Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

"But, young master, they are from the rear guard. Fighting in private with the enemy at hand is a serious crime..."

"Go when I tell you to! Oh, and let the crossbowmen come over and try out the new equipment too."

Seeing the way he reprimanded his subordinates, the one-eyed man's arrogance grew even stronger.

He dismounted, sword in hand, and walked straight toward Li Lin, shouting, "This camp is the residence of Young Master Wei's servants!"

"You lowly country bumpkin from Nanli dare to occupy Young Master Wei's territory. It wouldn't be right not to offer some compensation, would it?"

The way they said that made it sound like they should know this "Young Master Wei".

Fragments of fragmented memories suddenly surfaced, and Li Lin vaguely recalled that the adjutant who had fled in the face of battle while carrying his caravan's banner... seemed to have the surname "Wei"!

Okay, okay, I was just looking for a place to vent my anger.

Li Lin waved his hand, signaling his guards to stop, and brought the man in, asking with interest, "What compensation do you want?"

"Great!" The one-eyed man made an outrageous demand: "Five hundred taels of gold! The finest quality! Once you have the money, I'll reluctantly plead with Young Master Wei on your behalf."

"Hahaha." Li Lin pointed at the one-eyed dragon and laughed, his expression just like Talking Tom.

"Hahahaha!" The one-eyed man laughed loudly, not to be outdone.

The two laughed for over thirty breaths, then the one-eyed man's face suddenly darkened. He pressed his dark pistol against Li Lin's forehead and said in a sinister tone, "What the hell are you laughing at?! You really think I won't dare to make a move?"

Li Lin stopped laughing and looked at him coldly: "A dead man is talking."

Five whooshing sounds were heard.

The pale arrows shot like ghosts toward the vital points of the one-eyed dragon and the ogre.

One-Eyed Dragon felt as if he had been run over by an oxcart, and he fell straight to the ground.

He was wearing heavy armor, and although the arrow wound was not deep, a chill ran through the wound. He tried desperately to get up but felt extremely weak in his limbs.

"The arrow is poisoned!"

Not only was it poisonous, but strange tree buds also sprouted from the gaps in his armor, then desperately tried to burrow into his flesh.

The one-eyed dragon howled, but could not move. He could only watch helplessly as the strange wood sprouts devoured his flesh and blood. His cries grew from angry roars to increasingly mournful ones.

The same was true for the four naturalized cannibals. Two of them had arrows in their heads and knelt motionless, not dead, but their heads were quickly wrapped in tree branches, which was extremely eerie.

Two others were shot in the wrist. After abandoning their hostages, they frantically tore at the branches attached to their wrists, quickly ripping their flesh away until only bare bones remained.

"Save people." Li Lin glanced at the system map, raised his hand, and said casually.

Once all the hostages had been moved to the back, he clenched his fist and shouted, "Fire the arrows!"

A barrage of crossbow bolts suddenly rained down, and in just one volley, the two ogres were riddled with bullets and died instantly.

Li Lin estimated that it would take at most two rounds to eliminate a group of ogre bull warriors, which was much more powerful than the Jade Warrior standard crossbow.

"This Qingluan Tower is indeed quite good. It's not an exaggeration. The repeating crossbows and armor-piercing crossbow bolts they sold me are indeed close to the style of the Heavenly Court's Dragon Guards."

The skirmish ended there, and Li Lin ordered his men to clean up the battlefield.

"Young Master!" Xing Ganqi Xing rushed over with the Jade Brave Crossbow Brigade.

His left hand, which held the bow, was covered with a layer of bark that shimmered with a bluish-green luster.

What happened to your hand?

Xing Ganqi immediately demonstrated it to him.

He gripped the bowstring with his right index finger and thumb, and a pale, snow-white wooden arrow instantly materialized from the bark on his left hand. As soon as the bowstring was released, the arrow turned into a white dot and disappeared into the night sky.

"This bow is very light, weighing only sixty jin," Xing Ganqi patted the round ball at his waist, the very source of the tree bark spreading out. "But when paired with the treasure given to us by the young master, the arrows shot from it can have the power of over a hundred jin!"

Can they even create a collaboration?

Li Lin looked at the ground, where the one-eyed dragon was completely wrapped in branches and had become fertilizer.

Although it still lags behind powerful equipment, it is undoubtedly at a level where it can be put to use.

"Young Master," Xing Ganqi's expression turned serious after the initial excitement, "these people are just pawns sent to test us. What should we do if they report this to General Zhao?"

"I have my own way of handling this. Has everyone else changed their equipment?"

"We should be almost there by the time we walk back."

Back at headquarters, Li Lin took out a hundred Dragon Court Gold Coins and had several White Feather Guards take them back to the manager of Qingluan Tower.

Then they began to inspect the thousand-strong army that had been upgraded from muskets to cannons.

[Farmer Spearmen, Squad 7, Wei Jing Set] [Level Lv1 (0/500)]

[Health Points: 8950] [Morale: 60] [Number of Employees: 120] [Loyalty: 70]

【属性：护甲80，移动速度28，攻击24反大型单位40，防御30，近战武器威力8破甲、20不破、20反大型单位】

【Special Features: Resist all charges, counter large units, Martial Arts Peace and Yang】

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[Jade Warrior Crossbowman - Team 1 - Wei Jing Set] [Level Lv2 (0/700)]

[Health Points: 6210] [Morale: 70] [Number of Employees: 90] [Loyalty: 80]

[Attributes: Armor 80, Movement Speed ​​28, Attack 20, Defense 20, Melee Weapon Power 5 (Armor Penetration), 20 (Unbreakable)]

[Range 320 meters, ranged weapon power (repeating crossbow) 11 armor penetration]

【Characteristic: Martial Arts Tranquility - Yin】

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[Jade Warrior Sword and Shield - Fragment - Wei Jing Set] [Level Lv2 (0/700)]

[Health Points: 2484] [Morale: 70] [Number of Employees: 36] [Loyalty: 80]

[Attributes: Armor 80, Movement Speed ​​28, Attack 28, Defense 44, Melee Weapon Power 8 (Armor Penetration), 20 (Unbreakable), Ranged Block Rate 35%]

【Characteristic: Equipped with a shield, Martial Arts Peace and Yang】

Looking at the data on paper, plus the 5-point attack and defense boost from my [Tactical Expert] skill, and the 6-point attack and defense bonus provided by [Martial Arts Peace and Yang], I can see the difference.

These conscripted peasant soldiers performed even better on the battlefield than most of the regular Yu Yong army.

In the game, a 5-point difference in attack and defense makes you significantly stronger than your enemy, and a 10-point difference basically means you're dominating them.

In reality, it would be even more exaggerated, because the game has a guaranteed hit mechanism. Even a weakling like Naobula can scratch the Chosen One's butt with a knife. But in reality, a million Naobula wouldn't be able to leave a scratch on the Chosen One's armor.

It's a pity that this team of Yu Yong guards, who were originally regular troops and, with the added benefits, were top-notch, were only destined to remain in the rear as guards to protect the enemy.

[Complete Side Quest 1: Recruit five new units to your unit list]

A flashing experience bar appeared on the system's troop panel, urging Li Lin to allocate experience to his troops.

Li Lin had already planned it out: he would first allocate 300 experience points to himself to level up, and then give the rest of the experience points to the team's main DPS, Yi Ge.

After purchasing the goods, Yi Ge seemed to have exhausted all his social energy, climbed back into the Sinan cart, and never came out again.

During the inspection, Yu Yong, the bodyguard in charge of the drills, said that these agricultural conscripts are capable of going to the battlefield, but in order for the new troops to fully understand military orders and quickly change formations, it would take another four or five days of training and adjustment. If they were to fight now, it would be best not to use overly complicated formations.

This perfectly suits Li Lin's fighting style; he also doesn't know any complex military formations.

After the military parade ended, late at night, Li Lin dismissed everyone and returned to his cart. He confirmed that the three hundred taels of Dragon Court Gold were already in the treasury, and excitedly prepared to upgrade and add points to them.

Unexpectedly, a new side quest suddenly appeared before him, leaving him feeling cold all over and as if he had fallen into an abyss!

[Side Quest 1: Survive the Ogre Alliance Attack] [Reward: 1000 EXP for the entire army, 1000 taels of gold]

[Side Quest 3: Defeat any of the following: Legendary Lord "Gresu the Big Gold Tooth"; Tyrants "Mabo the Beer Swallower" and "Tal the Back of the Head"; Treasurer "Backbreaker"; Slaughter Master "Trag the Giant Leg" and "Bogur"] [Rewards: 3000 EXP for the entire army, 5000 EXP (distributable), 5000 taels of gold, unlock the Subject's Way system, and gain 100 Zhen Dan Subject's Way Points]

[Side Quest 4: Slay the legendary lord "Gresu the Great Gold Tooth"] [Reward: Unlock the nickname system and obtain the legendary nickname "Heavenly Khan"]

I got a gold tooth?!

Really?

Li Lin quickly checked the system map and saw that the edge of the map had turned blood red at some point, and the icons of nearly twenty Zombie Fang Beast cavalry were even more shocking.

He quickly turned around, jumped out of the car, and ran wildly towards the recently disbanded military camp.

Looking towards the far end of the fortress, Li Lin could vaguely sense that further away, in the boundless darkness beyond the system's large map, there were continuous mountain ranges moving.