The situation changed very quickly and it was very unfavorable for the newly crowned emperor Yuan Shu. However, this was within Yang Rui's expectations. Among the related warlords, only Yuan Shao would not make a move against Yuan Shu for the time being.
Without mentioning the pressure that Liu Biao and Liu Bei brought to Yuan Shu, Lu Bu's participation in the battle caused the situation in Si Li Province to change. In terms of overall strength, Cao Cao and Lu Bu's forces had already formed an advantage over Yuan Shu's forces.
According to the Imperial Patrol's Kongling Ninjas, in at most one game day, if Zhang Xun, Chen Ji, and Lei Bao were still unable to achieve anything in Luoyang, Cao Cao and Lu Bu's troops would be able to rush to the city.
At that time, Yuan Shu's forces would not be able to seize the city. They would probably be surrounded by Cao Cao and Lu Bu's forces.
With the arrangement of Cao Cao's forces and Lu Bu's assistance, Zhang Xun, Chen Ji and Lei Bao's forces would not be a match for them. At that time, the best result would probably be to flee.
However, at that time, the Dongling Pass in the direction of Yu Province would be blocked by Cao Cao's forces. Whether or not Zhang Xun, Chen Ji and Lei Bao could return to Yu Province was still uncertain.
Of course, this deduction was based on Yang Rui watching from the sidelines. With Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Liu Bei's forces joining the Great Han Emperor's camp, Yang Rui's ships carrying large amounts of troops were already halfway there.
Due to the importance of the matter, Yang Rui used large transport ships, turreted ships, and various warships to carry a total of over 400,000 soldiers. He used more than 50 large ships, more than 30 large ships, and more than 30 large ships to coordinate with the turreted ships and other large ships to carry out the transfer.
Both the Yu Zhang Great Banner and the Zhu Yin Great Ship could carry 5,000 people at full capacity. Even the Turreted Ship could carry 3,000 people at full capacity.
At the moment, Yang Rui had two major navy forces on the Yellow River. Their transportation capacity was astonishing. Over 400,000 soldiers only occupied two-thirds of the limited capacity of the ships, including many horses.
Yang Rui led over four hundred thousand soldiers. Among them were Guo Jia, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and the Imperial Patrol, while the soldiers included 50000 elite Sixth Grade cavalrymen.
At this time, Gao Shun's Breakthrough Camp soldiers were still in Xu Province. The 50000 Ethereal Ninjas of the Imperial Patrol Guards had already been scattered. Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun had not awakened their special soldier types yet. Thus, their battle strength this time mainly consisted of conventional soldiers, but they were also the elites.
As for the 400,000 soldiers Yang Rui led this time, most of them were transferred from the hinterlands under his jurisdiction. The number of soldiers that were truly used in Chen Liu County was extremely limited.
The disembarkation point that Yang Rui chose for his troops was the Yellow River near Ping County, which was very close to Luoyang Imperial City. Before this, Lu Bu had already used the Faction Teleportation Method to cross the Yellow River and arrived at Ping County.
However, Lu Bu seemed to have the intention of sitting on top of the mountain and watching the tigers fight. After his 100,000 troops entered Ping County, he did not immediately rush to Luoyang Imperial City. Otherwise, Lu Bu's troops would be the closest to Luoyang Imperial City. His army would not even need a game day to reach Luoyang Imperial City.
Originally, Yang Rui wanted to give Zhang Xun, Chen Ji, and Lei Bao some hints beforehand. Through the Ethereal Ninjas and aerial reconnaissance units, it would not be hard to accomplish this. However, he was dissuaded by Guo Jia.
Before this, Yang Rui had already sent out aerial reconnaissance units to investigate the ins and outs of Luoyang Imperial City. According to the current situation within the city, Zhang Xun, Chen Ji, Lei Bao and Yuan Shu's 200,000-300,000 troops would not be able to take down Luoyang Imperial City in a short amount of time.
However, he really could not allow Yuan Shu's troops to take down Luoyang Imperial City. When that time comes, if the Han Dynasty's little emperor Liu Xie was destroyed by Yuan Shu, who knows if there would be some unpredictable changes to the storyline.
What Yang Rui wanted to do was to use the storyline before Yuan Shu became emperor to delay the time of Yuan Shu's destruction as much as possible. Thus, he wanted to weaken the strength of the various vassals as much as possible and not let the plot of Yuan Shu become emperor go to the other extreme.
Therefore, Guo Jia suggested not to give Zhang Xun, Chen Ji, Lei Bao and the other Yuan Shu's troops any support. Yang Rui thought about it for a moment and agreed. Perhaps after Yuan Shu's troops encountered some difficulties, they would become more reliant on Yang Rui for resources and military support.
More than half of the game day had passed. Yang Rui's fleet was already nearing Ping County's Yellow River. According to the Ethereal Ninjas, Lu Bu's troops were still in Ping County's Yellow River.
Before this, Yang Rui had already ascertained that Lu Bu's troops in Ping County's Yellow River were led by himself. Moreover, there were three or four generals among them. This meant that Lu Bu's current Hanoi County should be relatively empty.
At the current stage, Lu Bu's troops were only about 300-400 thousand. It wasn't easy to raise so many troops in a single county. Moreover, there were less than 10 strong generals under his command. At this moment, there were three or four generals and 100,000 elite troops south of the Yellow River. One could imagine the situation in Hanoi County.
If Yang Rui's goal was to obtain territory, he would naturally send his troops to Hanoi County. He believed that he would be able to sweep through the entire Hanoi County like a hot knife through butter.
However, in comparison, Yang Rui's main focus was still Cao Cao's Si Li Province. Moreover, Yang Rui could also weaken Lu Bu's strength within Si Li Province. Lu Bu was still preparing to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight in Ping County.
When Yang Rui's troops completely came ashore, it was already midnight. Because Yang Rui's troops had rushed to Ping County's Yellow River at night, Lu Bu's troops did not receive news of Yang Rui's approach.
However, there were people who quickly discovered Yang Rui's movements. Ping County's Yellow River was not too close to it. When Yang Rui's troops were halfway to Ping County to besiege Lu Bu, they were already discovered by the large player organization of Iron Blood Sword.
This was a coincidence. Iron Blood Sword was originally the county magistrate of Ping County. However, the system had listed Ping County as one of the teleportation destinations for Lu Bu's camp. After Lu Bu arrived with 100,000 elite troops, he immediately seized control of Ping County's defense.
Perhaps it was because Predator Sword was not in the city at the moment, but most of the members of the Predator organization had been ordered out of the city by Lu Bu. They were stationed north of Ping County, which was the only way to get from the Yellow River to the county.
The players of Iron Blood Sword and Lu Bu belonged to the same camp. Therefore, they could not attack each other unless their points turned negative and they abandoned their camp.
Therefore, the arrival of Yang Rui's troops was quickly welcomed by Iron Blood Sword's second-in-command, Iron Blood Gentleman. Under the escort of the Iron Blood Sword players, Yang Rui led over 400,000 troops and surrounded Ping County's Lu Bu's location.
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