Sending Out a Bandit Squad

Ye Qian picked up the blueprint and breathed a sigh of relief.

If nothing drops, she'll definitely be upset. This battle resulted in the loss of 12 Black Shield infantry and 8 injuries.

"We can build Magic-Equipped Archer when we get back, that way we'll have elite ranged units too."

That's right, this is also an elite unit.

"The Slime Farm hasn't been used for a long time, let's go back and upgrade the Slime Army."

Honestly, Ye Qian doesn't even look down on ordinary slimes. She feels that she can have a little more healing slimes, and only keep a portion for synthesis, hoping to get lucky and see if there are any particularly useful slimes.

When the time comes, we'll focus on cultivating the types of slimes that are most useful.

After leading the team back to their territory, Ye Qian began to concentrate resources and handed over the blueprints for the archery camp to Chen Ning.

She then went to the slime camp to begin synthesizing.

The final result was as follows.

Green Slime (LV1-4): 800

Its main function is to launch healing mucus, which is used on the battlefield to support friendly forces.

Chapter 117 Sending out a bandit squad

With Green Slime, the losses of Black Shield Heavy Infantry can be greatly reduced; at least the warriors won't have to carry around a bunch of Water of Purification and not even have time to drink it.

Red Slime (LV8-12): 200

This is a slime that spits fireballs; aside from its shorter range compared to the Gray Wolf, it's pretty good in all aspects.

Poison Slime (LV8-12): 100

Slimes that can spray venom are quite effective at providing support. The venom from Poison Slime dissipates over time, so poisoning water can kill opponents without damaging the water source, which will simply regenerate.

Mist Slime (LV16): 5

This is an extremely rare slime, which took a lot of effort to synthesize. Its special feature is that it sprays out mist to cover the battlefield.

These are all the slimes I currently possess.

There are actually only 305 combat units. The Green Slime are healing and support units. If you send them to the battlefield to fight the enemy, their role is really not much different from cannon fodder.

Ye Qian was considering that when going on expeditions later, she could equip more than 100 Green Slime, which could provide continuous medical support to the front-line warriors.

"Prepare to recruit archers."

After several hours of preparation, the Magic-Equipped Archer's structure was finally completed.

Looking at the recruitment price, it costs 10 silver coins per unit, which is undoubtedly more expensive than the Black Shield Heavy Infantry. The difference is that this unit comes with equipment, meaning that it does not need to be forged separately at the blacksmith.

So, when you calculate it this way, the cost of a single warrior is actually not higher than that of a Black Shield Infantryman.

Ye Qian immediately recruited her first person.

Not long after, a warrior wearing light blue armor walked out of the huge training camp.

As an archer, this warrior's equipment wasn't particularly heavy, but his handsome appearance still gave him a very elite feel.

[Combat Unit: Elite Magic-Equipped Archer]

[LV: 10 (Elite)]

[Range: 800 meters]

[Skills: Fire Arrow, Wind Piercing Arrow]

[Melee Enhancement: Morale slightly increases, melee ability improves]

[High-Speed Fire: Rate of fire +20%]

[Note: 12,000 years ago, the destroyed Karl Empire, through cruel research, forcibly implanted Magic Pattern into the bodies of archers, creating this powerful unit. Its characteristics include longer range, a certain degree of magical damage capability, and greater armor-piercing power.]

"800-meter range, and can also use magic arrows."

Upon seeing the panel, Ye Qian was pleasantly surprised.

As expected of a magic warrior, this archer with average range is no match for her.

"Try shooting a fire arrow and a wind arrow into the distance respectively."

"Yes!"

The soldier immediately stepped forward, took the Iron Arrow Ye Qian handed him, and drew the bowstring taut.

A faint red glow of magic appeared in his hand and quickly Fusion with the complex bow. In an instant, with a whoosh, a burning flaming arrow flew into the distance.

Bang!

Looking through the binoculars, I noticed that the arrow left a faint trail of fire after it landed.

"Not bad, not bad."

The warrior switched to wind element arrows. Compared to the previous ones, the wind arrows looked much simpler and more unadorned, only emitting a faint blue light before being launched and then quickly disappearing into the distance.

This thing has a range of at least 850 meters and it accurately penetrated a rock.

An elite unit, truly deserving of its name.

Ye Qian immediately began a large-scale recruitment drive.

The initial batch was set at 100 people, which would cost 1,000 silver coins.

Compared to the Black Shield elite Heavy Infantry, whose strength is limited by their equipment, the archers only require money to be fully developed. Ye Qian felt that they needed to quickly gather at least 1,000 archers, so that, combined with the Black Shield infantry, their combat power would be beyond imagination.

Two hours later, a squad of 100 soldiers stood before us.

Ye Qian ordered the soldiers to temporarily disperse and patrol around Territory No. 2, while she herself went to the warehouse and placed more pieces of meat on the market.

By that evening, after recruiting several batches, the total number of Magic-Equipped Archer had reached 500.

"The money is running out again. If we keep spending like this, we won't have enough Black Shield infantry. It seems we need to slow down."

The Intermediate Rank blacksmiths are currently working overtime to finish making the armor. Ye Qian estimated that with the silver coins she currently possesses, she can only earn a maximum of 2,000 silver coins per day by selling meat and other items. Any more than that would exceed the market's capacity.

"When you calculate it this way, the speed of development is actually quite limited."

"Ye Qian, what do you think? Should we send a group of people disguised as bandits to rob caravans traveling through human cities?"

While Ye Qian was thinking, Lan Xinyu suddenly had an idea.

Ye Qian turned her head and looked at her strangely.

"It seems possible, but are there any risks?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Just rob them, hide in the mountains, and send someone to deliver the money. As long as we make enough in the end, we don't have to worry even if the raiding party dies."

"Good."

Ye Qian clapped her hands and immediately began to arrange manpower.

As usual, have the Black Shield Heavy Infantry remove their armor, and take a few archers who have also removed their armor, and immediately prepare to head to human territory.

To distance themselves from their own people, they replaced all their knives and bows. Ye Qian specially bought different models for them to carry. They then formed a 20-person team and left their homeland.

Several hours later, the group had already entered the territory controlled by humans.

Since it's about robbery, then you'll definitely target the rich.

With the help of Cherry's intelligence team, they learned about a certain caravan. The 20 men immediately disguised themselves as ordinary people, sneaked up to the vicinity of the caravan, and then launched a surprise attack.

Ten warriors charged forward with swords in hand, while another ten hid 500 meters away, providing support with bows and arrows.

Because these 20 people were simply too strong, even though there were two experts in the team, they were still being suppressed overall.

After losing two men, they slaughtered everyone in the convoy, looted all the money, and sent two men back with them.

The next morning, after a night of sneaking around, the money, worth 3,000 silver coins, was delivered to Ye Qian.

"So they really do make money by being robbers."

As expected, the local lord reacted quickly to this bad deed. According to Cherry and others' investigation, the caravan directly dispatched its own guards to investigate, and subsequently prepared at least 50 people to escort them when going out to do business.

"50 people."

Ye Qian did the math and realized that with so many items, it would indeed be much more difficult to snatch them. The most crucial point was that if even one or two of them escaped, the news would leak out, and the enemy would quickly catch up after the robbery, leaving no time to escape.

To improve efficiency, Ye Qian sent an additional 20 archers.

With the existing 18 members, this would undoubtedly be a super high-spec bandit squad.

That midday, under the clear blue sky, a group of 30 archers and 8 melee soldiers, posing as ordinary bandits, once again robbed the caravan. This time, they reaped even more resources, nearly 3,500 silver coins, though most of them were in gold coins stored in boxes.

With so much money, the group quickly attracted the attention of the local lords, who launched a campaign against them.

A siege has officially begun.

After fleeing through the mountains, taking detours, and even hiring a suicide squad to cover their retreat, they finally managed to deliver 3,500 silver coins safely to Ye Qian by nightfall.

"We have fulfilled our mission." The surviving soldiers respectfully handed the money to Ye Qian.

Looking at these soldiers, Ye Qian felt a little embarrassed when she thought about how she had ordered them to do bad things.

But they were indeed very loyal to me, and agreed without hesitation.

It seems that every warrior knows that the player faction and the local faction are naturally hostile. When dealing with the enemy, there is no need to consider good or bad; as long as the result is in one's own favor, that's all that matters.

Counting the days, the second batch of armor was produced on that very day.

This time, production has increased significantly because Ye Qian really hired too many Intermediate Rank blacksmiths, to the point that it is now difficult to find even a few more in the market.

This batch of armor consists of as many as 500 sets.

The corresponding soldier required 4,000 silver coins, and without much thought, she directly chose to recruit him.

"This raid on the caravan has essentially given me a few hundred people for free."

Adding the money from buying things at the market that day, Ye Qian still had 4,000 silver coins. In addition, Lan Xinyu and Chen Ning raised 5,000 silver coins by selling some ores.

With so much money, Ye Qian added another 500 people, increasing the number of archers to an astonishing 1,000.

In other words, even excluding the 500 men rented to the city lord, Ye Qian's territory now boasts 1,000 Elite Black Shield Heavy Infantry and 1,000 Elite Magic-Equipped Archer. Add to that the 3,000 Skeleton currently added, and this is undoubtedly a formidable force.

"Although there are many, directly attacking the Bearman might be too risky. We really need to gather more bandit squads to raid the territories of different lords."

Ye Qian directly formed five bandit teams of 40 people each and sent them to human towns.

This time, we will not only plunder caravans, but also keep an eye on the country mansions of some minor lords.

Those lords were nobles who possessed considerable wealth, but due to their low status, they couldn't afford to maintain a strong guard. Relying on their elite "bandit" squads, they could easily plunder everything.

In preparation for this raid, Ye Qian had already studied the maps she had scouted during this period. With the help of the intelligence organization led by Cherry, the operation would proceed much more smoothly.

Ye Qian had already realized the role of that intelligence organization and began to increase her support for her.

They specifically sent 10 more people over and gave her 200 silver coins, asking her to find a way to increase the number of members.

Of course, the initial members were mainly homeless children from various places; in fact, there was no shortage of such children in this era. With a little food and the credibility of Cherry, the leader of the children, her group grew larger and larger.

Cherry also discovered that when she left Lord Eli's territory and infiltrated other cities in the south, she often encountered obstruction from local forces.

Children are easy to deal with, but if they encounter a gang of local thugs, the children have no chance of winning.

Just when she didn't know what to do, Ye Qian said that the reinforcements she had provided had arrived.

"I have 20 people here who will secretly protect you. Now your authority has been increased. If you are sure you are safe, your 20 subordinates can help you solve some problems that are inconvenient for you to handle yourself when necessary."

Hearing Ye Qian's promise, Cherry was overjoyed and immediately asked her warriors to take action, wiping out a local gang.

This incident also caused a sensation among the local city defense forces.

After discovering that the deceased had been separated from his body, the city defense officer who had been protecting this group of local bullies was also shocked.

"How is that possible? He was actually murdered."

The murderer sneaked into the house in the middle of the night and killed them one by one. By the time the incident was exposed the next day, the murderer had already fled.

Then that morning, a man brought a gift of 3 gold coins to the city garrison commander, hoping to quell the matter.

"Alright, alright, let's just let this matter rest."

Having accepted the money, the city defense officer simply laughed it off, fraternized with the archers and warriors who came, and then turned a blind eye to the matter.

After that, Cherry, with her team of 12 children now grown, went to the slums to recruit more people, gradually forming an intelligence network for the new city.