"… Originally, I was worried that we wouldn't be able to take down Ye City by force. However, based on Brother Lie Yang's plan, it seems like we're planning to surround the city from the countryside. It seems like there shouldn't be much of a problem …" Tracing Dragon Soul continued.
Everything went smoothly. Tracer Dragon Soul didn't bring any resistance. Just as he said, the reason why the large player organization gathered millions of troops was to help Yang Rui. Otherwise, they wouldn't have given him the command of the army.
Of course, Yang Rui's discussion with Tracer Dragon Soul wasn't superfluous. Yang Rui was very clear about the style of large player organizations. If he were to talk about this matter up front, it might seem like he was just being polite and it wouldn't affect the outcome.
But once Yang Rui decided on something, he might not be able to carry it out effectively.
After Yang Rui finished his discussion with Tracer Dragon Soul, he sent a message to the east side troops led by his clone through Ethereal Ninja. He ordered them to use the same method and ordered his flying pet unit to bring a Level 3 General Transformation Stone over.
Currently, Yang Rui only had three General Transformation Stones in his possession. Each General Transformation Stone could be used twice. Each General Transformation Stone could be used for 3 game days. However, there was a long cooldown period of 100 game days in between.
In other words, Yang Rui's Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 General Transformation Stones could only be used once during the fight against Yuan Shao. They could only be used during crucial moments in the battle against Yuan Shao.
If Yang Rui still had the 9 Commanding Tokens, he wouldn't have any problems. Unfortunately, Yang Rui had already used up all the tokens when he was fighting against the Hōjō Clan in the Japanese territory.
The limited number of General Transformation Stones and the number of times they could be used required Yang Rui to be extra careful. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to summon all 10 of Yuan Shao's modified cities.
Hence, before Yang Rui left Ye City and Ganling City to the large player organizations to defend, he spent half a game day investigating the two cities. After confirming the number of Yuan Shao's troops defending the two cities, he handed them over on the second day.
According to the information from the flying pet unit and the Ethereal Ninjas, Yuan Shao's army should only have 30 to 40 thousand soldiers in Ye City. At most, it wouldn't exceed 50000 soldiers. It wasn't a large number.
Moreover, several Ethereal Ninjas had infiltrated Ye City in the early stages. The news that spread confirmed that the commander of this city was an unknown person — Shi Huan. Yang Rui guessed that the highest level he could reach was a level 3 historical general/famous historical figure.
Hence, on the second day, Yang Rui assigned 100 thousand large player organizations under the command of Yuan Yuan. They were responsible for surrounding Ye City, while the rest of the army continued to advance towards Zhao City.
Ganling County, which the troops on the eastern side were facing, was also in a similar situation. The general guarding the county was also not very famous — Zhang Kai. At most, he was just a Grade 3 historical general/famous historical scholar.
However, the number of guards within Ganling County City had reached around 50,000. However, most of them were placed out in the open, probably to show off their might to Yang Rui's troops. They did not expect that they would expose their own strength.
Hence, after informing Yang Rui, Yang Rui also left 100 thousand large player organizations behind to surround Ganling City. They were led by Tie Xuejian, while the rest of the army continued to advance towards Anping Country.
Under Guo Jia's suggestion, Yang Rui even temporarily left a large area between the east and west untouched. In the southern region of Julu Prefecture, not a single one of Yang Rui's troops could be found. Even the vanguard cavalry that was not far away did not appear.
Yang Rui wanted to create an invisible pressure on Yuan Shao's troops in the region. He wanted the NPCs in the region to know that Yang Rui's troops were not far away and could appear at any time.
After bypassing the obstacles that Yuan Shao had set up, Yang Rui's troops once again returned to normal. Apart from the County City, the defenses of Julu Prefecture and Anping Country were not very strong. Maybe it was due to the limited number of troops, but the defenses of these cities were evidently lacking.
The most obvious thing was the siege resources around the cities. Yang Rui's troops could once again find large boulders nearby. It was obvious that they had not been cleared. Originally, Yang Rui wanted to demolish the nearby villages to obtain boulders for the heavy trebuchets.
After 10 gaming days, Yang Rui's troops from the east and west had a complete information system. With the advantage in numbers, the mobility of the vanguard cavalry, and the disparity in equipment, Julu Prefecture and half of La Anping Country (south of Zhang River) were basically plowed by Yang Rui's troops.
Within the two prefectures, only Xindu Prefecture City and Handan Prefecture City were left. Due to the fortification of the city walls, Yang Rui once again stopped attacking Xindu Prefecture City and Handan Prefecture City. Based on the situation within the two cities, he sent 150,000 players to surround the two cities.
Within the two cities, there were around 60,000 to 70,000 troops. As such, Yang Rui still sent out double the number of troops to surround the two cities. The generals of the two cities were Gao Gan and Chen Zhen. They could be considered as two of Yuan Shao's more capable generals.
Gao Gan was Yuan Shao's nephew. In front of Yuan Shao, his position was only slightly lower than his 3 sons. At this time, he was also used by Yuan Shao as the general of the Xindu Prefecture City. From this, it could be seen that Yuan Shao did not have many generals under his command.
At this point, Yang Rui had spent close to half a month of the game to take over three and a half prefectures of Yuan Shao's Ji Prefecture. Moreover, they were all close to the south. Previously, when he had obtained the Excellent Alliance, they had been affected once. At the same time, the area of these prefectures could not be considered large.
Compared to when Yang Rui attacked Cao Cao, the progress of attacking Yuan Shao seemed to be much slower. Moreover, there were still a few prefectures that could not be attacked. He could only use the player troops to surround them first. Compared to when he attacked Cao Cao, the progress of attacking Yuan Shao seemed to be much slower.
Comparing the two, Yang Rui felt that it was much more difficult to deal with Yuan than to deal with Cao. This was partly due to the difference in foundation and depth of resources, but more importantly, it was due to the difference in the situation of the two vassals.
At this time, when Yang Rui looked back at the battle against Cao Cao, he already understood that Cao Cao had made preparations to retreat from the start. He did not try his best to deal with Yang Rui.
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