"Jun Hou, General Hou probably didn't do it on purpose. Just let him go."
Wei Xu couldn't bear it and begged for mercy.
Song Xian watched this scene coldly and did not speak for Hou Cheng.
Hou Cheng's behavior was called self-inflicted trouble, and Song Xian would not be stupid enough to stand on the same front as Hou Cheng at this time.
Lu Bu ignored Wei Xu, but turned around and said, "Brothers, should you release or kill?"
As soon as the words fell, there was silence like death.
After all, Hou Cheng still had some prestige in the army. The soldiers who were about to shout for death suppressed their words when they saw Hou Cheng's eyes.
You must know that if Hou Cheng was not killed by Lu Bu, Hou Cheng would definitely settle the score in the future. The indignant guards were also weighing the pros and cons and trying to figure out Lu Bu's intentions.
But eventually a warrior will stand up. A soldier who is not tall enough and looks to be in his early thirties looks at Hou Cheng, his eyes full of anger, and yells: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
This person had a very good relationship with the low-ranking officer who died. On the night when the low-ranking officer died violently, this person cried bitterly.
However, he was afraid that Hou Cheng would become powerful, so he did not report it to Lu Bu. Instead, he hid his hatred and looked for opportunities.
Finally, he was asked to wait for the golden opportunity. If he didn't stand up and denounce Hou Cheng's crimes at this time, wouldn't the low-level officer's death be in vain? This was something he couldn't accept.
Faced with the risk of settling scores, he stood up and denounced Hou Cheng's crimes in the loudest voice!
It was also his hysterical cry of pain that made many soldiers feel the same and shouted: "Kill, kill, kill!"
"you!"
Hou Cheng looked at these soldiers with angry eyes, never expecting that these soldiers also wanted to kill him.
"Hou Cheng, you have also seen that not killing you is not enough to quell the army's anger!"
Lu Bu said indifferently.
"You and these soldiers don't believe that the general will be born and die for you. Do you really want to kill the general?"
Until now, Hou Cheng didn't think Lu Bu would take action.
"I think you deserve to die, why can't I kill you?"
Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse and rushed in front of Hou Cheng with lightning speed. Before Hou Cheng could react, he grabbed Hou Cheng's throat with a big hand and picked him up.
"Cao Cao is watching from outside. If the king kills the general, he won't be afraid of causing civil strife!"
Hou Cheng stopped pretending, his face flushed, and he asked.
He knew that if there was a fight, he would definitely not be Lu Bu's opponent.
But now that a powerful enemy is outside, Lu Bu must be a little wary and won't take action directly.
As long as Lu Bu didn't kill him, Hou Cheng would definitely contact Cao Cao and kill Lu Bu.
After all, with Lu Bu's vengeful character, he would definitely not spare himself lightly after the war, so he would work tirelessly to overthrow Lu Bu before Lu Bu took action.
Hou Cheng's wishful thinking was still very loud, but Lu Bu was no longer what he used to be, and he was no longer indecisive.
Lu Bu sneered: "How can killing someone like you who harms the interests of the Lu family's army cause civil strife?"
"Could it be that you really think that many people's hearts are drawn to you?"
The continuous rhetorical questions caught Hou Cheng off guard. He didn't expect Lu Bu to think about questions so sharply. This was completely different from the Lu Bu he knew before.
"Lu Bu, you really dare to touch me, you will only be destroyed!"
Hou Cheng was at his wits end and kept shouting.
In this way, he wanted to make Lu Bu feel worried, so that Lu Bu would let him go.
But Lu Bu didn't take this trick and said coldly: "Hou Cheng called me by my name. I'm afraid he has been disobedient for a long time. I can't let him stay today."
"you!"
Hou Cheng's eyes widened. Is this still the same reckless Lu Bu?
Before he died, he was accused of another crime, and Hou Cheng was unable to defend himself.
As Lu Bu continued to exert force, Hou Cheng could no longer speak. Soon his neck crooked and he died completely.
The death of a dignified first-class military commander was indeed so aggrieved, and it could also leave a strong mark in history.
"Those who harm our brothers will be killed without mercy!"
"Even Hou Cheng is the same!"
Lu Bu threw down Hou Cheng's body and turned around.
Hou Cheng's death had a great impact on the soldiers. After all, Lu Bu had attached great importance to Hou Cheng in the past, and Hou Cheng's status in the army was also very high.
But because such a person harmed the interests of the soldiers, Lu Bu killed him at will.
It made the soldiers feel warm in their hearts, feeling that following such a lord would have a bright future, and at least someone would stand up for him.
Lu Bu successfully gained a large number of military morale by publicizing Hou Cheng's deeds and killing him in front of the soldiers.
In the past, many soldiers may have admired Lu Bu because of his superb martial arts.
Now probably most people think that Lu Bu is a reliable lord with clear rewards and punishments, and they are willing to support Lu Bu from the bottom of their hearts.
There is still a huge difference. With just one move, Lu Bu forcibly united the morale of the army that was about to be shattered, delaying the time bomb of Xiapi City again.
Wei Xu looked at Lu Bu not far away, feeling quite dumbfounded and feeling strange.
He is decisive in killing and standing up for the soldiers. Is this still the brother-in-law we all know? Why did the style of painting change?
At the same time, I also felt that it was puzzling. Even if Hou Cheng made a mistake first, he would not be punished to death. He was a first-rate military commander.
Wei Xu was puzzled that his brother-in-law killed his own helper just when he was employing people.
Song Xian was just a little timid, afraid of Lu Bu's thunderous methods, and did not dare to show any disobedience to Lu Bu.
Lu Bu didn't know what the generals were thinking. When he saw his brothers shouting, he knew that he had done the right thing.
The predecessor was too arrogant and regarded himself as a prince instead of a general, and quickly lost military morale.
If Lu Bu loses his military morale, it can be said that he is no longer the invincible Lu Bu, which is equivalent to cutting off an arm!
But now Lu Bu not only understood it, but also forced the general's heart to gather around him. In this way, he could become invincible in a short period of time.
Just as Lu Bu was thinking, Hou Cheng's cronies rushed out of the camp with hundreds of soldiers and horses, "Avenge General Hou Cheng and kill the tyrant Lu Bu!"
Seeing Hou Chengshen's death, his close associates also felt that he was likely to be liquidated by Lu Bu afterwards, so instead of just waiting to die, they might as well give it a go.
After all, Hou Chengcheng was just sitting back and waiting to be killed, burying himself alive here, and his cronies didn't want to make the same mistake again.
"Those who dare to rebel will die!"
However, the cronies underestimated Lu Bu's strength. When Lu Bu was their commander-in-chief, the soldiers felt an inexplicable sense of security.
And when Lu Bu becomes an enemy general, he can make the enemy tremble and be shrouded in fear.
This time, a close friend became Lu Bu's enemy, and he felt the fear that only Cao Jun could feel before.
Terrible, quite terrible!
Under the fear, the cronies didn't even have time to think, and Lu Bu's true energy surged out like a surge, and the ghost-like shadow behind him reappeared.
The bloodthirsty eyes almost scared the confidant to the point of peeing, followed immediately by the huge Fang Tian painted halberd waving.
There is no resistance, no thinking, time seems to stop at this moment.
After Fang Tian drew his halberd, the hundreds of human lives that were bright red just now were all divided into two. This place became a battlefield of purgatory, with only the pungent smell spreading.
After waving the halberd, Lu Bu rode the red rabbit horse and left without looking back, leaving it to Wei Xu to finish.
