Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Lin Mu's guidance was correct and the safest approach. However, the players weren't the type to follow the rules blindly.

Lord players have a staff behind them. Sometimes they make a lot of mistakes because of incomplete information, but their initiative is not weak.

The internal strife at Hulao Pass is not proceeding as Lin Mu predicted!

Beitang Xue and Zhang Xueying followed Lin Mu's suggestion and strategy.

As night fell, the clamor gradually subsided, and the city grew quiet. However, a terrifying undercurrent was surging within the darkness.

In the camp of the feudal lord Zhang Chao, tens of thousands of soldiers were guarding the grain and supplies.

Tonight, Zhang Chao's camp was not as relaxed as usual, because Zhang Chao had led his elite troops away from Hulao Pass, leaving only ordinary soldiers to guard it.

Not only Zhang Chao, but also all the temporary military camps inside Hulao Pass were stockpiling large quantities of grain and fodder. However, all the warlords appeared to be on good terms, having agreed that if anyone attacked, they would all join forces to attack, which kept the warlords from harboring any disloyal intentions for the time being.

Zhang Chao dared to entrust his home to tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers because of this agreement. If the enemy attacked his camp, Zhang Miao, Kong Rong, Qiao Mao, and others would lead troops to help defend it.

However, forget about mutual support at Hulao Pass tonight, because the players' goal is these supplies and provisions!

For Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, was the distribution of grain truly out of kindness, or because of their internal strife?
No! The distribution of provisions had another crucial purpose: to use the provisions to tie down the armies of the various warlords!
That's right... Yuan Shao gave the position of grain transport officer to Yuan Shu not only to control the narrative, but also to suppress the strength of Yuan Shu's army and force him to spend most of his energy on transporting grain.

Now that a sudden and dramatic change has occurred, a change in strategy is necessary.

Distributing grain was, to some extent, a way of weakening the fighting power of the various lords!

Because transporting grain and supplies requires a large number of people, and the various lords generally did not have many logistics troops, they could only send their main forces to transport and protect them, which weakened the power of the various lords.

If distributing the grain would only break the alliance, couldn't strategists like Xu You, Xun Chen, and Guo Tu see that? Wouldn't they have stopped it?
Clearly, their true intention was to weaken the feudal lords and facilitate their subsequent plans.

Unfortunately, the first plan to replace Han Fu failed before it even began.

As night fell, shadowy figures flashed around the temporary military camps of the various lords...

Countless player soldiers set out, beginning to forge their own path!
Clearly, tonight, the feudal lords can forget about keeping watch; even their ability to remain unscathed is questionable.

With Lin Mu gone, and the big names like Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao also leaving, the remaining warlords in Hulao Pass had only so-so reputations, which is why the players dared to take a gamble!
After the Guandong Allied Forces captured Hulao Pass, they stockpiled countless grains and fodder in the city. Taking advantage of the fact that Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Qiao Mao and other warlords were attacking Luoyang, the player lords launched an internal rebellion, plundered the grains and fodder, and attempted to seize Hulao Pass.

This battle was later known as the "First Battle of the Rise of the Players"!
The one who fired the first shot was none other than Beitang Xue!

She and Zhang Xueying cooperated to attack Zhang Chao's military camp.

Although the combined forces of the two territories are not strong, they still number 800,000. With the bows and arrows and various props prepared in advance, there should be no major problem in besieging the 180,000 ordinary garrison troops!

This temporary military camp was converted from a wealthy man's residence, with the mansion's walls serving as the first line of defense. Many soldiers stood guard on the walls, and bonfires burned, illuminating the surrounding area.

Just then, a buzzing sound, like bees frantically flapping their wings, suddenly came from the darkness.

The veteran with battlefield experience immediately woke up, because this noise was none other than a sign that a rain of arrows was coming!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Giant shields to hold off the rain of arrows!!!" a veteran general shouted.

This sound completely shattered the tranquility of the night.

"Clang!~~~" Immediately afterwards, the guards on the courtyard wall raised the giant shields that had been prepared on the ground.

"Clang! Clang!~~~" As soon as they raised their giant shields, a rain of arrows came down, the clanging sounds echoing incessantly.

"Ah!~~" Even with the tightest defenses, many soldiers were still hit by arrows.

"Whoosh!!!" Just then, rockets shot out from the courtyard wall, dispelling the surrounding darkness and allowing them to see the enemies hidden in the shadows.

"This is no small matter; at least 100,000 enemies are attacking!!!"

"Help!!!"

"Whoosh!~~" At the same time, a dazzling signal flare rose into the sky, a signal to the other feudal lords for help.

"Kill!!!!!" Just then, the enemies in the darkness began their charge.

"Thump thump!~~~" At the same time, catapults began to launch in the darkness, and huge stones were thrown towards the courtyard walls and courtyard.

Under the cover of arrows and catapults, countless soldiers surged toward the temporary military camp at the mansion.

With no regard for cost and no fear of death, Beitang Xue and her troops easily captured the city wall and the gate.

Afterwards, soldiers flooded into the mansion, beginning an even bloodier and more brutal battle.

Beitang Xue and others personally joined the charge, charging forward with the soldiers.

"Lord Snowshadow, the strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one open doesn't seem to be working..."

“They’re fighting to the death…” After Beitang Xue had stormed the gate for a while, she noticed that the soldiers inside the mansion were still resisting and wouldn’t give an inch. She then sent someone to investigate and discovered that the section of the courtyard wall they hadn’t surrounded was completely still. “They’re probably stalling for time, waiting for reinforcements…” Zhang Xueying concluded.

The strategy of surrounding three sides and leaving one open was taught to them by Lin Mu, since their target was not the lives of Zhang Chao's soldiers, but the supplies and provisions.

They had already found out that there were tens of thousands of fine warhorses and enough rations to feed 500,000 soldiers for three months in the mansion's military camp!

Even if it's split in two, it's still a huge sum of money for them!
"Waiting for rescue... Heh... Zhang Miao's side... Liu Dai's side, etc., have all been targeted by the players. If we make a move, it will definitely alert everyone. One move will affect the whole situation. They are afraid that the difficulty will increase, so they will definitely make their move tonight."

"Kill!!!" Sure enough, at that moment, a flash of fire appeared in the distance, and a series of soaring battle cries resounded.

Not only that, but even further afield, and even in the eastern district, deafening shouts of battle and raging flames began to rise...

The first battle for player rise has begun!

Player factions have always been ignored and discriminated against by the warlords of Kanto, but this battle seems to be proving something...

The entire Hulao Pass was ablaze with flames, and the shouts of battle, screams, and wails of agony mingled together, creating a tragic and cruel symphony!
Player faction VS Kanto warlord faction!

Upon sensing the situation, Beitang Xue and the others were slightly pleased and shouted loudly, "You have no reinforcements tonight!"

"Soldiers, continue the attack and crush them in one fell swoop!"

"Those who surrender will live! You will be allowed to go find your lord, Zhang Chao!"

"Those who refuse to surrender will be killed without mercy!!!"

Beitang Xue has started using psychological tactics.

Thus, the soldiers charged frantically, some even carrying oil directly towards the enemy positions, creating raging fires and perishing together with dozens of enemies.

This frenzied fighting style, which terrified the enemy, continuously tore apart the defenders' psychological defenses...

Gradually, Zhang Chao's soldiers, unable to wait for reinforcements, began to retreat and shrink back.

As soon as they retreated, the grain and supplies piled up in the open in the courtyard began to appear in front of Beitang Xue and the others.

And so, countless ordinary players who weren't participating in the battle began moving supplies and provisions...

The news of the riot at Hulao Pass reached Lin Mu's ears immediately.

Lin Mu hadn't expected the player lords to go this far! This had already exceeded many people's expectations.

It should be noted that there are still nearly seven million soldiers of the Kwantung Allied Army in the military camps of the various lords within the city.

To achieve their goal, players will inevitably suffer significant losses.

Unlike the previous slaying of the Red Dragon, this time the number of soldiers inside Hulao Pass did not reach that level.

Each player lord actually has a limit on the number of troops they can command. This limit isn't imposed by the system, but by warlords like Yuan Shao, because the sheer number of players means there's simply not enough space for them to garrison. Furthermore, the previous incident involving Liu Bei has put the warlords on their guard, hence the relatively small number of troops commanded by player lords.

However, countless player soldiers are now pouring into the east gate of Hulao Pass and through that huge breach...

"They've rebelled! They've rebelled!!!" Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun and the eleventh warlord, hurriedly put on his armor, his face full of anger.

He hadn't expected that almost all the superhumans would riot tonight, and that a steady stream of superhuman soldiers would rush in from outside, frantically attacking the temporary military camps of the various lords and plundering their provisions.

Zhang Chao's camp was the first to send out a distress signal, but it fell completely not long afterward...

Upon learning of this, Qiao Mao panicked.

Most of the other feudal lords had left the city, leaving only him and Kong Rong inside.

There are still enough troops to defend Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's camps, so there shouldn't be any problem. Now, in addition to protecting our own camps, we also need to spare some manpower to help the other warlords' camps, otherwise things will get bad.

"My lord! My lord! Something terrible has happened!!" At this moment, a messenger rushed in.

"The enemy is using large numbers of archers to fire rockets, or catapults to launch fireballs, but they're not aiming at our soldiers; they're aiming at the food supplies in our camp!!!"

"Dozens of grain rations have already been set on fire!!!" the messenger shouted, his face covered in soot.

"While I lead the first through tenth units into battle, the other units will remain to defend and extinguish fires!" Qiao Mao calmly ordered.

He personally led the expedition not to rescue other feudal lords, but because he was struggling to protect his own, how could he have the energy to take care of other feudal lords?

Let the other lords be in a bad situation; it's better to die than to die myself.

Thus, all the warlords remaining at Hulao Pass suffered losses. (End of Chapter)