Chapter 23 Duel, traveling thousands of miles alone
Unconsciously, the virtual world of "Adventure" has been in development for two and a half months.
From the chaotic and disorderly state at the beginning, the players gradually became integrated, and various worlds formed large and small groups. In many worlds where the "court" was relatively weak, wars between players had broken out more than once.
Cheng Peng looked at the training report in his hand, sighed, and frowned.
With the influx of a large number of new players, the system of "Dynasty Warriors" has been upgraded recently, increasing the importance of the state of "morale". In order to ensure morale on the battlefield, both players and NPC soldiers must first pass training
and assessment, and obtain the status of "elite soldier".
At the very least, they must know what the various flags and golden drums on the battlefield mean.
Only those who are familiar with these and pass the systematic assessment can obtain the status of "elite soldier" and enjoy standard morale and combat effectiveness assessments in battle. Otherwise, as soon as they enter the battlefield, they will be covered with a "confused" debuff, and their various attributes will also be affected.
It will be greatly reduced - almost on the same level as the Yellow Turban militia.
Then Cheng Peng and the others were in trouble.
"Our side... we don't have enough manpower after all!"
Among the eight armies of Xiyuan, Lieutenant Chun Yuqiong's army on the right has the smallest number of veterans - only five in total. Although Chun Yuqiong's front, middle and rear armies only lead the front army, but only five of them have to fight.
It’s not easy to train the thousand NPC soldiers under his command! Even Wen De is a loser who can’t memorize military regulations and hasn’t been promoted to a star level. He only got the status of a general by serving as a deputy general under Xiao Xiao.
I was also pushed to become an instructor, but the training speed was still far from enough!
It's not that there are no new players joining them. On the contrary, because he is the "number one master in the world" as a sign, a lot of new players join Chun Yuqiong's command. However, none of these new players have yet obtained the status of generals and can only be regarded as soldiers.
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Although as players they passed the system assessment without much effort and became elites, soldiers did not have the right to train soldiers, so when faced with the veteran players who were extremely busy, they had nothing to offer but help.
Fortunately, there was no war during this period, otherwise I really don’t know how badly this group of rabble would have performed on the battlefield... Cheng Peng had the intention to become an instructor himself, but Xu Tu stopped him.
"To achieve success, we must exploit our strengths and avoid our weaknesses." Xu Tu, who regarded himself as a military strategist, said plausibly, "The lack of manpower is our shortcoming, and you will not be of much use; but you, the 'best expert in the world,' are us.
The only advantage is, so what you have to do now is to continue fighting, improve your strength and reputation, and it is best to break through to two stars as soon as possible. Just leave these trivial chores to us."
Therefore, as a former military general, Cheng Peng, who commanded a thousand soldiers and horses, only needed to write a report to Chunyu Qiong every day and draw up a training plan.
Cheng Peng is actually very good at writing reports and so on.
When he was in college, he was very good at writing papers, reports and the like, and he even won the Outstanding Paper Award more than once!
[I never dreamed that I would change my profession and become a military general, or some kind of "the best master in the world"... My original ideal was to be a historian!]
Yes, Cheng Peng was originally from the history department of a prestigious university. He originally spent his future life among ancient books and relics, and finally left some traces in history as a famous archaeologist. But with those origins
Due to the unexplained and damning technological development, historians suddenly find themselves seemingly out of a job.
Because, the technology of time tracing - that is, looking from modern times to ancient times - has actually achieved a substantial breakthrough.
Faced with this situation, Cheng Peng could only smile bitterly and find something to do again.
Therefore, he chose to become a professional gamer, trying to achieve a career in this virtual world, which is said to be the main communication place for mankind in the future.
In fact, he likes his current life very much.
Fighting and adventure, as long as they are men, there is no one who does not yearn for such a life!
However, he also found it quite interesting to sit at his desk and write reports like he did when he was a student.
[It is said that only old people can be nostalgic. Could it be that my mentality is already old? 】
The best player in the world, who had "an old mentality", put down his paper and pen, and the completed report instantly turned into a scroll of bamboo slips.
He called his soldiers, ordered the low-intelligence NPC to hand the report to the marching director, then turned around and picked up the map.
On the map, a red circle is drawn where Hengshan Mountain in Hebei Province - called Changshan Mountain in the late Han Dynasty - is located.
This is the key to reversing the current absolute advantage of the Han army over the Yellow Turbans and assassinating the Han army commanders Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun without compromising the Han army players.
But... the preparation work here can only be left to Goudebai and the others.
What Cheng Peng has to do is two things:
First, work hard to level up and try to improve your combat effectiveness.
Second, temporarily build the War Soul Altar first.
The first one is not difficult to implement at all. Most players do this and don’t care if there is one more person.
The second task was originally impossible, but with the help of the Yellow Turban players, it became very easy - the Han army did not have the materials needed to build the altar, but the Yellow Turban side had plenty of them; construction
There are no altar locations on the Han Army side, but there are many on the Yellow Turban side. All Cheng Peng has to do is to run over and pay homage after playing battlefield dungeons and leveling up every day.
Time passed day by day, and when Gou Debai sent a message saying that "everything is ready, all we need is the east wind", Cheng Peng had already changed himself into a good outfit by completing the battlefield dungeon.
Although his red armor, which was awarded for his bravery in battle, is very stylish, the skill attached to it is the "presence" used on the battlefield - in a battle, for every hundred enemies defeated, the attack power increases by 100%.
Fifty, with a maximum increase of 200%.
In the next battle, what he needs is one-on-one ability.
Therefore, he replaced the red armor that had become his signature with a warrior suit that increased offensive and defensive attributes. After going to the altar to pray for the last time, he got on a thousand-mile horse and galloped thousands of miles to Changshan.
This is the headquarters of the "Black Mountain Army", an important branch of the Yellow Turbans. The army led by Lu Zhi, one of the commanders of the Han Army and a great scholar at the end of the Han Dynasty, has been moving slowly because of concerns about the possibility of being attacked by the Black Mountain Army and Zhang Jiao Army - according to history
, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty will soon send someone to check the war situation on his side, and he will be framed, captured and imprisoned because he did not pay bribes. His successor will be Dong Zhuo, the hero who dealt a fatal blow to the Han Dynasty.
However, what Cheng Peng wants to do has nothing to do with Lu Zhi, but has something to do with the Black Mountain Army.
He stood outside the Black Mountain Army's stronghold, called up the system's "scream" function, and shouted:
"Where is Zhang Niujiao in Heishan? Cheng Peng of Xiyuan, come to keep your appointment!"
He came to duel with Zhang Niujiao, one of the leaders of the Montenegrin Army.
I don’t know how the system set up the interpersonal relationships within the Yellow Turbans. In short, after Cheng Peng killed Ma Yuanyi, not only did he find that his friendship with the Yellow Turbans turned into hatred - which was natural - but he also had an inexplicable new enemy.
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The leader of the Yellow Turban Black Mountain Army, Zhang Niujiao.
After some inquiries from the Yellow Turban players, I found out that this horn is actually sworn brother to Ma Yuanyi, and their relationship is not generally good.
"There is no mention of this kind of thing in the history books! This must be a restriction imposed on me by the system!"
When Cheng Peng received the duel invitation from Zhang Niujiao, he cursed angrily.
"You want me to go to Changshan to duel with him? Does he think I'm an idiot? Why doesn't he go to Luoyang to duel with me?"
This is what he said and this is what he wrote back.
"What if Zhang Niujiao really comes?" Xiao Xiao asked worriedly, "I don't think you can beat him."
"If he dares to come to Luoyang, do you think there is still a chance to come in front of me?" Cheng Peng sneered disdainfully, "There are many strong generals here, there are several three-star ones alone, and he, a general with at most two stars, came here to die.
?It doesn’t even require the famous generals of the Han Dynasty to take action, just 900 old players can swarm him and cut him into pieces - we are not the time to besiege Ma Yuanyi now!"
At that time, he never dreamed that he would actually ride alone to the meeting and go to Changshan to duel with Zhang Niujiao.
Following his loud shout, a flashing system message was sent to all players in the "Dynasty Warriors" world.
[Cheng Peng, the general of Yamen under the command of the right captain of Xiyuan in the Han Dynasty, went to the meeting alone, and at the invitation of Zhang Niujiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Black Mountain Army, he fought with him in a duel at Changshan.]
"Holy shit! This guy is so powerful!" This is pure emotion.
"A man goes to the Yellow Turban Army's base camp to duel with other generals? Is this guy Cheng Peng tough or mentally retarded?" This is a person with a relatively easy mind.
"If he really wins this duel, I'm afraid he will be even more powerful in the world, but he is already the number one player!" This is a little jealous.
"Let me choke, everyone has two hands and two feet, why is he so good at fighting! God is so unfair!" This is envy and jealousy.
"So handsome! On a full-moon night, on the top of the Forbidden City, a sword coming from the west, a flying fairy from the sky...ah! Ximen Chuixue is so big! Ah! Ye Gucheng is so big!" Oh...this is just a nymphomaniac.
In short, with the release of this news, the entire "Dynasty Warriors" world was boiling. Countless players dropped what they were doing and hurried towards Changshan, hoping to witness this unprecedented duel with their own eyes, and even even
Players in other worlds were alarmed and paid close attention to the developments here through the forum.
But all of this has nothing to do with Cheng Peng at this moment.
All his attention was focused on the yellow turban general who walked out of the village step by step, wearing a horned helmet and holding a big gun.
Because the Yellow Turban Army came from poor backgrounds, most of them couldn't ride horses - they didn't even have a "cavalry" organization.
...It happened that Cheng Peng didn't plan to fight on horseback. He had just practiced archery not long ago, and his equestrian skills still needed to be further trained.
"I never thought you would really dare to come!" Zhang Niujiao said in a sullen voice, "Without replying for so long, I thought you didn't dare to come - it turns out I underestimated you."
"Actually, I didn't want to come." Cheng Peng was not moved by this, with a calm face, "Frankly speaking, I don't believe in your character."
"That's easy enough! Then why did you suddenly come again?"
"The reasons are very complicated, and it's hard to explain in one sentence." Cheng Peng didn't particularly keep secrets. Anyway, there is nothing to keep secret from a dead person. "If I want to make a long story short, then in short, I am here to kill you."
This answer was obviously not surprising. The general of the Yellow Turban Army wiped his beard, sneered and raised his spear.
As the saying goes, "Strike first will gain the upper hand, but those who strike later will suffer disaster." In a battle between masters, the victory or defeat often depends on the advantage of the first move. Cheng Peng is not a rookie, nor is he a nerd who read martial arts novels such as "Strike Later" and others.
, how could you give up precious opportunities!
As soon as he saw Zhang Niujiao holding the gun, without saying a word, the blood-soaked five-hook gun bounced up like a poisonous snake and went straight to Zhang Niujiao's chest.
With a click, the two spears intersected in the air. However, they did not bounce off. Instead, they made a slight mistake and stabbed at their respective targets.
This is how military formation marksmanship is, moving forward without any bells and whistles, just the word "brave".
Cheng Peng tilted his body, allowing Zhang Niujiao's spear to brush past his right shoulder, while the tip of his spear flew over the opponent's right shoulder, and the barb brought up some blood.
It was a very minor injury, not worth mentioning.
Zhang Niujiao took a step back and stared at the bloody barb of the spear in Cheng Peng's hand.
"Five hook spears?" He frowned, then relaxed, "It's correct to think that you are known as the number one master of the Xiyuan New Army. You have repeatedly killed generals and flags, and you can be called a brave general. These five hook spears have always been easy to use.
It is awarded to brave men. If the Xiyuan Army is to be awarded a spear, you will naturally be the first to receive it..."
"But...I have always wanted to see how capable the five-hook gun warrior known as the 'Soul of the Han Army' is!"
