The scale of Yuan Shao's troops is not small, coupled with the troops dispatched by other princes, so that the scale of the plot of [The Battle of Xuzhou] is comparable to the previous two large-scale system plots.

During the large-scale plot of [Yellow Turban Rebellion], the total strength of the entire Yellow Turban camp is in the millions, and the resistance forces in various places are almost equal, which is the largest number of participants in the previous plots, and it is also the most extensive plot.

However, at that time, the ranks of the soldiers of the two camps were relatively low, and the average strength was only about the 2nd and 3rd orders, and the number of 5th order soldiers was very rare.

In the later large-scale plot of [Dong Zhuo's Rebellion], the number of troops in Dong Zhuo's camp also exceeded 2 million, and the number of troops in the anti-Dong alliance was even more, and the ranks of the soldiers of the two camps have increased a lot.

Therefore, although the overall number of participants and coverage are not as good as the [Yellow Turban Rebellion], the [Dong Zhuo Rebellion] is not lower than the former in terms of military strength.

So far, the total number of troops involved by the princes and players of all parties has reached millions, and the rank of the soldiers at this time has definitely increased a lot compared to the previous two times.

In this comparison, even if the influence of [Xuzhou Dispute] is not as good as the previous two large-scale system plots, it is likely to increase if it is simply measured by the total military strength.

Although he participated in a hurry, Yang Rui had already realized the key point of the [Xuzhou Dispute], involving Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and many other princes, and the [Xuzhou Dispute] will definitely have a far-reaching impact on the surrounding large areas.

And it is precisely because of the haste in the process of participating in the plot that Yang Rui is actually a little unprepared.

At this time, what Yang Rui was not clear about was that due to the long-term threat from Qingzhou and Yanzhou, with the occurrence of the plot of [Xuzhou Dispute], Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had actually secretly reached an agreement. This time, I was ready to catch up with Yang Rui with all my might.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are not idle people, at the beginning, there may still be contempt for Yang Rui, so they have suffered a lot of losses several times, and then because they have their own thoughts, or have no advantage over the strength of Yang Rui in the land of Qing and Yan, they have been repeatedly subject to Yang Rui.

However, these two heroes are naturally reluctant to keep Yang Rui a head lower. Once there is an opportunity to weaken Yang Rui, the two will naturally not let it go.

In addition, the strength of the two in the [Choosing Trees and Perching] NPC plot has soared, and at this time, the plot of [Xuzhou Dispute] happened, so the two hit it off and tried to have a big fight with Yang Rui.

And at present, not only Cao Cao sent troops to Pei County, forming a horn trend with Yang Rui and Lu Bu, Yuan Shao's 600,000 troops have actually been Chen Bing Yellow River and Jishui Zhiyang, and the troops are divided into nine roads and extend beyond the three counties. Enter the hinterland of Qingzhou and Yanzhou.

Obviously, Yuan Shao took into account the large ships of the naval army commanded by Tai Shici on the Yellow River and Jishui, so he spread out his troops as much as possible.

For such a situation, Yang Rui naturally did not know about it for the time being.

However, Yang Rui is neighbors with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and it is not completely unaware of the possibility of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao jointly targeting the Qing and Yan lands, and he has always made a lot of arrangements to deal with this threat.

For example, Yang Rui previously assigned a number of powerful generals to the key cities of Qingdao and Yanzhou, which had the intention of dealing with surrounding threats.

Moreover, Yang Rui has always paid attention to the development of state soldiers, county soldiers, and county soldiers, and ensured the number of troops stationed in various places, also to ensure the stability of various places. We will not be quick to be passive in the face of possible crises.

It can be said that the current situation is a major test of Yang Rui's previous arrangement. Under the circumstance that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's forces have been rapidly strengthened, this kind of test is even more unprecedented!

"Quickly send this letter to the Pei County Lord's Office......"

Two hours after Yuan Shao's army deployed the Yellow River and the north side of Jishui, the relevant information had been passed out by the fast horse from Linzi City.

Sun Gan, who was in Linzi City, was able to react so quickly, thanks to the flying pigeon transmission method that Yang Rui has always been very concerned about, and Sun Qian got two pairs of carrier pigeons from Zhang Rang's hands under Yang Rui's instructions half a year ago.

Zhang Rang has always traded with Yang Rui through the Hu Lian Vessel (Component 2), but Zhang Rang also came to Linzi City again half a year ago. I want to ask Yang Rui for some more Sunrise Dan in person.

At that time, although Yang Rui was not in Qingzhou, but participated in the Player's Exotic Competition, Sun Qian still successfully obtained two pairs of carrier pigeons from Zhang Rang.

The only regret is that the number of pigeons given by Zhang Rang is too small.

Moreover, in order to achieve the purpose of transmitting information, it can only be transmitted between specific cities. Therefore, Yang Rui could only arrange two pairs of carrier pigeons in some very special areas, which was far from meeting the needs of rapid transmission of information in wartime.

The four carrier pigeons were arranged by Yang Rui to Linzi City, Pingyuan City, Puyang City and Sky City.

The news of Yuan Shao's change was learned through Tai Shici, and then quickly transmitted to the plain city on the side of the Yellow River and Jishui, and then through the hands of Du Yang, the information was transmitted to Linzi City by the carrier pigeons in the city.

The reason why Du Yang did not directly transmit the information to Sky City was a mechanism agreed in advance.

Yang Rui is occasionally offline or on a mission, and in order for Qingzhou and Yanzhou to respond in a timely manner in major events, it is necessary to use Linzi City as an information center.

After experiments, the castle in the sky can also be identified as a fixed city by carrier pigeons.

It is unclear how this works, but the pigeon is able to locate the castle in the sky every time, even if the castle in the sky has moved its position or is in flight.

This is the scene where Sun Qian releases the carrier pigeon and transmits the message to the Sky City.

Until Yang Rui received the carrier pigeon, half a day had passed, and the plot of [Xuzhou Dispute] had officially begun.

According to the situation detected by Yang Rui's operation of Sky City, the two major forces of Cao Cao and Lu Bu, who were originally in an opposing state, actually rushed to Yang Rui's camp in the northeast of Pei County as if they had made an appointment!

If nothing else, the two soldiers and horses will be able to reach the vicinity of Yang Rui's camp in one day, and directly engage Yang Rui in a short battle.

"Yuan Shao is going to act with all his might, it seems that these people have already colluded......"

Yang Rui read the news brought by the carrier pigeon, and while guessing, he passed the note containing the information to Cheng Yu's hand. (To be continued.) )