Wen Chou's speed of escape was extremely fast. Along the way, it was as if he had entered a place where there was no one. Under Cheng Yu's command of the soldiers to deliberately evade and Wen Chou's powerful charge, behind him, Gao Shun and Yu Jin, the two generals, were unable to catch up to Wen Chou's pace.
If he wanted the soldiers to block him with all their might, he would have to pay a heavy price. However, he would at least be able to slow down Wen Chou's footsteps. However, Cheng Yu had given up on this idea from the start. He did not use the lives of his soldiers to buy space for Wen Chou to escape.
At the same time, Cheng Yu also had a backup plan. Moreover, Wen Chou was escaping in the direction of the west bank of the Yellow River. Cheng Yu and the others had already seized or destroyed all the boats they could find along the Yellow River.
As long as Wen Chou could not cross the river immediately, Cheng Yu had a 90% chance of capturing him through backup plans. Hence, Cheng Yu was not in a hurry.
There was a reason why Gao Shun and Yu Jin were unable to keep up with Wen Chou's pace. At that moment, Wen Chou was using all his strength to escape. The difference in strength between the three of them was also reflected in their speed.
Moreover, ordinary warhorses could no longer keep up with the running speed of high-level generals. Without effective external help, Gao Shun and Yu Jin's performance was normal.
However, Yang Rui used Sky City's advantage to keep up with Wen Chou. Moreover, Wen Chou did not discover him and followed him all the way to the bank of the Yellow River.
When they arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, Wen Chou realized that he could not find a boat and was indeed a little anxious. However, just as Yang Rui thought that Cheng Yu's backup plan was about to take effect, Wen Chou jumped into the Yellow River.
Plop!
After the in-game map was magnified a hundred times, the Yellow River in Liaocheng was vast and turbulent. Unless he had no choice, Wen Chou would definitely not take the risk to jump into the Yellow River.
Moreover, perhaps due to the strong wind and waves, Wen Chou disappeared among the waves after jumping into the Yellow River. Although Yang Rui immediately controlled Sky City to search for him, he was unable to find Wen Chou's figure.
Just like that, Wen Chou disappeared into the waves, his whereabouts unknown. He didn't know if he was dead or alive.
In the meantime, as Cheng Yu's backup plan, Dian Wei's troops that had been lying in ambush at the turns of the Yellow River were no longer needed …
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By the time Yang Rui returned to Liaocheng County, the entire city was already under the control of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Ning. The battle for Liaocheng County had come to an end. Yang Rui won another decisive victory.
At this moment, the only thing Yang Rui had some doubts in his heart was that Yuan Shao had not appeared in the three battlefields of Yangping, Gaotang, and Liancheng. He did not know that Yuan Shao's headquarters had not really crossed the Yellow River, but had been blocked by Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, and Yu Jin's troops!
After the battle at Liaocheng County, Yang Rui's troops had suffered some losses. About two to three thousand soldiers had died in battle, and nearly two were injured. However, compared to the gains of this battle, it was completely worth it.
In the battle of Liaocheng, Zhao Yun had first captured Jiang Yiqu by himself, and then led his troops to break into Liaocheng County, causing Yuan Shao's troops to be attacked from both front and rear, causing a lot of casualties. At the same time, he had easily taken back control of Liaocheng County.
Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, and Yu Jin's troops had successfully blocked Wen Chou, Ma Yan, Shen Pei, Tian Feng, and other Yuan Shao's main forces that had broken out of the encirclement. In particular, Yu Jin had quietly killed Ma Yan and forced Shen Pei and Tian Feng to be captured. It could be said that this was a great achievement.
Although in the end, Gao Shun and Yu Jin were not able to block Wen Chou, but the main forces of Yuan Shao that had broken out of the encirclement were not able to escape. This was mainly due to Cheng Yu's ability to defend, as well as Gao Shun's [Capture Barracks]'s strength.
The other two troops had an even easier time. Because they did not have to face the main forces of Yuan Shao, whether it was Guo Jia, Huang Zhong's troops, or Zhang Ning, Han Dai, Ding Yao, or Huang Wudie's troops, they were all able to easily obstruct Yuan Shao's troops from breaking out of the encirclement. While they had caused a lot of casualties, their own losses were also relatively light.
And after this battle. Yang Rui had once again captured three of Yuan Shao's subordinates, and killed one of them. Even if he did not manage to drag out Yuan Shao himself, but this would definitely greatly weaken Yuan Shao's strength!
On Yang Rui's status panel, the number behind the [Storyline completion rate] attribute. It had reached close to ten thousand, almost double the previous number.
What made Yang Rui extremely happy was that apart from the east city gate and the city walls that were almost completely destroyed, the other parts of the city did not suffer much damage. Especially the NPC Liegeman in the city, they were not disturbed by Yuan Shao's troops. Overall, it was relatively peaceful.
This was completely in line with Tian Feng's plan to make Liaocheng County a long term stronghold. Ever since Yuan Shao's troops had taken down Liaocheng County, Tian Feng had always been in the city trying to calm the people and protect them. He strictly enforced military discipline to protect the order of the city, and only then did he manage to maintain the order of Liaocheng County.
If Yang Rui knew of the specific situation, perhaps he would have to thank Tian Feng properly.
The crucial Battle of Liaocheng had ended, and Yuan Shao's troops had also been dealt with. Apart from Qu Yi and Zhang He's troops that had escaped from Yangping County, there were also some scattered troops that had escaped from Gaotang County, as well as Wen Chou who had jumped into the Yellow River.
Hence, while Yang Rui came out to calm down the NPC Liegeman, he also ordered the various generals to quickly gather up their troops so that they could return to the Xu Province battlefield as soon as possible.
Of course, this was still because he did not know where the troops were. It was just that Yang Rui did not know the relevant situation.
However, this would not affect the big picture. After Yang Rui thought about it, he decided to leave Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, and Yu Jin as well as 20 thousand troops in Liaocheng County to prevent Hebei Yuan Shao from doing anything.
Through the battles of Yangping, Gaotang, and Liaocheng, Yang Rui also understood the importance of these three counties. This was especially so for Liaocheng County.
Yang Rui continued to stay in Liaocheng County for half a day to calm the people down and supervise the reconstruction of the eastern city walls and city gates. When night fell, Yang Rui once again left Liaocheng with Sky City and headed towards Xu Province.
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