Righteousness First in Troubled Times, Envoy from the North Wind

[Hulao Pass!]

[A mighty city beneath heaven.]

[You had assembled an army of three hundred thousand and begun marching north.]

[The gates of this mighty pass were hauled open, and the three hundred thousand troops surged out.]

[Like a long dragon leaving the frontier!]

[Above them, banners bearing a huge Yan character in white against a black field snapped loudly in the wind!]

[You looked back at Hulao Pass, where a molten-gold sun still lingered above the dusk.]

[Black clouds poured from the city, armor gleaming like scales of gold.]

[Iron cavalry thundered forth, followed closely by three hundred thousand troops, their momentum vast and majestic, like mountains and seas.]

[The next day!]

[The army arrived beneath Yun Prefecture City. After a brief rest, it continued north.]

[At noon on the second day, they crossed the Yellow River!]

[You donned the armor you had not worn for a long time. Lu Yu stood at your side, while Feng Haichao, Yu Xu, Xie Ling, Linghu Jian, and other great generals of the Lu Family Army stood behind you.]

[Every officer and soldier among the three hundred thousand troops was rubbing their fists and palms together, unable to conceal their excitement. What man of the Northern Region did not yearn to join the army?]

[To carve one's achievements into Yanran Mountain, to pursue the fleeing enemy north!]

[Passing through Yun Prefecture and Yan Prefecture, then crossing the Yellow River, morale rose another measure with every mile they marched north.]

[As the army advanced, the thunder of hooves roared like muffled thunder rolling down from the sky, like rousing war drums beating across the battlefield.]

[Their momentum had become unstoppable!]

[Beyond the Yellow River lay the gateway to the North Wind—Xu Province!]

[Most of this province was an endless, boundless plain. Scoured without