A month later, Qingzhou.
In Pingyuan Commandery, Leling, Guan Yu looked at the transfer order issued by Wang Xuan. He would serve as commander, mobilize twenty thousand troops, depart from Leling, and seize Nanpi, the administrative seat of Bohai Commandery. He had to take it in one fell swoop!
In Jinan Commandery, Licheng, Zhang Fei looked at the transfer order in his hands. He would serve as commander, mobilize twenty thousand troops, depart from Licheng, and seize Ling County in Qinghe Commandery. He was to hold his position and await reinforcements!
In Youzhou, Yuyang Commandery, Quanzhou, Gan Ning looked at the transfer order in his hands. He would serve as commander, mobilize ten thousand Marine Corps troops, depart from Quanzhou, and follow the Zhang River in a surprise attack on Le City, the administrative seat of Hejian Commandery. He had to take it in one fell swoop!
At the same time, Gongsun Zan in Yuyang City, Yuyang Commandery, was also rubbing his fists in anticipation, swearing to avenge his disgrace. He had gathered the twenty thousand infantry and ten thousand cavalry he had painstakingly reassembled over the past few years, waiting only for the appointed time to launch a surprise attack on Ji County in Guangyang Commandery, Youzhou's administrative seat—and the future Capital City.
By a strange coincidence, Lu Bu was no longer in Hanoi Commandery either. He had taken ten thousand newly recruited infantry and the original fifteen thousand Bingzhou Wolf Riders into Huguan in Shangdang Commandery, Bingzhou. He was waiting for the appointed time to charge straight into Taiyuan Commandery, Bingzhou.
Lu Bu wore a three-pronged purple-gold crown that bound his hair, a western Sichuan red brocade robe patterned with flowers, beast-faced ring-linked armor, and a delicately carved lion-patterned belt around his waist. Standing atop Huguan's walls and