Similarly, Yang Rui no longer posed much of a threat to Zhang Xiu and Chen Gong in Yang Rui's opinion. It could even be said that they had lost the basic conditions to be a feudal lord.
However, in Yang Rui's eyes, Liu Bei couldn't be judged by common sense. After all, in historical facts and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei had the fate of running around and eventually earned the territory of other feudal lords. It was very likely that there would be a similar fate in the game.
Thinking of Zhang Xiu, Yang Rui also thought of another person at the same time, Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe. Chen Shou had a very high evaluation of this person and compared him to Xun You. He said, "Xun You and Jia Xu, both of them are flawless in their calculations, capable of changing the situation, both good and fair." It could be seen that Jia Xu was very talented.
Jia Xu was very extraordinary. At this time, Yang Rui, who had obtained Xun You's allegiance, naturally wanted to subdue him. However, this character had followed Zhang Xiu to Cao Cao in historical facts and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Yang Rui didn't know what his fate in the game would be.
Yang Rui had interacted with Jia Xu before. Back then, Jia Xu had borrowed food from Yang Rui on behalf of Zhang Jilai, but in the end, Jia Xu had retreated after asking several questions. Yang Rui originally thought that there was a possibility of continuing to contact Jia Xu, but since then, Yang Rui had not seen this person.
It was precisely because of Jia Xu's three questions that Yang Rui had the hope of subduing this person. Back then, when Jia Xu asked about the country, the people's livelihood, and the meaning of life, Yang Rui quoted the classics and mixed some of his own ideas in. It seemed that Jia Xu was very impressed.
However, after Jia Xu asked the three questions, he turned around and left. Since then, there was no trace of him. Yang Rui's thoughts of subduing Jia Xu faded a little. He couldn't help but have a trace of luck in his heart. He felt that Jia Xu hadn't really reached the time to choose his master. He always hoped that there was a slight possibility of meeting Jia Xu again.
Thus, after receiving the Excellent Meeting, Yang Rui put more effort into searching for the Zhang Embroidery Division than any of the other missing vassals. It was just that he had not found anything so far.
Time passed quickly as Yang Rui's troops rested and checked for loopholes, as well as Yang Rui's mental cultivation and skill training. After another 3-4 game days, Yang Rui ordered the 3 vanguard troops and the various divisions of the middle army to continue towards the west of Henan to attack Cao.
Accurately speaking, Cao Cao's forces were only limited to the central and eastern parts of Henan Province. The 8 cities in the west were controlled by Dragon Soul and other large player organizations. Now that Yang Rui had taken down half of the eastern part of Henan Province, Cao Cao did not have much land left.
At present, the number of cities under Cao Cao's control, including the Luoyang Imperial City, did not exceed ten. They were mainly the Yan Clan, Gong County, Cheng Gao, Yanshi, Liang County, as well as the two or three county-level towns near the Luoyang Imperial City.
Thus, it could be said that at this moment, under the pincer attack of Yang Rui and the large player organizations, Cao Cao's forces were close to the end. It was not an exaggeration to say that Yang Rui had obtained half of the victory in the war against Cao Rui.
The distribution of the cities in the western part of Henan Province was different. For this, Yang Rui once again redeployed the middle army and divided them into 3 armies to advance. However, the number of troops and the arrangement of generals were adjusted by Yang Rui and Yang Rui.
Among the cities that had been captured, except for Xingyang City, which had 30000 soldiers stationed there as a transit point for supplies, there were only four to five thousand soldiers left in the other cities to maintain order, including the cities in the south near Yuzhou.
Yang Rui did this because he was confident that the vanguard cavalry of the 3 armies would clear the area. Even if there were some remnants of Cao Cao's forces in the eastern part of Henan Province, it would not be enough to conquer a city.
At the same time, he was confident in his own information channels. If the other forces made a move, Yang Rui would be able to quickly receive the news and react. At the very least, he would be able to ensure that his food channels would not be threatened.
"Milord, General Gan Ning has already conquered Cheng Gao County …"
Yang Rui's army once again set out. Half a day later, when the sky was still dark, the news of Gan Ning taking down Cheng Gao City had already reached Yang Rui.
Cheng Gao County was not far from Xingyang County. For Gan Ning to be able to conquer the city so quickly was within Yang Rui's expectations.
Of course, there were two reasons why Yang Rui was able to take down one city after another. Firstly, there was a huge disparity in the number of attackers and defenders. Secondly, Yang Rui's various siege weapons were very powerful. Furthermore, Cao Cao did not have any defensive weapons of the same level.
If Liu Ye was not captured by Yang Rui during the Excellent Meeting, Cao Cao would still be able to create a certain number of Thunderclap Chariots. The battle against Yang Rui's forces would probably be very intense. If it was not for the protection of the Qianji Black Armored Unit, Yang Rui's forces would have suffered a huge loss when faced with the sudden appearance of the Thunderclap Chariots.
Speaking of which, if it was Yang Rui's forces defending the city, it would be a completely different scene. As long as it was a normal siege battle, Yang Rui's various Mohist Crossbows would be enough to make the attackers unable to raise their heads.
"Milord, Luoyang Imperial City has sent an imperial edict. Should we receive the envoy …"
Not long after the news of Gan Ning conquering Chenggao County arrived, Yang Rui's army was resting on the way to Gong County. Imperial Guard Kanbing once again came to Yang Rui's side to report. This time, he brought news of the imperial edict from Luoyang Imperial City.
Yang Rui was rather surprised by this. However, after thinking about it, it was reasonable. After all, their forces were advancing toward Luoyang Imperial City. It was normal for Cao Cao to request for the Han Dynasty to come forward and stop them.
During the meeting at Linzi City, Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, Guo Jia, Sun Qian, Xun You and the others had discussed what banners to use. Some people had also mentioned something like "purging the emperor's subordinates".
However, back then, Yang Rui didn't pay too much attention to it. He believed that it didn't matter if there were banners or not. In any case, the Excellent Alliance Meeting had just ended. It was normal for him to seek revenge. In the end, Yang Rui ignored the matter.
The others present believed that it wasn't anything important, so they didn't mention it again. This was why the Han Dynasty in Luoyang Imperial City had issued an imperial edict.
"Just bring him here."
Yang Rui was distracted for a moment, before he spoke to Imperial Kanerei.
In truth, even if the imperial edict wasn't transmitted, Yang Rui could roughly guess it. However, the Han Dynasty was still in the orthodox position. Yang Rui was only listening to it casually. When the time came, he would just give an explanation.
"Where is King of the East Sea, Blazing Sun? Come forward and receive the imperial edict! "
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