Chapter 47: Luring
the Enemy "Gnoll?"
Zhang Yang thought so subconsciously, but then he felt it was unlikely.
Although 27 days have passed since the last brief battle between the two sides, it is still not easy for the gnolls to recover. You know, they lost 61 captain-level soldiers and 37 elite soldiers in the last battle.
Even if the gnolls can solve the source of the demon souls, what about the source of the population?
It can't be that Zhangyang's village construction order has a recruitment limit of 500 people, while the other party's recruitment limit is 5,000.
"Can you confirm the other party's identity?"
"Reporting to the village chief, no, it is not difficult to recruit the Abyss Ghost Clan, so it is impossible to determine which force they belong to. The only thing I can be sure of now is that the three little ghosts who just appeared are very cautious and dare not approach the village within 5 kilometers. If my ghost eyes had not discovered their traces, it would be difficult for me to detect them."
"Even when I tried to catch them, they immediately ran away without a trace."
The ghost priest did not give too many clues. Zhang Yang did not blame it for not being able to catch the three village ghosts as a more advanced ghost. After all, the most important role of the ghost priest is to accumulate Yin energy and continuously restore the durability of the Wood Demon Tower. It does not belong to the battle sequence. Otherwise, if it is replaced by a ghost assassin, the opponent's ghosts will never be able to get close to a radius of ten kilometers.
Of course, it is not bad now. At least we don't have to worry about the enemy using the little ghost to spy on the village. In a sense, this can also be regarded as a wake-up call from the enemy to ourselves.
"Notify the patrol team to be on high alert. In places where there are no ghost eyes, use the third-level vision spell every ten minutes."
"Construction of the castle continues."
"The quarrying team will continue to mine stone. Well, I will lead them personally."
After a little thought, Zhang Yang gave the order. He was just a little surprised, not worried or panicked at all.
He even expected the enemy to come knocking on his door.
Ever since scaring off a heroic flying monster half a month ago, Zhang Yang ordered the archer team led by Qin Yidao, Liu Dali, Sun Goudan and others to change their alert method, that is, to hide.
There are a total of 12 archer captains and 10 spearman captains. They do nothing every day and hide in the castle, ready to launch concentrated fire attacks on any flying monsters that dare to approach the village.
Each archer captain carried 30 ordinary golden eagle armor-piercing arrows or wolf-tooth arrows, and another 5 golden eagle armor-piercing arrows that were strengthened by Zhang Yang's magic and demonic power, with a sharpness of +3 and the ability to kill evil.
When considering the captain-level longbows that have also been enhanced, their attack power can definitely be called terrifying.
The 10 spear captains were also given special care and were allowed to carry ten confinement spears each.
Their presence can cover a three-dimensional space with a radius of 500 meters and a height of 300 meters centered on the castle.
In this area, there are barracks, training grounds, residential houses and granaries, all of which happen to be within the protection range.
Then, within a range of five hundred meters to one thousand meters, there are basically farmlands in the village. Here, Zhang Yang arranged two daily patrol teams.
Each team consists of five people, including one archer captain, two shield captains and two spear captains.
If any accident occurs, they will move closer to the fortress as soon as possible, and together with 17 other elite soldiers, they will cover the farmers and villagers to enter the fortress, and then rely on the fortress to fight.
This is the inner defense line of the village. The last one is the outer defense line, which is the five-kilometer patrol warning circle, consisting of the four-man Violent Bear Group plus four archer captains and six shield soldier captains.
They will carry two ghost eyes, a large number of level 3 vision charms, and protective charms, and patrol within a five-kilometer area.
If we say that five days ago, the strength of their patrol team was still a little weak, but after Zhang Yang strengthened their weapons, it would be bragging to say that they could face off against a hundred captain-level soldiers head-on. However, if the enemy only had fifty captain-level soldiers, that would definitely be courting death.
Because the equipment of the four-member Baoxiong group is the most luxurious in the village, and Zhang Yang has put in the greatest effort to carefully strengthen it. Duan Kuan's sword, Wang Mumu's shield, Song Dachui's hammer, and Zhou Datou's armor-piercing cone are all top-quality.
Even if they encounter a hero like the Black-skinned Mountain Monster again, it is no exaggeration to say that they can kill him instantly.
Even if they encounter many captain-level archers on the opposite side, they can form a shield formation and rush forward in one breath, or retreat smoothly under the cover of the shield formation.
It was precisely because of this that Zhang Yang dared to leave the village with confidence. He felt that he might be able to lure out the enemy who was secretly lurking, if the enemy wanted to take the opportunity to quickly annihilate this patrol team.
As for the quarrying team led by Zhang Yang, the configuration was equally luxurious. Wu Yuan, plus six archer captains, eleven shield captains, two spear captains, seven craftsmen, and himself, a total of 28 people.
They were heading to a quarry eight kilometers away, which could also be the target of the enemy's surprise attack.
"Hey, am I a little too proud now? I dare to take risks."
Before leaving, Zhang Yang was thinking something strange.
But he still didn't hesitate at all because he was very sober.
First of all, the construction of the castle is at a critical juncture and cannot be stopped. There is no reason to stop just because of the appearance of the three little ghosts. Zhang Yang’s subsequent series of plans all rely on this castle.
Secondly, during this period of time, Wu Yuan and the four-member Baoxiong team had already found out that there was no other stone mine within a radius of ten kilometers. They had to go to a quarry eight kilometers away. Again, the construction of the castle must not stop.
Thirdly, since the quarrying team must go out every day, instead of Zhang Yang hiding in the old nest and worrying, it is better for him to follow in person. He is not a weakling now. If he has so many trump cards but is still surrounded and killed by the enemy, then even if he hides in the castle all the time, he cannot change the final outcome.
Then there is the last and most important reason, which is that Zhang Yang does not want to be a lord who only plans and commands. He has been building villages like crazy during this period, and he has been forced to do so.
Now that he has the opportunity, why should he hide in the village? Fighting, facing life-and-death battles, is the best way to grow.
There's no way to avoid it.
In a while, he will start the hero trial. If he doesn't seize the opportunity to hone himself now, then it will be just him and Wu Yuan. What should he do?
(End of this chapter)
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