At this time, the situation in Xuzhou was also tense, and the troops and horses were frequently transferred.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Luo Cheng each led their own troops to Pengcheng, Guangling, and Dongguan.

Fan Lihua led 70,000 troops and rushed to the East China Sea at a very fast speed.

At the same time, Lu Bu also took active action, first wrote dozens of invitations, and sent people to send them to the families of Xiapi, Donghai, and Linlang counties, inviting the heads of each family to the Assassin's Mansion for a banquet.

The invitation explained that it was to make amends to the heads of the family, and to contact the feelings by the way.

Due to the incident in Muzhen County, Yuan Shu was about to attack Xuzhou, and the big families of all families naively thought that Lu Bu wanted to stabilize the rear because he wanted to encircle them and give in to them.

So, the moment they received the invitation, they all went to Xuzhou Thorn Mansion without hesitation and with high spirits.

Even Li Dejiang, the head of the Li family, did not have the slightest doubt, feeling that the war was imminent, and Lu Bu had no other choice but to encircle the family.

But no one realized that this so-called banquet was actually a Hongmen banquet. Lu Bu dared to defy the condemnation of the world, raised a butcher's knife against the Xuzhou family, and killed the killer!

At the same time that the families went to the Assassin's Mansion, Lu Bu led two thousand personal guards and left Xiapi at night and headed for the Linlang Kingdom in the north.

The name of Langya country, began in the Western Han Dynasty, is the reign of Lu Hou for seven years, when Liu Ze was named the king of Langya, Linlang County was changed to Linlang country, which has been used to this day, and is a large county with a large population under the rule of Xuzhou.

Within two days, Lu Bu led his army to attack more than 600 miles and rushed to Linyi, the seat of Linlang State Administration.

Garrisoning the army outside the city, Lü Bu entered the city alone and went to the county guard's mansion.

Taishou Li Xing and county lieutenant Lu Xiao rushed to hear the letter.

In the hall of the county guard's mansion, Lu Bu looked around to make sure that there was no one around, and asked, "How many troops do you have in hand now?" ”

Lu Xiao replied respectfully: "My lord, since the last general took office, according to the order of the Assassin Mansion, only 2,700 people have been recruited, plus the defenders and catchers in various counties, about 5,000 people. ”

Li Xing also hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, yes... We obey the orders of the Assassin Mansion in everything, and we will never dare to disobey it. ”

Lu Bu found a place to sit down and said, "You have misunderstood, I did not come here to check the number of troops. Nor is it accountable. ”

"What is the intention of the lord?"

"I'm going to kill a group of people, I need the help of the county soldiers, here's the list..." Due to the time constraints, Lu Bu didn't want to say more, and directly handed over the list to the two.

After reading the list, Lu Xiao's expression was flat.

Li Xing was shocked, and said urgently: "Lord, these are all big families from all over Linlang Country. ”

"Questions?"

"I don't understand, why kill them?"

"You are a little Taishou, you just need to obey orders, is it necessary to know so much? Even if I have itchy hands and want to kill a few people to stop the itching, can't I? Lu Bu stared at Li Xing closely, and suddenly remembered that Li Dejiang's surname is Li, and this person named Li Xing is also surnamed Li, so he can't be Li Dejiang's relative, right? Otherwise, after seeing that list, I would be so excited.

In order to confirm this idea, Lu Bu's face softened slightly, and he said: "These families are all suspected of rebellion, and they must be killed!" Let me tell you the truth, in Xuzhou, except for Li Dejiang, Zheng Biyou, and a few other families, they will all be killed by me. ”

"Li Taishou, I heard that you are a relative of Li Dejiang? Don't worry, Li Dejiang is loyal to me, and not long ago he promised to give me thousands of stones, grain and grass. Therefore, the Li family will not suffer, and you will not be implicated. ”

"Yes, yes... Thank you for your trust. ”

"Are you really Li Dejiang's relative?" Lu Bu asked again.

Li Xing hesitated, this question, but he was furious in his heart, didn't he say that it was not about the Li family, but looking at Lu Bu's face, it seemed that something was not quite right.

"Let me ask you, is it a relative of Li Dejiang?"

"Yes, he's... It's my distant uncle. Seeing that Lu Bu's expression was not good, Li Xing hurriedly changed his words: "However, I haven't been in contact for many years, so... I don't know him well. ”

"Lu Xiao."

"Yes."

"Push him out and behead him!"

"Huh?!" Lu Xiao and Li Xing were dumbfounded at the same time, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Li Xing fell to his knees and shouted, "My lord, there is no disagreement with my humble position." ”

Lu Bu turned a deaf ear, since he decided to purge the family, he couldn't let anyone go. He glared at Lu Xiao and shouted, "What are you waiting for?" Drag him out and behead him on the spot! ”

"No."

Although Lu Xiao was puzzled, he didn't ask more. He turned around and yelled outside the door, and two soldiers rushed in, dragged Li Xing out, and just outside the county guard's mansion, beheaded Li Xing.

"Lu Xiao."

"Yes."

Lu Bu asked, "Li Taishou still has a family?" ”

"Yes. There are three wives and concubines, two sons, and a newborn girl. ”

Lu Bu frowned and said, "Behead his two sons and confiscate the family property." As for the wife and daughter, I will allow them not to die, but they must be driven out of Xuzhou. ”

"Yes, I'll do it."

"Wait."

Lu Bu handed the list back to Lu Xiao and ordered: "Within two days, all these people on the list will be beheaded and beheaded, their family property will be sealed and confiscated, and when the Assassin's Mansion comes, they will be handed over to the Assassin's Mansion." ”

"You need to remember that you must strike quickly and ruthlessly, and you must not give the family any chance to resist."

"Lord, are they really going to rebel?" Lu Xiao took the list, and after thinking about it, he finally couldn't help but ask.

"That's right. I have enough evidence at my disposal. These people on the list want to collude with Yuan Shu and plot against me Xuzhou. "Originally, there was no need to hide it from Lu Xiao, but Lu Bu thought about it, his wings were not yet full, and it was always bad to make his subordinates feel that he was killing innocents indiscriminately. Instead of explaining too much, it is better to simply say that it is a rebellion, what can it be, anyway, Lu Xiao will not verify.

Sure enough, Lu Xiao didn't have any doubts, and immediately responded with a fist: "Rebels, there is no forgiveness for killing!" The lord can rest assured that the end will be set within two days, and these people will be killed cleanly. ”

"Okay, when this is done, I'll give you a big credit!"

He handed over to Lu Xiao the spirit of fighting tigers and the proclamation of the land reform system, and instructed Lu Xiao to tell the people everywhere he went. Lu Bu walked out of the mansion and left on a red rabbit horse.

He is now anxious to clear the family on the border of Linlang Country before the news leaks, and then go to other places. Because the list given to Lu Xiao is only the families in Linyi City and the surrounding areas of Linyi City, as for the more remote ones, he will handle them personally.

When night fell, the stars were dotted, and Lu Bu did not stop for a moment, and rushed to the border overnight with two thousand personal guards.

From this moment on, a bloody storm of slaughtering families began to sweep everywhere...