Chapter 413: Players Settle In
Liu Dai's secret letter contains the phenomenon of reversing right and wrong in many places, but Yang Rui also learned a lot of information from it, although the content of the letter is originally false and real, Liu Dai may not be completely truthful to Bao Xin, but Liu Dai's time to send troops should not be a lie, otherwise Bao Xin will not be a mistake if he really comes to help?
Moreover, although it was impossible for Yuan Shao to turn back to assist Liu Dai in the future, his follow-up troops were still on the way, and the calculation of the time might be just in time for the Battle of Changyi, and it was not necessarily impossible to assist Liu Dai in attacking Changyi City.
With these two points, Yang Rui realized that Qiao Mao's situation was more dangerous than he imagined. Now the more advantageous point is that Yang Rui intercepted the secret letter sent by Liu Dai to Bao Xin, and while knowing the specific time of his action, he also temporarily cut off the contact between Liu Dai and Qiao Mao. If Liu Dai's secret letter is delivered to Bao Xin's hands, whether Bao Xin will send troops to help is still between the two theories.
What is the relationship between Bao Xin, Liu Dai and Qiao Mao, Yang Rui does not know, but Bao Xin and Yang Rui still have some friendship, the two have known each other for a long time, and Bao Xin seems to be on Yang Rui's side when fighting for the leader of the anti-Dong Alliance.
However, this does not determine Bao Xin's final choice, first of all, Liu Dai deliberately ignored the possibility of Yang Rui interfering in this matter in the secret letter, and never mentioned the words Yang Rui or Qingzhou from beginning to end, selectively ignoring Yang Rui, which is likely to give Bao Xin an illusion.
At the same time, Liu Dai also clearly highlighted Yuan Shao's role in the secret letter, saying that Yuan Shao was going to send troops to help attack Qiao Mao, which on the one hand can reflect Yuan Shao's support for Liu Dai. At the same time, it is also hinting at Bao Xin. When making a choice, consider what you might face in the future!
It can be seen from this. Liu Dai still put a lot of thought into writing this secret letter, but Bao Xin is not an ordinary person, and it is impossible to say what kind of actions he will make after receiving this secret letter, and it is not as clean as Yang Rui intercepted it now!
In fact, Yang Rui also thought about winning Bao Xin, but on the one hand, Bao Xin was not in the jurisdiction, and Yang Rui had almost no time to look for Bao Xin, and the current situation faced by Yang Rui and Qiao Mao was the most severe, and Bao Xin might not be willing to wade into this troubled water. Therefore, it is not very likely to win Bao Xin's assistance, and I just hope that he will not interfere with it.
To tell the truth, Bao Xin's strength is still very strong, not to mention the amount of military strength for the time being, just he can fight well, not to mention that there are generals like Yu Ban under his hands, so once he wants to stand on the side of Liu Dai and Yuan Shao, it may bring great trouble to Yang Rui, and after Yang Rui intercepted the secret letter written by Liu Dai, he basically has no worries about this.
Take this as a starting point. Liu Dai's purpose in asking Bao Xin for help may not have the intention of putting pressure on Bao Xin. Even if he can't win Bao Xin's support, he must show Bao Xin that his alliance with Yuan Shao is strong, so that Bao Xin will not make "unwise" moves
After analyzing the information revealed in the secret letter, Yang Rui immediately stopped staying around Puyang City, but drove the Daofeng Flying Carpet towards the southeast. The time for Liu Dai to send troops has been roughly determined, and through the prompts of his letter, it is necessary for Yang Rui to go and find the whereabouts of Yuan Shao's troops.
Since Yang Rui flew along the surface of the Yellow River when he came to Puyang from the Tiger Pass, he did not know the situation of the withdrawal of troops from other princes, if it was really as Yang Rui guessed, Yuan Shao's foot soldiers might have gone to Changyi County at this time, and only in this way could he catch up with Liu Dai's actions against Changyi City two days later!
Yang Rui turned to the southeast, almost sticking to Changyi City to search south, but after more than two hours, Yuan Shao's subordinates were not found, so Yang Rui couldn't help but have some doubts about the authenticity of the things mentioned in Liu Dai's secret letter.
According to common sense, at this time, Yuan Shao himself is also very urgent to expand his territory, although there are still Yan Liang and Wen Chou generals in his Bohai County nest, but there must not be many soldiers left, and it is time to transfer the remaining soldiers back to Hebei at this time, and then take advantage of Han Fu and Yang Rui to take precautions in the future to plot the land of Jizhou and Qingzhou!
With some doubts, Yang Rui explored in detail for two or three hours around the cities of Jiyin, Dingtao, and Guide south of Changyi City, and even finally reached the vicinity of Chen Liucheng, but still did not find Yuan Shao's withdrawn soldiers.
It wasn't until later that Yang Rui gradually concluded that Yuan Shao's troops were no longer willing to come to help him capture Changyi City as Liu Dai said, and it was very likely that they had returned to Hebei from other places. If such an inference is accurate, Yang Rui doesn't know whether to be happy or nervous, Yuan Shao's retreating subordinates are likely to become the enemies that Qingzhou needs to face directly in the future!
However, as far as the current situation is concerned, Yang Rui would rather Yuan Shao transfer his troops back to Bohai County, even if Yang Rui himself will face these enemies in Qingzhou in the future, it is better to keep Qiao Mao for the time being to maintain the overall situation.
If there are enough generals, Yang Rui's troops are actually quite a lot, at least more than 15,000 cavalry in Dashan City can be mobilized, but at this time, there is no one to lead, and there are still too few generals in Yang Rui's hands who can lead troops!
Yang Rui searched the map for the traces of Yuan Shao's troops all over the map, and even on the second day, Yang Rui came from Chenliu to the vicinity of the Yellow River in Suojube and Guandu, but he never found anything. Calculating the time, Zhang Ning and Zhang Liao may have to rush to the Tiger Prison Pass, and Yang Rui rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass again before noon on the second day.
Fortunately, Yang Rui arrived in time, Zhang Ning and Zhang Liao arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass within half an hour after Yang Rui arrived, half a day earlier than Yang Rui's estimate. At this point, Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao, the three powerful generals had gathered in the Tiger Prison Pass, and Yang Rui immediately ordered the three to ride fast horses and continue to rush to Changyi City.
As the migrating NPCs arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, all the guards and guards, because the speed of the advance could not be compared with the horses, was temporarily managed by several accompanying county officials, county lieutenants, and Xiao Changshi and Cao Peng in Heyin County, and protected the migrating NPC civilians along the way.
Under the leadership of Duyang County, these officials in Heyin County have nominally become Yang Rui's subordinates, and their families have been transferred to Pingyuan County in advance by Chen Lintong Guò Waterway, and they have almost reached their destination at this time, so these county officials are also attentive.
The most important thing is that Yang Rui also promised them that as long as they do a good job in the migration of NPCs in Heyin County, everyone's official position will be promoted after arriving in Pingyuan County in the future, and the greater the contribution made along the way, the higher the level of promotion!
Yang Rui's commitment can be said to have greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of these NPC county officials, making them work harder than usual, so at this critical moment, Yang Rui entrusted them with the matter of NPC migration.
In fact, since the implementation of the tuntian system and resource policy in Pingyuan County encountered many problems, Yang Rui had already planned to abolish and replace officials at all levels in Pingyuan County, so it was not difficult to promote these county officials in Heyin County.
Although Zhang Ning and Zhang Liao came from a long journey, but for their status as historical celebrities/historical generals, such a little journey is nothing, and under Yang Rui's dispatch, Zhang Ning and the other three rushed to Changyi City non-stop.
If the information in the secret letter is reliable, Liu Dai will send troops to Changyi early in the morning, even if the army marches slower, it will only take two or three days for his troops to come to Changyi City. And Zhang Ning and the other three ran non-stop day and night, and it would take at least three or four days to reach Changyi City, and it would be difficult to catch up with Liu Dai's pace in the end.
The so-called "one step can't keep up, step by step can't keep up" is like this, from the very beginning Liu Dai and Yuan Shao planned to be ahead of Yang Rui, and Yang Rui's current manpower is also very limited, so he led the passivity in the overall situation!
Fortunately, Qiao Mao in Changyi City is not unprepared, Qiao Mao has been preparing to defend the city for several days, and is also ready to use the "empty city strategy" to deal with Liu Dai, and even has a chance to give Liu Dai, who is eager to attack the city, a dismount.
Rao is like this, if Zhang Ning and the other three generals enter Changyi before Liu Dai besieges the city, it is fine to lead Qiao Mao's troops to defend the city, if they fall behind Liu Dai and rush to Changyi City, with Zhang Ning and the other three, even if they are all first- and second-rate historical figures, I am afraid it will be difficult to make a big difference!
Therefore, after the three of them set off, Yang Rui drove the wind flying carpet to Dashan City, Yang Rui was ready to dispatch more than 15,000 cavalry from Dashan City to Changyi City, and then cooperate with Zhang Ning and the other three to pose a threat to Liu Dai's troops outside Changyi City.
In fact, Liu Dai also sent troops to cross the Yellow River on time, as stated in the secret letter, and went straight to Changyi City! So, before the offensive and defensive battle of Changyi officially began, a time battle between Yang Rui and Liu Dai had begun!
Aside from the all-out preparations of all parties around Changyi City, it was said that after the Dragon Soul and other major player organizations got the imitation documents and official seals from Yang Rui, after several days of preparation, they had begun to settle in the major counties in the Yin area of Henan Province one after another, and the scene was also very lively.
Dragon Soul and other player organizations are worthy of being the top large-scale player organizations in China, although they are in the plot of Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, many players are participating in the plot to earn plot rewards, including the Black Mountain Army in the Taihang Mountain area and even the edge of Dong Zhuo's control area, there are a large number of player activities, but after the call of several major player organizations such as Dragon Soul, a large number of players have flocked to the Henan Yin area west of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the flow of people who converge to Henan Yin is endless! (To be continued......)