At the same time that Wei Yan broke through the defense, Zhang Xiu also defeated the main army of Wudu in the area of Tielong Valley, and the general Deng Xian was killed in battle, capturing more than 5,000 soldiers and horses of Wudu, and seizing tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and 3,000 war horses.

Three days later, Lu Bu led 20,000 soldiers and horses into Xiabi City, and after entering the city, he immediately sent soldiers to guard the four gates, and they were horns against each other, so as to prevent the remnants of Liang Shuang from waiting for an opportunity to make trouble.

In the city of the next debate, I saw a horse as the color of charcoal fire neighing and standing, immediately alone, wearing a Xichuan Shu brocade robe, wearing a purple and gold crown, two bundles of big red feathers waving in the wind, his face is resolute, a tall nose, thin lips, sword-like eyebrows fly obliquely into a few strands of black hair under the corner of the temples, a handsome side face, and the perfect facial contour is impeccable.

Several streets in the city were full of Bingzhou troops standing early, only to see the people standing on both sides of the street, but listening to the sound of bullhorns, and the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou began to slowly enter the city, the leader was the Han Wenhou, the general Lu Bu, the general of the cavalry, and the generals behind him and the civil officials of the accompanying army walked in turn, inspecting and patrolling the city in the name of the Han family, and pacifying the army and the people.

The sky is clear and the sun is warm. Such a good weather, it seems that the long-suppressed Xia Biancheng is stained with a festive atmosphere, Liang Shuang is arrogant and lustful, brutal and ruthless, and there are many people who are not popular with the military and civilians of Wudu, although some people do not know who Lu Bu is, but when they see his dress, they know at a glance that Lu Bu is not an ordinary person, and he also calls himself the Marquis of the Han Dynasty and the general of the Che Cavalry, presumably he is also a famous figure in the empire, after all, the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and most of the soldiers and civilians are in awe of this high-ranking official from the capital.

However, danger always accompanies people at their most festive moments, and I don't know if it was the crowd or the unsteady heel, a figure suddenly crashed out of the crowd and fell to the ground. It was unfortunate that he fell in front of Lu Buma.

Lu Bu frowned, staring coldly at the person who fell under the horse, and in an instant, a sudden change protruded, only to see the fallen person instantly rise to his feet, and suddenly pulled out the short sword from his arms. With a flash of cold light, the short blade flew like a flash of lightning towards Lu Bu, who was standing still immediately.

Lu Bu's eyes stared coldly at the sharp blade that floated towards him, his eyes were cold and disdainful, even so, but he didn't dare to be careless, remembering that in his previous life, Sun Ce was also an extraordinary martial artist, but he died in the hands of an unknown person, so Lu Bu didn't dare to slack off. Sideways enough to dodge the blade, the ape arm soothed, and the assassin's arm was carried in one hand.

The crisp sound of broken bones and tendons resounded through the crowded streets, followed by the assassin's painful wail, and Lu Bu's arm loosened slightly, and the assassin immediately fell to the dust, rolling on the ground, whimpering and hissing. Apparently it hurts into the heart and tears the liver and intestines.

"My lord. The thieves in the city have not been eliminated, and the lord should not stay in the hustle and bustle of the city for a long time. Jia Xu stepped forward and suggested.

Lu Bu nodded coldly, and after walking a few steps with Jia Xu, his face suddenly changed, and his ears caught a slight bowstring vibration, which was not from the surroundings. It came out from the roof above his head, Lu Bu did not hesitate, he first pushed away Jia Xu beside him, then turned over and dismounted, and kicked the red rabbit horse away the moment he fell to the ground.

At the same time. A sharp arrow broke through the air and directly pierced the head of the guard next to Lu Bu, and the guard didn't even have time to scream, so he fell to the ground, the arrow that exploded the head of the guard, the length of the arrow was two feet three inches, the arrow shaft was huge, and it was also painted with a layer of dark gray paint, Lu Bu knew that the big bow that could send out this kind of arrow arrowhead was regulated at least twenty stones or more, and one person could not operate it. In other words, it was a premeditated murder against him, and the surrounding area had already been set up by unknown enemies to set up death traps, just waiting for him to drill into it, and at this time I don't know how many big bows were already aimed at this not very wide street.

At this time, the streets were already in chaos, the people were all running, Cheng Lian hurriedly led the guards to surround Lu Bu, looking around with an awe-inspiring expression, Lu Bu looked coldly at the guards who fell in a pool of blood, and a rushing killing intent came out from between his ribs, this guard followed him for many years, and finally did not die on the battlefield, but died in the hands of the villain.

Without waiting for Lu Bu to think more, the change was reborn, only to see more than a dozen biao-shaped men rushing out of the people, holding a strong crossbow in their hands, only to hear a dozen slight metal sonorous sounds, and instantly shot the guards protecting Lu Bu to the ground, one of the crossbow arrows passed through the human wall, and shot towards Lu Bu's door, a personal guard immediately blocked in front of Lu Bu, and the powerful crossbow arrows passed through the right cheek of the personal guard from the personal guard in an instant, knocked a few molars flying, and then pierced into the mouth, and pierced into the other side, immediately blood splashed, the personal guard let out a miserable scream, and the body shook, He then fell to the ground and died.

Before the assassins could load their crossbow arrows, the soldiers who were on guard around them swarmed up, chopping those assassins into pulp with knives, and under the leadership of Zhou Tai, the Bingzhou army began to pour into the surrounding houses to capture the assassins on the roof, but when they arrived, there was nothing else on the roof except for the upright strong bow, Zhou Tai immediately shook his hand and asked the soldiers to lift the strong bow down, maybe they could find any clues in it.

After sweeping away the dangers around him, Lu Bu pushed aside the crowd and looked at the guards on the ground with a heartache: "Liang Shuang has occupied the Wudu for many years, and it is normal that his henchmen in the city have not been eliminated for a while. ”

Cheng Lian responded to the promise and immediately called the soldiers to collect Lu Bu's personal guards who were lying in a pool of blood

At this moment, Zhou Tai also led the soldiers out of the house, and several soldiers were still holding rack strong bows in their hands.

Just when he was about to give up, he suddenly found that there was an inscription on the bow body of the strong bow, and he walked to the assassin who was cut to the bloody flesh and blood, picked up the crossbow scattered on the ground, reached out and touched it, and sure enough, there was an inscription, writing the word "Shijun".

Thinking of this, Jia Xu immediately walked to Lu Bu's side and muttered in a low voice: "Lord, this matter is a little strange, you must return to the camp as soon as possible."

Lu Bu knew that Jia Xu would not be untargeted, and immediately announced that he would return to the camp, just like that, a tour of the city that had been arranged in the afternoon ended early, and Lu Bu immediately summoned all the civil and military forces in the tent to discuss the matters after the stabilization of the military capital, after the major event was discussed, everyone began to discuss today's attack, speaking of this matter, everyone was a little sad and indignant in their hearts, Lu Bu's personal guards were selected in the army for a hundred battles, each loyal and fierce, and one less one died.

Among them, Cheng Lian was the saddest, these guards were all trained by him and Wei Yue, and in the end they did not die on the battlefield, but they died at the hands of Xiao Xiao, but they died very valuable, at least Lu Bu was not injured, this is their duty as a personal guard.

"This incident was not done by Liang Shuang's dead soldiers, but by someone else!" At Lu Bu's suggestion, Jia Xu took the lead in telling what he had learned.

Jia Xu's words immediately caused an uproar in the tent, and Cheng Lian hurriedly asked: "Military advisor, it wasn't Liang Shuang's dead soldier who did it, so who did it." ”

Jia Xu picked up the crossbow on the table, and said unhappily: "According to my observation, whether it is a strong bow or a hand crossbow, it is engraved with the word "Shijun"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows: "The military advisor means that these assassins are Zhang Lu's people?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "Not really, it may be that someone caused trouble to the east and reaped the benefits of the fisherman, otherwise he would not have deliberately left a bow and crossbow engraved with inscriptions!" ”

Cheng Yu opened his eyes suddenly: "Wenhe, are you talking about Liu Yan?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said to Lu Bu: "Lord, Liu Yan is a smart man, he saw that the Han Dynasty was hopeless, so he took a trace of Gaozu's bloodline into Sichuan and Shu, and wanted to emulate Gaozu to achieve hegemony, and Zhang Lu was appointed by Liu Yan as the governor of Sima last year, and Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments led troops to attack Hanzhong Tianshou Sugu, after Zhang Xiu killed Sugu, Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu again, seized his people, cut off the Xiegu Road, and killed the court envoy under Liu Yan's instructions!" ”

Cheng Lian was very suspicious: "According to what the military advisor said, this Zhang Lu is Liu Yan's subordinate, and he acts according to his orders, why does Liu Yan want to blame Zhang Lu, isn't he cutting off his arm?" ”

Everyone nodded, agreeing with Cheng Lian's point of view.

Jia Xu put the crossbow on the table and explained slowly: "Liu Yan's health is getting worse and worse, and his eldest son and second son are both working as protons in Chang'an, and only his youngest son Liu Zhang is by his side. Now that Zhang Lu occupies Hanzhong, there are many soldiers and generals, as long as he is willing, he can replace Liu Yan, but Liu Yan's account is more loyal to the martial arts, Zhang Lu has a thief's heart and no thief's courage, but once Liu Yan is dead, it may be said. ”

Cheng Yu took over the topic: "So in the future, Liu Zhang's enemies have two, one is the lord, the other is Zhang Lu, Liu Yan in order to clear the strong enemy for his son, this sent someone to assassinate the lord, if it happens, his son Liu Zhang will have one less enemy in the future, if not, he deliberately left clues, so that the lord can attack Zhang Lu because of anger, and he can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

After listening to Jia Xu and Cheng Yu's analysis, everyone suddenly became angry in their hearts, this Liu Yan actually took them as the wronged leader, fortunately Lu Bu was fine, fortunately there were Jia Xu and Cheng Yu in the army, otherwise they would have raised troops to kill Hanzhong long ago, hated with blood, and then fulfilled Liu Yan's old thief.

"It's a good plan to kill two birds with one stone, if it weren't for the military advisor, we would be in great trouble." Lu Bu paused, and then said: "Wudu is adjacent to Hanzhong and Xichuan, which is really dangerous, and it is necessary to entrust a person who can take on heavy responsibilities. You have to be careful and stubborn, don't live up to my will" Wei Yan After these several battles, Lu Bu realized that his art of war and strategy were first-class, and he was a person who could be entrusted with important tasks, Lu Bu originally wanted to put him in Longxi, but now it seems that it is not possible, only by putting him in Wudu, Lu Bu can feel at ease.

"Don't worry, the lord will definitely live up to the lord's kindness" Wei Yan's face was overjoyed, and he immediately surrendered his promise. (To be continued......)