After conquering River Sun City, Yang Rui used it as a base to farm Dong Zhuo's forces and territories, accumulating merit and points. At the same time, he used the points to continuously revive the Fifth Grade soldiers he had lost in the battle of Luoyang.
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for successfully conquering Dong Zhuo's territory – Xue Jiayu (Advanced Village). You have obtained 400 merit and 400 points!"
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for successfully conquering Dong Zhuo's territory – Locust Tree Village (Advanced Town). You have obtained 4000 merit and 4000 points!"
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Similar system notifications popped up almost nonstop. Over the next day, Yang Rui expanded the territory under his control to Wen County and Ping County, constantly attacking the territories occupied by Dong Zhuo's faction.
Dong Zhuo had only been in control of River Sun City for a short time. The number of soldiers stationed in each county was limited. There were only ten to twenty thousand of them. The rest of the villages were mostly local forces that had joined Dong Zhuo's side. There were many of them, but their grades were generally not high. They were only there to contribute merit and points to Yang Rui.
Due to the change in the situation, Yang Rui could no longer show himself around Hulao Pass. As such, Yang Rui once again sent out ships to move his forces downstream. He was preparing to gradually move his forces to River Sun City so that he could establish a foothold here for a longer period of time.
Even though Yang Rui had sent out the transport ships, he had calculated the time accurately. He had chosen to arrive near his camp at night and secretly pick up eight hundred Fourth and Fifth Grade archers, as well as two thousand seven hundred Iron Guards, and immediately leave after boarding the ships. This was to avoid attracting the attention of the other vassals.
However, it was unrealistic to move all the soldiers there. Yang Rui only planned to move all the Fifth Grade special forces and long-range archers there. Then, he would send all the remaining soldiers back to the East County to farm the Blackmountain Army. This would allow him to earn more plot points and merit points. The stalemate at Hulao would probably last for quite some time. It would be a waste to leave his forces in the East County.
At the same time, Yang Rui discovered that Ding Yuan's troops, who were stationed with his troops, were still there. Moreover, the East County was very close to Taishan County, which might be more suitable for Ding Yuan. At present, Ding Yuan could be considered as one of Yang Rui's allies. Yang Rui was also considering maintaining his strength.
It took less than two days to travel between Meng Jin and Yang Rui's encampment. Yang Rui soon arrived at Meng Jin with a new batch of soldiers.
Yang Rui arrived near Meng Jin in the early morning. He discovered that the surface of the Yellow River was bustling with activity. Ships of all sizes were sailing north from the south bank of the Yellow River. Many of Dong Zhuo's soldiers were crammed into the ships. When Dong Zhuo was sending troops to Hebei, Yang Rui happened to bump into them!
As it turned out, when Dong Zhuo was marching towards Hulao Pass, he received a report from Luoyang City on horseback. It was reported that Yuan Shao's troops had attacked Luoyang City and rescued Young Emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He. They had even injured two generals and killed their son-in-law, Niu Fu!
Dong Zhuo was furious when he heard this news. At the same time, he didn't know the exact situation of the enemy's forces near Luoyang. He was worried that Luoyang would be lost, so he brought a small portion of his forces back to Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo only ordered Lu Bu to lead his troops to Hulao Pass. He also instructed Lu Bu to only guard the pass and not make any rash moves. Everything would be discussed when he personally arrived at Hulao Pass. As such, the entire plot was unintentionally disrupted by Yang Rui.
Dong Zhuo returned to Luoyang. After investigating the details of the Alliance's attack, he first executed the captured Wu Qiong and Zhou Qiong, along with He Yong and the others who were involved in the incident. Then, he executed Yuan Shao's uncle in Luoyang, Yuan Kuang's entire family. He hung their heads, along with Wu Qiong, Zhou Qiong, and He Yong, outside the city gates as a public display.
Luoyang was once again engulfed in a reign of terror. The officials and commoners in the city were all intimidated by Dong Zhuo's ruthlessness. And all of this was because when Yang Rui attacked Luoyang's eastern gate tower, he had placed Yuan Shao's banner above the city gates. Dong Zhuo then blamed all the karma on the Yuan family.
At that time, Yang Rui had used Yuan Shao's banner only to make it easier for Wu Qiong and Zhou Qiong to recognize him. He didn't expect that it would become a reason for Dong Zhuo to kill Yuan Kuang's family. At this time, Yang Rui still didn't know that because of this rescue operation, he had thoroughly offended Yuan Shao.
Dong Zhuo further believed that Yuan Shao sending people to rescue Shao Di and Empress Dowager He was ultimately a major hidden danger. Perhaps it had given the heroes a basis to gather their strength. Thus, after Dong Zhuo returned to Luoyang, he first reorganized the city's defenses for nearly a day. Then, he mobilized his troops and prepared boats to cross the river. Later on, when he was crossing the river, he just so happened to run into Yang Rui's fleet.
Faced with such an opportunity, Yang Rui naturally wouldn't let it go. The troop transport ships used by Dong Zhuo's camp were all small ferries, fishing boats, and the like. Although there were a lot of them, and they were so dense that one couldn't see the end of them, they could only wait to be killed when facing Yang Rui's dagger-axe ships without an advantage in speed and the protection of warships.
After Yang Rui discovered the target from afar, he didn't say anything and immediately ordered the fleet to pounce on Dong Zhuo's scattered fleet. This was the so-called attack halfway across the river. Of course, Yang Rui also ordered all the troop transport ships to dock at the shore to avoid unnecessary losses in the chaos.
On the surface of the Yellow River, after Yang Rui's 100 dagger-axe ships sped up at full speed, they charged into the midst of Dong Zhuo's troops like arrows released from a bow. They were also like a pack of hungry wolves charging into a large flock of helpless sheep, charging back and forth and killing.
"Kill!"
"Hualala …"
"Ah!"
“.....”
War cries instantly rang out on the surface of the Yellow River, mixed with the unique sound of oars from the ships. It was extremely noisy.
The various ships of Dong Zhuo's camp were like a large flock of startled sheep when they were attacked by the dagger-axe ships. They instantly fell into chaos. These ships were already very messy to begin with. They were all small boats that had been put together at the last minute. Even the people in charge of rowing the boats were fishermen. They had never experienced such a situation before. As such, many of the ships had already started crashing into each other in their panic before they were attacked by Yang Rui's dagger-axe ships. The more desperate they were to escape, the more they blocked each other, making it harder for them to escape!
The hundred dagger-axe ships were specialized in close combat. Naturally, they weren't something that the fishermen's boats and cargo boats could compare to. The one thousand and five hundred Fourth Grade sailors were also fighting on their home turf. After taking advantage of the chaos, Yang Rui's achievement and credit points started to increase rapidly.
Dong Zhuo's fleet had no idea where to hide in the water. Naturally, Dong Zhuo's soldiers who hadn't yet boarded the ships didn't dare enter the water recklessly. At this moment, Yang Rui also noticed that many soldiers had already crossed the northern shore of the Yellow River. There were at least ten thousand of them.
Yang Rui didn't need to be involved in the battle of the dagger-axe ships. After giving them the freedom to attack, Yang Rui used the Flying Carpet to travel to where his transport ships were docked. He had all the Fifth Grade Iron Guards disembark from the ships and follow him towards Dong Zhuo's soldiers who had already reached the northern shore.
Yang Rui's fleet could only transport three thousand soldiers at a time. However, most of these soldiers were Fifth Grade Iron Guards. Their combat power was comparable to ordinary Sixth Grade soldiers. Even though there were far fewer soldiers in Dong Zhuo's army, Yang Rui showed no fear. He led his men and charged at the enemy.
Just as Yang Rui had expected, the soldiers of Dong Zhuo's army panicked when they saw Yang Rui and his men charging towards them. They couldn't defend against the fierce attacks of Yang Rui and his Iron Guards!
These warriors under Dong Zhuo's command were scattered, and most of them didn't have the time to gather together after they came ashore. Therefore, after Yang Rui launched a series of fierce attacks, many of them had already scattered. The battle on the shore had been one-sided since the very beginning.
The two battles on the shore and on the water simultaneously erupted. The battle lasted for two hours before it finally ended! The main reason was that the fighting or ambushes in the water had taken up most of the time. Even after Yang Rui had killed more than ten thousand enemy soldiers on the shore and cleaned up the battlefield, the ambushes in the water were still in full swing!
The Yellow River in the game might have been many times wider, but it still wouldn't take much time for a single ship to travel between the two shores. However, there were simply too many small fishing boats and cargo ships in Dong Zhuo's army. They were already blocking each other in the midst of the chaos, and the dagger-axe ships were constantly attacking them. Most of the ships were stuck in the same spot for a very long time.
After the battle, most of the ships in Dong Zhuo's army had fled to the south shore of the Yellow River or some other shore downstream. However, Yang Rui's hundred dagger-axe ships were still able to achieve great results. In just over two hours, Yang Rui had obtained over two million Achievement and Contribution Points. Yang Rui had only obtained three to four hundred thousand Achievement and Contribution Points from the battle on the north shore of the Yellow River. The rest of the Achievement and Contribution Points were obtained by the dagger-axe ships. It was obvious how important the dagger-axe ships were in this battle.
While earning Achievement and Contribution Points, Yang Rui had also obtained quite a lot of money, equipment, skill books, and other items. Among them, there were over 16000 gold coins and 12000 skill books. More than half of them were Tier-4 skill books. There were also quite a number of other equipment and items.
This was under the circumstance that he couldn't obtain all kinds of spoils from the battle on the water. It could be said that seventy to eighty percent of the items dropped from the water had been washed away by the current of the Yellow River because they weren't cleaned up in time. Things like money and heavier equipment had even sunk to the bottom of the river!
Dong Zhuo had originally sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to pursue Young Emperor Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He. After the battle on the water, the morale of the soldiers in Dong Zhuo's army was greatly affected. However, they didn't retreat immediately because of this. Instead, they set up a huge camp on the south shore of the Yellow River!
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