Chapter 8: Zhang Wen Yuan, A Hero with Both Brains and Brawn

  Although Lü Bu still won the third round, he was slightly injured due to his underestimation of the enemy, leaving him with only 64 health points, and all his bow-and-arrow soldiers were killed.

  Ding Yuan watched the third battle, and he was also delighted: "Lv Bu is indeed powerful, and he has won again. However, his health points have decreased so much, and all his soldiers are dead. I'm afraid that in the fourth battle, Wen Farong will take over!"

  As for Zhang Liao's performance, Ding Yuan still had high expectations. Zhang Liao was intelligent and brave, a rare talent with extremely high evaluations in the Three Kingdoms. In this regard, Ding Yuan also had high hopes.

  Lü Bu originally had a passive skill that could replenish his health, but unfortunately, he was now too low-level and the activation rate of that passive skill was too low. Otherwise, with Lü Bu's bravery and Zhang Liao's wisdom, it was highly likely that they could have taken down He Jin's old nest in Luoyang directly.

  In the third round, Cai Yang's general would never be careless again. They waited for Ding Yuan's army to send someone out to battle and then find a counter-attacking troop type to fight against!

  Cai Yang Taishou General Zhao Sheng led the Flying Dagger Troops, a mid-to-long-range attacking troop that could only attack when within 500 meters. They were skilled in using flying daggers and had strong attacking power.

  However, if it's over 500 meters, then it won't work.

  The only one left is Wang Yang, who carries a rare hammer soldier. This hammer soldier has incredible strength, but it's a third-rate soldier type that can only counter a limited number of soldier types.

  Lü Bu's health had dropped a lot and he didn't dare guarantee that he could activate the passive skill in his next match to recover his health, so he was somewhat hesitant.

  Zhang Liao saw this and rode out on horseback, shouting loudly: "I am Zhang Liao of the Zhang family! I will meet with all of you generals!"

  When he saw the troops led by Zhang Liao were long spear soldiers, General Zhao Sheng's eyes lit up. The flying knife soldiers he brought with him happened to be able to counter the long spear soldiers. He was greatly moved and immediately rode out on horseback, shouting: "Zhao Sheng is here! You are too arrogant!"

  The fourth duel begins again.

  On the left is Cai Yang's general, Taishou General Zhao Sheng. On the right is Ding Yuan's great general, Lieutenant-General Zhang Liao of Lü Bu's army.

  Zhao Sheng's troops immediately formed a crescent-shaped formation, with most of his forces concentrated on the left and right flanks, as well as the rear. As soon as his order was given, about 80 soldiers on both sides quickly moved forward.

  Zhang Liao saw this, his eyes gleaming fiercely. The military order was issued, and the long spear soldiers he led immediately gathered in the center and rushed out quickly, while Zhang Liao rode out on horseback.

  In the blink of an eye, the 500-meter distance was covered, and the flying knife soldiers quickly converged towards the center, launching a flurry of knives that flew towards the long spear soldiers.

  However, Zhang Liao was well-prepared. The long spear soldiers quickly dispersed and flew around, and Zhang Liao's three-pointed double-edged knife continuously swept across, knocking down all the flying spears. The long spear soldiers constantly changed positions and soon approached the flying dagger soldiers. At this moment, twelve of the long spear soldiers were killed or injured!

  At close quarters, the advantage of flying knife soldiers over long spear soldiers was gone. Zhao Sheng saw this and immediately issued a military order to let the flying knife soldiers retreat.

  The flying knife soldiers retreated while fighting, with each one flying to and fro, intending to kill more long spear soldiers. However, Zhang Liao's command ability was so formidable that the countless flying knives only managed to kill eight people.

  Twenty men have been killed or wounded by the long spear!

  At this time, Zhang Liao's military plan had been completed, but Zhang Liao did not use it because his military plan was also a top-notch warrior who could only use the 'Penetrating Bow'!

  In the blink of an eye, Zhang Liao and the long spearman were less than a hundred meters away from Zhao Sheng.

  Zhao Sheng's heart was in a flurry, but looking at the more than 90 flying dagger soldiers he still had left, his mind made up, and then his face lit up with joy, his martial general skill also accumulated momentum.

  Zhao Sheng let out a loud shout, his entire body's energy flowing freely, and suddenly a short knife appeared in his hand: "Go!"

  The short knife flashed through layers of space in the blink of an eye, directly arriving beside the soldier. "Bang bang!", the short knife directly killed ten people.

  Seeing this, Zhao Sheng was enraged in his heart. His military strategist was not weak either, but he only killed ten soldiers, making him look ugly.

  "Charge!"

  Looking at Zhang Liao less than fifty meters away, Zhao Sheng could no longer calm down. He was very clear about Zhang Liao's martial arts skills.

  Flying dagger soldiers, quickly rush over. At this time, Zhang Liao saw that the opportunity had arrived and did not hesitate to launch a "general attack"!

  Flying dagger soldiers and long spear soldiers clashed in close combat, instantly engaging in a fierce battle.

  Spearmen and Flying Daggers are dying every moment!

  At this moment, Zhang Liao finally approached Zhao Sheng, and Zhao Sheng hastily counterattacked. This Zhao Sheng had a combat power value of as high as thirty points, and his life value was also over sixty-eight points.

  Among these three countries, it is also a master, but Zhang Liao's opponent is there. At this time, Zhang Liao continuously hit Zhao Sheng with three moves.

  Taking advantage of Zhao Sheng's chaotic counterattack, Wu Jiang finally made his move and instantly knocked off 25 points of Zhao Sheng's life value. With three more hits, he knocked off another 21 points of Zhao Sheng's life value, leaving him with only 23 points remaining.

  In a panic, Zhao Sheng whipped his horse and fled, but Zhang Liao had anticipated this and struck him twice in succession, causing Zhao Sheng's life value to drop by as much as fifteen points, leaving him with only eight points remaining.

  However, Zhao Sheng ran out of 10 meters!

  Zhang Liao saw this and didn't rush at all. His crimson horse sped up to chase, and just as Zhao Sheng was about to escape the dueling space, he knocked him off his horse!

  In the fourth round, Zhang Liao captured General Zhao Sheng of the enemy's Taishou with an advantage of 46 wounded soldiers and no casualties on his own side.

  Ding Yuan saw this brilliant result, and sighed in his heart, "Indeed, it's Zhang Liao! In the situation where the troops were at a disadvantage, he could still achieve such a brilliant result, and himself was unscathed!"

  Lü Bu saw Zhang Liao's bravery and although he admired him in his heart, his face still showed a scornful expression.

  This fifth duel was no longer unexpected, and Wang Yang's iron hammer soldier was originally firmly restrained by the long spear soldier. Wang Yang's martial arts were also the lowest among these people. Zhang Liao only lost six points of life value, and the loss of ten soldiers was the price to capture Wang Yang!

  The victory of the fifth duel also represents Cai Yang's breakthrough!

  Ding Yuan was full of praise in his heart, and the first battle was a great start!

  After Cai Yang was breached, Ding Yuan controlled both Cai Yang and Xin Yang, but these two cities were small, and Cai Yang was only a pass city with no civilians living there, so naturally there was no recruitment of soldiers or collection of taxes.

  However, this still made Ding Yuan extremely excited, representing that Xiangyang City and Shangyong City had already opened their arms to welcome him!

  The battle is over, and now it's time for the main event - recruiting prisoners of war!

  The five captured Cai Yang Shou generals had three options for Ding Yuan: either to recruit them, release them, or behead them!

  Nature, Ding Yuan first wanted to recruit three people before talking.

  Xinye and Caiyang are both under Ding Yuan's power, the two cities have some connection between them. Ding Yuan can issue commands directly in Caiyang's governor hall through the map.

  Five dragon generals were directly escorted here, and the first one to be recruited was Zhao Sheng, the former Taishou general of Caiyang City!

  Zhao Sheng was squeezed out alone and knelt down in the grand hall of the governor.

  Ding Yuan passed through the grand hall of Tai Shi, and a voice came: "Since the general has been captured, why not surrender to me? I will not treat the general unfairly again!"

  Zhao Sheng's face turned stern, and he furrowed his brow: "How could General Ben finally surrender to you?"

  Ding Yuan sighed inwardly, knowing that this person would not surrender, and said in a low voice: "Take him away!"

  The second was General Zhang Tie, the military advisor. After Ding Yuan asked him as usual, he still refused to surrender. Ding Yuan knew that his current prestige and power were insufficient, so these people would not surrender at the first capture.

  As expected, Zhang Bu, the third person, did not surrender either.

  Ding Yuan felt a sense of despair in his heart. After the fourth person, Chen Ying, came up, his tone became somewhat stern: "Chen Ying still refuses to surrender, what are you waiting for!"

  Hearing Ding Yuan's anger, Chen Ying was originally a timid person and couldn't bear it. He immediately nodded and said: "General... General willing to surrender!"

  Ding had originally given up hope, but unexpectedly gave him a surprise. If he hadn't misremembered, the soldiers under Chen Ying's command hadn't all died yet and were captured instead. This way, wouldn't they have gained many more troops?

  In high spirits, Ding Yuan used intimidation to try and persuade Wang Yang to surrender. However, although Wang Yang's strength was weak, he was still much stronger than Chen Ying, so he refused to surrender!

  Next, Ding Yuan also knew that the remaining four people would either be killed or released, because this was a system rule and it was impossible to let them surrender slowly.

  Although these four are dragon set generals, Ding Yuan has never had the habit of killing his generals. Moreover, sooner or later, this three-country game space will be unified by him, and these people will all become his generals in the future.

  The more generals, the better.

  Cai Yang took it down, and Ding Yuan's heart slightly relaxed. The first year had finally passed safely.

  After that, things naturally became much easier. Towards Lang and his own part of the army, as well as Chen Ying's entire force, and Xin Ye's reserve troops, Ding Yuan supplemented them all to Zhang Liao and Lv Bu in Xin Ye.

  Now that Lü Bu and Zhang Liao have both recovered to their best state, the only thing that makes Ding Yuan feel disappointed is that he doesn't know what changes occurred in this Three Kingdoms game space, making it much harder for warriors to level up.

  Lü Bu fought three battles in a row, and Zhang Liao also fought two battles, but neither of their levels increased.

  Ding Yuan took a look and found that Lü Bu had gained three points of experience, Zhang Liao had gained two points of experience. To upgrade from a first-class general to a second-class general, ten points of experience were needed, which means that Lü Bu still needs to go through seven battles, and Zhang Liao needs eight more battles to upgrade his level!

  This point is much more difficult than the original game!

  Although I feel a bit depressed in my heart, there is no way. This Three Kingdoms game space is like this, and Ding Yuan can't change it either.

  In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed since the battle in space. During this time, Lü Bu's lost life value has recovered to its full value, and even Chen Ying, who had surrendered, was also fully restored.

  What made Ding Yuan depressed was that his state was still injured, and with a move in his heart, Ding Yuan looked at his current attributes and felt very depressed.

  Warlord: Ding Yuan (Lord)

  Rank: First-class

  Martial Arts Value: 10 (81)

  Intelligence Value: 16 (73)

  Held Weapon: Gentleman's Sword, Effect: Increase Martial Arts Value by one point.

  Carried Items: Five.

  Life Value: 50 (75)

  Internal Force Value: 20 (48)

  Troop Strength: Archer Troops 87 (100)

  Note 1: This warrior is in an injured state, with overall abilities greatly reduced.

  Note 2: This military general has the power to recruit generals, appoint his own faction's governor and military advisor.

  Ding Yuan saw his current pitiful attribute and was so sad he had no tears left to cry.

  In half a year, the situation has also undergone tremendous changes. Hesitating to preserve their strength, the various princes have not eliminated Zhang Jue, but instead allowed Zhang Jue's power to grow stronger.

  Now this horn has become a climate to some extent, and it is already the second largest force after Ji He.

  However, He Jin still did not wake up and was still indulging in the joy of being in power. At this time, the news of Cai Yang's fall had already reached He Jin's ears, and He Jin finally took action.