After hearing Chen Xiaonan's explanation, Yang Rui thought that she had made a mistake, or that she simply didn't understand the rules of the game. However, when Chen Xiaonan brought up her character's stats, Yang Rui discovered that she could indeed temporarily choose another battlefield. Le – Wen
The system's requirements for participating in the storyline this time seemed very broad. Players like Chen Xiaonan, who had participated in the Xuzhou War storyline, were actually allowed to temporarily participate in the storyline of other small regions!
Of course, Yang Rui was a Marquis, so he definitely wouldn't be able to enjoy such treatment. However, this wouldn't hinder him from leveling up with Chen Xiaonan. In the end, Yang Rui handed Sky City over to Chen Xiaonan and had her use the quest portal to bring him to Ma Teng and Han Sui's camp in Tianshui Prefecture.
Chen Xiaonan originally wanted to temporarily join Li Jue and Guo Si's camp. However, when she heard that Yang Rui had some friendship with Ma Teng and Han Sui, she changed her mind and joined the other side.
Back then, Yang Rui had captured a small city in Western Liang called Le Du City. It was specifically used to capture and tame horses. Ma Teng and Han Sui, who were entrenched in Western Liang, had never had any ideas about Le Du City's Little Chen or touched Yang Rui's interests.
There were some objective reasons for this. Firstly, Le Du City was originally surrounded by water on three sides. Later on, Yang Rui had used items to transform it into a city surrounded by water on all four sides. It was truly easy to defend and difficult to attack.
At the same time, Yang Rui had arranged for Qi Zheng, Li Dong, Zhang Tian, Tian Bao, and several other veterans who had followed him from the beginning to be stationed in Le Du City. At the same time, they were also responsible for capturing horses and increasing the number of soldiers in the city.
Up until now, Qi Zheng, Li Dong, Zhang Tian, and Tian Bao, these four senior generals, had already commanded more than a hundred thousand soldiers. With such a large number, it was naturally difficult for the four of them to command. However, Yang Rui still adopted the method of dispatching more intermediate and junior generals, so it wasn't too difficult to coordinate.
This kind of defensive power wasn't too strong, but for a small city that wasn't worth much, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the other local forces weren't willing to spend too much effort on it.
If any party wanted to take over the small city by force, not only would they have to face the easy to defend terrain and the 100,000 soldiers defending the city, but they would also have to face the pressure of offending Yang Rui, the powerful Marquis. In the end, they would not gain much. It was almost a thankless task.
Only someone who wanted to find trouble with Yang Rui would be able to touch Le Du City. At the very least, Ma Teng and Han Sui had no interest in this matter. During Yang Rui's imperial wedding. In order to strengthen their relationship with Yang Rui, Ma Teng and Han Sui had even conveyed the goodwill of Le Du City to Yang Rui.
As such, Yang Rui's Le Du City was miraculously preserved in the chaos of Western Liang. This was partly due to the calculation of gains and losses, and partly due to the balance of power between the various Marquises.
Of course, Le Du City was able to remain in Yang Rui's hands all this time. Yang Rui still had to thank Ma Teng and Han Sui for being the local tyrants. At the very least, Yang Rui's hunt for wild horses had never been interrupted, and he had been able to harvest quite a number of horses every month.
In addition, Yang Rui had purchased horses from the Ji Province, A pint of incense, and various other sources. Yang Rui was one of the few Marquises who had an ample supply of horses.
Due to all these factors, Yang Rui's relationship with Ma Teng and Han Sui had always been quite good. At the very least, it was much better than Yang Rui's relationship with Li Jue and Guo Si.
In the eyes of most people, Li Jue and Guo Si were only remnants of Dong Zhuo's faction. The reason why the Marquises did not treat the two of them the same way they had treated Dong Zhuo was because the two of them did not pose much of a threat. All the Marquises' requests were accepted, and they did not pose much of a hindrance to the Marquises.
On the other hand. At this time, most of the Marquises had already seen the situation clearly. Most of them were focused on pursuing actual control of their territories. Almost no one had the time to care about the Han Dynasty's affairs. The Han Dynasty's centralized authority had long since lost its binding force.
Of course, Yang Rui was not completely isolated from Li Jue and Guo Si. According to Yang Rui's conjecture, Fan Li's cargo (main), which was originally in Li Su's hands, should have already fallen into the hands of Li Jue and Guo Si.
As a result, Yang Rui was able to make grain deals worth tens to hundreds of thousands of gold coins every month through Fan Li's cargo (secondary). Such a large-scale purchase. Thinking about it, it could only have been done by Li Jue and Guo Si. After all, the chances of Fan Li's cargo (main) being in the hands of others was very small.
"Ha!"
On a mountain ridge near Tianshui Prefecture's Jiequan County, Yang Rui used the Eighty-one Forms of Falling Wild Goose, Soul Spear Technique. He did his best to control his strength. The soldiers of Li Jue and Guo Si in front of him were all knocked unconscious and fell to the ground.
Most people might not be familiar with Jiequan County, but the very famous Jieting was within the borders of this county. After Ma Teng and Han Sui's troops were defeated, they retreated to Jiequan County and set up camp there to stop Li Jue and Guo Si's pursuers.
The reason Yang Rui knocked out Li Jue and Guo Si's soldiers and did not kill them was naturally to allow Chen Xiaonan behind him to finish off the killing blow. From there, he would gain experience and quickly level up, increasing his strength as quickly as possible.
As one of the main participants in the struggle for Xu Province, Yang Rui naturally did not receive any missions from Tianshui Prefecture. As a result, even if he killed the soldiers, it would not increase his mission completion rate. Other than gaining some experience, there were no other benefits.
On the other hand, Yang Rui himself had no need for this insignificant amount of experience. Thus, he was very suitable for leading people to level up.
After sweeping through a large area, Yang Rui continued forward, chasing after Li Jue and Guo Si's troops. Chen Xiaonan looked at the enemy soldiers that had been knocked out by Yang Rui and did not hesitate in the slightest. Wielding a Dark Iron rank spear, he rushed forward and finished off the unconscious soldiers one by one. His serious and devoted attitude was unmistakable.
Even so, Chen Xiaonan's killing speed was still far behind Yang Rui's cleaning and stunning speed. By the time Yang Rui finished off an entire squad of several hundred Li Jue and Guo Si soldiers, Chen Xiaonan had only finished off a third of them.
Yang Rui relaxed and stood still. Looking at Chen Xiaonan's serious expression and meticulous "homework", the image of Chen Xiaonan from university appeared in front of him, just like her.
It had to be said that Chen Xiaonan was a very traditional and stubborn person. Even after stepping into society for several years, Chen Xiaonan's personality and way of doing things had not changed much. Perhaps only people who were traditional and stubborn to a certain extent could be as consistent as Chen Xiaonan.
Otherwise, Chen Xiaonan would not have changed the trajectory of her life so much because of her relationship with Yang Rui. After all, back then, Yang Rui and her had only been in the early stages of their relationship, and they had rarely even held hands.
However, this was precisely what Yang Rui admired and loved. In the materialistic real world, there were fewer and fewer people like Chen Xiaonan. Yang Rui treated Chen Xiaonan like a treasure from the bottom of his heart, adoring and doting on her …
[The golden monkey opens the jade palace, the purple swallow dances in the spring. I wish all my readers a happy spring!] (To be continued.)
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