1 Talent Scouting
By his side, Dian Wei, like a towering tower of darkness, exuded an imposing aura that swept across thousands of miles!!!
Seeing this scene, the defending soldiers were shaken to their cores.
Although they were elite soldiers from Danyang, encountering such a sudden attack still caused obstacles and greatly hindered their morale, leaving their faces pale.
However, after long-term military training, they suppressed their fear and lifted their weapons, ready to engage in a life-or-death battle with the attackers!!
But once the city gates were opened, they were like defenseless women, at the mercy of their captors.
Especially when powerful men like Long Chen took them as captives...
The sounds of battle echoed through the skies as the cavalry accompanying Long Chen were all elite among the elite.
Driven by the terrifying inertia of their charging warhorses, they dashed forward like meteors, crashing down with thunderous force.
The tremendous impact left the unprepared defenders dizzy, seeing stars, and blood flowing freely.
Long Chen shouted loudly, "Brothers, don't linger in battle, follow me into the Prefect's Mansion and kill Zhou Xin!!!"
"Kill Zhou Xin!!!"
"Kill Zhou Xin!!!"
The voices shook the heavens and the earth, sending chills down everyone's spines.
Charge!
When they arrived at the Prefect's Mansion, Zhou Xin was still dressing and preparing to escape on horseback under the guard of his bodyguards.
Seeing this, Long Chen roared, "Zhou Xin, you coward, how dare you send troops to kill me. Tonight is your time to die!!!"
A ferocious aura suddenly burst forth.
Zhou Xin's mind trembled, and his body shook uncontrollably like a sieve.
Long Chen thrust forward violently!
The Devil Spear gathered thunderous light, pierced through dozens of bodyguards, and then pierced through Zhou Xin's body.
Zhou Xin, the Prefect of Danyang County, perished!!
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The next day,
The news of the complete annihilation of the eight major families in Wucheng County instantly swept across the entire county and even beyond.
The powerful clans in each county of Jiangdong were dumbfounded upon hearing this news.
"How... how dare he!?"
"His actions are so audacious, if he continues like this, even if he forcefully suppresses the various regions, it will inevitably lead to resistance from the powerful clans!"
"But you can't say that! Long Chen only took action against those powerful families that attempted to rebel against him. He didn't show such brutality to the clans that submitted to him."
Opinions about Long Chen varied widely, with different regions having different views.
However, before this news had spread for long, news of the change of allegiance in Danyang County also spread across Jiangdong.
This time, the reaction was even greater, even tens of times stronger than before!!!
"What the heck! Who is Long Chen!? He was just stabbed, and the next moment, he breaks through Danyang County!!!"
"Oh my god!!! Is he cheating!? Danyang County's elite soldiers are among the top three elite troops in the world. How could they... be broken through overnight?!!"
Players questioned whether Long Chen was cheating, but it didn't matter.
The news that Long Chen occupied Danyang County had become a fact.
Long Chen officially became the first powerful vassal in Yangzhou to dominate three counties!
And the three counties he occupied were all extraordinary locations.
Just by occupying Danyang County alone, Long Chen was almost invincible!
Add to that the fertile land of thousands of hectares in Jiujiang County providing abundant food and grass, and the people's hearts naturally attached themselves to him.
There is also the wealthy Wucheng County in the vicinity of the sea, providing large amounts of money and various resources.
Long Chen now had money, food, and troops!
These are the foundations of survival in troubled times!!
And Long Chen now had them all, imagine how terrifying his power is now...
Hearing the wind, countless strangers surged into the three counties.
Danyang County.
Prefectural Mansion.
Long Chen sat at the head, eyes closed, collecting rewards in his mind.
At this moment, a system sound rang in the minds of all players.
"Ding! SSS Hell-level mission [Unite to Overthrow Dong] has ended, and rewards are now being issued..."
"Top Killer List: 1st place, Sword Wind, kills: 2359
2nd place, Dynasty. King Shang Zhou, kills: 531
3rd place, Dan Ran, kills: 530
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This news hit like a giant rock dropped into an ancient pool.
The official forum was once again flooded!!!
"f*, who the hell is Sword Wind!!!"
"He killed so many people alone?!!!"
"Are you kidding me!!!"
"The gap between first and second place is so huge, I'm speechless!"
"Holy cow, I need to cling to someone's thigh, don't stop me."
"I can accept Sword Wind and King Shang Zhou getting first and second, but who the heck is Dan Ran??! I've never heard of them...."
"You don't know Dan Ran? That's because you're ignorant!"
"If Dan Ran doesn't know, then the Jingzhou Alliance [Wuji] knows, right?"
"I do know about this. The headquarters of [Wuji] is in Xiangyang County, Jingzhou, and it is rumored that their leader has a connection with Liu Biao, the Governor of Jingzhou. In the Jingzhou Alliance, they are second only to [Mingjiao]."
"But what does that have to do with Dan Ran?"
"Are you stupid! The leader of [Wuji] is Dan Ran!!!"
"Exactly, it is rumored that his merciless swordsmanship destroys heaven and earth, and no one in Jingzhou's strange people can match him! Even the leader of [Mingjiao], Zhang Wujiji, is not his opponent!"
"In this case, it's not surprising that he has such a high kill count..."
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Long Chen just glanced at the rankings and then passed over those names and IDs, only paying a little attention to the top five before losing interest.
He waited quietly for the rewards to arrive.
"Ding! Congratulations on exceeding 2000 enemy kills, your reward has been upgraded, your mysterious reward has arrived, do you want to open it?"
Long Chen clicked "OK."
"Ding! Congratulations on receiving:
Combat Resources: [Ballista (Blue)] * 100, [Lost Arrow (White)] * 50,000, [Iron Armor (Green)] * 10,000, [Ring-Headed Sword (Green)] * 10,000, [Northern Good Horse (Green)] * 5000
Basic Resources: [Wood] * 100,000, [Stone] * 100,000, [Iron Ore] * 50,000
Special Blueprints: [Ballista (Blue)] * 1, [Vine Armor (Blue)] * 1
Food and Money: Food * 200,000, Copper Coins * 500,000
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Even for the already wealthy Long Chen, seeing this reward couldn't help but bring a smile to his face.
It's truly abundant!
No wonder it's called SSS Hell-level difficulty!
With so many resources, he had enough to upgrade his territory again!!
Ever since upgrading to level 4, some time has passed!
Immediately,
Long Chen clicked on the option to "Upgrade Territory."
After spending 200,000 wood, 200,000 stone, 50,000 iron ore, and 600,000 copper coins,
The medium-sized town "Long Town" was upgraded to a large-sized town.
He opened the property panel of his territory.
[Territory Name]: Long Town (Large Town)
[Territory Level]: Level 5 (Max level 9)
[Territory Resources]: Wood * 292,000, Stone * 312,100, Iron Ore * 41,000
[Territory Population]: 450,000/600,000 (Population limit +500,000 from Jiujiang, Wu, and Danyang counties)
[Territory Army]: 30,000/60,000 (Army limit +60,000 from Jiujiang, Wu, and Danyang counties)
[Territory Food]: 600,000
[Territory Affiliated Lands]: Jiujiang County, population limit +150,000, army limit +20,000
Wu County, population limit +150,000, army limit +20,000
Danyang County, population limit +150,000, army limit +20,000
[Territory Upgrade Requirements]: Wood * 500,000, Stone * 500,000, Iron Ore * 80,000, Copper Coins * 800,000
[Territory Wealth]: Equivalent to 1,180,000 copper coins
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The army can now expand to 60,000!
Long Chen calculated the next expansion plan in his mind.
Train five thousand second-tier troops, ordinary Tiger Guards, as the ace cavalry unit, led by Xu Chu and Dian Wei.
They would serve as personal guards and the Forbidden Army.
In the future, with the assistance of five thousand Tiger Guards, he could surely conquer all battles.
Train another five thousand light cavalry as preparation for training special cavalry units, led by Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun had served in the White Horse Garrison and was familiar with their training methods.
But without a tiger emblem for the troops, they could only train up to first-tier elite cavalry.
There's still a long way to go before they become the true White Horse Garrison.
But absence now doesn't mean absence in the future...
The number of cavalry here has reached ten thousand.
Train eight thousand second-tier special infantry, Yellow Turban Warriors, led by Zhou Tai.
Train two thousand third-tier special infantry, Golden Warriors, this force will be trained alternatively by Xu Chu and Dian Wei, with Zhang Ning acting as their trainer!
When the troops were few, the shortage of talents had not yet surfaced.
But now that the stores had expanded, Long Chen suddenly found that there were too few talented people around him, and resources were stretched!
If other players heard of this thought, they would definitely think of killing Long Chen.
Damn, don't you see how many five-star generals you have around you!
Are you still pretending to be Versailles here?!!
This is just infuriating...
Coming back to his senses,
After deducting these twenty thousand special troops, he needed to train another twenty thousand navy troops, led by Jiang Qin and Ling Cao.
Establishing another twenty thousand ordinary Yangzhou soldiers, for the time being, to be trained by himself.
Later on, when he finds famous generals, he can allocate them.
During the initial stage of entrepreneurship, he had to do everything himself, and the drawback of a lack of talent was revealed.
However, there are many talents in Jiangdong, and Long Chen doesn't believe he can't find several excellent famous generals.
With his current reputation and fame, he is confident that he can attract some outstanding talents originally from Jiangdong.
Immediately, after some contemplation in his mind, he wrote down several talented individuals on bamboo slips.
Zhou Yu,
Lu Meng,
Lu Su,
Zhang Zhao,
Xu Sheng,
Zhu Heng,
Pan Zhang...
Among them are both fierce generals from the Twelve Tiger Generals of Jiangbei and future pillars of Eastern Wu.
Now, all of them were written on bamboo slips.
Then he whistled softly,
A melodious and low whistle rang out, like bats in the night, eerie and sinister.
In the next moment, a tall and thin man in dark armor appeared from outside the mansion.
Long Chen softly said to the guard, Xu Chu, who was outside the gate: "Let him in."
The door opened, and a familiar figure appeared before Long Chen's eyes.
The dark armor was adorned with a flying fish totem.
It was none other than the Jin Yiwei - Lin Yuntian.
Long Chen handed the bamboo slip on the table to Lin Yuntian and instructed softly: "Go to various counties in Jiangdong, and be sure to find the specific whereabouts of these people."
Lin Yuntian bowed and said softly, "Yes!"
After his territory became Long Chen's affiliated territory, it meant that he and Long Chen were tied to the same boat.
If he dared to betray, he would surely be punished by the system.
Moreover, his attributes were thoroughly seen by Long Chen, so he naturally wouldn't have the idea of rebellion.
He played this game only to become the strongest assassin in the world, and this goal...
Can only be achieved by following Long Chen...
With a flicker, he disappeared from sight.
Long Chen chuckled softly.
With the establishment of the Jin Yiwei, he wouldn't need to personally recruit talents like this anymore.
