According to Pei Liena's description, her royal brother was suspected of using improper means to usurp the throne. Back then, Pei Liena's father and eldest brother had died very strangely, and this royal brother had inherited the throne of Loulan Kingdom.
All of Pei Liena's troops had gathered in Tongluo City, and only her royal brother's troops were involved in the counterattack. Pei Liena herself believed that the counterattacking Loulan troops were the claws and teeth of her royal brother who had stolen the sacred artifact Tianshan King Goat Horn.
Under such circumstances, Yang Rui had no obstructions in sniping the counterattacking Loulan troops. Originally, he was worried that it would affect Pei Liena's feelings, but now, he could help her teach that royal brother of hers a lesson.
After placing Pei Liena in Sky City, Yang Rui commanded the 50000 Formation Breaker soldiers to prepare for a suitable defense.
Tongluo City was completely under Yang Rui's control. However, Yang Rui had already destroyed the east gate when he attacked the city, so it was no longer suitable for a normal city defense battle.
At this time, Yang Rui had already obtained the sacred artifact Tianshan King Goat Horn. At the same time, the Loulan Princess' quest was about to enter the real stage. Even if Tongluo City was destroyed, Yang Rui didn't need to limit the number of troops he could use to fight the counterattacking Loulan troops head-on.
However, Yang Rui didn't immediately send out more troops from Sky City. He was prepared to see the scale of the counterattacking Loulan troops and catch them off guard.
Since Tongluo City was already under Yang Rui's control, Yang Rui could freely use Sky City. He only needed to deploy his troops before the battle officially began.
After half a day of the game, a large number of Loulan troops indeed came from the west. Their total number was about 100,000. There were at least three generals leading the troops. By the time he was within 50 kilometers of Tongluo City, Yang Rui had already grasped his whereabouts using Sky City.
Yang Rui then mobilized the three to four hundred thousand soldiers in the Castle in the Sky. This included Cheng Yu's personal army of fifty thousand Fifth Grade Silver-Smeared Crossbowmen. All of them were stationed on the walls of Tonglo City, with Cheng Yu in charge of long-range defense.
The remaining 300,000 soldiers were assigned by Yang Rui to Zhang Ning, Han Dai, Ding Yao, and Yu Jin, the four generals. They were hidden inside Tongluo City, ready to fight the enemy at any time.
As for Yang Rui and Gao Shun, they commanded the fifty thousand Capture Barracks soldiers. He was in charge of facing the Loulan Tribe's soldiers who were going to counterattack, and he was also in charge of dispatching the troops of the various generals at any time.
With this arrangement, the counterattacking Loulan troops arrived at the west gate of Tongluo City. When they saw that the gate was still open, they immediately charged into the city.
Of course, this was only Yang Rui's arrangement. A small portion of the Loulan troops had just entered the city when they were stopped by the Capture Barracks commanded by Yang Rui and Gao Shun. Cheng Yu's Silver-Smeared Crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the walls, showering the Loulan troops near the west gate with a rain of arrows.
The Loulan troops suffered massive casualties, and a split in their attack strategy arose. Some of the troops scattered to avoid the rain of arrows, while the troops at the back hurriedly pressed into the city. The situation instantly turned chaotic.
At this moment, Zhang Ning, Han Dai, Ding Yao, and Yu Jin led their respective armies and charged out of Tongluo City's south and north gates, quickly attacking the flanks of the Loulan troops. Due to the chaotic atmosphere on the battlefield, the Loulan troops only noticed the abnormality when a few groups of troops came close.
However, it was already too late to react. Very quickly, the Loulan troops who participated in the counterattack were surrounded. What followed was an inevitable one-sided siege.
Yang Rui's troops had the advantage in both numbers and combat strength. At the same time, they also relied on the geographical advantage of the west gate of Tongluo City. In just a few minutes, the main force of the Loulan troops was almost completely wiped out. Only a small portion took the opportunity to escape when Yang Rui's troops first surrounded them.
This should include two of the three soldiers who were leading the troops.
If not for Pei Liena's long-cherished wish for the Loulan Kingdom to be stabilized, Yang Rui would not have chased after those deserters. Otherwise, with Yang Rui's troops in Sky City, it would have been enough to make the entire Loulan Kingdom his enemy.
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for obtaining the Tianshan King Goat Horn and repelling the counterattack of the Loulan troops. Finally completing the second stage of the Reputation Quest. Player Blazing Sun is rewarded with 10,000 reputation points, 100,000 experience points, and the Loulan Holy Artifact, the Tianshan King Goat Horn, is now in possession of player Blazing Sun …"
Following the system notification, Yang Rui completed the second stage of the Reputation Quest within a game day after being teleported to Loulan. This was the first time Yang Rui had encountered such a smooth situation.
All in all, it might have something to do with the number of troops that Yang Rui had chosen to participate in the quest, which reduced the difficulty of the quest. As a result, the Tianshan King Goat Horn was near the area where Yang Rui had been teleported to.
Sky City's characteristic of being able to carry troops also reduced the difficulty of the quest infinitely. As long as Yang Rui was willing, he could easily obtain an absolute advantage in terms of troops.
Now that the Reputation Quest for the Loulan Holy Artifact was completed, Yang Rui cleaned up the battlefield and reorganized his troops, placing them all in Sky City so that he could continue Princess Pei Liena's long-cherished wish.
This quest just so happened to be directed at the Xiongnu people, so there was a high possibility that he could also do a punitive expedition against the Xiongnu people. In this way, Yang Rui's trip to Loulan could be said to be killing three birds with one stone. It was definitely not a wasted trip.
Of course, the Xiongnu people's gathering places were rather scattered, so it was hard to say how far Yang Rui could go in the end. At the very least, Yang Rui had only set up a few large tents at the border of the Great Han Dynasty, so it was very unlikely that he could complete this quest in one go.
After tidying up, Yang Rui controlled Sky City to head east. The Xiongnu cavalry had come from this direction, and Pei Liena had also pointed out that the Xiongnu king's tent was somewhere in the northeast.
As Pei Liena was by Yang Rui's side, Yang Rui did not plunder Tongluo City as spoils of war. All the money, resources, NPCs, and other resources were left untouched by Yang Rui to ensure that Loulan City could continue operating normally after Pei Liena's departure.
At this time, Pei Liena had already made a rough tour of Sky City. When she heard that Yang Rui was about to set off on a punitive expedition against the Xiongnu people to help her realize her long-cherished wish of regaining her independence, she was naturally very grateful.
"I wonder if my sister has been captured by Lord Blazing Sun?"
Just as Yang Rui was controlling Sky City to leave Tongluo City, Princess Pei Liena suddenly thought of something and asked Yang Rui.
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