Chapter 212

That night.

In the woods outside Fenyang City, a campfire was lit.

Duan Yu sat by the fire facing north, holding a branch and drawing a simple topographical map on the empty ground in front of him.

Beside him were Gao Shun and Chen Qing'an.

Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu sat further away, surrounded by the personal guards led by the two.

Starting from midnight, after a long day of wild galloping, more than a thousand cavalrymen arrived in Fenyang from Jinyang at the fastest speed.

Taiyuan Commandery was already adjacent to Yanmen.

Through Wang Ji's confession, before he was arrested, he had already sent a letter to his father, Wang Rou.

But fortunately, the content of the letter was to ask Wang Rou to return to Taiyuan.

But even so, Duan Yu did not dare to be careless.

After all, Taiyuan Commandery was too close to Yanmen Commandery.

The incident with the Wang family could not be hidden for too long; if someone tipped off Wang Rou, Wang Rou might very well escape.

He led more than a thousand cavalry to raid Yanmen Commandery; although they were all cavalry, there were many of them, and their movements could not be hidden.

Furthermore, their speed was definitely not faster than the speed of sending a letter with one person on two or even three horses.

And from Taiyuan Commandery into Yanmen Commandery, there was still a Loufan Pass in front of Duan Yu.

This was the closest route to Yanmen Commandery.

If they had to take a detour, the time taken would probably be several times longer than the original time.

Besides being the Grand Administrator of Yanmen Commandery, Wang Rou also served as the Colonel Protecting the Xiongnu.

He held military power in his hands.

Once Wang Rou learned that the family incident had occurred and ordered the blockade of Loufan Pass, the situation would become complicated.

"Pass the order down, everyone rest immediately, cook at the third watch, set off at the fourth watch, and must arrive at Loufan Pass before dark."

Duan Yu turned his gaze to Chen Qing'an.

"Qing'an."

Chen Qing'an, who was squatting on Duan Yu's left, stood up in black armor and bowed: "The subordinate is here."

"Tomorrow, you lead three hundred elite cavalry as the vanguard."

"After arriving at Loufan Pass, immediately post the document regarding the dismissal of Wang Rou to the general guarding the pass."

"If the guarding general does not comply, you can act according to the situation; whether to kill or imprison is up to you," Duan Yu said seriously.

Chen Qing'an took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and burning excitement shone in his eyes.

"Qing'an accepts the order and will never fail Duan Big Brother's high expectations!" Chen Qing'an said loudly.

Duan Yu nodded with satisfaction and waved for Chen Qing'an to sit down.

Gao Shun, who was on the side, also looked at Chen Qing'an.

Gao Shun and Chen Qing'an's relationship was like teacher and friend.

In military terms, they were teacher and student.

Gao Shun taught Chen Qing'an everything he understood about training and leading troops.

This allowed Chen Qing'an to grow from a village youth to the most outstanding and charismatic general among the four young generals.

In life, Gao Shun was also older than Chen Qing'an, and his care during training was more like a brother.

"Don't lose face for me." Gao Shun looked at Chen Qing'an and threw out a sentence with a straight face.

Chen Qing'an looked directly into Gao Shun's eyes and nodded seriously.

This time, when leading troops out to capture Wang Rou, Duan Yu did not bring Li Jue, Guo Si, and others.

Besides the four young generals, there was only Gao Shun.

This was also the first training of troops in a meaningful sense.

The three hundred cavalry assigned to Chen Qing'an were three hundred of the five hundred Liangzhou soldiers that Dong Zhuo had previously allocated to him.

There were two hundred left, with Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu each leading one hundred, plus the previous forty, making one hundred and twenty each.

A total of two hundred and forty people formed the personal guards.

As for Gao Shun, he led the eight hundred elite Flying Bear Cavalry under Dong Zhuo.

After distributing everything, Duan Yu let everyone go to rest.

And he came to the side of the Ink Jade Qilin Beast.

At this time, the Ink Jade Qilin Beast was tied to a tree, lowering its head and gnawing on the green grass that had just sprouted on the ground.

Seeing Duan Yu approach, the Ink Jade Qilin Beast lifted its huge horse head and shook it at Duan Yu like a spoiled child.

The pitch-black, oily mane shook gently.

Duan Yu reached out and stroked it, then patted it twice for comfort.

Then he came to the saddle piled up beside the Ink Jade Qilin Beast.

The saddle was on the ground, with three quivers full of arrows hanging on it.

Beside it was the Precious Carved Bow, which emitted a dark golden light.

After glancing at the Precious Carved Bow, Duan Yu reached out and picked up a long halberd from the side.

The long halberd was pitch black, as thick as a goose egg.

A blood-red long dragon was embedded in the pitch-black shaft.

The forging craftsmanship was exquisite.

The sharp spear tip was wide and thick, and seven holes were opened on it.

Whenever it was swung, a sound of screeching would ring out.

This weapon was also a gift from Dong Zhuo.

It was named the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd.

The name originated from the weapon used by the Overlord Xiang Yu back then.

Dong Zhuo had once found a very sharp sword when he was young.

Dong Zhuo never left that sword.

Many people who had seen that sword said it was once used by Xiang Yu.

But whether it was true or not, no one knew.

Later, Dong Zhuo forged another long halberd and named it the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd.

But after it was forged, he found that because it was too heavy, he couldn't use it.

This Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, which was as thick as a goose egg, was forged using various meteorites and refined iron that Dong Zhuo had searched for in Liangzhou over the years.

It weighed over two hundred jin.

Let alone using such a weapon, even ordinary people couldn't lift it.

After hearing that Duan Yu's strength was very great, Dong Zhuo thought of the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd that was gathering dust in the warehouse.

So, on one hand, to see if Duan Yu's strength was as great as the rumors, he gave the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd as a gift.

Duan Yu was also worried about not finding a good weapon.

So he accepted it.

It was quite handy to use.

In cavalry combat, he definitely couldn't use a short sword anymore.

And arrows would eventually run out.

Furthermore, he couldn't always hide in the dark and shoot cold arrows.

A long melee weapon was naturally still needed.

In the night, Duan Yu carried the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, which weighed more than two hundred jin, to an open space.

He had had the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd for a few days, but he hadn't had time to practice with it.

Duan Yu, standing in the open space, glanced at the cold, pitch-black halberd shaft and swung it gently.

According to his previous experience, after triggering a certain number of exercises, the ten-fold entry would be activated, and then a new entry would be comprehended.

Woo~

The holes on the sharp tip of the war halberd made a wooing whistling sound as they passed through the airflow, like ghosts crying and gods howling.