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After Yang Rui settled the troops down, he personally went out to scout. With the Flying Carpet's five times speed, his scouting efficiency was naturally much higher.
The Fifth Grade bandit leader had already scouted everything within a two hundred kilometer radius. As the north was a desert, Yang Rui first headed towards the northeast, wanting to see the situation there.
Back then, when the major forces had split up, Yuan Yuan and Meatball had chosen the northeast direction, while Wolf Totem had chosen the northwest direction. It was unclear what the situation was like for these two forces, and whether they had encountered other Xiongnu tribal camps or the like.
The Xiongnu Punitive Expedition mission had never indicated the location of Yang Rui and the others, and there were no corresponding coordinates on the minimap. Yang Rui could only fly towards the northeast based on the general direction. Fortunately, the Flying Carpet wasn't affected by the terrain. After choosing a direction, it could continue flying without changing directions.
The only limitation was that the Flying Carpet's altitude was a little too low from the ground. As such, Yang Rui's field of vision didn't expand by much. Compared to a real flying pet or other flying object, the Flying Carpet was more suitable as a means of transportation.
However, in the three kingdoms' territory, Yang Rui hadn't heard of anyone obtaining a flying pet or flying object in both his previous and current life. In his previous life, when the game had been open for more than a year, some western players had triggered the pet system, and had seen one or two pictures of flying pets on the game's forums! Calculating the time, it was almost time for the pet system to be released.
Even if the Flying Carpet had some flaws when used for scouting, its five times speed wasn't just for show. Only fifteen minutes had passed. Yang Rui had already flown a few hundred kilometers. It had already exceeded the search results of the Fifth Grade bandit leader for half a day.
Along the way, Yang Rui had encountered two destroyed Xiongnu settlements. They were about three to four hundred kilometers away from the location of Yang Rui's troops. The two encampments had clearly been raided before. Not a single Hun Nu could be seen, leaving only piles of ruins. However, Yang Rui did not see any signs of Roly Poly, Tuan Tuan and the other players!
Yang Rui had scouted a hundred li, but he still hadn't found any signs of players or any other Xiongnu settlements. Only then did Yang Rui turn around and head west. In the middle, Yang Rui stopped to rest. Yang Rui had pulled the Great Danghu of the Qiulin Tribe, Qiu Linfeng, out of his storage ring twice and asked him a few questions. However, this person did not answer any of Yang Rui's questions. In fact, he did not even open his mouth from beginning to end!
With no other choice, Yang Rui could only continue to search on his own. After only an hour, Yang Rui was already a hundred kilometers northwest of the tribe's settlement. Moreover, he was still flying west.
In the direction of the Wolf Totem, the situation was actually similar to that of Yang Rui, Roly Poly, and Tuan Tuan. Although Yang Rui had also traveled a few hundred kilometers, he had only found two destroyed Xiongnu settlements along the way. It was obvious that the density of Xiongnu settlements in this direction was not high either!
However, Yang Rui was still somewhat puzzled. Ever since he had activated the mission with the Xiongnu Punitive Expedition Token, the system did not give him any information about the system. The system didn't give any hints about their current location, their target, or how to quit the quest. It was because of this that no one knew what to do next and how to do it. Yang Rui had discussed it with Cheng Yu, Sun Qian, and the others.
Since he had already come out to investigate, and with the help of the Flying Carpet's high speed, he might as well spend more time to find out where he was first! After making this decision, Yang Rui immediately headed south. After passing through the vicinity of the initial teleportation point, he continued to head south.
When he passed by the initial teleportation point, Yang Rui did not find any signs of other players returning. There were only traces of looting nearby, and there were no traces of human activity. Yang Rui originally thought that he might encounter some players from other forces, but in the end, he did not see any of them!
As such, with the initial teleportation point as the north, Yang Rui actually did not encounter a single Xiongnu or player along the way! This was somewhat thought-provoking ….
However, not long after traveling south from the teleportation point, Yang Rui began to encounter small groups of players and fleeing Xiongnu. Along the way, the number of destroyed Xiongnu encampments gradually increased. Pieces of wreckage were a clear indication of what had just happened.
It turned out that this was the core area of the Qiulin tribe's Xiongnu settlement! Along the way, the number of players and Xiongnu that Yang Rui encountered continued to increase. Moreover, all of them were heading south. From time to time, he would encounter scenes of players and Xiongnu fighting. Yang Rui's target was not this, so he did not interfere. As Yang Rui's Flying Carpet was extremely fast, it did not attract the attention of these people.
Apart from the players and Xiongnu, Yang Rui discovered that there were a few white named commoners among them! Of course, Yang Rui knew what the appearance of commoners in the same faction meant. Could it be that this was already the territory of the Great Han Dynasty? Or was it already very close to the Great Han Dynasty?
This thought of Yang Rui became even more certain after he flew over a wide river. If Yang Rui's guess was correct, this river that spanned the east and west was the Yellow River! Crossing the Yellow River meant that he had entered the Hetao region!
However, Yang Rui was still uncertain about one thing. Even after he crossed the river, there was still very little vegetation on the ground. Most of the land was half sand and half grass. Not to mention farming, even grazing was not possible!
"Hey, please wait a moment …"
"Uh! My Lord … Is there anything I can help you with? "
“.....”
The NPCs of the Great Han Dynasty were all terrified when they saw the battle between the players and the Xiongnu. They all avoided the battle for fear of being implicated. Yang Rui finally found an NPC who was dressed like a herdsman. After asking a few questions, he finally understood the general situation of the surrounding area.
"My Lord, you may not know. 100 miles ahead is the old city of Shuofang. Although it has been abandoned for decades, it is still a place where the Great Han Dynasty commoners, Xiongnu and other Hu people trade.
Today, due to the Inhumans … Uh! Due to the Great Han Dynasty army's punitive expedition against the nearby Xiongnu, this area has become chaotic. It is said that the Xiongnu of the Qiulin Tribe have already gathered in the old city of Shuofang. The Great Han Dynasty army is in hot pursuit and is preparing to annihilate them … "
The herdsman NPC did not want to say much at first. However, after seeing Yang Rui's military attire and guessing Yang Rui's identity, he explained the situation to Yang Rui in detail. Yang Rui took out 10 silver coins and handed them over. His answer was quite detailed.
"My Lord! My Lord … Thank you for your reward! It's like this. Although there are only about 20000 Xiongnu in the old city of Shuofang, it is said that the daughter of the Qiulin Tribe's Great Danghu, Qiu Linyan, is in the old city of Shuofang. This woman's martial arts are very impressive. Now, she has gathered many Xiongnu subordinates. Therefore, my Lord, you should be careful … "
Money was useful no matter where it was spent. Just as Yang Rui was about to leave after receiving the information he wanted, the herdsman NPC called out to Yang Rui after being stunned for a moment. He gave Yang Rui a series of instructions. It was worth it for Yang Rui to reward him.
Yang Rui expressed his gratitude once again and left. In his opinion, if the Great Danghu of the Qiulin Tribe was captured by him, how strong could his daughter be?! More importantly, Yang Rui was still thinking about another important matter!
When the herdsman NPC mentioned the old city of Shuofang, Yang Rui's heart skipped a beat! It was only because the incident at Shuofang Old City had reminded Yang Ruilian of another incident from his previous life.
At that time, the game had been open for close to a year and a half. Yang Rui could not remember which civilization it was in the Middle East. There was a player organization that found an abandoned old city in the vicinity of their civilization. They managed to repair most of the building's functions, including the teleportation circle. This allowed them to easily obtain many strategic resources from other places, greatly increasing their strength!
It was said that in the end, this player organization was prepared to apply for the ownership of the old city from their civilization's main territory. Although they were only granted a portion of the rights to use the old city, in reality, the old city was already under the control of this player organization. It was a disguised form of obtaining a first-class territory of a city! Moreover, the location was very good, very conducive to development!
Therefore, when Yang Rui heard about the old city of Shuofang, he had this thought. Without wasting any time, Yang Rui rode the Wind Carpet straight to the old city of Shuofang. He wanted to see if he was as lucky as those Middle Eastern players … Moreover, according to the herdsman, other player organizations had already arrived near the old city of Shuofang!
"Quick, quick, quick! The Xiongnu are coming from the south. Iron Blood brothers, pay attention. Boss ordered half of our brothers to block the Xiongnu's escape route in Shuofang City. The rest of you, go to the south of the city to stop the Xiongnu … "
"The Xiongnu are coming from the south. Dragon Soul brothers, split half of your brothers to stop the Xiongnu. Quick! Quick … "
"Quick, quick! Keep up, keep up … "
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When Yang Rui quietly arrived at the north gate of the old city of Shuofang, several player organizations had already blocked off the old city. Judging from the number of players, there were definitely more than two or three organizations involved. It was as if they had made an appointment in advance and had all rushed to the old city tacitly.
Now that everyone was in the middle of the punitive expedition against the Xiongnu, there was no way they could use any form of communication. Therefore, Yang Rui suspected that these player organizations had planned this all along!
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