Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

Chapter 82 Martial Arts Competition (4)

"Have the mercenaries wait outside," Li Lin reassured Jin Fu, then turned to instruct his advisor.

He then jumped off the stone beast and led the martial arts community to reunite with the crowd ahead.

"Why aren't you commanding your own troops? What are you doing here?"

Before He Xu and the others could come up to greet him, Li Lin bombarded them with questions.

He Xu chuckled, leaned closer to Li Lin, glanced around and said as if showing off, "Please rest assured, General, all the adjutants in the camp have been arranged. They are all veterans from Changyuan, they won't cause any trouble."

Wei Zheng chimed in from behind, "Yeah, with my uncle watching over us, nothing's going to happen. It's not easy for me to come out on my own like this."

"Wait a minute," Li Lin thought of Wei Zheng's absence from the battlefield as a commander, "You mean, you're not part of the Lushun unit, but your adjutant is? Or are you and your adjutant both?"

"So even if you're not on the front lines, as long as your adjutant makes a contribution, you'll also have a contribution, right?"

He Xu's smile twitched, his expression somewhat bewildered, wondering how Li Lin had come to this conclusion.

"How could that be? These adjutants are just veterans temporarily appointed, at most they are out-of-service officers, they don't have any real official positions."

"This allied army was formed by nine lords of the Weixi Lie province, so they should at least be officials of the ninth rank to be given military positions."

He pointed to himself and Jian Ping, then turned to Wei Zheng and introduced them to Li Lin one by one.

"Look, Xiaoping comes from a family of military merit. As a registered military examination candidate, he is nominally a high-ranking official of the fifth rank."

"I am of humble talent, but I have the backing of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. I came to Shangyang to do my job in accordance with the law, so I will just consider myself a lowly ninth-rank official."

"Brother Wei Zheng's family workshop is a direct descendant of the Nangao Craftsmen Association, and he also holds the official position of Pei Rong Xiaowei."

Oh my? There's a Nine-Rank System here too?

I had heard people mention it before, but since there was a war going on, I didn't take it seriously.

Li Lin pondered for a moment and then asked, "So, what rank of official am I?"

"Oh my!" He Xu hurriedly waved his hands, feigning surprise. "You are the military commissioner personally appointed by the Dragon Emperor! What official position is worthy of you?"

"Huh? So I don't hold any official position?"

He Xu was speechless for a moment, his mouth half-open, unable to speak, nor daring to speak.

Jian Ping, who was standing next to him, quickly chimed in, saying that he had experienced Li Lin's serious lack of common sense in certain areas more than once.

"It's not that you don't hold an official position; rather, your status is far above all other official positions."

"We, including the officials of the Heavenly Court of Wei Jing and the various dragon princes, belong to the lowly."

"You belong to the Venerable One," meaning you are nominally in command of everyone except the Dragon Princes, the Imperial Guard, and the Moon Goddess Academy, and are immune from any impeachment or accusations.

Holy crap, is the position of the military governor really that high?

Li Lin felt a sense of unease.

After all, from the time he transmigrated until now, he hasn't had a single comfortable day. There are always people making things difficult for him and wanting him dead.

This is probably a sign of the collapse of some kind of social order.

After all, the four Eastern nations of China, Nipeng, Hindi, and Kuris were all speedrunned at the end of the world.

Given the size of Aurora, it wouldn't make sense to speed through it without first causing some internal collapse.

Shaking his head to temporarily shake off the unrealistic speculations in his mind, Li Lin shouted to the crowd, "It's just me and my fellow disciples resolving some private matters. But if you want to watch, then go ahead, just stay away so you don't get caught in the crossfire."

He then summoned his foreign mercenary group to the scene.

I feel frustrated and depressed.

At this moment, Li Lin only wanted to fight a bloody battle.

He Xu and Jian Ping were very perceptive in helping Li Lin disperse the crowd to facilitate the march.

Wearing a white mink fur coat, Wei Zheng followed the two men with a smug grin, brazenly joining them in shouting to the crowd. Li Lin guessed that Feng Yuan's condition for letting his nephew out alone was that he had to stay close to He Xu and Jian Ping.

On the plain, Shen Du, Yue Pengrui, Ma Mingyuan, and Gu Ying had disappeared without a trace.

Instead, three disciplined and menacing garrison regiments were formed.

Two squads of infantry, one squad of cavalry, and some martial arts practitioners dressed in various styles.

Li Lin looked at their soldier identification data, his face grave.

[Nine Banner Soldiers - Giant Sword]

[Health Points: 8400] [Morale: 68] [Number of Modules: 120]

[Attributes: Armor 80, Movement Speed ​​28, Attack 32, Anti-Infantry 44, Defense 30, Melee Weapon Power 26, Armor Penetration 9, Non-Armor Penetration 12, Anti-Infantry Bonus, Charge 18]

[Skill: Carrying the Flag Feather]

【Traits: Resistant to Charge (all charges), Agile, Martial Arts Serenity - Yang】

[Guardian Soldiers - Guan Dao]

[Health Points: 8400] [Morale: 68] [Number of Modules: 120]

[Attributes: Armor 80, Movement Speed ​​28, Attack 28, Anti-large weapon bonus 40, Defense 41, Melee Weapon Power 22, Armor Penetration 10, Non-Armor Penetration 12, Anti-large weapon bonus, Charge 8]

[Skill: A Forest of Swords and Spears]

【Characteristics: Resistant to charges (large troop charges), Agile, Martial Arts Peaceful Yang, Well-trained】

[Anguan Cavalry - Melee Horse Cavalry]

[Health Points: 6400] [Morale: 72] [Number of Modules: 60]

[Attributes: Armor 110, Movement Speed ​​78, Attack 40, Defense 48, Melee Weapon Power 38, Armor Penetration 14, No Armor Penetration, Charge 40]

【Characteristics: Martial Arts Peace and Yang, Induces Fear, Agility】

[Skill: Bearing the Flag Feather] [Effect: Based on the number of surrounding enemies, provides a charge bonus and armor-piercing weapon damage to yourself and nearby allies.]

[Skill: Barrage of Blades] [Effect: When stationary, gain the "Charge Counter" effect and also gain 10 points of melee damage reflection]

They were definitely well-prepared; the quality of their troops is terrifying.

And the combination is also quite good.

If you stay in the corner, you can use the [Bearing Flag Feather] effect of the Nine Prefectures Flag Soldiers to launch a charge.

If we take the initiative to charge forward, the guards can not only withstand the attack, but also inflict heavy damage.

As a mobile unit, the cavalry [Anguan Cavalry] also boasts extremely impressive stats on paper, far surpassing Alfonso's [Carcassonne Knights].

With a charge attack of 40 and armor penetration of 38, it boasts impressive offense and defense, making it difficult for any unit to withstand its charge.

The only saving grace is that the opponent doesn't seem to have any melee Yin-type units that can be used in the duel, so Wudao Ninghe can be considered as non-existent, as its attributes aren't that terrifying.

My senior brother, Tianliang, is indeed quite skilled.

If everyone could be friendly and respectful to each other and live in peace, Li Lin might actually consider recruiting him as a second general.

Besides the three righteous forces, the opposing side also had about twenty or thirty scattered martial arts practitioners who were not represented by specific unit tokens in the system.

It should be a group of unorganized administrative officers, not even at the level of a single person forming an army.

"Manager!"

Fu Qinglin and his group somehow bypassed the mercenary group and came back to him.

"Don't underestimate your opponent!"

The usually carefree Hu Ye suddenly became serious: "Shen Du and his gang have already spread the word that, with the reputation of the Six Young Masters of Nan Dou, they have recruited quite a few experts from the Allied Forces in the past two days. I heard that the guy surnamed Yue even gave up his qualification to meet Binlong and hired a Jinmen expert."

He glanced at Li Lin's bizarre foreign mercenaries, and then lingered for a moment on several units that resembled wasteland herders and "long-toothed warriors".

"In martial arts competitions, there are no magical weapons, firearms, or spells to use; it all depends on hand-to-hand combat. To deal with a Grandmaster-level martial artist, those foreign mercenaries alone won't suffice!"

"Young friend Fu is right." Zhao Kangding, the True Qi Realm martial artist who called himself "Taiyuan Silver Spear," clasped his hands in a salute, stepped forward, and gave Li Lin a demonstration.

He stood with his legs naturally apart, V-shaped, his buttocks tucked in, his spine straight, his chest slightly concave, and his back upright, adopting a stable horse stance.

"Yiquan stance training!" Li Lin thought reflexively, memories of his martial arts training flooding back. This was one of the stance training exercises he often practiced.

The True Qi Warrior had his eyes half-closed, his arms raised to his chest, and his fists clasped inwards.

In an instant, the silver true energy formed a substantial barrier, and a tremendous attraction erupted. A fierce wind howled, carrying large clusters of fallen leaves and broken branches, forming a mini typhoon with Zhao Kangding at its core.

Li Lin had to use all his cultivation to ensure he didn't fall off Jin Fu.

Fortunately, Zhao Kangding only demonstrated for a moment before immediately stopping his practice. He didn't even frown, clearly indicating that he hadn't yet shown his true abilities.

"Steward, if I were to unleash my full power, it would be more than ten times stronger than before. Do you think these foreigners under your command could withstand it?" He arrogantly surveyed the group of mercenaries.

Li Lin wasn't sure if he was exaggerating, but if he asked now, the other party obviously wouldn't give a truthful answer for the sake of saving face.

"Master Zhao," he said, clasping his hands in greeting, "military exercises are not like martial arts training. It's not enough to just defeat one person; you must fight until victory is achieved."

"How long can you maintain this level of performance at full power?"

Zhao Kangding found this strange, after all, Li Lin came from a prestigious family and was the disciple of Pei Yue, the number one martial arts master under Binlong.

His master's skill level far surpassed that of the Golden Gate, and there were countless Grandmaster-level martial artists in the sect. How could he not even know how long a True Qi martial artist could fight?

"Half an hour is no problem," he said calmly, arms crossed. "As for the others, as long as they're not just there to fill the ranks, they should be able to survive this hundred-person military exercise without any issues."

The answer was still unclear, and no system attributes were provided for Li Lin to refer to.

He pondered for a moment, then beckoned to Fu Qinglin: "This military exercise is supposed to be 300 against 300, and I still have 38 men in my unit."

"There are 38 spots available. You will select the 38 strongest individuals from this group to join."

"Your only goal is to prevent those... uh, martial arts masters from interfering with the regular army's battle."

"I happen to have a few spare Earth-rank cultivation technique jade slips on hand. If you do this well, you'll definitely get your share of the rewards."

"The same goes for everyone else; if they perform well, I'll reward them handsomely."

Upon hearing the words "Earth-rank cultivation technique," Fu Qinglin immediately became incredibly excited, as if he had been injected with adrenaline.

"You can rest assured and leave this to me!"

When the other party went to recruit martial arts practitioners, Li Lin distributed compasses and magical artifacts to Lute, Lorenzo, and the old shaman.

We don't expect them to know how to operate it; we just let them wear it as a megaphone.

"Is this really okay?"

Li Lin described his strategy.

Arrange the Vespero Avengers, who can withstand the charge, into a loosely positioned square formation with a hollow center. First, they will withstand the fiercest initial charge from the opposite side, and then the others inside will come out to fight.

Lorenzo shrugged, looking like he didn't think the plan would work, but still ordered his duelists to give it a try.

As a result, these Tirians and bear-men would breathe on each other whenever they met, feeling that getting close to each other would be dangerous.

Li Lin had no choice but to give up and abandon the complex formation.

"You guys charge at him, you guys charge at him, just keep killing them all, understand?"

Vespero charged at the enemy's anti-Greatsword soldiers, while the bearmen engaged the enemy's greatswordsmen in a fierce battle. Two squads of Golfalgar's man-eaters stood on the flanks, ready to act as they saw fit.

This is a pure meat grinder based on unit stats, leaving no room for either side to employ any tactics or strategies.

"The enemy has better mobility than us, and fighting in open areas is too passive," Lorenzo said seriously, looking at the An Guan cavalrymen in their golden armor, their murderous intent palpable. "We'd better lure them into the forest."

"I'd like to, but there aren't any woods nearby."

Lorenzo smiled mysteriously, walked over to Jinfu, and made Li Lin lean down to listen.

Li Lin didn't put on airs and listened attentively to him. After a while, his eyes lit up and he called Fu Qinglin over, giving him a long speech.

"This... will probably consume a lot of resources."

"Just do it."

"Yes, ma'am."

It was already past noon, and they couldn't delay any longer. Li Lin shouted and led the mercenaries into the military exercise area.