Chapter 116 Winter is Coming
After resting for another hour and replenishing food and water, Zhang Yang ordered a hasty march back.
On the way back, they indeed encountered the orc lord, but there were only about fifty orc warriors left around him. After giving him a hateful look, they turned in another direction from a distance.
And Zhang Yang had no interest in giving chase, because there were still people in the village who needed to be resurrected.
Finally, before midnight, they returned to the village.
At this time, because the time of death exceeded one day and one night, many people could no longer be saved.
"Sir!" Wu Yuan came forward.
"Stop talking nonsense, are you ready?"
"Yes, sir. These are the brothers who are about to exceed the time limit for resurrection. They will be given priority."
Wu Yuan said quickly that he had placed the bodies of the dead on the training ground and set up a shed.
Zhang Yang had already exchanged all the orc souls for five nine-point Ruyi dice on the road, which was just enough to rescue 100 soldiers below the captain level.
As for the dragon crossing the river, that is, the three orc village chiefs, although they were killed, because they had set up successors in advance, apart from obtaining blood essence, soul essence, and energy, the demon soul and village building order could not be plundered.
But even so, the three trial heroes brought by the three dragons from across the river were not bad, all of them were above level 30. Zhang Yang did not hesitate and directly exchanged them for resurrection potions.
Unfortunately, because too much time has passed, Sun Goudan, who died first in the battle, could not be resurrected, and Qin Yidao could not be resurrected because he had died once. In the end, only the Hurricane Swordsman Wang Shen and the salted fish Liu Dali could be resurrected. This was the last salted fish.
As for the soldiers, a total of 97 people were resurrected. This was mainly because the last battle at dawn was too brutal. The orc lord attacked frantically, and Wu Yuan and his men fought desperately. It was also thanks to the village's unity attribute that had reached 3/5, otherwise there would be deserters.
Or some deserters were killed before they could escape.
Although the scale of this battle is small, it is really like a meat grinder.
What really made Zhang Yang heartbroken was that many of the soldiers who could not be resurrected were among the original 500 people and were his most core foundation.
As a result, only 52 veterans are left, including Wu Yuan, Duan Kuan, Song Dachui and others.
And he was lucky that he took 30 veterans with him on this hunt, otherwise, more people would have died.
"The village must always have wishful dice and resurrection potions. Although the price of exchanging these things is too high, war is all about attrition. If we can quickly gather a group of fresh troops in a fierce bloody battle, the effect will be completely different."
The resurrected soldiers and many other matters were handed over to Wu Yuan and others to handle.
Only then did Zhang Yang have the opportunity to observe the specific gains from this brutal war.
There was almost no gain in terms of demon souls, as all of them were used to exchange for Ruyi Dice and Resurrection Potions.
In terms of energy, a total of more than 300,000 points were gained.
450 Grey Hope Fragments.
9 pieces of white hope fragments.
300 units of Lord's blood essence.
The hero's health is 450 units.
Then the biggest gain was the all-round plunder of the orc town.
There were so many looted materials that even Zhang Yang's bound fantasy village building order could not hold them all. Fortunately, he also had a bound game village building order.
The two village builders then brought back all the looted supplies.
The details are as follows:
Iron ore 59,000 units.
Iron ingots 4,500 units Steel ingots 3,200 units Stone 980,000 units Wood 560,000 units Food (including other items) 3,000,000 units (6 million jin).
Jade 490 units Ghost Crystal 50 units Fire Crystal 50 units.
One ghost nest, after decomposing it, you can get 50 units of ghost crystals.
A variety of tools.
Overall, the looted materials were almost ten times more than those destroyed in the village, and even the food crisis was solved at one time.
“The villagers’ destroyed farmland will be compensated according to the output.”
"Hurry up and plant vegetables in those damaged farmlands. Winter is coming in a month and a half."
"Bury the dead and rebuild the mountain temple. The mountain god did a good job this time. Use 50 units of jade, 500 units of stone, and 5 units of ghost crystals. Build it as well as you can."
Zhang Yang was busy inspecting the post-war situation and quickly issuing reconstruction orders. He had to stabilize the people's hearts and loyalty. With plenty of resources in hand, it was only a matter of time before the village's prosperity and livability index were restored.
During and after this bloody battle, the mountain god's performance was remarkable. Not only did he calm and encourage the villagers when the battle was most intense, but his actions were at least correct.
However, the mountain god played the greatest role after the war. One hundred and two villagers died in this battle. Burial and sacrifice could not be done by Zhang Yang issuing a few orders or holding some ceremonies. It would be most effective only if the mountain god appeared.
For this purpose, Zhang Yang also specially purified two units of mana for the mountain god to use for his spiritual appearance and sacrifice.
Anyway, after this battle, as long as the mountain god temple is rebuilt, the level 5 mountain god will not be able to escape.
Now that the people's morale was stabilized, Zhang Yang turned around and stabilized the military's morale.
As there are fewer and fewer veterans at the beginning, the remaining ones are recruited from the villagers. There is a limit on the morale bar, so many things cannot be ignored.
For example, soldiers were given land. Each captain-level soldier could get ten acres of farmland. They did not have to work on weekdays and only needed to sit back and harvest the food.
On this point, all veterans were treated equally. Zhang Yang could not treat them differently just because they did not ask for anything and did not care. He hated the idea of the crying child getting the milk.
In addition, since there were nearly a hundred young widows in the village all of a sudden, Zhang Yang, after extremely careful consideration, took the lead and set an example by selecting three beautiful and young widows as his wives, and announced in front of everyone that he would treat them well, including the children, as his own.
This is a must. In the past, soldiers were not allowed to get married because the villages were too small and there was an imbalance between men and women. But that doesn't mean they couldn't get married.
Everyone has certain requirements.
You can’t be like the NPCs in the game, always so monotonous.
This battle just happened to be the best opportunity.
Let a village become a completely normal village.
And this helps improve blood circulation.
Under Zhang Yang's leadership, Wu Yuan also selected two, followed by the resurrected Wang Shen, Ryan, Liu Dali, Wang Mumu, Duan Kuan, etc. Veterans were given priority. This was the benefit Zhang Yang gave them, ahem, it must be a benefit.
Only these 500 veterans are left, and Zhang Yang must take the main responsibility. They may not complain or blame him and may continue to follow him tirelessly, but he cannot pretend that nothing happened.
In short, after a series of bold moves by Zhang Yang, the military morale was stabilized.
Even if they didn't get wives, they got land, which made the soldiers with morale bars cry out in anger.
In such an atmosphere, Zhang Yang personally took the lead in building cities, reclaiming fields, and digging canals. He ate with the soldiers every day but lived differently. He turned his grief and indignation into strength, and the enthusiasm for reconstruction grew higher and higher.
A month and a half later, two re-arranged and better defensive city walls were completed.
15 level 5 residential buildings and a level 5 training ground were built.
Two level 5 granaries were built and one level 5 mountain temple was built.
A basic tavern was restored.
1,500 acres of new farmland were reclaimed.
Two-thirds of the canal dug from 20 kilometers away has also been dug.
The three-child birth policy has begun to show results, with the number of pregnant women in the village increasing by 154 at once, including the three wives of the village chiefs.
After taking on the last wave of 32 human monsters and harvesting the last crop in the fields, winter finally came.
(End of this chapter)
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