"This, this!" Looking at the corpses that were casually thrown to the ground by Lü Bu, the family heads present did not know what to say. They thought that Lü Bu did not have any provisions and that he was easy to fool. They thought that Lü Bu would not dare to offend them. However, they suddenly realized that they were wrong.
Lü Bu did not reason with them. Lü Bu did not argue with them. Instead, he directly took action. Not only did he send troops to seize their grain stores, Chen Yao pointed at Lü Bu and cursed, but he was directly killed by Lü Bu. If it was just killing Chen Yao, it would not be enough to make them feel afraid.
What made them feel uneasy was that Lü Bu actually gave the order to execute the entire family.
What was he trying to do? His wife and children should not be punished, and his family should not be implicated. These nobles were all people who were waiting for a good price. The decision of one or two nobles should not be borne by the entire family.
For example, the Xun Family. Xun Yu and Xun You thought that Cao Cao was a hero, so they worked under him. Xun Wenruo's fourth brother thought highly of Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were enemies. Xun Kan's scheme also caught Cao Cao unprepared. Even so, Cao Cao did not do anything to the Xun Family.
There was also the Zhuge Family. Zhuge Liang and his elder brother thought highly of Liu Bei and Jiangdong's Sun family. Liu Bei took Jiangdong's Jing Province under Zhuge Liang's scheme and angered Zhou Yu and Zhou Gong Jin to death. However, so what? Jiangdong's Sun Quan still did not touch the Zhuge Family. This was because he knew that nobles were nobles. They would recognize whoever gave them the most benefits as their boss.
However, Lü Bu had issued an order to execute the entire Chen family just because of Chen Yao and Chen Rui. Was he trying to push himself to the opposite side of the landowning households?
"General Lü, you can't do this!" Liu Kai's scalp went numb. How does this Lü Bu want to play? Didn't he follow the rules at all? Even when Yuan Shu and Yuan Benchu ran out of food and ammunition, they didn't dare to attack the landowning households. The only one who dared to ignore the landowning households was Gongsun Zan, but he was now a pile of bones.
"Do I need you to teach me how to do things?" Lü Bu was naturally disgusted with these landowning households. As he spoke, he coldly looked at Liu Kai. If they had borrowed the provisions, would this have happened? They only accounted for 1% of the population, but 90% of the wealth.
When the Lü Bu came, not only did they refuse to lend him their rations, they even raised the prices of their goods. If the Lü Bu didn't kill them, who would he kill?
"Hungry?" Liu Kai was choked by Lü Bu's words. His face was sullen. "In that case, General Lü, please let us leave!" If Lü Bu wants to kill them, then kill them. The death of the Chen family may make these landowning households feel sad, but it won't hurt the foundation of the Liu family. After all, it's better to die than to die.
"Yes, please let us leave!" The landowning households didn't want to stay here any longer.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" Lü Bu coldly said. "The banquet is not over yet!"
"My lord wants to kill the Chen family?" Chen Gong, who was still busy in the granary of Wancheng city, was stunned when he heard the news. Lü Bu raided the granary of the landowning households, which made Chen Gong feel that it was a bit too much. Now, he wants to kill the Chen family. This is completely pushing him in the direction of landowning households.
I must stop it, I must stop it, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable. Killing one person is fine, no matter how strong a landowning household is, they will not be the opponent of a warlord. But killing an entire family is completely different.
A person can be killed, but an entire family cannot be destroyed. This is the rule of the game. If someone breaks the rules of the game, they will be kicked out. After all, this world is dominated by landowning households.
"Go to the governor's mansion!" Chen Gong hurriedly let the coachman take him to the governor's mansion. When he got on the carriage, he shook his head. What can he do even if he goes to the governor's mansion? The order has already been issued. "Go to the Chen family!" He can only go to the Chen family before the Lvbu's Army starts.
"Quick, quick!" Chen Gong hurriedly urged. When he got the news, it was already quite late.
"Yes!" Chen Gong's carriage was pulled by an Arabian warhorse. Lü Bu specially gave it to Chen Gong as a carriage frame. The driver was also a master of horse riding.
The warhorse was very fast in the city. At night, there were no people on the road, so the carriage can completely speed up.
"Help!"
"No, no!"
"Kill!" The closer they got to the Chen family, the more they heard the sound.
"Not good!" Chen Gong's heart sank. Wherever he looked, the Chen family's house was on fire. From time to time, screams came from the fire.
"I'm late!?" Chen Gong lowered his hand. The Chen family's house was surrounded by fire. The Lvbu's Army and some other people with sharp weapons were coming and going. Those were the Chen family's private soldiers. Although there were many private soldiers, they could not withstand the attack of the Lvbu's Army. The originally prosperous Chen family had now become a living hell.
"Sir?!" The coachman looked at the fire in front and asked. Was there still a need to go in? There were sounds of killing everywhere. The night was different from the day. If they were accidentally killed, it would be a tragedy.
"Go back! Go to the governor's mansion! "Chen Gong swung his sleeves. He was angry. What did Lü Bu say! He clearly said that he would listen to him and would not touch the nobles. Did he not know that the Chen family was easy to kill, but the nobles were not easy to provoke? Did he not know that his actions would bring disaster to the entire Lvbu's Army?
The carriage changed direction and ran towards the direction of Wancheng City's Administration House.
The burning flames of the Chen Family were particularly bright in the dark night. The heads of the aristocratic families standing in the Governor's Office could see it clearly.
Liu Kai's arm was trembling. He did not know whether it was because of fear or anger, or both.
Chen family! The nobles of Wancheng city, the noble family standing in Jiangdong, were finished! The matter of one night was finished.
"Report! Reporting to Milord, the Chen family's one hundred and seventy-five people have been eliminated! "A bloodied Lvbu's Army Marquis came in and reported.
Extermination, this was extermination! Regardless of age, women, children, they were all eliminated! What other warlords did not dare to do, he, Lu Bu, did. What other warlords did not even dare to think about, he, Lu Bu, did.
"The banquet is over! You can go! "Lü Bu nodded to the Marquis.
"General Lü, we will take our leave!" Liu Kai cupped his fist and was the first to leave. The rest of the nobles also left one after another. Their harvest today was too big. First, they ate a meal that was hard to swallow. Then, Lü Bu emptied the grain store. Finally, they watched the fireworks for free. The fireworks were mixed with blood to liven things up.
"Da Da Da!" Chen Gong's carriage also arrived. He got off the carriage and ran towards the hall.
Lü Bu was still in the hall, holding a glass of wine and drinking by himself.
"Do you want a drink?" When Chen Gong appeared in the hall, Lü Bu raised his glass and asked Chen Gong.
Chen Gong did not pay attention to Lü Bu's words. Instead, he asked in a questioning tone. "Why did you do this?"
"What?" Lü Bu poured another glass.
"You promised me that you would not touch those nobles!" Chen Gong looked straight at Lü Bu.
"Oh, I killed them!" Lü Bu was unmoved.
"You still want to drink? You still want to drink?" Chen Gong went forward and flipped the table. "Do you know that you are in big trouble?"
"Lü Bu, Lü Fengxian, don't you know that killing Chen Yao is not scary? The scary thing is those nobles. You exterminated the Chen family. You are courting death. What do you want the world to think of you? What do you want the world's nobles to think of you? "Chen Gong's tone was low. He sounded like he was roaring.
"I don't care what the world thinks of me. I don't care what the world thinks of me. What I care about is how you, Chen Gongtai and the rest of you think of me!" Lu Bu did not get angry. He just calmly looked at Chen Gong.
"We respect you as our Lord. We can sacrifice our lives for you. But the world's nobles will not. They …" Chen Gong wanted to say something but was interrupted by Lü Bu.
"That's enough!" Lü Bu interrupted Chen Gong's words. "What's the difference between killing them and not killing them? Gongtai, didn't you see the attitude of those nobles in Wancheng City towards us? A Chen family, a big family in Wancheng City, only borrowed two hundred stones. What a big deal. Are they trying to send away a beggar? Gongtai, when you were rejected, they only sent an outer court disciple to deal with you. Don't tell me you didn't feel uncomfortable? "
Lu Bu's words reminded Chen Gong of the time when he went to the nobles to borrow grain and provisions, the attitude of those nobles.
"But this doesn't mean that you can exterminate the Chen family! It doesn't matter if I am humiliated. The key is our entire Lvbu's Army! "Chen Gong said in a low voice.
"Gongtai, what you are worried about is nothing more than offending the nobles in Wancheng City. But if we don't kill them, we won't offend them. Among them, the Chen family and the Zhou family are people who fought alongside Jiangdong's Sun Ce. How can they be on our side? Instead of guarding against them, it's better to kill them! "
"But what about the nobles?" If they lost the support of the nobles, they would not last long.
"The nobles? I have to conquer the world first. I don't care about the nobles, I only care about you! Whoever humiliates you will be my enemy, Lü Bu, and the entire Lvbu's Army! "
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