Liu Zhuang immediately issued a warning. "He has two [Fists of Khorne] and two [Blood Blades] left. Be careful!" Tuoba Yun frowned slightly, not expecting something to go wrong. After pondering for a long time, Yuchi Hong finally gave up thinking. "Okay, okay, you little girl, you want to play like this, right? Even if you sign two more dragons, I'm not afraid of you! Blood sacrifice to the blood god! Skull to the skull throne!!!" The author says: Author's words: Thank you all for your support~ I will continue to update with 600 monthly votes next time! Chapter 22: Skull Offering Skull Seat Along with a bloodthirsty roar, the soft flesh on Yuchi Hong's arms were completely transformed into indestructible Khorne brass. Streams of blood meandered on his brass arms, drawing hideous scarlet lines. His strength also soared from 24 to 30, which made Liu Zhuang shudder with fear. After Lu Bu went berserk, his strength reached 32, which was enough to throw stones out of a catapult. This strength of 30 was also a monster of the same level! Before he could react, Yuchi Hong had already charged forward with his lance in hand. The sound of his horses' hooves trampling on the ground was deafening. Tuoba Yun was not to be outdone and also charged forward with his lance in hand. Liu Zhuang, riding on horseback, also wielded his more than three-meter-long infantry spear and prepared to charge. The two men and horses, wearing bronze and black armor, were like two meteors, one gold and one black, whistling, galloping, roaring, and slamming into each other fiercely! Anyway, the cavalry charge is two to one, and the advantage is on me!
Thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters! Seeing that both sides were about to enter the attack range of the other side's horse lance, Yuchi Hong also understood that there was a man with a spear on the other side's horse, and it would be disadvantageous for him to attack two people at once. So he simply took advantage of the speed of the charge and threw the more than four-meter-long horse lance in his hand like a javelin, preparing to pierce the hearts of the two men with one blow. Liu Zhuang's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a needle tip. Under the threat of death, the passage of time once again became extremely slow in his eyes. Not only could he see the trajectory of the lightning-fast spear, he could even see the air disturbance caused by the sharp spear blade as it rotated and soared. Although Tuoba Yun could not see the flight trajectory of the horse lance, he felt the threat vaguely because of the contract he signed with Liu Zhuang and the spiritual connection with him. His four horse hooves suddenly bent downward, his body leaned back, and he knelt on the ground. He slid forward with the inertia of the charge, dodged the flying horse lance with a slide, and stabbed Yuchi Hong's heart with the long lance in his hand fiercely. "Snapped!!!" Suddenly, a loud noise resounded through the sky like thunder. Yuchi Hong not only dodged the long spear charge, but also stretched out his hands to grab the spear pole that was about to leave an afterimage, and snatched the horse spear from Tuoba Yun! Tuoba Yun only felt an irresistible force coming from the front, and his arms suddenly lost strength, and the weapon fell out of his hand. He was unable to resist Yuchi Hong's 30 points of strange power! Tuoba Yun was shown with surprise. Before she could react, Yuchi Hong swung his lance upside down and hit her head hard with the weighted ball at the end of the lance. The force was so great that it even broke several pieces of black armor, and her helmet, along with broken iron pieces and dripping blood, flew backwards several meters away. The headband that she usually used to bind her hair was completely shattered by this brutal blow. Her soft and flowing silver hair fluttered in the air like white clouds, and then cascaded down like a waterfall, hanging over her cold and beautiful cheeks, and scattered on her shoulders in a messy manner, sparkling with beautiful light in the winter sun. If it weren't for the helmet's cushioning, her head would have been smashed by this 30-force blow! Liu Zhuang, whose infantry spear was one meter shorter, did not thrust his spear into Yuchi Hong's chest until this moment. Although he did not break the brass breastplate, he used the force of the charge to knock Yuchi Hong off his feet and force him to retreat again and again. He was unable to pursue Tuoba Yun, and a huge fist-sized dent was made on the brass armor on his chest, with several hideous cracks spreading in all directions. "Yun! Are you okay?" Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Zhuang first blasted out an [Entanglement Spell]. The weeds on the ground grew wildly with a strange light pink magic light, entangled Yuchi Hong's limbs and temporarily controlled this Khorne priest with terrifying power. "It's okay, I'm just a little dizzy." Tuoba Yun struggled to stand up from the ground, and while his opponent was controlled by the entanglement technique, he retreated to the landing point of Yuchi Hong's horse lance, picked it up, and exchanged a wave of horse lances. "Hey, entanglement magic? That's interesting. You've obviously translated into Chinese and don't believe in our gods anymore, so why can you still use our magic?" Yuchi Hong didn't notice who used this magic and started yelling first. "But it doesn't matter. Dugu Yan next door also knows this. I know this magic! It will bind everyone who enters the area indiscriminately! Tie them up, tie them up, just tie them up. You can't get in anyway. I just need to wait for its time to end. You can use your bow and arrow to shoot through my God-given bronze armor?" Yuchi Hong had a look of disdain on his face. He was too lazy to waste his energy on these endlessly growing plants, so he simply stayed in the entanglement technique and couldn't come out. Tuoba Yun was also afraid of the opponent's terrifying power and didn't dare to launch another rash attack. "The difference in power between you two is too great. Do you think you can beat him?"
Liu Zhuang took a breath and asked in disbelief. "Of course I can't beat him in my normal state, but have you forgotten my dragon blood talent? I can turn into a white bear with a strength of 28. As long as he doesn't have the Khorne spell that gives him +6 strength, I have the advantage in strength!" Tuoba Yun calmly smoothed his messy silver hair and tucked it behind his ears. He wiped the blood from his forehead and stared coldly at the enemy in front of him. "Okay, I'll try to delay the time." Liu Zhuang tried to use [Mana Siphon] again, hoping to see if he could grab another spell after a gap appeared after blasting out a spell. However, he found out helplessly that he couldn't. Before learning more skills of the blasphemous priest, grabbing four spells a day was already his limit. There was no other way, he had to release a [Hunting Mark], causing a magnificent arcane eye to slowly open above Yuchi Hong's head, revealing a double pupil shape of ∞, emitting an extremely dazzling light, which made it impossible for the enemy to escape. Then he bent his bow and drew his arrow, holding his breath and concentrating, aiming at Yuchi Hong with all his attention, letting the feather arrows hit the opponent's body, creating bright red bouquets of blood. Yuchi Hong was very surprised at this moment. Although he had no armor to protect his body, it was not a vital part, but how could this guy shoot arrows so accurately? The damage from each shot was not high, but when added together, he might be shot into a hedgehog alive! There was no other way, so Yuchi Hong had to fight with the growing grass and trees, wasting his energy in vain and keeping his armored chest facing Liu Zhuang at all times to prevent his unarmored horse's body from being pierced by more arrows and causing bleeding. A minute later, Yuchi Hong's hands, which had turned into blood-marked brass, returned to normal flesh and blood; the time for the Fist of Khorne had come. And after another arrow was blocked by the brass armor, the weeds growing on the ground retreated like the tide and returned to their normal appearance. "You are so fucking happy to cum! You young dragon, go to hell with this little girl's last partner!!!" Yuchi Hong roared and used the second [Fist of Khorne], turning his hands into blood-veined brass again. The terrifying murderous intent swept across the entire venue like a hurricane! Liu Zhuang did not tolerate him and blasted out the second entanglement spell with him as the center. The pink sea of grass, which had just receded, roared back again and bound the bronze centaur's limbs for the second time. "He has three [Fists of Khorne], two of them were used up, and one was stolen by me. Now he only has two [Blood Blade] on him. Once this entanglement spell is over, his divine spell amplification state will also end. Then I can rush up and attack him!" Liu Zhuang turned over and jumped off Tuoba Yun's horse. The two of them bent their bows and drew their arrows in unison, and rushed to the left and right sides of Yuchi Hong and shot their arrows at the same time. If he used his bronze body to block Tuoba Yun's feather arrows, his buttocks would be shot into a hedgehog by Liu Zhuang, and vice versa. If he did not face them, the left and right sides of the lower body of the warhorse would be shot and bleeding. He was in a dilemma, and he was extremely angry. He let out a deafening roar as he was injured again and again! Liu Zhuang estimated that the entanglement spell was about to end, so he put away his longbow without hesitation, raised his spear, and cast the two divine spells he had plundered from the two centaurs. [Fist of Khorne] gave him +6 strength, and [Grace of Slaanesh] gave him +1 to his hits, damage, and dodge, making his attributes skyrocket! The flesh and blood of his hands also turned into magic brass dripping with blood, and bunches of demonic pink Slaanesh fire burned fiercely in his double pupils. At this moment, his strength increased from 16 to 22, which was slightly lower than Lu Bu's normal state. His hit and dodge increased from 6 to 7, and the damage of the infantry spear in his hand soared from 4~11 to 8~15. In the darkness, behind him, there appeared at the same time a dog-headed giant sitting on a brass throne, and a phantom of an evil god with both masculine handsomeness and feminine beauty. The bloodthirsty murderous intent and cold evil thoughts spread in all directions like a tsunami. "Crack!" The brass collapsed, the plants retreated, and the two magics of both sides disappeared at the same time. Liu Zhuang roared, and charged on foot with an infantry spear in his hand, forcing Yuchi Hong to hold a horse lance and attack him first. He wanted to use his third [Fist of Khorne], but failed to cast the spell - the third [Fist of Khorne] was taken away by Liu Zhuang at the very beginning of the battle. The moment Yuchi Hong could not sense the power of Khorne, he was shaken for a moment, with an expression of disbelief and horror on his face. However, with Liu Zhuang so close at hand, he had no time to think. He had to thrust his lance first. However, the movement of swinging the lance became slower and slower in Liu Zhuang's terrifying dynamic vision. Liu Zhuang's body, which originally could not keep up with the dynamic vision, was enhanced with the blessing of Slaanesh's grace. With the blessing of Slaanesh's magic, his body was able to keep up with the terrifying dynamic vision of the double pupils! "clang!!!" The spears collided, and Liu Zhuang narrowly avoided the enemy's spear attack, and the spear in his hand stabbed the enemy's heart fiercely! In an instant, broken copper chips and bright sparks flew everywhere with a deafening bang, like a ball of orange-yellow fireworks, exploding in Yuchi Hong's left chest. Although it failed to penetrate his armor, it broke two or three of his ribs. Yuchi Hong never expected that the strength and destructive power of this Han Chinese would be so terrifying. His eyes went black for a moment! Seeing that his first strike failed, Liu Zhuang stabbed at his head with another spear. Even though Yuchi Hong subconsciously blocked it, his cheek was torn by the spear. His skin was torn and bleeding profusely. Through the horrible crack, one could even see his left gum, which was destroyed by the spear and stained with blood. "What the hell..." Yuchi Hong grabbed Liu Zhuang's spear. Liu Zhuang knew how good he was at snatching a spear with his bare hands, so he gave up the spear without hesitation, drew the ring-handled sword at his waist, and chopped at Yuchi Hong's horse's legs with all his strength!
"Snapped!!!" Yuchi Hong once again discarded his lance and spear, and clapped his hands fiercely, catching Liu Zhuang's blade with his bare hands, preventing his long sword from cutting down even a little! The terrifying power and blocking ability were horrifying, and Liu Zhuang also felt an irresistible force coming from the front of him. When he reacted, his own sword was also taken away by Yuchi Hong, turned into a sharp lightning, and chopped at his head with his backhand! However, Liu Zhuang did not come to challenge alone. In a flash, Tuoba Yun launched a charge from the other side. She also imitated Yuchi Hong and threw the long spear in her hand forward. Then she turned into an agile cheetah. The spear and the cheetah were like two galloping storms. With a creepy scream, they instantly jumped over a distance of dozens of meters and exploded beside Yuchi Hong. Accompanied by a burning blue shadow, Tuoba Yun first restored his body as a horse, accurately caught the long spear thrown by himself, and then exerted force with both arms, relying on the power of the charge, fiercely stabbed it into Yuchi Hong's body! The power of the full-speed charge of the men and horses was extremely terrifying. Yuchi Hong, who weighed more than one ton, was knocked to the ground by the spear, and then was knocked away alive by the galloping Tuoba Yun. His huge body was like a brass gyroscope, constantly spinning, flying, and bumping against the ground in the air. He was knocked away five or six meters, and his flesh, which was not protected by armor, was covered with terrible scratches. Before he could react, Tuoba Yun instantly transformed into a giant white bear clad in black armor. With his terrifying strength and heavy body, he knocked Yuchi Hong, who was coughing up blood and trying to stand up, to the ground with his two palms and pressed him down heavily! The power of the bear claws was so terrifying that it even blasted two terrifying spider-web-like cracks on the brass breastplate, shattering Yuchi Hong's ribs and internal organs. Blood mixed with internal organ fragments flowed down his throat to his mouth, and then gushed out from the wound on his left cheek, spilling all over the ground. The winter sun cast Tuoba Yun's shadow onto the pale snowfield, transforming it into a boiling, twisted blue shadow, which was none other than a terrifying giant bear burning with azure demonic flames. After losing the amplification of the Fist of Khorne, Yuchi Hong was already weaker than Tuoba Yun, who had transformed into a white bear, in terms of strength. He was seriously injured by Liu Zhuang's spear before, and now he was attacked by a spear and two palms, which was extremely fatal. Even the brass armor was cracked, not to mention the flesh and internal organs! He even had multiple double images in front of his eyes, and he was at the last moment of his death. In this state, he might not even be able to defeat Tuoba Yun. Moreover, there was also Liu Zhuang next to him, whose fighting power soared after being enhanced by the two gods. Liu Zhuang knew that Tuoba Yun wanted to capture him alive, so he didn't use any weapons, but rushed towards the fallen Yuchi Hong. Using the momentum of the charge, he swung his right leg backwards, as if kicking a football, and kicked his head hard with the instep of his foot. The kick blessed by the two gods was extremely terrifying, which directly dislocated his lower jaw, shattered his bones, and even kicked out several teeth. The blood, along with the broken teeth, spilled all over the snowy field, beating the seriously injured Centaur Khorne priest into unconsciousness. Chapter 23: New Year is coming When Yuchi Hong woke up, he saw Tuoba Yun and Liu Zhuang looking down at him as winners. He was willing to admit defeat, and after losing his front teeth, his mouth, which had started to leak air, softened. "Okay, okay, I'll admit defeat. From today on, my Yuchi tribe will follow you." The people around Yuchi Hong looked at each other and said, forget it, why bother with so much, the boss has the final say. After taking over the Yuchi tribe without any effort, Tuoba Yun, in the name of their leader, ordered them to return all the looted food, fodder and land to the villagers. He also took out 150 sheep and gave one to each soldier who participated in the battle as war compensation. In consideration of your surrender, he would not take a penny of the remaining property. One hundred and fifty sheep, for Yuchi’s tribe, the loss was less than one-tenth, a bit painful, but acceptable. For the soldiers, although the reward was not much, at least the war did not break out, they did not make any contribution and did not suffer any injury. Looking at the fat sheep in front of them and thinking about their seriously injured companions in the village, they could accept this result. The 300-odd villagers of the village, after taking back food and land and hearing about the current changes in Bingzhou, had no choice but to be loyal to the pavilion chief Liu Zhuang, bringing the population of Baima Pavilion to 902. Liu Zhuang then selected 150 of the strongest young men and women to join his army, bringing the number of militia to 450. Afterwards, he selected herdsmen who were good at riding horses from the 450 people and formed a cavalry team of 50 people, expanding his army to the size of 400 infantry and 50 cavalry. This is the border of Bingzhou, so it is not too difficult to find 50 people who can ride horses. The population of a pavilion in the Han Dynasty fluctuated around 5,000. Even though this was a border area with a smaller population than that of the Central Plains, after the White Horse Pavilion was abandoned by the Han army and ravaged by the Xianbei, it could not even find a thousand people. After successfully retaking the three villages, Tuoba Yun's tribe also arrived at the village with a large amount of military supplies of the Han army, and brought Bu Liugu and Yuchi's troops with them, preparing to return to the team and assimilate them. Liu Zhuang also took out 150 cattle from public assets and gave them to the Han army as collateral for 750 strings of cash at market price, and started a new round of weapons procurement. First of all, let everyone have a ring-handled sword as a secondary weapon instead of using daggers and kitchen knives. The previous halberd-shield fighters were also replaced with sword-shield fighters. For the general public, the sword is the easiest to train and is easier to use in close combat. It doesn't matter if it's expensive, but in front of the life of a warrior and the experience of a veteran, money is nothing but a thing outside of one's body. 200 ring-handled swords worth 600 coins cost a total of 120 strings of money. The hand halberds are left to the villagers who are not soldiers, just in case. By this calculation, it would cost a total of 200 strings of money to arm a 192-man unarmored militia. It costs 100 strings of money to arm every 96 unarmored peasants. According to this method of arming ratio, Liuzhuang spent another 192 strings of money to arm the other two villages to the same level.
After arming 438 infantrymen, he still had strings of cash left, which he could use to arm his cavalry. First of all, there are 50 horse lances. Although this thing is blown up in the Internet nowadays, but at least in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the ones used by infantry were called spears and the ones used by cavalry were called lances. The length was generally 433 feet, or centimeters. The term "lance" specifically describes a sharpened wooden stick. The classification of the three was so simple in the Han Dynasty. The price of the horse lance was also very expensive. After all, it was used by cavalry masters. The quality was obviously several levels higher than the infantry spear, and the price was five times higher. The most common horse lance cost as much as one thousand coins. Then there were fifty ring-handled swords as secondary weapons, used for close combat and fighting, each costing 600 coins. The ring-handled sword was easy to operate and convenient for close combat, so it was the secondary weapon of almost all Han troops. Including a complete set of saddle, bridle, and whip, the price reached an astonishing 2400 coins. In other words, if you have a horse, the cost of arming an unarmored cavalryman is 4 strings of coins. If you include the horse, the minimum cost of a cavalryman is 20 strings of coins. If you ride an excellent warhorse, the price will soar to 100 strings of coins. Ordinary people simply cannot afford it. Fortunately, he had fifty Xianbei horses, so he only bought fifty sets of cavalry equipment and spent only 200 strings of money. After arming the cavalry, Liu Zhuang looked at the 238 strings of public property in his pocket and fell into deep thought. What should he buy? "Hey, boss, Liu Zhuang, you guys have been very rich hanging around outside for the past month, robbing so many cattle, sheep and horses." Several men were very envious of Liu Zhuang's generosity. A month ago, he was just a lonely refugee, but a month later, he had gathered 400 infantrymen and 50 cavalrymen. "That's fine, that's fine. By the way, how much does your armor cost?" Liu Zhuang glanced at the armor on several horses and men. It was the most basic two-leg armor from the late Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Hundreds of black armor pieces were strung together with red ropes. One leg protected the chest and the other protected the back. It was called two-leg armor, and like a bulletproof vest, it could only protect the torso. "The iron helmet and the two crotch armor together cost about 6000 coins... No, why are you asking this? I only sell the weapons in the warehouse because I have to make a living. Selling the armor will cost me my head!" Several people looked surprised. Liu Zhuang calculated that the most basic armor alone cost 6000 coins. The price of the cheapest armor for 100 people was 600 coins, or strings of cash. With the remaining money, he could only arm more than soldiers... "Forget it. How much food can you sell? I want to exchange all the remaining money for food." "Hiss - then you're asking for a lot. Food is not something you can buy just because you say so. I'll go back and see how much food I can get. I'll contact you then." Several Han soldiers ran back and forth between Mayi County and Baima Pavilion several times, and finally made a profit from the price difference and took kickbacks to get 500 dan of grain, which they sold to Liu Zhuang at the price of 220 coins per dan. They also sold all the wooden carts that pulled the grain to avoid having to pull an extra empty cart. The total price was 142 guan. As for the last 96 strings of cash, Liu Zhuang once again bought a full set of weapons for a hundred infantrymen, and spent all his remaining money. In this doomsday chaos, money only has value when it is spent, and keeping it is just waste copper. It would be better to buy basic weapons for another village, select the old and weak, and equip a fifth village, so that the number of his own militia would reach . "Huh? Why did you buy so much food? The three villages have a lot of food in stock. Bu Liugu and Dugu's more than 2,000 cattle and sheep are still there. It's more than enough to eat through the winter." Tuoba Yun was a little surprised. In the Han Dynasty, one stone of rice was about 20 kilograms, and Liu Zhuang bought 10 tons of grain. "We may not be able to grow food next spring, so let's buy more now while we can." Liu Zhuang was worriedly planning for the future. One person consumed an average of kilograms of food a day. With 902 people, 50 horses whose appetite was four times that of humans, plus some oxen pulling carts, the minimum daily consumption was 800 kilograms of food. If the Yellow Turban Rebellion breaks out next year, with the Hu people outside and rebels inside, everyone will abandon their land and head south to seek survival. These 10 tons of food will only be enough for twelve days, or even less. Trying to feed people will be really a headache. After Liu Zhuang made his request, the people of the Tuoba tribe ran back and forth and actually brought all the things he wanted, allowing Liu Zhuang to arm 500 militiamen and 50 cavalrymen. "Yun, how big is your Tuoba tribe? How come you can give me whatever weapons I want, no matter how many I want?" Liu Zhuang was a little surprised. "Not big. If we include the 150 people from the Dugu, Bu Liugu, and Yuchi tribes that we just killed, there are only about 500 to 600 people."
Tuoba Yun roughly calculated the number of people in his tribe. "One third of the tribesmen are serving in the Beidi Camp. I have people in almost every village. When the army is cut, every person can get a little. Isn't it reasonable to have so many weapons left in the end? The Beidi Camp has cut two-thirds of its troops, but it still reports twice as many weapons every year. It's normal for the village chief and I to have hundreds of people's spare weapons in our hands." "By the way, the Chinese New Year is only about 20 days away, and I have to go back to the tribe. Do you want to celebrate the New Year with your fellow villagers at Baima Pavilion? Or do you want to come back to Mayi with me to celebrate the New Year together? Many people in the tribe want to thank you for helping our tribe expand by so many people in just one month." Tuoba Yun turned his head to look at Liu Zhuang, his cold eyes revealing a hint of shyness and expectation. "Well, how about we spend New Year's Eve in the village, and I'll go back to Mayi with you on the first day of the new year, and then go to Fengxian and the other brothers in the Beidi camp to pay New Year's greetings after the second day? She said she would go back and look for the scroll of "Profane Priest", but there has been no news so far. It's a good time to go back and see what's going on over there."