After entering the game, Yang Rui had seen battles that lasted for three days and three nights. In the Yellow Turban Uprising plot and the Tower of Babel, Yang Rui had also encountered battles that lasted longer.
However, Yang Rui had never seen a battle that lasted for three days and three nights. This meant that both Liu Qi and Liu Cong were close to being crippled.
For some reason, Liu Biao's forces did not come to help during the three days and three nights of battle. Even Liu Biao's forces that were close to Xiangyang City did not come to help.
The reason for this was not difficult to analyze. First of all, the battle of Xiangyang City was Liu Biao's family affair. It was not suitable for outsiders to participate in either side. What if the other side won in the end? Wouldn't it be a thankless effort?
Secondly, the battle this time was very complicated. It had long been rumored that King of Donghai had participated in the struggle for power in Jingzhou. According to the news from Xiangyang City, it seemed that King of Donghai's subordinates had directly participated in the siege of Xiangyang City.
Moreover, most of the nobles and Liu Biao's forces in Xiangyang City were still thinking about how to get out of this dispute. The others who were not involved in this matter would not want to get involved in this mess. They would rather protect themselves.
Liu Qi and Liu Cong were fighting happily. For both sides, it was equivalent to crippling each other's martial arts. This was also the result that Yang Rui expected. When the time came, the mess left in Xiangyang City would be much easier to clean up.
However, just like the decisive battle between lions, Liu Qi and Liu Cong would eventually decide on a lion king. Yang Rui also needed to be vigilant about the growth of the final winner. This was because he was also paying close attention to the progress of the battle of Xiangyang City.
During the three days, most of Yang Rui's energy was focused on the Gangdong and Sun Jian's movements. The Sun family was truly insatiable. Previously, Yang Rui and the others' guesses about the movements of their forces were not accurate.
Back then, the Sun family's navy that had gathered near Xiapi did not act as Yang Rui and the others had expected. Originally, Yang Rui and the others had speculated that the other party would first take down a stronghold near Sanjiangkou before making further plans.
However, the Gangdong Navy didn't do that. They didn't even stop at Sanjiangkou. Instead, they went straight towards Xiangyang City. If it weren't for the fact that the Kulin Shinobi had already confirmed that the warships were equipped with standard naval forces, Yang Rui would've doubted their purpose.
With the Sun family's navy coming out in full force, it seems like they want to use this opportunity to wipe out Liu Biao's navy.
The overall idea was quite novel. If the Sun family were to achieve their goal, then only the Sun family's navy and Dong Hai Wang's navy would be left on the Yangtze River. At the very least, they would have the complete initiative in the conflict with Jingzhou and thus control the entire situation.
On the other hand, the Sun family of Jiangdong had set off from seven or eight assembly points, such as the mouth of the lake, the tiger forest, and so on. The situation was not far from what Yang Rui and the others had speculated. They were all heading straight in the direction of Yuzhou.
If the Gangdong Navy did not have any external interference, it would open up a big situation. Jingzhou was like a dish without claws and teeth, waiting for the Sun family to eat. Yuzhou was like a big cake that could be swallowed by the Gangdong Navy in one bite.
Of course, Yang Rui would certainly not allow the Gangdong Sun family to easily carry out his grand plan. Although he and the Gangdong Sun family had reached a 10-year truce and friendship agreement, it was still in the period of friendship. However, from the beginning, the agreement had stipulated the scope of adaptation.
The scope of the agreement was based on the inherent jurisdiction of both sides at the time of the agreement. If both sides did not want to infringe on each other's interests and did not want to expand, then the agreement would definitely be effective.
The situation of both sides infringing on each other could be ruled out. Since there was infringement, then there must be a situation where one side acted first and violated the agreement.
The most likely situation for the agreement to be abandoned was the current situation of the Sun family and Yang Rui. Both sides wanted to compete for their own interests, so it was not considered a violation of the agreement.
However, once the two sides had a conflict, the previous friendly truce agreement would be abolished. For a long time, Yang Rui and Gangdong had some similar conflicts of interest, but both sides were still restrained and did not take the initiative to abandon the agreement. However, the situation this time was naturally different.
First of all, the Gangdong Navy had a preliminary conflict with Liu Qi's Navy near Mount Zhang. Because Liu Qi's Navy was upstream, they won a big victory. However, they found that their retreat route was blocked by Yang Rui's Navy.
The Gangdong Navy was not nervous because of this. It was not because they occupied the upstream waters or other advantageous conditions, but because the two navies had always followed some principles when they met. They would announce their identity and then pass by each other. No one was in the way of the other.
This time, the Gangdong Navy still greeted Taishi Ci's Navy according to the usual practice. The situation that they originally expected did not happen. What greeted them was a vigorous arrow rain.
The scale of the Gangdong Navy was there. They also had generals who were good at war. This time, they took out all their resources. Therefore, although they were attacked by Taishi Ci's troops, most of them were angry and not too worried.
However, after the battle started, they found that something was wrong. They clearly had the advantage of numbers, but their effective attacks were not as dense as the enemy's. The most important thing was that these effective attacks were not effective. They were completely out of range.
At this moment, the Gangdong Navy suddenly realized the difference between the Jingzhou Navy and the Donghai Navy. They originally thought that the Donghai Navy was about the same as the Jingzhou Navy with new equipment. At most, they were a little stronger. However, when they really went to the battlefield, they found that they were ridiculously wrong. They were not on the same level at all!
The most important thing was that the Gangdong Navy was attacked from both sides. The Donghai Navy and the Jingzhou Navy seemed to have an agreement. Soon after the battle, the Jingzhou Navy appeared on a large scale upstream.
This was also a long-lasting battle. After all, most of the Gangdong Navy's resources were here. The Yang Rui Navy had only mobilized one-third of its forces. Together with Liu Qi's Navy, it was only equivalent to two-thirds of the Jingzhou Navy.
However, the situation of the battle was not as anxious as the attack and defense of Xiangyang City. To put it simply, it was almost one-sided …
When the naval battle broke out above the Xiangshui River, the other troops of the Gangdong Navy that crossed the Yangtze River to attack Yuzhou also encountered problems. They did not encounter any obstacles for the time being, but the scouts soon gave them a piece of news. The surface of the Yangtze River had been blocked by the Donghai King!
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