Lu Bu's road to strengthening the army has slowly begun to take shape.

Chen Gong held the roster and said: "My lord, according to your orders, in addition to the eight hundred soldiers in the trapping camp and the two hundred wolf horsemen in the state, a total of two thousand soldiers have been selected, and the rest of the people, the subordinates have made their own decisions and arranged them to work as errands in various county offices." ”

Smart people do things to make people worry-free, Lu Bu didn't want to do such a trick in the first place, which can save expenses and consolidate local power.

Lu Bu said approvingly: "The public station does things, and Ben Hou is relieved." ”

"How's the artisans doing?"

Chen Gong replied: "All of them have been sent to the port camp in Gaoshun, which can help somewhat." ”

……

The two were talking, and Zhang Liao came to say, "Lord, Xu Du is here." ”

Lu Bu waited early and looked forward to it late, and finally had a reply, so he didn't know what tricks Cao Cao made.

When he was young, a man with a male duck voice pointed out with an orchid: "The slave family is under the emperor's order, and I have come to announce the decree." ”

Lu Bu bowed respectfully and saluted: "The criminal minister Lu Bu has the order." ”

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Wenhou Lu Bu has both moral and moral character, indiscriminately kills innocents, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, beheaded, thinking of the emperor's grace, the death penalty can be avoided, now pardoned, demoted to Guangling Taishou, retain the title of Marquis Wen."

The chief eunuch, after reading it, Lu Bu bowed three times and knelt nine times before he got up to receive the decree.

Lu Bu held up the big eunuch, stuffed a heavy gold ingot, and said, "Father-in-law has worked hard all the way, but you can rest in the courtyard for a few days." ”

The chief eunuch said without changing his face: "The prince is polite, the slave has to get up and go back to the palace to resume his life, so he won't bother." ”

"Father-in-law go slowly, I have some coarse tea in the house, if you don't give it up, please go into the house and take a closer look."

The eunuch knew that Lu Bu intended to bribe him, so he turned around and said to the soldiers who came to announce the decree: "You stay here first, and I will come when I go." ”

Lu Bu led the eunuch into the chamber, found a sandalwood box and said carefully: "My father-in-law is tired, please accept it." ”

I saw that it was full of gold and jewelry, which was worth a lot of money, only from moving the capital to Xuchang, when did they have this kind of treatment, and they immediately had a good impression of Lu Bu.

The eunuch was embarrassed: "The prince is too careful, but I'm afraid that the slave can't do things for the prince." ”

Lu Bu said smoothly: "What did my father-in-law say, this is a meeting gift for my father-in-law, Ben Hou has no desire and no desire, and he doesn't bother his father-in-law." ”

When the eunuch saw that Lu Bu was sincere, he became greedy, wrapped the sandalwood box in a black cloth, and sighed: "It's a pity that the prince can't be used by His Majesty. ”

Lu Bu hurriedly asked, "Isn't Your Majesty doing well in Xudu?" ”

The father-in-law wanted to speak and stopped, waved his hand and walked out, said goodbye to Lu Bu, and got up to go back to Xu Du.

Needless to say, Lu Bu also knew that Liu Xie's life was not easy.

"Junhou, what are you thinking?"

Chen Gong interrupted Lu Bu's thoughts.

Lu Bu held the holy decree and said with a smile: "I'm thinking about whether this holy decree was written by His Majesty or Cao Cao!" ”

Chen Gong replied: "The subordinates care more about who this new Xuzhou assassin will be?" ”

"Liu Da'er, Liu Bei."

Chen Gong really couldn't believe it, how could Cao Cao send Liu Bei, didn't he understand the truth of letting the tiger return to the mountain.

Lu Bu explained: "Yuan Shu went north, how could Cao Cao sit idly by, he must send Liu Bei here, Liu Bei is very scheming, no matter who is the assassin of Xuzhou at that time, Liu Bei will not be able to tolerate him...... It's broken, Gongtai, something big is happening. ”

"Li Kui, quickly go and summon General Zhang Liao to come over to discuss matters."

"Lu Zhong, quickly go to the barracks to gather the cavalry."

Lu Bu whispered with a heavy expression: "Gongtai, I can hear that Yuan Shu has secretly hidden the jade seal of the country." ”

Chen Gong nodded silently.

Lu Bu hurriedly said: "Ben Hou watches the sky at night, Yuan Shu will die this time, so he should strike first." ”

Chen Gong was surprised, when did the prince learn to observe the sky at night, who made Lu Bu more and more able to act as a wise man.

Zhang Liao was summoned, and hurried over, and when he entered the house, he saw that Lu Bu was already dressed in military uniform.

Lu Bu instructed: "Wenyuan, go to Yangzhou with Benhou, and Guangling will be managed by Gongtai for the time being." ”

"No!"

The matter of passing on the jade seal of the country, Lu Bu is bound to get it, this is a good treasure, maybe it can be of great use that day.

Five hundred cavalry urgently assembled, and Lu Bu rushed to Shouchun with the general Zhang Liaohuo.

Along the way, one news after another caught Lu Bu off guard, and the time to come was finally here.

Liu Bei killed Zhu Ling in private, and after surrendering 3,000 soldiers, his strength increased greatly, and he had already attacked Pengcheng, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xiapi.

And Yuan Shu has already gone north and down, ready to open a posture and fight with Liu Bei.

The ice and snow melted, the earth recovered, and the spring in Yangzhou began to shine, but unfortunately Lu Bu did not have the leisure to enjoy this beautiful scenery.

"Lord, it turns out that Yuan Shu has already gone to Xiapi, why don't we take the opportunity to cut off the road between Xiapi and Shouchun."

Zhang Liao immediately decided.

This is the best policy, once Yuan Shu's army is defeated, he will return to Shouchun, and he will naturally be able to capture it when the time comes.

Lu Bu opened his mouth and said: "Wen Yuan led the cavalry first, and Ben Hou went to Shouchun to meet old friends for a while." ”

Zhang Liao worried: "The lord enters the enemy camp alone, it is extremely dangerous, and it is absolutely unacceptable. ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "Ben Hou will pay attention, Wen Yuan can rest assured that he will be able to join the army two or three days later." ”

Lu Bu insisted on this, and Zhang Liao was inconvenient to block it too much, so he cherished it, and Lu Bu took the twenty-five people of the Tiger Fighting Team and went straight to Shouchun County.

The prosperity of the past is gone, the city of Shouchun has fallen, and the refugees of famine can be seen everywhere.

Lu Bu changed his outfit and mixed into the city with Li Kui, and the newly built palace of Yuan Shu in the center of the city was particularly dazzling, with a feeling of standing out from the crowd, and the guards of the imperial city were sparse and useless.

Lu Bu ordered a pot of good tea from the teahouse opposite, and looked at all kinds of people entering the imperial city, as if they were really looking for enemies.

Li Kui leaned over and whispered, "Lord, who is the old man we are looking for?" ”

Lu Bu said in a low voice: "It's just boring to come and see, and I told the brothers not to move around at will, but to find a place to stay first." ”

Li Kui is simple-minded and doesn't ask questions, as long as Lu Bu does what he orders.

When he was young, an official in bright court clothes walked out, escorted by armor soldiers on the left and right, and he looked like a senior official.

It happened that Xiao Er came over to add tea, and Lu Bu asked: "Little brother, let me ask you, the adult who has just left the palace can be surnamed Liu." ”

Seeing that Lu Bu was so polite, Xiao Er was enthusiastic: "The guest officer is the right person, the little one who witnesses the big officials entering and leaving the palace every day, there is no one who doesn't know him, and it is the general Zhang Xun who just came out." ”

Lu Bu rewarded a few copper plates, and asked, "Who is staying behind in Shouchun now?" ”

Xiao Er looked around for a while, leaned into Lu Bu's ear and said: "Don't ask more guest officers, the spies of Sun Cejun have been arrested in the city recently, and it is very chaotic, Your Majesty has gone to Xiapi, and Shouchun is under the control of Lord Changshi Yang and General Zhang." ”

When Lu Bu got the news, he asked Xiao Er to retreat, and it seemed that Sun Ce was also actively preparing, and the battle of Huainan had already begun.

"Guest officer, please."

There were four more guests in the teahouse, one of them had a face like white jade, dignified and elegant, in Lu Bu's words, it was a little white face, the other was handsome, with clear eyebrows, but his eyes were full of murderous energy, and the other two were powerful, and they knew at a glance that they were Lian Jiazi.

The four of them asked for tea, but they didn't speak, and drank it by themselves.

Lu Bu tried his best to search for brain memory, these four people were by no means things in the pool, but unfortunately they didn't have the slightest impression.

More is better than less, anyway, Lu Bu knows that the Huainan area and him are enemies.

Lu Bu paid for the wine and went to the inn, and the old man he was looking for had already been found.

Three watches in the middle of the night, the night is dark and the wind is high, it is a good time to kill people and sell goods.

Outside the mansion of Yang Hong, Lu Bu lowered his body and hid in the grass, covered in a black robe, only his eyes leaked outside.

"Up"

The Tiger Fighters got the order and killed the guards at the gate of the mansion with lightning speed, leaving six people to guard the gate, and the others followed Lu Bu straight to the backyard wing.

The first fierce general of the Three Kingdoms, if he wants to sneak attack and assassinate people, it is not enough to be caught, such as chopping melons and vegetables.

Yes, Lu Bu wants to assassinate Yang Hong, he wants to live in chaos and become a pot of porridge. originally wanted to assassinate Zhang Xun, but this guy, for some reason, the soldiers inside and outside the house were densely packed, and they attacked strongly, but I was afraid that it would be difficult to get out.

Quickly, too quickly, without warning, the people of the government were killed cleanly.

The people of the Tiger Fighting Team are all extraordinary, and it is easy to deal with these government soldiers.

Even Yang Hong woke up with a steel knife hanging from his neck, and said in a panic: "Don't kill me, strong man, I have money!" ”

Lu Bu sneered: "Go to your netherworld and count the money." ”

Lu Bu didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he cut it in two, and Yang Hong didn't blink an eye.

Such a fierce and vicious spirit, the concubine at the end of the bed was so frightened that she fainted, Li Kui kicked her to wake her up, pulled down her scarf, and said with a cannibalistic face: "I am a righteous man in Jiangdong, and I have come to assassinate Yang Hong on the order of the head of the family, if you dare to say it, you will be cut by a thousand knives." ”

The concubine was so frightened that she couldn't help nodding.

But Yang Hong, the wind was tight, Shouchun was not easy to stay for a long time, Lu Bu asked someone to change the clothes and armor of the government soldiers, and looked at the city with Yang Hong's house card.