Guan Yu then made arrangements:
"I need not bring many troops. I will take only five hundred Blade Guards from my own command to duel Ma Chao. Huo Jun will command the archers and hold the city securely.
"My son may lead three thousand troops and wait before the pass gate. Once I slay Ma Chao, Huo Jun shall beat the drums and advance. My son will lead the troops out to strike from cover, and victory will surely be ours."
With these arrangements, Huo Jun could find no loopholes. He could only say, "My lord, take care."
Guan Yu wielded the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, mounted the Red Hare, and led five hundred Blade Guards out of the pass. These five hundred Blade Guards were also a special elite troop type, and could be considered Guan Yu's show of strength.
Bai Xiaowen kept a close watch on Guan Yu. He discovered that Guan Yu, mounted on the Red Hare, had gained an additional status: Flying General!
[Flying General: Passive. The Red Hare crosses mountains and rivers as though on level ground. Its running speed is equivalent to the peak of the Awakened Plane (200 Agility), and its jumping distance is greatly increased; grants the mounted general 12 Agility and ignores ordinary terrain obstacles.]
The "ordinary terrain obstacles" here referred to uneven natural terrain. If they were man-made horse traps, they could not be ignored; at most, they could be spotted in advance and jumped over with the Red Hare's strength.
Thus, this Flying General status skill differed somewhat from Swift Steed, one of the four major bonuses of Zhao Yun's Lone Rider Rescue. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Yun could leap out even after falling into a trap pit, frightening Zhang He into retreating far