The transportation of resources and troops had become difficult. Yang Rui had originally wanted to use the people in Sky City, but because the reinforcements could only be sent to Linzi City, the initial registration point, he couldn't do it immediately.
It was unrealistic to transfer all the troops from Mountain City to Linzi City in just a single day. Yang Rui could only temporarily mobilize some troops and resources from Linzi City.
Even Yang Rui's journey back to Linzi City from Dashan City was rather rushed. He had to use a carriage to travel from Dashan City to Juping City since he had lost his flying tool. However, he could use a teleportation formation for the rest of the journey.
Yang Rui returned to Linzi City and temporarily mobilized a hundred thousand soldiers from Linzi City to participate in the upcoming storyline. Among them, there were 10000 Fifth Grade light cavalry, 50000 Fifth Grade heavy halberd soldiers, 20000 Fifth Grade archers, 10000 Sixth Grade archers, and 20000 infantry of Fifth Grade and above.
Fortunately, Linzi City had always been the administrative center of Yang Rui's administration. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to mobilize so many troops. Even so, Yang Rui had still mobilized most of the main fighting force in Linzi City.
Fortunately, the six prefectures were currently in a period of time, and Linzi City and its surroundings were under Yang Rui's control the earliest. There was almost no chance of internal strife occurring. After Yang Rui had mobilized the troops, he left the matter of replenishing the troops to Sun Qian.
Currently, Yang Rui's main training base was still in the Penglai Territory. Even though they were both part of the Green Province, the distance between the Penglai Territory and Linzi City wasn't small. The only thing Sun Qian could do was balance out the troops around the territory.
Following this, the matter of training soldiers on the map of Penglai would not be as convenient as before. Yang Rui had already thought of this when he was transferring soldiers. For the time being, he could only consider solving the problem of the source of soldiers and the transportation of soldiers after training by water.
As for the resources, be it Linzi City or the other major cities, they were all prepared for Yang Rui to participate in a regional storyline. They easily provided 200 thousand soldiers with a month's worth of rations for Yang Rui. The total amount was more than 20 million catties.
In the real world, 20 million jin of grain was more than ten thousand tons. It was enough for a few small granaries to store. However, for Linzi City, it wasn't considered much. It was only enough for a few granaries to be used.
Fortunately, the materials and supplies that came with the registration were all transported through the storyline. Otherwise, Yang Rui would not have been able to carry this portion of food. Even if he could transport it, the storyline would have already ended by the time he moved it to Tong Guan.
Through the storyline window, Yang Rui received a lot of replenishment in terms of troops and resources. After Yang Rui returned, Tong Pass became a real steel fortress.
Before Yang Rui returned to Tong Pass, he had also temporarily selected four famous historical figures, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Guan Hai from various places. In terms of military strength, they were also very impressive.
Although ordinary soldiers were difficult to mobilize, with only a few generals, they could be transported through the teleportation formation. They were not limited by the size of ordinary soldiers.
After a game day storyline window, Yang Rui's forces participating in the regional storyline had undergone a lot of changes. Compared to before, it was more convenient for him to act.
As Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji's forces had already gathered near Chang 'an City, Yang Rui focused his defense on the west side of Tong Guan. The newly replenished archers and other long-range forces were not on the west side of Tong Guan.
At the same time, Yang Rui also sent out scouting boats to investigate the Jing and Wei Rivers upstream of the Yellow River. He also sent out light cavalry scouts to investigate the west side of Tong Guan. They were mainly responsible for warning Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji's forces.
While strengthening the defense on the west side of Tong Guan, Yang Rui also took advantage of the time when Zhang Ji's main forces left to attack Hongnong County to the east of Tong Guan. He included most of the nearby Rui City and Lingbao County into his attack range.
Although the soldiers and supplies that Yang Rui brought into the storyline had increased by quite a lot, he only had about two hundred thousand soldiers. Therefore, Yang Rui did not intend to fight the Western Liang army head-on.
Furthermore, with Tong Guan in his hands, and the fact that Liu Xie had to pass by on his way back to the east, Yang Rui would naturally pay the smallest price to defend Tong Guan.
After three to four game days, Yang Rui had already taken control of the two counties east of Tong Pass, including Rui City and Ling Bao, as well as most of the areas within the counties.
Originally, Yang Rui's main goal was to plunder and earn plot points. However, there were very few Zhang Ji guards in the various areas, and most of them fled at the sight of him. He had inadvertently gained control of such a large area.
After that, Yang Rui did not continue to expand his gains. After plundering the treasuries of Rui City and Lingbao County, Yang Rui retracted his troops and waited for the storyline to develop.
During this period, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, Guan Hai, and the others led their troops to defend or attack. Yang Rui did not stay idle either.
However, apart from showing up occasionally, Yang Rui spent most of his time cultivating the Soaring Dragon Internal Cultivation Technique.
For some unknown reason, Yang Rui could clearly feel that the progress of his Soaring Dragon Internal Force Mental Cultivation Method * Soul had suddenly increased by a lot. In fact, the progress was even faster than the previous level.
One had to know that as the level increased, the difficulty of improving the cultivation technique would increase by several times. It would be good if the speed did not decrease too much, let alone surpass the previous level.
At this moment, Yang Rui's situation was very special. Although his condition was a little unstable, at his best, Yang Rui could achieve four to five times the progress of the previous level. At his worst, he could easily surpass the previous level.
This situation was very puzzling, but Yang Rui did not dare to waste any time. Even during the storyline, Yang Rui spent most of his time cultivating the cultivation technique.
Of course, this was also one of the important reasons why Yang Rui insisted on defending Tong Guan.
"Reporting! A large number of troops have been discovered in Zheng County. They are holding up a large flag with the word 'Zhang' written on it. Initial confirmation is that it should be Zhang Ji's troops … "
Another three or four game days passed. At noon, a light cavalry scout returned to Tong Pass and brought news that Zhang Ji's troops had been found in Zheng County.
"Pass down the order. All the scouting ships and scouts will strengthen the investigation and further confirm the identity of the troops in Zheng County."
After hearing the news, Yang Rui gave the order.
Yang Rui knew very well that the troops that appeared in Zheng County were very likely Liu Xie and the others that Zhang Ji had escorted to the east.
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