Capítulo 14: Big Catch
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Fifteen miles outside Langya City, three bandits patrolled under the hillside. With Yellow Turbans tied to their heads, they were Yellow Turban soldiers roaming in various parts of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Suddenly, a few arrows shot from the woods, hitting three bandits. Two bandits fell, and only one bandit still wanted to escape after being injured.
Another arrow flew over, killing the wounded bandit.
"Player, you have killed a Level 15 Yellow Turban soldier, earning +50 in Experience."
Chu Tian and his team appeared from the woods. They scoured for war spoils among the bodies of the Yellow Turbans, finding one tael of silver and 152 copper coins.
"They are poor."
Chu Tian counted the trophies. Compared with the cost of dozens of taels of silver for the development of the village, this trophy was a drop in the bucket.
He looked towards the top of the hill, where a dozen wooden sheds stood, and wooden fences were used as fortifications.
This group of Yellow Turban soldiers did not produce goods. They lived on looting nearby villages. Therefore, the Yellow Turban army's stronghold basically had no economic construction.
Chu Tian and his party explored their way up the mountain road, killing several Yellow Turban soldiers on the way.
The Yellow Turban stronghold even had a wooden arrow tower monitoring the periphery.
The wooden arrow tower was amazing. As a Level 2 defense construction, it could greatly improve the attributes and vision of the archers deployed on the wooden arrow tower. Even Xia Village did not have an arrow tower. If several sharpshooters were stationed on the arrow tower, it would be difficult for the enemy to attack the village unless they had siege equipment or a large number of archers overwhelming the arrow tower.
There were two Yellow Turban archers on the wooden arrow tower, and their levels seemed to be quite high.
Chu Tian patiently observed outside the Yellow Turban stronghold, then he gathered the other seven people. He used a branch to draw the outline of the stronghold on the ground. "There are at least a hundred Yellow Turban soldiers inside, and there's only eight of us. We cannot attack it by force. Periodically, Yellow Turban soldiers do a patrol down the mountain. We can intercept and kill these soldiers, provoking them."
Xia Tianliang didn't understand the plan. "Then what?"
Chu Tian used a tree branch. "When we send four people to provoke the Yellow Turban soldiers, we lure away most of the troops inside, while the other four hiding outside go in to kill the rebel army leader. This is called 'luring the tiger from the mountain.'"
"The idea is very good, but those of us who do the provoking may be hunted down by dozens or even hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers. They will likely die..."
"Don't forget that we have four warhorses. As long as those of us who lure the enemy outside switch to horses on the way, we can escape the Yellow Turban soldiers."
Chu Tian made his plans. Xia Village and Xiaozhu village would each send in two local soldiers for the enemy-luring operation.
These four local soldiers actually all knew how to ride horses.
In order to complete the C-level reward mission, Chu Tian patiently ambushed the Yellow Turban soldiers who came out on patrol, killing a total of seven Yellow Turban soldiers.
All the Yellow Turban soldiers who came out on patrol were ambushed. The soldiers in the Yellow Turban stronghold began to panic. The leader of the Yellow Turban army assembled all of their soldiers to strengthen defense.
Four local soldiers haunted the Yellow Turban stronghold. The Yellow Turban leader, who was anxious and angry, gave chase with hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers, and they were smoothly lured away by these local soldiers.
"The Yellow Turban Army really is the Yellow Turban Army; they don't seem very smart. If it were a general or prince of the Three Kingdoms, they wouldn't have fallen for a trick like this."
Chu Tian's judgment was correct. Except for a few special heroes, the general setting of the Yellow Turban commanders was high in Strength and low in Intellect.
The silver-level hero of Xiaozhu Village was an archer. The so-called archer was not only good at using bows and arrows, but they also had special reinforcements when commanding other archers, such as Huang Zhong and Sun Shangxiang of the Three Kingdoms.
Hua Mulan unsheathed the single wooden bow. Together with the hero of Xiaozhu Village, they each aimed at a Yellow Turban archer on the wooden arrow tower.
The two arrows shot out, hitting two Yellow Turban archers!
The Yellow Turban archer shot by Hua Mulan was killed instantly, but the Yellow Turban soldier shot by the village hero was not dead yet. He still wanted to knock the gong to sound an alarm for the other Yellow Turban soldiers in the stronghold.
Hua Mulan shot another arrow to help the hero of Xiaozhu Village.
The level of Yellow Turban soldiers eligible to stand guard on the wooden arrow tower was not low, even a Level 30 silver-level hero could not kill them right away with a bow and arrow.
Xia Tianliang of Xiaozhu Village and the silver-level hero looked at Hua Mulan as if she was an anomaly. Hua Mulan had managed to kill the Yellow Turban archer who couldn't be instantly killed by a silver-level hero with just one arrow. The difference in power was remarkable.
"Is she really just a gold-level hero? Isn't she a special hero?"
If Xia Tianliang promoted her village to Level 2 on her own, she was a smart person. Seeing the huge gap between the ordinary heroes she recruited and Hua Mulan, she quickly realized that Hua Mulan may not be just an ordinary gold-level hero. Hua Mulan was either a special hero or was above the gold-level.
"Charge!"
Chu Tian didn't have time to explain. The main forces of the Yellow Turban army were lured away using the 'luring the tiger away from the mountain' strategy. There were only 20 or 30 Yellow Turban soldiers left in the stronghold. In addition, the archers guarding the wooden arrow tower were also shot and killed. Now, they could go in and kill the rebel leader.
Hua Mulan, highest in Strength, charged in front. Some Yellow Turban soldiers left over at the stronghold hurriedly came out from the wooden shed to fight but were killed by Hua Mulan with a single strike.
Chu Tian, Xia Tianliang, and the silver-level hero of Xiaozhu Village used arrows to cover Hua Mulan.
Chu Tian shot one arrow, piercing one Yellow Turban soldier's shoulder. The soldier didn't die, however, as he was higher level than the Yellow Turban soldiers outside.
Xia Tianliang added another arrow, but the Yellow Turban soldier still didn't die.
It wasn't until the silver-level hero added an arrow that the resilient Yellow Turban soldier finally fell down.
"No wonder this was a C-level reward mission. Even a minor soldier was so hard to kill..."
Chu Tian now understood why this mission was C-level; it had a Level 60 rebel army leader, and hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers. If the main forces of the Yellow Turbans weren't lured away, the battle would be even more brutal.
Hua Mulan was still cutting down Yellow Turbans with every strike, using up her strength.
"Did that idiot Zang Ba send you to kill me?!"
A man dressed as a warrior appeared. He had a beard and was armed with a spear.
Chu Tian was sure this was the army leader who rebelled against Langya City.
The defenders of Langya City were not minor players. They were heroes of the Three Kingdoms period: Zang Ba, Sun Guan, and Yin Li. This man was likely once Zang Ba's subordinate, who later defected to the Yellow Turban Army.
Hua Mulan was already fighting the rebel army. She used her Han sword against their long spears but still managed to keep an upper hand.
The comparison between commanders depended on attributes such as level difference, strength, equipment, and skills, etc. Although Hua Mulan was only Level 30, she had 81 points in strength, whereas even if the silver-level rebels reached Level 100, their maximum strength was less than 60 points. The rebel army could only rely on the level difference to withstand Hua Mulan's attack.
Hua Mulan moved forward step by step. She moved the Han sword so fast it was like a butterfly, steadily beating back the rebel army.
There were seven Yellow Turban soldiers left in the Yellow Turban stronghold, with a level no less than 30. They set upon Chu Tian, Xia Tianliang, and the silver-level hero.
Only the silver-level hero of Xiaozhu Village could fight against Yellow Turban soldiers of the same level, but he was outnumbered. It was difficult to protect two village chiefs who were not as high level.
"Get behind me!"
The silver-level hero tried to block the seven Yellow Turban soldiers, but three of them still broke through his offensive and attacked Chu Tian.
When his iron sword collided with the Yellow Turban soldier's broadsword, Chu Tian's arm went numb.
The Yellow Turban soldier was higher level than him, and his strength could not beat so many levels.
When a rock flew over and hit the Yellow Turban soldier's shoulder, making him fall. Chu Tian used the opportunity to stab the soldier a few times in succession.
"Player, you have killed a Level 30 Yellow Turban soldier, earning +200 in Experience."
"Ding! Congratulations on achieving Level 16."
The Yellow Turban soldier was indeed of a high level, which was why he was so hard to beat.
If Hua Mulan didn't kick up rocks while battling the rebel army, injuring the Level 30 Yellow Turban soldier, Chu Tian could have been killed by this Level 30 Yellow Turban soldier.
Even minor soldiers, if they were a higher level, could still be terrifying.
The difference between a Level 100 division with experience from a hundred battles and a Level 10 group of misfits was not a small one.
Therefore, it was possible to have 7000 White Robes defeat a mob of 300 thousand in 'Feudal Lords'.
When Chu Tian and Xia Tianliang joined forces, they battled two Yellow Turbans together. Hua Mulan kept using rocks to hit the Yellow Turban soldiers, trying to multi-task and help Chu Tian.
"No!"
The rebel leader screamed. There was a horrible knife wound on his chest; he was killed by Hua Mulan.
Xiaozhu Village's silver-hero was only Level 30, but it didn't take long to defeat a few Yellow Turban soldiers of the same level. One after another, Yellow Turban soldiers fell under his iron sword.
"Hurry, before the rest of the Yellow Turbans come back!"
After Chu Tian and his team killed the rebel leader, they went all over, looking for war spoils.
The rebel leader had three architectural drawings on him, and Chu Tian put them away before having time to check them. The main group of Yellow Turban soldiers could return at any time. It was not safe here. Hua Mulan had already spent a lot of strength to kill the rebel leader, and Chu Tian was afraid that she couldn't protect him from hundreds of Yellow Turban soldiers.
"Ten taels of gold. The rebel leader was quite wealthy."
Chu Tian also found ten taels of gold on the body of the rebel leader. The military officers in Langya City were quite rich, as they each carried ten taels of gold. They were definitely much richer than the Yellow Turbans. The gap between the rich and the poor was enormous; no wonder the Yellow Turbans wanted to revolt.
In addition to three architectural drawings and ten taels of gold, Chu Tian also seized the rebel leader's spear and leather armor, which were all silver-level equipment.
When Hua Mulan, Xia Tianliang, and the silver-level hero of Xiaozhu Village broke into the warehouse in the Yellow Turban stronghold, they found two treasure chests. In addition to the treasure chests, there were more than 20 sets of leather armor and sophisticated weapons.
Xia Tianliang exclaimed, "We're rich!"
Chu Tian came over too. He rushed to say, "We can't bring all of this. Let's just take the gold and silver-level equipment and the skill books."
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