Yang Rui's troop was also the troop that Yang Rui had put the most troops into. The other troops were almost all led by one or two generals, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of troops. The biggest characteristic of these troops was that they had more places to attack, more than a dozen troops moving at the same time.
At the same time, Yang Rui once again made use of the strength of the player community. This time, Yang Rui didn't use relationships or relationships. Instead, he directly issued quests to clear up the Reputation Points in Jingzhou. The quests were all designed by Guo Jia, and they were all small quests that targeted key areas. However, the number of players that were involved was extremely high.
This was because Dragon Soul and the other large player organizations were also heavily involved. On one hand, they had to defend Hangu Pass. With Yang Rui's promise of territory to the west of Hangu Pass, they were already actively trying to infiltrate the area outside the pass.
On the other hand, Yang Rui also noticed that Dragon Soul and the other large player organizations were having some bad thoughts. Perhaps it was because Dragon Soul was able to correct its position, but whether it was the war against Cao or against Yuan, it seemed to be going too smoothly. In the eyes of outsiders, it was as easy as flipping one's hand. The various large player organizations seemed to be tempted by the territory that wasn't part of Yang Rui's promise.
This kind of temptations appeared twice on the battlefield of Jizhou. The first time was when the player organizations didn't retreat from Jizhou for a long time after the Auspicious Meeting's victory. The second time was when Yang Rui's war against Yuan ended, and the various player organizations were still lingering in Jizhou.
Even in the Youzhou region, which was further north, the number of large player organizations that stayed behind was even greater. At the same time, Jizhou and Youzhou did not prohibit the activities of player organizations like Qingzhou, so these player organizations had a reason to stay for a long time.
After all, he had mobilized more than a million players to help, and Jizhou was still in the process of being reorganized. Yang Rui had only hinted to the large player organizations to withdraw from Jizhou through Dragon Soul. The large player organizations seemed to be slowly responding, but Yang Rui didn't pursue them too closely in Youzhou.
As a result, when he sent troops to Jingzhou to suppress Liu Biao, Yang Rui didn't ask Dragon Soul and the other large player organizations to help. Dragon Soul also seemed to be avoiding suspicion and didn't take the initiative to ask for assistance. As a result, Yang Rui didn't choose to ask them to help.
The relationship between both sides was very delicate. Yang Rui believed that Dragon Soul should know that the player organizations didn't have the ability to resist him. However, not everyone could clearly understand this point. There was definitely pressure from within the player organizations.
However, Yang Rui didn't mind this delicate relationship being broken. Currently, the large player organizations represented by the large player organizations were not small. Perhaps this was where their confidence came from. However, Yang Rui didn't care about it. If both sides were to fall out, Yang Rui also didn't mind showing them the difference in strength.
At this point, Yang Rui could clearly feel that there might be some cracks in the honeymoon period with the large player organizations in the future. Moreover, certain forms of conflict might be unavoidable. This was also the sensitivity that Yang Rui had developed after being in the center of the power vortex for a long time since he entered the game.
Even if Yang Rui acted alone this time, he quickly obtained a good result in the military operation against Liu Biao. It shouldn't all be attributed to battle results. It was mainly due to his oppressive advantage.
Yang Rui's troops were dispatched. In the past few days, the various cities in Nanyang County had surrendered. One of the reasons was because Zhang Xiu, who had previously entered Nanyang County, had become Yang Rui's subordinate. Although Zhang Xiu didn't participate in the military operation, the relevant news was intentionally spread.
Of course, the most important thing was still the superiority of Yang Rui's troops. A strong fist was the most convincing factor. After Yang Rui's troops crossed the Eastern Ridge Pass, they split up and took down seven cities in one day. Most of the cities that followed surrendered immediately.
In the next few days, Yang Rui's troops received the surrender of Nanyang County's defenders. Whether it was Zhang Xiu's influence or Yang Rui's morale, Yang Rui's troops quickly reached Deng County, which was separated from Xiangyang City by a river.
At this time, Yang Rui had already sent out Kongling Ninjas to investigate and received news that Liu Biao, Guan Zhong, and Zhang Xiu were in Xiangyang City.
Yang Rui ordered his troops to stay. On one hand, he wanted to wait for his navy to arrive. On the other hand, he wanted to investigate the situation in Xiangyang City. This included the situation of Liu Biao's troops as well as the movements of Liu Bei and the others. In addition, he also wanted to know if Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu were on good terms with each other.
The advancement of the troops in the arc was rather smooth. This was especially so at the borders of Yu Province, Yan Province and Xu Province. Yang Rui's troops had taken down a large number of territories in just a few days.
In particular, they had formed an alliance with Yuan Shu's remaining troops, Ji Ling, and the other two forces. Together with Yang Rui's troops, they divided into more than ten groups of troops and launched an attack on the Jing Province soldiers, who had not yet gained a firm foothold in Yu Province, causing the enemy to be in a state of confusion.
By the time Yang Rui's troops had taken down most of the territories in Nanyang Prefecture, the ten groups of Yang Rui's troops and Ji Ling's troops had already taken down more than half of Yu Province. The remaining territories were only a matter of time.
Perhaps the slowest progress would be the three armies approaching Jiangxia from the south of Xuzhou. Due to the lack of manpower, from the very beginning, Yang Rui had requested for Imagawa Yoshimoto, Lou Ban, and Mika to play the greatest possible role in restraining the enemy and not blindly advance. They also very well accomplished the 'delaying' technique that Yang Rui had instructed them to do.
At the same time, there were also Taishi Ci and Gan Ning's troops. The two of them led the navy up the Yangtze River. After a few days, Taishi Ci's troops had already passed Jiangxia Prefecture while Gan Ning's troops had only just gone upstream.
This was mainly because Gan Ning had wasted a lot of time dispatching the ships and troops. Although Yang Rui had made arrangements in advance, Gan Ning's troops were still near Xuzhou and had not reached the estuary of Changjiang when the operation against Liu Biao began.
This was the progress of Yang Rui's troops in the first few days of entering Jingzhou. Meanwhile, under Yang Rui's fake orders from the little Emperor Liu Xie, even though Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu's sides received the orders, they didn't take any action, using the pretense of reorganizing their forces as an excuse.
Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu were already at daggers drawn. At the same time, there was also Liu Dan, who had made a solemn vow. It was impossible for the two of them to participate in the war against Jingzhou, nor would they be willing to.
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