"Accept!"
The reason Yang Rui returned was to complete Du Yang's follower quest. Now that County Magistrate Zhang of Ping County had been killed, Yang Rui naturally chose to accept Du Yang's follower quest.
After becoming a follower with Yang Rui, Du Yang's character information was also partially displayed in Yang Rui's character panel. However, he was only a county magistrate after all. His identity was the same as Du Yang's. He was only displayed as a "historical figure", which was fundamentally different from a famous historical general or historical figure.
Moreover, his skill was also very ordinary. It only displayed a "Rectification" talent attribute. There was no other description.
"Du Yang (Follower): Rectification (Innate Skill of Internal Affairs). Increase territory order by 5%."
Compared to Du Yang's innate skill, "Speculation", the increase of Du Yang's innate skill was slightly lower. In fact, Yang Rui had been speculating that whether it was innate skills, acquired skills, or all kinds of consummate skills, they should all have different grades. It was just that there was no system to classify them.
For example, consummate skills were divided into Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. Other skills should also have different grades. For example, Yang Rui's Falling Goose Spear Technique was once praised by Zhang Rang. It should be considered as a good skill among the same type of skills. Therefore, there should be different grades among them.
Yang Rui briefly browsed through Du Yang's character information. Then, he commanded his army to return to the vicinity of He Yin City. Now that County Magistrate Zhang had been killed by Yang Rui, Dong Zhuo of Ping County, who had besieged He Yin City, had also fallen apart. Only a few soldiers were left.
After Gao Shun, Zhang Ning, and the other generals chased after them for a while, most of Dong Zhuo's troops were no longer there. Yang Rui then gathered his troops to clean up the battlefield. Then, they gathered in He Yin City. They discussed and prepared for the next step of the plan.
Although Yang Rui had occupied He Yin and Ping County, occupying too many cities within the territory controlled by Dong Zhuo's faction would not be of much use. Instead, the most important thing was to gain merit points, contribution points, money, and various other items. Hence, Yang Rui planned to choose only one city between He Yin and Ping County as a stronghold so that he could focus his forces on attacking the other cities.
Even though Yang Rui had conquered two counties, most of the villages and towns within the two counties were still under the control of Dong Zhuo's faction. After Yang Rui freed up his forces, he would clear out these small territories.
Put there because of the quantity. The Achievement Points and Contribution Points obtained from raiding a Level 1 Territory were actually quite a lot. Moreover, the difficulty of raiding a Territory was much easier than raiding a Territory. With Zhang Ning, Gao Shun and the other Generals, they could push forward and crush many Territories at the same time!
"Due to our current limited forces, I would like to choose between He Yin and Ping County as a stronghold. What do you all think?"
Yang Rui asked tentatively after gathering Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Chen Lin, Wu Anguo, and the County Magistrate of Duyang County.
"Chen Lin thinks that General Blazing Sun can keep Ping County. Ping County and Mengjin face each other across the river. It can provide better protection for the fleet and prevent Li Jue and the other Generals from crossing the river from the north bank. It can prevent us from attacking the south bank, "Chen Lin said first.
In truth, Yang Rui wanted to give up Ping County. Even if it was as Chen Lin said, occupying Ping County would make it more convenient for the fleet to move around and use the Yellow River to stop Li Jue and the other Generals, Heyin County also had many advantages. It could also provide a dock and other protection for the fleet. It was just a bit far from the fleet's area of activity.
Most importantly, Yang Rui had his eyes on the shipbuilding ability of Heyin County. County Magistrate Du Yang had already followed Yang Rui. Before attacking Ping County, Yang Rui had asked Du Yang to prepare transport ships in case they needed to retreat in the future. This matter had already begun.
Moreover, Du Yang was originally the County Magistrate of Heyin. He had a natural advantage in controlling the entire county. If he gave up Heyin County and occupied Ping County, it would be tantamount to giving up this advantage. It was relatively not worth it.
At this moment, Du Yang had a hesitant expression. It was clear that he had something to say. Under Yang Rui's signal, Du Yang finally spoke his mind. In truth, just as Yang Rui had expected, Du Yang still hoped that Yang Rui could occupy Heyin City and was unwilling to give up Heyin County, which was a familiar territory.
In the end, Yang Rui decided to stay in Heyin County and sent people to Ping County to gather the remaining 10000 troops led by Zhang Ning. At the same time, he ordered the fleet to shuttle back and forth between Mengjin and the docks in Heyin County to prevent Li Jue and the others from crossing the river.
In truth, Yang Rui already had a rough idea of the situation. Even if Li Jue and the other Generals crossed the river, they could still be stopped. At most, they would have to fight a long battle to defend the city. As the plot of Dong Zhuo's rebellion progressed, Dong Zhuo and the others would retreat to the west of Hangu Pass sooner or later. When the Eastern Warlords of Hulao Pass entered the pass, Dong Zhuo might not have the time to deal with Yang Rui.
After settling down in Heyin County, Yang Rui revived the soldiers that had been sacrificed recently. He did not immediately clear out the villages in Heyin and Ping County. Instead, he set his sights on Hangu City. Yang Rui planned to take advantage of the fact that Dong Zhuo was busy at Hulao Pass and Li Jue and the other Generals were blocked north of the Yellow River to expand their range of activities in Sili.
Previously, Yang Rui had been conflicted over whether to settle down in Heyin County or Ping County. However, after reviving the soldiers, Yang Rui discovered that Yang Rui's men in the Eastern County were also losing soldiers. These soldiers appeared in Heyin City after being revived. This provided Yang Rui with a way to transfer his men.
Reviving a Fifth Grade Special Soldier required one thousand points, a Fifth Grade ordinary soldier required five hundred points, and a Fourth Grade ordinary soldier only required three hundred points. Currently, Yang Rui had accumulated more than four million points through Sili and the Eastern County. As such, Yang Rui revived all the soldiers he had lost, including the 10000 Fourth Grade soldiers he had lost in the Eastern County.
With the addition of these soldiers, Yang Rui's strength unexpectedly increased by quite a bit. Yang Rui's manpower also became a lot more abundant. Therefore, Yang Rui left behind Du Yang and his original troops, as well as more than 800 archers to guard He Yin County, while he led Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, and the other four people, as well as more than 56000 soldiers, and immediately rushed to Gu City.
Hangu City was an important city near Hangu Pass. It was located on the main road between Luoyang and Hangu Pass. Its location was strategic. Taking Hangu City was equivalent to setting up a checkpoint on the road to the west of Luoyang. In the future, if Dong Zhuo wanted to move Luoyang's officials and citizens to the west, they would have to pass through Hangu City. This was one of the reasons why Yang Rui chose this place to attack Hangu City.
Hangu City wasn't far from Heyin County. Yang Rui had set out from Dusk and traveled for roughly six hours before arriving near Hangu City's county seat. Before he officially set out, Yang Rui had spent an entire day ordering all the bandit leaders to scout Valley County. Yang Rui himself had also ridden his Flying Carpet around Hangu City.
Valley City was also a city located near a tributary of the Luo River. On its north and south sides were hills of varying heights, while Valley City was located at a lower point in the middle. According to Yang Rui's investigation a few days ago, there should not be many troops stationed in Valley City.
This was indeed the case. Because Valley City was close to Hangu Pass, Dong Zhuo had stationed more troops there, while the number of soldiers in Valley City was smaller than in ordinary counties.
As Yang Rui was familiar with the terrain around Hangu City, he quickly cleared out Dong Zhuo's forces when he led his army to Hangu City. He then ordered his soldiers to lead their men and surround Hangu City tightly.
Yang Rui and Zhang Ning led 10000 Iron Guards and 5000 Fourth Grade soldiers to attack the north gate. Gao Shun led 10000 Iron Guards to attack the south gate. Zhang Liao led 10000 Iron Guards to attack the west gate. Wu Anguo and Chen Lin led 10000 Iron Guards and 5000 Fourth Grade soldiers to attack the east gate. After the soldiers had finished their preparations, they threw themselves into the siege.
As their strength had increased by quite a bit compared to before, the various city gates were also buffed by the support skills. Adding to the fact that this siege had happened extremely suddenly, the entire process seemed rather uneventful. In just a short moment, Yang Rui's troops had already climbed up the city walls in the east, west, north, and south, and quickly gained a foothold.
The rest of the process was even simpler. After Yang Rui's men took control of the four city gates and the various parts of the walls, they charged into the inner city from all four directions. The siege of the inner city couldn't stop Yang Rui's men for long. Soon, the entire inner city was under their control.
[System Announcement: Anti-Dong Alliance player Blazing Sun has conquered a large city occupied by Dong Zhuo's faction – Hangu City. Special reward: 40,000 Storyline Merit Points and 40,000 Storyline Points. This announcement is hereby made.]
Following the announcement of the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region System Announcement, the siege of Hangu City came to an end. From start to finish, it had only taken slightly more than an hour. Yang Rui had once again conquered a large city belonging to Dong Zhuo's faction.
In the process of conquering Hangu City, Yang Rui's men had killed a total of 20000 men from Dong Zhuo's faction. They had obtained 700,000 to 800,000 Achievement Points and Storyline Points respectively. At the same time, they had also obtained 30000 Gold Coins, 6000 sets of various skill books, 100,000 units of rations, and various equipment.
At the same time, Dragon Soul's original plan of attacking Liang County from the southeast had changed due to the appearance of the system announcement.
"… Boss Dragon Soul, are you saying that we should turn back to Henan Province and use the sun to take over Valley County? Then, we can use Dong Zhuo's power to take over Henan Province?
"Yes. Hangu City is very close to Luoyang City. Its position is obviously much more important than Liang County! "
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