Chapter 17 Deng Zhi Appears
“Are you the village chief of Tiance Village?”

Nan Batian thought of the village-destroying maniac in Xinye County mentioned on the forum, who should be Li Qian.

Li Qian swept through more than 500 villages and plundered nearly people. This time, Li Qian brought soldiers and horses to defend Xinye, and they would definitely become his opponents in the future.

Especially the black-armored cavalry brought by Li Qian, which gave Nan Batian a feeling that they were more brave and capable of fighting than the Eight Banners cavalry.

“Exactly.”

Li Qian did not try to hide it. Tiance Village had already made a name for itself in Xinye County, and it was impossible for it to keep a low profile.

Li Qian himself has a strength of 70, and he is guarded by two powerful generals, Cheng Yaojin and Fu Rong. Even if Nan Batian sends his men to rush forward, they cannot kill Li Qian.

“Humph, the first person to be credited with defending Xinye this time must be me, Nan Batian!”

Nan Batian still refused to accept.

The battlefield changes rapidly, and it is hard to say who will be the first to achieve success.

Nan Batian had already figured it out in advance. If he could kill the Yellow Turban leader in the chaos, he would most likely be able to take the first place. He obtained the second-level template of Aobai, recruited two inferior generals, and had twenty Eight Banners cavalry. As long as the timing was right, he might have a chance to take the leader’s head.

Li Qian was too lazy to argue with Nan Batian. He led his troops to find a vacant land in Xinye City and set up camp.

Li Qian brought thirty doctors, eighty carts of food and arrows, and made full preparations.

Li Qian observed the situation in Xinye City. There were at least a thousand player lords and the soldiers they brought with them, and the number of free players was countless.

The total number of players’ troops exceeded 100,000, so Li Qian’s 500 men were not so conspicuous among the army of more than 100,000.

But…

Li Qian couldn’t help but hold his forehead when he saw the players quarreling and even the lords of different villages fighting each other.

It’s a mess.

Friends who often form alliances know that the more forces there are within the alliance, the more likely they are to have different goals, such as the 18 princes’ campaign against Dong Zhuo, or an “indestructible” alliance.

Thousands of lord players led their own troops and formed a coalition with tens of thousands of free players. Although there were many people, they would probably be in a mess when fighting, and they might not be able to defeat the Yellow Turban Army of the same number…

When the players in Xinye City were in chaos, a team of 800 Han soldiers arrived and guarded the characters in the middle like stars surrounding the moon.

The player lords were summoned.

“I am Liu Mi, the governor of Xinye. The Yellow Turban bandits have burned down government offices and looted towns, and now they are planning to invade Xinye. I am very pleased that you have recruited volunteers to fight the national crisis together. This time, Bo Miao will arrange the troops to defend the city, and I hope you will cooperate.”

The Xinye magistrate was a low-ranking civil servant who knew he was incapable of defending the city, so he asked the Xinye county lieutenant to lead the troops and invited Deng Zhi, who lived in Xinye City, to be his adviser to deploy city defenses.

The players were excited, Deng Zhi finally appeared on the stage!
Deng Zhi was seven feet tall, with a dignified appearance. He wore a long gown made of crimson cloth. He was an honest man and did not wear any extra jade pendants.

“Since the county magistrate trusts Bo Miao, Bo Miao will take command boldly.”

Deng Zhi began to deploy troops and organized the scattered players into five armies, each with 30,000 people. Four of them guarded the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northeast, and one army was a reserve force to support the direction attacked by the main force of the Yellow Turban Army at any time.

The 10,000 Han troops in Xinye City were also divided into five armies, fighting alongside the players. To be precise, these 10,000 Han troops were the main force in defending the city.

Under Deng Zhi’s deployment, hundreds of thousands of players and the troops they brought finally became well-organized and formed combat effectiveness.

“He is indeed an all-round important official of Shu Han. Although he is not as good as Zhuge Kongming, Pang Shiyuan, Fa Xiaozhi and others, his overall evaluation should be second-rate. If we can recruit Deng Zhi, we will have someone to look after the house.”

Li Qian was determined to recruit Deng Zhi.

Deng Zhi is more of a civil official, but he has also fought with Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun in the Northern Expedition. If Deng Zhi is recruited and left to guard Tiance Village, he can manage domestic affairs and lead troops to fight against the enemy. To recruit Deng Zhi, he must make the first contribution in the Battle of Xinye.

The best way to gain the first merit is to capture the leader first, and to capture or kill the Yellow Turban leader Sun Xia alive.

Li Qian was assigned to defend the north city.

Li Qian only allowed sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, archers, and crossbowmen to participate in defending the city. As for the Black Armor Army and light cavalry, they could also dismount and serve as infantry to defend the city, but it was too wasteful.

The Black Armor Army is a sharp blade, used for attacking, not defending.

There are 2000 Han troops, 2500 players, 30000 player troops in the North City, and 10000 Xinye rural militiamen to assist in defending the city, making the city strong and powerful.

“I see that our players outnumber the Yellow Turban Army. It will be easy to defend the city this time.”

“When the Yellow Turbans attack the city, we will kill a few more of them and strive to be among the top 100,000 in China.”

“We have so many people and so much power, why should we defend the city? Why don’t we take the initiative to attack the city and defeat the Yellow Turbans?”

The players defending the city looked relaxed.

Isn’t it just the Yellow Turban Army?
The Xinye City player has a force of 150,000 to 160,000 soldiers, 10,000 Han troops, 40,000 local militiamen, and city defenses such as city walls, arrow towers, logs, and stones. Isn’t it easy to defend the city?

Li Qian is not so optimistic.

According to the style of a certain goose company, players will never be allowed to have it so easy.

“The Yellow Turban Army is coming!”

I don’t know which player shouted, but the players all went up to the city to look – they saw a black line appear on the northern horizon, which gradually became thicker. The dense Yellow Turban Army appeared like a rising tide, covering the mountains and plains, with no end in sight.

The vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army stopped and set up camp four hundred steps away from Xinye City, while the main force of the Yellow Turban Army that followed was still endless, covering the extremely wide open space around Xinye City.

The players in Xinye City felt their scalps tingling and a feeling of suffocation was coming upon them.

According to rough estimates, there are at least three to four hundred thousand Yellow Turban troops in Xinye County!
For every ten lowest-ranking Yellow Turban soldiers, there is a third-rank Yellow Turban commander.

For every hundred Yellow Turban soldiers, there was one Yellow Turban leader.

For every thousand Yellow Turban soldiers, there was one Yellow Turban Captain.

For every ten thousand Yellow Turban soldiers, there was one Yellow Turban general.

There were three or four hundred thousand Yellow Turban troops, with thirty or forty Yellow Turban generals and three or four hundred Yellow Turban captains. They formed a huge army that stretched endlessly.

The Yellow Turban Army was so powerful that they surrounded Xinye City from all directions. The players in Xinye County, who had just threatened to attack the city, suddenly became obedient.

The Yellow Turban Army is so fierce, wouldn’t it be asking for death if we go out of the city to fight them?

It’s better to just defend the city.

“Yellow Turban Warriors!”

The player exclaimed again as he saw three hundred elite Yellow Turban soldiers with sturdy bodies, wearing iron armor and holding double hammers, surrounded by a Yellow Turban general with a yellow turban on his head, carrying a machete, riding a tall horse, and with a strong build.

The players on the city wall swallowed in horror.

Are you kidding me?
The commander of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang actually has the Yellow Turban Army’s most elite special force, the “Yellow Turban Warriors”!
(End of this chapter)