How could Yang Rui not know what Empress Dowager He was thinking? However, he knew his own strength. Helping Shao Di and his mother was much more difficult than starting his own business. Yang Rui of course rejected it.
At this time, Empress Dowager He's power was also very strong. This also increased Yang Rui's worry about the influence Empress Dowager He and her son would have on the future. How to solve the problem of the two people's whereabouts was very urgent!
After an hour of discussion between Yang Rui and Empress Dowager He, Empress Dowager He finally fulfilled the other two rewards for Yang Rui. They were a jade bottle with a total of 20 Vitality Enhancement Pills and 10000 sets of Rank 2 to Rank 5 special troops – Personal Female Guard Skill Books!
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for successfully rescuing Shao Di Liu Bian from the palace. The reward is 5,000,000 gold coins, 20 Vitality Enhancement Pills and 10000 sets of Personal Female Guard Skill Books …"
Although Empress Dowager He had given out the mission rewards, but from her last words, it seemed that she had not given up on trying to get Yang Rui. She also said that if Yang Rui was willing, she could agree to the previous list of conditions at any time.
"Vitality Enhancement Pill: High Yellow Level Pill. It can increase the purity and upper limit of the user's inner strength. Absorption time is no more than 1 hour, consumption time is no less than 10 days. Limit is 1 pill per use. Can only be used once every 10 days. Repeated use will have no effect! Target is limited to Special Rank Generals and below! "
Yang Rui replied to Empress Dowager He. He also looked at the mission rewards. Among them, there were 20 Soul Nurturing Pills, which were high grade Yellow Level pills. It was what Yang Rui needed right now. The Personal Female Guard Skill Book was also a good item. The skill book's quality and quantity were quite impressive. However, the required candidates had to be palace maids. In Yang Rui's hands, there was no use at all!
When Empress Dowager He gave out these Skill Books, she had made it clear. After she regained control of the country, she would gather the appropriate palace maids for Yang Rui and help Yang Rui gather the appropriate candidates for soldiers! She was clearly trying to set a trap for Yang Rui, wanting him to help her restore her rights. Yang Rui originally didn't want to accept these skill books, but Empress Dowager He wasn't willing to take out anything else. In this situation, Yang Rui still accepted the storage bag containing the skill books.
During the process, Yang Rui also tried to mention the Soaring Dragon Internal Strength Heart Sutra * Soul, but Empress Dowager He directly said that she didn't know about this martial art. However, from Empress Dowager He's reaction when she heard the name of the martial art, Yang Rui could tell that Empress Dowager He didn't know about this martial art. Yang Rui also seemed to have noticed something.
After leaving Empress Dowager He's ship, Yang Rui thought about it again and again. For the time being, he really couldn't let Liu Bian and his mother appear east of Hulao Pass. Especially after seeing Empress Dowager He's attitude, Yang Rui's feeling became even stronger.
Thus, Yang Rui immediately ordered the fleet to turn back and head upstream in the direction of Heyang County. When Empress Dowager He asked for the reason, Yang Rui only said that Dong Zhuo's troops were blocking the way ahead and that there was a great danger. Thus, they could only turn back.
Empress Dowager He didn't doubt Yang Rui's words at all. Although she was an extremely clever person, she had been in the palace for a long time. She didn't have much confidence in the situation on the battlefield. Now that she heard that Dong Zhuo's troops were blocking the way, Empress Dowager He, who had been frightened before, naturally allowed Yang Rui to do as he pleased.
Thus, the fleet set out. After circling the Yellow River once, Yang Rui ordered them to turn back. At this point, the fleet hadn't even traveled halfway. The subsequent developments also proved that Yang Rui's last-minute decision wasn't a bad one. It should have saved him a lot of trouble.
It was already dawn by the time Yang Rui led the fleet back to Heyang County. Yang Rui stationed all the soldiers in his territory. After resting for half a day, he started farming the forces of Dong Zhuo's faction in the vicinity. Both the active forces and the territories were targets for Yang Rui to earn points and merit points.
Currently, Yang Rui owed too many points. If he wanted to revive all the dead Fifth Grade soldiers, he would need nearly ten million points. As such, earning as many points as he could during the Dong Zhuo Rebellion storyline had become one of Yang Rui's top priorities.
In just one afternoon, Yang Rui, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wu Anguo, and the others split into four groups. They cleared out all the towns and villages around Heyang County. Only Zhang Ning, Chen Lin, and a small number of soldiers were left behind to look after Liu Bian, Empress Dowager He, and the female officials. The navy soldiers were stationed at Mengjin in Heyang County, controlling the nearby Yellow River.
The entirety of Heyang County had become a lone island before nightfall. Apart from the county seat, everything else had fallen under Yang Rui's control. In the process of obtaining control over these towns and villages, Yang Rui had earned quite a lot of merit points and points, making up for several hundred thousand points.
When night fell, Yang Rui gathered all his forces apart from the navy soldiers and surrounded Heyang County. He was waiting for an opportunity to claim Heyang County as his own.
In fact, the number of Dong Zhuo's soldiers stationed in Heyang County was over twenty thousand, slightly more than the number of Yang Rui's troops that were besieging the city. However, the ranks of the soldiers and generals were much lower than Yang Rui's troops!
Moreover, Dong Zhuo's forces had only crossed the Yellow River to take control of Heyang County after Governor Wang Kuang teleported to the Suanjujube Meeting. They didn't receive much support from the people of Heyang County, and their foundation wasn't very stable.
Therefore, when Yang Rui attacked the towns and villages in Heyang County, Dong Zhuo's forces had taken the initiative to challenge him, wanting to deal with Yang Rui as soon as possible. However, due to the difference in strength, they were defeated and returned. Now that they saw Yang Rui besieging the city, they were very anxious.
Similar to Heyang County, the few counties west of Hulao Pass all fell into Dong Zhuo's hands after Governor Wang Kuang teleported to the Suanjujube Meeting. It could be said that Dong Zhuo controlled a small portion of Heyang County's territory. However, he didn't send out many generals to guard it, only stationed ten to twenty thousand soldiers in each county.
Yang Rui had traveled through the Yellow River west of Hulao Pass many times, so he had a rough idea of the situation. Therefore, the small portion of Heyang County under Dong Zhuo's control became Yang Rui's first choice to earn merit and contribution points.
After Yang Rui had surrounded the city, most of the soldiers in the city were terrified. Finally, Yang Rui didn't send anyone to attack the city for a whole night. When the sun was about to rise, the soldiers in the city realized that Yang Rui's army had all retreated from the west gate of the city without leaving a single trace!
Not long after, Yang Rui sent Zhang Ning to cast the [Heavenly Fire Rain of Spirits] skill at the east gate of Heyang County. Since the [Heavenly Fire Rain of Spirits] skill's range was much longer than a bow's range, the soldiers guarding the east gate were instantly killed. The soldiers on the city wall could only watch helplessly.
At this rate, the east gate would be burned to ashes sooner or later. By then, no one would be able to stop Yang Rui's forces if they wanted to enter the city. Furthermore, Zhang Ning's [Heavenly Fire Rain of Spirits] skill was too shocking. The moment the soldiers saw the skill being cast, they were already terrified.
As a result, not long after, some of the guards in the city started to run away. They escaped from the west gate of the city where there was no one around, and scattered in all directions. In a situation where someone was the first to flee, the morale of the soldiers was already shaken. Yang Rui didn't really attack the city, but the soldiers in the city had already begun to flee.
"Kill!"
After a simple charge, Yang Rui quickly took over the entire Heyang City. He chased after the fleeing soldiers for a while and killed quite a number of Dong Zhuo's soldiers.
After a great victory, Yang Rui obtained a few hundred thousand Merit and Contribution points. Most importantly, he had taken over Heyang County City. Now, he had a base of operations in Heyang County. With Heyang City as his base, Yang Rui could now do many things that he couldn't do before. Among them were reviving soldiers and organizing and storing the spoils of war.
Reviving soldiers could only be done in a territory of a county or above. Yang Rui first used the nine million Contribution points he had accumulated to revive nine thousand Fifth Grade Iron Guards. He had recovered half of his lost forces.
Observant players would also notice that Blazing Sun, who was at the top of the Contribution Points Leaderboard, had suddenly dropped out of the leaderboard. His name could no longer be found. On the other hand, Blazing Sun was still at the top of the Contribution Points Leaderboard, with almost ten million Merit points!
Secondly, Yang Rui also cleared out all the spoils of war from the soldiers' backpacks and stored them in the warehouse of Heyang City. After this round of clearing, Yang Rui realized that he had gained quite a lot from rescuing Shao Di. Most of them were gold, equipment, and skill books!
The total amount of gold was over three hundred thousand gold coins. Even though it was still far from Yang Rui's income from missions, it was still a decent amount. This didn't even include the tens of thousands of gold coins that he had obtained from conquering Heyang City.
The skill books were Yang Rui's biggest gain. There were over sixty thousand Fourth Grade skill books. Putting their market value aside, the Fourth Grade skill books were what Yang Rui needed the most right now!
There were also over twenty thousand skill books of various grades. There were over forty sets of beginner, intermediate, and advanced general skill books, over eight thousand Fifth Grade skill books, and the rest were mostly Third Grade skill books.
Among all the skill books, there were very few special soldier skill books. Most of them were normal soldier skill books. However, there were over five thousand Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade skill books for ranged archers. This was undoubtedly a great gain for Yang Rui who lacked ranged attacks.
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