Everyone knew that Yang Rui was currently busy with the Kingdom War and had no time to spare. Han Sui might have noticed this and thus took the opportunity to send someone to Yang Rui's doorstep. He wanted to take over Ledu City from Yang Rui's hands.
As for what Han Sui's messenger Yang Qiu said about the invasion of foreign tribes, it was purely a lie. It was just an excuse to put on a facade.
Yang Rui was naturally aware of the twists and turns, but he truly didn't have the strength to do anything to Han Sui. Moreover, Han Sui's faction was located at the border. Yang Rui had to consider the cost of doing anything.
Most importantly, Han Sui's faction had always been rebellious. They didn't even care about the Han Dynasty, let alone Yang Rui who was the King of the Eastern Sea or the Prefecture Overseer.
On the other hand, Yang Rui's Ledu City had been able to survive in Liangzhou for so long. On one hand, it was because the city was easy to defend and difficult to attack. On the other hand, Ma Teng and Han Sui had given him enough face.
When Yang Qiu finished telling the story, Yang Rui already had a rough idea of how to deal with this matter.
Firstly, Ledu City's role was already replaceable. Yang Rui could completely give up on it.
However, it was a fact that it wasn't convenient to fight from afar. Yang Rui couldn't let Han Sui off so easily. Since they couldn't keep Ledu City, Yang Rui already had a plan for how to deal with it.
If Han Sui had sent an emissary to negotiate with Yang Rui from the very beginning, Yang Rui might have been willing to hand over Le Du City at a very low price in order to maintain a good relationship with him. He might even have given it away for free.
However, Han Sui didn't do that. Instead, he chose a method that wasn't too honorable. As such, Yang Rui naturally couldn't let him off so easily.
Secondly, in terms of attitude, Yang Rui had to suppress Han Sui's unscrupulous behavior. Yang Rui even suspected that Han Sui had other motives for wanting to take over Ledu City. There might be many factions watching this matter closely.
As such, Yang Rui's attitude toward Han Sui's messenger Yang Qiu was extremely cold. He even purposely called Han Sui 'General Ma' and quickly ordered Yang Qiu to leave to express his disdain for Han Sui.
However, this was far from enough.... While preventing Han Sui from obtaining Ledu City, Yang Rui had to teach him an unforgettable lesson and use this as an opportunity to teach him a lesson.
Yang Rui naturally had such thoughts. It wasn't that Yang Rui was a vengeful person, but that Yang Rui was in a chaotic world. He had to use his actions to clarify his position, principles, and bottom line.
Not long after Han Sui's messenger Yang Qiu left, Yang Rui came up with a plan to deal with the matter of Ledu City. After some preparations and arrangements, Yang Rui used the teleportation formation to travel to Western Liang.
Along with Yang Rui were Cheng Yu, who had previously been stationed at Hulao Pass, Huang Zhong, who had previously been stationed at Xu Province, and a group of soldiers with flying pets. Guo Jia replaced Cheng Yu in Hulao Pass and guarded against Cao Cao with Zhao Yun.
Guo Jia's body was too weak, and Yang Rui couldn't bear to bring him to the northwestern border. After all, he couldn't use Sky City, storage rings, or any other spatial items to move around. At most, he could use a flying pet as a means of transportation. It would be extremely tiring.
The matter of a small city like Le City shouldn't have involved so many people. However, the number of guards in the city had increased from a few hundred to seven to eight thousand. Since Yang Rui wanted to teach Han Sui a lesson, it was inevitable that they would be on opposing sides. Thus, the retreat of the seven to eight thousand soldiers became the most difficult part.
In a situation where there was a shortage of manpower, Yang Rui had brought Cheng Yu and Huang Zhong along in order to successfully evacuate the seven thousand soldiers.
Of course, Yang Rui had also made some other preparations. He had Taishi Ci send several large and small warships along the Yellow River to provide support upstream. When the time came, the seven thousand soldiers of Ledu City would be able to save a lot of effort. At the same time, they would also avoid having to pass through the territory of Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and the others.
Apart from this, Yang Rui also had another plan. If possible, Yang Rui considered directly transporting the seven thousand soldiers through a city. Although this would cost several tens of thousands of gold coins, it was the most labor-saving method.
Ledu City didn't have a transportation formation. Yang Rui had obtained a lot of Five Elements Spirit Stones and other transportation formation materials from the Outer Realm. He also had a formation master like Guo Jia, but he still hadn't grasped the method of constructing a transportation formation.
Under such circumstances, Yang Rui wanted to use the transportation formation to carry out a large scale transportation. The most convenient method was to borrow Ma Teng's city. Yang Rui wanted to meet Ma Teng when he arrived in Xiliang. The location of the transportation formation was also the closest city to Wuwei City.
Wuwei City was where Ma Teng's faction ruled. However, after a few system adjustments, external factions were no longer able to teleport to the various cities ruled by the various feudal lords. Thus, Yang Rui and the rest still had to travel for a while.
Ma Teng wanted to amuse himself with Yang Rui. Yang Rui wasn't sure if Ma Teng was aware of the details, but Yang Rui had been trading with Ma Teng. Through the item "Bai Gui's Storage Funnel", Yang Rui would trade food and other basic resources every month.
All in all, Ma Teng's relationship with Yang Rui was much closer than with Yang Rui. However, if Yang Rui wanted to use the transportation formation with seven to eight thousand troops, he would need to make arrangements in advance. Otherwise, it would be easy to think that he was attacking the city.
From the start, Yang Rui had considered everything and didn't hesitate to use manpower and resources. There was no need to mention the details.
Yang Rui arrived at Wuwei County City in the afternoon and met with Ma Teng briefly. He mentioned that he wanted to borrow the teleportation array in Rakhan City near Le Du City and directly said that there would be seven to eight thousand people teleporting there.
From Ma Teng's reaction, he didn't seem to know that Yang Rui was plotting to take over Ledu City. Although he was a little hesitant after hearing about the number of people that Yang Rui wanted, he quickly agreed to it.
Originally, Yang Rui had been somewhat surprised. However, after thinking about it carefully, he understood. First of all, Ma Teng wanted to maintain his relationship with Yang Rui because he needed Yang Rui's resources.
Most importantly, Yang Rui's territory was very far from Western Liang. Although there was a certain risk for Rakhan City with seven to eight thousand people, even if they could take over Rakhan City with just seven to eight thousand people, Yang Rui's forces wouldn't be able to last long in Western Liang.
In comparison, Ma Teng had almost eliminated that little bit of risk. Moreover, the large scale transportation formation itself would bring him a lot of benefits.
Thus, the matter was simple. Early in the morning of the second day, Qi Zheng, Mo Lin, and seven to eight thousand Yang Rui's troops stationed in Ledu City set off. When they reached Rakhan City at noon, they immediately chose to teleport.
After spending close to 30000 gold coins in teleportation fees, Yang Rui's troops were able to successfully withdraw from Ledu City. Their destination was He Yin County, which was under the control of a large player organization in Si Li Province. This was also the reason why the teleportation fee this time was relatively low.
At this moment, Taishi Ci's navy was already nearing He Yin County. All that was left was to communicate with them and return.
After Yang Rui's troops retreated, Yang Rui's troops only arrived near Ledu City in the evening. However, when he saw their size, he was a little disappointed. There were less than 30000 troops. This made Yang Rui feel that he had wasted a lot of effort.
When Han Sui's troops passed through the few remaining ships around Ledu City, it took them more than half a day to completely enter the city. By then, it was already midnight.
Ledu City was surrounded by water on all sides, so Han Sui's troops had no choice but to go through a lot of trouble. Just as the exhausted Han Sui's troops were resting, a large fireball appeared in the night sky above the city. It quickly ignited the firewood that was laid out all around the city. The flames soared into the sky, accompanied by screams.
All of this had been planned by Yang Rui in advance!
/(To be continued.)
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