Chapter-19

# Chapter 19: "Beginner"

Ouyang Shuo returns to his office and sits down, shortly followed by Gu Xiuwen and two other tall men. **Gu Xiuwen** introduced them as a brother pair Lin Yue, an unarmed martial arts instructor, and Lin Yi, a Basic General - both new special talents who'd just arrived at the village. The Lin brothers greeted their lord and after a discussion, **Lin Yue** had said that he was injured in the past and couldn't join the military. **Lin Yue** was offered his own Martial Arts Dojo which he accepted, while **Lin Yi** was appointed as the Sergeant for the Shanhai Militia third squad.

Throughout the past few days, **Ouyang Shuo** noted that **the System** had started to review its rules for generating immigrants. First, the closer to the start of the village or just after an upgrade, the more likely it was for the system to bring in some special talent. While, if the system's requirements for upgrades had already been met, basic villagers would be sent instead. In addition, another thing he'd noticed was as the characteristics of the village rose, it would attract higher-level talents from time to time.

We received further information on the military structure of a militia within the game, after being promoted to a Level 10 Militia, they could then transform into Rank 1 Soldiers. From there, the soldiers had a total of nine ranks to climb. Ranks 1 to 3 were normal soldiers, 4 to 6 were the veterans, while ranks 7 to 9 were the elite soldiers. Once a soldier reached Rank 9 Elite soldier-level, they could be class-changed to become a Basic General at the barracks.

It was also explained that a soldier could only become a **Sergeant** leading a platoon (a total of 50 soldiers with ten Sergeants.) From there, ten platoons with a total of 500 soldiers, a unit would be formed, led by a Major, requiring the Major to be at least a Basic General. Five units formed a regiment, led by a colonel, which required at least an Intermediate General. Five regiments formed a division, with another 1,000 units directly under the Major General, for a total of 13,500 soldiers, requiring an Advanced General. Four divisions formed a legion, with an additional 10,000 people under the Commanding General, a total of 64,000 soldiers and requiring a Special General. A legion was a massive army but if you put a number of legions together in a Legion Corp, then only a Lord or a Lord-appointed Marshal could perform the job.

Ouyang Shuo led Sergeant Lin Yi to the barracks when General Shi had stopped him to inform him of an important matter, San Gouzi had located a raider camp within the territory's boundaries. Luckily, the raiders weren't aware of **San Gouzi's** movements. **Ouyang Shuo** tasked **General Shi** to find out information regarding the base, including the combat strength of the camp and to train up the militia as fast as possible.

The next morning, General Shi had reported that he'd snuck into the camp and was able to provide Ouyang Shuo with a detailed report. He said that the total occupants of the camp were one hundred people, with only sixty being combatants, while the remainder were women and children. He also divided them into three categories, first of all were the ordinary bandits, poorly equipped and unmounted with similar strength to the Shanhai Militia. The second category were the Elite Bandits, well-equipped with horses, bows, and spears. He estimated that there were a total of twenty elites. The third category is their leader, who **General Shi** had mentioned was roughly as strong as **Sergeant Lin Yi**.

## CHARACTERS

* Ouyang Shuo
* Gu Xiuwen (Secretary, Housing Registration Office)
* Lin Yue (Martial Artist)
* Lin Yi (Basic General, Sergeant of Shanhai Village Militia Third Squad)
* General Shi (Lieutenant of the Shanhai Village Militia)
* San Gouzi (Sergeant, Shanhai Village Militia)

## ENEMIES

* A scouted Raider Camp, consisting of sixty fighters:
	+ A leader with an estimated strength of a **Basic General** - on par with **Sergeant Lin Yi**.
	+ **20 Elite Raiders**, either on par with a Veteran or Elite-levelled Soldier, and;
	+ An estimated amount of **40 Regular Bandits**, on par with the current strength of the Shanhai Village Militia.

## ITEMS

1. ↑ The math was calculated incorrectly within the Light Novel. Four 13,500-man divisions with an additional 10,000 soldiers calculates to 64,000 soldiers within a Legion.