When the Battle of Yangping ended and Yang Rui led Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Huang Zhong towards Liancheng County, Cao Cao had already arrived at a location 60 li away from Yang Rui's camp.
However, due to the fact that the 20000 Ferocious Cavalry were nowhere to be found, Cao Cao did not make any rash moves towards Yang Rui's camp.
The Ferocious Cavalry was currently the most elite force among Cao Cao's troops. Cao Cao had reason to believe that even if they were to encounter a large number of Yang Rui's troops, with the Ferocious Cavalry's mobility, they should still be able to escape.
At the very least, a portion of them should be able to escape! After setting up camp, Cao Cao secretly assessed the situation in his main tent.
However, the information he obtained from Cao Cao's hands only revealed a plausible battlefield and no other traces of Cao Chun's Ferocious Cavalry. When he personally went to see the battlefield, a bad feeling had already sprouted in his heart.
Although Cao Cao did not stop looking for the Ferocious Cavalry, he had a vague feeling that Cao Chun and his Ferocious Cavalry would not return. This was because from the scale of the battlefield, it was just enough for 20000 Ferocious Cavalry to fight.
In other words, 20000 Ferocious Cavalry had participated in the battle at the same time!
To be able to force Cao Chun and his Ferocious Cavalry to fight together, the other party must have a large number of troops. Most importantly, after this battle, the Ferocious Cavalry seemed to have completely disappeared. There was no trace of their movements and it was very likely that they had been surrounded and annihilated!
The more Cao Cao thought about it, the colder his heart became. Although he did not tell anyone, when Cao Cao's army approached Yang Rui's camp, he still temporarily set up camp far away. While investigating Yang Rui's military situation, he also intentionally waited for Lu Bu's reaction.
Cao Cao had also heard about what happened at Yang Rui's imperial wedding. At that time, Lu Bu's reputation had been completely destroyed and it was rumored that he had always hated Yang Rui in his heart!
Thus, Cao Cao had the intention to temporarily rope in Lu Bu and have them exhaust and defeat the Qingzhou and Yanzhou troops together. Previously, Lu Bu had responded to Cao Cao's secret admonition and dispatched troops to the north. This result made Cao Cao even more confident in roping in Lu Bu. Therefore, he chose to observe and did not act blindly without thinking.
Actually, no matter who it was, they would not act rashly. Perhaps they would not act rashly, especially in a situation where three sides are at war. Conserving their strength and watching the tigers fight is the way of the king. Although Lu Bu responded to Cao Cao's call to dispatch troops, Cao Cao was still uncertain about Lu Bu's true intentions.
It could be said that. The three main forces that were directly involved in the [Struggle for Xuzhou], Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Yang Rui's movements within Pei County seemed to be a little slow.
At the same time, within Qingzhou, Yuan Shao and Yang Rui's troops were not slow at all.
Not long after the Battle of Yangping, Yang Rui had already received news from the scouts that Sun Qian, Zhang Ning, Han Dai and Ding Yao had left for Pingyuan Prefecture. When Yang Rui found the scouts and stopped to ask, the scouts had just left Jinan territory.
After receiving this news, Yang Rui bitterly smiled, but at the same time, he was relieved. Within Pingyuan Prefecture, there were Sun Qian, Zhang Ning, Han Dai, Ding Yao and four to five hundred thousand troops. He believed that it was enough to deal with Yuan Shao's troops.
However, due to the attack of Yuan Shao's troops, all the family members in Linzi City had to work hard. Yang Rui felt a little helpless.
Yang Rui still had too few famous historical figures in his hands. If he had enough capable generals who could take charge of a region on their own, with Yang Rui's large military force in Qing Province and Yan Province, there would be no need for Zhang Ning, Han Dai, and Ding Yao to take action.
Yang Rui naturally noticed that Zhang Ning and Han Dai were able to lead troops into battle. Yang Rui knew that Yang Rui knew that. He did not expect that Lady Ding, who Cao Cao had personally sent to the wedding, would be so valiant. This was an unexpected surprise.
At the same time, Yang Rui also understood that Ren Sisi, Cai Yan, Diaochan, Wei Xiu'er, Gan Qian, and Mei Zhen were working together to take care of the daily matters of Qingzhou. He felt both gratified and helpless.
Perhaps the matter of the famous historical figures would take some time. However, in terms of players, Yang Rui could definitely strengthen them, even if he did not completely take them in as his own people. At the very least, cooperation could be considered.
Just like the cooperation between Yang Rui and the Broken Moon Alliance, after the [Battle of Xuzhou], the Broken Moon Alliance took the initiative to contact Gan Ning's navy. At the same time, they signed up to join Yang Rui's camp. Within the entire Xuzhou region, Yang Rui's water power had been strengthened by a lot.
In addition, there was also Chen Xiaonan, who had leveled up in Sky City. At this time, although she did not know Yang Rui's true identity, Yang Rui would definitely not let go of the opportunity to completely absorb such a person into his camp.
As for whether or not he wanted to completely absorb more players into his camp, Yang Rui did not plan to do so. He would not do so easily. For a long time, Yang Rui still had to make plans on the famous historical figures.
Currently, Yang Rui still had one use of the Purple Gold Grade Recruitment Token (General). Basically, he could not run away from it. He could also recruit a famous historical figure with good qualifications. It was just that he had not found a suitable person to use it for the time being.
Yang Rui had a few captives in his hands, including the General of the Cao Clan that he had just captured. He had also dropped Cao Ren and Niu Jin that Yang Rui had captured in Chen Liu City. However, these people were obviously not suitable to be recruited. Yang Rui planned to use these people to exchange for some benefits with Cao Cao.
Previously, Cao Cao had sent people to ransom Cao Ren and Niu Jin several times. However, Yang Rui did not agree to it easily.
In addition, Yang Rui also planned to mention the matter of filial piety and honesty to the Han Dynasty when he had the time. Back then, Yang Rui had obtained Liu Ba through this channel. Although most of the time, the feudal lords would use some craftsmen to make up for the number, the harvest of one or two famous historical figures was enough to satisfy Yang Rui.
After obtaining the information that Sun Qian and the others had dispatched troops, Yang Rui thought about a lot of manpower. However, after more than two hours, he still did not find any traces of Feng Ji's troops. He also did not know where to start looking for Ma Yingyi and Zhang He.
Although the speed of Sky City was fast, and the search range in the sky was also very wide, the enlarged map was not easy to search, so Yang Rui did not find Ji Yi's troops from Yangping all the way to Liancheng County.
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