Mount and Blade Central Asia

Chapter 43: The Man Blessed by the Scarlet Wind

Li Rufeng stood on the river bank, looking at the chaotic defeated army in front of him and the heavy cavalry killing his mounts without any scruples, and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Those are all priceless war horses. Although they are not as majestic as the horse of Haishar, twenty such war horses... Let’s put it this way, Li Rufeng’s tribe is a bit small, with less than 600 horses in total, and there may not be any one of them that can reach that level.

Seeing those heavy cavalry brutally stabbing their own horses to death, all the cavalrymen in the team became a little agitated. For these grassland people, their feelings for horses may be stronger than for people.

But Li Rufeng forcibly suppressed the restlessness. Not to mention that the number of the defeated soldiers below was greater than his, the risk of using cavalry to attack this river beach was high enough.

The Sweet Water River mentioned by Mongolians is the Euphrates River. Its riverbed has been eroded for thousands of years, especially at the bends, and the soil on the ground is fluffy and slippery.

Wherever the heavy cavalry rode, they left behind a trail of mud, and their speed was getting slower and slower.

The reason why those ships can stop here is because the water level here is higher. In comparison, the land here is much more solid when Haishar led his men to attack the Armenian heavy infantry on the river bank.

If he charged rashly and accidentally got stuck in the mud, Li Rufeng would be in trouble if the fleeing soldiers found an opportunity to counterattack him.

What's more, there were still an unknown number of soldiers left on the ship. Li Rufeng watched as a group of defeated soldiers attacked for a long time but still couldn't break into the ship.

Li Rufeng had the advantage of time. Those cavalrymen who still had bows and arrows were seizing the opportunity to use their arrows to make the enemy more confused.

The horse, having gotten a chance to catch its breath, also took the opportunity to recover its strength. Haishaer's eagle-like eyes were always looking at Li Rufeng.

To describe Li Rufeng's performance in this small-scale battle as a military genius is not enough to fully describe it. It seemed as if he could speak directly into the soldiers' minds.

A similar situation was recorded in the history of the Eagle of Order. That was more than seventy years ago. There was a man named Aswad who could speak in people's hearts and used this to play tricks, causing unrest in most of Medina.

There were even thousands of people who believed that he was another prophet walking on earth after Muhammad. At that time, the Eagle of Order had only been established for a few decades and was inexperienced in such matters, so they were almost deceived.

Until later, a brave knight-errant converted

The false prophet's gesture gained the trust of the false prophet, who mixed the water with powder from the Kaaba's black stone.

As a result, after the false prophet drank the drink, a purple glow appeared all over his body. The knight-errant took the opportunity to pierce the false prophet's throat with a sword, making him unable to speak.

However, the false prophet was still able to use his special ability to speak in the hearts of the people. Although the false prophet was seriously injured and died in the end, the knight-errant was also stoned to death on the spot by other angry believers.

The companions in charge of the response could only watch painfully from a distance, and reported everything that happened here back to the Eagle of Order.

In the end, it took the legal scholars of the Eagle of Order nearly fifty years to completely eliminate the huge influence left by the false prophet Aswad, and in the following twenty years, they systematically erased the relevant records of Aswad.

Later, as the Eagles of Order gained a deeper understanding of the power of the four winds, they determined that purple represented the power of the purple wind...

Li Rufeng watched with a sharp gaze as the group of defeated soldiers fell apart. One third of them risked their lives by swimming across the river, and another third fled to both sides along the riverbed, completely losing their minds.

In the last third, they were fighting a desperate battle with the defenders on the ship. They had completely lost their minds and just wanted to get on the ship and leave this place of death.

The heavily armored knights led by Dost were still elite even when they dismounted. Under Dost's leadership, they were like a sharp knife, tearing a hole in the crowd.

It's time. Li Rufeng looked at the completely scattered defeated army and raised the magic sword in the dark night.

The exaggerated length and built-in special effects make this weapon more like a battle flag in Li Rufeng's hands.

"Warriors of the Taierbahe tribe! Those men have the blood of your loved ones on their hands!" Li Rufeng's voice reached everyone. "Only death and victory can comfort the dead! Let them wash away their sins in the Sweet Water River!"

"Kill!" Li Rufeng swung the magic sword fiercely, and the cavalry beside him immediately rushed towards the enemies on the riverbank like a flood.

For Li Rufeng, this operation is a simple f1+f3, which means everyone should obey orders and charge!

But to his enemies, it was approaching death.

The charge of forty cavalrymen was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Several desperate fleeing soldiers even forgot to take off their armor and jumped directly into the icy river, where they soon sank and disappeared.

Dost fought his way through the defeated army and boarded the ships, which he had requisitioned from his cooperating merchants. The sailors were all trembling and hiding in the cabins, until Dost roared, then they came out and began to prepare to set sail.

The competition yielded nearly thirty skill level gains...

This is almost catching up with the skill points Li Rufeng had obtained in the previous year. As Li Rufeng upgraded, he now has a total of one attribute point and a full five specialization points, which can be used to increase the coefficient of gaining experience for a certain skill.

Before this, Li Rufeng had never used attribute points and specialization points. On the one hand, it was because he was still unfamiliar with the environment he was in, and he didn't know where to invest these non-renewable resources to create greater value.

On the other hand, it was because Li Rufeng's life was too stable. He had no pressure to survive, and his existing abilities had far exceeded the limits required by that small tribe and the people seeking medical treatment from the surrounding tribes. He had no motivation to continue improving his abilities, so he accumulated these resources with the intention of preparing for emergencies.

However, everything is different now.

The war suddenly hit Li Rufeng. It was not only the war with Duosite Wanhu in front of him, but also the war with the Black Sheep Dynasty which was still far away but already visible to the naked eye.

Hidden beneath these worldly wars are those illusory but terrifying-sounding struggles in the supernatural realm.

If the previous two years were the novice period, then Li Rufeng has now entered the open world where everything is possible. He needs to do his best to even guarantee his most basic right to survival. Improving himself has become an urgent need.

First of all, there are attribute points. If it were in the game, Li Rufeng would definitely continue to invest in his intelligence attribute. Specializing in one attribute will bring far greater benefits to the player than the bucket number.

But this is not a game. These things are his livelihood. The first thing Li Rufeng needs to consider is how to survive.

The biggest problem facing him now is that this is a place of chaos and war. A six-year-old child may not be able to speak, but he must be able to ride a horse.

Li Rufeng's riding skills, with the bonus of "agile warhorse", could barely cope with the situation just now, and he could just fill in the team without looking weak, but if a real battle broke out, he would be no match for him.

So Li Rufeng invested his only attribute point in the endurance attribute, increasing it from 2 to 3.

As a loyal player of Mount & Blade, although Li Rufeng pre-ordered the second generation early on, his actual game time in the second generation game was not long, and his understanding of this system was not very deep.

After more than two years of exploration, Li Rufeng finally realized the impact of attributes on the skills they belong to.

Taking the riding skill under the endurance attribute as an example, Li Rufeng's endurance attribute was 2 before, and the basic experience acquisition rate of the riding skill was 1.25. 2 points of endurance attribute can give the riding skill an additional 50% basic experience acquisition rate bonus, which is 1.25+1=2.25 experience acquisition rate.

When Li Rufeng was riding and killed enemies with a scimitar to gain experience, he gained 100 experience points, which were distributed among his one-handed weapon skills and riding skills.

因为李如风的活力属性为3点，所以下属单手武器技能经验获取率加成为1.25+1.5=2.75，这100点经验分配给单手武器技能时可以被算作275点经验，而骑术技能则只拿到了225点经验。

Each skill concentration point provides an additional 1.25 skill acquisition rate for that skill (Note 1).

So after Li Rufeng suffered enough losses from the riding skill, in addition to investing a little endurance attribute, he also put two skill concentration points into the riding skill, bringing the total experience gain rate of the riding skill to 1.25+1.25x2+1.5=5.25.

It can be predicted that Li Rufeng will make rapid progress in riding skills in the future.

Li Rufeng invested the remaining three skill concentration points in his three strong skills: medicine, management, and charm, intending to continue to strengthen his strengths in the future.

But Li Rufeng's personal gains from this war were far more than that.

When the war ended, Li Rufeng also obtained an achievement called "Newcomer".

Compared to other content in the system, achievements are definitely a new thing, and they come with attribute bonuses!

[Newbie: Congratulations on finally stepping out of your comfort zone, starting to explore this magical world, and achieving a genuine victory!

As a reward, those who have achieved this can choose one attribute to improve. This choice is irreversible. After choosing, the attribute value will be increased by 1 point, and the three skills under this attribute will be improved by 1 point!

Ecstasy! Winning the jackpot! This was Li Rufeng's most intuitive feeling!

Li Rufeng hesitated for a long time about this all-round improvement, and finally wavered between social, intelligence and vitality, because this not only involved the improvement of attributes, but also the specialization level bonus of the three skills of subordinates.

Needless to say, intelligence is Li Rufeng's strong attribute, and the medical skills of his subordinates are Li Rufeng's livelihood.

The management skill is Li Rufeng's highest-level skill at this stage, with a strength of 82 points. He has not yet made a choice between his skill expertise at 50 points and 75 points.

As for the potential of engineering skills, Li Rufeng knew it better than anyone else. In the short term, how to capture a city has always been the top priority of the nomadic army, while in the long run, improving tribal productivity is the key.

, the development of handicrafts and even industry requires this skill to play a role.

The same is true for social attributes. This attribute is considered to be the face of Li Rufeng as a shaman. Without the bonus of social attributes, relying only on the face of the old shaman, Li Rufeng would not be able to become famous on the grassland and solidify his identity as the old shaman's successor.

But his charm skill was high enough that he could maintain good relations with almost all the important people in the tribe. Ordinary herders even regarded him as the most favored chosen one by Changshengtian after the old shaman...

The subsequent command skills are related to the army. As the level increases, they are the most effective skills for expanding the size of the troops and stabilizing the morale of the soldiers.

As for trading skills, its importance can be seen from the name alone. The entire Timurid Empire relied on the Silk Road trade route to maintain its financial income, and its importance is self-evident.

However, the above two items are about long-term benefits, and the benefits of vitality attributes are right in front of us.

Higher vitality attributes can enhance Li Rufeng's physical fitness, allowing him to master weapon use and skills more quickly, and combined with improved riding skills...

Anyone who has played the Mount & Blade series of games knows that the Mount & Blade path is the fastest way to gain experience points, dinars, reputation, territory, and even everything you want.

As long as you can still swing the knife, as long as you still have a horse that can run, you have not failed and there is a possibility of making a comeback.

What's more, Li Rufeng has a magic sword in his hand that can be called a divine weapon. Any man can't refuse such a big toy.

After much hesitation, Li Rufeng chose the option that would maximize his immediate gains. He allocated the rewards from the "Newbie" achievement to the Vitality attribute, increasing it from 3 to 4, and the skill expertise levels of his three subordinates were also increased by one level each.

The pressure from Dost and the Black Sheep Dynasty is imminent, and the civil war has broken out. Li Rufeng needs to quickly improve his personal martial arts in order to gain more rights in this struggle.

The people of the grassland believe in strongman politics. The shaman of Changshengtian can be the spiritual pillar of the tribe, and so can the Islamic legal scholars.

Back then, Genghis Khan killed the all-powerful wizard Kuo Kuo Chu with one sword, but the Eternal Heaven blessed him with invincibility. In this land, if you cannot hold the sword firmly, the power in your hands will sooner or later be snatched away by others.

Li Rufeng originally just wanted to bet on both sides so that the winner could drink some soup after eating the meat.

But now, he looked at the soldiers around him who had fought alongside him in the bloody battle, and they only realized now that the war had been won.

When Li Rufeng looked over, the soldiers, not knowing who started it first, began to cheer in unison: "Changshengtian appears! Shaman Rufeng appears!"

Only now did these soldiers have time to think about the inspiration they had just received. Some soldiers even dismounted on the spot and prostrated themselves in the direction of Li Rufeng.

Soon, all the soldiers dismounted, knelt down in the direction of Li Rufeng, and offered their loyalty and faith.

Because of this, the few captives on the mudflats who had survived by pretending to be dead were not slaughtered.

Haishaer was the only person on horseback besides Li Rufeng. He rode gently to Li Rufeng's side and looked at the kneeling soldiers with him: "You owe me an explanation."

"If I say it was the manifestation of Changshengtian..." Li Rufeng smiled awkwardly, but Haishaer obviously didn't believe it, and his hand was on the hilt of the knife.

"I can't explain it. You can think of it as a special ability of Oriental people." Li Rufeng shrugged. He could come up with eight reasons in the time it takes to fart. The key point is whether Haishaer wants to believe it or not.

"I come from a family of generals. In my country, all descendants of generals like me who have inherited a military family heritage are born generals." Li Rufeng's smile seemed very calm.

Haishar looked at Li Rufeng expressionlessly and threw a handful of Kaaba holy stone powder directly into his face.

The silver sand looked extremely holy in the dark night. It was blown down from Li Rufeng's body by the night wind, and looked like a silver cloak behind him.

The soldiers on the mudflats will never forget this moment.

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Note 1: The experience system of Mount & Blade II is quite complicated. It is written in this way just to make it easier to calculate the values ​​when writing the book, and it is not based on the game.

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Chapter 45: Gains and Losses

The system's generous gifts did not end there. It even helped Li Rufeng calculate the real gains from this battle, such as equipment and prisoners.

Of course, the system itself cannot provide a non-existent trading platform to directly recycle the many equipment seized by Li Rufeng. After all, this land itself is not like the world of Mount and Blade, where there is no unified currency system after so many years of war.

The almighty dinar allows you to buy a horse from the Khuzait Khanate and transport it all the way to Batania, turning one dinar into two or even three dinars.

However, the actual situation that Li Rufeng faced was more of a barter transaction, where a piece of skin was exchanged for a small bag of salt, and a horse was exchanged for five sufficiently sharp scimitars.

In fact, the only thing that could be called currency in Li Rufeng's hand was the Timur silver coins that those nobles gave to him as gifts when he treated his injuries.

The humble Sultan Timur even printed the Khan's portrait on the silver coins. Of course, it is not ruled out that the coinage level was not high and the portrait was pressed too ugly, which was why the Sultan looked down on it.

The system helped Li Rufeng count the number of seized equipment directly in the virtual interface, and even marked the status of the equipment. Those equipment with prefixes of damaged or tattered all needed to be repaired before they could be used normally, and those that had been scrapped were not included in the statistics.

At a glance, there were a total of 71 sets of intact infantry armor and 152 sets of damaged armor that needed to be repaired and used.