Moreover, from the attitude of Yuan Shu's emissary, it was unknown whether Yuan Shu was confident or arrogant, but he actually changed his attitude towards Yang Rui. He didn't have the slightest awareness of being a support force for Yang Rui's camp in the Xu Province plot. He also didn't have the humility he had when he asked for help from Yang Rui during the Battle of Fengqiu.
Yuan Shu even directly turned himself into the main character of the Xu Province struggle. Not only did he claim the position of Governor of Xu Province, he also prepared to drive all the other powers out of Xu Province in one go!
Yang Rui wanted to laugh at Yuan Shu's emissary, but when he saw Guo Jia constantly giving him meaningful looks and pointing his finger downwards, he immediately understood that Guo Jia wanted him to pretend to be humble.
"Esteemed emissary, you've worked hard. I already understand Governor Yuan Shu's intentions. I wonder if esteemed emissary will be resting in my camp, or will you return to complete your mission?" Yang Rui said very politely.
"Thank you for your kind intentions, but this emissary still has important matters to attend to. I still have to enter Xiang County to inform Cao Cao, so I'll be going now …"
Yuan Shu's emissary saw that Yang Rui was very polite, and seemed to be even more confused. His tone was very loud, and he directly called out Cao Cao's name.
In reality, when Yuan Shu chose the emissary, he still had some tricks up his sleeves. He specially found this fool and also specially instructed him to test Yang Rui's and Cao Cao's attitudes. This time, the emissary really showed off his stupidity to the extreme.
"People in the city, listen up. I am the emissary of Yu Province's Governor and Xu Province's Governor Yuan Shu. Please allow me to meet with Cao Cao …"
The fool emissary valiantly and spiritedly left Yang Rui's camp. He immediately went to Xiang County's east gate and loudly shouted at the door.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh … "
"… Hurry up and open the door … Ugh …"
Just as the emissary of Yuan Shu shouted, he was greeted by a cluster of arrows. A large number of arrows rained down from the top of the city wall. Before the emissary of Yuan Shu could understand what was going on, he was nailed to the ground like a hedgehog!
In fact, when Yuan Shu's envoy walked towards Xiangxian County, Yang Rui had already guessed that this would be the result. However, Yang Rui had no reason to dissuade Yuan Shu. After all, Yuan Shu was already prepared to go solo. Yuan Shu's emissary looked like he was asking for a beating. If he died, then so be it.
The only fly in the ointment was that Yang Rui's pretense had been wasted. Yuan Shu's emissary had died. Thus, he was unable to convey Yang Rui's attitude to Yuan Shu.
"What a pity! What a pity! With Yuan Shu's emissary's death, it will not be easy to take down the entire Xu Province … "
Guo Jia, who was beside him, also saw the scene of Yuan Shu's emissary dying in front of the tent. He could not help but look at Yang Rui and say that it was a pity.
In fact, Yang Rui could more or less guess Guo Jia's intention. It was nothing more than to numb Yuan Shu and make him look down on him. Then, he would use a strong stance to catch Yuan Shu off guard and conquer Xu Province.
Before night, Yang Rui was unable to chase after Cao Cao. However, he did not stay idle in the camp. He had been searching for a way to deal with the fog with Guo Jia and had already obtained some results. Thus, Guo Jia thought of using Yuan Shu's emissary to take the initiative to show weakness.
In one night, Yang Rui and Guo Jia had roughly sorted out the situation that had taken a turn for the worse. At the same time, the two of them had also found a way to deal with the fog.
Yesterday, Cao Cao had taken advantage of the situation to escape from Xiang County. On one hand, Yang Rui's troops, including Guo Jia, had been careless. In the first 9 days, there had been no abnormalities, causing everyone to be numb. Who would have thought that on the last night, Cao Cao would cause such a big commotion.
On the other hand, just as Guo Jia had said, "The heavens do not want Cao Cao to die". The system had clearly set the rules. Apart from the players, both sides of Xiang County should not be able to move on a large scale. However, on the last night, Cao Cao's situation had clearly deviated from the rules.
Perhaps it could be explained that as soon as the system released the rules, Cao Cao had directly used it. However, Yang Rui did not want to think about this meaningless conjecture. It was clear that the system did not want Cao Cao to die or become extremely weak.
Because of this, Yuan Shu had coincidentally activated the Imperial Ruler's Seal's property and used the fog to cover Cao Cao's escape. Of course, this could still be explained as a coincidence. However, Yang Rui could guess that there was a certain element to this coincidence.
Back to the results of the Battle of Peng City. When Sun Jian was still there, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were unable to take down the city. However, when Sun Jian had just left Xu Province, Yuan Shu had already taken down Peng City. This was completely out of the expectations of most people.
Especially after the players had participated in the Battle of Peng City on a large scale, Yuan Shu had even begun to show signs of weakness. Before, when Guo Jia had sent people to investigate, they had found out that the situation was similar. However, in the blink of an eye, the situation had reversed.
Of course, this situation could be explained by Yuan Shu activating the property of the Imperial Ruler's Seal. However, when Yuan Shu obtained the Imperial Ruler's Seal, it was forcefully pulled back to the original settings by the system.
Due to the changes in the background of the game, Sun Jian's path was actually not as weak as it was in the game. Although Sun Jian had always been at the same pace as Yuan Shu and was once Yuan Shu's lackey, the scale of his power and independence were incomparable to the game's.
As a result, Sun Jian did not even need to hand over the Imperial Ruler's Seal. He could use his current strength to send troops to Shouchun and slowly take over Gangdong's land.
However, in the end, Sun Jian still handed over the Imperial Ruler's Seal. This was considered the beginning of the journey to open up Gangdong. It should be the same as the system's original settings.
Perhaps the only difference was Sun Jian himself. He was not shot to death by Huang Zu's soldiers in the wilderness. Until now, he was still alive and well. He jumped up and down to fight this and that with Yuan Shu.
At this point in the game's story, Yang Rui had already understood the principle of the system's settings. However, the small details could be modified and enriched. It seemed that Yang Rui could only follow this rule.
Perhaps at the beginning of the game, this kind of setting was beneficial to Yang Rui. Yang Rui used his experience and knowledge to benefit from it. However, now that Yang Rui had become a warlord, he had also become the biggest variable.
Therefore, Yang Rui tried to change more until he finally established his position in the game. Otherwise, in the end, it was likely to be a waste of effort.
This time, Yang Rui's probing of Cao Cao failed. Yang Rui could not help but feel a little unhappy. He even regretted that he did not go all out to fight Cao Cao.
"My lord …"
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