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Chapter 322 Fighting the Three Kingdoms

The time soon came to the afternoon, and various WCG competitions including "StarCraft", "Three Kingdoms 3", "Special Warriors", "FIFA2000" and so on officially kicked off. At one time, a team composed of 300 computers The competition area was full of flames, but with the help of headphones, apart from the occasional shouts from the players, the arena seemed relatively quiet.

The number of players participating in the "Three Kingdoms 3" competition is the largest, reaching 108 (including 128 if there are substitutes), but because of the special form of confrontation, it can only be counted as a confrontation between 18 teams.The previous "Three Kingdoms" series were relatively close to traditional real-time strategy games. The most common online battles were 1vs1 or 2vs2. This kind of cooperative competition has gradually become popular. In this mode, the number of participants must be even, and they are divided into two camps to attack each other.

There are two branches of cooperative confrontation games, one is close to the traditional real-time strategy game, taking the case of 8-player battle as an example, the two sides are actually equivalent to each mastering four troops, and attack each other after forming an alliance.The other is relatively new. Participants in the same camp have different identities. One of them is the overall commander, and the others are under his leadership, either to seize resources, or to attack the enemy, or to a certain area. Playing defense, in short, is closer to a real real-time strategy game than playing a tactical so-called real-time "strategy" game.

At WCG this time, the game mode of "Three Kingdoms 3" is the second method that is closer to a real real-time strategy game. It requires no less than 6 players in the participating teams, and the official registration team can have up to 8 people (two of them Substitutes), after the game officially starts, if one side cannot provide 6 players, they can give up the game directly, or try to win the game with the weak.

During the game, one member of the team is designated to use the overall mode in the game, which is called the "commander-in-chief" or "emperor" mode by many players. It has the right to command the overall situation and give orders to other players.After receiving the instructions from the "Commander-in-Chief", the other team members can either completely obey their votes or implement them according to their own understanding. As for whether they can win in the end, it depends on the strategic vision of the "Commander-in-Chief". It is whether the team members cooperate tacitly. In short, "Three Kingdoms 3" actually considers the overall strength of the team, not the superior strength of a certain person, unless his ability is so powerful that he can single-handedly pick out the other six.

A total of 3 teams participated in the "Three Kingdoms 18" finals, including 4 teams from the mainland, and a mixed team from Hong Kong and Taiwan, 4 teams from South Korea and RB, and 2 teams from the United States. There are 1 teams, one from Canada, the United Kingdom, and one from Germany. Among them, the teams from North America and Europe accounted for more than half of the Chinese players. This may be related to the game background of "Three Kingdoms 3", perhaps only Chinese and deeply influenced by Chinese culture The story of the Three Kingdoms in the region can arouse greater repercussions.Judging from the number of participants, "Three Kingdoms 3" seems to have a great influence, but judging from the composition of the participating teams, "Three Kingdoms 3" still has a long way to go.

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Hu Binguo (ID: Red-apple) is the captain of the Zonghengtiantian team, and he is also the default candidate for the "commander-in-chief" of the team. He also has five other companions, namely Wei Qidi (ID: Deep) and Zhou Jiake (ID: Boat), Yang Fan (ID: AyaLyc), Wang Yinxiong (ID: Csa) and Lu Qianqian (ID: PinkCat), and this Lu Qianqian is a rare beauty in the e-sports world. Because of the tacit cooperation between the players, they have a lot of trust in each other , they don't even have a backup.

Next, the Zonghengtianxia team will soon fight against today's second opponent. In the previous first battle, the Zonghengtianxia team took less than 10 minutes to easily defeat their opponent with an absolute advantage. Team San.The opponent in the second battle is the Kyushu Zhiyuan team from RB. The main members include Daisuke Maeda (ID: Kyushu.DSK), Kotaro Takeuchi (ID: Kyushu.Ta), Keisuke Okamoto (ID: Kyushu.KSK), Takahashi Hui Yue (ID: Kyushu.TRT) and Sakamoto Shintaka (ID: Kyushu.NBTK) and Sakamoto Yukio (ID: Kyushu.Sac) are cousins. This is also a team without a substitute.

The two sides have never played against each other in the form of a team before, but Hu Binguo has a certain understanding of Maeda Daisuke and Okamoto Keisuke in the Kyushu Zhibuchi team. He has also played against each other in 1vs1 and 2vs2 games. One is good at offense, one is better at defense, and as for the other players, he is very unfamiliar.

After the last 5-minute break, a new round of battles in "Three Kingdoms 3" began. All teams returned to the computers they had used once, and began to make the final preparations before the battle, checking the mouse and keyboard. Flexibility, try the effect of the headset.

"Listen up, everyone. The opponents in this round should not be so easy to deal with. Be careful!" Hu Binguo gave the first instruction through the headset, because the players in different games are mixed and matched, so he doesn't have to worry at all. The Kyushu Zhiyuan team will hear what he said, and even if they hear it, those guys probably won't understand it.

The game started soon. The contest between the two sides was placed on a random map. Zongheng Tianxia chose Shu, which is Liu Bei's camp, and Kyushu's Abyss was Wei, which is Cao Cao's camp. "Three Kingdoms 3" is a 12-player game, so the map is larger than the general real-time strategy game. In this map, a river that flows from east to west and bifurcates in the middle divides the map into three main parts. The bifurcated area has two small bridges that can only accommodate one person. The rest of the map is composed of large forests, highlands, mountains, and a small number of roads of different widths. The only widest area is a plain at the end of the river. Zone, this may be the place where future battles will be fiercest.

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游戏开始后，“纵横天下”手中已经掌握了一个村级居民点（提供粮草和税金）、一座粮仓（存放了2000粮草）和1000金的初始资金，同时还拥有一支包括1600初级步兵（每100人对应一个游戏中的图标，也就是16个步兵图标代表了1600的初级步兵）和400骑兵的部队。

There is no need for Hu Binguo to order, everyone has already tacitly operated in accordance with the usual habits, Zhou Jiake and Yang Fan divided the 400 cavalry into four teams, one person controlled the two teams, and explored the surrounding situation in four directions, "Three Kingdoms 3" game At the beginning, the terrain of the map is visible, but what will be on the map can only be discovered by exploring, such as where there are settlements that provide funds and food, where there are field wandering troops (training troop level), first discover These will have a chance to be invincible in the following wars.

Soon, everyone discovered two new village-level settlements through the shared field of vision. Wei Qidi controlled two teams of 100 junior infantry and immediately rushed over and occupied them immediately (the more soldiers used for occupation, the more settlements The stronger the defense, the less likely it is to be captured by the opponent), Hu Binguo's resources became a little more abundant.Lu Qianqian immediately built a conscription office. Through this building, funds can be spent in exchange for the most basic troops—junior infantry. Then, a blacksmith shop and a school yard were built. With these two buildings, junior infantry can Upgrade to more powerful units, sword and shield soldiers with balanced attack and defense, spearmen with stronger attack power and bonuses to cavalry, shield soldiers who focus on defense, and archers with long-range attacks.

Then it's Hu Binguo's turn to make his debut. He needs to reasonably arrange the actions of other team members according to the amount of food and funds. To produce and upgrade troops, and to make up for other needed buildings at a reasonable time, such as upgrading cavalry stables, summoning generals' mansions, etc.

After a period of preparation, Hu Binguo issued an order to sweep the surrounding areas. Wei Qidi set off with general Guan Yu, 800 knife shieldmen and 200 archers, and began to clean up the detected wandering troops near the birth point in a clockwise direction. Open up the channel for further exploration, and by the way, you can also exercise the generals and the troops in their hands.

Under Wei Qidi's skillful operation, the two yellow turbans guarding the main road were defeated one after another. The price paid was only the loss of less than 100 shields, and Guan Yu also got an "attack power +1" big knife.More importantly, Zhou Jiake commanded 200 reconnaissance units that had been upgraded to scouts (speed, field of view +2) to continue to develop to the north to explore whether the enemy had infiltrated through the plains and bridge areas, while Yang Fan commanded 200 cavalry Follow behind the scout troops, ready to support at any time.

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The first battle took place in the bridge area. When the plain area was inspected and no enemy was found, Zhou Jiake left 100 scout troops to stand on a small high ground in the plain area to continue monitoring, and then led another 100 scout troops and Yang Fan's 200 cavalry to catch up. Heading towards the bifurcation area in the middle of the river, before they had time to cross the bridge, the scouts took advantage of their vision and spotted hundreds of shield soldiers coming from the opposite side and trying to cross the bridge.

Zhou Jiake and Yang Fan, who often cooperate together, started their actions in tacit agreement. First, they took advantage of the speed of the scout troops to touch the sword and shield soldiers in front, and then they fled away like Dongfang Yuanyuan, taking advantage of the opponent's attention. Attracted, the 200 cavalry hidden on the side approached at high speed, and launched the "charge" stunt to cut the sword and shield soldiers who were crossing the bridge into two sections, causing nearly a hundred casualties and then ran away. Wei Qidi Guan Yu's troops who were not far from the battlefield had already rushed over, and the cavalry troops who escaped from far away circled around and came back again.

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Takeuchi Kotaro controlled less than 600 sword shield soldiers across the small bridge. The sudden attack of the cavalry just now made him cautious. Test the opponent's reality, but if you just retreat like this, the troops will not suffer any further losses, let alone the captain, even he can't accept it.

In order to avoid being attacked again, Takeuchi Kotaro stepped into a half-moon formation transformed from a circular formation near the small bridge, and placed the most seriously injured sword and shield soldiers in the formation, waiting to prevent the cavalry from attacking again. What he was waiting for was not cavalry, but bows and arrows flying from the sky.For the sword and shield soldiers, there is a bonus to the defense of bows and arrows, but before Takeuchi Kotaro ignored the threat of the cavalry and planned to rush forward to destroy the 200 archers, the opponent had already sent sword and shield soldiers to form a circle to general the archers Guarding in the formation, if he still plans to attack according to the original plan, he will definitely be unable to break through the opponent's fully defended round formation for a while. If the cavalry suddenly appears behind the most vulnerable back at this time, it will be a huge threat to his small army. Words would have disastrous consequences.

Takeuchi Kotaro fell into an embarrassing situation. He wanted to retreat but was worried about the cavalry's surprise attack after the retreat. If he didn't leave, he would have to endure the constant attack of the opponent's bow and arrow. Although the damage was not great, this kind of knife could not stand it after a long time.

"Captain Maeda, the opponent's main force has appeared. It is initially estimated that there are 200 cavalry, 700 sword shield soldiers and 200 archers. I have already formed a defensive formation in front of the small bridge. Please provide tactical guidance." Takeuchi Kotaro's own enemy situation here I sent it back, euphemistically hoping to get help from the headquarters.

"The Okamoto Regiment has already set off, I hope you can hold on for at least 10 minutes, so as to buy enough time for the follow-up troops to deploy defenses." Maeda Daisuke replied in the headset, and at the same time directed Takahashi Teruyue beside him with gestures Organize troops, bring civil soldiers, and prepare to cross the river and go around the enemy's rear to launch a surprise attack.

With the support of Keisuke Okamoto, who is good at defense, Takeuchi Kotarou felt relieved, but what made him a little puzzled was that the opponent's cavalry never appeared after fleeing far away, and seemed to have completely disappeared under the "mist" on the battlefield. Among them, the 200 archers shot arrows for a while, and disappeared together with the defensive sword and shield soldiers. If the sword and shield soldiers in his hands were not scarred, it would be as if the enemy had never appeared.

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The appearance of the enemy made Hu Binguo quickly adjust his strategic direction. First, he upgraded the remaining 200 cavalry to scout troops, and then separated them to expand the surveillance range. In addition, he continued to attack with 1 general, 800 sword shieldmen, and 200 archers. The formation of nearly 600 sword shield soldiers, although able to win, but the price paid is not small, so leaving 100 scouts to continue monitoring, Wei Qidi Guan Yu's troops adjusted the direction of attack, and continued to sweep those field troops, The defense of the bridge area was handed over to the 500-knife shield soldiers brought by Wang Yinxiong.

The first encounter between the two sides ended hastily like this, and the battlefield temporarily returned to calm. Both sides seemed to be re-investing in their respective internal affairs, trying to accumulate more strength so that they could completely defeat their opponents. The tranquility seems to be more like the moment of tranquility before the war...

(End of this chapter)