Two more days passed like this, and early on the third morning, Li Jing led his army out again.

The target this time is an eighth-level lord five hundred miles away.

As long as he can be dealt with, Lu Ping can be promoted to level nine.

To ensure that no accidents would occur, Li Jing led a total of 90,000 troops on this expedition, leaving only 30,000 defenders in the city.

Of course, with Lu Ping in charge, 30,000 defenders are enough.

Once a powerful enemy invades, Lu Ping can recruit soldiers at any time, so there will be no problem with safety.

In the next few days, Lu Ping did nothing but summarize the information about the novice lords sent back by the scouts.

Mark the surrounding novice lords on the map one by one, and be ready to take action against them once they have passed the novice period.

Of course, there are lords of Qing among these lords, but they are exceptions.

In addition to the novice lords, reconnaissance activities in longer ranges are also being carried out in an orderly manner.

It's just that because the distance is too far, more information has not been transmitted back.

…

Five days later, Lu Ping received good news that Li Jing led his troops to capture the city of the eighth-level lord.

Upon receiving the news, Lu Ping immediately ordered Li Jing to continue attacking surrounding targets, and at the same time sent Huang Zhong to lead 30,000 troops to provide support.

In order to achieve the goal of quickly defeating the enemy, Li Jing suffered heavy losses in this battle, losing at least 30,000 people.

If you want to continue the attack, you must replenish your troops.

After the army set out, Lu Ping immediately recruited 30,000 soldiers and began to upgrade the city to level nine.

"System, upgrade the city."

Ding! Upgrade conditions are met, please confirm the upgrade.

"confirm."

"Ding: Ninth-level city upgrade completed."

"Ding: Congratulations to the player for completing the city upgrade mission. You have been rewarded with 5.63 million grain, 5.77 million wood, 4.38 million stone, and 3.12 million iron ore.

"Ding: Congratulations to the player for reaching 600,000 reputation."

City level: Level nine.

Core area of ​​the territory: 5 square kilometers.

Area of ​​the outer domain: 850 square kilometers.