With Zhang Ji's army retreating, Yang Rui's men had the opportunity to clean up the battlefield in front of Tong Pass. After confirming that Zhang Ji's army had retreated from Tong Pass, Yang Rui ordered his soldiers to clean up the battlefield. In total, he obtained over seven thousand Fifth Grade skill books of various types.
Most of these books were related to infantry, but there were also several hundred Fifth Grade skill books for cavalry. This was beyond Yang Rui's expectations.
There was no telling what the actual situation was. After Zhang Ji's army retreated, Yang Rui continued to send out scouting ships to investigate the Yellow River and its tributaries, apart from sending out soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
In particular, Yang Rui sent out a large number of small scouting ships to track the movements of Zhang Ji's army at any given moment.
The scouting ships quickly returned with information that Zhang Ji's army had been moving toward Spirit Treasure County ever since they retreated from Tong Pass. They had not stopped at all along the way.
Yang Rui couldn't immediately figure out the intentions of Zhang Ji's army. He only felt like he had missed an opportunity to exterminate the enemy. He was quite impressed that Zhang Ji's army had been able to discover something amiss and retreat from Tong Pass in time.
There had to be someone in Zhang Ji's army with foresight. Otherwise, they wouldn't have retreated from Tong Pass when they had the absolute advantage. At the very least, Zhang Ji's army had a clear advantage in terms of strength.
Yang Rui's defenders had never revealed their numbers. During the process of Zhang Ji's breakthrough, Yang Rui's defenders had always maintained a certain scale and did not directly increase the number of soldiers participating in the battle. Zhang Ji's army should not have noticed anything about this.
The problem was that there might be someone in Zhang Ji's army who could see through the current situation. Yang Rui thought of Jia Xu, who was most likely at Zhang Ji's side. However, the actual situation wasn't what Yang Rui imagined.
Jia Xu was indeed under Zhang Ji's command at the moment. However, while Zhang Ji was heading to Chang 'an, Jia Xu had voluntarily stayed behind in Yongzhou, east of Tong Pass.
As for Jia Xu's current situation, there was no telling.
Zhang Ji's army appeared to be returning east, so much so that Yang Rui felt that the obstruction of Zhang Ji's westward advance might very well have changed the course of his participation in Liu Xie's return to Luoyang.
However, according to the news sent back by the scouting ship the next day, it proved that Yang Rui's considerations were unnecessary. After Zhang Ji's army retreated to Lingbao County, they quickly gathered all kinds of ships in the vicinity and prepared to cross the Yellow River to Rui City on the other side.
At this moment, if Yang Rui wanted to stop them, he only needed to send out his navy to stop them. With the power of Yang Rui's large ships and the scale armored water soldiers, it wasn't hard to stop Zhang Ji's troops from crossing the river.
If the timing was right, Yang Rui might be able to cause a lot of losses to Zhang Ji's troops. On this point, Yang Rui was confident.
However, after much consideration, Yang Rui did not send the navy to stop Zhang Ji's troops from crossing the river. Zhang Ji's troops should have a specific mission in Chang 'an City, and it should be the same in the game.
Yang Rui wanted to preserve the strength of Zhang Ji's troops for the time being, in case there were too many changes in the game. Therefore, he temporarily let Zhang Ji cross the river and paid attention to Zhang Ji's next move.
Rui City was not very far from Tong Pass. After Zhang Ji's troops crossed the Yellow River, it was already very difficult for Yang Rui's scouting ship to follow them. After all, Zhang Ji's troops could not stay near the Yellow River all the time.
However, Yang Rui still had some doubts. After Zhang Ji's troops crossed the Yellow River, they still could not cross Tong Pass and reach the vicinity of Chang 'an City. Yang Rui could not see through Zhang Ji's intentions. At the same time, he increased his scouting of the nearby tributaries of the Yellow River.
With the movement of Zhang Ji's army, if they did not find a way to cross the Yellow River in Yong Province and the rugged terrain, their movement would be meaningless.
As it turned out, Yang Rui's speculation was quite accurate. Two game days after Zhang Ji's army crossed the Yellow River, Yang Rui's scouting ship found Zhang Ji's army near Pu Ban City.
Before Zhang Ji's army was found, Yang Rui didn't know about the existence of Pu Ban City. Pu Ban City was an almost abandoned ferry port located in the surrounding mountainous area, and ordinary people would not be familiar with it.
But after Zhang Ji's army was found, Yang Rui's scouting ship had asked NPCs about Pu Ban City's ferry port, and had also done a comprehensive on-the-spot investigation of Pu Ban City's ferry port.
Through the investigation, Yang Rui's scouting ship had learned that Pu Ban City was an ancient ferry port. Although some changes had happened to the surrounding terrain and the surrounding environment, it could still be used as a ferry port.
This news soon reached Yang Rui's ears. After discovering Zhang Ji's army, Yang Rui and Taishi Ci led the navy and headed towards Pu Ban City, leaving Zhang Ning, Han Dai, Ding Yao and tens of thousands of guards to guard Tong Pass.
When the next news came from Pu Ban City, Yang Rui was already halfway there. At last, when Yang Rui arrived at Pu Ban City, Zhang Ji's army had already gathered quite a number of ships and started to cross the river.
Yang Rui also got the news before Taishi Ci did. He ordered his navy to stay far away from Pu Ban City's ferry port, then took a small scouting ship and headed towards Pu Ban City with Taishi Ci.
This time, Yang Rui didn't want to do anything either. He was also doing this because of Zhang Ji's role in the game.
Zhang Ji's army only had a limited number of ships, and only a limited number of warriors could cross the river each time. Therefore, even if Yang Rui's navy launched an attack, they would only be able to attack a small group of warriors.
Once Yang Rui's navy showed up and launched an attack, Zhang Ji's army wouldn't be stupid enough to insist on crossing the river. Therefore, the attack would only cause a limited loss to Zhang Ji's army. At most, Zhang Ji's army would be separated on both sides of Pu Ban City's ferry port.
In this way, Yang Rui could only gain a limited amount of plot points. Based on the scale of Zhang Ji's army, Yang Rui couldn't send his scaly water warriors to the shore to fight against Zhang Ji's divided army.
For this reason, Yang Rui chose to be a bystander and didn't interfere with Zhang Ji's army crossing the river.
This also created an opportunity for Yang Rui. When most of Zhang Ji's army crossed the river from Pu Ban City, Yang Rui found that all of Zhang Ji's food was transferred last!
At the moment, Yang Rui's army was running out of food. Under this situation, Yang Rui surely wouldn't just stand there and watch. While Zhang Ji's army couldn't take care of them, and after all the food was loaded onto the ships, Yang Rui launched an attack on the ships that were transporting food.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh …
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Zhang Ji's army was already limited, not to mention the fact that they were on the river.
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