Due to the single channel of communication, what happened at the west gate of Guan County was also happening at the other three gates. The defeated soldiers were shocked and enraged by the sudden attack. … …
The defeated soldiers of Liu Dai under Wang Yu's command were stunned. It didn't matter how surprised or angry they were. In truth, Guan County had already been taken over by the sixty thousand soldiers led by Gao Shun and Zhang Liao.
It was only because Gao Shun and Zhang Liao lacked long-range archers that they could use to attack with the rocks, logs, and kerosene that the soldiers had collected. Otherwise, Wang Yu's defeated soldiers would have suffered even greater losses.
Previously, Yang Rui's army did not attack Wang Yu's 80,000 soldiers. On one hand, it was to reduce the number of casualties. On the other hand, it was to buy time for Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to take Guan County from the north.
Gao Shun and Zhang Liao didn't delay the plan either. They arrived at Guan County at the agreed time and easily took over the county.
After Wang Yu took the eighty thousand soldiers with him, there were only twenty thousand soldiers left in Guan County. Moreover, all of them were low-grade soldiers, stuck at the level of Second Grade.
Under the assault of Gao Shun and Zhang Liao's tens of thousands of Fifth Grade Iron Guards, Valiant Warriors, and ten thousand sword-shield soldiers, as well as their one hundred siege vehicles and three hundred scaling ladders, all of which were specifically targeted at the north gate of Guan County. The assault was unstoppable. Even Wang Yu's entire army would not be able to withstand it, let alone twenty thousand low-grade soldiers!
As a result, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao only spent less than an hour to complete the siege. The number of casualties was also extremely small. Among the twenty thousand soldiers in the city. More than half of the soldiers had surrendered. They didn't even dare to resist. There were also several thousand soldiers who escaped from the other gates.
At this point, the battle of Guan County had been settled. Only thirty thousand soldiers were left that followed Wang Yu back to Guan County. After being pursued by Yang Rui's men from the rear and intercepted by Guan County's soldiers from the front, the two sides engaged in another round of slaughter near Guan County. Only two to three thousand of Liu Dai's subordinates managed to escape with their lives. The rest were either killed or captured.
To be more precise, this was a completely one-sided massacre. The main general, Wang Yu, and his two deputies were all killed on the spot. The number of soldiers killed exceeded 20,000, and there were many who surrendered on the spot.
In this battle, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wu Anguo, and the other two generals naturally displayed great strength and played an extremely important supporting role. Zhang Ning's support skills also played a crucial role, and Guo Jia also made a move and displayed great might. Through this, Yang Rui also gained a preliminary understanding of one of Guo Jia's ultimate skills.
Yang Rui had never left Guo Jia's side since the beginning of the chase. The purpose was to learn more about Guo Jia's attributes through his attacks. Of course, it was also to ensure Guo Jia's safety.
However, Guo Jia's skill did not buff Yang Rui. Hence, Yang Rui didn't even know the name of the skill. Guo Jia had indeed used a skill. The fleeing Wang Yu's subordinates were obviously affected by Guo Jia's skill. They were all disoriented and lost their ability to resist as if they were sleepwalking.
In the end, Yang Rui determined that Guo Jia had used a type of charm skill that was specially used on the enemy. Furthermore, it was very likely to be an active AOE skill and not a support skill.
No matter what, with Guo Jia's strategy, the Battle of Guan County was a great victory. They had spent a total of 10 game days, and the results were impressive. When they successfully took down Guan County, Yang Rui's subordinates killed a total of 80,000 Liu Dai's soldiers and captured nearly 15000 of them. Only a small portion of the soldiers escaped.
After calculating, Yang Rui once again obtained a few hundred thousand plot achievement points and contribution points. The rations and wealth in Guan County also fell into Yang Rui's hands. Just the rations alone were enough for Yang Rui's 300,000 soldiers to eat for two months. The amount of money also exceeded 30000 gold coins.
Other than that, Yang Rui also obtained a large number of weapons, equipment, and other items in Guan County. The value of these items was not a small amount.
At the same time, Yang Rui's side paid a very small price. The number of soldiers they lost remained in the three digits. Moreover, Yang Rui used his plot points to revive them as soon as he took down Guan County. As for the rest of the siege weapons, the damage was minimal.
By the time Yang Rui's men returned from chasing after the defeated soldiers in Guan County, it was already the next morning. Yang Rui immediately ordered his men to clean up the battlefield and collect resources. As the battlefield was too large, they were busy for almost an entire day.
It wasn't until the evening of the second day that Yang Rui gathered Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wu Anguo, and Guo Jia together and praised them.
"Reporting to the Lord, there is news from Dingtao. After half a month of hard fighting, Governor Qiao Mao finally took down Dingtao County two days ago. The Liu Dai soldiers in the city were all wiped out by Governor Qiao Mao. Some of the soldiers who were willing to surrender were also executed by Governor Qiao Mao.
After this battle, Governor Qiao Mao had wiped out close to 20000 of Liu Dai's soldiers in Dingtao. However, he had lost around 30000 men, leaving him with less than 50000 men.
However, after the battle of Dingtao, Governor Qiao Mao has already led his troops to Puyang City. Moreover, there are not many Liu Dai soldiers south of the Yellow River that can resist. I believe that in a few days, Governor Qiao Mao will be able to rush to the south bank of the Yellow River near Puyang City … "
Gao Shun continued.
Yang Rui didn't expect Qiao Mao to be truly angry this time. After Yang Rui took down Guan County, Qiao Mao was eager to take revenge and actually took down Dingtao County. Furthermore, he even killed all of the Liu Dai soldiers in the city!
As such, Liu Dai was only left with Ding Tao to defend.
"How is the situation at Governor Ding Yuan of Taishan Prefecture?"
Since Qiao Mao had made progress, Yang Rui asked about the situation at Ding Yuan.
"Reporting to my lord, all the cities that my lord has captured have been taken over by Governor Ding Yuan, and the garrisons have been resettled one by one. The current situation is very stable, and we are only waiting for my lord to nominate new county magistrates, deputy county ministers, county lieutenants, and other officials.
Since the Lord has easily taken down Guan County, I have already sent people to inform Governor Ding Yuan. I believe that he will definitely come to take over Guan County after hearing the news. "Gao Shun said.
"Oh? Do you want me to nominate the relevant officials? "
Yang Rui muttered noncommittally.
The allocation of officials in Liu Dai's territory basically meant the ownership of the territory. On this point, Ding Yuan didn't have any ambitions and directly handed it over to Yang Rui to deal with.
In fact, the reason why Yang Rui had joined forces with Qiao Mao and Liu Dai to attack Liu Dai was so that the two of them could jointly take over Liu Dai's new territory. If Yang Rui was alone, he would definitely not have enough manpower.
Now that Ding Yuan's actions seemed to be to avoid suspicion, it seemed like he could only wait until the war with Liu Dai was over before discussing it with the two of them.
The overall situation was very good. Following this, Yang Rui ordered the soldiers to rest in Guan County for two days. He originally planned to lead the troops to Puyang City again, but he didn't expect to receive a letter of surrender from Liu Dai a day later!
It was indeed a letter of surrender! Liu Dai had long been afraid of Yang Rui's attacks!
In Liu Dai's handwritten letter, he was extremely respectful to Yang Rui and repeatedly bragged about Yang Rui's many heroic deeds since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He also flattered Yang Rui's great contributions to the Han Dynasty and indicated that he was willing to apply for a title for Yang Rui as a Han Dynasty relative.
At the same time, Liu Dai did not forget to appeal to their old friendship. He repeatedly talked about his fate with Yang Rui when they worked together in Yan Province. He also mentioned that when Yang Rui was an official in Juping, he had admired Yang Rui's name. He also mentioned that he and Yang Rui were close when they worked together to fight against Dong Zhuo.
In the end, Liu Dai made it clear that he was willing to pay a huge amount of tribute to Yang Rui in Qing Province and cede land to Yang Rui for reconciliation. The specific amount could be discussed. He only asked that Yang Rui restore his rights and interests in Dong County, and the rest of his traditional territory in Yan Province could be handed over to Yang Rui.
It was worth mentioning that in the letter, Liu Dai expressed his willingness to abandon Yuan Shao's camp and join Yang Rui's camp. He even made some guarantees and was willing to unconditionally cooperate with any action launched by Yang Rui in the future, such as an alliance agreement, which Liu Dai could not ask for more.
In short, he begged Yang Rui to give him a way out …
"How do you think we should deal with Liu Dai's request for surrender?"
After receiving Liu Dai's letter of surrender, Yang Rui asked Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Wu Anguo, and Guo Jia to read it.
After reading Liu Dai's handwritten letter, most of them were surprised. No matter how useless Liu Dai was, he was still a Marquis. They did not expect him to be so humble to Yang Rui and Qing Province in his letter.
After being asked by Yang Rui, the few of them looked thoughtful as they weighed the gains and losses. The scene quieted down for a moment.
However, Yang Rui was not in a hurry. A major matter like war or peace could determine the direction and outcome of the entire war. Anyone would have to think carefully and weigh the pros and cons.
"Prefecture Overseer, Guo Jia thinks that Prefecture Overseer Blazing Sun will naturally agree to Provincial Governor Liu Dai's request for surrender …"
After a period of silence, Guo Jia was the first to speak. Moreover, the content of his words caused the others to be surprised.
In fact, everyone knew that regardless of whether Liu Dai's request for surrender was accepted or not, there were two sides to it. They just needed to weigh which choice was more beneficial!
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