Dong Zhuo's troops were separated by the Yellow River. The north and south couldn't be connected. They also lacked a strong water force to break through this predicament. Hence, it was difficult to turn the tables.
In Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo waited bitterly, but there was no news. The soldiers he sent to investigate the situation also did not return. The battle at Hulao Pass was in a stalemate. Although it was important to get Young Emperor Liu Bian back, Dong Zhuo had no choice but to go to Hulao Pass to supervise the battle.
Ever since Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Shao's uncle, Yuan Shao, the Guandong heroes under the leadership and supervision of Yuan Shao were much more aggressive than before. Although Hulao Pass was majestic, it was becoming more and more difficult for the defending troops.
They couldn't afford to lose Hulao Pass. If the alliance army took the pass and entered the Guanzhong region, even if Dong Zhuo had many strong soldiers, he wouldn't be able to stop them. Hence, defending Hulao Pass was the most important thing. Dong Zhuo knew this very well.
Dong Zhuo heading to Hulao Pass aside, Yang Rui continued to attack around Heyang City. He kept harassing Dong Zhuo's troops. Li Jue and the others were in a passive situation. Originally, cavalry was the forte of Liangzhou. However, because they were fighting across the river and under the blockade of Yang Rui's fleet, it was difficult for infantrymen to cross the river, let alone horses.
As a result, the battle north of the Yellow River was infantrymen against infantrymen. Yang Rui didn't have the advantage of speed. He could only rely on the strength of his Steel Guards to find the enemy's weakness. He often chose to attack at night to make it easier to escape.
As Dong Zhuo's subordinates, Li Jue and the other generals were naturally strong. Yang Rui didn't dare to underestimate them from the beginning. He chose to attack at a place far away from Dong Zhuo's main tent. This was to avoid encountering one of the generals.
Even so. Two of the times, he had provoked the enemy's main commander to make a move, or in other words, the enemy's main commander had finally seized the opportunity to make a move. Dong Zhuo's army couldn't take He Yang City for a while, and had been searching for Yang Rui, hoping to get rid of this trouble outside the city first.
One time, Yang Rui and his troops entered the enemy's support skill range. They didn't encounter much danger. At that time, Yang Rui only felt that Dong Zhuo's soldier's strength had increased a lot. (Status bar didn't read enemy's support skill information) Therefore, he realized that something was wrong and promptly separated himself from the other party.
The other time was even more dangerous. Yang Rui was almost entangled by the enemy's commander, Li Jue. At that time, Li Jue had already used his ultimate skill, Combo Strike. Obviously, it was a kind of ultimate skill that was good at increasing speed and damage. Fortunately, Yang Rui was just about to start a surprise attack. When the soldiers saw that things were not going well, they had already retreated in time. Yang Rui, on the other hand, used the 81 Forms of the Falling Wild Goose to barely block the attack. After that, he quickly fled in the opposite direction from the soldiers.
Fortunately, Li Jue's skill was a speed-type skill that increased damage. At the beginning, the attack wasn't very powerful. However, Yang Rui's [Falling Wild Goose Spear] negated most of his speed advantage. Hence, Yang Rui could barely block half of his attack. He was lucky enough to escape from the entanglement.
However, when Yang Rui ran far enough away, he realized that he had taken a hit on his back near his left shoulder. The wound was deep, but it wasn't fatal. From then on, Yang Rui became even more careful whenever he attacked Dong Zhuo's troops. He would often attack one part of the enemy in a probing attack to cause chaos, but in reality, he would attack other parts of the enemy.
Two days later, Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, and the others in the city sent out several dozen Fifth Grade bandit leaders in time. This allowed Yang Rui to anticipate his next move. He wouldn't run into the enemy's general directly.
Dong Zhuo's troops had already opened up some gaps in the encirclement. These Fifth Grade bandit leaders were sent down by Zhang Ning and the others through the gaps in the encirclement using ropes. With these Fifth Grade bandit leaders as scouts and guides, it was much easier for Yang Rui's troops to move around.
In fact, before the bandit leaders left the city, Zhang Ning and the others had already agreed on a secret signal with them. When necessary, they could use the ropes to bring them up the city walls. This allowed them to communicate with each other inside and outside of He Yang City. If there was a need for action, they could communicate with each other with a little effort.
Of course, before the bandit leaders left the city, Zhang Ning and the others had also agreed on some other secret signals with them. For example, they had agreed on different forms of secret signals which direction Yang Rui would attack from. When the guards on the city wall in a certain direction received the news, they would also be prepared at all times. If there was an opportunity, they would provide support from the inside.
Another four to five days passed. Dong Zhuo's troops had suffered quite a lot. Most of the time, when they were ambushed by Yang Rui from the outside, the soldiers in the city would secretly open the city gates when their general went to check on them. At the same time, they would charge out from the inside. Dong Zhuo's troops couldn't pay attention to one thing and lost another. Their losses were even greater than before. In just four to five days, they had lost another one hundred and forty to fifty thousand soldiers. The number of soldiers left was less than one hundred and fifty thousand!
At this point in the battle of Heyang City, although the situation had not reversed, Li Jue and the rest of Dong Zhuo's troops were already having a hard time surrounding the city. In the end, the enemy had simply retreated and gathered around the four city gates. At this point, it was much harder for Yang Rui to ambush them.
"System Announcement: Anti-Dong Alliance player Xing Yao * Vast Sky Dragon Soul has conquered a small city that was occupied by Dong Zhuo's faction — New City. Awarded 10,000 Plot Achievement Points and 10,000 Plot Points."
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"System Announcement: Anti-Dong Alliance player Iron Blood Sword has conquered a medium city that was occupied by Dong Zhuo's faction — Juan City. Awarded 20,000 Plot Achievement Points and 20,000 Plot Points."
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Just as Yang Rui and Dong Zhuo's general Li Jue were fighting in Heyang City, the other player organizations were not idle either. After Dragon Soul lost Gong County, the players in the Guanzhong area had conquered another small city under Xing Yao's name — New City. New City was also located on the tributary of Luo River. According to the information that Yang Rui knew, it should be the work of the same group of players.
However, New City was quite far south of Luoyang City. It was also a small city, so it was not as threatening as Gong County to Dong Zhuo's faction. However, to Dragon Soul and Xing Yao, New City had become their base of operations in the Si Li region. Since then, they had been attacking cities in the south of Luoyang.
At the same time, the other player organizations on the eastern front had also achieved great results. They had conquered the medium city — Juan City. It could be said that this was the greatest achievement of the eastern front so far.
The overall strength of the Black Mountain Army was not as strong as Dong Zhuo's main force. However, there were many generals and leaders in the Black Mountain Army. For a medium city like Juan City, it was impossible for the Black Mountain Army to not have a general guarding it. Therefore, the players were able to conquer this city, which represented the strength of the other player organizations.
At the same time, it also represented the strength of the players as a group. Sometimes, even if the strength of the players was the same, the result of the NPCs and the players could be very different!
Of course, regardless of whether it was the Black Mountain Army on the eastern front or Dong Zhuo's main force in the Si Li region, there was one thing in common. Almost all the troops that participated in the two battles were from Yang Rui's faction. Therefore, the contribution points of Yang Rui's faction could be said to be the highest among the vassals. It had reached nearly 30,000,000 contribution points, leaving all the other vassals far behind!
Such a huge contribution point was almost three to four times the total contribution points of all the other vassals. Other than Yang Rui's faction, the second-ranked vassal, Sun Jian's faction, had only obtained a few million contribution points. The other vassals' contribution points were even lower.
Perhaps the situation would change when Ding Yuan's army reached the East County. It had been a few days since Ding Yuan's army had departed. It should be a few more days before Ding Yuan's army reached the East County.
As the strength of both sides in the battle in Heyang City slowly changed, Li Jue could no longer hold back after holding on for another two days. After reorganizing the soldiers around Heyang City, he retreated to the nearby Xue County City and confronted Yang Rui's Heyang City from afar.
During the battle in Heyang City, Yang Rui had obtained over a million contribution points and contribution points, not counting the gold and other items he had obtained. This was especially true for the contribution points. Before this, Yang Rui still had a deficit of nearly ten million points when it came to reviving soldiers. Now, he had more or less filled that gap.
After reviving all the soldiers that he had lost, Yang Rui's forces in Heyang City had increased once again. Among them were forty thousand Fifth Grade Iron Guards, six thousand five hundred Fifth Grade Warriors, eight hundred Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade Archers, forty-two Fifth Grade bandit leaders, and ten beginner and intermediate generals.
In addition to the famous generals and historical figures under Yang Rui's command, Yang Rui's total military force north of the Yellow River was now comparable to Li Jue's faction in Xue County City. Although Li Jue and Dong Zhuo still had over a hundred thousand men under their command, their average strength was only around Fourth Grade. On the other hand, Yang Rui's army that he had brought to Hebei were all elite soldiers. Most of them were Fifth Grade special forces!
Therefore, if he were to fight Li Jue again, Yang Rui would already have a slight advantage. The military strength of Fifth Grade special forces might be calculated in the same way as ordinary Fifth Grade soldiers, but their strength was already at the level of ordinary Sixth Grade soldiers.
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