Chapter 462

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had already learned that the Jincheng Prefect, Chen Yi, had been killed, and that Cheng Qiu had defected to the Western Qiang and tricked open the gates of three county towns.

As time passed, after the army was ready, it was already noon.

East of Jixian.

A fast horse arrived in front of Duan Yu and the others at the east gate.

"Report to the General, Inspector Liang Hu's carriage has arrived at the west gate and is about to enter the city, but has been stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate."

After hearing this, Duan Yu took a deep breath, his gaze cold and silent, then shook the reins of the Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast.

The next second, the Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast turned and headed straight for the east gate, then rushed toward the west side of the city along the road in Jixian.

West of Jixian.

At this time, a slightly embarrassed motorcade stopped in front of the west gate.

There were hundreds of people.

Including several carriages.

The rest were cavalry and attendants.

"Presumptuous."

Liang Hu, who was in the carriage, lifted the curtain in front of the carriage and shouted angrily: "You have a lot of nerve, do you know who I am?"

"You even dare to stop my carriage!"

"I am the Liangzhou Inspector, Liang Hu!"

"Whose subordinates are you!"

Liang Hu, sitting in the carriage and being stopped, was furious.

But the soldiers remained unmoved.

The city gate captain responsible for guarding the gate bowed to Liang Hu and said: "Inspector, the Prefect has ordered that from today on, all vehicles entering the city with more than a hundred people must have the Prefect's hand-written order and warrant."

"Without a warrant or order, you cannot enter the city."

"Or the Prefect can enter the city alone, and let the remaining attendants, followers, and soldiers stay outside the city."

"I am also acting on orders, so please don't make things difficult for me, Inspector."

"Presumptuous!"

Liang Hu shouted angrily: "Are you deaf or stupid? Don't you see who I am?"

"I am the Liangzhou Inspector, and I need Duan Yu's permission to enter the city?"

"Move the road for me now, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Liang Hu threatened loudly, but the city gate captain and all the soldiers remained unmoved.

"Inspector, please don't make things difficult for me. I am just acting on orders." The city gate captain bowed and said.

"You..."

Liang Hu pointed at the city gate captain and shouted angrily: "You have a lot of nerve. Someone, take this person who defies his superior."

"Anyone who dares to resist, kill them without mercy."

Accompanied by Liang Hu's order, the cavalry following Liang Hu's motorcade immediately rode forward, preparing to take the city gate captain.

However, before Liang Hu's soldiers could take action.

A series of heavy hoofbeats came from inside the west gate.

The first to appear in the west gate tunnel was Duan Yu, riding the Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast.

Wearing black thorn armor, Duan Yu, with the fatigue behind him quickly rolled up by the Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast, took the lead.

When they saw Duan Yu's figure, the many cavalrymen around Liang Hu immediately stopped their actions.

And the city gate captain guarding the gate immediately cleared a path for Duan Yu.

Following closely behind, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Duan Yu's personal guards also followed.

For a time, the two groups confronted each other outside the west gate of Jixian.

"Lord." The city gate captain stepped forward, came to Duan Yu's horse, and bowed: "I followed your order, Lord. Anyone without your warrant, and anyone with more than a hundred people, is not allowed to enter the city."

"But the Inspector wanted to force his way in, and I didn't allow it."

Duan Yu, riding on the horse, nodded slightly: "Not bad, you did the right thing."

After saying this, Duan Yu's gaze turned to Liang Hu in the carriage.

Their eyes met, and Liang Hu's just-angry gaze seemed to shrink, not daring to look directly at Duan Yu.

Duan Yu, holding a horse whip in one hand, dismounted from the Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast.

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and others behind him also dismounted.

"Lord Liang." Duan Yu narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at Liang Hu: "The order was issued by me. If Lord Liang has any questions, just come to me. Why make things difficult for my subordinates."

Liang Hu in the carriage gritted his teeth secretly.

"Since Lord Duan has said so, can I enter the city now?"

Duan Yu walked toward Liang Hu's carriage step by step.

The powerful aura he exuded made the guards on both sides of Liang Hu's carriage retreat involuntarily.

"Lord Liang wants to enter the city..."

Duan Yu shook his head slightly: "That... seems impossible."

"You..." Liang Hu frowned: "What does Lord Duan mean?"

"Why can't I enter the city!"

Duan Yu's gaze turned cold: "Because... I now suspect you of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country."

Hiss!

Everyone around gasped.

Colluding with the enemy and betraying the country!

Liang Hu colluding with the enemy and betraying the country?

"Nonsense!"

Liang Hu's face turned red in an instant, and he argued loudly: "Duan Yu, why do you say I colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country? Do you have any evidence?"

Evidence?

"Evidence."

"Lord Liang wants evidence, right."

Duan Yu took a deep breath and said: "Alright, I have a few questions to ask Lord Liang."

"First, the Jincheng Prefect, Chen Yi, went to the Shaodang Qiang to persuade them to add twenty percent to this year's taxes. Was this order issued by you, Lord Liang?"

In the carriage, Liang Hu's eyes were panicked.

"This... this order was indeed issued by me, but this was not my idea, but the suggestion of the Administrator Cheng Qiu." Liang Hu argued.

Duan Yu sneered: "Very good."

"Then my second question, was it you, Lord Liang, who ordered the Administrator Cheng Qiu and the Jincheng Prefect, Chen Yi, to go to the Shaodang Qiang together?"

"Yes... so what?" Liang Hu stammered: "I ordered it."

"Then you... still say you didn't collude with the enemy and betray the country?"

"Liang Hu, you have a lot of nerve!"

"Prefect Chen is upright, and no one in Liangzhou doesn't know it. You sent Prefect Chen to the Shaodang Qiang, clearly harboring evil intentions."

"Why was Prefect Chen killed at the Shaodang Qiang, but Cheng Qiu was unharmed?"

"Afterward, Cheng Qiu took the Western Qiang tribes and the Huangzhong Yicong to trick open the city gates and break three counties."

"Plundering and killing over ten thousand Han people."

"Liang Hu, do you still say you didn't collude with the enemy and betray the country?"

"Then I ask you, where is Cheng Qiu now? Is he in the Western Qiang army!"

Liang Hu, sitting in the carriage, was stunned.

His eyes were wide, his lips trembling, and he couldn't say a word.

After a long while, he squeezed out a sentence: "You... Duan Yu, stop slandering me. When did I collude with the enemy and betray the country? It was clearly Cheng Qiu... Cheng Qiu who was afraid of death and defected..."

"Cheng Qiu was afraid of death?" Duan Yu frowned and interrupted Liang Hu's words: "Was it Cheng Qiu who was afraid of death, or was it you, Liang Hu, who was afraid of death?"

"You sent Chen Yi to the Shaodang Qiang, why didn't you go yourself?"

"Prefect Chen was killed at the Shaodang Qiang, Jincheng Commandery had no leader, the Western Qiang continued to attack cities and plunder territories, killing the people. You didn't raise an army to resist the enemy, but secretly ran back to Jixian?"

"Why, did you think that by entering from the west gate, you could avoid me?" ===== CHAPTER 464 =====