six armored, heavily horned oxen from Zhen Dan, the cart is surrounded by eight jade and ink lion statues facing eight directions, and a seven-colored halo of a five-element compass.

Wherever he went, people retreated, and even those arrogant high-ranking generals and commanders dared not stand in his way.

The first stop of the cart was in front of an alchemy workshop called "Yu Huan Ju".

Yi Ge said that the owner of this unassuming little workshop had some reputation in the Tantric circle. He was a master alchemist who had received the blessing of the dragon prince in the Qinling Mountains, so his skills were guaranteed.

The car door didn't open; the onlookers only saw a blur before Li Lin led Yi Ge and the others into the workshop.

"Do you have Huanglong Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine) for replenishing qi and blood and boosting energy, or Huichun Dan (another traditional Chinese medicine) for stopping bleeding and healing wounds?"

One of the shopkeeper's spiritual practitioners, who had just dismissed two military officers who had come to inquire about prices with a sour expression, said without turning his head:

"Yes, Huanglong Dan costs five taels of gold per bottle, with eight pills per bottle."

"One bottle of Rejuvenation Pill costs one tael of gold, and each bottle contains five pills."

She glanced sideways at Li Lin and his group, who were dressed in shabby clothes, then looked curiously at the large truck outside, and added:

"No bargaining. No matter which wealthy family you come from or how powerful you are, it won't work here."

"Bargaining?" Li Lin chuckled in a forced manner, then shook his head. "I may be a little embarrassed, but I wouldn't do something so undignified."

He waved his hand, and his attendants brought in four or five wardrobes.

As soon as the door of the rental shop opened, the contents were scattered on the ground with a whoosh, and a burst of golden light shone brightly, blinding even the dog's eyes.

As everyone inside and outside the workshop covered their eyes, Li Lin loudly announced, "Two thousand of each type of pill. If you don't have enough money, just tell me, and I'll make up the difference."