Intelligence on the Bearfolk

It includes 5 peasants and 2 new Black Shield Heavy Infantry.

These farmers would build new temporary shelters near Cherry's hut, effectively expanding the Intelligence Department's manpower.

And the child did not disappoint Ye Qian, actually bringing her a general overview of the city's defense patrols.

This information was definitely not obtained through internal inquiries, but rather by several children counting people every day. Although there may be errors, it is all based on firsthand observation.

After putting away the intelligence and taking a look at the overall situation of the territory, Ye Qian informed Italin that she was preparing to lead the main force to fight a Goblin.

Lan Xinyu learned of the expedition through the system immediately and eagerly followed.

"Ye Qian, don't forget me. I'm here to protect you."

Faced with the guy's expectant gaze, Ye Qian could only shrug and say, "Alright."

The army that set out this time consisted of 450 Elite Black Shield Heavy Infantry, plus 500 Skeleton, for a total of 950 troops.

This is a legion of nearly a thousand people, of which 500 are elite units.

Although the Skeleton are weak on average, the ranged firepower they provide can be of great help to Ye Qian's army.

After roughly counting the number of people, the main force set off.

On the leader interface, an arrow appeared on the entire map, with Ye Qian's little soldier on it, holding a blank flag and slowly advancing towards the direction the arrow pointed.

Ye Qian found the real-time map very interesting.

"This kind of game is really interesting." She looked back at Lan Xinyu, who was following behind her, and found that he was looking at the scenery as he walked.

Meanwhile, Italin, who was leading the team at the front, had to be much more vigilant. As expected of an experienced commander, she would proactively issue orders or send out reconnaissance teams to scout ahead in advance, thus avoiding many dangers.

The team set off from Outpost No. 2 and headed directly northwest at a 45-degree angle, soon entering the dense forest.

After traveling for about 4 kilometers through the undulating terrain, they encountered a Goblin group of only a few dozen people.

Then, under Italin's leadership, the Goblin army was wiped out in a single encounter, with only two cannon fodder Skeleton lost on their side.

After the battle, the group continued their journey, and around noon, they rested in a dense forest and cooked a meal.

Ye Qian and everyone enjoyed a delicious meat meal together.

This time, I also brought a batch of fruits grown in the territory. After discovering that the Water of Purification has a ripening effect, I planted the seeds as soon as I got them. Now, the most obviously ripened fruits, such as raspberries, are ready to eat. As a result, everyone was able to enjoy delicious food on the road.

Lan Xinyu was quite outgoing and quickly struck up a conversation with a group of soldiers. She even told a few jokes, which made the soldiers burst into laughter.

After finishing their meal, the main force continued its advance northeast for some distance before finally encountering a large Goblin army.

There were seven or eight hundred Goblin, and they engaged in battle with our troops.

Ye Qian made a last-minute call to Amia, and support from the dragon arrived quickly.

At this moment, Amia was only a hair's breadth away from breaking through. After several consecutive dragon breaths, she suddenly cracked and her entire body emitted a terrifying aura, suddenly expanding to nearly ten meters. Then, the temperature of her dragon breath rose to an exaggerated level.

The flames swept through the Goblin, instantly overwhelming the small group.

"Pursue!"

Italin gave the order, and all the warriors began to divide into several groups and surround the enemy from all sides.

Amia landed in Ye Qian's arms and transformed into a little girl.

"Mom, I've made it!"

"That's great, Amia."

He immediately kissed the little guy's face, but instead, Amia's tongue licked him wildly.

Ye Qian rubbed her head and, after sensing for a moment, understood that this time, the number of Dusk members that Amia could recruit would be ten times that of the past.

In other words, the number of people has increased from 240 to a maximum of 2,400.

She looked delighted at the large army chasing the enemy ahead and said to Amia, "If you're not feeling tired, you can give them some help and kill more Goblin. You need a lot of resources to level up, so try your best to accumulate more."

"Okay, Mom."

The little dragon took flight and transformed once more. Its ten-meter-long body was much more handsome than before, and its scales seemed to have a life of their own, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

The Goblin tribe was quickly wiped out by the team. After pursuing them for nearly 5 kilometers, the team finally stopped, only to encounter another creature that looked quite unusual.

A kind of... moving tree!

"Please do not attack."

As the soldiers swung their swords at the massive tree, it suddenly swung its branches, which were more than ten meters long, and a pair of eyes emerged from its trunk, letting out a hoarse roar.

Upon hearing the sound, the soldiers immediately stopped what they were doing and stared in disbelief at the three large figures that had suddenly stood up.

Chapter 115 Intelligence on the Bearman

The enormous tree slowly unfurled its branches, and on its nearly 20-meter-tall trunk, countless branches seemed to come alive, shedding leaves with each giant's step. The massive body took a half-step forward, and the warriors felt the pressure bearing down on them, involuntarily taking a meter back.

"You are... Treant?" Italin walked up from the back of the group, looking at the three tall creatures in surprise.

"Yes, humans, I see you are hunting down Goblin."

The lead Treant took a step forward, stopping a few meters away from Italin, and began to observe the small group of human warriors behind him.

Without a doubt, all the human soldiers under Ye Qian's command were elite units.

"Of course, the Goblin have attacked our territory more than once. I was ordered by the lord to carry out the encirclement and extermination." Italin replied calmly.

"Goblin are also our enemies, but ahead lies the territory of the Bearman. If you rush in rashly, you will likely suffer heavy losses."

"Bearman?"

Italin was slightly taken aback upon hearing the Treant's words.

"The Bearman are our Treant's adversaries. They are brutal, using Goblin to obtain food and burning down our Treant's homes. Humans, if you continue to exterminate the Goblin, you will inevitably clash with the Bearman."

"Is that so?" At this moment, Ye Qian walked up from the back of the group. "Mr. Treant, could you explain the strength of the Bearman clan? That way I can be mentally prepared."

The Treant was somewhat surprised to see a petite girl walking up.

When the girl came over, all the soldiers respectfully stepped aside. Most importantly, it could sense that the girl possessed astonishing energy.

"Are you the leader of these human warriors? Since you ask, I can tell you about the Bearman. Their total population is about 20,000, with at least 10,000 actually capable of fighting, and they also raise about five or six thousand Goblin. If you decide to hunt down these Bearman, my Treant race is naturally willing to provide some assistance, but we hope that after the battle, we can live in peace on this land."

Upon hearing this, Ye Qian fell silent for a moment.

Why do they all cost tens of thousands?

Even if they were all Goblin, we couldn't handle that kind of scale, especially since our enemy is the Bearman, who sound incredibly fierce.

"How do the individual Bearman compare in strength to these warriors?" Ye Qian asked again.

"Of course they are not as good as these warriors, but there are many strong people in the Bearman race, some of whom are stronger than these warriors, so you need to be careful."

"I see, I understand now. I can't mobilize that many troops to take action against the Bearman in a short time. For now, I may only be able to find some small Goblin groups in the surrounding area to wipe them out. If you want to deal with the Bearman, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while."

"We can wait."

[Event: A joint commitment was reached with Treant.]

When you want to wipe out the Bearman race, you can get the support of the Treant army, and perhaps you can forge a deep friendship through this operation.

Ye Qian had already seen the system notification.

She was in a relatively good mood, at least the Treant didn't stop the team from continuing to hunt down the Goblin.

Killing Goblin is a relatively profitable activity, and Ye Qian herself followed behind, finishing off the dying enemies. Putting everything else aside, the coins dropped from killing enemies were plentiful.

The most crucial point is that she can occasionally get some dropped items.

The majority of the items were seeds, followed by other items.

"The drop rate for unit building blueprints is really low."

Ye Qian's luck was on her side; she found that the probability of getting useful blueprints was still not very high, which showed how fast others were developing.

With the resolution upheld, the 450 Black Shield Heavy Infantry maintained high efficiency, continuously engaging the enemy in the forests to the northeast.

During this time, a new Goblin attack occurred from the due north direction. 300 Skeleton were temporarily mobilized, and with the help of the Arrow Tower built in the No. 2 outpost territory, the enemy was successfully driven away. Of course, our side also suffered a small number of casualties.

Regardless of the circumstances, Ye Qian always managed to make a considerable profit from the statistics after each battle.

The corpses were mostly collected, and Ye Qian Purification them one by one before listing them in the trading area. Because of their low prices and high quality, many players now exclusively buy her products. Even if others wanted to compete, they simply couldn't offer that many high-quality items.

The expansion continued for three days, and during this time, as a large number of Intermediate Rank blacksmiths were being signed, the equipment of the Black Shield Heavy Infantry increased rapidly.

By the end of the day, the number of soldiers under his command had finally expanded to an astonishing 1,000.

With so many elite units, most player squads wouldn't even dare to dream of having that many.

Of course, the cost was also high for Ye Qian. Despite earning so much money every day, she found that most of the expenses were still spent.

There are currently 2,000 silver coins remaining.

During these three days, she continued to expand the number of farmers on a large scale, sending all the new farmers to learn from the Intermediate Rank blacksmiths.

Of the initial 300 people, some had already begun forging attempts, with the goal of creating the most basic iron swords.

The final product was naturally terrible, but it was still a sword and a weapon, and it was fully usable. Ye Qian listed a portion of them in the trading area, and surprisingly, she didn't lose money after calculating the cost.

"It seems that after just a few days of learning, a blacksmith will be fully capable of breaking even."

Ye Qian sent at least 200 farmers to the Mining Area to learn how to mine.

Some farmers who were learning forging began to try forging Iron Hammer. They produced more than 30 hammers in a day. Although they were of relatively poor quality, they were found to be quite convenient to use after being delivered to the Mining Area.

Then, they also tried to forge a batch of items such as nails and chisels, and sent them to the Mining Area. Before they knew it, the ore production in the territory had also achieved a stable production.

The presence of these farmers freed up the three players' hands, allowing them to take on daily tasks such as building exterior walls, clearing land, and felling trees. They could even construct several ordinary wooden houses on their own, and were capable of building some simple structures based on blueprints.

After discovering how useful this method was, the group discussed it and gradually increased the number of farmers to 1,500.

This number is not an exaggeration; at least the four sub-territories and the main home base have become quite lively.

But farmers are just farmers after all. When faced with Goblin attack, even if these guys rush in with equipment, they are no different from cannon fodder. After a battle, they suffer heavy casualties but can't kill many of the enemy.

Even if these people were trained, the final results were not satisfactory.

Ultimately, it's because their foundation is too weak. Unless Ye Qian is willing to share her Life Energy with them, it's better to leave combat to the Black Shield Heavy Infantry and Skeleton.

The current expansion of the population has given Ye Qian even greater confidence.

Six battalions of 100-man Black Shield Infantry were dispatched to the northwest forest to kill Goblin they encountered. If the enemy numbers were too large, they would quickly call for support from other nearby units. After a few days, several Goblin tribes were forced to retreat into the interior of the forest.

After several battles, they could only find wild animals to kill in the mountains and forests.

Ye Qian thought that this wouldn't work either. If they insisted on pushing forward, they would cross the area with the Treant and easily clash with the Bearman on the other side.

The Bearman are not to be trifled with. The current Treant are afraid of them just by hearing their names. If it weren't for the fact that the Treant are individually very strong and that they are mainly afraid of fire, they might have already migrated as a whole.

Having found Chen Ning and Lan Xinyu, Ye Qian inquired about the next steps.

After thinking for a while, Chen Ning suggested, "Perhaps we can get more Skeleton to make up the numbers, and combine them with 1,000 elite Black Shield infantry to form an army of several thousand men. Even if we encounter the main force of the Bearman, we can still take a bite out of them. Maybe the Bearman will be scared away by our strength."

"You mean, prioritize quantity over quality?"

"Yes, let's raise an army and fight the enemy first. If things go wrong, we can retreat and delay for a while. With our current rate of development, we can quickly gather enough troops. It can be said that we will defeat the Bearman sooner or later."

After reviewing the size of his own military force, and considering that it would be difficult to find an enemy with comparable strength in the short term, Ye Qian nodded.

"Now, simply hanging meat chunks can bring in 1,500 silver coins a day, but this amount can only recruit about 100 Black Shield Heavy Infantry at most, which is still too slow... Perhaps now, we can take a little risk and try to expand towards the human race."

"Isn't this too dangerous?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ning's lips twitched.

Human power is a whole system where a single move can have far-reaching consequences. It might be easy to defeat a small lord, but if it incites hatred, it could lead to hostility from the entire kingdom.

"If our main army were Skeleton, then there's really nothing we can do. But now that our main army is human, perhaps we could find lords with whom we don't get along and support one side. Or we could become mercenaries and send them out to earn money." Ye Qian said, looking intently at Chen Ning, as if to see if he shared the same idea.

"Although it's a possibility, will there be any difficulties in actual operation?" Chen Ning hesitated for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem entirely impossible.

The enemies surrounding my home are currently not up to par with my combat strength, so simply participating in battles between human lords doesn't really make much difference.

"In any case, we need to be prepared to clash with multiple lords at the same time. I'll have Cherry expand the small Intelligence Department she's set up a bit and see if we can find out the relationships between the different lords."

If the investigation shows that the human side is indeed a case of "one move can have far-reaching consequences," meaning that attacking one lord could lead to the entire kingdom behind it going to war with them, then there is indeed no need to provoke them so early.

Ye Qian's current goal is to see if she can take advantage of the situation and get involved in the dispute.

Although human flesh and blood cannot Purification and sold for money, they have plenty of money.