With this kind of relationship with Cao Cao, one could already guess the status of Yang Rui, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Liu Bei and the others. As a result, Yang Rui would have more initiative in Yuan Shu's storyline.
Cao Cao waved the banner of rebellion but did not immediately attack Yuan Shu's troops. He quietly stayed in Guancheng County and did not take any further action.
In truth, there were many people who wanted to attack Yuan Shu. However, due to various conditions, a large number of people were restricted. For example, Trace Dragon Soul was one of them.
From the start of the storyline, Trace Dragon Soul wanted to join the Han Emperor's faction. However, he was notified by the system that he did not have the qualifications to declare war on Yuan Shu. He needed to have a faction join the Han Emperor's faction before he could choose a faction to join.
Before this, Trace Dragon Soul and a few other large player organizations' leaders were already county magistrates. Moreover, in the country war storyline, these leaders obtained a lot of achievement points and contribution points. This was especially true for Trace Dragon Soul.
When the country war storyline ended, Trace Dragon Soul received a system notification. As long as he took out 150,000 achievement points, which was 70% to 80% of his achievement points, he would be able to obtain the position of governor. This was a big step for Dragon Soul and the players.
Before this, Trace Dragon Soul had obtained the title of one of the Eight Commandants of the West Garden. However, his highest position was the county magistrate. If he could obtain the position of governor, it would be very meaningful.
It was because of this that Trace Dragon Soul gave up on using his achievement points to exchange for the position of governor. Instead, he took out 150,000 achievement points to obtain the position of governor.
However, there was a problem after that. Under the current situation where the feudal powers were divided, it was difficult for Trace Dragon Soul to find a suitable commandery to take up the position even though he only had the position of governor.
Unless the dragon soul of the Tracer Emperor gave up his position as the main body and was sincerely willing to submit to a feudal power, he might even be able to obtain the position of governor of a commandery. Otherwise, he could only be the governor of a commandery in name. Even if the Han Dynasty had enfeoffment, the dragon soul of the Tracer Emperor would not be able to take up the position.
Trace Dragon Soul and the players did not think of this and chose to spend a lot of achievement points to obtain the position of governor of Jiujiang. However, could Yang Rui really take up the position?
Probably not. At this time, Sun Jian and Sun Ce were fighting endlessly in the Gangdong. They were gradually unifying the land of the Gangdong. If Trace Dragon Soul wanted to establish a foothold in Jiujiang, the throat of the Gangdong, it would be very difficult.
In fact, it wasn't just players like Dragon Soul. There were also similar situations in the game. For example, in the land of a commandery, the real governor could only be exiled outside, and there were many examples where someone else took over the place.
There was also a more common situation. That was when different factions in a prefecture appointed more than one governor. Moreover, they all received the approval of the Han Dynasty. There would always be people who would not be able to take up the position as they wished.
In the World War storyline, Crippled One had actually obtained over 150,000 achievement points. However, Crippled Moon Alliance considered their own strength and cooperation with Yang Rui and quickly gave up on the idea of exchanging for an official position. Instead, they used all of their achievement points to exchange for items.
When the topic returned to Cao Cao, who had raised the banner of rebellion, Cao Cao did not make a move in Guan Cheng County. However, it was Trace Dragon Soul and other large player organizations that were familiar with the game's background that made the first move.
After Cao Cao raised the banner of rebellion, Trace Dragon Soul and other organizations could finally make a move against Yuan Shu. They immediately gathered 10,000 elite players and arrived at the Dong Ling Pass between Luoyang and Xu Chang. Then, they clashed with Yuan Shu's troops inside the pass.
However, the goal of the player group was to earn points. They also wanted to find a way to defeat Yuan Shu and wait for an opportunity to obtain greater benefits. If they were to directly attack the Dong Ling Pass, everyone would feel that the gains did not make up for the losses.
Thus, even though the player group clashed with Yuan Shu first, the scale of the conflict was still very limited. Moreover, the location of the two sides' clashes remained in the vicinity of the Dong Ling Pass.
Apart from the player group, the other factions were very calm. Even the intensity of the battles that had always existed had decreased by quite a bit. Not only was the battle between Yang Rui and the Four Great Feudal Lords, but the Sun family's actions in Gangdong was also the same.
However, this was only on the surface. In reality, although the intensity of the conflicts between the various large and small factions had decreased, it was very obvious that they were all secretly accumulating power. Right now, the only thing that could break the silence was the fuse that broke the balance.
In this state of balance, Yang Rui's unclear attitude played a very big role. Regardless of what the other factions were doing, Yang Rui had always been using the merchant alliance to control the flow of resources and obtain benefits from it.
Yang Rui had decided to use the prequel plot to wear down the various factions. Thus, all kinds of resources were tilted towards Yuan Shu. As for Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei, Yang Rui had directly imposed a material embargo.
From the beginning of the merchant alliance's establishment, Yang Rui had implemented a strict registration system for the members of the merchant alliance. At this moment, it had come in handy. As long as the merchant alliance's members were within the Four Great Feudal Lords' territories, their transactions were basically in a state of stagnation.
Of course, there were also some well-hidden representatives who could still transfer resources through certain channels. Yang Rui could not find all of them in a short time.
However, Yang Rui had implemented a strict rationing system for almost all war-related resources. He would only provide goods to members of the merchant alliance who had a clear origin and not to the rest.
The grading system played a very important role at this time. Regardless of the grade, the first level of each grade would be able to smoothly complete transactions with the merchant alliance. The first level represented the factions that were on good terms with Yang Rui.
This was especially true for food resources. Yang Rui had simply stopped all transactions. He only secretly allowed Yuan Shu to place orders.
Even so, Yuan Shu was a little stingy. Or it could be said that he did not have enough financial resources. Whether it was food or all kinds of resources, ever since the first transaction was completed, there were only a few small transactions every day. There were no more large transactions.
Yang Rui was a little anxious for Yuan Shu. If this continued, Yuan Shu would definitely not be able to face the siege of large and small factions. Just the consumption of resources would be enough to wear him down.
Therefore, he had no choice but to outline a way for Yuan Shu to barter with other people.
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