Yang Rui, Prime Minister Jibei Bao Xin, Yu Jin, and County Magistrate Liu drank and ate to their heart's content. They then agreed on a specific time and place to meet in seven days before leaving the county magistrate's manor.
Spending half a day with Bao Xin and Yu Jin was a good start. As for whether there would be any more breakthroughs in their relationship, he would have to think about it slowly. It was not an easy task to recruit such a famous historical general. Otherwise, there would have been players who could recruit a famous historical general in his previous life! Therefore, he could only wait for the right time.
When he left the County Commandant's Mansion, it was already a quarter to five in the afternoon. Yang Rui let Li Dong and the bandit leaders out before arriving at A pint of incense. He arranged a room for each of them in A pint of incense for them to rest! Li Dong and the bandit leaders had been busy for the past few days. It was too much for them to stay in the Storage Ring all the time!
Shopkeeper Zhao only returned in the weary state of his journey when night approached.
"Now that the war is going on, business is really difficult! The road is also not peaceful and smooth! I just met with the shopkeepers of A pint of incense in the neighboring counties and I almost got tricked by Huang Jin on my way back!
Speaking of which, it's all thanks to Brother Blazing Sun. After meeting with the other shopkeepers, I found out that A pint of incense in Juping County is still doing well. There are still a few popular products supporting our business! The shops in the other counties are even worse off!
Especially Brother Blazing Sun's Fine Iron Feather Arrows. Due to the war, they are selling well. We might need Brother Blazing Sun to increase the supply … "
After hearing what Shopkeeper Zhao said, Yang Rui even suspected that A pint of incense might have sold the Fine Iron Feather Arrows directly to Huang Jin! The equipment used by the NPCs in Han Ting were all custom-made, unless they were sold to players!
"Oh right, there are also the horses that Blazing Sun needs. We have about two hundred horses recently and are breeding them in the neighboring county. I was just about to ask Brother Blazing Sun if he wants to send them over to Mountain Town!"
"That would be for the best!"
Yang Rui was preparing to advance to Fourth Grade. One could say that this horse had arrived just in time. He immediately agreed to the request. In addition to the horses that Big Mountain Town had bought from the special market, it was enough for them to be promoted to cavalry!
Speaking of war horses, Yang Rui felt that it was a pity. In the storyline quest, Yang Rui had the opportunity to collect some horses. However, because it was very inconvenient to carry them around, he could not collect them. Yang Rui had also tried to stun the horses and put them into his Cosmos Sack or Storage Ring. However, after the horses woke up, they were not obedient. They struggled fiercely in fright. Yang Rui could only give up on this method.
Yang Rui readily agreed to Shopkeeper Zhao's request to increase the supply of adamantine arrows. Now, Lower Ink Village had one Advanced Blacksmith, two Intermediate Blacksmiths, and several Beginner Blacksmiths. Even if only Intermediate Blacksmiths were capable of producing adamantine arrows, the rest of the Blacksmiths could still help out. The output was not at its maximum.
Moreover, since Mountain Town and Linwen Village had signed an agreement on the supply of ores, they had accumulated a considerable amount of iron ore. They could use this opportunity to increase the production capacity of Lower Ink Village's Blacksmith Shop and make a fortune from the war!
At the same time, Yang Rui promised to clear the official road from Mountain Town to Juping County to ensure the trade between Mountain Town and A pint of incense. Recently, due to Yang Rui's departure, there had been a lot of scattered Yellow Turbans on the official road from Mountain Town to Juping County. This greatly affected the normal transportation of goods. Yang Rui had intended to deal with these Yellow Turbans in the first place!
However, when Shopkeeper Zhao mentioned increasing the supply of red bottles, Yang Rui rejected him with the reason that the materials were limited. In reality, it was not because of the lack of materials! On the one hand, Mountain Town also needed a large amount of red bottles for use during the war. On the other hand, there was another more important reason – Ren Sisi was rarely online.
According to Wang Hai, Ren Sisi would only come online once every ten days. Moreover, she always seemed to be in a hurry. She would immediately go offline after she had finished mixing the required amount of medicine! Therefore, it was not because there was a lack of materials. On the contrary, Mountain Town had accumulated a lot of Lingzhi and other supplementary materials that could not be used at the moment!
Yang Rui felt that Ren Sisi was probably busy in real life! Increasing the production of red bottles was not realistic at the moment unless Yang Rui could find another person with the talent to make medicine!
As for the cooperation between Mountain Town and A pint of incense for the supply of sweet potatoes, there were two reasons. Firstly, the production of sweet potatoes was very low. Secondly, when this was mentioned, even Shopkeeper Zhao shook his head, indicating that the market was not doing well! Therefore, the supply and demand of sweet potatoes was only maintained at a relatively low level. Now that he thought about it, most people were unable to sustain themselves with normal food. How would there be so many people chasing after flavor?
After chatting with Shopkeeper Zhao for a while, he could not resist Shopkeeper Zhao's enthusiasm. In the evening, the two of them inevitably drank a cup of wine! After that, Yang Rui could not hold his liquor anymore and went to bed early. It was rare that he did not practice his basic Neigong skills.
It was not until midnight that Yang Rui woke up from his drunken stupor. There was not much time left. Yang Rui immediately called Li Dong and a group of bandit leaders to leave A pint of incense and head towards Mountain Town.
Along the way, Yang Rui spread the bandit leaders along the official road, covering a radius of more than thirty miles. Any soldier who found traces of the Yellow Turbans would contact him through a predetermined signal. Once Yang Rui received the signal, he would gather the soldiers and directly rush over to kill them all!
There were at most four to five hundred soldiers, and at least two to three hundred soldiers gathered together. Generally, they controlled a few villages around the official road. Every village was guarded by dozens of soldiers. Usually, they would go around plundering and acting like a tyrant all day long! This had slowly changed the original intention of the Yellow Turbans. They were a little more like bandits!
However, such a scale was just right for Yang Rui and the others to launch a sneak attack. It did not take much effort. In the blink of an eye, they could take down a village controlled by the Yellow Turbans. The only inconvenient thing was that these small groups of Yellow Turbans were relatively scattered on both sides of the official road, one to the east and one to the west. They needed to be dispatched back and forth!
"System Notification: Congratulations on successfully conquering the territory of the Han Ting camp — Da Fu Yu Village (Intermediate Village). You have received 200 merit points and 200 points!"
By the time Yang Rui killed his way to Mountain Town, the sky was already bright. In the middle of the night, Yang Rui had killed more than 2,000 Yellow Turbans and conquered more than 40 villages and towns. In total, he had obtained nearly 10,000 merit points and contribution points! Although it was not as good as what he had received in the regional storyline, it was still very good!
After resting for a day in Mountain Town and taking care of daily affairs, Yang Rui brought Li Dong and a group of bandit leaders with him and disappeared into the night. This time, Yang Rui turned back along the road and once again headed towards Juping County. However, this time, the route of his sneak attack was completely on the west side of the official road! Yang Rui was going to plough the area around the official road from Mountain Town to Juping County a few times!
As he had attacked earlier, Yang Rui managed to make a round trip in one night. Not long after dawn, he had returned to Mountain Town! Of course, on the way back, Yang Rui led his soldiers to launch a sneak attack on the other side of the official road.
In just one night, Yang Rui had gained quite a lot of loot. The only thing that was more difficult to deal with was the territories of the Yellow Turbans. After Yang Rui had conquered these territories, the Yellow Turbans in the territories were naturally killed. After these players had passed the eight-hour death penalty in real life, they would randomly appear in a larger Yellow Turbans gathering point in Juping County when they respawned.
However, the Yellow Turbans still had their memories. As long as they were willing to, they could immediately attack their territories when they came online! Therefore, it was very difficult to completely eliminate the threat of players on the official road under the current setting of players' territories that could not be destroyed. The only thing Yang Rui could do was to clear out as much of the area as possible!
After three days, there were no longer any Yellow Turbans within a hundred miles of the official road from Mountain Town to Juping County!
After that, Yang Rui spent another two days to clear the official road between Mountain Town and Wutun Town in Jiangji, as well as the official road between Wutun Town in Jiangji and Juping County. Although it was not as wide as before, it was enough to ensure the transportation between the three places for a short period of time.
Other than that, Yang Rui also took some time to check out the stronghold upstream of Wenshui, the bandit camp in Gaoqiao Town, and the camp of Ma Zhuang Qiang. Yang Rui was only relieved when he found that there were no abnormalities. When there was only one day left before the agreed time, Yang Rui did not travel around. Instead, he stayed in Mountain Town to rest and reorganize. He also took the opportunity to arrange matters for the expedition.
Yang Rui had some understanding of Bao Xin and Yu Jin's training over the past few days. The two of them were really just training their soldiers. They only targeted the small groups of Yellow Turbans south of Juping County. They had won many battles and gained quite a lot! However, they did not provoke the remnants of Yang Lai's troops that were at the back of Mount Tai.
That was why Yang Rui did not plan to bring too many soldiers with him to reinforce Dong Ah this time, considering that the threat of the Yellow Turbans near his territory was still very serious. He still planned to use elite troops! No matter how he thought about it, the military strength under his command was still a little lacking. In the end, Yang Rui decided to only bring Li Dong and thirty-eight Fifth Grade bandit leaders, as well as the two hundred and six newly upgraded Spear Cavalry!
"Spear Cavalry: Fourth Grade Soldier. Basic Spear Technique (Second Grade Soldier knows basic skills) 100%. Advanced Spear Technique (Third Grade Soldier knows advanced skills) 100%. Mounted Battle (Fourth Grade Soldier knows melee skills)% …"
Yang Rui brought back over four hundred sets of Fourth Grade Cavalry skill books and equipment. Currently, only two hundred of them had successfully upgraded. They could be considered a new force under Yang Rui's command. As he was familiar with the advantages of cavalry, Yang Rui naturally brought them along with him!
Apart from that, the rest of the beginner generals and soldiers were to stay behind. Zhang Chen was also placed by Yang Rui at the checkpoint at the entrance of Glorybound Valley! Unfortunately, the thirty-three beginner general candidates were still below Level 20. If they had successfully advanced to beginner general, Yang Rui would not be so short on manpower!
When the seventh day arrived, Yang Rui brought a group of soldiers to the agreed upon western gate of Juping County. At almost the same time, Northern Chancellor Bao Xin and Yu Jin also arrived with thousands of soldiers. The leaders of the three prefectures of Juping County were all there to send them off!
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