"On the 22nd day of the third month in the sixth year of Jian 'an (22nd day of the third month in the year 201), the Great Han Dynasty presented a policy book to the Emperor.
Gongsun Zan was a loyal martyr who defended the northern border of the Great Han Dynasty. Today, Gongsun Zan, the provincial governor of Youzhou, died on the battlefield and sacrificed his life for the Han Dynasty. He was posthumously conferred the title of the Governor of Youzhou and given the title of Prince of White Horse. He was to be buried with the rites of a king with a different surname …
At the time of Tianshun, he received the order of Zi Ming. "
Under the overall planning of Yang Rui, the young Emperor Liu Xie's imperial edict was soon issued. It was even half a day before Gongsun Yue 'er arrived at Guangchang County.
There were many contents in the imperial edict, but most of them were words of praise. There was no substantial material reward. Although the young Emperor Liu Xie did not have to worry about food and clothing with the help of Yang Rui, he did not have much money left.
However, the imperial edict of the young Emperor Liu Xie confirmed the nature of Gongsun Zan's death. The young Emperor acknowledged that Gongsun Zan had died for the Han Dynasty and was basically defined as the righteous party. As a result, the reputation of Yuan Shao's camp became somewhat awkward.
This imperial edict was to be circulated throughout the Han Dynasty. The young Emperor Liu Xie's attitude in the imperial edict was very clear. Although he did not mention Yuan Shao, he did not leave any leeway for Yuan Shao.
Additionally, the young emperor Liu Xie admitted Gongsun Zan's importance in suppressing foreign tribes and defending the frontier in the imperial edict. Therefore, Gongsun Zan was conferred the posthumous title of Prefecture Overseer of Youzhou Province. Meanwhile, Gongsun Zan was given the title of King White Horse, which affirmed his military career.
Even so, when Gongsun Yue 'er arrived at Guangchang County, she was still weeping like a pear blossom in the rain. She was even unwilling to believe that Gongsun Zan had really died in the battle because she only saw a few of Gongsun Zan's belongings.
Gongsun Yue 'er's reaction was understandable after losing her family. No matter how much she could not let it go, when the third day of the game after Gongsun Zan's death arrived, the funeral was carried out as scheduled.
Under the auspices of Yang Rui and his subordinates, although the funeral lasted only half a day, the scale of the funeral was very grand. All the big and small forces and clans in Ji Zhou and Youzhou were present in person or sent envoys to Guangchang County to participate in the funeral.
Including Yang Rui's allies, his family's relatives, most of the forces in the Business Alliance, and those who had daily dealings with Yang Rui's forces and Gongsun Zan's forces, many people directly or indirectly participated in the funeral.
For example, Sun Jian of Gangdong and Liu Dan of Shu, after receiving the imperial edict from the young emperor, Liu Xie, they also sent messengers one after another. Even though they arrived a few game days after the funeral, they still expressed their attitude.
Not to mention the forces in Youzhou under Gongsun Zan's rule, they should have participated in the funeral. For the forces in Ji Zhou, Gongsun Zan's funeral was a good opportunity to express their attitude and establish a good relationship with Yang Rui. Therefore, many people participated.
As for the forces in Ji Zhou, Yang Rui took the opportunity of the funeral to express his attitude of accepting them. Moreover, his unstable past had promoted and accelerated the progress of Yang Rui's rule over Ji Zhou to a great extent.
At the same time, Yang Rui also took the opportunity of the banquet to explain the several systems that he had implemented in Ji Zhou. He also clearly explained the purpose of these systems. The forces in Ji Zhou praised him. Whether it was from the heart or not, at least they had improved mutual understanding. It would only be beneficial for Yang Rui's implementation of various systems.
It should be noted that Yang Rui's troops were almost skipping the beginning of the war against Yang Rui. Some of the families and forces were directly ignored by Yang Rui's troops. They almost never touched those below the city level. Therefore, there were many different kinds of small forces. Gongsun Zan's funeral was a good opportunity to integrate these small forces.
With such a foundation, Yang Rui then fully implemented various basic systems in Ji Zhou. In the end, he took slow and deliberate measures against the remaining forces of Yuan Shao's troops. Originally, they couldn't cause too much trouble, so Yang Rui decided to first stabilize Ji Zhou.
However, Yang Rui continued to pressure the Ji Zhou Hejian Kingdom's cavalry to reduce the movement space of Yuan Shao's remaining forces. In less than ten game days, Yuan Shao's troops that were originally going to the east were also forced to enter Youzhou's territory.
As Gongsun Zan's funeral ended, although there were still ambassadors from various forces coming over after receiving the imperial decree, Gongsun Zan's troops in Youzhou had already returned to their territory. Without needing Yang Rui's instructions, Gongsun Zan's forces were already fighting with Yuan Shao's remaining forces in Youzhou.
Youzhou was a vast but sparsely populated area in the game, especially the eastern part of Youzhou. From the eastern part of Youzhou to the eastern part of Youzhou all the way to Lelang County, it was considered an underdeveloped area.
With the cooperation of Yang Rui's troops, Gongsun Zan's troops suppressed Yuan Shao's remaining forces to the eastern part of Youbei Ping County. Most of them moved to the bitter cold Liaodong region, and even Yuan Shao's forces extended to the overlapping but open Lelang County. In the future, there would definitely be a conflict with the Korean civilization.
At this point, Yang Rui's military campaign against Yuan Shao had achieved the desired results. Compared to the campaign against Cao Cao, it was more difficult. However, there wasn't much difference between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. As long as Yang Rui dealt with the scattering of the force and the nation war with the American civilization, it wouldn't be difficult for him to take care of the two sides.
Even so, Yang Rui had expended quite a bit of energy in the campaign against Yuan Shao. The losses of the central troops were almost unavoidable. Just the number of losses alone was close to 100,000. This was the largest loss Yang Rui had ever faced since he entered the game.
Naturally, the manpower and resources consumed were even more. Just the food supply alone, although Yang Rui didn't do a detailed calculation, he already knew that the consumption in the campaign against Yuan Shao was more than ten times that of the campaign against Cao Cao. More than half of the granaries in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, which were closer to Yuan Shao, were emptied.
The saying that war was a money-burning game wasn't wrong at all. Facing Yuan Shao, who was the strongest opponent in the three-nation civilization region, Yang Rui had expended a lot of resources in the Battle of Jizhou, and food was only one of them.
Machinery such as the heavy catapults were damaged even more. All kinds of weapons, equipment, and items were destroyed as well. This was even under the situation where Yang Rui's troops had the advantage.
Therefore, Yang Rui was prepared to mobilize all the forces he could in the unavoidable battles in the next few months. If he could borrow the help of others, he wouldn't do it himself. If he could reduce his own losses, he wouldn't hesitate either.
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