Chapter 25: The Powerful Blacksmith
Wu Ma also clearly saw the situation in front of him, and after a brief gesture to Yang Tian, he began to command his subordinates to advance steadily forward.
When they reached a hundred meters away from the fence, Wuma ordered the troops to stop. A hundred meters was the farthest distance that fourth-grade archers using wooden bows could shoot, plus the distance within the fence, and Wuma didn't worry about being shot at all.
The mountain bandits inside the stockade were originally nervous when they saw that the other side had over 200 people, all wearing leather armor. But seeing these people start shooting arrows from 100 meters away, many of them couldn't help but burst out laughing. In their memory, wooden bows were impossible to shoot beyond 100 meters.
But this time they obviously committed an empiricist error! When you make a mistake, you have to pay the price, and their price this time is - life!
Under a hail of arrows, more than ten people fell among the over 200 fighters gathered in the stronghold, with casualties reaching five percent after just the first wave of attack!
The leader of the stronghold was taken aback for a moment, but reacted quickly and immediately ordered: "Quick! Charge out! Engage in close combat with these shameful invaders!"
His choice may be correct, the opponent's archer range is obviously farther than his own side. To avoid the opponent's attack, he can only retreat, but after retreating, the fence will also lose its effect, and the opponent can also rush into the camp. Therefore, it's better to charge forward!
After his order was issued, a second wave of attack arrived, and another dozen or so people fell down. The eyes of the village head began to turn red...
The gate of Naihe Village is too small, and only five or six people can pass through at a time!
The surroundings of the village gate were already within the range of the enemy's firepower, but these mountain bandits were still very bloodthirsty. In this situation, they actually charged out of the village without hesitation!
Wuma was originally a mountain barbarian himself, but after joining Yang Tian, he seemed to have forgotten his own origins and had no qualms about killing these mountain barbarians.
Those who have already rushed out of the village gate no longer have time to wait for those behind them to charge together!
They raised their weapons and charged towards each other's positions with all their might...
The archer who had just emerged from the gate hadn't even had time to put his arrow on the bowstring when an arrow had already pierced through his chest!
When all the people rushed out of the village gate, nearly half of them had fallen down, and the mountain bandits who were rushing in the front were still forty meters away from the enemy's position.
The village owner, who had just run out of the village gate, saw his tribesmen fall one by one, and his heart was about to break! But knowing that he should seize the opportunity, he still shouted loudly: "Stop! We surrender!" After shouting, he suddenly fell softly to the ground, as if he had used up all his strength.
"System Prompt: Shao Hua, the leader of the Black Cloud Mountain Stronghold of the Shan Yue Tribe, has decided to surrender to you! Do you accept?"
Yang Tian did not expect happiness to come so suddenly, in the last life of the game, it ran for a whole year and hardly heard that players made these system knockoffs surrender. He actually encountered it again!
"Accept! Not accepting is stupid!" Yang Tian silently roared in his heart.
After accepting, Yang Tian found that the population of his territory had increased by more than 160 people. What surprised Yang Tian even more was that the leader of this mountain stronghold was actually a scholar! And it was an S-level high-ranking scholar.
But now I don't have the construction drawings of the primary private school, even if I have this advanced scholar, I can only wait until I am promoted to a second-level village to build an intermediate private school.
Summarizing the experience of the previous junior carpenter, Yang Tian continued to look down:
Name: Hu Tiejiang
Qualification: SS
Occupation: Master Blacksmith Reputation: 0
Identity: Villager of White Cloud Village
Merit: 0
Loyalty: 68
Level: 0 (0/200)
Commander: 3 Military Power: 6 Intelligence: 10 Politics: 8
Specialty: Sharp Blade (Forged weapon sharpness +20%)
Skills: Iron Tempering, Steel Tempering, Pattern Welding, Fine Iron Forging, Steel Forging, Various Conventional Weapon Manufacturing, Various Iron Shield Manufacturing, Hundred-Fold Steel Forging (Under Research).
Equipment: Dark Cloud Hammer (Increases forging speed by 20%, increases special weapon forging success rate by 10%)
What a big pie...
Yang Tian's eyes flashed with golden light!
Not to mention this SS-level qualification is precious, but that dark cloud hammer can be compared to a divine artifact.
Increasing forging speed by 20% is nothing much, but that special weapon forging success rate increase of 10% is worth considering!
What is a special weapon? That's equipment with certain attribute bonuses or built-in skills. Divided into black iron, white silver, gold, platinum and divine artifacts.
That is to say, the success rate of forging divine artifacts can also be increased by 10%! Reversing the heavens!
But what kind of material can be forged into a divine artifact... This is a very profound question!
With a master-level blacksmith, the troops in White Cloud Village will probably need to be re-equipped collectively. Although they haven't found coal yet, refining fine iron is still possible. Moreover, with Li Bing's special skills, even if it's fine iron weapons, they won't be much worse than ordinary steel ones.
The loyalty of this 68 makes Yang Tian a bit nervous, this number is on the edge of betrayal!
As for the others, Yang Tian didn't see anything of value. The qualifications were all relatively low, with only one A-level qualification and three B-level qualifications. It's likely that the higher-qualified NPCs had all sacrificed themselves in the previous battle.
But overall, this gain is enormous. Unparalleled enormity, almost enough to double the strength of White Cloud Village!
Yang Tian looked at Shao Hua, who had just surrendered, and saw that the sadness on his face was gone. He guessed it was due to the system's settings. However, Shao Hua's loyalty was not very high now, and he looked at Yang Tian with a somewhat cold expression.
Putting aside what was in front of him for now, Yang Tian did not forget his main purpose for coming here this time.
Taking Shao Hua directly to the mountain stronghold warehouse.
In the warehouse, resources were still as abundant as ever:
Grains 4637, stones 272, woods 543, iron ores 59, copper coins 345, iron swords 9, long spears 8, wooden bows 12, steel long spears 9, fine iron long spears 5, pointed steel guns 2, pruning shears 4 bundles, leather armors 4 sets.
All the raw materials are a little less than last time, but the grain that Yang Tian is most concerned about is still relatively abundant. Having two pointed steel guns makes Yang Tian feel somewhat unexpected. According to the rules of "Tian Xia", since there are pointed steel guns here, it means that this mountain stronghold can smelt steel, which also means that there is a coal mine within the territory of this mountain stronghold. This is something that Baiyun Village has been searching for but has not obtained yet. However, for now, he cannot develop it himself, and this is not his own territory, so he can only put it aside for now.
Yang Tian also found a blueprint: Primary Private School Construction Blueprint!
It's really like someone is sending a pillow when I want to sleep! Yang Tianru sighed.
Is his own luck today a bit too good? Yang Tian couldn't help but have some doubts!
But thinking about it, I also feel that it's not too unexpected after all. The leader of this mountain stronghold is a high-ranking literati, and having the blueprint for building a primary private school in his hands is also plausible.
Thinking that he would soon be able to set up his own private school, Yang Tian couldn't help but grin from ear to ear, the heavy burden on him finally alleviated by more than half!
