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When Yang Rui's troops arrived at Handan County City of the State of Zhao, the city was slightly further north than Ye City. However, the reinforced city walls had started to melt and were showing signs of collapse.
According to the news sent back by Yang Rui's doppelganger, the reinforced city walls of Dulu County City, which was further north, were also melting. When they arrived at the city, it was already evening when the temperature had dropped.
However, Dulu County City's city walls had not collapsed yet. However, similar situations could happen at any time. It was likely that the other five or six reinforced cities further north would also have similar situations. The interval would not be too long.
When the two groups of troops arrived at Handan County City and Dulu County City, there were no longer enough troops to attack the cities. Yang Rui quickly gathered Guo Jia, Yuzuo Kanbing Wei, and the others to discuss the next step.
In order to successfully carry out the ice line battle plan, Yang Rui's plan to take revenge on Yuan Shao had to be modified. The weather was warming up very quickly. It was getting warmer day by day. If the pace was slightly slower, the ice line attack plan would be delayed.
From the previous attacks on Ye City and Ganling County City, it was clear that the ice sand walls' collapse due to the change in temperature had provided Yang Rui's troops with an extremely advantageous condition to attack. If Yang Rui's troops missed this opportunity, the situation of Yang Rui's troops attacking the cities would change even more once the remaining ice sand reinforced city walls had melted and collapsed.
Hence, after Yang Rui discussed with Guo Jia and the others, and after asking for the opinions of the commanders of the doppelganger's troops, they decided to maintain the original plan of attack. They would prioritize attacking the remaining cities that had been reinforced with ice sand and temporarily give up on attacking the other cities.
This decision tested the safety of Yang Rui's supply line. If they were not careful, they would fall into the encirclement of Yuan Shao's forces. It was quite risky.
However, Yang Rui, Guo Jia, and the others did not make this decision blindly. In terms of supplies, Yang Rui had been doing his best to transport them over the past ten or so game days. Large amounts of supplies had been stored in the main cities of Zhao, Julu County, Anping Country, and Qinghe Country. It was not troublesome to transport them forward.
At the same time, Yang Rui had obtained quite a lot of food from conquering Ye City and Ganling City. In addition, he was about to attack Handan City and Shentao City. Presumably, the amount of food in those cities was about the same, providing Yang Rui's troops with a lot of extra protection.
Currently, Yang Rui's supplies in Jizhou were enough for Yang Rui's troops to last for at least two game months. This did not include the supplies that came later and the supplies that they obtained from Yuan Shao.
In terms of supplies and strategic safety, Yang Rui temporarily gave up on attacking the large number of cities in the north of Jizhou. Instead, he focused on attacking the cities that had been reinforced with ice sand. He needed to cut and penetrate deeply. The safety of the flanks and frontlines had to be protected by Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, and the other cavalry troops.
Of course, after cutting and penetrating deeply, it would only take a few game days to establish the defense of the core cities and gradually control the area. The cavalry troops only needed to complete the defense in a few game days.
At the same time, Yang Rui did not have to go all the way and take down all the fortified cities. If he did that, he would need even more troops. With the troops that Yang Rui commanded, it might be difficult to complete the task.
Overall, this was a very bold and risky strategy. However, Yang Rui's troops were all elite troops. The strength of the cavalry troops had already been demonstrated during the war against Cao Cao. Furthermore, Yang Rui's troops also had the advantage of obtaining information. Under these conditions, the gap was not that big.
Early the next morning, Yang Rui ordered the cavalry troops in both the east and west to move out. They formed a triangle formation and headed north to clear out all Yuan Shao's troops.
Moreover, Yang Rui also assigned roles to the cavalry troops. Zhang Liao's cavalry troops, who had the Crushing Edge Surprise Attack, could penetrate deeper into the enemy territory. However, the prerequisite was that the cavalry troops in the three routes had to be able to return within two game days.
The cavalry troops could only carry three game days worth of rations without affecting their ability to move. However, in order to prevent Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Yu Jin from advancing too rashly, Yang Rui added an additional rule that they could only return within two game days.
At the same time, Yang Rui sent an order to the east through the Ethereal Ninja. He ordered them to immediately take down Shentao County and head to Anping Country to retrieve Xindu City. After that, they would attack Zhongshan Country together with Yang Rui. They would give up on Hejian County, which was adjacent to Bohai County.
Xindu City was the administrative center of the entire Ji Province. Previously, Yuan Shao had been living in this city. However, while Yuan Shao used Xindu City as his residence, he had also been building up Zhongshan Country's Lunu County City. Moreover, most of his possessions were in Lunu County City. Xindu City was basically just a temporary administrative center.
The reason for this was that Xindu City had experienced too many battles during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. At that time, Yang Rui had already taken down this city. After experiencing several battles, Xindu City's prosperity had decreased by a lot.
Yuan Shao's other consideration was probably due to strategic considerations. He had always placed his family in Lunu County City, especially after obtaining the Excellent Alliance. Yang Rui had already ascertained that he had returned to Lunu County City.
In addition to these two actions, Yang Rui had also launched an attack on Handan County City in the early morning. At the same time, Yang Rui had also sent a flying pet unit to send a message to Gongsun Zan, asking him to send troops from Youzhou in the north to deter Yuan Shao.
Previously, Yang Rui hadn't allowed Gongsun Zan to substantially participate in this because he had considered his current weak strength. However, now that they had reached the most crucial moment, it was time for Gongsun Zan to fulfill the previous agreement.
After a game day, Yang Rui's western troops had already taken down Handan County City like a textbook and quickly advanced into Chang Shan Country. Yang Rui's eastern troops had just taken down Shentao County City and turned east, barely entering Anping Country's territory.
Although Yang Rui's two troops were moving in great depth, they were still not far from the edge of the area they had previously controlled. At the same time, Yuan Shao's troops had been attacked by the three cavalry troops in front of them. Perhaps they still hadn't figured out Yang Rui's intentions. As a result, Yang Rui's troops didn't encounter too many obstructions from Yuan Shao's forces.
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