He was a loyal man, but Wang Kuang, the governor of Hanoi, was still around. Yang Rui couldn't do anything for the time being, especially when Wang Kuang was in trouble. Yang Rui couldn't rush into action, or it might have the opposite effect.
Although the siege of Jixian County had been lifted by Yang Rui, Governor Wang Kuang's situation in Hanoi wasn't looking good. The ten to twenty thousand soldiers in Jixian County were the last of his strength. The other cities were under the control of the Clan Vengeance Army. It was impossible for Wang Kuang to counterattack with the few men he had.
Yang Rui's goal of showing himself in Hanoi County had been achieved. After discussing with Wang Kuang, Yang Rui left Jixian County the next morning in the name of mobilizing troops. At the same time, Wang Kuang, under Yang Rui's instructions, spread the news of Qing Province's Governor Blazing Sun's army through various channels. This was to create momentum and intimidate the Clan Vengeance Army.
"System Announcement: Due to Qing Province's Governor Blazing Sun sending troops to rescue Hanoi Governor Wang Kuang, he had a conflict with Provincial Governor Liu Dai's troops when he passed by Yan Province. The Qing Province's soldiers believe that Liu Dai intentionally obstructed the Rebel Army from rescuing Hanoi Governor Wang Kuang, resulting in the battle between Blazing Sun and Liu Dai in Yan Province.
During the Dong Zhuo Rebellion storyline – Surging Desire segment, the battle between Blazing Sun and Liu Dai in Yan Province will be considered part of the storyline. Players who participate in the battle between the two forces will receive the same amount of storyline achievement points, contribution points … "
Five days after Yang Rui left Jixian County, the Three Kingdoms Region System Announcement was made three times. Yang Rui's battle against Liu Dai had finally broken out.
This was the first time Yang Rui had initiated an attack as a Marquis. The reaction from the NPCs and players was very strong.
Among the NPCs, especially the Marquises under Yuan Shao, they were all shocked. Yuan Shao and Liu Dai both knew how difficult Yang Rui was to deal with. Especially now that Yuan Shao was being pestered by Gongsun Zan. Cao Cao was also being threatened by Yuan Shu, while Liu Dai was being attacked by Yang Rui. Without a doubt, he was in a very passive position.
On the other hand, Yuan Shu and the other vassals were keenly aware of the opportunity. For example, Yuan Shu had already set his sights on the Yan Province region, but he was held back by Liu Dai, Cao Cao, and the others. Now that Yang Rui had started fighting with Liu Dai, the opportunity might come. Moreover, the more muddied the waters, the better.
The players were even more agitated. Previously, Yang Rui had only appeared as the Provincial Governor of Yan Province and the Left Commandant of West Park. Back then, when Yang Rui participated in the negotiations with Dong, he had deliberately hidden his identity. Now that Yang Rui had suddenly become the Governor of Qing Province, the players were about to explode.
When did Blazing Sun become the Qing Province Overseer? Wasn't he the Provincial Governor of Qing Province? When the negotiations with Dong were going back to Dragon Soul, one was the Left Commandant of West Park, the other was the Right Commandant of West Park, right? Blazing Sun had climbed up too quickly!
After the System Announcement was released, Yang Rui once again became the focus of the players. Most of the discussions between the players and the players on the forums were about Yang Rui.
Originally, Yang Rui being able to challenge the NPC Vassal Liu Dai as a player was already an incredible thing. Moreover, Yang Rui did not represent a traditional large player organization. Even if Yang Rui had a real power behind him, he had never appeared before. It seemed that he had never made an official appearance, and this undoubtedly made Yang Rui's identity even more mysterious …
It was normal for normal players to have such thoughts and discussions. The key point was that Dragon Soul and other large player organizations were also aware of Yang Rui's identity as the Yan Province Overseer for the first time. This caused the real power behind these large player organizations to be furious.
These real power organizations were very clear about the importance of local government positions in the game. At this time, Dragon Soul, who used to be the Right Commandant of West Park, did not even have the qualifications to upgrade his territory into a city. Blazing Sun had become the Overseer of Qing Province. Wasn't the gap between the two of them a little too big?
Players were more familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms. They also knew that if Blazing Sun, as the Qing Province Overseer, wanted to unify Qing Province, it would be much more legitimate and powerful than when he was the Provincial Governor of Qing Province.
After Liu Withered changed the position of Provincial Governor to Overseer, the position of Provincial Governor had also risen. It was almost equivalent to the position of Overseer of Qing Province. However, it still required a considerable background and strength. On the other hand, the Overseer of Qing Province had fewer restrictions.
When Yang Rui first obtained the position of Qing Province's Overseer, it was the day before the Heroes Against Dong storyline officially began. At that time, due to the quest's restrictions, only Yang Rui was online. The other players were offline due to the system's adjustments. Naturally, it was difficult for them to know about this news.
Moreover, Yang Rui had always intended to hide his identity as the Overseer of Qing Province from other players. He did not want to attract too much attention from other players. However, after this system announcement, Yang Rui's identity could no longer be hidden.
Regardless of the reactions of other NPCs and players, Yang Rui's main focus was on how to eliminate Liu Dai's threat as much as possible through the battle of Yan Province. At the same time, he could not allow the other forces to take advantage of the situation and extend their tentacles into Yan Province.
For Yang Rui, even though he currently occupied Qing Province, he was still lacking in manpower and strength. Yang Rui had not truly taken root in many counties in Qing Province. Therefore, even if Yang Rui obtained more territory in a short period of time, he would not have the energy to govern and govern it.
This was a rather helpless but very realistic situation. It was also one of the shortcomings of a player's identity. For example, NPC forces such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and even Qiao Mao, Ding Yuan, Wang Kuang, and the others, more or less had a certain amount of family power or support. On the other hand, players were basically starting from scratch.
This was especially true for solo players like Yang Rui. They did not have any foundation at all. They did not have any power, assets, or manpower.
Even if a large player organization had financial resources and manpower in real life, it would not be enough. The so-called manpower that entered the game would only be a level 0 newbie. Everything would have to start from scratch. It could not be compared to the NPCs who had historical generals and famous figures.
Moreover, Yang Rui himself did not want to change the game's storyline too much before he had sufficient strength. A familiar game's progression was naturally much easier to grasp and could be better used.
Moreover, up until now, the System had followed the historical facts in major storyline events. If Yang Rui changed the situation too much, the System should have a way to mitigate this change.
For example, Yang Rui became the Governor of Qingzhou and successfully occupied Qingzhou. Ding Yuan did not die and became the Governor of Taishan County. Wang Kuang of Hanoi temporarily avoided being killed. Although there were some changes compared to the original game's progression due to Yang Rui, it was still within a controllable range. Usually, a new power would replace the original power.
Therefore, when Yang Rui and Zhang Ning returned to see Guo Jia, the first thing they discussed was how to deal with the issue of Yanzhou after the war. It might be possible to defeat or even eliminate Liu Dai. If the situation became even more uncontrollable after the war, it would be better not to fight.
With Guo Jia's strategy, it was obvious that he had thought of this. Especially after Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao fought in the north, Guo Jia's strategy of luring Yuan Shao to attack lost its meaning. However, at the same time, it created an opportunity for Yang Rui to completely eliminate Liu Dai.
With the change in conditions, Yang Rui and Guo Jia had to reconsider the matter of sending troops. In the end, they discussed it with Zhang Ning and the other two and decided to change their initial goal of weakening Liu Dai to eliminating him as much as possible.
At the same time, Yang Rui added Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo to the list of troops to send out. He ordered the three of them to have Gao Shun as the main general to lead the soldiers from the plains as the western troops. They would wait for orders to attack Liu Dai's East County from the northeast.
Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo had already led their troops to the Pingyuan Prefecture garrison. The original Pingyuan Prefecture garrison that was replaced did not go far. Therefore, after the three received the order, they immediately gathered the troops and spent two days to move their troops to the East Commandery's Yang Xu, which was located in the southwest of the Pingyuan Prefecture.
Most importantly, Yang Rui was prepared to pull in the East County Governor Qiao Mao, Taishan County Governor Ding Yuan, and North Ji Prime Minister Bao Xin to participate in the punitive expedition against Liu Dai. This was also to prepare for the joint control of Yanzhou after the war. After Yang Rui returned, he delayed for several days before making his move against Liu Dai. He used the Flying Carpet to contact the three people in Yanzhou.
The East County Governor Qiao Mao had been able to preserve his strength until now because of Yang Rui's help. Moreover, he had an old grudge with Liu Dai, and he had an alliance agreement with Yang Rui. Naturally, he would take the initiative to cooperate with Yang Rui and take revenge.
Taishan County Governor Ding Yuan's situation was actually similar to Qiao Mao's. When Yang Rui entered Luoyang, Ding Yuan was able to leave Luoyang without a hitch. Moreover, it was also Yang Rui who had recommended him to be the Taishan County Governor. When Yang Rui came looking for him, Ding Yuan decided to participate in Yang Rui's operation without any hesitation.
As for North Ji Prime Minister Bao Xin, although he had an old friendship with Yang Rui, the two had interacted several times during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Later on, when the heroes were seeking Yang Rui out, he had become very close to Yang Rui. However, Bao Xin's attitude towards Yan Province's Provincial Governor Liu Dai had always been neutral. This time, when Yang Rui came to invite him to join the expedition, he was also tactfully declined.
Yang Rui did not force him. At present, Bao Xin and the few people who still had thoughts about the Han Dynasty did not have a direct decree from the Han Dynasty. It was normal for Bao Xin to choose not to take action. At present, with Qiao Mao and Ding Yuan cooperating with Yang Rui, it was enough.
According to Guo Jia's suggestion, since Bao Xin did not respond to Yang Rui's proposal, then after taking down Liu Dai, they would also remove Bao Xin as a threat when they returned to Qingzhou. However, Yang Rui was still considering it.
In the historical record, Bao Xin eventually leaned towards Cao Cao. After Liu Dai was killed by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Bao Xin took the initiative to welcome Cao Cao as the Governor of Yan Province. In the end, Bao Xin died in battle to save Cao Cao. Therefore, Yang Rui was very tempted by Guo Jia's suggestion. However, it still depended on whether the situation with Liu Dai went smoothly. At that time, he would need to find a suitable reason.
In fact, it was not difficult to find an excuse. For example, when dealing with Liu Dai, Yang Rui, Zhang Ning, and Guo Jia led the eastern troops to the vicinity of Dongping Fuyang County and made preparations. They only created a fight because they wanted to enter the city and directly ignited the flames of war with Liu Dai's army.
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