Chapter 720-Way of the Strategist
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
On the way to Yiling, Ouyang Shuo took a look at his battle contribution points and the rankings.
"Battle Report: The Battle of Red Cliff has ended, congratulations Cao Cao Camp for changing history, awarding every Cao Cao Camp Lord 2000 merit points and an additional 50% contribution points. Friendly reminder: extra points are not added into the rankings calculation."
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"Battle Report: The Battle of Red Cliff has officially ended, now starting to add in additional battle contribution points based on how much the player affected the battle."
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"System Notification: Player Qiyue Wuyi, Cao Cao camp representative, broke the Lu Su, Huang Gai and Liu Bei Armies, occupied Red Cliff, and destroyed Chaisang. All things considered, contributed greatly, awarded 50 thousand battle contribution points."
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Ouyang Shuo took a look at the final battle contribution points ranking.
1st: Qiyue Wuyi - 250000 points
2nd: Di Chen - 200000 points
3rd: Gong Chengshi - 180000 points
4th: Feng Qiuhuang - 175000 points
5th: Bai Hua - 170000 points
6th: Wandering Magic - 150000 points
7th: Chun Shenjun- 150000 points
8th: Sha Pojun - 135000 points
9th: Spark- 85000 points
10th: I'm Called Big Bad Wolf- 15000 points
In the rankings, as Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang were both assassinated, they could not enter the top 10. On the other hand, Gong Chengshi used the surrendered army to attack Wulong Prefecture, so he jumped into the top 3.
It was Spark and I'm Called Big Bad Wolf who once again jumped into the top 10.
As for Caiyun Zinan, Qin Feng, and Yuan Ping, they asked for it, so they could not blame anyone. Who knows what they would feel when they learn of the battle results.
Ouyang Shuo would settle this matter with them when he returned to the main map.
Compared to the previous battle maps, the battle contribution points earned in the Battle of Red Cliff had been greatly reduced. Even Ouyang Shuo had only obtained 250 thousand, 50 thousand of which was the bonus.
The reason was that even though this battle had many changes and took up a lot of time, they were no true massacres. Even the battle to attack Jiangling happened because of the spy.
A true war did not occur.
With that, this battle naturally could not give birth to an ocean's worth of battle contribution points.
Most of the points Ouyang Shuo obtained came from killing Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao; if not, he would be lower than even Di Chen.
In the end, including the 50% bonus and the costs of reviving the troops, Ouyang Shuo had obtained 200 thousand points.
That was 20 thousand merit points.
Such a small amount was not paid attention to by Ouyang Shuo. On the other hand, Di Chen, Feng Qiuhuang, Bai Hua, and Chin Shenjun the others all used this chance to rank up.
The biggest gain for Ouyang Shuo from all of this was still recruiting Zhou Yu, Jia Xu, and the other historical figures. Including Lu Su and the others, this was his biggest haul till date.
After looking at the battle contribution points, Ouyang Shuo took a look at their stats.
Lu Su, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai were all listed as King Rank. Amongst them, Lu Su and Lu Meng were more outstanding while Gan Ning and Zhou Tai were the two worse ones.
Even to say that a general like Zhao Si Hu would quickly catch up to Zhou Tai.
Name: Lu Su (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 70
Force: 60
Intelligence: 80
Politics: 75
Specialty: Blade to Battle (Raises combat strength of troops by 20%, raises morale by 25%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: Six-faced Han Sword
Evaluation: A wary person who did not care much about extravagant things, a really humble person inside and out. He is able to organize troops and follow orders. Although he is in the military, his hand always has books. He is also good at discussion and could take up civil servant roles.
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Name: Huang Gai (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 75
Force: 80
Intelligence: 65
Politics: 55
Specialty: Fire Engulfing Red Cliff (raises combat strength of troops by 18%, raises movement speed by 18%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: iron whip
Evaluation: Born in a harsh environment, although he was poor growing up, he did not care much about riches, giving his salary to his subordinates. He often studied and discussed the art of war. He was a tiger general, leading troops to siege and kill the enemy.
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Name: Lu Meng (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 78
Force: 70
Intelligence: 75
Politics: 65
Specialty: Crossing the River (Raises troops combat strength by 20%, raises troops morale by 15%)
Cultivation method: nil
Equipment: Long Halberd
Evaluation: Lu Meng was courageous and had an eye for tactics, helping to capture Guan Yu. Although he was crazy about killing, he was able to curb it, making him seem more worthy of being a soldier of the country!
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Name: Gan Ning (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 72
Force: 84
Intelligence: 50
Politics: 25
Specialty: Quick Attack (Raises combat strength of troops by 15%, raises troops movement speed by 20%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: Machete, twin halberd, iron chain
Evaluation: Although Gan Ning was brutish and loved to kill, he used tactics and was a respectable soldier that was not a money grubber, a tiger general.
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Name: Zhou Tai (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 68
Force: 82
Intelligence: 45
Politics: 30
Speciality: Save the Lord (raises troops combat strength by 15% raises troops movement speed by 15%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: Long Knife
Evaluation: Zhou Tai of East Wu could be compared to Xu Chu of Wei and Zhao Yu of Shu. He saved Quan then saved Xu Sheng!
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Including Zhou Yu, these six Jiangdong generals were all arranged into the Nanyang Navy.
The navy had already chased up to the army in terms of both scale and equipment.
Now, it only lacked generals, and it was a huge difference. The addition of Lu Meng and the rest would result in an obvious raise to the navy's combat ability.
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Along with the battle map ending, on the way back to Yiling, Jia Xu finally expressed his intentions to follow Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo was delighted.
At this point, all his goals for this battle had been achieved.
Name: Jia Xu (Emperor Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City Strategist
Occupation: special rank strategist
Loyalty: 75
Command: 80
Force: 45
Intelligence: 90
Politics: 85
Specialty: Planning the Battle(raises success rate of strategies by 35%, raises soldier morale by 30%, raises confidence in battle by 30%, reduces enemy morale by 15%)
Evaluation: Jia Xu seemed ordinary but he was amazing, a cut above the rest. His intelligence was one he kept silent about; you cannot be locked up and controlled by others.
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The way of a strategist stemmed from Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. Zhang Liang was the Strategy Saint while Chen Ping was at least a God Rank strategist. During the Three Kingdoms Era, the strategist occupation experienced a massive explosion.
The pinnacle strategists during that time included, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Cheng Xu, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Xun, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, and more.
Others like Jushou, Tian Feng, Xu Chu, and Chen Gong could be considered elites amongst strategists.
Sima Yi, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Xun, Zhuge Liang, and other similar generals all had strategist as their sub-occupations. Like Zhou Yu and Lu Su, they were considered generals.
Gaia's evaluation of historical people did not only consider their personal ability and contribution to the dynasty; it also listed them amongst the people of the occupation in history.
With strategists as an example:
Zhang Liang was the highest existence; hence, he was listed as Saint Rank.
Similarly, as the strategist occupation was rare, most others were listed as Emperor Rank.
As for Guo Jia and Fa Zheng, they were God Rank.
Based on ability alone, Zhou Yu was above them; however, he was considered a general, so he was listed as Emperor Rank.
Out of the five thousand years of history, every dynasty had many generals and ministers.
Generals and civil servants had the most intense competition. Hence, it was not hard to understand why so many were listed as Emperor or King Rank.
Civil servants were similar, so Fan Zhongyan could only be listed as King Rank.