The fleet has always kept moving forward under Liu Zhang's orders, and has already gotten rid of the fire boats released by the assassins, the fishing boats are burning about two miles downstream of the fleet, two of them have burned and capsized to the bottom of the river, the fire of the fleet has been extinguished by the pro-guard battalion, the black hull is full of black water stains, and the faint green smoke drifts away with the wind.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, twenty or thirty heads suddenly appeared in the water in front of the building boat that Liu Zhang was riding, and these people surrounded the bow of the boat on three sides in the shape of a funnel, and no one gave an order, and at the same time raised the crossbow machine that had already been loaded with arrows.

"Whoosh...... Sou...... Whoosh......" The sound of breaking the sky sounded at the same time, and countless crossbow arrows pierced the air and shot towards Liu Zhang with a long shadow.

"Lord be careful...... Xu Huang, Dian Wei and the others rushed forward with a shout, but they were still some distance away from Liu Zhang, and no matter how fast they were, they couldn't beat the crossbow arrows.

The soldiers of the "Protecting the Lord's ......" guard battalion also spotted the assassins in the water, and when the crossbow arrows were off the string, they shouted and moved their bodies agilely, using their bodies to protect Liu Zhang's safety.

Without saying a word, Wu Ming put the big shield in his left hand in front of Liu Zhang, and shouted "Ah......" in his mouth, forcing his left arm and supporting the shield steadily. In the meantime, just listen to the "tom...... The sound of "tom ......" rang out one after another, and countless crossbow arrows were shot at the shield almost simultaneously, and even the iron birch shield that the bed crossbow could resist later, these crossbow arrows could only be regarded as tickling, and they fell to the deck like autumn leaves.

When the Assassin appeared in the water, when the sky was full of arrows shooting at him, Liu Zhang felt the voice of death again, and the last time he felt the same was when he drowned a few years ago. To be honest, Liu Zhang was not too scared at that time, after all, he was already a person who had "died" once, what else was there to be afraid of? But when the guard's own soldiers let out two screams, Liu Zhang, who had escaped death, felt afraid for a while.

Two guards were wounded by the Assassin's crossbow arrows, one was injured in the lower abdomen and had already returned to the heavens, and the other was injured in the arm.

"Archer, release the arrows......" Xu Huang and the others had already rushed up, he snatched the bow and arrow from one of the guards, and shouted as he aimed at an assassin, bending his bow and arrows.

There was a scream in the middle of the river, a ball of blood red, and an assassin sank weakly into the heart of the river.

Dian Wei threw away the halberd in his hand, pulled out two halberds with both hands at the same time, and threw them out at the same time, and two more assassins sank to the bottom of the river screaming.

Xu Huang's voice alerted the soldiers of the guard's battalion, and they all scolded angrily and raised their bows, and three or five people attacked one person, only to see the arrows on the deck shoot like locusts to the assassins in the water, and the soldiers on the surrounding ships also raised their bows and arrows......

Xu Chu is not good at bows and arrows, rushed forward, and protected Liu Zhang's left side with a horizontal knife, and he did the same thing as Zhou Cang, under the strict protection of Wu Ming, Xu Chu, and Zhou Cang, even if the assassin came another round of arrow rain, Liu Zhang's thoughtfulness could be guaranteed, and Xun You, Man Chong and others were also protected by the soldiers of the personal guard battalion to build a human wall.

The Assassins used crossbow arrows, which would take a long time to reload, and they had no power to fight back against the attacks of the Guards, and there was no place for them to hide or hide in the river. Knowing that the assassination had been lost, the assassins no longer dive, and dived into the water to get out of the water. At this time, Mo said that it was a man, it was a live fish, and the archers of the guard battalion were about to shoot it to death, and the heads of these assassins had just been planted in the water, and a rain of deadly arrows came, and clumps of blood rose in the river.

The figure of the assassin who was lucky enough to avoid the first wave of arrow rain was clearly visible in the clear river water, and the soldiers of the guard battalion pulled their bows again, and more than a hundred sharp arrows drilled into the water at the same time, and those assassins twisted their bodies, bringing up a piece of blood red, and when the blood faded in the river water, and finally there was no trace, one corpse after another floated on the water.

"Beware of assassins faking their deaths, make up for each dead body with an arrow!" Xu Huang shouted.

The soldiers of the guard battalion were also worried that there would be fish that slipped through the net, and if they injured Liu Zhang, their lives would come to an end, so after listening to Xu Huang's words, they immediately raised their bows and arrows in their hands and made up for the assassins in turn.

Xu Huang walked over and bowed: "Lord, the assassin is very fierce, if there is still an ambush ahead, it is very unfavorable for our army to meet on the river, for the sake of the main public security, the last general is willing to ask the lord to dock immediately, in order to be safe!" ”

Liu Zhang waved back the guards and said, "No need, just a few assassins want my life, it's too whimsical, order everyone to be careful and keep moving!" ”

"But ......"

Liu Zhang said: "Gongming, is it safe to go ashore?" If the enemy's assassination was to force us ashore, wouldn't it be exactly what they wanted? Since you don't know what the enemy has arranged, it's better not to make a decision lightly, go ahead, even if there is another assassination, I have you by my side, and there are 5,000 loyal and brave soldiers, so why be afraid? ”

Xu Huang didn't insist any longer, but invited Liu Zhang and the others back to the cabin.

In the cabin, Liu Zhang ordered someone to cook wine to suppress the shock.

"I don't know who it is, so bold as to come and assassinate the lord! If I find out, I will skin him alive. Zhang Fei drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp and shouted.

"It's a pity that I didn't catch him alive, otherwise I could have interrogated him, as long as he still has breath, I can ask from his mouth!" Zhou Cang gritted his teeth and said, the Yellow Turban was born, and he was a cottage leader, he had methods to torture people, and they used these methods to ask from many rich people about the hidden and precious property of life.

"These assassins are well-trained and well-planned, they are not something that ordinary people can hire, so it shouldn't be difficult to track down!" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "In fact, this range is very small, just think about who wants the lord's life the most at the moment, and you can know who is behind the scenes!" ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "There is one person, or a power group, who is the most suspicious!" ”

Zhou Cang scratched his head and said, "Three gentlemen, what are you fighting dumb?" Who is this man, tell me quickly. ”

Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "General Zhou, who do you say is the lord's biggest enemy at the moment?" Who wants the lord to die? ”

Zhou Cang: "Could it be Dong Zhuo?" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "Of course, Dong Zhuo is the enemy of the lord, there is no doubt about it, but the lord and Dong Zhuo have been at odds for a long time, is there no better time to assassinate in the past few years?" At this time, our army has just pacified Jingzhou, there are still many stragglers in Jingzhou, mountain bandits and water thieves have not been cleared, and the lord has accompanied the guards up to 5,000, and they are all waiting for the day, not daring to be careless, Dong Zhuo doesn't understand, at this time, the chance of success is slim, and once the assassination fails, the next time you want to assassinate, it will be even more difficult! ”

Zhou Cang said: "Oh, it's not Dong Zhuo, so is it impossible for Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shu to do so?" Could that be Wang Rui and Huang Zu's subordinates? They are not willing to fail......"

"It's also possible, but if it's them, there's a better opportunity, why didn't they take advantage of it? A few days ago, the lord returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and the scene was huge and mixed, if the assassin hid among the people, and when the lord passed by, he would have a higher chance. Now that the lord has no one but five thousand loyal guards, wouldn't he have thrown himself into the net to come to assassinate him at this time? ”

"Then it's only Cao Yin?" Zhou Cang Road.

Xi Zhicai said: "Yes, it's them, they don't know that the lord has decided to let them go for the time being, ready to lead the army back to Chengdu, they only saw tens of thousands of troops go to Jiangling across the river, they saw the lord going upstream, they were afraid that the lord would wave Jingnan after arriving at the public security, and wipe them all out, they asked themselves that there was no way to resist our army, the only chance was to assassinate the lord, as long as the lord died, our army would inevitably be in chaos, and their predicament would be solved without a fight." Perhaps, they can also take advantage of the death of the lord and the chaos of our army to capture Changsha and seize Jingbei. So they had to hastily command the Assassins to assassinate in the middle of the river! ”

Xun You said: "Zhicai's words are reasonable, and his subordinates think that the main envoys of this assassination must be Cao Yin, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan, and it can only be these three people!" ”

Liu Zhang immediately understood what Xun Yu meant, this is to ignore the three hundred and seventy-one, first put this basin on the heads of the three people, and in the future, the three counties will be famous. He couldn't help but think of a sentence in a certain sketch: "Say you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't do it, you can do it!" Say no, no, no, no", the situation in front of you is to say that you are, you are, no!

Liu Zhang nodded, strictly speaking, he also thought that Cao Yin and the others were more likely.