Although Yang Rui didn't have a detailed understanding of the Hara Clan's strength, he assumed that they weren't much stronger than Takeda Nobutaka. Since Yang Rui wanted to take the Kanto and the Northern Lands into consideration, the Hara Clan would have to be removed sooner or later.
Therefore, Yang Rui directly demanded the authority to command the soldiers in Takeda Nobutaka's castle. As the guardian of Sōjo, he still had the authority to do so, provided that Takeda Nobutaka was willing to relinquish his authority.
Would Takeda Nobutaka agree? Of course he would!
Takeda Nobutaka was on the verge of collapsing. He had already treated Yang Rui as his last straw of hope. If Yang Rui refused to take action, that was what he was most worried about. Now that Yang Rui had taken the initiative to attack the Hara Clan, Takeda Nobutaka was more than happy to oblige.
Therefore, Takeda Nobutaka happily handed over the authority to command the 50,000 soldiers in Takeda Nobutaka's castle to Yang Rui. At this time, he could only choose to believe in Yang Rui.
"How much spare equipment does the guardian still have?"
"About 50000 sets left. What does the general mean?"
"Well, take out all the equipment."
“”
Next, Yang Rui asked Takeda Nobutaka for all the 50000 sets of equipment. Without explaining anything to Takeda Nobutaka, he moved all the 40000 soldiers gathered in Takeda Nobutaka's castle to Sky City.
Takeda Nobutaka's castle naturally had to be guarded by a portion of the soldiers. Yang Rui left about 10000 soldiers behind to guard the castle with Takeda Nobutaka.
Yang Rui's move to Sky City shocked Takeda Nobutaka. He knew that Yang Rui was strong, but he didn't expect Yang Rui to have such a strange method. It was as if he had transformed into a living person and made all the 40000 soldiers disappear in an instant!
In fact, Yang Rui had only decided to use Sky City after much consideration. When he used it, he had even cleared all the players from the Japanese civilization out of the inner city. This was to prevent his real identity from falling into the eyes of outsiders, who would then think that he was from the three civilizations' region.
As for the NPCs, Yang Rui didn't think too much about it. Everyone present was from Takeda Nobutaka's faction, and the target of the transfer was Takeda Nobutaka's men. Even if Yang Rui's move spread word, Yang wouldn't be the only one's's equipment. It would be difficult for the NPCs in the Nihon civilization to contact Yang Rui's real identity.
At this time, Yang Rui also had the intention of completely controlling Takeda Nobutaka. He was even prepared to use the remaining chance of the Purple Gold recruitment token on Takeda Nobutaka. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about the possibility of Takeda Nobutaka's identity being exposed.
Since he wanted to play a big game of chess in the Nihon civilization, it was necessary to make the necessary investments.
Yang Rui placed the 40000 soldiers in Sky City, and at the same time, used the 50000 sets of equipment he got from Takeda Nobutaka to arm the Formation Breaker soldiers. He then rushed in the direction of Little Bow City.
In this way, the identity of the 50000 soldiers of the [Capture Barracks] could be muddled through. Although the witnesses would discover that the soldiers of the [Capture Barracks] were in the opposing camp, on the battlefield, they were in the opposing camp. Who would pay attention to such details?
Even if there were really unrelated people who noticed it, they would just not understand why they were in the opposing camp with Yang Rui.
This was because although Yang Rui brought the 40000 soldiers of Feng City, Yang Rui did not want to put them into the battle against the Yuanshi's Little Bow City. This way, Yang Rui's own troops would not be united.
However, the equipment of the 40000 soldiers was still useful. Yang Rui also let these Nihon soldiers take off all the equipment. They changed to Cheng Yu's exclusive special troop class, the silver-coated crossbowmen, to cover up the identity of the soldiers of the three civilizations.
After this adjustment, although the soldiers of the Formation Breaker and the silver-coated crossbowmen would lose some attack and defense attributes, in terms of the characteristics of the two exclusive special troop classes, this kind of attribute loss would not affect them much.
At the same time, the four generals Zhang Ning, Cheng Yu, Gao Shun, and Yu Jin also put on a set of equipment with the characteristics of the Nihon civilization.
Yang Rui still had a lot of soul-type equipment of the Nihon civilization in his hands, and the higher-level parts had been left in Sky City and had not been dealt with. At this time, they came in handy.
As for Yang Rui himself, the time limit for him to use the Shapeshifting Mask to change his identity was not over yet, so naturally, there was no need for him to disguise himself.
Speaking of which, the Yuanshi of Little Bow City were very smart. Yang Rui used Sky City to rush to Little Bow City. After traveling more than half the distance, he had already found the Yuanshi soldiers who were rushing to Feng City. They had set off a day earlier than Takeda Nobutaka, probably with the intention of catching Takeda Nobutaka off guard.
However, at this time, Yang Rui discovered their tracks. It could be said that they had walked right into the trap. Originally, Yang Rui was prepared to fight a hard battle and directly attack Little Bow City. Now that they met halfway, it could not be better.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
"Ah!"
"Help!"
“”
At a hillside forest terrain that they had to pass through, the Yuanshi soldiers were stunned by the sudden rain of arrows. They were ambushed by Yang Rui's Silver Coated Crossbowmen!
Yang Rui had already seen the size, number, and composition of the Yuanshi soldiers in Sky City. The Yuanshi soldiers were only about seventy to eighty thousand, and in terms of elite level, they were not much different from Takeda Nobutaka's troops in Feng City. Yang Rui had chosen to set up an ambush in this hillside forest in advance, and immediately caught the enemy off guard.
The scene was chaotic. The Yuanshi soldiers were immediately beaten up, and many of them were killed. The Yuanshi soldiers at the rear did not dare to continue advancing. It was a chaotic scene.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
“”
After the Formation Breaker soldiers led by Yang Rui, Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, and Yu Jin charged out from both sides, this chaotic scene instantly became even more chaotic!
The Fifth Grade Formation Breaker soldiers had the attribute of 'sharing life and death' in the first place. With Gao Shun personally leading them, and with Zhang Ning and Yu Jin also using their ultimate supportive skills, the Fifth Grade Formation Breaker soldiers were like little tigers pouncing down from the mountains, stirring up a storm of blood.
On the other hand, the Formation Breaker soldiers maintained zero casualties. Only a portion of the soldiers suffered some light injuries, and with Zhang Ning's level 1 support skill, [Heal], they quickly recovered.
Here, the Silver Coated Crossbowmen's special attribute should be mentioned. Similar to how the Formation Breaker soldiers could activate the 'Live and Die together' attribute, the Silver Coated Crossbowmen could also activate the 'Rain of Arrows' attribute.
This attribute increased the attack density and power of the crossbow arrows by 100%. Once activated, the attack power of the Fifth Grade Silver Coated Crossbowmen was no joke. The attack power of the Fifth Grade Silver Coated Crossbowmen had long surpassed that of a Sixth Grade Long Range Soldier, and was not inferior to a Seventh Grade Long Range Soldier.
Under such circumstances, the battle between Yang Rui's troops and the Yuanshi's troops was no longer a battle. In fact, it had completely turned into a one-sided massacre. Yang Rui had mobilized 90000 soldiers against the Yuanshi's 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers. The advantage in numbers and attack power quickly caused the Yuanshi's troops to collapse.
"Kill!"
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! "
"Sweep the fourth!"
“”
Within 15 minutes of the battle, more than half of the Yuanshi's troops had been wiped out. The remaining soldiers were completely routed, fleeing in all directions with nowhere to go.
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for killing a Third Grade Japanese Historical General, Yuanshi Tengyi. Reputation rewarded: 1000 points."
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for killing a Third Grade Japanese Historical Scholar, Yuanshi Jisan. Reputation rewarded: 1000 points."
During the ambush, Yang Rui, Gao Shun, and Yu Jin each charged at the front, picking the center of the enemy's army and slaughtering their way through. With the three of them working together, Yang Rui managed to kill two Third Grade Japanese Historical Scholars in a row. The system notification clearly recorded this fact.
"Boom!"
Yang Rui swung the Golden Emperor's Sword, Soul, and abruptly lopped off the head of an enemy that looked like a general. However, he didn't receive any more system notifications. It seemed like the only two people in the entire Yuanshi army who could be considered as historical scholars were the only ones.
Less than an hour later, there were no longer any Yuanshi tribe soldiers standing around the forest. Apart from Yang Rui's men who were patrolling the battlefield, the rest of the battlefield was littered with Yuanshi tribe corpses.
Within two hours of the ambush, Yang Rui's troops had already cleaned up the battlefield and disappeared into the small forest. Apart from the messy battlefield, it was as if Yang Rui's troops had never appeared.
Moreover, this battlefield was surrounded by continuous hills. Apart from the few players and NPCs that had to pass by, there weren't many people around. There were very few people in the vicinity, so those who were fortunate enough to witness Yang Rui's ambush were only a few thousand scattered players who were part of the Yuanshi Faction, as well as a few players and NPCs who happened to pass by.
Even these people who had witnessed the entire process couldn't find any clues. They were also unable to detect any flaws in the identities of Yang Rui's troops. At most, they would appear to be in the opposing camp. This situation was not impossible under normal circumstances.
After the ambush, most of the 70,000 to 80,000 Yuanshi soldiers were wiped out. Yang Rui cleaned up the battlefield, especially the 20000 plus sets of equipment that were dropped. Yang Rui then controlled Sky City to leave the battlefield.
It wasn't that these 20000 plus sets of equipment from the Nihon civilization region were good. Secondly, Yang Rui was also preparing to use them to disguise his troops, so that he could use them when he needed to make a move.
Since the Yuanshi army was defeated by Yang Rui, Little Bow City was currently empty. Yang Rui wanted to return to Kurotong City in Echigo Country, and Little Bow City was nearby. Even if he went through Little Bow City, it wouldn't be much of a detour. Hence, Yang Rui controlled Sky City to go straight to Little Bow City, intending to take it down while it was empty.
In reality, Little Bow City was even more empty than Yang Rui had imagined. Because the Yuanshi army had only left for a day, there wasn't any news of the ambush, so Little Bow City was almost undefended.
Yang Rui had rushed to Little Bow City as soon as possible. With the speed of Sky City, it was impossible for the Yuanshi soldiers who managed to escape from the ambush to return to Little Bow City and bring back news of their crushing defeat.
Under such circumstances, when Yang Rui released the real Takeda Nobutaka's 40000 troops, he effortlessly took control of Little Bow City. He only lost two to three hundred soldiers in the final attack on Heavensguard Pavilion.
There were many NPCs and players in Little Bow City, so it was best for Yang Rui's troops as little as possible. The more they appeared, the more flaws there would be.
Seeing that Heavensguard Pavilion couldn't be defended any longer, the Yuanshi family supervisor in Little Bow City, Yuan Yinlong, actually chose to surrender. Yang Rui thought about it for a moment before accepting it.
At this time, Yang Rui's main focus was on the Echigo Kingdom's Kurotaku City. Taking down Little Bow City was actually just a matter of convenience. Yang Rui originally didn't have much energy to spare to defend Little Bow City. Now that the Yuanshi family had chosen to surrender, Yang Rui accepted it and returned Little Bow City to Yuan Yinlong.
It would be best if he could win over a faction like the Yuanshi family. At the very least, when Yang Rui was free, he could easily defeat them again.
However, Yang Rui wouldn't do a good deed for no reason. While accepting the Yuanshi family's surrender and returning Little Bow City, Yang Rui also used the identity of Echigo Kingdom's Guardian Substitute Conqueror No.1 to pawn off two of the Yuanshi family's most promising successors and forcefully imprisoned them in Sky City. This was to restrain the Yuanshi family's actions.
The attack and defense of Little Bow City was just a matter of convenience for Yang Rui. After accepting the Yuanshi family's surrender, Yang Rui didn't even linger and immediately left Little Bow City and returned to Echigo Kingdom.
At this time, Yang Rui only had less than a day left to use the Shapeshifting Mask. If he could complete the attack and defense of Kurotaku City within the time limit, the possibility of Yang Rui's identity being exposed would be greatly reduced.
When Yang Rui rushed to Kurotaku City in Echigo Kingdom, he discovered that Wako Uesugi's troops were nowhere to be seen. The four city gates of Kurotaku City were also wide open. When the NPCs and players came and went, the situation was no longer as tense as before.
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