"General?? What's wrong?"

Seeing Zhang Huan's bitter expression, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Huan shook his head and said, "I am fine, but you are right. We still need to ask His Majesty for permission to send troops. Zhongying needs to keep a close eye on their movements!"

Dong Zhuo said loudly, "General, rest assured, their every move will not escape the eyes of my scouts!"

Zhang Huan nodded and said with a smile, "Well, that's good! You all go and make your preparations first. We'll go and greet Attendant Jian together when he arrives!"

"promise!"

Dong Zhuo and Gao Shun responded in unison, then turned and left the tent, beginning to send people to recruit craftsmen everywhere.

......

At this moment, thirty miles southeast of the Bingzhou camp, a escort team of over a thousand people was slowly making its way towards the Bingzhou camp.

Besides the military equipment they were escorting, the brand-new wooden crates on the dozen or so oxcarts in the center of the procession were particularly eye-catching.

Besides the three thousand new military crossbows and one hundred thousand specially made crossbow bolts made by the Research and Manufacturing Bureau, the wooden box also contained some horseshoes and saddle warmers that Liu Hong had secretly had made by the Imperial Household Department.

However, considering that the horseshoes in the military camp were of varying sizes, Liu Hong only had a rough shape made. So, while sending a message to Zhang Huan, he also dispatched several hundred blacksmiths to accompany the team here.

Jian Shuo, riding at the front of the group, looked exhausted. More than a month had passed since he left Luoyang.

Looking at the desolate scenery on both sides of the road, Jian Shuo sighed softly, then looked at a Yulin Army officer beside him, "How far is it from here to the Bingzhou camp?"

The Imperial Guard officer reported, "Reporting to Attendant Jian, we are now less than thirty li from the Bingzhou camp, and will arrive in two more hours!"

"Phew~ We're finally here!"

Upon hearing the report from the Imperial Guards, Jian Shuo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This was the first time he had been sent out by the emperor to carry out a mission, and he was in charge of escorting military equipment. Therefore, Jian Shuo was on tenterhooks and very careful all the way, afraid that something might go wrong. Now that he was about to reach the Bingzhou camp, he finally felt relieved.