Chapter 342 - 348: The Massive Troop Expansion Plan
Hang Yu instructed Zhao Ming: "Old Zhao, immediately notify the representatives of each team and have them all gather at the Stone Temple; I want to hold a Deserted Valley Town meeting!"
There are quite a few buildings within the town’s territory.
These buildings are not merely for show.
Each one can be said to have its own use.
For example, residential buildings are used for housing soldiers, and the number of residential buildings affects the number of soldiers in the territory. Additionally, there are other buildings with special functions, such as dungeons and stone temples.
After about twenty minutes.
Inside the Stone Temple of Deserted Valley Town’s lord.
Three leaders of the Spirit Sword Bureau and the leaders of various factions.
A total of seven people walked in; it was their first time here.
Everyone observed that the space in the Stone Temple was large, seemingly a sacrificial site.
There was a statue of a human standing in the center, symbolizing the lord of Deserted Valley Town, and there was an altar-shaped structure, with a large pile of crystal stones, minerals, and other materials in the center of the altar.
The leader of Azure Dragon, the lord of Deserted Valley Town, Hang Yu.
He sat with a serious expression on the stone chair in front of the altar, facing the seven representatives who walked in, while the two deputy leaders of Azure Dragon stood on either side, their expressions equally serious.
The seven leaders exchanged glances.
Hang Yu suddenly called for a Deserted Valley Town meeting.
This inevitably left them somewhat puzzled.
However, as the lord of Deserted Valley Town and the leader of the newly founded Spirit Realm organization "Azure Dragon,"
he held absolute control over Deserted Valley Town!
Even elite teams like the Spirit Sword Bureau of New York had to show respect in front of this Spirit Realm big shot, so everyone obliged and came immediately upon receiving the notice.
Diana Joe couldn’t help but ask Hang Yu with a serious expression: "Boss Hang, why did you summon us, what’s the urgent matter to communicate?"
Good.
Everyone’s here.
Hang Yu nodded and said: "It’s not so much an instruction, just an exchange. This meeting is closely related to everyone’s interests... Hmm, you should have heard about the emissary from Sand Spring City, right?"
Chris said: "Of course, Sand Spring City is the domain of the Great Lord, and I heard this powerful Spirit Realm lord has started to pay attention to us? The emissary just left less than half a day ago."
Luke looked at the altar and said: "These materials aren’t meant to be offerings to Sand Spring City, are they?"
Hang Yu nodded: "That’s right, Deserted Valley Town has a dependent relationship with Sand Spring City. If we refuse to offer tribute to Sand Spring City, I’m sure everyone here understands the consequences Deserted Valley Town will face."
A hot-headed leader immediately cursed: "Damn it, these Spirit Realm natives are really exploiting us humans now!"
Another calm leader said: "This is the rule and law of the Spirit Realm, similar to taxes in the real world. Unless we have the strength to overthrow the rules, it’s wise to comply with them!"
The leaders all nodded.
Luke and the other representatives frowned.
Undoubtedly, the tribute from Deserted Valley Town to Sand Spring City couldn’t just be borne by Azure Dragon.
Other forces also rely on Deserted Valley Town for resources, and Hang Yu has allocated them quite a few hunting grounds and resource sites.
This time, Hang Yu called the meeting, certainly hoping for everyone to share the resource burden, just a matter of how much each shares.
To be honest, after Hang Yu’s efforts, the resource tribute from Deserted Valley Town isn’t too much. With a little effort, just relying on the territory of Deserted Valley Town could barely cover it.
What’s more, human resource channels are not limited to Deserted Valley Town.
The Spirit Sword Bureau of New York is backed by the entire New York City, and others have their own real-world resource channels; collecting these crystal stones and resources isn’t very difficult.
But it feels too reluctant!
After all, humanity is bound to continue expanding.
As long as there is expansion, there will inevitably be a battle with Sand Spring City.
Hang Yu said at this moment: "I can responsibly tell everyone now, once Deserted Valley Town goes to war with Sand Spring City, just with our current resources, we would be wiped out in a single round without suspense!"
Indeed!
Deserted Valley Town is too small!
What is Sand Spring City?
It’s the domain of the Great Lord!
With around twenty small territories paying tribute all year round!
The strength of Sand Spring City is unimaginable to us humans!
If the Great Lord decides to target Deserted Valley Town, with our current strength, we’d be as weak as chickens and dogs!
Hang Yu said: "The main purpose of gathering everyone for this meeting is to discuss survival and development strategies."
Everyone focused their attention on him.
Hang Yu continued: "Firstly, the resources we need to pay are still due; as for the shares, they will be borne by everyone proportionally. Does anyone have objections to this?"
It has to be like this!
The situation is beyond our control!
Azure Dragon will certainly cover fifty percent of this resource burden.
The other fifty percent, distributed among the teams, the pressure isn’t too great.
The timing is not mature yet.
Low-key development, biding time.
We must not provoke Sand Spring City, lest we fall into crisis and all efforts go to waste!
Zhao Ming stepped out to announce: "Everyone, even if the Great Lord doesn’t notice us for now, we cannot afford to be careless, as we’ve received news that the lords of several territories near Deserted Valley Town are eyeing us fiercely. They might invade Deserted Valley Town simultaneously!
Consequently, our situation is not optimistic. Strengthening Deserted Valley Town is an urgent matter, and the most effective way to enhance strength is to accelerate troop production. Our Spirit Realm soldiers are still too few, less than three hundred, which is far from sufficient for effective defense!
We must swiftly allocate resources and build our forces, striving to fill the troop capacity in the shortest possible time... I’ve calculated, at Deserted Valley Town’s current rate of troop production, it’s about one hundred and fifty per day. We aim to have Deserted Valley Town’s forces fully equipped in about ten days!"
Ten days?!
Everyone exchanged looks.
The resources needed for troop production are not few!
Isn’t around ten days a bit tight?
Before anyone could express their views, Xu Tianhua forcefully added: "This is a compulsory requirement. If any team cannot produce troops as planned, Azure Dragon will have to reclaim some troop slots or transfer them to other teams."
"I know producing about one thousand seven hundred soldiers in just over ten days is indeed a very stressful task, but we have to be fully prepared before being attacked; otherwise, other Spirit Realm lords won’t give us a chance, and Deserted Valley Town cannot afford to lose!"
"Hope you haven’t spent all your crystal stones in the Mysterious Shop."
Hang Yu cleared his throat.
He interrupted Xu Tianhua, saying, "Everyone, there’s no need to worry. I can promise and sign the relevant contracts, ensuring no interference with your daily control and use of soldiers. If you plan to leave Deserted Valley Town and develop a territory on your own, I will also repurchase the soldiers, returning at least half of the resources..."
"As a Lord, I can lead the soldiers to initiate territorial wars. In our future campaigns to capture territories, these soldiers will be a powerful support. The territories we conquer will be distributed based on actual contributions."
The seven leaders started discussing animatedly.
Although such massive troop production is pressuring.
The benefits it brings are obvious.
Besides strengthening Deserted Valley Town’s power and protecting everyone.
There are so many hunting valleys around Deserted Valley Town that relying solely on our current team cannot fully exploit. If we could have a troop engage in daily hunting, the amount of resources acquired would greatly increase.
Clench your teeth and tighten your belt, it shouldn’t be a big problem!
Since sooner or later, soldiers need to be produced.
Then it’s better to do it sooner rather than later.
Luke, Chris, and Diana also started discussing.
For them, who have the Spirit Sword Bureau and New York City as a backdrop.
This level of resources is not a problem at all. They are more focused on the development of new territories.
After all.
Living under someone else’s roof.
Is always uncomfortable.
Once Deserted Valley Town becomes powerful.
The progress of developing new territories will speed up.
The New York Spirit Sword Bureau can secure a territory for themselves during this process. At that point, they can discard the remaining Deserted Valley Town soldiers and move directly into the new territory.
The three leaders of the Spirit Sword Bureau said, "No problem!"
The other leaders expressed their support as well.
Seeing things go smoothly, Hang Yu felt very satisfied, "Great, now let’s discuss the detailed ratio of soldier types for Deserted Valley Town."
It was finally decided.
The first batch of 2000 soldiers is distributed as: 550 Infantry, 500 Archers, 500 Mage Soldiers, 300 Healing Soldiers, 100 Jackal Wolfman Scouts, 50 Collection Soldiers.
Archers and Mage Soldiers are suitable for defensive battles.
They are also quite suitable for hunting and farming bosses in the wild.
These two types of soldiers have less health and are less mobile than Infantry, making them unsuitable for encounters and siege battles.
In the early stages, Deserted Valley Town will certainly not initiate invasion wars.
Therefore, the ratio of Infantry can be reduced, and the ratio of Mage Soldiers and Archers can be increased to enhance the defense of Deserted Valley Town and resist attacks from surrounding territories.
Once Hang Yu upgrades the residential buildings in Deserted Valley Town, the troop limit will expand, allowing for increased Infantry for offensive operations.
As for the Jackal Wolfman Scouts?
This is a very useful low-level troop type.
They are very mobile and have excellent reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance abilities. Though their burst power is quite good, suitable for hunting and ambush.
However, their combat strength is inferior to human Infantry, making one hundred of them more than enough. They can be distributed around the area to detect any enemy presence quickly.
The Jackal Wolfmen Yeno and Yegu have been formally incorporated.
Hang Yu is not interested in the Favored of the Jackal Wolfmen.
So he let Zhao Ming and Xu Tianhua use the Favored Contract to bind them, allowing them to be used in the Spirit Realm and bring the two intelligent indigenous Jackal Wolfmen to the real world to assist.
The discussion over soldier type ratios concluded.
Everyone expressed satisfaction with it.
The human race has a very small demand for Production Soldiers.
Thus, having 50 is enough, which is an advantage that other Spirit Realm natives do not possess.
Besides, the proportion of Infantry is not very high, while the total proportion of Mage Soldiers, Archers, and Healing Soldiers is large. These three are particularly suitable for hunting monsters, especially for killing bosses, making daily control more convenient.
Due to the distance being relatively far, it’s not easy for these soldiers to die, effectively reducing each team’s losses.
The high proportion of these soldier types satisfies all the teams.
After arranging everything for Deserted Valley Town.
Hang Yu left the Spirit Realm and returned to the real world, first handing over the items he bought from the Mysterious Merchant to Su Yunbing, and then started to run around to gather resources!
Two thousand soldiers.
Azure Dragon is responsible for a full thousand!
The resource and Crystal Stone consumption here is tremendously high!
Fortunately, Hang Yu didn’t squander all the resources in the Mysterious Shop. Though he spent a massive sum of nearly seventeen thousand, it was mainly Hang Yu’s liquid capital and not all of his assets.
Hang Yu has a collection of accumulated items yet to be liquidated, including some equipment and Skill Stones with decent attributes.
After returning to Jiang City, he plans to have Su Yunbing and Xu Tianhua help handle them quickly.
To exchange for Crystal Stones and materials.
For Deserted Valley Town’s troop expansion plan!
However, just as Hang Yu was busy with these things.
Er Gou suddenly called Hang Yu: "Hey, boss, I just made a major discovery!"
Hang Yu asked, "What discovery?"
Dog on the phone said, "I discovered that the people who ran away last time were traitors!"
Traitors?
Hang Yu didn’t react immediately.
He then recalled the operation discovering the Ghost Church.
Was it those traitors? Celestial Net has been unable to capture the remaining members of the Secret Witch Hermit Association, and the captured Vampire was tight-lipped, providing no valuable intelligence. This case has been plaguing Jiang City’s Celestial Net.
This was also the first case Xu Tianhua took over after being transferred to Jiang City.
There had been no progress in recent days.
Making Old Xu very frustrated.
Hang Yu instructed Dog to keep a close eye on the targets, then immediately made a call to inform Jiang City’s Celestial Net Deputy Commander, Xu Tianhua.
