Jizhou, Anping County, Xindu City.

Coming to this city that had been "destroyed" under him again, Li Shushi found that he was not as excited as he imagined.

Maybe he had already experienced too much, especially all kinds of life and death, but it was just a revisit to the old place, which no longer seemed to arouse much interest in him, or he cared more about what was happening in the city than the feeling that these things could bring him.

"There's no news yet."

When Li Shushi asked, he didn't look at Jia Xu or Lu Bu beside him, but turned his face to a beauty beside him, a woman with a mature charm and a bewitching figure, although she was a little plump, but under the reasonable clothing matching, not only did not reduce any demeanor, but a little more sexy taste, so that those soldiers who had endured it for more than half a year couldn't help but drool.

When the woman heard Li Shushi's question, her face showed a helpless expression and a touch of sorrow, and her frowning brows made people want to step forward to smooth her down, although there was no pretentiousness, but she had a lovely temperament.

Should I say "that's amazing"?

"I haven't seen her for so many years, I don't know what her current personality is, and even her appearance has become a little blurred, maybe she is a stubborn person like Xiaomei, maybe she is a person who has no opinions, just some correspondence can certainly feel some of the ups and downs of her life, but whether it is true or false behind it, whether it is more or less, I really can't guess. If there is really no solution, then it can only be said that she is destined to have such an ending. ”

The tone became more and more sad, and even something sparkling quietly slipped from the corners of his eyes, as if he was parting with someone's life. At this time, a younger woman, who was five or six points similar to the woman, appeared from behind her. Gently wrapping around the woman's waist, pressing her outstanding figure against her back, her chin resting gently on the woman's shoulder.

Well, it would be even more perfect if the background was paired with piles of blooming lilies.

The little woman didn't say anything, but now silence was better than sound, and she gently held the hands that were wrapped around her. It's all in plain sight.

"Books, still ...... Do you want to continue? ”

Looking at the two sisters who were hugging each other, Lu Bu rarely showed a hesitant look, although he really hoped to solve the city in front of him in one go and draw a perfect end to his independent leader this time, but the two women in front of him who hugged and cried one was the wife of a good comrade-in-arms who had been with him for many years, and the other was his main mother, so even Xiao Qiang, who had always had no scruples, was rarely in a hurry to decide at this moment. even kicked the ball into Li Shushi's hands.

After receiving the ball kicked by Lu Bu, Li Shushi did not throw the ball in his hand to others again, after all, it was indeed time for him to make a decision, although he was also a little unbearable, but the matter had come to this point, and there seemed to be no more chance to turn around.

Thereupon......

"George, it's up to you next, but if it's too risky, please speak up. After all, I care more about you than just Anping, and I care more about you Xin. Your resourcefulness and insight will allow me to reap far more benefits than an Anping county can bring. ”

"Since Ming Gong has already said so, if Xin Bi can't make any achievements, wouldn't it be a weakening of Ming Gong's knowledge of people."

For Li Shushi's praise, although Xin Bi, who was dressed in a white Confucian suit, smiled, he was not complacent, but a little panicked. Perhaps even a straightforward person like Xin George has a somewhat restrained feeling in front of Li Shushi, who is about to dominate the north.

Yes, unconsciously it has come to this point, the orthodoxy of the Yuan family is about to come to an end, although the city in the distance represents the last resistance of the orthodox lineage of the Yuan family. But compared to the tens of thousands of troops outside the city, it looks so bleak.

The most important thing is that in the process of the collapse of the former behemoth, Li Shushi watched everything happen from the perspective of a bystander as coldly as watching a movie, watching the once unattainable gate valve collapse after a burst of smoke like a fortress piled up of sand under the action of a small external force.

Only the ruins and broken tiles in front of him were left, and they were also crumbling.

But even so, it still drags down those who could have escaped, and it is a little irritating and resentful.

"I really want to pull those two bastards out and chop them up and feed them to the dogs!"

Of course, simple verbal attacks are of little use to people hiding behind the cold city walls, in fact, Li Shushi is also very aware of this, so at most it is just a way to vent his inner unhappiness.

After all, it was the choice of the two bastards in the city that made Xiao Qing'er cry silently while still authorizing his eldest sister, and that heartbreaking expression really made Li Shushi, who was watching from afar, also feel heartbroken.

Simbi departed.

In fact, Li Shushi did not have much hope for whether Xin Bi could succeed, although the two brothers in the city said that their abilities could not be compared with their father who had failed but also had a brilliant life, but when the war went on to such a situation, they had reached the point where they were trapped and fighting, and some crazy methods did not have the previous scruples.

It can be said that in today's Xindu City, the two sons of the Yuan family adopt a high-pressure rule, even the slightest disturbance will arouse their sensitive nerves, and any possible contact with the outside of the city will be nipped in the bud by them.

Yes, any way possible.

Because among those who were executed, there was Li Shushi's in-law, the man married by the second lady of the Zhen family, a descendant of the Feng family surnamed Bohai County.

Naturally, he is also the in-law of Yuan Xi, the second son of the Yuan family.

Even if it weren't for Yuan Xi's wife, the fourth elder of the Zhen family begged hard, maybe the second lady of the Zhen family would become a pair of hard-working mandarin ducks with her husband.

Of course, the surviving man's current situation is not much better, because the beautiful woman was taken by Yuan Xi as a reward, promising to give it to the meritorious soldiers after repelling the entry of the state army into the palace, regardless of background, as long as you make enough merit, you can get the beautiful woman, if there are enough soldiers who have made great achievements, it is not impossible to consider several people taking turns.

Under tremendous pressure. Even the two princes' own concubines can be taken out as reward items, let alone others.

Because of this, Xindu looks like an iron bucket, although Xin Bi is not as dazzling as his brother and Guo Tu, theoretically speaking, Er Yuan's defense against him will be relatively small, but does anyone really dare to commit a crime against the wind at this time?

It's a pity that it was just now. Li Shushi's last efforts also failed, and Xin Bi was clearly unwilling to give up this rare opportunity to show his abilities, because Yuan Tan's unexpected death had already left him ostracized by Yuan Shao's successor, Yuan Shang, and he was worried that his future would be bleak if his career could not be improved by the new master and the state army.

After all, at such an age, he really can't pull his face and run around with those young people and sit in class with those young people to listen to the teachers who may be younger than him, but he has no confidence to compete in the officialdom with those descendants of the Bingzhou official school, which can be said to be the descendants of the Bingzhou military roots, and he thinks that this time is the best for him. Perhaps the only chance.

Even Li Shushi is very polite to him, and his evaluation of him is quite high.

"Fengxian, don't be stunned, we should also prepare and attack later."

"Don't you have to wait for that guy to hear back?"

"If he can bring back good news, we can naturally relax, and if he can't bring back news, we haven't prepared a plan for a strong attack. Could it be that without a Xin George, you Lu Fengxian won't be able to fight? ”

"I thought you'd hesitate."

"I hesitated, but I also relented and gave the people in the city a chance. Lots of opportunities. But the opportunities are limited, and so is our time, so do we need to continue to hesitate now that we know the worst is happening? ”

"Really...... It's impressive. ”

"Hehe, I just made a comparison in my heart, the weight of those people. It can't compare to our mission. ”

“…… Facts. ”

"Huh?"

"Actually, you have a chance."

"I understand what you mean, but that kind of condition is unacceptable to anyone, especially when we don't have any worries and can devote ourselves to one thing. I couldn't see the situation clearly, and the lion opened his mouth. Do you think that I am the kind of person who can abandon those who follow me and offer their loyalty for the sake of the kindness of a woman and the affection that has little to do with it? Fengxian, we are no longer ordinary people who can play as they please, since we have chosen to embark on this road, this day will inevitably come, sooner or later. And that's not what you've always wanted me to do. ”

Hearing Li Shushi's answer, Lu Bu was silent, he didn't know how to refute. From a rational point of view, even if he feels that there is nothing wrong with Li Shushi's series of practices, in fact, when he hears the conditions proposed by the other party, he himself has a kind of ** that wants to flip the table on the spot. But from an emotional point of view, if the same thing had happened to him, perhaps he would have been angry at the time, but if there had been a eloquent person who had persuaded him, perhaps he might have agreed after bargaining.

Just like Jia Xu said to him in private, compared to being a prince, he is really a simple military general who is more suitable for him.

Especially in such a free environment.

It's just that as Li Shushi's position becomes more and more stable and he begins to move to a higher position, how much freedom will be left that he has always enjoyed, or for some more important purposes, will Li Shushi choose as he does today?

Lu Bu never thought about this kind of question, because he knew that no matter how he thought about it, he would not have the most correct answer, and he would add to his troubles, and if he had time to think about this kind of thing, it was better to find someone to fight for it.

It's just that today, he thought about it, and no matter what he did, he couldn't seem to suppress the related thoughts.

But fortunately, the battle was indeed as Li Shushi said, and it didn't make him wait long, which should be considered a kind of luck.

Lu Bu thought happily.

Simbi's strategy may be said to have failed, but in a way, it also succeeded.

Those junior officers who originally had an agreement with Xin Bi were lucky enough to escape the high-pressure rule of the two sons of the Yuan family, after all, their interactions with Xin Bi were very secret, and more importantly, although Xin Bi was the core figure of Yuan Tan's camp, compared to his brothers Xin Ping and Guo Tu, they belonged to a more marginal existence, so the investigation of people who had intersections with him in Xindu City was far less than the first two.

However, it is not easy to do anything in the extremely tense atmosphere in Shinto City. Therefore, the slightest movement of these people was noticed by the general on duty, and all these soldiers who tried to make trouble were cut off, and their heads were hung on the city gate tower, while those officers with some status were twisted to Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi.

It is to let the two sons kill people to vent their anger. It is also to show in front of the two sons, maybe after the war, with more opportunities to perform, more beautiful women and more money, land and other rewards.

Anyway, the troublemakers have already been arrested, and no one dares to make waves at such a time.

It's a pity that this kind of habitual thinking is really harmful.

Although those officers and soldiers who were connected with Xinbi were killed, it did not mean that other people were also of the same mind as the son of the Yuan family, and this time the problem was not others, but it was always considered to be mediocre in ability, and the attitude was even more lacking, and after the death of the eldest son of the family, the heir of the eldest son of the family, he had to reluctantly support the second son of the Zhen family, Zhen Yan, who looked a little crumbling.

Zhen Yan is not a sister control, but he is still very angry about what happened to his sister.

This is probably a sense of responsibility on the part of the owner. After all, with the death of his father and brother one after another, the Zhongshan Zhen family can rely on him to support, although there is still the help of sisters, but Zhen Yan still feels great pressure over the years, if it weren't for the fact that there is a strong neighbor behind him who helped him a lot, Zhen Yan really doesn't know if the inheritance left to him by his father and brother will be eaten up by those Jizhou Haoqiang and outsiders who are like tigers and wolves.

It can be said that Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi decided to reconcile with the Bingzhou Army "conditionally", and there was Zhen Yan's force behind it, and he used his sister's influence on Yuan Xi. It gives a pretty strong pillow wind, and it does seem to have a certain effect.

It's just that Zhen Yan never expected it. The appetite of the Yuan brothers will be so big, not only do they not give up the idea of any benefits, but they even still think that they are Yuan Benchu, who was once high and has a noble bloodline, and in turn hopes to take advantage of the Bingzhou army.

The two brothers probably thought that the Bingzhou army, which had just fought a big battle in Guanzhong, was not capable of dealing with them, and they had spent too many resources to encircle and suppress the brother. He also borrowed a large amount of money from the wealthy family in Jizhou, so in the case of making a wrong judgment, he planned to get some benefits from the Bingzhou army to make up for the growing financial deficit.

As the direct person in charge of handling the relationship with the state after the death of his father and brother, Zhen Yan can be said to be one of the people in Jizhou who has the most sober understanding of the strength of the state army, and he also used his sister to send information to the two brothers. But the result was useless, the two brothers didn't know where to get some "reliable news", so that the two of them even ignored Guo Tu and even Feng Ji's admonitions, and made a move to provoke the state army.

As a result, there was no need for Li Shushi to go out in person, just sent Lu Bu as the main commander, Cao Xing and Xu Huang as deputy generals, and Fa Zheng as the army, plus tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Sizhou Corps, which had not fully recovered from Liyi, swept the entire Jizhou.

When the two brothers, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, realized that the situation was wrong and planned to run away with oil on the soles of their feet, they found that those grassland tribes who had received Yuan Shao's reward had completely blocked the northern border under the command of Zhao Yun, the general of Pingzhou.

The chain reaction is like a snowball, and the further you go, the more difficult it is to stop. In the end, the two brothers looked at the world, and there was only one way left for them to choose - the two brothers, who still thought that they had noble blood and were unwilling to grovel to Li Shushi, who was from a humble background, naturally could not accept the option of surrender.

Of course, Zhen Yan didn't understand such a choice, after all, if the two brothers chose to surrender, Yuan Xi, who had a somewhat weak personality and had an in-law relationship with Li Shushi, might still have a barely acceptable ending, but Yuan Shang, who had a personality more like his father Yuan Shao, was afraid that he would definitely not be able to bear the shame of being claustrophobic, and in the end he would either die in despair in pain, or become a madman, and then die at the hands of Xiao Xiao without anyone noticing.

Indeed, it is better to have a fish die here in Xindu.

However, these two brothers should not have planned to drag the whole city to be buried with them - it is a duty for those diehard disciples of the Yuan family to be buried together, and it is okay to even add him Zhen Yan, after all, the third room of the Zhen family has already established a foothold in Bingzhou and Guanzhong, even if there is no second room for him, it is okay.

It's just why these two sons of the Yuan family are unwilling to let those women and children leave, and even the normal exchanges between the powerful families were slandered by them as so-called "evidence" of contact with the Bingzhou army and then killed.

Yes, of course, what the two sons of the Yuan family did was unpopular, especially when the situation had developed to this point, and those local families in Jizhou could no longer get room for growth from the Yuan regime, they would think of the previous struggle with those outsiders, Yuan Shao's partiality towards the foreign faction, and the sincere letters written to them by Li Shushi who had just surrendered to him and those who had followed him for a long time before entering Jizhou.

Many people in Xindu City regretted it, why did they pretend to be loyal ministers and stay until the end, seeing that they were going to become the martyrs of the two sons of the Yuan family, this can really be said to be "I knew it was like this, but I regretted it at the beginning".

Although the action was led by Zhen Yao, behind him were the many powerful families in Xindu City.

Compared with the brothers of the Yuan family, the inheritance of each family is more important!

"I didn't expect that George Xin really succeeded."

Looking at the open city gate, Li Shushi showed a slightly surprised expression, but then smiled indifferently, without his orders, he would lead his subordinates to investigate, and control all the key places by the way.

"Let's go, let's go into town."

When the agreed signal appeared on the city tower, it was confirmed from the telescope that the people on the city tower were their own people, and the state army had no scruples.

In less than two hours, the inner city of Shinto Castle was ablaze with flames, and in this magnificent way, it was a heroic way to bid farewell to the end of an era. (To be continued......)