Entering the boat at the point of the Yellow River Bu straight with the water flow to the east, Zhang Xiu is looking at the beautiful scenery of the bright bank of Zhanzhu, at this time it is still the end of the autumn harvest, many farmers on both sides of the Yellow River on the fertile land to catch the harvest, October heavy snow will come at any time, these farmers are not in a hurry.

Suddenly, there were soldiers on the bow of the boat who kept shouting, Zhang Xiu saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to check what happened.

Zhang Xiu walked to the bow of the boat and asked, "What's the noise?" ”

The sergeant who operated the boat immediately handed over his hand and reported: "My lord, there is a fishing boat next to it that has run aground and stopped in the middle of the river, and the boss of their boat wants to get on our boat and go to the ferry in front to find someone to help." ”

After the soldier finished speaking, a rough man with a full face in the boat next to him said loudly: "This lord, please do well, winter is coming, my family has a bad harvest this year, if I don't catch enough fish before the heavy snow, our family will starve to death this year." Please do it, my lord. After speaking, he couldn't stop squirming towards Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu heard it and looked the ship boss up and down. I saw that he was bare-chested, the soles of his feet were also bare, the muscles on his body were bulging one by one, showing his strength, and the skin on his body was bronzed. Obviously, he was often exposed to the sun and looked at the scum boat, which was in tatters, and could not be compared with the big boat that Zhang Xiu was on, and there were a lot of fish in the cabin.

Zhang Xiu took a look, and there was nothing suspicious now, so he said to the soldier: "Let him lead someone up, don't worship again."

Hearing Zhang Xiu's agreement, the boss of the ship kept bowing and thanking him. Soon with the help of the soldiers, Zhang Xiu got on Zhang Xiu's big boat, and when Zhang Xiu was about to talk to the boss of the boat, he only heard a person on the fishing boat shouting: "It's not good, Xiaoliu has fallen into the water!" ”

Zhang Xiu heard it, turned around and looked at the side where the shouts came out, just as Zhang Xiu was about to call for help, suddenly Wang Shuang behind shouted: "Be careful, lord!" They are assassins! ”

There was no need for Wang Shuang to remind him, Zhang Xiu felt a strong wind coming from the back of his head, and Zhang Xiu did not turn back. He bowed his head, then let go of the blow that came to the back of his head, and kicked backwards with a flying kick.

"Hmph" A muffled snort, Zhang Xiu kicked the person away with a strong and heavy kick, Zhang Xiu took this opportunity to quickly turn around, and saw the boat boss who had just come up pounced again with a sharp knife in his hand. Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, his left hand reached out like lightning, and grabbed the right wrist of the boat boss holding a sharp blade with one hand.

"Click..."

After grabbing his wrist, Zhang Xiu's left hand slammed into force, and with Zhang Xiu's strength, he was naturally inferior to non-human-level muscular men like Shang Xu Zhi and Dian Wei, but for ordinary people like the boss of the ship, it was innate divine power. The bones of his wrist were immediately crushed by Zhang Xiu under a force, and the sharp knife immediately fell to the ground as soon as the palm of his hand was weak without force.

Zhang Xiu's right hand immediately reached out, held his cheek, so that he could not kill himself, and when he looked over, he saw that the person who came up with the boss of the ship had been killed on the spot by Wang Shuang, who rushed up.

As soon as Zhang Xiu let go of the left hand holding his wrist, and then slapped it on the back of his head, because his mouth was pinched open by Zhang Xiu's right hand, he immediately spit out a pill from his mouth.

Zhang Xiu threw it away, and the soldiers naturally rushed up and held it down. Zhang Xiu leaned over and picked up the pitch-black pill, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, and a fishy smell came to his face. frowned. Secretly said: "Sure enough, it's a dead man!" ”

At this time, the boat boss who was held down by the soldiers laughed and said: "The number one master in the world really deserves his reputation, I am convinced to lose today, but I don't know if the fat cavalry general can swim out of this cold and turbulent Yellow River?" He burst out laughing.

Zhang Xiu frowned when he heard this, and then Wang Shuang came to Zhang Xiu's side and said hurriedly: "Lord, the person who fell into the water just now is a water ghost, and I saw him holding a hammer and a chisel in his hand." I've already sent someone down, but I'm afraid the bottom of the ship has already been"

Before Wang Shuang could finish speaking, he heard a soldier under the cabin shouting, "Not good! The bottom of the boat is worn! It's flooded! ”

When the boss of the boat heard this, his laughter became louder, and he said to Zhang Xiu in a calm tone: "With the burial of the fat cavalry general, I will die without regrets." ”

Zhang Xiu smiled coldly and said, "Ignorance! After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiu stopped talking, but walked into the cabin and helped Jia Xu, who had made a little better, out.

Zhang Xiu entered the cabin and helped Jia Xu out for nearly half a quarter of an hour, if it was normal, the bottom of the boat had been pierced for such a long time, and the ship would have sunk a long time ago, but the boat still floated steadily on the river. And all the people on the battered fishing boat of the boat boss were caught, even the water ghosts who had been launched before were no exception.

When the boat boss saw Zhang Xiu come out again. Glaring at him, he roared loudly, "Impossible! How the ship doesn't sink! Zhang Xiu smiled coldly and said, "How can someone like you understand the watertight cabin." This watertight cabin is a new technology developed by Zhang Xiu to remind Ma Jun. Although Zhang Xiu himself only knew a rough idea of the principle of the watertight cabin, because the technology of the watertight cabin was not complicated, and there was Ma Jun, a skilled craftsman in the world, it was quickly developed. It is also because of the principle of the watertight cabin that the large ship originally built for the navy has to be retracted, and the technology of the watertight cabin is added, so that the navy's warships cannot be launched for a long time. As the lord of Guanzhong, Zhang Xiu's ship has naturally enjoyed this technology for a long time, so it is basically ineffective to use water ghosts to deal with Zhang Xiu's ship, unless a large number of water ghosts chisel through the bottom of the entire ship, which is obviously extremely difficult.

After speaking, he didn't look at the boss of the ship again, but looked around at the other crew members on the boat, and asked, "Who instructed you to carry out the assassination?" ”

When the crew heard this, they all showed panicked expressions, and knocked: "My lord, it's none of our business, we are hired by him" The first few sentences are still good, but when it comes to the back, they are a little confused, and the last few people only know how to knock.

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he immediately paid attention to the word "employed", which will only appear at a certain level in commercial exhibitions, although this may be something. It is another phenomenon, but it is enough to prove that business has made great strides under Zhang Xiu's rule, especially the breaking of Fanghe City, which has made a qualitative leap in commerce.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu immediately thought that Wang Shuang came to Chang'an as a caravan guard, and this place is actually a me. "Employment" relationship.

Jia Xu next to him saw that Zhang Xiu was a little distracted, and hurriedly coughed a few times as a reminder. Zhang Xiu got Jia Xu's reminder and woke up immediately. asked Jia Xu: "What does Wen He think about this?" ”

Jia Xu's eyes swept over the people kneeling on the ground. Then he pointed to the crew members and said, "My lord, they should be the people of the neighborhood, and they don't know about this assassination. After speaking, he swept to the boss of the boat and said, "The family of Hanoi sent you."

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When the boat boss heard this, his body shook and he looked at Jia Xu with a look of disbelief on his face.

Zhang Xiu heard it and asked Jia Xu in a low voice: "Is it Sima's family?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head lightly and said, "It shouldn't be, if that Sima Yi is really as powerful as the lord said, it is impossible for him to stupidly plan this level of assassination." If it is not bad as expected, it should be the joint plot of other families in Hanoi. ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he frowned, and said to Wang Shuang: "Lock up the assassins first, and let the other people let them go, let them be more careful, and don't believe in people casually." ”

After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, those ordinary people were one after another. Thank. After Wang Shuang led people down. Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu: "Even the rest of the families in Hanoi have joined forces to plan this matter, I'm afraid it will be too difficult to kill Sima Yi this time." ”

Jia Xu nodded slightly and said, "You can only use the power of thunder!" When the lord arrived in Demeng County, he didn't wait for the battle situation between Yuan and Cao, and immediately sent troops to take Hanoi with thunder. These families had a lot of wealth, and it was impossible to move them all in a short time, so General Zhao and his army also netted to Meng County, and the lord's desire to take Hanoi must have been beyond their expectations, so they took the risk of sending assassins to deal with the lord. In this way, it gave the lord an excuse to take care of the whole family, and the wealth accumulated by the Hanoi family for a hundred years will be paid for the lord's army to attack Yizhou in the next year

Zhang Xiu nodded with a gloomy face, and said: "The Hanoi family is intertwined, and the relationship network is extremely complex, it is not at all like Nanyang, which has gone through the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Kansai, which has the power of the family, really needs to be wiped out with the power of thunder. But these families can't be wiped out completely, the list of large and small families in Hanoi has already been collected, and some of them are not a big threat, and the rest of the reasons for their destruction will be handed over to Yahe. ”

Jia Xu's face was still a little pale, and he nodded and said, "My lord, please rest assured, it will be done."

After this little episode of line stabbing. Zhang Xiu's boat successfully arrived in Meng County, and Zhao Yun and Ma had already received the news, so they all came to the ferry to pick up Zhang Xiu.

At this time, Zhang Xiu was not the hairy boy who didn't know anything ten years ago, and asked the soldiers to escort the assassin boat boss and the water ghost out of the boat. Zhang Xiu didn't know how Jia Xu got it. After the water ghost was escorted out, he admitted in public that he was instructed by a family in Hanoi to assassinate Zhang Xiu.

So Zhang Xiu immediately pretended to be angry. Wang Shuang next to him shouted: "These two people should be the general of the court and the fat cavalry, and they should be beheaded according to the law!" After speaking, the big knife in his hand rose and fell, and the two heads were cut off in public.

Zhang Xiu looked at the blood flowing all over the place, his face was expressionless, and the horse behind him came out at the right time and asked loudly: "Soldiers, since you were under the command of the general, how has the general treated you?" One of the soldiers heard this and replied loudly: "As close as father and son!" ”

Ma nodded and continued to ask, "How about your family?" ”

Another Kamimoto replied, "Like my parents."

Ma then asked, "How have you and your families lived since you were under the general?" ”

This time, most of the soldiers replied together: "I, my father and my mother, and my family have enough to eat." No need to be poor, hungry and cold! ”

Ma nodded with satisfaction and said, "Now the general has been assassinated, but fortunately, the general is skilled and not injured. And now the murderer has also been voted, but the Lord has made the others still at large. If the General had been assassinated, your life would have come to an end. And since the Lord can do it once, there will be a second and a third time, and you want your present life to end. Do you want to go back to the days of starvation, coldness, and poverty? ”

This time, it was the whole sergeant who shouted together: "I don't want to! Don't want to! ”

Ma's eyes were murderous, he looked around at everyone, and asked loudly, "Since you don't want to, what should you do?"

All the sergeants and soldiers responded together: "Kill the murderer!" Kill the murderer! ”

Ma looked at Zhang Xiu, who took a step forward, and then raised his hands high, and the whole army became silent for a moment. Zhang Xiu shouted coldly: "Early tomorrow morning, soldiers in Hanoi, all the murderers will be punished!" ”

When the whole army heard this, they raised their weapons together and shouted: "Punish the murderer!" punish the murderer". The weapons in his hands kept colliding, and he made a "bang." The voice is even more murderous.

Zhang Xiu raised his hand again, and the whole army became silent again. I only heard Zhang Xiu say loudly: "Although we must punish the murderer, our army is a benevolent and righteous army, and we must not kill innocents indiscriminately, let alone plunder the people. In the end, Zhang Xiu's face was murderous.

The officers and men of the whole army were temporarily intimidated by Zhang Xiu's murderous aura. They didn't dare to speak, and after a long time, a general shouted: "The general is the master of the world, and we will resolutely support it!" As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers and soldiers of the whole army cheered together.

It took a long time for the emotionally charged soldiers to calm down under the advice of Zhao Yun and Ma and other generals. Zhang Xiu had already returned to the county government with Jia Xu at this time.

I saw Zhang Xiu smile bitterly and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe." I don't want the soldiers to be so turbulent

Jia Xu nodded and said, "In the past ten years, the Lord has worked hard. Govern the land under his rule in an orderly manner. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the desolate and uninhabited Liangzhou and the chaotic Guanzhong became extremely prosperous, and these people saw them one by one. Compared with the whole world, it can be called a paradise under the rule of the lord. These soldiers are the sons and daughters of the people under the rule of the lord, and the lord is usually majestic, and the soldiers with high martial arts are more than afraid. After this incident, the suppressed respect of the soldiers was released, and in the future, these soldiers will be the most solid followers of the Lord's judgment in the world.

After listening to this, Zhang Xiu laughed and said: "It's still Wenhe's good arrangement, Benjiang originally just wanted to deal with the Hanoi family justifiably, and didn't want to be messed with by Wenhe, the harvest would be so great." ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "The performance of the lord is not bad. ”

Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "Now Ben will also be a little fox." ”

Early the next morning. The 30,000 Lei cavalry and 20,000 Qiang Hu cavalry stationed in Mon County, Hanoi, under the personal leadership of Zhang Xiu, attacked the central and eastern parts of Hanoi from the west. The strength of the army's combat strength and high morale are not at all something that the old and weak soldiers in those small counties can resist. On the first day, the army attacked Wen County, and the county ordered Kaicheng to surrender directly. On the second day, the army attacked Huai County, Hanoi, and the family of Huai County organized a private army to resist in the city, but that night, Zhang Xiu sent 500 thunder knights to steal into the city with a flying hook to open the city gate, and the army entered the city, and Huai County was broken that night.