Chapitre 21: Yellow Turban Catastrophe (part 1)
Éditeur: Dragon Boat Translation
"Eastern Han District announcement: It is the sixth month of the lord's calendar, and the Yellow Turbans are uprising. Rogues from all over the country have responded by plundering the villages. The Han Court calls on the lord of the universe to defend our territory and suppress the Yellow Turbans!"
"Eastern Han District announcement: There have been Yellow Turban appearances in the following areas, please be careful. Lords of Ji Zhou are Zhang Jiao, Zhang Liang, Zhang Bao, lords of Qing Zhou, Guan Gai, You Zhou's Cheng Yuanzhi, Deng Mao, Xu Zhou's Zhang Kai, Yan Zhou's Bo Cai, Yu Zhou's Liu Pi, He Yi, Gong Du... Killing the special heroes of the Yellow Turban Army gets extra points and special rewards! The deceased special heroes from the Yellow Turban army can be summoned through recruitment orders in the future!"
Once the system announcement was released, players in the Eastern Han district went into an uproar. Even the closed beta players were stunned. They thought that this time it was just a group of high-level Yellow Turban soldiers coming out to loot food. But instead, a large number of heroes actually appeared. How could the players stop this?
"Insane. This is insane."
Chu Tian, who was actively preparing for battle in the Xia Village, was also stunned when he heard the announcement. The 'Yellow Turban Trail' event was just a warmup for the epic battle 'Yellow Turban Rebellion'.
The lord of Ji Zhou was under the greatest pressure for it was very likely he would encounter the Yellow Turban Army lead by the great sage, Zhang Jiao.
Even if it wasn't Zhang Jiao, the other Yellow Turban heroes were difficult to resist anyway. Since the Three Kingdoms consisted of NPC forces, the hero levels were very high. For example, Hu Mulan was level 32, but as an NPC power, Zhang Jiao had a starting level of 80!
If the warm-up events were this difficult, how hard was the epic battle?
"Xu Zhou district announcement: The heavens are dead; the yellow skies arise! The Yellow Turban Army's general, Zhang Kai, has responded, and one hundred thousand Yellow Turbans have invaded Xu Zhou. Can the lords of Xu Zhou district stay in the territory according to the situation? If you lose, it is recommended to abandon your post and take refuge in a nearby city!"
"Xu Zhou district announcement: The Xu Zhou governor, Tao Qian, has ordered Chen Deng, Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, and other heroes to take down the Yellow Turbans together with the lords. Please fight valiantly to ensure the safety of the villagers!"
Just when Chu Tian was thinking the difficulty was too high, a separate announcement from Xu Zhou District sounded.
Now Chu Tian understood why the heroes of the Yellow Turban had left their nest; it turns out they were at war with the princes. The Xu Zhou governor, Tao Qian, had a higher win rate than that of the Yellow Turban's Army general, Zhang Kai. The players' commanders only need to protect their village during the battle between the princes and the Yellow Turban Army.
After understanding the general context of the Yellow Turban catastrophe, Chu Tian sent a few more courageous patrollers around the village. Once the Yellow Turban Army was upon the Xia village, they would immediately beat gongs and drums to urge the villagers into a state of combat.
After several days of construction, five simple wooden archer towers had been built at four meters high, which was quite impressive. Each tower would accommodate up to three archers. Since the Xia Village had no professional archers, all the local militia had been equipped with bows and arrows instead as they stood guard along the tower.
After the large-scale Yellow Turban invasion, the speeds of construction in several villages all slowed down. Most of the villagers had been under attack from the Yellow Turbans, with the only difference being the scale of the attacks.
The villagers from the Xia Village seemed to be aware that the village was facing a large crisis at this time and were in a state of panic.
Chu Tian discovered that the popular sentiment had dropped from 75 to 71, and public security from 87 to 83. If it weren't for the Xia Village's original high stats in these sectors, villagers might have already begun to flee for the bigger NPC cities with their families. Large cities were generally guarded by special heroes and elite officers and soldiers.
There were already commanders in the guild who had been attacked by the Yellow Turban Army. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and Chu Tian was unable to provide support. Plus, he had to prioritize himself as the Xia Village's forces were already spread thin.
"The Yellow Turban general in Xu Zhou is Zhang Kai. It is said that he murdered Cao Cao's father, and assassinated the Chen King, Liu Chong, at the signal of Yuan Shu. Zhang Kai was at least a gold-level special hero, and his rankings were high as well. Plus, he even has a large army of Yellow Turbans that contain advanced units such as chiefs and warriors. I hope he doesn't show up near our village."
Chu Tian's current weapons were only a silver-tier spear and a silver-tier leather armor. Plus, he had a warhorse. Appearance wise, it looked very proper.
He personally led the Xia Village guards and a large militia to guard the village. Divided into four groups of men and horses, they would always be on guard.
"Ding! Xu Zhou District announcement: Mochizuki Village has been looted by the Yellow Turban bandits. The village chiefs and the local militia have fought valiantly, but the Mochizuki Village will now disappear in the long river of history."
The Yellow Turban Army had not yet attacked the Xia Village, but a mere announcement was enough to make Chu Tian nervous. The Xia Village had just discovered traces of a large Yellow Turban Army, but he didn't expect that a player's village would be destroyed by them so soon.
Afterward, several announcements followed consisting of villages of other players that had been destroyed by the Yellow Turban Army.
The Xia Village had to figure out a way to block the Yellow Turban's offense. Chu Tian didn't know the scale of the army that would be invading the Xia village, but he was sure of one thing. This event was going to be difficult to survive. A large number of low-level players had already been wiped out, particularly the level one villages which had no resistance when faced with the Yellow Turbans' abilities.
"My lord, do not worry. I will do my best to protect the Xia Village to the end."
Hua Mulan's words brought relief to Chu Tian.
Although Hua Mulan was only level 32, her 82 points of strength were already Boss tier among the Yellow Turban battalions.
If he, who owned Hua Mulan, could not defend against the Yellow Turbans, then how many players in the entire Easter Han Dynasty could?
Thinking of this, Chu Tian relaxed.
Perhaps this event was meant to wipe out a small group of players with level 1 villages, but there was no reason he shouldn't be able to protect his level three village.
Unless... Zhang Kai, the chief of the Yellow Turban Army in Xu Zhou, lead the main forces and appeared near Langya County...
But he wouldn't be that unlucky, right?
Chu Tian shook his head. Xu Zhou was large in area and contained 60 or so counties. The area for 'lords' had been expanded tenfold so that the Xu Zhou area was over 1 million square kilometers.
Although most of the land was barren, Xu Zhou was large. There was no promise that Zhang Kai would appear in Langya County.
"Yellow Turban... Yellow Turban Army!"
The drumming from the archer towers startled Chu Tian.
"Everyone, assemble!"
Chu Tian climbed the wooden ladder on the archer towers so he could get a broader view. From the horizon emerged two hundred looters wearing yellow turbans. They were fierce and evil, with over 20 cavalry soldiers on horseback!
"Two hundred Yellow Soldiers and 20 cavalry soldiers with higher levels than the Xia village's militia. How many lords can resist... Oh no, I was fooled!"
Chu Tian looked at the dense array of Yellow Turban soldiers and instantly regretted upgrading to a third-level village. In this Yellow Turban invasion, the number of soldiers attacking a village was obviously related to the village's level. A third level village meant an invasion of over two hundred Yellow Turban soldiers!
-- Cadeau
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