"Creak … …"
"Enter the city … … enter the city … …"
"… …"
After the time it took to eat a meal, the north gate of Xinfeng County City was in chaos. The thick city gate was slowly pushed open, and the army led by Yang Rui, Taishi Ci, and a few others entered the city in a single file.
Xinfeng City was in an uproar, but the intensity was within Yang Rui's expectations.
This was especially true for the control of the city walls. Among Yang Rui's subordinates, although the Fifth Grade Iron Guards weren't the vanguard, they were very good at city wall battles. The various sections of the city wall were also controlled by Yang Rui's subordinates first.
Just like that, after an hour, Xinfeng City was once again peaceful. Yang Rui's subordinates had basically controlled the entire Xinfeng County City.
The original garrison of Xinfeng County City was only ten thousand strong. In addition, the Scaled Soldiers had entered through the water gate and opened the north gate. With the cooperation of both the inside and outside, it was normal for Yang Rui to successfully take over the city with his superior numbers.
Moreover, excluding the soldiers that had escaped from the east, west, and south gates at the beginning, after Yang Rui had quickly taken over all four sections of the city wall, the remaining soldiers were either killed or captured. More than half of the soldiers were captured.
This was mainly due to the fact that the soldiers in the city had lost their will when they saw the strength of Yang Rui's subordinates and how quickly they had arrived. Most of the captives had voluntarily surrendered to Yang Rui.
With Yang Rui's current strength, taking over a city wasn't a difficult task. However, taking over Xinfeng County City was still a classic battle. In this battle, Taishi Ci's Scaled Soldiers played a very important role.
Entering through the water gate and opening the city gate was a crucial step. Even in the battle within the city, the Scaled Soldiers commanded by Taishi Ci were very strong. They were best at fighting in the water, but they weren't incapable of fighting in the streets.
After conquering Xinfeng County, Yang Rui had gained a foothold within the storyline region. At the same time, he also had a stable supply of rations. Although the amount of rations stored in the treasury of Xinfeng County wasn't much, it was enough to feed Yang Rui's 90,000 troops for half a month.
From this, one could see the degree of scarcity of food. Under normal circumstances, the amount of food stored in a city naturally wouldn't be so low. Even if Yang Rui's troops were a bit more numerous, it wouldn't be only enough for half a month.
However, at this time, Yongzhou was experiencing the most severe famine. While Li Jue, Guo Si, and the others were fighting with Ma Teng and Han Sui, the little Emperor Liu Bian was still personally asking about the disaster relief in Chang 'an.
If the situation in Chang 'an was already like this, one could imagine the situation in the other regions of Yongzhou.
It could be said that the situation of Xinfeng County's rations was within Yang Rui's expectations. With half a month's worth of rations for the army, as well as a week's worth of rations for the registration of the storyline, Yang Rui's army didn't have to worry too much about the issue of food for the time being.
At this time, the storyline of the storyline region had officially begun. Li Jue and Guo Si were constantly clashing with one another. The players who had just joined the storyline naturally had already chosen a side and were having a great time.
This point could be seen from the players' Plot Points Leaderboard.
On the night that Yang Rui conquered Xinfeng County, Li Jue really did kidnap the little Emperor Liu Xie. He stole the palace's resources, palace maids, and burned down several palaces.
After that, Li Jue directly kidnapped the little Emperor Liu Xie and brought him to the dock, leaving the Chang 'an palace.
Li Jue's rebellious actions were the result of his conflict with Guo Si. However, the truth was that Li Jue was just venting his anger, so not many people knew about it.
Guo Si was also not someone to be trifled with. On the second day, when Yang Rui finished reorganizing Xinfeng County, Guo Si had already taken control of the officials. He also left the devastated Chang 'an City and settled the officials down in Du County.
Following this, Li Jue and Guo Si officially clashed. Perhaps it was because the players needed to participate in the storyline, but the two sides continued to fight. Zhang Ji and the others didn't quickly come out to stop the fight.
At this time, Zhang Ji should still be stationed in Hongnong County.
On the second day, at noon, Yang Rui had already stabilized Xinfeng County. There were only 40,000 Iron Guards left in the city, while the remaining Taishi Ci's Scaled Soldiers all returned to the ships.
All 80 ships were stationed at the Yellow River crossing in Xinfeng County. Small boats were used to transmit information between the county and the navy through the moat, making it very convenient to travel back and forth.
After Xinfeng County was stabilized, Yang Rui once again sent out all the small boats to investigate along the Yellow River.
At this time, due to the lack of information, Yang Rui didn't know that Li Jue had already kidnapped the little emperor Liu Bian and brought him to the dock. If that wasn't the case, Yang Rui could have led the navy there and wiped them all out.
Early on, when the heroes were asking for Dong Zhuo, Yang Rui had already investigated the dock in detail. The entire Dock City was 3/4 on the surface of the Wei River, and most of it was made of wood.
Such a 'water city' was very suitable for Yang Rui's navy. Back then, Dong Zhuo built the dock mainly for entertainment purposes. The scenery was not bad, but he didn't think much about the defense. Even in terms of materials, it was mainly made of wood.
Under normal circumstances, the Dock City was located in the hinterland of Yongzhou, and it was very difficult for people to threaten it from the water. It was the same on land. Encountering Yang Rui's navy was basically impossible.
Setting aside the situation at the Black Dock, Yang Rui's purpose for participating in the regional storyline was naturally to obtain points and rewards, as well as to find opportunities to reap benefits during the storyline.
Therefore, whether it was Li Jue or Guo Si, unless they encountered a neutral faction, Yang Rui was prepared to deal with them as long as he could take advantage of them. At the very least, he could earn points from them!
As for the young Emperor Liu Xie, Yang Rui wasn't interested in him. He still had the young Emperor Liu Bian in his hands. Speaking of which, Liu Xie was established by Dong Zhuo at that time, and Liu Bian's style was much purer than his.
Furthermore, at this time, Empress Dowager He was also in Yang Rui's hands, which was more evidence of Liu Bian's legitimacy. Thus, Yang Rui was not worried that some vassal would steal the little emperor away and do something like holding the emperor to order his vassals.
With the intention of obtaining points, after Xinfeng County stabilized, Yang Rui's next target quickly appeared. According to the results of the investigation, Li Jue's navy was currently cleaning up Guo Si's troops downstream.
The source of the information was the merchant ships and fishing boats that escaped upstream. It wasn't just one or two ships, but many. It was enough to prove the situation upstream.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
