When Yang Rui arrived at Gong County, he bumped into Yan Province's Provincial Governor Liu Dai's troops. Liu Dai was only two or three days later than Qiao Mao, so he should be the second person to leave after Qiao Mao. His motive was worth pondering over.
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To help Qiao Mao get rid of Liu Dai, Yang Rui pretended to meet with Liu Dai for half a day before letting him leave Gong County and head towards Hulao Pass. As Liu Dai seemed to be on good terms with Yang Rui, he couldn't refuse.
Heyin County's County Magistrate Du Yang was currently preparing to relocate the NPC civilians. However, this wasn't something that could be done overnight. Therefore, Yang Rui wasn't in a hurry to return. Instead, he took the time to stop Liu Dai. Instead of "drinking and chatting" with him, he wanted to buy more time for Qiao Mao.
After parting ways with Liu Dai, Yang Rui didn't encounter any other retreating nobles on his way back to He Yin County. This showed Liu Dai's urgency. If it weren't for Yang Rui accompanying him, Liu Dai might have already made his move on Qiao Mao.
The migration period for the River Yin NPCs was only a dozen or so days. By the time Yang Rui returned to He Yin County, the County Magistrate of Du County had already mobilized a portion of the NPCs and made preparations for the migration. Yang Rui immediately started the migration.
The number of NPCs in the area of He Yin was already very low. The living environment of the River Yin NPCs had changed greatly. After the mobilization of the County Magistrate of Du County, there were many NPCs who were willing to migrate. Therefore, the migration was very different from when Dong Zhuo kidnapped the NPCs when he moved the capital.
Because of this, the first batch of NPCs migrating to He Yin County had reached five hundred thousand people. However, Yang Rui only sent Gao Shun and 10000 Fifth Grade Iron Guards to escort them. At the same time, Yang Rui used the Flying Carpet to check on the situation and coordinate with the migrating NPCs.
Of course. Yang Rui didn't forget to check on the tens of thousands of NPC officials and Fourth Grade soldiers who were the first to migrate. These people were led by Chen Lin. With the dagger-axe boats and the protection of more than 1500 water soldiers, there was not much of a problem in terms of safety. Yang Rui going to investigate was just a precaution.
However, when Yang Rui went to search for the fleet near Gong County, he made an unexpected discovery. When Yang Rui returned to Heyin County a few days ago, almost all the feudal lords had already moved their camps and embarked on their return journey. It was as if they had discussed this beforehand.
This piqued Yang Rui's interest. After returning to Luoyang Imperial City to investigate, Yang Rui discovered that Luoyang was already empty. It was just as he had guessed. The reason the feudal lords had set off on their return journey was because the leader of the Anti-Dong Alliance, Yuan Shao, had also left Luoyang Imperial City.
With his suspicions, Yang Rui explained to Gao Shun and rode the Flying Carpet along the Yellow River to Yanjin. When he caught up to the migrating fleet, he also reached the section of the Yellow River that Yuan Shao would most likely pass on his way back to Jizhou – the section of the Yellow River near Guandu and Yanjin. From there, he searched all the way to Hulao Pass. He wanted to know Yuan Shao's exact route so that he could return to Green Province in time.
Other players might think that Yang Rui was being too conservative by temporarily giving up on the Dong Zhuo Rebellion storyline. If it were a large player organization like Dragon Soul in Yang Rui's position, he might be able to deal with both sides simultaneously. However, Yang Rui was alone and did not have such strength at the moment. His priority was to sort out Pingyuan County and the entire Green Province. At the same time, he was on guard against Yuan Shao. This was the decision Yang Rui made after repeated considerations.
By the time Yang Rui found Yuan Shao, he discovered that Yuan Shao had already passed through Hulao Pass! It would take at most two days to set off from Luoyang Imperial City. Yuan Shao's speed had already exceeded Yang Rui's expectations. Yuan Shao had been able to reach the east of Hulao Pass so quickly because he had rushed without stopping. He had even left most of his troops behind him, only bringing 10000 or so cavalrymen.
Yang Rui was also very surprised that Yuan Shao had rushed and only brought his cavalrymen. Although he did not know why Yuan Shao was in such a hurry, he still had some suspicions. As such, he tailed Yuan Shao's troops from a distance for half a day.
After tailing them for half a day, Yang Rui discovered that Yuan Shao had not gone north of Guandu Yellow River. Instead, he had gone all the way to the original location of the alliance — Suanzao. After half a day of rushing to Suanzao's vicinity, Yang Rui saw a large number of tents in his field of vision!
Although there were no flags in the tents, Yang Rui did not have to spend much effort to figure out the origins of the tents. Just as Yang Rui had guessed, the tents belonged to Liu Dai's troops who had retreated earlier!
At this point, the general situation was more or less clear. The purpose of Yuan Shao's rush was to meet up with Liu Dai! As for their goal after meeting up, Yang Rui did not need to think to be able to guess that they were probably heading for Qiao Mao's East County.
After crossing the Yellow River from Suanzao's vicinity, it was not very far from Puyang County, the administrative center of East County. There was only Liyang County in between. It was even closer than the distance between Luoyang and Hulao Pass. It would only take a day or two to reach there. Yang Rui speculated that Yuan Shao was most likely here to assist Liu Dai in dealing with Qiao Mao!
It seemed that Yang Rui's previous precautions were not unfounded. After following Yuan Shao for more than half a day, Yang Rui roughly figured out the intentions of Yuan Shao and Liu Dai. However, he only had enough time to inform Qiao Mao. How to deal with them next was a problem.
At present, Yang Rui's capable generals were still in Henan's Yin and Dashan Cities. Although there were a lot of troops in Qingzhou, it was too late to mobilize them. Even the distance between Dashan Cities and Puyang was two to three times longer than Suanzao. There was no way they could deal with Yuan Shao and Liu Dai.
Since Yuan Shao rushed all the way to meet up with Liu Dai, to a large extent, he wanted to take over East County as soon as possible so that the other warlords would not have time to intervene in this matter. Therefore, there was no time for Yang Rui to mobilize troops.
No matter what, he had to let Qiao Mao know about this matter in time. Therefore, Yang Rui thought about how to deal with this matter as he rode the Flying Carpet towards Puyang County. Under such urgent circumstances, the migration of the NPC citizens in Heyin County could only be delayed for a few days.
At this time, the Flying Carpet's usefulness showed. A journey that would have taken one or two days was completed in less than six hours by Yang Rui.
"Governor Blazing Sun, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Brother Yuanwei, please listen to me in detail …"
After Yang Rui found Qiao Mao in the Governor's Office in Puyang City, he told Qiao Mao about Liu Dai and Yuan Shao's movements in detail. He also told Qiao Mao the truth that his troops could not be sent in time.
"What should I do?! What should we do now … "
After Governor Qiao Mao heard about the situation from Yang Rui, he was a little flustered.
"Brother Yuanwei, there is no need to be too anxious. I have thought about this matter carefully on my way here. Currently, I think there is a way to deal with it!" Yang Rui saw that Qiao Mao had lost his composure and said with a slight frown.
"Governor Blazing Sun, what good plan do you have?! Quickly tell me … "When Qiao Mao heard Yang Rui's words, his eyes immediately lit up and he urged.
"The Puyang County in the East County is also a big city. Although Yuan Shao and Liu Dai are coming aggressively, with Puyang City's defense, it should not be a problem for them to defend for a few days.
At this time, Yuan Shao's two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, are not in the army. They only have 10000 cavalry, which is not good for sieges. Although Liu Dai has a lot of troops, I have not heard of any famous generals. Therefore, it is not impossible for Brother Yuanwei to defend Puyang City for a few days.
If Brother Yuanwei can defend Puyang for a few days, I will take this time to go to Qingzhou to mobilize troops. When my reinforcements arrive, the siege of Puyang will be easily resolved … "
Although he had already expected that Yuan Shao and Liu Dai would attack Qiao Mao, Yang Rui still held some hope in his heart. He deliberately got close to Qiao Mao to prevent them from attacking. Moreover, Yang Rui decided to go back to Qingzhou to protect Qiao Mao. However, he did not expect that the two would choose such a time to attack. This indeed caught Yang Rui off guard.
On the way to Puyang, Yang Rui had been thinking about countermeasures. In the end, he only thought of two temporary countermeasures.
"This …" After listening to Yang Rui's first suggestion, Qiao Mao could not help but hesitate.
If it was as Yang Rui said, and Qiao Mao could defend Puyang City for five to six days, Yang Rui could go to Qingzhou to mobilize troops. However, from Qiao Mao's attitude, he did not seem to have much confidence in defending the city.
"If Brother Yuanwei feels that this suggestion is not good, Blazing Sun has thought of another countermeasure. Yuan Shao and Liu Dai are after Brother Yuanwei's East County. Since they have come to attack Puyang City, Brother Yuanwei, how about this … "
Even Yang Rui himself did not have much confidence in the first suggestion, so Yang Rui gave Qiao Mao another suggestion. Qiao Mao's reaction was different from when he heard Yang Rui's first suggestion. This time, he was completely stunned after hearing Yang Rui's suggestion. It could be seen how surprised he was by Yang Rui's suggestion!
"Ai! Let's do as Blazing Sun said. With Yuan Shao and Liu Dai pressuring me, I can only fight with my life on the line! " Although Qiao Mao was surprised, after thinking for a while, he agreed to Yang Rui's second suggestion!
Therefore, Yang Rui and Qiao Mao began to deal with Yuan Shao and Liu Dai. Yuan Shao and Liu Dai arrived quickly. They arrived at Puyang City at noon on the second day!
"Brother Benchu, Brother Gongshan, didn't the two of you return to your respective territories? Why did you come to Puyang City without an invitation? Brother Yuanwei is not in the city and asked me to help him defend the city for a day or two. Right now, I am also a guest, so it is inappropriate for me to entertain the two of you … "
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