One.
When Yang Rui returned to Fanyang County, the Coordination Department stayed in the city for the night, waiting to meet up with the large Player Organization Department. Under the command of Yang Rui's doppelganger, the Eastern Army stayed in Jianmu County for the night, waiting for the Player Organization Department to arrive.
On the second day of the game, through the Ethereal Ninja, Yang Rui ordered Han Fu to divide the Player Organization Department into two, with each side having 500,000 troops. The leaders of the Player Organization Department were also divided into two and were assigned to the Eastern and Western Roads to meet up with Yang Rui's troops.
This arrangement took more than half of the game's time. During this time, Yang Rui was not in a hurry to push forward. Instead, he had the Ethereal Ninja, flying pet units, and vanguard cavalry go ahead to explore the situation in Jizhou and open up space at the frontlines.
Before officially dispatching troops, Yang Rui had already sent out a messenger to contact Gongsun Zan in Youzhou. When the time was right, Gongsun Zan would be able to cooperate with Yang Rui to deal with Yuan Shao in Jizhou. At the very least, they could form a certain level of restraint.
Originally, Yang Rui was going to go himself or send his doppelganger, but there was not enough time. As a result, he only sent a messenger with his own handwritten letter and a detailed explanation to express his attitude.
In fact, Gongsun Zan had benefited from Yang Rui many times. Although Yang Rui had the goal of restraining Yuan Shao and the other Vassals, Yang Rui had always admired Gongsun Zan's attitude towards dealing with outsiders. This was one of the most important reasons why Yang Rui had always been on good terms with Gongsun Zan.
According to the historical facts, Gongsun Zan had already disappeared in the long river of history. Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was slightly delayed, it was not far from the historical facts. Moreover, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms had fabricated some content about Gongsun Zan, which was not very fair to him.
As the saying goes, the winner takes all. History was written by the victors. It was normal for Gongsun Zan's description to be inaccurate. Naturally, Yang Rui would not make a fuss about it.
However, it was undeniable that Yang Rui's constant support allowed Gongsun Zan to survive in the game. Moreover, Gongsun Zan's territory did not show any signs of loss. Gongsun Zan himself should be able to feel this.
Therefore, if Yang Rui had any requests for Gongsun Zan, a letter would be enough. Yang Rui was confident that Gongsun Zan would unconditionally and cooperate with Yang Rui's plan.......
Sure enough, on the evening of Yang Rui's deployment of the large player organization's forces, the flying units and Ethereal Ninjas that followed the emissary to Gongsun Zan's territory in Youzhou had already sent a message back.
Gongsun Zan's reply was affirmative. After receiving Yang Rui's letter, Gongsun Zan immediately prepared to reorganize his forces and launch an attack on Yuan Shao from the northern part of Jizhou. Furthermore, he would listen to Yang Rui's orders for all actions.
In addition, Yang Rui's forces could be deployed from Hanoi and Bohai Prefectures at any time. At this point, the situation of Yuan Shao in Jizhou was even worse than that of Cao Cao. It could be said that he did not have many paths of retreat.
Among the forces surrounding Jizhou, Yang Rui did not plan to have Hanoi, Bohai Prefectures, and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou directly attack. Instead, the main direction of attack was Yang Rui's two armies advancing from the south and north.
Three game days quickly passed. The southern part of Jizhou was almost abandoned by Yuan Shao. Yang Rui's two armies had already taken down 12 cities in Qinghe and Wei Prefectures. Almost the entire Qinghe Country was controlled by Yang Rui's forces.
Qinghe Country was still controlled by Yuan Shao's forces. There was only one commandery left — Ganling Prefecture City. Within Wei Prefecture, Huang, Liyang, Fanyang, Yin 'an, Wei Xian, Yuancheng, and Guantao Prefectures had all been taken down by Yang Rui.
Jizhou was a place where the people gathered. Yuan Shao's foundation in Jizhou was even deeper than Yang Rui's in Qingzhou. It was even deeper than Cao Cao's in Sili Prefecture. Before Yang Rui went after Yuan Shao, he had estimated that it would be much more difficult than going after Yuan Shao. He had also made preparations to slowly nibble away at Yuan Shao.
The current situation didn't seem to match Yang Rui's expectations. Of course, there was also the fact that this area had been conquered by Yang Rui and the other player organizations not long ago. However, the current situation wasn't the same as when Yuan Shao had been defeated. The speed of his defeat had truly exceeded Yang Rui's expectations.
Among the cities that Yang Rui's forces had taken down, most of the defending forces were average in strength. There weren't many of them either. Intuitively, it looked like Yuan Shao had voluntarily given up hope of defending these cities. However, Yang Rui felt that something wasn't right.
If Yuan Shao thought that he couldn't defend most of the cities and territories in Wei Prefecture and Qinghe Country, then directly withdrawing his forces and shrinking the defenses would have been a good choice. However, Yuan Shao didn't do this.
Yuan Shao placed a small amount of defensive forces in each city. This made Yang Rui feel that the other party was very likely up to something. Even if a counterattack wasn't very likely, it was at least delaying for time.
When more information came in from the Air Spirit Ninjas and the flying pet units, Yang Rui finally saw some clues to the abnormal situation of Yuan Shao's defenses.
At this moment, Yang Rui's troops were gathered in front of Ye City. They surrounded the once prosperous city and were ready to attack at any time. However, they encountered some problems.
First of all, the boulders that Yang Rui used to attack cities were almost nowhere to be found around Ye City. It had to be known that the boulders needed to attack cities were the most common stones.
Ji Prefecture was originally a flat land. Almost everywhere was flat land. This was also the foundation of Ji Prefecture's fertility. After entering Ji Prefecture, Yang Rui felt that there was a lack of stones in the area. However, it didn't seem to have been specially cleaned up like Ye City.
Secondly, the defensive structure of Ye City had also undergone a huge change. The city's defenders had continuously filled the earth all the way to the edge of the moat. Then, they used equipment to tamp it down, forming a gentle slope outside the city with the moat in between.
The city walls were also continuously raised with earth. It was almost half the height of the city walls. The extra height was learned from Yang Rui's method of pouring earth and cold water. In the current cold weather, the earth walls formed weren't much weaker than the city walls.
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