The appearance of this system announcement in the Three Kingdoms Civilization Zone meant that the eunuchs and their relatives had entered a stage of life and death. Dong Zhuo's rebellion was also a sign that a storm was about to come. This was something that the players were very clear about.
However, the system required players to have at least a hundred stones of official rank. As such, only a very small portion of the players could personally participate in the guiding storyline.
The system announcement about Soul Emperor's critical condition came out of the blue. Yang Rui was still clearing out the Yellow Turbans at the border between Green and Xuzhou. After the guiding storyline occurred, Yang Rui decided to temporarily put the matter of clearing out the Yellow Turbans on hold and return to Luoyang to assess the situation. At the same time, Yang Rui had also brought the Fifth Grade West Park New Army back to Luoyang.
About a month after the Yellow Turbans reappeared, the Yellow Turbans in Green had been significantly weakened by Yang Rui. They were no longer as ferocious as before. At that time, Yang Rui had replaced the forty thousand Iron Guards and sent them to Penglai to level up.
It just so happened that the ten thousand provincial soldiers and Yang Rui's thirty thousand Yellow Turbans had all reached Fourth Grade during that time. They could be put to good use. In addition to the twenty thousand Fifth Grade West Park New Army sword-shield soldiers, they were more than enough to deal with the remaining Yellow Turbans. In the following month, Yang Rui used these sixty thousand soldiers to deal with the remaining Yellow Turbans.
It was worth mentioning that during this period of time, apart from the thirty thousand Yellow Turbans in Yang Rui's Grand Mountain City, the twenty thousand Yellow Turbans that Zhang Ning had turned into prisoners had all reached Fourth Grade. Yang Rui's Fourth Grade Yellow Turbans had reached fifty thousand Fourth Grade Yellow Turbans.
Among them, the twenty thousand Yellow Turbans that Zhang Ning had turned into were all Yellow Turbans before the transformation. As such, their grade and power were not affected by Zhang Ning's transformation. They were Third and Fourth Grade from the start. After a short period of training, all of them had reached Fourth Grade.
Yang Rui did not have many Fifth Grade Yellow Turbans skill books on hand. As such, even though these Fourth Grade Yellow Turbans had reached Level 50, most of them still could not advance to Fifth Grade. They would have to wait until the special building – the Yellow Turbans Altar – was constructed. After that, these Fourth Grade Yellow Turbans would be slowly turned into Fifth Grade Yellow Turbans through sacrificial rituals.
Of course, Yang Rui already had a portion of the Fifth Grade Yellow Turbans skill books on hand. In addition to the harvest from the two months of exterminating the Yellow Turbans in Green Province, Yang Rui had already upgraded a portion of the Fifth Grade Yellow Turbans. There were now over one hundred and eleven of them. Their combat power was significantly higher than ordinary Yellow Turbans.
At the same time, Yang Rui had also used these Fourth Grade Yellow Turbans to create over six thousand five hundred Pioneer Warriors. Fifth Grade Pioneer Warriors could be upgraded from any type of infantry. As such, these slightly weaker Fourth Grade Yellow Turbans became Yang Rui's first choice for class advancement. At this point. Yang Rui still had over 42000 Fourth Grade Yellow Turban Soldiers in his hands.
During the extermination of the Yellow Turbans in Green Province, apart from the Yellow Turbans skill books, Yang Rui had also obtained quite a few skill books for Yellow Turbans of other grades. He had also obtained a portion of the skill books for special skills and internal cultivation techniques. Among them, there were over seventy sets of beginner general class advancement skill books and ten sets of intermediate general class advancement skill books. Even though it wasn't a lot, and it was much less than what he had obtained during the extermination of the Western Qiang rebels, it was still beneficial for increasing the number of beginner and intermediate generals under Yang Rui's command.
With the Penglai Region as a training resource, Yang Rui had quickly raised a batch of talented Liegeman to Level 30. He had also used all the beginner general skill books he had obtained so far. Currently, the number of beginner generals under Yang Rui's command had exceeded four hundred, and he had over thirty intermediate generals. In addition to the skill books that Yang Rui had obtained recently, the number of beginner and intermediate generals under Yang Rui's command would soon exceed five hundred. This was a number that other player forces would have a hard time catching up to at this stage of the game.
Through the expansion of the scale of recruitment and the continuous investment in leveling up in Penglai Region, Yang Rui's other forces had also improved to varying degrees. In terms of cavalry, Yang Rui now had over two hundred Fifth Grade cavalry and close to ten thousand Fourth Grade cavalry. For this reason, Yang Rui had used up all the cavalry skill books he had obtained so far!
In terms of long-range archers. There were fewer skill books to begin with. Currently, there were only fifty or so Fifth Grade archers. The number of Fourth Grade archers remained the same at over one hundred and ninety, and seven hundred or so Third Grade archers. Due to the lack of skill books for Fourth and Fifth Grade archers, the archers could not advance any further, even if they had already reached Level forty or fifty.
In terms of the water soldiers. Yang Rui already had over five thousand Third Grade water soldiers in reserve. Through the Fourth Grade water soldier skill books he had obtained from the exchange with Crippled Corpse, he had managed to upgrade over one hundred and forty Fourth Grade water soldiers. The number was still very limited. However, the scale of the water forces had gradually increased. It was enough to control the upper reaches of Wenshui. However, the next step of obtaining the skill books for water soldiers was also a bottleneck.
In stark contrast to the number of water soldiers, the number of daggerboats that Yang Rui had constructed was the number of daggerboats. Through the crafting of the expert carpenter Jiao Wen day and night, the number of daggerboats in Yang Rui's hands had already reached four hundred, far more than what he currently needed. Yang Rui was even considering if he should use the daggerboats to exchange for some water soldier skill books from other player forces. He believed that there would definitely be players who had some farming resources for humanoid NPCs on the water.
Even though he didn't necessarily have to do this, Yang Rui still urged Jiao Wen to continue crafting the daggerboats, in preparation for when they would come in handy.
It could be said that what Yang Rui lacked the least was high grade wood. Even now, the bottom of his storage ring was covered with a thick layer of wood of various grades! Even though he had recently gotten rid of several tens of thousands of gold coins worth of wood through Manager Eileen, it was only a drop in the ocean.
Yang Rui's private army had been developed. At the same time that the forty thousand Steel Guards and twenty thousand sword-shield soldiers of the West Park New Army had advanced to Fifth Grade, the ten thousand Green Province soldiers under Yang Rui's control had all advanced to Fourth Grade. However, they were also restricted by the skill books and could not advance any further. Skill books below Third Grade were still easy to buy, but Fourth and Fifth Grade skill books were hard to come by. Yang Rui was only able to upgrade the ten thousand soldiers to Fourth Grade because of the skill books provided by the Provincial Governor.
At the same time, during this period of time, Yang Rui's strength had already reached the peak of a high-level Martial General through continuous combat and practice. He only needed to obtain the relevant high-level Internal Strength mantras and skill books for special derivative skills to break through to the level of a high-level Martial General and reach the level of a special-class Martial General. He was only a step away from becoming a famous historical general …
After receiving the system announcement of the storyline, Yang Rui retreated from the border of Green Province and Xu Province and used the teleportation array to teleport directly to Luoyang Imperial City.
"West Park Left Field Officer Blazing Sun greets Lord Assistant Secretary. After three months, Blazing Sun has already upgraded all twenty thousand Steel Guards to Fifth Grade soldiers. Please give your orders."
After teleporting to Luoyang Imperial City, Yang Rui found Zuo Feng of the Little Yellow Sect and was led to Zhang Rang's residence by Zuo Feng.
"Mm! Good! Very good! Blazing Sun has come at the right time. Left Field Officer is truly a talented general. In just three months, you have already trained all your subordinates to Fifth Grade. This has greatly exceeded my expectations! In a moment, Blazing Sun can come to West Park to hand over the soldiers and officially register them. He will also receive the corresponding equipment, rations, and other things. "
Seeing Yang Rui arrive, Zhang Rang very warmly invited Yang Rui to a seat and praised Yang Rui greatly. His attitude was different from the previous few times they met.
"However, before Blazing Sun heads to West Park, this Marquis still has some things to tell Blazing Sun. Now that the Great Han Emperor is critically ill, the relationship between Great General He Jin and us is like fire and water. I'm sure Blazing Sun already knows about this, so we will need Blazing Sun to put in more effort. "
Next, Zhang Rang casually talked about the fight between the eunuchs group and the relatives. He did not avoid anything in the middle. After listening, Yang Rui naturally made his position clear. In comparison, the benefits that the eunuchs group could bring to Yang Rui were obviously more practical.
"System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, you have chosen to support the eunuchs in the storyline. Do you confirm?"
"Confirm!"
“.....”
Now that Yang Rui's official rank had reached 800 stones, he could naturally participate in the storyline. As for how to choose which faction to support, Yang Rui had never considered supporting the relatives. He had never interacted with He Jin before, but Zhang Rang had already made contact with him. Obviously, supporting the eunuchs was more practical.
"This Marquis is already clear about Blazing Sun's stance, but this Marquis hopes that Blazing Sun can walk around with the Great General more often, and find out more information in time."
Zhang Rang said again, but it turned out that he wanted Yang Rui to go to the Great General He Jin as a "spy", using Yang Rui as a trump card. However, this was something that Yang Rui had never tried before. With Yang Rui's personality, he might not be able to do it. Fortunately, Zhang Rang did not restrict him. He only said that if the time was right, he could try to get close to He Jin. If there was no chance, there was no need to force it.
Yang Rui came out of Zhang Rang's residence and went to the West Park to hand over the new soldiers. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Yang Rui left Luoyang Imperial City and found a remote place. Only then did he release twenty thousand Iron Guard soldiers from his storage ring. The remaining twenty thousand Iron Guard soldiers were still hidden in the storage ring. Furthermore, the twenty thousand Iron Guard soldiers he left behind were the ones with the best qualifications. After finishing his preparations, Yang Rui brought the soldiers to the West Park.
In the West Park, the person in charge of checking the soldiers was an old eunuch. After receiving the Iron Guard soldiers handed over by Yang Rui, he only counted the number of soldiers and gave Yang Rui half a white jade tiger-patterned commander's seal. Then, he let Yang Rui go to collect the equipment and supplies. He did not even ask if Yang Rui had any extra new soldiers.
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