In the evening, Yan Xiang and Yuan Yao returned to the county seat of Muzhen County.

Or a caravan disguised.

Yan Xiang sat in the car, Yuan Yao rode a horse, followed by more than forty guards.

"Mr. Yan, Muzhen County is Lu Bu's territory, so we still have to be more careful. Wait until you go back to your ancestral home to rest for a day, and then leave for Yangzhou tomorrow, right? For some reason, Yuan Yao always had a bad premonition in his heart.

Yan Xiang said: "Childe, don't worry, as long as our whereabouts are not exposed, there will be no danger. ”

"Besides, Lu Bu is afraid of the lord like a tiger, it's too late to hide, how dare he hurt us and deliberately provoke the lord, isn't that looking for death?"

"Sir has a point." Yuan Yao's hanging heart finally let go of it.

After the caravan entered the city, it walked through the downtown area.

Everything was normal, nothing seemed to be going to happen.

But no one knew that behind this prosaic, there were people brewing a very tragic battle.

When Yan Xiang and Yuan Yao's team passed by the streets lined with restaurants, the sound of shouting and killing came from the surroundings. I saw that all the windows of the restaurant were opened, and bows and arrows were fired in a volley, pointing directly at the carriage on the road.

At the same time, there were more than two dozen spears, which were inserted from the roof and turned the carriage into a hedgehog.

Yuan Yao was hit by an arrow and shouted, "Enemy attack, enemy attack... Be careful, everyone! ”

Burst!

A red tassel spear flew and hit Yuan Yao's back, and the powerful force made his body break away from the war horse and fly to Yan Xiang's carriage, the carriage fell apart, and Yan Xiang rolled out of the carriage.

Before he died, Yuan Yao saw that Yan Xiang had more than 20 arrows in his body, and four spears pierced through his chest, and he couldn't die anymore.

Puff puff...

Arrows are raining down, and they're still shooting hard.

The more than forty guards on the street were caught off guard at first, suffering heavy casualties, and then seeing Yan Xiang and Yuan Yao dead, they all ran desperately, but no matter how fast they were, they couldn't be as fast as the arrows and feathers that flew in.

As a result, in less than half an hour, more than 40 guards suffered more than half of the casualties.

"Stop shooting!" In the restaurant, Li Dejiang's voice came.

"Master, why don't you?"

"Leave a few and let them go back and report to Yuan Shu." Hu Si suddenly realized and secretly said smart.

Li Dejiang said: "Hurry up and give an order, and while Lu Bu's soldiers and horses have not yet arrived, quickly evacuate and assemble outside the city." I estimate that in an hour, Muzhen County will be under martial law. ”

"Yes."

From the beginning to the end of the battle, in just a quarter of an hour, in addition to Yan Xiang, Yuan Yao, and more than 30 escorts were shot dead, more than a dozen civilians were killed, all lying on the narrow streets, blood staining the roads red.

Xiapi City, North School Field.

Lu Bu personally arrived and mobilized the generals who were about to go out for the war.

In order to clean the families of the six counties, the generals have been actively preparing for half a month.

Luo Cheng's 5,000 cavalry was formed. Gao Shun has 10,000 more. Zhang Liao had 15,000 more people. Although they are still recruits, after half a month of training, they can barely participate in the battle.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Lu Bu faced Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Luo Cheng, and Fan Lihua, and said in a deep voice: "I tell you again, the key to the victory of this battle lies in his suddenness, the sudden attack, so that the families are overwhelmed, and there is no time to call on the people to rebel." ”

"Also, the two proclamations I have given you must be posted in the city, so that the people of the city may know our intentions. It would be best if we could incite them to join us in dealing with the Maison. If not, it doesn't matter, after reading those two notices, at least they won't help the family deal with us. Do you get it? ”

"Understood!" The crowd replied with a loud voice.

"Okay, let's all go down and prepare..."

But at this moment, something happened and Chen Gong hurried over and handed a letter to Lu Bu.

After Lu Bu saw it, he frowned tightly and asked, "Where did you get this letter?" Is it reliable? ”

"This is a prostitute in Yangzhou Lichun Courtyard, and the information she learned was sent to Xuzhou for thousands of miles, handed over to Lu Yi, the lieutenant of Donghai County, and then sent by Lu Yi to me. I don't know if this information is reliable, but I have to be careful. ”

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Can you believe the information sent by a prostitute?" ”

"My lord, what happened? What kind of information? Fan Lihua was a little worried.

Lu Bu said: "It's not a big deal, it is estimated that the prostitute has nothing to do when she is full, so she will make fun of me." She actually said in the letter that Yan Xiang, a strategist under Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yao, Yuan Shu's son, would be killed by our officers and soldiers in Xuzhou, and Yuan Shu was about to send troops to Xuzhou. How could she, a prostitute, know about such a big thing. It was a fantasy to send it to me all the way away. ”

"What if that's true?" Fan Lihua's face was full of solemnity.

"My lord, I feel that I should immediately stop the plan to purge the family and prepare for the enemy!" Chen Gong said resolutely.

The rest of the generals also talked about it.

Lu Bu said, "What's wrong with all of you? Is there any credibility for information sent by a prostitute? I don't know her, so why did she send me information? If Yan Xiang and Yuan Yao were really killed by our soldiers in Xuzhou, then our officials should know, but until now, has there been any news? ”

"What if it's true? Our army is all out, who will resist Yuan's army? ”

"There is no such possibility!"

...............

On this issue, Lu Bu and Chen Gong argued for a long time, until it was dark and there was no result.

The next day, the time from the original plan to set out on the expedition was getting closer and closer, Lu Bu didn't bother to say more, and said directly: "Even if the information is true, I can't give up the plan to purge the families." There are as many as 50,000 troops left behind, are you still afraid that you won't be able to stop Yuan Shu? ”

"Report..."

A soldier suddenly entered the account and handed a bamboo slip to Chen Gong.

After Chen Gong read it, he said: "Lord, now you should die, this bamboo slip was written by Lu Yi, the county lieutenant of Donghai County, and sent someone overnight, saying that two days ago, on the streets of Muzhen County, there was a large-scale battle, some people pretended to be officers and soldiers, and killed more than 60 people, including Yan Xiang, the chief strategist under Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yao, the son of Yuan Shu. ”

"Is that really the case?"

Lu Bu was shocked, and hurriedly took the bamboo slip and opened it to see.

"Yuan Shu has such a son as Yuan Yao under his knees, and now he has been killed by my Xuzhou soldiers, how can Yuan Shu not conquer Xuzhou? Get justice? What's more, he has coveted Xuzhou for a long time, this is a great opportunity, how can he miss it? ”

After listening to Chen Gong's analysis, Lu Bu sighed: "It seems that the war with Yuan Shu is inevitable. ”

"This time, it's time for the lord to give up cleaning the families everywhere, right?" Chen Gong chuckled.

"Who said you were going to give up?"

Lu Bu said very resolutely: "I have made my attitude very clear just now, even if Yuan Shu's army wants to attack Xuzhou, it will not shake my determination to exterminate the families in various places. Let me tell you, the war with Yuan Shu is not something that can be fought in a day or two, if we don't destroy the family in advance, we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, and we will be even more passive at that time. Instead of giving Yuan Shu the opportunity to collude with the Xuzhou family and deal with me from inside and outside, it is better for me to solve these families before Yuan Shu comes. ”