Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 190 Breakthrough Round (5)

Of course, Gu Shijiu did make some preparations before the battle; she sent Wang San out to gather information.

Wang San lay in wait at the market near Langya Village for several days, and learned from a drunken henchman that the village's weak point was on the cliff on the west side.

Although the terrain there is treacherous, there are few people guarding it because the villagers believe it is difficult to climb.

As for supplies, most of them were stored in a large warehouse in the center of the village, which was heavily guarded by soldiers.

Li Gui led the emperor to take stock of the available men in Black Wind Stronghold. The emperor was the one who did the work, while Li Gui was mainly responsible for watching over him.

The emperor's pride was hurt, but his opposition was still ineffective.

There are only a few dozen people in Black Wind Stronghold now, and barely a dozen of them are capable of fighting.

There isn't enough food; it's estimated that it will only last the village three to five days.

Therefore, Gu Shijiu set the date for attacking Langya Village three days later.

She decided to raid based on the amount of grain stored, a technique she learned from a border tribe in another world, so it should be fine.

Cao Huan had blind confidence in Gu Shijiu's abilities and had no objection.

Li Gui didn't understand these things, and as for the emperor and the people of Black Wind Stronghold, well, they had no say in it.

Unexpectedly, on the night before they were to attack Black Wind Stronghold, villagers secretly brought them food.

Cao Huan asked around and learned that these were all villagers from the vicinity of Langya Village.

This village is much wealthier than the town where Black Wind Village is located, and the villagers are doing alright, but they still can't withstand the daily raids from Wolf Fang Village.

This Wolf Fang Village not only robs caravans, but also villages.

In the village, any woman who was born with a daughter would be betrothed to another family early on and sent to be raised in another village.

It's better to be someone's child bride than to be violated by bandits in the mountains.

These villagers were unaware of Black Wind Stronghold's weakness; they only knew that the stronghold had a good reputation and never bullied the people, so they showed their respect through their actions.

The bandits of Black Wind Village received some dried sweet potatoes and coarse grain cakes at the gate when they were on night watch.

It's not much, just a small token of my appreciation.

Gu Shijiu was delighted to hear this: "See? We still have the support of the people. This is the kind of treatment only a righteous army deserves."

The emperor clicked his tongue: "You should be in charge of the leaky internal affairs. If it were a war between two countries, and news could leak so easily, you would have been beaten to a pulp by now."

Gu Shijiu thought that made sense; information warfare and intelligence are important at all times.

"Then you can handle it. If something similar happens again, cut off the rest of your belongings too."

Gu Shijiu waved his hand and assigned the emperor a new task.

The emperor, whose workload had inexplicably increased, wanted to slap himself: Why is this happening again...?

The opposing Wolf Fang Stronghold did indeed learn of the news, but they didn't care.

Everyone knows that the soldiers and generals in Black Wind Stronghold are so weak they can't even get enough to eat, yet they still want to fight.

Not to mention that recently, the new village chief has somehow lost his mind and sent many young men down the mountain.

Black Wind Village is now even worse than before.

Wolf Fang Village increased its defenses at night, waiting for Gu Shijiu to walk right into their trap.

In the early hours of the morning, Gu Shijiu led about ten people from Black Wind Village, splitting them into two groups and setting off.

One pair, led by Wang San, went up the cliff, while the other pair, consisting of Gu Shijiu and three others, headed straight for the warehouse.

Wang San and his men were nominally there to draw the enemy's attention, but the emperor suspected that Gu Shijiu wanted to monopolize the wealth in the warehouse.

Gu Shijiu led the three to the gate of Langya Village to challenge them.

The bandits guarding the two women stared wide-eyed, especially Cao Huan.

To be able to catch the emperor's eye for a night of passion, Cao Huan's looks must have been quite decent.

As for Yao San Niang, although she wasn't considered beautiful, she was still pretty, otherwise she wouldn't have been chosen to enter the palace.

Even the emperor and Li Gui had good looks that the bandits had never seen before.

The bandits from Wolf Fang Village never acted like this. They grinned at Gu Shijiu and said, "Young lady, have you come to join us?"

Gu Shijiu frowned and covered her nose: "Can you smell something rotten?"

Cao Huan shook his head: "It just smells like someone who hasn't showered for days."

“It’s not the same taste.” Gu Shijiu couldn’t think of a word to describe it. “It’s similar to the mud of a swamp or rats that have been dead for many days.”

The three people behind him all shook their heads.

Gu Shijiu was lost in thought. Did Yao Sanniang have a problem with her sense of smell?

She felt like she'd smelled this scent somewhere before.

There was discussion in the live stream room as well.

There were significantly fewer comments in the live chat than before, but the number of online viewers was still quite high.

"What's that smell? Are there any hidden clues here?"

"Finally someone spoke up. This game was so depressing to watch."

"Thank goodness it's just AI-generated; the people in this little world are just too miserable."

"But AI can't be created out of thin air, it's trained on massive amounts of data."

"Oh my god, I hope there really isn't such a world."

"This is even worse than the refugees in our world. Do people in lower worlds all live like this?"

"Fortunately, our world was born at the intermediate level and has never suffered these hardships."

......

Seeing Gu Shijiu in a daze, the bandits dared not make a move. They shamelessly approached and reached out to touch Cao Huan's face.

Cao Huan hid behind the emperor and made faces at him.

The bandits, believing the emperor was in charge of this group, grinned maliciously as they approached him.

The emperor hurriedly pulled at Gu Shijiu's clothes: "Hey, stop spacing out, something bad is about to happen."

Fortunately, Gu Shijiu quickly regained his senses, reached out and twisted the bandit's arm and broke his leg.

The bandit begged for mercy with lightning speed, displaying remarkable flexibility: "Heroine, spare my life!"

Gu Shijiu had no intention of letting him off the hook. She had already learned from the nearby villagers that the Wolf Fang Village was notorious for its evil deeds.

"Have you ever killed anyone?" Cao Huan asked the bandit.

The bandit's expression froze for a moment, then he immediately shook his head: "I've never killed anyone, heroine."

Gu Shijiu said to Cao Huan, "This person seems to be lying."

Cao Huan was somewhat surprised: "You noticed it too?"

Gu Shijiu shook her head slightly: "I can smell it. He smells even worse when he's lying."

Upon hearing this, the emperor lowered his eyelids, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing that they couldn't hide it from Gu Shijiu, the bandits quickly kowtowed, "It was all the boss who forced us to do that..."

Gu Shijiu was in a hurry to steal the goods. She hadn't eaten for several days and was impatient to talk to the bandits, so she twisted their heads off and took the knife from their hands.

The emperor looked at Gu Shijiu's normal expression, his eyes darkening further.

He had witnessed the other party kill people like this several times along the way, as if they were just killing a chicken.

No, Gu Shijiu doesn't know how to kill a chicken at all.

As the emperor once again speculated about her true identity, Gu Shijiu took the lead and stormed into the village.

The bandits of Langya Village were all awakened from their sleep and took up their weapons to resist.

Gu Shijiu brandished his broadsword, moving with impunity, slaughtering the bandits until they howled in agony.