Although it wouldn't be difficult for Yang Rui to achieve success if he attacked Shangyang City with all his strength, he wasn't in a hurry to make a move. He still wanted to wait for Yuan Shao and the other vassals to borrow their strength.
Even though the CU Alliance had suggested that Yang Rui attack Shangyang City twice and promised to coordinate the players from the other large organizations to participate in the siege, they were only willing to take on the task of attacking two city gates. Yang Rui's direct subordinates were responsible for the remaining two city gates. Attacking a city was not like fighting on flat ground. It was inevitable that there would be a lot of casualties during the siege.
However, another three days passed. Yuan Shao and the other vassals still had not arrived. According to the scouts that Yang Rui had sent out, Yuan Shao and the other vassals had set up camp in Guandu after crossing the Yellow River. Yang Rui had sent out soldiers to contact Yuan Shao twice, but he had been told that the Black Mountain Army on the eastern road had erupted. He had to temporarily stay and wait for the situation to change. He wanted to see if there was a need to return to the various provinces and counties.
Not only had Yuan Shao used the Black Mountain Army as an excuse to stay put, but he had also sent a letter to suggest that Yang Rui and the other vassals take Hulao Pass first to pave the way for their subsequent actions. After Yang Rui received this suggestion, he was too lazy to respond. He directly handed Yuan Shao's letter to the other seven vassals and let them make their own decisions.
The other seven vassals at the front were not idiots. Yuan Shao was clearly using them as a tool. These leaders could see that too. In the end, they all came to an agreement. They continued to stay put and wait for Yuan Shao and the others. No one would take the initiative to do something that was obviously disadvantageous to them.
Yang Rui noticed that among the seven vassals, Yuan Yi was the only one who did not make a sound. However, he could not win against them. The other six vassals and Yang Rui had all agreed to stay for the time being. Naturally, he could not change anything with his own strength.
Yuan Yi's army was the weakest among the eighteen warlords. Yang Rui had noticed this long ago. When they were ranked, they were stuck at the edge of the top 18 vassals. If it weren't for his family, Yuan Shao, becoming the alliance leader, Yuan Yi would have had the least authority to speak. Of course, what Yang Rui didn't know was that the reason why Yuan Yi had so few soldiers was because he had lent a lot to Yuan Shao to help him snatch the right to speak.
On the morning of the fourth day, when Yang Rui was on his way to Xingyang City to continue his investigation, he ran into Sun Jian's army by accident!
Before this, Yang Rui had also been searching for Sun Jian's men who had retreated in defeat. However, he had not been able to find their exact location. He had only heard some news from the players that Sun Jian had led his men to retreat to the remnants of Mount Song. The players in Sun Jian's camp were asked to stay around Hulao Pass and move freely. They were not brought along by Sun Jian.
However, Sun Jian had turned back. Judging by the neat formation of his army and their high morale, perhaps they were here to take revenge for the sneak attack by the defenders of Hulao Pass?
Yang Rui felt that this was very likely. Hence, he followed behind Sun Jian's army from afar. He wanted to find out the whereabouts of Sun Jian's army.
It had to be said that Sun Jian was indeed the Tiger of Gangdong! After following for a while, Yang Rui discovered that Sun Jian's men had all circled around Xingyang City. They were heading straight for Hulao Pass. It seemed that they were indeed preparing to attack Hulao Pass.
However, Dong Zhuo's faction had always been active around Xingyang City. Sun Jian's circling around Xingyang City was discovered by Dong Zhuo's faction. Soon, a group of tens of thousands of men exited the northern gate of Xingyang City and caught up with Sun Jian's men from afar.
Although this group of Xingyang City's men had concealed their movements and were not discovered by Sun Jian's men, Yang Rui, who was also following behind Sun Jian's men, clearly saw through their movements. At that moment, Yang Rui was still considering whether to notify Sun Jian's men. However, Yang Rui immediately discovered an opportunity. He immediately left behind Sun Jian's men and rode his Flying Carpet east.
Now that Xingyang City had sent out tens of thousands of men, the defensive forces within the city would definitely be much weaker. This was the best opportunity to seize the city! It was precisely because Yang Rui had thought of this that he hurriedly left Sun Jian's men and rushed back to mobilize his men to attack Xingyang City.
"Reporting to General Blazing Sun, since General has already agreed to attack Xingyang City's northern gate with the help of the other party's strength, I believe you are using the other party's strength to attract the attention of the city's defenders. Thus, why don't you invite the other vassals to attack Xingyang City's eastern gate as well and leave the western gate as an escape route to break the determination of the defending army? Even if the other vassals are holding back, our army only needs to borrow the other party's strength …"
After Yang Rui returned to his camp and made an agreement with the CU Alliance to attack Xingyang City, he quickly mobilized his men and headed towards Xingyang City. At this time, Chen Lin, who had been quiet since becoming Yang Rui's secretary, suddenly opened her mouth and gave a suggestion to Yang Rui.
Yang Rui never had much hope for Chen Lin in terms of military strategy or strategy. He didn't expect her to come up with a plan for Yang Rui. Although it was uncertain whether it would succeed or not, it was a good sign that Chen Lin took the initiative to speak.
"Reporting to General Blazing Sun, your subordinate also has the same idea …"
At this time, Zhang Liao also spoke up. He actually thought of the same thing as Chen Lin.
"Both of your suggestions are reasonable. While we are mobilizing, we will send people to inform the other seven vassals to rush to Xingyang City's eastern gate to cheer. I believe a few of them will go!"
Yang Rui immediately sent messengers to the various vassals to inform them of the details of the operation. After some consideration, Yang Rui also went to Ding Yuan's tent and personally explained the details of the attack on Xingyang City. Ding Yuan immediately agreed to respond to Yang Rui's suggestion and followed Yang Rui's men to Xingyang City.
Originally, Ding Yuan wanted to cooperate with Yang Rui in the siege, but Yang Rui rejected his offer. For the current NPC vassals, preserving and developing their strength was their top priority. Yang Rui also didn't want to see Ding Yuan's strength suffer in the siege and weaken a reliable ally.
In the end, Yang Rui only borrowed some of the simple siege weapons Ding Yuan had prepared, such as wooden ladders and battering rams. Ding Yuan had ordered his soldiers to deliver them all the way to Xingyang City's southern gate. Although these siege weapons were very simple, Yang Rui could make them with his Specialist rank Carpenter. However, Yang Rui hadn't planned to directly attack Xingyang City during the storyline, so he hadn't made any preparations.
Speaking of which, in reality, Ding Yuan's men were more than enough to support Yang Rui. It didn't matter whether the other six vassals could come or not. All they could do was show their attitude toward Yang Rui. However, after Yang Rui and Ding Yuan set off, four of the remaining vassals also set off and followed closely behind Ding Yuan.
Among the remaining two groups of vassals, the Xuzhou Provincial Governor Tao Qian saw that the majority of the vassals had followed Yang Rui. Thus, he also followed the crowd and followed. Although the Shanyang Provincial Governor Yuan Yi was extremely unwilling to respond to Yang Rui's call, he was the only one who didn't move. Not to mention the suspicion of being out of touch with the alliance, the safety of his own troops was also a problem. Thus, Yuan Yi actually ended up following at the back of the group!
The army of eight vassals marched in the direction of Xingyang City. Yang Rui stood at the very front with his Wind Carpet, guiding the 2,300 Fifth Grade cavalrymen in his army to clear the obstacles ahead. In less than three hours, they had arrived at Xingyang City ahead of the rest.
At this point, Yang Rui no longer had to worry about exposing himself. He openly led all the Fifth Grade riders to clear the area around Xingyang City. On the one hand, he wanted to attract the attention of the city's defenders and destroy their confidence in defending the city.
Sure enough, Xingyang City quickly sent out thousands of soldiers to deal with Yang Rui's cavalry. However, the speed of these soldiers was far behind the speed of Yang Rui's cavalry. They could only achieve a limited drive. Once these soldiers were scattered, they would soon be killed by Yang Rui. On the contrary, the loss outweighed the gain.
This situation completely changed after the arrival of the CU Alliance's riders. The CU Alliance had never stopped purchasing horses from Yang Rui. In addition to the horses captured by the players themselves, the CU Alliance had brought over ten thousand riders of various grades to participate in the storyline. Even though most of them had been sent to the eastern front to participate in the extermination of the East County's Black Mountain Army, the CU Alliance still had two to three thousand riders left. In addition to Yang Rui's riders, the soldiers sent by Xingyang City could no longer hold their ground. After being killed by both sides, they quickly retreated into the city.
After that, the eight vassal armies also sent soldiers to the vicinity of Xingyang City. The soldiers of Dong Zhuo's faction in Xingyang City could no longer leave the city to interfere. The forces of Dong Zhuo's faction active around Xingyang City had also been wiped out. They either fled back into the city or scattered.
Half a day later, all the soldiers had arrived. Under Yang Rui's coordination, they had all arrived not far from Xingyang City. The east, south, and north gates of Xingyang City had been completely surrounded. Only the west gate had yet to be attacked. In fact, all the soldiers that had participated in the extermination near the west gate had already been evacuated.
"System Announcement: As Sun Jian has been defeated once again and lost his beloved general – Zu Mao, the cultivation attribute of Sun Jian's special soldier has been activated. The maximum number of soldiers that can be cultivated is Seventh Grade – Tiger Soldier! At this point, the game has unlocked the attributes of the special soldiers of famous historical generals and historical figures! The other potential attributes of famous historical generals and historical figures will also be unlocked at an appropriate time. "
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