The fire in Le City was naturally planned by Yang Rui in advance. Qi Zheng, Mo Qing and the rest of the seven to eight thousand troops had been busy the entire night, laying out large amounts of flammable materials.
Especially in the flammable areas like the granaries, Qi Zheng, Mo Qing and the rest had purposely placed a lot of oil, sulfur and other flammable materials to help the fire spread.
By the time Han Sui's troops finally entered the small city, Yang Rui, who had just rested for a short while, ordered the 30 aerial reconnaissance units he brought along to scatter the aerial bombs evenly across the small city.
With the previous arrangements, and the fact that it was night time and it wasn't easy to take precautions, a total of 100 aerial bombs were dropped. The fire immediately surged and with the terrain of Le Du City being surrounded by water, Han Sui's 30000 troops had no way to retreat in this desperate situation.
The small number of boats that remained were under the special care of Yang Rui's aerial reconnaissance units. They had long been engulfed by the fire, and Han Sui and the rest of the northwestern troops were not good at water. There were only two paths left for them: death by fire or death by drowning.
The sky full of fire raged for half the night, and the small city of Le City was almost completely turned into ashes. Han Sui's troops were all annihilated in the ashes.
Only Han Sui's general, Yang Qiu, who was the envoy that had gone to Yang Rui's place, was knocked unconscious by Huang Zhong after escaping from the waters around Le City and was captured by Huang Zhong.
With Yang Qiu's status, it would not have been easy for him to be taken away. However, Yang Rui directly used the [Transformation Mask] on him, changing him into the appearance of an injured guard. Even when he was teleported, he would be recognized as one of Yang Rui's troops and not his original identity.
On the second day of the game, Qi Zheng, Mo Qing and the rest of Yang Rui's troops in He Yin County had already contacted the fleet sent by Taishi Ci and were on their way back to Qing Province.
As for Yang Rui, Cheng Yu and Huang Zhong, they had already brought the captive Yang Qiu and all the aerial reconnaissance units back to Chen Liu County City.
At this point, the matter of Le City had come to an end.
From a certain perspective, it could be said that Yang Rui had mobilized a large number of troops, including Cheng Yu and Huang Zhong, and had spent tens of thousands of gold coins. The small city of Le Du had been completely destroyed.
However, from another point of view, Han Sui had gained nothing. At the same time, he had lost 30000 soldiers. Even Yang Qiu, a level 3 historical general, had disappeared without a trace.
With regards to such an outcome, it had already reached Yang Rui's expectations. His only goal was to teach Han Sui a lesson and make clear his stance and way of doing things. As for the cost, Yang Rui did not care.
What Yang Rui cared about the most was that Qi Zheng, Mo Qing and the rest of the veterans could safely return to their territory. Furthermore, the entire process was smooth and there were no setbacks.
When Qi Zheng, Mo Qing and the rest of the officers arrived at Chen Liu County City, Yang Rui personally held a grand welcoming banquet for them. Because of this, the news of Western Liang being invaded by foreign tribes and Yang Rui setting up an ambush in Le City and burning 30000 invading troops spread like wildfire.
In fact, the news of the welcoming banquet inadvertently revealed that Han Sui had sent an envoy to Qing Province to provide relevant information. When this news finally reached Han Sui's ears, one could imagine how bitter Han Sui's old face would be.
A long time later, in the game world, all sorts of things related to the battle in Le Du City would become the topic of conversation for the storytellers at the tea stalls. Yang Rui and Han Sui could be said to have been talked about over and over again …
Of course, this was all for later and would not be mentioned for the time being.
On the other hand, after Yang Rui finished dealing with the small city of Ledu, he gathered Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, and Xun You into the temporary Chenliu County City. For the first time, they officially discussed the matter of the three kingdoms' third large-scale system storyline.
Due to the settings of the system, Yang Rui could not directly talk about the fact that the third large-scale system storyline was about to erupt in the three civilizations. However, Yang Rui still used the eruption of the third large-scale system storyline in the Wo Nation civilization as a trigger to indirectly mention the current situation in the three civilizations.
Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, and Xun You were not ordinary people. They had a very accurate grasp of the current situation. The actual situation did not need Yang Rui to say much. They already understood what Yang Rui wanted to express.
Similarly, Yang Rui did not need to ask much. Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, and Xun You had already thoroughly analyzed the situation that the three civilizations might face. Although they could not accurately predict the direction of specific forces, the overall situation was very close to the historical facts.
Cheng Yu and the other three almost all believed that the feudal forces in the various regions would gain more autonomy and that the Great Han Royal Family would become a mere figurehead. After the feudal forces moved towards autonomy and scattered, it was very likely that they would gradually return to a situation of unification.
This argument was mainly led by Cheng Yu and Guo Jia, but Sun Qian also seemed to agree with it. Only Xun You seemed to have some reservations, but he did not put forward a different opinion. He also agreed with the others on the development of the feudal forces.
Yang Rui couldn't help but admire the judgment ability of these famous historical figures. It could be said that it was exactly the same as the saying in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that the world was united for a long time and divided for a long time and united for a long time.
Thinking of some of Xun You's performances in the historical facts, Yang Rui seemed to understand his mentality at this time. However, Yang Rui did not care too much about it. With his understanding of historical facts, he believed that with the development of his own strength, Xun You's attitude towards the Han Dynasty would eventually change.
In fact, Yang Rui gathered these people mainly to discuss whether or not to take out the trump card of Young Emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He. However, at this time, he felt that Xun You's obsession with the Han Dynasty was somewhat inappropriate for Yang Rui to talk about this topic.
Yang Rui simply brought up the idea of colluding with the feudal forces. Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Xun You and the others discussed again, and gradually Yang Rui gave up the idea of using Young Emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He.
He had to admit that Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Xun You and the other famous historical figures were very good, especially when their ideas converged. In just the time of a meal, they had come up with a set of feasible measures for Yang Rui to collude with the feudal forces.
The core of this set of measures was to make full use of the various advantages of resources and technology in Yang Rui's hands, and promote the connection with specific feudal forces through the supply of resources and the export of technology, or exclude specific feudal forces.
Such an argument was somewhat similar to various economic organizations such as the TPP in reality, which surprised Yang Rui.
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