Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

Li Lin did not hesitate for a moment.

He dismounted and cut the dog's reins and blindfold, letting it go wherever it wanted.

"Lai Cai! Lai Fu! Go and help the areas with more people in the back."

The two stone beasts moved in response.

The giant jade claws carved eight deep furrows into the sandy ground, like two lightning bolts, one green and one black, traversing the fiercely grueling rear battlefield.

Li Lin charged forward as an infantryman, drawing his sword and facing the remaining farm laborers and cavalrymen on the slope.

Although he remembered that the original owner had learned many advanced techniques, he didn't know how to use any of them.

Any skilled martial artist could easily use him as a punching bag.

Fortunately, his opponent this time was just a bunch of trash cannon fodder.

If you're bad at the game, your enemy is even worse.

We've withstood the charge of the stone horns, so what's a few farm cavalrymen to us?

"Bring it on!" Li Lin shouted to the cannon fodder soldiers with great bravado. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was fighting against a grandmaster.

Faced with his provocation, the two cavalrymen, seeing that he looked ordinary, assumed that Li Lin was just a common soldier, pointed their spears at him, and charged forward.

As the sword and spear tips clashed, Li Lin felt his heart suddenly begin to pound wildly, like the booming of a war drum.

The instincts that had been dormant within him were awakened once more.

Just like when he intercepted the stone horn beast, an invisible burst of energy exploded from his dantian, surging along his meridians to his limbs and bones.

Li Lin's sleeves fluttered loudly as the sudden surge of energy stretched them.

He bent his knees slightly, his feet sinking into the ground a few inches, twisted his wrists, and lifted them up. The cavalrymen charging towards him were instantly flung into the air, then landed heavily, seriously injuring both men and horses.

Zhen Dan martial artists have five foundational stages: Ming Jin (manifest strength), An Jin (hidden strength), Tong Jin (penetrating strength), Nei Gang (internal strength), and Wai Gang (external strength).

The three Grandmaster realms are Hua Lan, Zheng Gang, and Jin Men.

This effortless exertion made Li Lin clearly feel that he should have the strength to enter the "Inner Strength" realm.

To say it's that strong is an understatement.

The previous nine commanders, including the military governor, were all at the Golden Gate level, and Yunmosige and General Haotian's martial arts level was far above the Golden Gate.

But it's not to say it's weak.

It should be fine for self-defense, dealing with minor enemies, and handling temporary emergency interceptions.

"Cool!" Li Lin was about to strike a cool pose as he sheathed his sword when he was nearly beheaded by another charging cavalryman.

Enraged, he turned around and slashed the horse's leg with his sword, then finished off the peasant soldiers who had fallen to the ground in a few more moves.

They also killed eleven or twelve old peasant cavalrymen.

Li Lin turned around to look behind him, and what he saw shocked him.

In the game, Jade Lion's active skill "Jade Breath" is a useless move with low damage that can only be used two or three times. It can't even kill slave rats. It's just a few fireworks to add some fun to the battlefield.

But right now, Li Lin saw his own Jade Lion Bringing Wealth and immediately used its breath attack as a basic attack, its mouth emitting a continuous stream of emerald flames powerful enough to melt metal.

The entire battle line was almost turned into a sea of ​​fire. The Jade Lion rolled and leaped through the enemy cavalry lines, its sharp mane covered with bits of flesh and limbs. Wherever it passed, it left behind a trail of charred corpses of men and horses.

As the black lion Laifu strolled amidst the magical flames, he casually smashed one chariot after another, weaving through the infantry lines, into pieces with his claws.

It is less aggressive than the Jade Lion and its attributes are more defensive, but its magical obsidian claws are incredibly sharp.

With up to 80 armor and immunity to 40%~80% of non-armor-piercing attacks, a heavily armored chariot is no different from a bare wagon in front of it. The thick iron-clad body is easily torn apart like poorly made papyrus, scattering into a pile of fragments.

Crossbowmen lingering on the edge of the battlefield attempted to shoot at it and the jade lion. When Laifu looked up, the crossbow bolts flying through the air suddenly stopped, as if they were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand.

Then, it suddenly turned the arrow around and shot back along the same route at several times the speed it had come from.

The crossbowmen on the three chariots were pierced through and pinned to the chariot railings.

Li Lin recognized this as the "Retreat Arrow Technique," the opposite of the Jade Lion, and an active skill of the Ink Lion that can deflect projectiles from ranged enemies.

Moreover, it is different from skills in games that have a limited number of uses.

On the other side of the chariot, crossbowmen attempted a sneak attack. Mo Shi turned his head sharply and saw that the crossbow bolts had deflected, and two more teams of crossbowmen on the chariots were killed on the spot, repeating the same mistake.

Holy crap! 0CD [Arrow Retreat Technique]!

Excessive power! A blatant example of an excessively powerful unit!

The halberdiers hardly needed to do anything; the two stone lions roamed the battlefield, devouring cavalry and chariots like candy.

In just about half an incense stick's time, under the influence of the terror aura, the remaining hundred or so old peasant cavalrymen and the only seven remaining chariots were terrified and fled in panic, leaving a trail of white flags on the system map.

In other words, the peasant soldiers had the attribute of being cannon fodder, which allowed them to hold out for a lot more time. Otherwise, when the two lions entered the fray and charged, the enemy would have all surrendered.

"Stop! Don't chase!" Li Lin called out to the two lions.

Actually, there's no need to call out; they seem to be able to sense what Li Lin is thinking and can interact with the system map.

Li Lin wants them to go to any point on the map, and they will go there, even if those places are blind spots for them.

It's starting to feel like playing a game.

This battle wasn't particularly difficult, but it wasn't easy either; I made quite a few mistakes.

Judging from the situation in the game, the two stone lions that are responsible for the main damage output will lose at least half of their health to the minions, which is very uneconomical.

In reality, the two stone beasts only lost a small portion of their health bars, approximately thirty points, and their clothes became slightly dirty.

It's like a tank crushing infantry versus a speed bump.

These massive monster units can kill cavalry and chariots with ease.

Li Lin became increasingly aware of one thing: due to the limitations of gameplay and the garbage code, military units had obvious upper and lower limits.

Even the strongest troops will suffer some damage after spending time among the common soldiers.

But in reality, there are no such artificial limitations.

The strong will always be strong, and no matter how many weak people rush forward, they will only be refined in an instant.

Rather than recruiting multiple weak and ragtag troops, it is better to carefully train a strong and elite force.

Imagine if he could have an army composed of a hundred jade lions and black lions... That might be a bit too exaggerated, so let's change it to eight.

Three thousand? Two thousand?

He could easily destroy a force of one or two thousand men, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and chariots.

If you add mages or magical items that can continuously burn health, multiplying the cost several times over is a piece of cake...

The battlefield gradually quieted down, leaving only the crackling of the burning embers and the occasional groans of the enemy.

The four belated support teams finally arrived.

The four brigade commanders leading the team rode forward, dismounted in front of Li Lin, and knelt on one knee in unison.

"Yang Bugong, son of Yang Zaixing, the Righteous Commandant of the Lingnan Garrison Prefecture, congratulates Commander Li on his further military achievements!"

"Peng Daliang, son of Peng Hongyi, the chieftain of Lingnan Jimi Prefecture, greets the chief steward."

"Meng Yuan, the great-grandson of Meng Huo, the elder of Tonggu Village in Lingnan Prefecture, is extremely fortunate to have the honor of meeting the mighty general."

"Zhao Yunxiu, grandson of Zhao Guanghan, the garrison commander of Nangao, greets you."