After leaving a rendezvous point, Wang Yi, Wang Ting, rushed back to the county town to report on his mission. Under the temptation of the brocade box mission scroll and the rewards of merit and points, Yang Rui finally decided to cooperate with the county town's gatekeeping mission!
The Yellow Turban Army had started to focus their attacks on Ju Ping County. As a result, the number of Yellow Turban Army soldiers scattered in other places decreased. There were very few Yellow Turban Army soldiers outside of Mountain Town, and the threat of large groups of Yellow Turban Army near Wutun Town was temporarily gone. That was why Yang Rui dared to mobilize fifteen thousand soldiers to defend the town.
Even so, Yang Rui still had to spend a lot of effort in selecting the soldiers. He followed the policy of elite soldiers and left most of his men in the two towns.
Mountain Town was still guarded by Beginner General Zhang Tian, assisted by Wang Hai, Chi Zhong, Qian Qiang, and the others. There was also the player Ren Sisi in the checkpoint, so there shouldn't be any problems. Wutun Town was guarded by Qi Zheng, assisted by Molin, Chen Li, Chen Ping, and the others.
Apart from that, Yang Rui spent most of the day running back and forth, upgrading all the Third Grade soldiers that could be upgraded to Fourth Grade through the rebel intermediate army camp that he had conquered. This included twenty-four Third Grade archers and over four hundred and thirty melee soldiers.
The two hundred and eighty Second Grade archers in Wutun Town and Ao Lai Valley checkpoint had also been upgraded to Third Grade by Yang Rui!
Yang Rui had originally intended to wait until they had advanced to Third Grade before upgrading them to Fourth Grade. However, the use of ranged soldiers was very important at the moment. Upgrading them to First Grade would provide Yang Rui with a lot of effective combat power. Thus, Yang Rui decided to do it in advance.
After these two large scale upgrades, Yang Rui's military index had increased by almost ten thousand points! It had even caused some discussion on the game's forums. However, Yang Rui didn't know about it for now!
Many people still paid attention to the world rankings, especially Mountain Town, which was at the top of the rankings. The recent changes in its military index had been rather exaggerated. Many people had already noticed it! Some people speculated that the reason for the sudden increase in military index of Mountain Town was because they had subdued a large group of Yellow Turban Army soldiers! This opinion was acknowledged by many players.
Even though his military index had increased, Yang Rui still felt a little strained. It took him a lot of effort to select the personnel.
The military forces that Yang Rui had to transfer included: Li Dong, Sun Bao, and Tian Bao, the three beginner generals, a total of 3,000 military points; 42 Fifth Grade bandit leaders, a total of 2,688 military points (one bandit leader was left behind in each of the two towns for scouting purposes); 24 Fourth Grade archers, a total of 768 military points; 186 Fourth Grade melee fighters, a total of 5,952 military points (over a hundred Fourth Grade melee fighters were left behind in each of the two towns); 100 Third Grade archers, a total of 1,600 military points (over 80 archers were left behind in Ao Lai Valley checkpoint, and 100 archers were left behind in Wu Tun Town, Jiang Ji).
Taking everything into account, the total military strength of these transferred generals and soldiers was just over 14,000 points. Together with Yang Rui himself, it was exactly 15,000 military strength! Before Wang Ke left, Yang Rui had asked him about it. Someone like Yang Rui, who had trained his basic internal arts to level one but did not have any special skills, could also be counted as one thousand military points!
The afternoon of the eighteenth. It was close to midnight. Yang Rui led a group of three hundred and fifty people to the rendezvous point that Wang Ke had agreed on.
The rendezvous point was a small hill about fifteen kilometers northwest of Juping County. The hill was covered in lush vegetation and was completely covered in trees. Even though the hill was only a few kilometers away from the Yellow Turban Camp, there were already Yellow Turban soldiers coming and going. Wang Ke could even hear the cries of the Yellow Turban soldiers as they attacked the city! However, it would be difficult to find them if they hid in the trees.
When Yang Rui arrived at the hill carefully, there were already people waiting nearby.
"May I ask if you are Inspector Blazing Sun?"
A skinny, dark-skinned man asked cautiously.
"I am!" Yang Rui replied.
"Greetings, Inspector Blazing Sun!"
After receiving Yang Rui's affirmation, he dropped his guard. The dark, thin, and short man dropped his wariness and hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his hands, and bowed. "I am Yu Qing, working under Lord Wang Yu. I am here to wait for the arrival of Lord Sun Patrol …"
After the short and dark Yu Qing gave a brief introduction, he looked at the three hundred people behind Yang Rui with some confusion.
"May I ask, Inspector, when will the army arrive? Should we enter the city first or wait here? "
Yang Rui could not help but smile. Yu Qing saw that he only had three hundred people with him and thought that they were the vanguard! Although Yu Qing looked a little shabby, he knew what to do and what not to do. He was much more likable than his superior, Inspector Wang Ke! Of course, it was also possible that Wang Ke had instructed him to do so after learning about Yang Rui's attitude …
"We can enter the city now. Is everyone here?"
Yang Rui replied. He did not want to waste any time here.
"Everyone is here …"
Yu Qing was even more confused. He knew that Yang Rui was going to bring 15000 military points. He felt that there should be at least two to three thousand people! But now, the other party actually said that everyone was here. How could he not be confused!
"… Inspector Blazing Sun, please follow me."
Yu Qing wanted to ask more in detail. He opened his mouth but did not say anything. In his opinion, although Yang Rui did not bring a lot of people, it was not something he could ask! Wang Ke only told him to take good care of Blazing Sun. He did not ask him to verify the number of soldiers he brought. There was no need to ask!
Under Yu Qing's lead, Yang Rui and the others quickly arrived in front of a large tree that was made up of two combined trees. Yu Qing didn't seem to do anything, but the large tree suddenly split in the middle and formed an arch! This living tree was actually an opening for a mechanism!
Yang Rui was secretly surprised. He followed Yu Qing and walked into the arch. The 300 soldiers behind Yang Rui also followed behind.
After entering the arch, Yang Rui was even more surprised. The inside of the arch was not as dark as he imagined. There were also no torches or night pearls. It was just pure natural light. No matter how hard he tried, he could not find the source of the light!
At the same time, Yang Rui was also enlightened. No wonder Wang Ke was able to enter and exit Juping so easily twice! Wang Ke even said that he had a plan to let Yang Rui and the others enter the city. Yang Rui was filled with anticipation. Very good. What kind of brilliant plan would the leaders of the Strange County Government use to help them enter the city? So they had to use a secret passage to enter the city!
"It's strange, isn't it? This mechanical corridor leads directly to the interior of the county. It's said that the Mo Family left this corridor behind when they were being chased to Juping during the First Emperor's reign. (I've heard about it from the old Juping people.) Almost everyone would be shocked the first time they came in! Now, no one should be able to do it … "
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