Everyone turned toward the voice and saw a burly, red-haired man stride out of the crowd. His face was resolute, his eyes sharp, and beneath his armor, they could glimpse bronze skin covered in scars.
This was none other than Wei Yan, courtesy name Wenchang!
Liu Bei extended a hand. "Defending the Immortal Island means facing almost certain death. Wenchang! Do you dare shoulder the responsibility of its governor?"
Wei Yan cupped his fists. "Even if that traitor Dong brings the whole world against us, I will fight with all my strength to drive him back."
Thus, Liu Bei appointed Wei Yan as commander, with Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun as his deputies, leaving them to defend the Immortal Island with the infantry and archers. Ma Chao and Meng Huo would lead the cavalry and elephant troops on raids, serving as a diversion.
The remaining seven—Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jiang Wei, Ma Su, Pang Tong, and Chen Feng—would form a squad. Once Lü Bu left Luoyang, they would raid the treasury, retrieve divine artifacts such as the Eight-Foot Serpent Spear and the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, then regroup with the others.
With their plan settled, they dismantled the Eight-Trigram Stone Maze Kongming had established, exposing the Penglai Immortal Island to the world.
Strangely, no matter how much havoc Ma Chao and the others wreaked elsewhere, or how much Wei Yan and his men provoked them from Penglai, Luoyang remained unmoved.
Chen Feng was frantic. "What happened to the Cihang boss showing up at our doorstep in one second? This order is already a whole day overdue!"
One day earlier.
Flesh Dong Zhuo was drinking wine and eating meat when he suddenly saw the Ten Attendants hurry inside. He asked what had happened.
The Flesh Ten Attendants were drenched in