The swordsman had gone far away, leaving an empty boat in its place. Yang Rui did not even have time to react throughout the entire process, let alone catch up to him. ● Chi, chi.
The swordsman seemed to be particularly displeased with people with official positions. He left angrily after hearing Yang Rui's identity, not giving Yang Rui any chance to contact him. As a result, Yang Rui's plan to recruit him was completely ruined.
His first encounter with a person from the underworld ended in an unexpected way. Yang Rui did not even know the other party's specific identity. He only judged that the other party should be a person from the underworld based on his intuition.
After that, Yang Rui checked the pleasure boat again and found that it was nothing more than a few young masters, singers, dancers, maids, and the like. After asking around, he found that they were all rich young masters who liked to compete with each other and were just fooling around.
In the current background of the game, only a few places like Jingzhou still had people who had such leisure and elegance. Most places were suffering from natural disasters, so the wealth of Jingzhou could be seen at a glance.
The rich children on the boat were all descendants of the local forces in the nearby Jingzhou. Yang Rui was not very interested in these local forces, so he did not casually accept the invitation of the people on the boat. After boarding Sky City, he continued to head toward Yizhou.
After that, in the entire Jingzhou area, Yang Rui operated Sky City and did not encounter any more accidents. Liu Dan had also retreated long ago. After more than half a game day, Sky City had arrived in the area near Yizhou.
"Hiss …"
"Kill! Kill! "
"…"
At this time, it was close to dusk. Not long after Sky City crossed the border between Yizhou and Jingzhou, they heard a burst of shouting in front of them. A group of people rushed down from the surrounding mountains. Although the other group was blocked, they had the advantage in numbers. Although they were in a panic, they were not too passive.
The two groups of people were in the territory of Yizhou. The Yizhou guards in front of them were not abnormal. If nothing unexpected happened, these two groups of people should be from Yizhou.
Seeing this, Yang Rui hurriedly called for Liu Dan to come over again. At the same time, he also asked for Zhang Ning, Han Dai, and Ding Yao to come over and take a look at the current situation.
It turned out that after Liu Yan's death, the officials of Yi Province, such as Zhao Gui, were happy to see Liu Zhang's gentleness, tolerance, or perhaps weakness. Therefore, they jointly submitted a memorial to the government to nominate Liu Zhang as the successor to the position of Yi Province Magistrate, and received an imperial edict from the Han Dynasty to be the Yi Province Magistrate.
As for Zhao Gui, who was on the list of candidates, he was also appointed by the Han Dynasty officials as the Imperial Conscription Officer. However, Zhao Gui and his group were not the only ones in Yi Province. There were two other groups of people who held their own views.
One group, such as Pang Xi, Gao Pei, Yang Huai, Ling Bao, and Fa Zhen that Liu Dan had mentioned, belonged to the neutral faction. They probably wanted to delay the selection of the successor to Yi Province.
The other group, led by the generals Shen Mi and Lou Fa, had directly gathered troops to oppose Liu Zhang's succession to Yi Province. They had pulled open a battle array with Zhao Gui and directly opposed him.
The people Yang Rui saw fighting each other were these two groups of people. At this time, Shen Mi and Lou Fa's forces had already lost to Zhao Gui's forces several times. If they lost again, they would be forced into a desperate situation.
Under such circumstances, Shen Mi and Lou Fa already had plans to seek refuge in Jingzhou. That was why they had appeared near the border between the two provinces.
Although Shen Mi and Lou Fa were at a disadvantage and had been defeated by Zhao Gui's forces and were in a hurry to chase after them, the two of them had seen through the thoughts of Zhao Gui and the others. The current ambush was well-planned and was a desperate counterattack.
"Could it be … the troops of General Shen Mi and General Lou Fa? But I don't know who the 'Zhao' flag is. Maybe … it's Zhao Gui? "
In the small meeting room of Sky City, Liu Dan made a rough judgment after observing for a while.
Due to the presence of the general flags on both sides of the battle, Liu Dan could still judge the identity of the two sides of the battle based on his familiarity with the Yi Province troops, even if it was not enough to identify the specific identity of the people below from Sky City.
"Your Excellency, if I may be so bold as to ask Your Excellency to help General Shen Mi and General Lou Fa. If you can save Shen Mi and Lou Fa, I am willing to do my best to repay Your Excellency …"
Not long after, the situation below changed again. Although Shen Mi and Lou Fa had planned a desperate counterattack, they were still at a huge disadvantage in terms of numbers. It seemed that they would not be able to hold on for long. Liu Dan, who had witnessed all of this in the small meeting room, asked Yang Rui for help.
In fact, there was another layer that Liu Dan did not mention. Zhao Gui and Liu Zhang were very close, and Liu Dan himself did not have a good relationship with Zhao Gui. At this time, if he could borrow the power of Yang Rui to defeat Zhao Gui, the situation in Yi Province would definitely change.
"System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, Liu Dan requests your military assistance to help him seize the position of the successor of Yi Province. Do you agree? Please choose! "
At the same time that Liu Dan asked for help, Yang Rui also received a system notification.
Although Liu Dan did not dare to speak too clearly, the contents of the system notification helped him clarify. Obviously, Liu Dan's ultimate goal of borrowing troops was to seize Yi Province!
It was one thing for Liu Dan to be vague, but it wasn't normal for him to reveal too much about this matter. Most importantly, the system notification didn't mention anything about the rewards Yang Rui would receive from providing reinforcements. This made Yang Rui very uncertain.
"… Please grant my request, Your Excellency!"
The opportunity was right in front of him. Of course, Liu Dan would not give up. At this time, the situation in Yi Province seemed to have more leeway than he thought. At the very least, the current situation of the two armies gave Liu Dan a lot of hope.
At this time, Liu Dan's eyes were shining. There was an obvious change from when he begged Yang Rui for mercy. This was under the condition that Yang Rui did not agree to provide him with reinforcements.
Liu Dan's change only appeared for a moment. It happened when Yang Rui was thinking about how to deal with the matter of the reinforcements. After that, he concealed it very well. Therefore, Yang Rui did not notice the subtle change in Liu Dan.
However, Liu Dan's expression did not escape the eyes of one of the people present. This person was Ding Yao. She had seen Liu Dan's situation very clearly at that moment. However, after frowning slightly, Ding Yao immediately returned to normal and did not show anything.
"Please …"
"May I know how many troops Imperial Censor Liu needs?"
Liu Dan wanted to ask Yang Rui again, but he was asked by Yang Rui.
After some consideration, Yang Rui already had an idea in his heart. However, there were some aspects that he still needed to verify with Liu Dan.
Although there was little information about Liu Dan's request for reinforcements, it still did not deviate from the characteristics and routines of quests in the game.
Therefore, in such a sudden situation, if the request was not too high, Yang Rui was inclined to accept it.
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