Yang Rui knew that he had reached a critical moment in the plot when he received the message from the Great General's Residence. He didn't delay any further and sent messenger pigeons to both He Jin and Zhang Rang. After making arrangements in Grand Mountain City and other territories, he set off for the Royal City of Luoyang.
Over the past month or so in the game, Yang Rui had led his army to clean up most of the Yellow Scarf forces near Green Province in the north of Xu Province. The various matters of Green Province had also been sorted out relatively smoothly. During this time, Yang Rui even tried to collect military taxes. Even though the amount wasn't much, the various counties and counties all paid up in unison. The total amount was over 10000 gold coins!
In truth, Yang Rui was indeed considering increasing the number of provincial soldiers. However, the current limit of ten thousand provincial soldiers had yet to be lifted. Yang Rui believed that this limit would slowly loosen with the upcoming turmoil in the Three Kingdoms Region. When that happened, as long as he had sufficient economic power, the number of provincial soldiers shouldn't be limited by much.
Yang Rui only realized this when he was mobilizing the soldiers to Luoyang. He originally thought that he had increased the number of soldiers, but when it came to actual use, they were still lacking! This was even after Yang Rui had already moved twenty-thousand Fifth Grade Iron Guards and fifteen thousand Fifth Grade Sword-Shield Soldiers to Grand Mountain City.
Apart from that, the forces that Yang Rui could currently mobilize were five hundred and eleven beginner and intermediate generals, two hundred and thirty-three hundred Fifth Grade cavalry soldiers, nearly ten thousand Fourth Grade cavalry soldiers, six hundred and five hundred Pioneer Warriors, one hundred and thirty thousand Fifth Grade Yellow Scarf Strongmen, two thousand Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Archers, and one hundred and eighty thousand Fourth Grade Water Soldiers (new four hundred Fourth Grade Water Soldiers).
Even though there were over 52000 Fourth Grade Yellow Scarf soldiers, with 10000 of them being captives that Zhang Ning had subdued with the Yellow Scarf Class Change Order, their combat power was still slightly inferior to ordinary Fourth Grade soldiers. They were not particularly powerful.
On this trip to Luoyang, Yang Rui chose to bring all of his cavalry, vanguard soldiers, Ironguard soldiers, sword-shield soldiers, 1,000 archers, 1,500 water soldiers, and 50 warships with him. In addition, he also brought 10,000 Fourth Grade Green Province soldiers and 30,000 Fourth Grade Yellow Turban soldiers as reserves, totaling over 100000 soldiers. The rest of the soldiers were left to guard the various territories.
Of course, Yang Rui did not forget to bring along Gao Shun, Zhang Ning, and Cheng Yu, as well as 300 beginner and intermediate level generals. The reason why Yang Rui brought so many soldiers to Luoyang was mainly because the second large-scale system storyline was about to happen. The more soldiers he brought, the more bargaining chips he had to fight for.
It was because the second large-scale system storyline was about to happen that Yang Rui had spent all of his Yellow Turban Uprising merit points and credit points in the past month. At the time, Yang Rui still had nearly 5,000,000 merit points and 4,100,000 credit points left.
After some consideration, Yang Rui decided to exchange his merit points for forty-nine territory scrolls that would last for half a year. He also used his credit points to exchange for over ten thousand sets of armor for Fourth Grade soldiers, as well as a variety of other items. Although there were many other items, Yang Rui was not interested in them.
Something worth mentioning was that recently, the number of Quest Appraisal Badges that other players had been selling had increased tremendously. Yang Rui had managed to gather enough Quest Appraisal Badges through Eileen's manager. He had managed to exchange them for a Violet-Platinum + 7 Battle of Nan Yang Medal and a Violet-Platinum + 7 Battle of Guang Zong Medal. Moreover, he had only spent a few thousand gold coins to purchase them!
In addition to the Platinum + 7 Battle of Yingchuan Medal that he already had, Yang Rui had collected all three Platinum medals from the Yellow Turban Uprising storyline. It was an unexpected gain. At the same time, Yang Rui had also used the extra mission missions to exchange for a set of Gold Battle Jewelry. It was also a considerable gain.
After Yang Rui had gathered the troops, he placed all of the soldiers and equipment in his storage ring. He was ready to teleport to Luoyang Royal City. The 12000 horses would be transported to the relay station. All he needed to do was to pick them up at a certain location. It was only then that he realized that all of the teleportation arrays in the administration had been shut down. This was a situation that could only happen in a war!
Yang Rui felt relieved after thinking about it. Although Luoyang was not in a state of war, the situation was like fire and water. It was normal for the teleportation arrays to be shut down. Yang Rui had no choice but to teleport to Chen Liu City first. He also changed the destination of the cavalry and horses in the relay station to Chen Liu City.
After arriving at Chen Liu City, Yang Rui did not stop. It would take about eight to ten days for the horses to be transported. Yang Rui directly used the Wind Carpet to head straight to the administration boundary. He wanted to investigate the current situation in Luoyang Royal City and find a suitable place to settle down the soldiers before returning to transport the horses.
With the Wind Carpet's speed, it only took Yang Rui half a day to reach Luoyang Royal City. However, when he approached the Royal City, Yang Rui realized that the entire Royal City was in a state of martial law. Every person who entered and left Luoyang had to be strictly inspected and interrogated. It was as if they were facing a great enemy.
To Yang Rui. Be it the eunuchs or his relatives, it was unlikely that they would restrict Yang Rui from entering the city. However, Yang Rui wasn't in a rush to enter Luoyang City. He suddenly had an idea and planned on investigating the situation of Dong Zhuo and the other troops. As such, Yang Rui continued using the Wind Carpet to circle around Luoyang Royal City. He headed west.
This trip took him another half a day. When night fell, Yang Rui was about to reach the vicinity of Mount Shouyang. Just as he was about to return, he saw a large patch of flames flickering on the northern bank of the Yellow River. Occasionally, he could hear the clamor of horses.
Yang Rui knew that it was a military camp. After taking advantage of the night to observe it, he realized that the tents were large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. There were also twenty to thirty thousand horses. He estimated that there were at least twenty to thirty thousand cavalry in this camp! As for the number of infantry, it was hard to tell at night.
Even without approaching the camp, Yang Rui had already guessed that it was Dong Zhuo's troops. At this moment, the word 'Dong' hung high on the flag of the camp under the light of the bonfire, further highlighting the identity of the soldiers in this camp!
Yang Rui decided to set up a talisman tent in a large forest on the other side of the Yellow River. He planned to wait until dawn to investigate the details of Dong Zhuo's troops.
"There are around sixty thousand soldiers, all of them Fifth Grade. There are around thirty thousand horses. There should be at least thirty thousand Fifth Grade cavalry and thirty thousand infantry!"
After setting up the talisman tent, Yang Rui let Gao Shun, Zhang Ning, and Cheng Yu out of the storage ring. At the same time, he also let out the soldiers in the storage ring to get some fresh air. It didn't take long for Cheng Yu to roughly estimate the strength of Dong Zhuo's troops.
Cheng Yu's detection skills were quite powerful. He had never failed in any of his previous battles. Thus, when Cheng Yu reported the strength of Dong Zhuo's troops, Yang Rui was once again shocked.
Disregarding everything else, just thirty thousand Fifth Grade cavalry was already a formidable force. Moreover, Yang Rui had reason to suspect that these cavalry might even be a special force. The Xiliang Cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command was extremely famous, and the Flying Bear Army was even more famous in the game!
As the enemy cavalry were all separated from their horses, even with Cheng Yu's extraordinary detection skills, he couldn't tell if they were special forces. Yang Rui decided to stay the night. Yang Rui even thought of ambushing the enemy during the night. Unfortunately, Yang Rui and Dong Zhuo were still on the same side. There was no way for them to fight.
"Yu can confirm that the thirty thousand cavalry are all Fifth Grade special forces. Moreover, their equipment is excellent. If they were fighting on flat ground, they would be extremely powerful!"
By the next morning, Cheng Yu could finally get a clear picture of Dong Zhuo's cavalry. In truth, even if Cheng Yu hadn't said anything, Yang Rui had already seen the emblem on the banner of Dong Zhuo's cavalry – a flying bear with two wings. He knew that the enemy was the famous Flying Bear Army.
"Dong Zhuo's army is only two to three days away from Luoyang. Even if they have infantry to slow them down, they should be able to arrive in five to six days. Meanwhile, Blazing Sun's cavalry will need at least ten days to reach Luoyang. It seems like they won't be of any use!"
Yang Rui had already spoken to Cheng Yu and the others about the possible chaos Dong Zhuo might cause when he entered the capital. Cheng Yu agreed with Yang Rui's opinion, which was why he said this.
Yang Rui had naturally calculated the cavalry's journey. Just as Cheng Yu said, it was very likely that they wouldn't be able to reach Luoyang in time. However, so what if they did? Setting aside the fact that Yang Rui's one hundred thousand soldiers might not be able to win against Dong Zhuo's sixty thousand soldiers, Yang Rui had already mobilized almost all of his elite forces. Even the slightest casualty would be a significant loss, let alone a fight to the death with Dong Zhuo!
That was why Yang Rui had never intended to fight to the death with Dong Zhuo or any other side. He had only brought one hundred thousand elites to Luoyang so that he could have enough leverage to fight for more benefits.
Thus, Yang Rui also used the Flying Carpet to head toward Luoyang after seeing Dong Zhuo's army of sixty thousand depart. At the moment, Yang Rui was most concerned about the advanced soul-type internal energy mantra and special skill books that Zhang Rang had promised him! Yang Rui had already decided to take out an Asahi Pill to exchange for the two skill books while Zhang Rang and the other eunuchs were still alive.
Just as Yang Rui was returning to Luoyang, he happened to receive Zhang Rang's messenger pigeon. The content of the letter was very simple — "Come to Luoyang quickly to help." There were a total of six words, but they revealed an incomparable urgency!
Yang Rui's original direction was Luoyang. Now that he received Zhang Rang's messenger pigeon, he didn't delay any longer and headed straight for Luoyang's Imperial City. He arrived half a day later.
"… Blazing Sun may not know this, but Emperor Ling has been dead for a long time. That's why Jian Shuo lost his life when he plotted against He Jin. Ever since Jian Shuo died, the new army in Lost West Garden has lost its command. During this period of time, He Jin has been plotting to eliminate us. If it weren't for Empress Dowager He and a portion of the Imperial Guards, I'm afraid he would have succeeded!
Even so, He Jin is fearless. He enters the city every day to threaten his sister, Empress Dowager He. He wants the Empress Dowager to compromise and deal with us. Therefore, we must take this opportunity to eliminate He Jin. Otherwise, we will be harmed by him … "
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