The most obvious was Liu Bei's army. From the very beginning, Liu Bei had the idea of snatching territory. As for joining the alliance to snatch the Imperial Seal, it was only used as a pretext.
The rest of the troops also had similar goals. Whether it was Liu Biao or Zhang Xiu, they were all heading towards Yuzhou and Yangzhou, Yuan Shu's territory.
Only Yuan Shao of Jizhou in the north could only cross the Yellow River and attack Qingzhou or Yanzhou, which was under Yang Rui's jurisdiction. He could not directly pass through Yuan Shu's jurisdiction. Apart from that, even Cao Cao had to split his army into two. One went in the direction of Hulao Pass and the other went in the direction of Dongling Pass.
After the first round of probing attacks, Gan Ning's fleet had a clear understanding of Cao Cao's army at Hulao Pass. At the very least, they were not elite soldiers. Cao Cao was probably using them as bait.
According to the information sent by the Ethereal Ninja, Cao Cao's main force was also in the direction of Dong Ling Pass. It was believed that as long as this channel was connected, the various armies would flock there. When that time comes, Yuan Shu's territory would be bustling with noise and excitement.
Yang Rui had already considered the possibility of such a situation happening, but the plot would not be easily changed based on the influence of the Imperial Jade Seal. It was true that several armies were fighting for benefits at this time, but after that, the plot would not be hastily changed.
At present, Dong Ling Pass was a difficult bone to chew. The general guarding the pass was Ji Ling who Cao Cao had always been helpless against. Now that Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu's armies had both chosen to go through Dong Ling Pass, a series of fierce battles were unavoidable.
However, according to the information that Yang Rui obtained, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu's troops were moving and stopping. They did not appear to be in a hurry. Yang Rui did not know if they were deliberately pushing the hard bones to the other side to deal with or if they really did not have any intention to take over Yuan Shu's territory.
The actual situation was obvious. According to the progress of Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu's armies, the two armies would eventually join forces.
Among the five armies, Liu Biao's army was the most successful. This was not the first time he had crossed the Fei River and entered the hinterland under Yuan Shu's jurisdiction. He could even directly threaten Shouchun.
Of course, without the existence of Yang Rui's army, the other most convenient route would be Liu Bei. However, with Taishi Ci's navy, the one who suffered the most losses was Liu Bei.
On the other hand, Liu Bei had sent a horse to inform Zhang Fei, hoping to remind him of the fact that Yang Rui's flying pets were in the vicinity and that they could be attacked at any time. However, how could the news spread out so easily?
Yang Rui's preparations from the very beginning weren't limited to just two ballads. The density of Ethereal Ninjas around Shuxian County had also reached a high level. Their purpose wasn't just to gather information, especially now that most of the Ethereal Ninjas had reached Fifth Grade.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for Liu Bei to rely on a few horses to send out information. After Shuxian County was attacked, Liu Bei sent out three waves of horses. They were all intercepted by the Ethereal Ninjas.
Zhang Fei, who had already surrounded Hefei County, naturally couldn't get the relevant information quickly. Instead, he began to fight the remaining troops of Yuan Shu in the city in an orderly manner.
The Golden Hawks and Flame Falcons of Taishi Ci's navy had also returned. They were either standing or lying on the deck to recover. An attack on Liu Bei's forces around Hefei County was about to begin.
At this moment, Taishi Ci did not know that Liu Bei's horse had been killed by the Ethereal Ninjas. In truth, whether he knew or not did not affect the operation. Taishi Ci's mission was to eliminate Liu Bei's forces as much as possible.
In other words, as long as there was an opportunity to attack Liu Bei's forces, Taishi Ci would send out his flying pets to attack or interfere. Taishi Ci also had a good grasp of information with his flying pets.
Before the Southern Mechanized Corps could make a move, Taishi Ci's Yangtze River Navy had already defeated Liu Bei. Apart from the effect of the surprise attack, Yang Rui's plan also played an important role.
Originally, Yang Rui had planned to use the doppelganger technique to control the soul once the battle started, and let the doppelganger guard the Southern Mobile Corps in Guang Ling Prefecture. Looking at the current situation, the Southern Corps did not face much pressure.
At the same time, the pressure on Hulao Pass was also not great. Cao Cao's troops were only there for show. As such, Yang Rui decided to send out his doppelganger to look after Chen Liu County and Hulao Pass. Then, he used the Void Crossing Flying Ship to head toward Puyang County.
At this moment, the doppelganger only had 50% of Yang Rui's bloodline power. Yang Rui believed that it was not enough to deal with some matters and was only suitable to act as a front.
As such, before Yang Rui left, he instructed his doppelganger, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Xun You and the others to use the doppelganger's identity as much as possible and not let him make any decisions for the time being. This was to ensure that there would not be any problems in Chen Liu County.
The doppelganger, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun and the others were very cooperative. Not long after Yang Rui left, they planned to have the doppelganger come out and challenge Liu Bei.
Although the doppelganger did not say much during the entire process and only gave off an unusually cold feeling, the fact that Yang Rui was in Hulao Pass spread.
Because of that, with Yang Rui "personally" holding down the fort, no one dared to have any ideas about Hulao Pass, which was already impregnable. In fact, Cao Cao even returned to his state before the start of the war. He guarded Shanshui City and Shanshui Pass to the death.
Yang Rui himself had gone to Puyang County City in order to teach Yuan Shao a lesson when he least expected it. In terms of military strength, Yuan Shao was the strongest out of the five armies that had been dispatched.
At the same time, Yuan Shao attacked Yang Rui the most directly. After the battle officially broke out, Yuan Shao had tried to force his way across the Yellow River several times, but he was stopped by Gan Ning and his navy. It was unknown whether Yuan Shao wanted to use this opportunity to weaken Yang Rui's power, which had been suppressing him.
Yang Rui went to Puyang County to give Yuan Shao a chance to come at him and teach him a lesson.
Right now, Yuan Shao was also Yang Rui's strongest opponent. Even at the beginning of the storyline, Yang Rui had no choice but to use a large number of battle exemption tokens in various key cities of Bohai Country. This was because Bohai Country was the only enclave in Yang Rui's territory that was located north of the Yellow River.
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