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At this time, Liu Bei had 20 counties under his control. On average, each county had ten to twenty thousand people. The number of soldiers brought by the three armies was not small. Even if they were to attack, they would be able to push back.
Moreover, they could split up and advance. Each army could attack the surrounding counties at the same time. However, the resistance they would encounter would be relatively greater.
In truth, Yang Rui, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Xun You and the others had come up with two plans for attacking Liu Bei's territory. If the advancement process went smoothly, they could launch a quick attack and flatten Liu Bei's forces before and after Yuan Shu's proclamation.
The second plan was to advance normally. Or rather, it would be a relatively slow method. They just needed to maintain the state of war with Liu Bei before Yuan Shu's proclamation. When the time comes, there should not be any obstacles because of Liu Bei's choice of faction.
This was also one of Yang Rui's ideas for the other vassals. It was to maintain a state of war.
When Yuan Shu's proclamation happened, most of the vassals would definitely become the opposing faction of Yuan Shu. Even Yang Rui would openly oppose Yuan Shu. At most, he would temporarily remain silent and not choose a side.
After Yuan Shu's proclamation, the third large-scale system storyline would erupt. According to the results of his discussion with Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Xun You and the others, Yang Rui's preliminary judgment was that his forces were likely to become the core of the storyline. Moreover, it was very likely that he would have to face the alliance of many vassals.
Under such circumstances, if Yang Rui wanted to gain the initiative, he would need to weaken the strength of his potential opponents as much as possible before the third large-scale system storyline officially happened.
If he used the prelude to Yuan Shu's proclamation, forming an alliance with Yuan Shu was also a method. However, if he did so, Yang Rui's reputation would be greatly damaged. At the very least, the Han Dynasty still had a certain amount of influence among the people. If he directly supported Yuan Shu's proclamation, he would likely become the target of public criticism.
At the same time, Yang Rui was not at ease with a teammate like Yuan Shu. Through Yuan Shu's performance in the game, this person did not have many strong points other than being the Third Heir of the Fourth Generation. He felt that he was inferior to the other vassals.
As a result, it was better for Yang Rui to act alone. Just like attacking Liu Bei, before the prelude to Yuan Shu's proclamation, he would enter battle mode with several potential opponents. There was a high probability that the system would not stop the battle from continuing because of the prelude to the plot.
At that time, either Yang Rui and his opponents would not be able to choose a camp, or the time to choose a camp would be buffered, or he would be set as a neutral camp. The probability of these possibilities happening was not small. It could also give Yuan Shu a certain amount of space to survive, giving him more opportunities to exhaust the surrounding vassals.
In order to drag potential opponents into battle mode, Yang Rui had already buried a factor when he attacked Xuzhou. Previously, Yang Rui, under the instigation of Cheng Yu and others, sent people to Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao to propose marriage under the guise of perfecting the etiquette rules of the King of Donghai.
Moreover, Yang Rui's attitude was very high-profile. He said with certainty that he wanted to add a wife. He did not say any polite words like improving their relationship. It was as if it was up to them to agree or not.
Yang Rui proposed marriage to Lu Bu's daughter, Lu Wen, Yuan Shao's daughter, Yuan Fang, and Cao Cao's daughter, Cao Jie. With Yang Rui's attitude, it was foreseeable that Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao would not agree, not to mention that Yang Rui had always been in a state of opposition with the three.
Until now, Yang Rui had not received any reply from any of the parties. Only the messenger brought back some of the other party's attitude. The other two did not say anything. It was said that after Lu Bu heard the messenger's words, he was so angry that he almost killed the messenger on the spot!
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu seemed to pay a lot of attention to his daughter, Lu Wen. In order to unite with Lu Bu, Yuan Shu proposed marriage. Lu Bu despised the other party for being a dog and not worthy of his tiger daughter. This time, when Yang Rui sent people to propose marriage, it was very normal for Lu Bu to have a fierce reaction.
The marriage proposal was only a prelude. Yang Rui's troops had enough time to drag Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu into a state of war before the prelude happened. They did not even need to use the other troops. Just Taishi Ci's navy alone was enough to complete this task.
At this time, Fang Lan's navy had also increased in the Yellow River basin. Previously, Yang Rui had already deployed Fang Lan's navy to the Yellow River basin in advance in order to prepare for the arrival of the third system storyline. He did not know that there was also the prelude of Yuan Shu's imperial proclamation. However, at this time, it just happened to come in handy.
The current standard for entering a state of war was to capture one of the enemy's towns. Both Taishi Ci's navy and Fang Lan's navy had full control of the Yellow River. To do this in Si Li, Hanoi, and Jizhou was as easy as turning one's hand.
Back to the three armies commanded by Yang Rui, Han Dai, Xu You and Gan Ning in Xu Province.
After Xiaxiang County fell, Yang Rui did not immediately chase after Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's army. However, he sent flying units to keep an eye on the direction of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's troops.
According to the information obtained by the flying units, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's troops had fled from Xiaxiang County to Tong County and had not left the city. However, there were no abnormal movements within the city. There were only a few tens of thousands of troops defending the city. It was possible that Liu Bei did not intend to stop Yang Rui's troops there.
Yang Rui's troops weren't far behind, and they arrived at the vicinity of the county town of the Tong Kingdom in just four to six hours. Originally, the county town of the Tong Kingdom wasn't far from the county town of the Xia Xiang County, so it didn't take much time for them to arrive.
During this process, Liu Bei actually gave up on Tong County and led tens of thousands of troops toward Xu County. He also evacuated all his troops and NPC Liegeman from Tong County.
The number of NPC citizens in Tong Kingdom's county was not small. Liu Bei's compassionate attitude naturally moved many of his citizens. The scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms where Liu Bei was unwilling to abandon his citizens and the citizens were willing to follow him appeared again.
However, in the end, Liu Bei did not evacuate with the NPC Liegeman. This was different from the scene in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Instead, he persuaded the NPC Liegeman to scatter and flee. It would be best for them to head to the south of Guangling Prefecture.
Clearly, Liu Bei felt that he would not be able to defend Tong County. Thus, he was preparing to gather his forces and choose a suitable location to stop Yang Rui's troops. The battle of Xiaxiang County had shocked Liu Bei too much.
Liu Bei did not even plan to stop Yang Rui's troops in Xiapi Prefecture. Instead, he chose to stay in the south of Guangling Prefecture. This was evident from his instructions to the NPC Liegeman.
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