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Chapter 454 - 253: How to Defend a City with Less Than 500 People

Chapter 454: Chapter 253: How to Defend a City with Less Than 500 People

The night raid plan led by four players from the Purple Gold Club went very smoothly, capturing many barbarian higher-ups in one fell swoop. These higher-ups were all ordinary people, whose physical condition was even weaker than that of the soldiers, probably due to a long time without training.

They didn’t require managers to be better fighters than their subordinates, as long as they could manage and strategize.

Of course, also captured were four of Gu Shanhai’s soldiers who had attempted to desert. Thinking of becoming deserters, they were inexperienced and were caught at a glance, their heads now hanging on the flagpole.

The higher-ups had also sent someone to warn Gu Shanhai, but with the help of the four players from the Purple Gold Club speaking well of him, the matter was trivialized.

These four went straight into the higher ranks of Wulaoguan, and Gu Shanhai was transferred to the rear to watch the food supplies.

Though he was supposed to watch the supplies, he actually didn’t have to do anything and just sat at the door serving as a security guard.

This was indirectly keeping him off the battlefield, and it must be said, the quality of substitutes for big powers is indeed high.

Gu Shanhai didn’t have to lift a finger amid all the hustle and bustle, he just had to lie flat.

"Boss, have you eaten?" Li Chen strolled over leisurely, his expression relaxed.

"No, why, are you planning to feed me your fist?" Gu Shanhai retorted, always feeling that this guy was going to ask him for props again.

"How could that be, I’ve almost put you on a pedestal." Li Chen said with slight embarrassment, the boss was a bit unconventional, lacking the steadiness of middle-aged men.

"Alright, I misjudged you, I’m sorry." Gu Shanhai apologetically shrugged it off in a way that made Li Chen feel that big shots indeed have peculiar temperaments.

"By the way, these are your spoils of war, take your pick." Li Chen brought out some items and placed them in front of Gu Shanhai.

Actually, there was nothing good, just some equipment and consumables like golden sore medicine, average quality stuff that even Li Chen didn’t look highly upon.

As players from the first squad, they naturally had better items.

"I don’t want anything, you keep it," Gu Shanhai mentioned with a hint of disdain.

Li Chen knew that Gu Shanhai wouldn’t be interested, but still showing that he brought the items to share with Gu Shanhai was a gesture that they were substituting, and the boss should have the first pick of the good stuff.

As for not having good items, that was a different issue, but the attitude had to be there.

"Then, thank you, boss." Li Chen happily accepted, he had no use for them, but tossing them into the Purple Gold Club could still fetch some minor contributions.

"By the way, today is already the second day, and it’s quite likely the barbarians will attack the city tonight. You better hide well tonight, boss, if we manage to repel them again tonight, we should be able to complete the mission tomorrow." After packing away the items, Li Chen finally spoke seriously.

But actually, his words were not complete; tomorrow might also bring a major offensive, which would be more difficult.

The calm of today was actually quite normal. With the opponent decapitated plus the weariness of their troops, they would at least need some time to regroup.

Hence, there was a significant chance that they might replicate what they had done tonight.

However, there were also quite a few differences; the barbarians were stationed in a camp, and for Wulaoguan, a small pass, bursting through would be very difficult.

Don’t underestimate it being just a small pass, even if the Ghost Pattern Daoist Soldier had the strength of the early Purple Mansion Stage, and Wulaoguan’s walls were nearly a hundred meters high with the military tactics left by the commanders, they simply had no way to directly overcome the walls to enter—if it were so, with the barbarian soldiers in the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Ghost Pattern Daoist Soldiers in the Purple Mansion Stage, overcoming a hundred-meter wall wouldn’t be a big problem.

It is said that the real main passes have walls of ten thousand meters.

It kind of makes sense; even ordinary civilians are at the Qi Refinement Realm level, and the trained ordinary soldiers can reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the upper limit for Daoist Soldiers is even higher.

The number of Transcendent beings far surpasses many worlds, so building ten-thousand-meter walls is not a problem.

The lack of development in corresponding sciences is also normal, as commanders and Daoist Soldiers come in varied types, covering all kinds of ecological positions in the world.

"You sure? I kind of feel like you’re a bit uneasy..." Gu Shanhai looked at him doubtfully. Even with his limited understanding of strategy, tomorrow seemed more dangerous.

Oh, not quite right, every moment is dangerous, after all, as long as the city falls, it’s a failure.

"Well... maybe... Okay, tomorrow might be the major offensive, why don’t you find a safer place to hide?" hearing this, Li Chen no longer hid the truth.

"Sure, where should I hide?" Gu Shanhai agreed without hesitation.

Refuse? Why refuse? He was spending money to enjoy himself, not to impulsively join the battlefield with the others.

They were substitutes who had to struggle to complete tasks; Gu Shanhai was the boss who could just hang around after paying and didn’t need to join the battlefield.

"I’ll look into it, I’ll get back to you tonight." Li Chen wasn’t surprised by Gu Shanhai’s agreement, for he wasn’t new to being a substitute; he had also dealt with plenty of bosses who knew the score and were easy to manage. Such bosses were simple in their thinking—he didn’t care how you did it, as long as he got the mission reward.

In Li Chen’s view, Gu Shanhai was such a boss, the type they felt most at ease and liked the most. They least liked the type of bosses who were all about the storyline, sometimes their hard-to-please attitudes could really numb their minds.

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