Chapter 11: The Lord of Destiny
“I am currently level 20, with a total of 5 points of command, 7 points of force, 2 points of intelligence, 2 points of politics, and 3 points of charm. In addition, I have the 20-point force bonus from the Tang Taizong template and the 3-point force bonus from the Liuhe Spear, for a total of 70 points of force. If I were in the Three Kingdoms, I would be at least a third-rate general, right?”

Li Qian’s martial power increased greatly. Although he was not yet at the level of being able to defeat a thousand men at once, he was able to defeat a hundred men at once.

Li Qian abandoned the kite tactics of the Mongolian cavalry, held the Liuhe spear in his hand, turned his horse’s head, and charged alone at the bandits who were chasing him.

Dozens of bandits were surprised to see Li Qian turning around, speeding up his horse and heading straight towards them.

“Pulling the grass to find the snake!”

“White snake makes wind!”

Li Qian used the Liuhe Spear Technique. The spear flew everywhere, shining silver and cold. There were endless changes. The airflow even brought up the dust on the ground, causing sand and rocks to fly everywhere.

“Ahhhh!!!”

The bandits screamed in agony as Li Qian killed them all single-handedly!
Li Qian charged and killed three times, and the remaining bandits surrendered directly.

Cheng Yaojin led his troops out and recruited the bandits.

Li Qian became so brave that even Cheng Yaojin was impressed.

It is also good for the lord to be brave. At least you don’t have to worry about being beheaded by a soldier of the other side during the fight…

After Li Qian completely defeated this group of bandits, he finally had time to check the changes on his own panel.

【Role】：Katsuzuka, a scholar
[Level]: Level 20 (Experience bar 61%)

[Reputation]: 888
【Official Position】: None

【Commander】: 65/90
[Force]: 70/90
[Intelligence]: 52/90
[Politics]: 52/90
【Charm】：63/95
[Equipment]: Liuhe Gun

【Mount】: Ordinary warhorse

[Skills]: Hundred Steps to Shoot an Arrow Through the Willow [Wu], Six-in-One Spear [Wu], Nine Arrows in a Row [Wu] (shoot nine arrows in a row), Taming a Good Horse [Wu] (can tame a good horse)

Morale Perception [Planning] (Consumes mental energy, has a chance to detect the morale value of the enemy on the battlefield, the probability is proportional to intelligence)

Battlefield Intuition [Planning] (consumes mental energy, with a chance of detecting the enemy’s ambushed troops, the chance is proportional to intelligence)
[Features]: Archery proficiency [Military], Black Armor Army [Military], “Fubing System” [Political]
“Cavalry into Battle” [Soldier] (S Rank, when leading a cavalry charge, cavalry attack power +30%, speed +20%, causing confusion to the enemy formation)

“Holy Lord of Heaven’s Mandate” [Charm] (God-level, greatly improves the people’s hearts in the territory, greatly improves the attraction to talents, greatly increases the success rate of subduing bandits and peasant uprisings, and greatly increases the loyalty of subdued civil officials and generals. The higher the charm value, the stronger the above effects)

[Special Arms]: Black Armor Army

……

Li Qian was overwhelmed with emotion when he saw his character panel becoming impressive.

The Tang Taizong template gives Li Qian two more strategist skills, which can detect the enemy’s morale and ambushes. This is a very practical strategist skill.

Li Qian has two more character traits. One is to enhance the combat capability of the cavalry, and the other is incredible. It is actually the god-level trait “Holy Lord of Destiny”. The higher the charm value, the higher the people’s support, the greater the attraction to talents, the higher the loyalty of the generals, and the more likely it is to make bandits and peasant uprisings surrender without a fight.

Li Qian couldn’t imagine, if his charm value reached 100, wouldn’t it be that wherever he went, the people would come with food and drink to welcome the royal army?
It seems that the role of charm is no less important than the other four basic attributes.

Emperors such as Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, and Emperor Zhaolie, Liu Bei, all had extremely high personal charisma. Even when Liu Bei was down and out, there were still people willing to follow him. Mi Zhu even spent all his fortune to support Liu Bei.

With the god-level characteristic of “Holy Lord of Destiny”, even if the current charm is only 63 points, the difficulty of recruiting civil and military officials in the future should be reduced a lot, and Wei Yan will not treat him as an unknown passerby.

The bandits looked at Li Qian with a little more awe in their eyes.

Li Qian temporarily incorporated the surrendered bandits into his team. Since it was difficult to go to Hexi, he would rob more people before returning. On the way, Li Qian encountered another group of horse thieves.

There were not many horse thieves, only thirteen of them.

However, horse thieves all have horses, and in the early stages when each village did not have many troops, the horse thieves posed a great threat to the surrounding villages.

These horse bandits are all light cavalry, coming and going like the wind. If there are too many of them, they will flee and cannot be stopped. If there are too few of them, they will be defeated.

Many players on the forum complained that horse thieves were more troublesome than the Yellow Turban Army. Some free players even formed mercenary teams to help player lords fight against horse thieves near their villages.

Li Qian had no idea about the horse bandits. He led two hundred soldiers across the river. Together with the two bandits he recruited, the number of soldiers reached about 300.

Seeing that Li Qian has a large number of people and a powerful force, this group of horse thieves will most likely choose to flee.

If the horse thieves escaped separately, I don’t know how much effort it would take to capture one of them alive.

Li Qian was busy plundering people in order to attack the “No. 1 Town in the World”, but he had no intention of playing the game of “officers catching thieves” with the horse thieves.

not worth it.

Get out of here now.

Li Qian ignored the horse bandit squad and continued searching the village and bandits with the soldiers from Tiance Village.

However, the group of horse thieves followed Li Qian and his men and did not leave.

“What’s going on? Could it be that this group of horse thieves are so desperate that they want to provoke me?”

If Li Qian was angered, he would personally lead the cavalry of Tiance Village in pursuit, and the horse thieves would be in great trouble.

Just when Li Qian thought that the bandits were going to attack, the leader of the bandits rushed out from the group, came to Li Qian, and clasped his hands together: “I am Ma Yue, originally a small officer in Liangzhou, but later I was persecuted and had to become a bandit. Now that I see that you have a strong army, I plan to surrender to you. If you don’t abandon me, I am willing to serve you at your service!”

The horse thief leader observed Li Qian’s expression with some trepidation. In his opinion, even if Li Qian was a real dragon descended to earth, he might not necessarily take him in.

Li Qian remained calm but was ecstatic inside.

Emperor Taizong of Tang’s “Holy Lord” character was too overbearing! He hadn’t done anything yet, but he had already subdued this group of horse thieves!
Since he has the aura of the Lord of Destiny, Li Qian pretends to be aloof: “From now on, you will follow me.”

Ma Yue was overjoyed: “Thank you very much for taking me in!”

Li Qian checked Ma Yue’s character panel.

Ma Yue, Command 62, Military Strength 65, Intelligence 59, Politics 42, Charisma 60, Characteristics: Proficient in Spearmanship [Military] (C-level, spear skill power +10%), Liangzhou Cavalry General [Soldier] (B-level, attack power of cavalry under his command +15%, with a small probability of causing fear effect on the enemy).

This Ma Yue is not a historical general, but his attributes are pretty good.

After all, there are a limited number of famous generals in the Three Kingdoms, but in “Global Warring States”, there are armies of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. In addition to famous historical generals, there must also be a group of second-rate generals serving as middle and lower-level officers.

Li Qian was in a good mood as he had easily obtained a commander-in-chief, a Liangzhou general with a double strength of 60, and the remaining twelve cavalrymen.

He continued to lead his troops north along the river. After marching for half a day, he heard shouting and killing in the distance, so he set up camp on the spot.

“Ma Yue, take two cavalrymen to see what happened.”

“I will obey my orders.”

(End of this chapter)