From the information transmitted by the Dragon Soul, Yang Rui had underestimated the effects of the cold winter on marching and fighting. Don't look at how the Battle of Guandu had caused the various vassals to flock to the front. That had been transmitted through the storyline.
Afterwards, the various vassals had basically settled down behind the Yellow River. They still had to make do with their rations and other supplies. There was basically no need for them to march. At most, they would run along the Yellow River for a short distance.
Of course, when the vassals who had won the Battle of Guandu were defeated and ran away, that couldn't be helped. They had to march even if they didn't want to. Otherwise, they would be waiting to be killed or captured by Yang Rui's troops.
However, the current situation was different. Even if Cao Cao tried to rope in the surrounding vassals, even if they all knew that they had to get involved, they probably didn't have the conditions to send out troops.
The most important issue was the problem of rations. When the various vassals had won the Battle of Guandu, they had already used up a lot of rations. Right now, the various vassals were probably in a tight situation. They didn't have any rations left to send out troops again.
At the same time, they had to ensure that they could march and fight normally. The winter rations had to be more expensive than usual. Otherwise, if they couldn't even meet the basic needs of their bodies, how could they fight? This was also the reason why Yang Rui had doubled the rations for his troops.
Apart from rations, cotton-padded clothes and blankets were also important to keep them warm. Otherwise, if they shivered in the cold and caught a cold, they wouldn't be able to fight at all.
Apart from that, the transportation of rations and rations was also an important factor. Yang Rui's troops had large carriages and horse caravans to ensure transportation, but the transportation still took up more time and energy than usual. It was easy to get stuck in ditches and snow.
The transportation of supplies didn't just require transportation tools. It also required large amounts of horses and animal power. Yang Rui had always paid great attention to the accumulation of horses. He had purchased large amounts of horses early on. Although the horses back then weren't all that good, they could still be used for transportation.
With so many restrictions, the various vassals couldn't meet all of them in a short period of time. This also delayed the time to send out troops to rescue Cao Cao. They couldn't even meet the conditions to send out troops.
Moreover, there was a saying that other people's matters weren't urgent. Not all of the vassals were clear about the consequences of Yang Rui's attack. Not all of them were daring and daring. This led to the fact that Yang Rui had already taken over half of Henan's Cao territory, but still no vassal to send out troops to join forces........
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. At the same time, Dragon Soul and the other large Player organizations' harassment strategy was very appropriate. Cao Cao simply couldn't focus on the Western Front. He had already realized that Yang Rui was serious this time and wanted to completely flatten his forces.
However, the measures that Cao Cao could take to deal with this were quite limited. Cao Cao was also facing the same situation as the other feudal vassals. Moreover, because Cao Cao had spent a lot of money during the Excellent Meeting, his current situation was even worse than the other feudal vassals.
Of course, it wasn't because the other vassals didn't send out troops that Yang Rui had given up his guard. Previously, Yang Rui had placed Dian Wei's troops on the southern road to Henan. This was to guard against Liu Biao's movements in the South and to be ready to seize Dong Ling Pass at any time.
If Liu Biao's troops were to send troops to Si Li Province, it would be the most convenient to send them from Dong Ling Pass. Even if they could enter Si Li Province from Yuzhou, they would have to take a long detour. Moreover, there were also remnants of Yuan Shu's troops stationed there. It was basically impossible to travel there.
At the same time, Yang Rui had left Yuzhou, which was relatively easy to take, untouched. One of the reasons was to restrain Liu Biao's energy. This was because Liu Biao was located in the South. Although it was a rare winter season, Liu Biao's restrictions were the least.
Liu Biao had been coveting Yuan Shu's territory for a long time. Previously, he had been stopped by Yang Rui. Now that Yang Rui had left this fat piece of meat untouched, it was more likely that Liu Biao would be tempted while Yang Rui was busy attacking Cao Cao.
While guarding against Liu Biao's forces, Yang Rui had also placed Hanoi Prefecture as a focus. He had stationed Cheng Yu, Huang Zhong and other generals there. Although they were not used at the moment, it was still the place with the greatest threat.
The best case scenario was that the Hanoi Prefecture's troops were not restrained. Currently, Cheng Yu and Huang Zhong had sent a lot of troops to the Yellow River to guard against Cao Cao's possible escape route.
Hanei County's main defense was still Yuan Shao of Ji Zhou. With Qing Zhou and Yan Zhou as obstacles, even if Yuan Shao wanted to send out his troops, he would most likely choose the direction of Hanei County to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao.
In addition, if Zhang Xiu, Chen Gong, Liu Bei and other powers that participated in the Excellent Meeting came out to help Cao Cao again, the most likely direction would still be Henei County.
Yang Rui had been sending the Ethereal Ninjas scattered all over the north to search for the whereabouts of these three forces that had almost disappeared. However, they hadn't been able to find any traces of these forces so far.
Speaking of which, the map in the game was too big. Even if Yang Rui had 50000 Ethereal Ninjas to scout and the Imperial Kenshin Guards to transmit information, it was still difficult for them to cover a large area.
For example, if the map in the game was enlarged by 100 times, Yang Rui's 50000 Ethereal Ninjas in three to four prefectures was equivalent to 500 people in a few provinces in real life.
As such, it was normal for Yang Rui to not be able to find Zhang Xiu, Chen Gong, Liu Bei and the other forces. As long as they hid in some secluded mountain, forest or remote place, it would not be easy to find them.
This was also the reason why Yang Rui's troops had stopped to rest and reorganize after their rapid advance during the attack on Cao Cao's forces. This was also the reason why Yang Rui had assigned a large number of vanguard cavalry to penetrate, cut, and search for Cao Cao's remaining forces.
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