The final battle between Yuan Shu and Liu Bei could be said to be a chaotic battle. Liu Bei could not afford to lose the city. For the past few days, he had been desperately resisting Yuan Shu's attacks. Relying on the prerequisites and the temptation of Yuan Shu's rewards, Yuan Shu's troops went all out.
However, although the battle was intense, the end result was nothing for Yuan Shu. When noon arrived, Liu Bei had sacrificed close to eighty thousand troops and barely stopped Yuan Shu's attack.
Under such circumstances, to everyone's surprise, Yuan Shu did not hesitate too much. He gathered his troops and quickly retreated in the direction of Peng City. It was as if he had planned this from the very beginning.
Liu Bei's defense was about to collapse. Naturally, it was impossible for him to chase after Yuan Shu. The continuous battles over the past few days had caused Liu Bei to suffer heavy losses. The battle between Yuan Shu and Liu Bei that had lasted for ten days had temporarily come to an end.
Six hours later, the dense fog that had persisted for ten days in the entire Xu Province had completely dispersed. Yuan Shu's activation of the Imperial Jade Seal's attributes had reached its limit.
At this moment, Yang Rui was overseeing Siwu County. He was organizing the situation in the county. Since he was preparing to include the northern part of Lhasu Province under his jurisdiction, there was a need to properly organize it.
This was especially true for Xiang County, Guangqi County, Fuyang County, Wuyuan County, Liangcheng County, Siwu County, Quyang County and Jiexi County in the south that were close to Wenshui, Sishui and Juye Lake.
This was not only limited to the defense of the army. It was also the same for production. This was especially true for the NP Liegeman's Loyalty and Popular Sentiment. Yang Rui saw this as the foundation for stability.
After taking control of Green Province and Yan Province, Yang Rui had a deep understanding of the people's sentiment and loyalty. Under the same conditions, the two attributes of people's sentiment and loyalty could create a huge gap between two territories that were about the same.
It could be said that popular sentiment and loyalty were the foundation of a region's stability. Even if the natural conditions of the region were poor, as long as popular sentiment and loyalty met the standards, the region would be able to survive. Normally, there wouldn't be too big of a problem.
On the other hand, the loyalty of the people could greatly promote the progress of production and ensure the order and enthusiasm of the Liegeman. Thus, it was the foundation of the development of the territory.
Usually, within the newly conquered territory. The values of popular sentiment and loyalty wouldn't be too high, but Yang Rui's new territory in Xuzhou didn't have such a situation.
First of all, most of these regions were not far from Qingzhou and Yan Zhou. Yang Rui's reputation had spread far and wide in these regions. The situation in Qingzhou and Yan Zhou was obvious to all. It had a great impact on the surrounding regions.
Therefore, regardless of whether it was Langxie County, Dong Hai County, Pengcheng County, or Guangling County. It was still Xiapi Prefecture. After Yang Rui occupied the corresponding county town, the people's sentiment and loyalty were generally above 60 points. It was actually at a good level!
There was another factor that affected this, and that was the effect of Yang Rui activating the Four-Legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth!
After activating the Four-Legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth, the people's sentiment and loyalty in Yang Rui's territory would reach the maximum. Although the Xuzhou county town that Yang Rui had just occupied wasn't truly Yang Rui's territory, according to Yang Rui's observation, the Four-Legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth had also played a role.
After these counties were occupied by Yang Rui, the NP Liegeman's sentiment and loyalty would often instantly increase by 5 to 10 points. Yang Rui had never encountered such a situation before. The only explanation was the Four-Legged Cauldron of Heaven and Earth.
When Yuan Shu activated the Imperial Ruler's Seal's attribute, Yang Rui was naturally aware of it. However, Sky City was still in a state where it could not be used. He did not know the reason.
Yang Rui secretly rejoiced because of this. Back then, Yang Rui had speculated that the Imperial Ruler's Seal's attribute would only last for 10 days.
Yang Rui believed that the suppression on Sky City would disappear after this, and there would be 20 days left to attack the Xu Province Territory. At that time, Sky City would be able to be used, and it would be much easier for Yang Rui to deploy troops.
However, based on the current situation, this guess was not accurate. Fortunately, Yang Rui had acted early and had enough troops. Although it was a little troublesome, at this time, apart from the counties in Langxie Prefecture. Yang Rui had basically achieved his goal.
Two days had passed since the end of the battle between Yuan Shu and Liu Bei.
In these two days, Yuan Shu had basically completed the control of the south of Juye Lake in Pengcheng Prefecture. Liu Bei's troops were not idle either. He sent out a small number of troops to defend Xiaxiang County while mobilizing the rest of his troops. Like a falling flower, he reclaimed the governing body of Xiapi Prefecture, Xiapi City.
After the fierce battle with Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, Liu Bei had lost the most people in the battle for Xuzhou. However, Liu Bei also had some advantages in some aspects.
At the same time that he took Xiapi City, Liu Bei sent out messengers to Xiapi Prefecture and Guangling Prefecture to pacify the counties. Originally, Liu Bei had taken over Tao Qian's position as Governor of Xuzhou. Before the storyline, the counties in Xuzhou all listened to Liu Bei.
Thus, Liu Bei only needed to send letters of comfort to the various counties to regain control of Xiapi Prefecture and Guangling Prefecture. The area that he controlled was also the largest out of the three lords in Xuzhou.
In these two days, Yuan Shu and Liu Bei also sent messengers to Yang Rui more than once to try to obtain Yang Rui's support.
As they were not sure of Yang Rui's exact location, it was not until two days later that Yuan Shu and Liu Bei's messengers came to Liangcheng County to find Yang Rui.
The goals of these two vassals were similar. Although their intentions were not completely the same, they tacitly acknowledged that Yang Rui already occupied the counties north of the Wenshui, the Sishui, and the Juye Lake, and were willing to share Xu Province with Yang Rui.
Yuan Shu once again took on the stance of being Yang Rui's ally. He was no longer as arrogant as he was in Xiangxian. His messengers hoped to work together with Yang Rui to destroy Liu Bei and share Xuzhou with Yang Rui.
On the other hand, Liu Bei brought up his past with Yang Rui, hoping that Yang Rui would stand on his side. Although he did not directly eliminate Yuan Shu, he still accused Yuan Shu of taking over Pengcheng in order to gain Yang Rui's support.
In truth, Yang Rui did not care about Yuan Shu and Liu Bei's demands. In the past three days, Xu You and Guan Hai had taken over the remaining five cities in Langxie Prefecture. Yang Rui's goal had been achieved.
As for how much trouble Yuan Shu and Liu Bei caused, Yang Rui was happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. He felt that with Yuan Shu and Liu Bei restricting each other, the current situation of Xuzhou was ideal. (To be continued.)
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