"My lord, General Zhang Liao said that when his vanguard troops passed through Zhongmou County, a part of the northern city wall collapsed due to the frost. It was as wide as two city gates. Cao Cao's troops were gathering craftsmen to repair it, but they didn't have the time to start work.
General Zhang Liao got hold of the relevant information from hundreds of miles away. He then strengthened his investigation of Zhongmou County and found that the city gates were open as usual. Coincidentally, a few groups of troops were transporting food and supplies into the city, so he took the city by surprise. Throughout the entire process, there were only a few casualties in the city.
Even so, General Zhang Liao's letter of apology has been handed over to the flying pet unit and is on the way back … "
The imperial guards roughly reported the information to Yang Rui. From this, Yang Rui knew that Zhang Liao actually wrote a letter of apology and sent it back.
"Let's not talk about the letter of apology for now. Order Zhang Liao to station in and around Zhongmou County and wait for Dian Wei's troops to arrive before handing over the city …"
Faced with the sudden incident of Zhang Liao seizing Zhongmou County, Yang Rui was not only surprised, but he also had a new understanding of Zhang Liao's ability to launch a surprise attack. Moreover, the destruction of the city wall in Zhongmou County was too much of a coincidence. Yang Rui could only shake his head slightly.
At this time, the troops under Yang Rui's command were advancing at a fast speed. Most of the territories below the town level had already been plowed by Yang Rui, so there weren't many empty areas. Therefore, Yang Rui's troops were not far from Xingyang County.
"Reporting to my lord, General Gan Ning has already taken down Juan County without any losses in the process. Before the heavy trebuchets could blast through the southern city gates, the Cao army in the city had already fled …"
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"Reporting to my lord, General Yu Jin led his troops to chase after Cao Cao's defeated army in the west of Juan County. He has killed more than 10000 people. The other two groups of defeated army had smaller numbers. Under the pursuit of General Gan Ning's troops, most of them fled and a small portion of them were killed …"
“.....”
With a start, more and more information was sent to Yang Rui. Yang Rui's ability to control information was fully displayed. If it was another party involved, Cao Cao might not even be able to grasp the news of Zhongmou County and Zhongmou County falling.
With the start of the war, the instant communication between Yang Rui and Cao Cao had been restricted. Perhaps Cao Cao could use some special means to send messages for a short period of time, because as a player group, Dragon Soul had also mastered some instant communication methods, so it wasn't surprising that Cao was able to do it.
However, it was very difficult for Cao Cao to know the specific situation before and after the city fell. Some of the special instant communication methods couldn't be maintained for a long period of time, either the cost was too high, or it consumed too much, or there were some other reasons. At least for now, there wasn't a method that was better than the Ethereal Ninja.
When Yang Rui was in the Wo Nation's territory, he had suffered a lot in the hands of the other forces. Generally speaking, the Wo Nation's territory had its own unique way of transmitting information, which was also a characteristic of their civilization.
Of course, Yang Rui didn't think that the three civilizations were inferior in terms of communication methods, but for now, they hadn't discovered a more effective method.
When Yang Rui's army approached Xingyang County, it was already close to evening. If they wanted to forcefully attack the city, they would have to wait until the next day. Therefore, Yang Rui ordered the army to set up camp on the spot.
Yang Rui didn't mind wasting time. The reason he came with the army was to let the enemy gather their forces for an effective decisive battle, which was to completely remove Cao Cao's forces. Xingyang County was a relatively central existence in the nearby area, so it was worth spending more time.
After leaving the camp, Yang Rui patrolled around and ate a meal with a group of soldiers. After that, he began to upgrade his Wind Shadow Sleeve Arrow * Soul Level 1 Battle Technique, as well as the Soaring Dragon Inner Force Mantra * Soul Level 1 Battle Technique * Soul, which had already reached the intermediate level.
Moreover, Yang Rui was also wondering if he should start practicing the Conqueror's Halberd – Soul Level 1 Battle Skill. This skill was compatible with the Soaring Dragon Inner Strength Mantra. When Yang Rui was a Level 2 Historical General, he couldn't learn this skill book. However, after reaching the Intermediate level of the Soaring Dragon Inner Strength Mantra – Soul Level 1 Battle Skill, he realized that he could start practicing it.
Although the Scarlet King Swordsmanship was a Level 1 Battle Skill that was compatible with the Soaring Dragon Inner Strength Mantra, it wasn't a Soul Type Battle Skill. Not only could it not be used in reality, but its power in the game was also lacking compared to the Soul Type Battle Skill of the same level.
In terms of mantras, ever since Yang Rui started practicing the Intermediate level of the Soaring Dragon Inner Strength Mantra, he realized that the speed of improvement wasn't much slower than when he was practicing the Basics and Beginner Level 1 Battle Skill. After practicing it a few times, he had already reached Level 0 3%. He didn't know if it was because of Yang Rui's solid foundation or some other reason.
Yang Rui had some guesses about this. Back then, the Basics of the Soaring Dragon Inner Strength Mantra had pointed out three ways to improve this mantra. Yang Rui suspected that the reason why his mantra was improving so quickly was related to his large group of family members. However, Yang Rui didn't practice according to the so-called shortcut.
At the same time, Yang Rui's Wind Shadow Sleeve Arrow Soul Level 1 Battle Skill was also improving fast. Yang Rui also had more opportunities to practice it. At this moment, his proficiency had already surpassed Level 0 by 10%, which showed that Yang Rui attached great importance to this skill.
The only pity was that Yang Rui had to use the strengthened version of the Wind Shadow Sleeve Arrow Soul Level 1 Battle Skill in Luoyi Small World, which required one month in the game. The strengthened version was very powerful.
Fortunately, even if he couldn't use the strengthened version of the Wind Shadow Sleeve Arrow Soul Level 1 Battle Skill, Yang Rui's daily practice of this skill didn't hinder him. As a result, Yang Rui was looking forward to seeing what would happen when he used the strengthened version of this skill after it leveled up.
The night soon passed as Yang Rui practiced all kinds of skills. On the second day, the battle continued. Dian Wei's army had already arrived at Zhongmou County before Yang Rui arrived at Xingyang and took over Zhang Liao's cavalry in the county.
Zhang Liao didn't stay idle either. In less than half a day, he only left less than 10,000 soldiers to defend Zhongmou County. The rest of the soldiers, under his command, cleared out Cao Cao's forces in Zhongmou County and the surrounding areas.
When Dian Wei's army arrived, Zhang Liao led the army away from Zhongmou County and headed for Kaifeng County.
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