Chapter 305: Difficulty in Going Down the Mountain
Yi pointed out the problem in a serious tone.
But he didn't seem to be frightened by the difficulty.
On the contrary, he was actually quite eager to try the option of "coming out of retirement" and even looked forward to it.
Because he was born and raised in the mountains, he had learned a set of unparalleled skills but had nowhere to display them, and he had long been eager to get out of the mountains to gain experience.
Coupled with the national hatred and tribal feud with Noxus, the young Master Yi was even more eager to go down the mountain and kill people.
"President Orianna, it's time for us to fight our way out of the mountains." He turned into an active advocate of war and suggested impatiently.
"This..." Riven looked worried and had no desire to fight.
Because she also knew the problems that Yi mentioned.
Wuji Village is just a small self-sufficient mountain village, and the local residents cannot support so many refugees who have lost their homes.
After they finish eating the food they brought from the foot of the mountain, no, they must go down the mountain to find a way to survive before they finish eating the food.
But things are not that simple.
Although Wuji Village is isolated from the world, this mountainous area is actually not as far away from the secular world as imagined.
Standing on the top of Wuji Peak, on top of the pagoda of Wuji Sword Sect, one can actually rely on the sharp eagle eyes of a transcendent being to see the coastal towns beyond the mountains in the distance.
This place is about ten kilometers away from the mountains.
"Yi, you saw it a few days ago:"
"The Noxians are still in the province of Barue. They have even reached the coastal town of Tiwaser outside the Wuji Mountains."
"The Empire's army is now guarding outside the mountains. It's lucky that they didn't find us and break into the mountains. How can we get the strength to fight them out?"
Riven frowned deeply. She had been busy, tired and stressed for the past half month, and even her forehead wrinkles were starting to appear at such a young age.
Because she knew very well that the people under her command were far from being able to compete with the Noxian army.
Although the structure of the Leader's Ionia branch has been set up and a team of capable grassroots cadres has been formed, they can only help with some daily administrative work at best and are far from being an army with combat capabilities.
The truly combat-capable ones are a team of hundreds of extraordinary people formed by Riven from among the tens of thousands of refugees, including talented people and folk masters.
Together with the dozens of Wuji swordsmen who volunteered to join the battle, they can be considered a combat team with combat effectiveness.
But these people combined only have the strength of a reinforced company, and there is an extreme lack of training and coordination between the soldiers. Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered a professional army at all, but can only be called a civilian master club.
This team is probably not enough to face the Noxian army which numbers in the tens of thousands.
"I quietly flew out of the mountain yesterday and observed secretly. Right now, in the small city of Tiwaser outside Wuji Mountain, there is an entire Noxian war group stationed."
"They may not have discovered us yet. We are hiding in the nearby mountains."
"If they discover our existence, then..." Riven looked worried and remained silent.
"It doesn't matter. I will do it." Master Yi was quite confident.
Riven: “…”
"That's an entire army," she couldn't help but remind him.
"With us, the Wuji Swordsman, that's enough," said the young Master Yi.
Riven was speechless again.
She didn't think that everything would be fine this time with the help of the Wuji Swordsman.
After all, she had seen Yi's fellow disciples practice swordsmanship before. Although they were good, they were only average.
These Wuji swordsmen are far from being strong enough to change the situation of the battle on their own.
"That's because you haven't seen me take action yet." Master Yi said.
"But there is a war group of over 10,000 people stationed outside the mountain." Riven raised her eyebrows: "No matter how powerful you are, can you really fight against an entire army alone?"
Yi was silent this time.
He thought about it seriously before saying, "It should be possible."
Riven: “…”
"That's no use!" Riven unconsciously used the tone of an old cadre that she didn't know where she learned from: "Comrade Yi, you may be good at fighting, but you may not be good at war."
"Yes, we may be able to defeat the Noxian warband stationed outside the mountain. But what happens after we defeat them?"
"Every independent regiment of the Noxian Empire has a military mage responsible for long-distance communication."
"From the moment we appear in front of this war group, the information about the battle situation and request for support will be transmitted to the Noxian headquarters in the province of Barue as soon as possible through the mage's communication spell."
"And as far as I know, Noxus has two other warbands stationed in the Yipu River Port alone."
"The port of Tiwaser outside Wuji Mountain is also a coastal town. The enemy can use ships to quickly maneuver along the coastal route. It doesn't even take a day to sail from Yipu River Port to here."
"What shall we do then?"
I can only run away with the wind.
But they wanted to fight out in order to have a base outside the mountains and find a stable and reliable source of food. If they were chased away by the enemy once they got out of the mountains, wouldn't they have fought this battle in vain?
"Not to mention, the Noxians are not fools."
"Last time they watched us fleeing in the wind, so this time they didn't know to bring a corps of battle mages or flying magic bird knights to stop us from mid-air?"
"Even if we can escape successfully, what about Wuji Village? Should we let everyone leave their homes and flee with us, or let the villagers stay here and wait for the Noxian army to retaliate?"
Riven's series of calm analysis and questions left Master Yi speechless.
The enemy's means of communication, reserve forces, support speed, battlefield topography, post-war impact and post-war methods...
These are questions he had never thought about before.
Riven was right, he was just a skilled swordsman, but not a qualified soldier.
"I... I understand." Master Yi corrected the mistakes of his radical and adventurous approach in a timely manner and broke through the shackles of his personal heroic approach.
He humbly asked Riven: "President Orianna, what should we do next?"
"This..." Riven's expression became more serious.
She just understood the problem, but couldn't think of a way to fundamentally solve it.
There are only three possible responses she can think of:
"First, keep a low profile and wait for Noxus to withdraw."
This is actually just leaving it to fate.
Moreover, God's will does not seem to be on the side of the leader.
The province of Baruo has no strategic value. Logically, the Noxian Empire should leave after killing enough people and establishing enough power here.
But Riven was shocked to find that the warband stationed in the port of Tiwaser outside Wuji Mountain was actually the third independent warband in addition to the two warbands that appeared in the port of Yipu River.
For such a small island like Barue, why are two regiments not enough and why is it necessary to send a third regiment?
Hasn't Noxus killed enough people here?
Or... are they coming for another target, the Leader?
Riven was worried, but she tried to look optimistic and said:
"Second, wait for news from Feiya."
Riven realized that being trapped in the mountains was a dead end, so she sent Fia down the mountain in advance to find a way to go out to the sea to contact Zaun's leader.
Feiya and her servants were all merchants and sailors, and had extensive sailing experience. As long as they could find a suitable ship to go out to sea, they would definitely be able to reach Zaun.
As for Zuan...
Although she is a fake president , all the people under her are true leaders certified by Janna.
Considering that we are all leaders, Zaan should help, right?
Riven thought so and said:
"Third..." Her tone suddenly became a little hesitant.
"Third, pray to the goddess Janna."
easy:"……"
"Will this work?" Master Yi questioned.
"Maybe it will work..." Riven wasn't sure.
She had prayed to the Goddess Gana in her heart many times these days, but Gana only responded when she borrowed her divine power.
It's like a robot customer service that automatically delivers goods...
Any prayers other than this will go largely unanswered.
Could it be... because when she prayed she only said "Goddess bless you", without revealing her identity or background, and without stating her specific needs, so the goddess didn't know what she wanted?
Um, that shouldn’t be the case, right?
Riven dismissed the ridiculous idea in her mind and said, "Anyway, we can only take it one step at a time now."
"Our next task is to build a good base in the mountains and strengthen the training of combat troops. At the same time, we must not relax the propaganda of Janna ideology to those refugees, especially the untouchables."
"Yeah." Master Yi nodded.
Then, he was stunned...
He asked, “What are untouchables…?”
"Huh?" Riven was also stunned.
She looked at Master Yi and said, "Are there no untouchables in your Wuji Village?"
"No..." Master Yi replied.
"They are the kind of people who have no land to inherit and are driven out of the village when they are born." Riven thought that the untouchables had different names in Wuji Village, so she emphasized this to Yi.
"Drive them out of the village? How is that possible?" Master Yi showed an incredible expression: "How can we drive our own people out of the village?"
"This..." Riven was stunned for a moment before she suddenly reacted.
In the past half month since she came to Wuji Village, she seemed to have never seen anyone being bullied here.
It was like a paradise isolated from the rest of the world. Everyone seemed to have food to eat and crops to grow, and no one was hungry or poor.
And they have been living this beautiful, utopian life peacefully in these mountains for thousands of years.
"You really don't have any untouchables here?" Riven thought about it and still couldn't believe it:
"Yi, tell me how you did it!"
