Obviously, Yang Rui's appearance on the walls of Puyang had greatly exceeded the expectations of Yuan Shao and Liu Dai. Especially since Liu Dai had met up with Yang Rui in Gong County two or three days ago and confirmed that Yang Rui had returned to Heyin County without a doubt!
"How could this be?"
Liu Dai muttered softly and turned to look at Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao also looked at Liu Dai with a puzzled expression. The two of them were very puzzled and looked at each other.
"Brother Benchu, Brother Gongshan, Blazing Sun is temporarily unable to entertain the two of you. Why don't the two of you retreat for now and come with Blazing Sun another day to visit Brother Yuan Wei's Puyang City and reminisce about the old days! Today, the two of you have brought such a large number of troops. Blazing Sun does not understand your intentions and is very fearful, so I will thank you on behalf of Brother Yuan Wei. "
Now that the situation had developed to this point, Yuan Shao and Liu Dai had already led their troops to Qiao Mao's doorstep. Yang Rui's attitude towards them was naturally not polite. Although Yang Rui intentionally expressed some fear in his words, it was clear from Yang Rui's attitude that he was purely mocking Yuan Shao and Liu Dai.
With their intelligence, how could they not understand the meaning behind Yang Rui's words? However, the two of them were already apprehensive of Yang Rui's strength. Moreover, seeing so many archers suddenly appear on the walls of Puyang, the two of them hesitated.
It could be said that Yuan Shao had been plotting against Ji Province for a very long time. As a condition for fighting for Liu Dai's power, Yuan Shao had agreed to help him take Puyang and eliminate Qiao Mao in Yan Province in exchange. He had not expected that when the enemy was at the gate and the arrow was nocked, Yang Rui would step out and interfere!
Yang Rui's strength was beyond doubt in the eyes of Yuan Shao and Liu Dai. He was the number one military force in the Anti-Dong Alliance! Moreover, Yang Rui had always acted tough in front of the vassals. Therefore, Yang Rui stood on the city wall of Puyang. Yuan Shao and Liu Dai were both terrified.
First of all, it was hard to determine the number of Yang Rui's soldiers in Puyang City. Yuan Shao and Liu Dai could not help but feel apprehensive when they saw the large number of archers and soldiers around Yang Rui. If Yang Rui had deployed a large number of troops in Puyang City in advance, attacking Puyang City would undoubtedly be a thankless task.
Moreover, even if they could successfully take down Puyang, the relationship between Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, and Yang Rui would be completely broken, and they would turn from allies to direct enemies! Although Yuan Shao was ambitious, he didn't want to offend Yang Rui. Rice had to be eaten one bite at a time, didn't it?
With these two concerns, Yuan Shao and Liu Dai were at a loss. They were hesitant about whether or not to attack Puyang City. They didn't even know how to respond to Yang Rui's words.
"What is General Blazing Sun saying? We are also here to visit Brother Blazing Sun. We didn't expect General Blazing Sun to be here as well. It is a pleasure to meet you! "
Seeing that the situation had reached a stalemate, Liu Dai reluctantly squeezed out an extremely ugly smile and said in a peaceful tone.
Yuan Shao frowned and didn't say anything. Although he had suffered in front of Yang Rui a few times, he still had a sense of superiority. Even if he had some misgivings about Yang Rui's strength, he didn't pay too much attention to Yang Rui. He didn't pay too much attention to Yang Rui. In his opinion, Yang Rui was just a mutant. He was like a rootless duckweed. Therefore, he still looked down on Yang Rui.
Even so, Yuan Shao did not act rashly. After discussing with Liu Dai in a low voice for a while, he decided to temporarily withdraw his troops from Puyang City. They retreated about twenty li before stopping temporarily. Yang Rui could clearly see Yuan Shao and Liu Dai's troop movements from the top of Puyang City.
The current situation of Puyang City was Qiao Mao's disguise after listening to Yang Rui's second suggestion. In reality, there weren't many troops in Puyang City. Yang Rui naturally didn't have enough time to call for reinforcements. Qiao Mao's troops only consisted of the archers on the city walls and a few infantrymen.
Yang Rui's suggestion to Qiao Mao was a golden cicada shedding its shell. After Qiao Mao adopted the suggestion, he had already transferred most of his troops away from Puyang City. Furthermore, he had already crossed the Yellow River from the north of Puyang City. If there were no accidents, he should already be close to his destination — Changyi, the administrative center of Yan Province!
It was indeed Chang Yi! After confirming that Yuan Shao and Liu Dai were coming to attack Puyang City, Qiao Mao finally decided to listen to Yang Rui's suggestion. He decided to give them a taste of their own medicine and led his troops to attack Liu Dai's old nest — Chang Yi City!
This was one of the two plans that Yang Rui could come up with. On one hand, Qiao Mao led his troops away from Puyang City, temporarily avoiding the danger of losing his life after the city fell. On the other hand, if he went all out, there was a chance that he could take down Yan Province's Chang Yi City. It was killing two birds with one stone. If he could protect Chang Yi City, Qiao Mao's geographical position would be much more advantageous than when he was in Puyang City.
For players, it was not difficult for Yang Rui to come up with this plan. Qiao Mao's acceptance of this plan was due to the two sets of books that Yang Rui had obtained from the [Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army] dungeon — Sun Tzu's Art of War (13 chapters) and Tai Gong's Six Scrolls (6 volumes).
When Yang Rui finally obtained these two sets of books, he only knew that they were similar to the Taiping Technique in that they contained some very useful information. However, he did not know how to learn and master them. After receiving some hints from Zhang Ning, Yang Rui gradually began to study these two sets of books.
Zhang Ning could master some skills from the Taiping Technique. For example, the prescription of the Asahi Pill was in the Taiping Technique. Zhang Ning had mastered the recipe of the Asahi Pill through the study of the Taiping Technique.
However, there were obviously many restrictions in order to master the skills or other useful things in these books. Zhang Ning was able to master the skills in the Taiping Technique largely because the Taoist techniques she practiced were in the same vein as the Taiping Technique. Moreover, Zhang Ning herself had reached a certain level of Taoist Technique Alchemy.
On the other hand, Yang Rui's so-called study was much more superficial. He did not practice any skills related to the art of war, and his Intelligence points were not too high. Therefore, whether it was the content of Sun Tzu's Art of War (Thirteen Chapters) or Tai Gong Liu Tao (Six Volumes), Yang Rui could not recognize much. Most of the time, he guessed based on his understanding of these two sets of books.
This was because during the process of reading, Yang Rui realized that these two sets of books were actually written in Xiaozhuan characters. Yang Rui could only really recognize a few words! There were even a few times when Yang Rui had to verify with real information and books to understand some superficial knowledge.
However, unfortunately, the two sets of books Sun Tzu's Art of War (Thirteen Chapters) or Tai Gong Liu Tao (Six Volumes) were obviously too different from the real version. The content was much more than the two books that existed in the real world. Therefore, Yang Rui could only verify with real information.
However, perhaps it was because Yang Rui had done these things and his suggestions coincided with a certain strategy in Sun Tzu's Art of War (Thirteen Chapters), so when Yang Rui suggested to Qiao Mao, a system message was sent to Yang Rui, notifying him that he understood the relevant information of Sun Tzu's Art of War (Thirteen Chapters). He had reached the level of "knowing the surface"!
Only reaching the level of "knowing the surface", Yang Rui was naturally a little frustrated while being happy. However, this was enough. When he received the system prompt, a circle of yellow light enveloped Yang Rui's figure. In his character information, there was an additional line of "(Art of War Skill) Sun Tzu's Art of War (Thirteen Chapters): [Knowing the surface]".
Perhaps it was because of the effect of the yellow light that when Yang Rui tried to persuade Qiao Mao again, the yellow light appeared again. Yang Rui noticed that Qiao Mao, who was still hesitating, seemed to have listened to Yang Rui's advice. It didn't take long for him to accept Yang Rui's suggestion.
Of course, it was uncertain whether Yang Rui's judgement was correct. However, Yang Rui was still very satisfied with the opportunity that appeared in his study of Sun Tzu's Art of War (Thirteen Chapters).
Half a day after Yuan Shao and Liu Dai left, the soldiers on the city wall hurriedly came to inform Yang Rui that Yuan Shao and Liu Dai's troops were heading towards Puyang County again! Yang Rui immediately climbed up the city wall and looked around. Indeed, from the direction of Puyang City's South Gate, there were flags and banners covering the sun. Smoke and dust billowed in the air. Yuan Liu and Liu Dai could already be seen clearly.
Yang Rui wasn't too surprised that Yuan Shao and Liu Dai would make a comeback. Originally, Yang Rui had only stayed in Puyang to try his luck. He wanted to see if he could protect Qiao Mao's city under the cloud of suspicion. In his heart, he didn't have much hope.
Yuan Shao wasn't someone without schemes. From his plans for the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, he was definitely not someone easy to deal with. At this time, unless Zhuge Liang was born a decade or two earlier and set up an empty city strategy in Puyang City, there was still a chance of stopping Yuan Shao and Liu Dai's advance. However, with Yang Rui's superficial arrangements and without any assistance from the art of war, it was obviously impossible for him to do so.
"Kill!"
"Kill …"
This time, Yuan Shao and Liu Dai had assumed a siege posture from the start. They didn't intend to speak with Yang Rui. Therefore, when the siege troops approached Puyang City, the first thing they did was to shoot a rain of arrows at the city wall!
"Sou sou sou …"
"Ding … Ding ding ding …"
Yang Rui's original plan was to leave after Yuan Shao and Liu Dai started attacking the city. However, the first wave of attacks still affected him. Yang Rui could only use the Falling Goose Spear Technique to block the rain of arrows.
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