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"System Announcement: Player Blazing Sun of the Han Ting Faction has conquered the High Level City, Xindu City, in Jizhou's" Battle of Guangzong "storyline. Special reward: 60,000 Achievement Points (Double), 60,000 Contribution Points (Double), 300 Reputation Points (Double)! This announcement is hereby made! I hope that all players will continue to work hard … "
After Yang Rui conquered Xindu City, a system announcement suddenly rang out, revealing the details of his conquest of the High Level City. Yang Rui was once again exposed in a high-profile manner!
Most of the players who had been paying attention to Yang Rui were shocked when they received this system announcement! Previously, many players had guessed that Yang Rui was in the middle of a quest, and that the army he brought along was the strength of the NPCs in the system. After receiving the information about Yang Rui conquering Xindu City, most of the players were even more convinced of this guess, because with the current strength of the players, it was impossible for them to take a big city from the Yellow Turbans!
However, there were also a very small number of players who made a lot of connections. After connecting the dots of Yang Rui's actions, they came to a completely different conclusion! This included the leader of the largest player organization in the Three Kingdoms Region, Trace the Dragon Soul!
Trace the Dragon Soul was originally following Liu Bei's actions. However, after Liu Bei withdrew to the north without a word, Trace the Dragon Soul decided that if they continued to follow Liu Bei, they would only be eating his dust! Therefore, Trace the Dragon Soul's people decisively gave up on following Liu Bei. Instead, they retreated to a place 200 miles east of Guangzong City with Dong Zhuo's troops!
It was also Dong Zhuo's troops that retreated to the east and occupied the empty area that Yang Rui had conquered. At the same time, it also forced Yang Rui to move to the High Level City in the north! After Trace the Dragon Soul came to this area, he had a similar idea as Yang Rui. He felt that the five to six hundred soldiers he brought with him were just right to move behind the Yellow Turbans, kill small groups of Yellow Turbans, and conquer some small territories occupied by Yellow Turbans!
Hence, after Dong Zhuo was brought back to Luoyang, Huangfu Song coordinated with Julu Prefect Feng Yi to take over the NPCs from the Han Court Camp. After that, they went to attack Guang Zong City. After that, Trace Dragon Soul did not participate. Instead, he led the Dragon Soul's forces to the north of Qinghe County to continue clearing out the Yellow Turbans and reclaiming the territory of Han Ting's faction!
By the time Yang Rui's reply was announced, Trace Dragon Soul had brought a group of people to the border between Qinghe County and Anping Country. After learning that Yang Rui had done such a big thing, the Dragon Soul was at first shocked, but then he calmed down and decided to personally look for Yang Rui again. Xindu City was not too far away! Hence, Trace Dragon Soul led a group of soldiers in the direction of Xindu City …
Even though Yang Rui had completely driven away the Yellow Turban forces in the new capital city, he still used the three prefectures as the foundation to defend the city. With only four to five thousand people, if they were to be distributed on the outer city walls, they would definitely be full of loopholes! It would only increase the pressure on the defense! Hence, Yang Rui only sent a small number of soldiers to control the four city gates of Xindu City and did not make any other arrangements!
He had also earned Achievement Points, Contribution Points, and Reputation Points. Actually, Yang Rui could give up on Xindu City now, but Yang Rui always felt that there was something fishy about Prince Anping Liu Xu. Perhaps there were still benefits that had not been discovered in Xindu City!
"Prince Anping, you should think about it carefully. Did you use all your wealth to support the Yellow Turbans' rebellion?! If that's the case, you've committed a great sin … "
"General Blazing Sun, please be wise! Since the fall of Anping Country, all its wealth has been plundered by the Yellow Turbans. It's not me … Uh. I didn't give the Yellow Turbans of my own accord! I was also threatened by the Yellow Turbans with the safety of the people of Anping Country. I had no choice but to temporarily join the Yellow Turbans … "
While Yang Rui was defending and eliminating the Yellow Turbans, he would let Prince Anping Liu Xu out for a "chat" whenever he had the time. In fact, it was mostly probing and threatening words, hoping to get some useful information from Liu Xu through this method!
However, Liu Xu was definitely an old fox. He had clearly distanced himself from the matter and never said anything! Most of the time, he was lying through his teeth. Words like "being forced to join the Yellow Turbans" were obviously not credible! Otherwise, Liu Xu would not have been on the opposing side for so long after he was captured!
After Yang Rui took control of the entire Xindu City, the surrounding Yellow Turbans did not launch a large-scale counterattack. Occasionally, a small group of Yellow Turbans would come to harass them, but they were all quickly defeated by Yang Rui's cavalry! Yang Rui even had the strength to occasionally take advantage of the surrounding areas of Xindu!
Until the players from the Han Ting Camp arrived, the defense of Xindu City became even more solid. After these players arrived, they did not even need Yang Rui's instructions. They were very curious and self-aware as they climbed up the city walls. They took the initiative to defend!
There were players from the Han Ting Camp who came here after receiving the system announcement. Naturally, there were also players from the Yellow Turbans who came here in an organized manner. Both sides were trying to gain some fame or gain some benefits in Xindu City. Therefore, the friction between the players from the two camps was inevitable! Xindu City had become the center of the entire [Guangzong War] storyline for the players to compete!
Dragon Soul, who was the first to arrive at Xindu City, had already found Yang Rui and proposed a series of conditions that Yang Rui could not refuse. He wanted to exchange the secret of upgrading the territory and upgrading the soldiers!
Previously, Yang Rui had promised to tell the Dragon Soul about the hidden conditions for upgrading the territory. He believed that even if Yang Rui did not reveal it, the players would slowly discover the hidden conditions for upgrading the territory after the end of the Yellow Turbans Rebellion storyline. Now, it was time to reveal it to the Dragon Soul!
As for the matter of using the rebel camp to upgrade the soldiers, Yang Rui was still not prepared to reveal it to the Dragon Soul! After all, the upgrade of the soldiers was directly related to the increase of the overall strength. Yang Rui was not strong enough to casually create competitors in the game!
"In addition to the full cooperation with the Dragon Soul, what do you think, Brother Blazing Sun?"
Dragon Soul asked straightforwardly.
"This …"
"The imperial edict has arrived …"
Yang Rui was about to directly answer Dragon Soul Dragon Soul when he heard a distant sound from outside the door. An imperial edict had arrived at Xindu City! Yang Rui's first reaction was that the imperial edict was likely to be issued to the King of Anping!
However, Yang Rui's guess was not accurate. Just as he was about to release the King of Anping from the small Universal Pouch, he heard the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict ask in a hoarse voice, "Is General Blazing Sun in the mansion?"
"I am Blazing Sun. What orders do you have for me, my lord?"
Yang Rui cupped his hands and said. The eunuch delivering the imperial edict represented the Emperor's etiquette. Although Yang Rui was unwilling to be associated with these eunuchs, his etiquette was considered moderate.
However, he did not expect that the eunuch only glanced at Yang Rui and did not say anything else. He just stood there, as if someone owed him money and had come to collect it! How could Yang Rui not see through his intentions? This was clearly asking for a bribe! However, Yang Rui was not sure how much was appropriate to give!
"… It's been hard on you from afar. This is a small gift …"
Yang Rui tried to hand over 10 gold coins, but the eunuch rolled his eyes after glancing at it and pretended not to see anything! It was obvious that he thought it was too little! This made Yang Rui unhappy. He could only increase it to 50 gold coins. Only then did the eunuch reluctantly accept it!
Thinking back to when Yang Rui first gave gifts to Liu County Lieutenant, the pile of grade 9 and grade 8 items were worth a few gold coins, it was already good enough. He did not expect that a small eunuch's appetite would be so big! Yang Rui even wondered if the eunuch would still read the imperial edict if he did not give the bribe …
"Guanghe Seventh Year, Seventh Month, Eleventh Day, Emperor Ling of Great Han wrote a policy book.
Due to the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans and the destruction of the country, all the officials and citizens of Great Han resisted with all their might! Among them, General Blazing Sun of Juping County, Yan Province, stood out from the rest. He fought against the rebellion of the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan, Nanyang, Guang Zong and other places. He killed countless enemies and achieved many meritorious deeds. Today, he helped Great Han recover the capital of Anping Country — Xindu City!
When the Emperor Ling of Great Han heard this, he was gratified and specially promoted Blazing Sun to Deputy General. His salary was 400 stones and he commanded 50000 soldiers! From today onwards, Blazing Sun will be relieved of his position as Deputy General! I hereby commend you and hope that you will continue to work hard and achieve more meritorious deeds.
… …
At the time of Tianshun, I accept the order … (Bottom line: Deliver to Xindu City of Anping Country!) "
After the eunuch received Yang Rui's "filial piety", he began to read it aloud! It turned out that this imperial edict was indeed issued to Yang Rui. The general meaning was that Yang Rui was promoted by one rank. His salary was increased from 200 shi to 400 shi. It was almost double. It was already equivalent to the salary of a county magistrate of a small county! Most importantly, his command was also increased to 50000 soldiers. This was the most practical thing!
However, this "Deputy General" position was probably just a "consolation prize". It was similar to General Huo. It belonged to the category of a general with no official troops under his command. As for the privilege of "establishing a government", there was no need to mention it!
Even so, it was still a pleasant surprise for Yang Rui. Looking at the date and address mentioned in the imperial edict, it should have been issued after Yang Rui took over Xindu City! He was not sure if it was a system reward for players who conquered a big city for the first time or some other reason!
"Blazing Sun accepts the imperial edict and thanks for your kindness!"
Yang Rui bowed again and received the imperial edict. He wanted to be polite to the eunuch who read the imperial edict and invite him into the house. However, he saw that the eunuch had already turned around and left after reading the imperial edict! Yang Rui did not say anything else!
"Congratulations, Brother Blazing Sun! Another promotion! Hahaha … "
After the eunuch left, Trace Dragon Soul who had been watching the entire process laughed heartily and congratulated, "I didn't expect Brother Blazing Sun to receive the approval of Emperor Han Ling. This is unexpected! I believe this is the first time in the entire game! This is really worthy of celebration! Hahaha! "
"Brother Trace, you flatter me! Come, let's talk inside. "
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