Chapter 870

There were very few female soldiers left in the hot spring; a new batch of female craftsmen had arrived.

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue had also gone outside to prepare.

They helped the female soldiers put on their armor and distributed weapons.

These past few days, the smiths of Ding Dang's forging team had made no shortage of iron javelins.

【Name】Iron Javelin

【Quality】Standard

【Durability】20

【Attack】26

【Pierce】10

【Range】50 meters

This was a true standard-issue javelin.

Far more powerful and much longer-ranged than those modified wooden spears.

But these iron javelins had very low durability, only 20 points.

An ordinary iron saber had 200 points of durability, ten times that of this iron javelin.

After all, this javelin was basically a one-use weapon.

Just throw it and you're done.

Moreover, with durability this low, it would almost certainly be damaged the moment it hit an enemy.

If the durability were higher, there was a good chance the enemy would pick it up and throw it right back.

That would not be good.

Although this iron javelin had low durability, its power was not small.

A one-handed iron saber had 24 attack, an iron spear 34, an iron bow 10 points.

This iron javelin had 26 points of attack, higher damage than a single slash.

It also had 10 points of pierce, very effective against leather armor.

Now the female soldiers' load-bearing capacity was extremely high, able to carry quite a few iron javelins.

But unfortunately time was limited; only a little over 1,000 iron javelins had been made so far, and each person could only carry 5.

Each female soldier was equipped with 2 iron shields, one held in hand, one carried on the back.

The other hand held an iron spear or an iron two-handed Chengying Fengming Saber.

From head to toe, all iron.

Combat strength was absolutely nothing to scoff at.

Checking the time, only a little was left.

Gu Qing was still pressing with a gentle smile, not a trace of urgency on her face.

Zhao Chi looked up at her: "We should head out too, it's time to prepare."

"Mm, alright."

Zhao Chi stood up, leaving a red mark on Gu Qing's thigh.

But very quickly, the red mark vanished, returning to tender, fair skin.

Not long after, Zhao Chi was fully armed.

Gu Qing was also heavily equipped and ready for battle.

Zhao Chi had originally wanted to reassign his attributes, changing those 10 points of appearance into 10 points of constitution or strength.

But Gu Qing advised: "My lord, there's no rush to reassign attributes. You can change them anytime, so wouldn't it be better to wait until we've entered Xiao Ning's territory before you change them? If anything unexpected happens, you can still rely on this handsome face and use a video call to connect with Xiao Ning to make demands."

Zhao Chi thought about it and agreed; ordinary enemies of the same level were no match for him, so there was no need to rush for now.

Then they'd talk about it later.

At that moment, a voice message sounded in his ear.

This time it was from the family.

【Everyone, this is Zhao Qizong】

【I've received intel; our target this time is the village to the east — Nanlin Village】

【That place has already been occupied by Li Xun's Tianwang Army detachment; this time we're going to defeat Li Xun and his people】

【However, just like us, the people of Nanlin Village have been suppressed by Li Xun's side; they will also join this battle】

【So we may very well have to fight our neighbors】

【Moreover, Nanlin Village also has a formation; once we go over, we'll be teleported by them into another space, waiting for them to pick our opponents for us】

【If the enemy we're assigned is Li Xun's Tianwang Army group, I believe everyone will give it their all】

【But if we're assigned the lord of Nanlin Village, I also hope you won't be soft-hearted】

【After all, if we don't fight them, they'll fight us; now is not the time for mercy】

【But if we win, we can spare the lord of Nanlin Village's life — this is the greatest mercy we can show】

【Everyone get ready, time is almost up】

Nanlin Village...

It was the neighboring village of Xiliu Village, just to the east.

That village had 2 of Zhao Chi's classmates, as well as several others from the same grade.

He didn't know if he'd run into them.

He hadn't expected that place to have been occupied by Li Xun's group.

Li Xun's name carried great weight.

Many people called him the Righteous Bandit.

A bandit with a sense of loyalty.

They said his band of robbers held fast to certain principles.

They only wanted money, not lives.

If someone was kidnapped by them, as long as the family could pay the ransom, they would basically not be killed.

Moreover, the ones they kidnapped were all wealthy clan members, and the clans would basically all pay to ransom them back.

Those who went to pay the ransom would heave a sigh of relief upon learning the other party was Li Xun.

After all, they were afraid too—afraid that if they went over, they wouldn't be able to ransom the person back, and instead wouldn't be able to come back themselves either.

But dealing with people like Li Xun, there was no need for such worries.

So the families of the kidnapped paid up readily, Li Xun and his men made money fast, the kidnapped were basically never beaten, and the envoys sent to deliver the money were at ease.

All four sides were happy.

But in the end, bandits were still bandits.

No matter how much loyalty they had, the Nanmian Society would still burn, kill, loot, and pillage.

Li Xun could control himself, but he could not possibly control every subordinate lord under him.

But compared with Zhou Hua and his lot from before, such incidents were indeed far fewer.

Now the whole of Snowfield City was in chaos, yet they had not slaughtered villages or looted—instead they had occupied them. Perhaps this too had to do with them being "Righteous Bandits."