It was a dark September night.
There was a cool breeze in the evening, adding a touch of chill. It's getting closer to October and the weather is getting colder.
Chen Deng also wore thicker clothes at night. He mobilized two thousand private soldiers early and lined up in the mansion to wait.
This is the strength of the Chen family.
This group of people was transferred by Chen Deng from all over Xiapi. It is not the case that the Chen family usually has so many people in the house. In fact, the same goes for other big families. Only by transferring people from all over the place can they have sufficient troops.
Chen Deng was waiting at the house. Near the end of Xu Shi, Chen Deng opened the door directly and came to the door to wait.
Suddenly, both sides of the street lit up.
Chen Deng looked around and saw torches burning on the street outside the gate of Chen's house, emitting red light, dispelling the darkness of the night and making the street as bright as day.
The sound of messy footsteps came from far to near.
Li Mian, Ma Xi and Zhao Ta came on horseback, leading their respective families' private soldiers.
The private soldiers of the three major families were in a mess, without any rules or formations. Even many people from the three major families were still discussing, and their voices were extremely noisy.
After Chen Deng saw it, he sneered in his heart.
The Li family, the Ma family, and the Zhao family, despite their large number of troops, actually have limited combat effectiveness.
Chen Deng knew the elite fighting strength of Lu Xuan's command. Lu Xuan only used 800 people, no, 800 people, all of whom looked down upon the people of the three major families. Only two to three hundred of Lu Xuan's elites could overwhelm the ranks of the three major families.
These people are too weak.
Chen Deng didn't say much. After meeting up with Li Mian, Ma Xi, and Zhao Ta, he set off with his own tribe. A team of more than 8,000 people marched toward Lu Xuan's camp.
Chen Deng and his people were so embarrassed as they hurried on their way.
He had never seen this kind of attack on someone's house, and they actually fought openly without hiding anything.
It's really nonsense.
Shame on you!
Chen Deng remained silent all the way. Li Mian, Ma Xi and Zhao Ta were also a little nervous, and they all remained silent.
When Chen Deng was on his way, he adjusted his formation.
The private soldiers of the Chen family were at the forefront, followed closely by the troops of the three major families. Li Mian and others did not stop such an adjustment. Instead, they felt that Chen Deng was so cute that he took the initiative to resist the greatest pressure.
Once a war breaks out, the troops at the front will be the first to be hit and will suffer the greatest losses.
It's not far from the Chen family to Lu Xuan's camp in Beicheng. A little more than a quarter of an hour later, the army led by Chen Deng arrived outside Lu Xuan's camp.
"attack!"
Chen Deng took the lead in giving the order.
He led his men to the front and quickly reached the entrance of the camp. The soldiers standing guard shouted that the enemy was attacking, but they did not resist and simply retreated. As a result, Chen Deng and his men easily entered the camp.
The army encountered no resistance and continued to charge forward.
Li Mian, Ma Xi and Zhao Ta led people to follow, and the three of them also rushed in. They didn't consider whether the situation in the camp was right or not. They were no longer anxious, only excited. Then they shouted loudly to attack, as if they were determined to attack. Caught Lu Xuan's appearance.
Everyone kept rushing forward and soon they all entered the camp. At this moment, fires suddenly lit up the area on both sides of the camp entrance, dispelling the darkness.
Huang Zhong led the ambush troops to fight out, cutting off the retreat of the four major families, and at the same time shouted loudly that those who surrendered would not be killed.
After Chen Deng saw it, he smiled and ordered: "The soldiers of the Chen family listened to the order, turned around, and surrounded the people of the three major families."
The generals of the Chen family had already made arrangements. As soon as they heard Chen Deng's arrangements, they all gave orders.
The Chen family's tune changed direction and blocked the forward offensive of the three major families. At the same time, it joined Huang Zhong's people and surrounded the three major families. The situation in the camp suddenly became that Huang Zhong and Chen Deng were attacking the armies of the three major families, Li Mian, Ma Xi and Zhao Ta.
Moreover, there were densely packed soldiers coming around the camp, surrounding the tribes of the three major families, and they were completely surrounded.
Li Mian's mind exploded.
The whole person froze in place.
They came with Chen Deng to attack Lu Xuan, but now Chen Deng actually stopped them.
Li Mian came back to his senses and asked loudly: "Chen Deng, we came with you to attack Lu Xuan. But now, you actually plotted against us and betrayed us. Are you worthy of us by doing this?"
Ma Xi was even more furious and roared: "Chen Deng, you colluded with Lu Xuan and betrayed the Xuzhou clan. Your behavior is simply insane."
Zhao Ta said in fear: "Lu Xuan, I surrender, don't kill me."
He was the first to give in.
Because he doesn't want to die.
Lu Xuan walked out with Kuai Liang. He looked at Chen Deng and praised: "Chen Deng, you did a good job in taking down the three major families this time."
Chen Deng looked respectful and said humbly: "This is what you should do in a humble position."
Lu Xuan nodded, looked at Huang Zhong who was not far away, and ordered: "Huang Zhong, all members of the Li family, Zhao family, and Ma family will be detained. Those who surrender will not be killed. Anyone who resists will be killed." No forgiveness.”
"Here!"
Huang Zhong answered immediately.
He led his soldiers to collect the prisoners. No one from the three major families resisted, and they all quickly threw away their weapons and surrendered.
Lu Xuan looked at Kuai Liang again and ordered: "Kuai Liang, Li Mian, Zhao Ta, and Ma Xi will be left to you to deal with. How to deal with the three major families, you just deal with them directly."
"Here!"
Kuai Liang answered immediately.
He stepped forward and arranged for the soldiers to take Li Mian, Zhao Ta and Ma Xi away.
Lu Xuan glanced at Chen Deng and ordered: "The Chen family's tribe is disbanded and everyone is going back. You come with me."
"Here!"
Chen Deng became excited.
He has done so much, all he wants is Lu Xuan's recognition and respect. Without this, all his efforts tonight would have been in vain. Now Lu Xuan sees him alone, which is his recognition.
Chen Deng arranged for the Chen family to go back on their own, and he followed Lu Xuan to the Chinese army's tent.
Lu Xuan sat down, asked Chen Deng to sit down, and asked: "If we take down the three major families this time, we will get a lot of supplies and a lot of land. It will be of great help to Kuai Liang in governing Xuzhou. You make a decision Great achievement, what kind of reward do you want?"
Chen Deng's heart beat rapidly. He stood up again and bowed: "I don't need rewards for my humble position. I just want to be a cool official under the lord."
Lu Xuan's brows rose, surprised.
He did not expect that the reward Chen Deng wanted was to be a cruel official. Such a status is quite disdainful to orthodox scholars. Because of their status as cruel officials, they are the emperor's thugs and the emperor's eagle dogs.
Moreover, the fate of cruel officials is not so good.
By the end of the Han Dynasty, there were almost no cruel officials left. The most popular era of cruelty was during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Officials all over the world were in awe of cruelty. No matter you are a royal family or a powerful person, you are not afraid of cruel officials.
Of course, the main target of cruel officials is the powerful, the wealthy families in the world. As long as you are targeted by ruthless officials like Zhi Du and Zhang Tang, there will be almost no good outcome.
Lu Xuan thought clearly in his mind, but he still didn't understand Chen Deng's thoughts.
Lu Xuan did not rush to agree and asked: "Chen Deng, you submit to me. Since I am using you, I will not care about your service for Liu Bei. You must think clearly, once you become a cruel official under my command, it will be difficult to turn back." "
Chen Deng's expression became more and more respectful, and he said seriously: "I am willing to serve as a cruel official under the lord's account. I will never regret it."
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "Since you asked for it, I will grant you your wish. I will appoint you as a lieutenant, responsible for guarding powerful families and lawless powerful people."
Chen Deng admired Lu Xuan's arrangement in his heart.
Lieutenant was an official position held by Zhidu during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty. He was responsible for detecting lawlessness and was known as Goshawk.
Chen Deng was even more shocked. Lu Xuan's arrangements for him actually foreshadowed Lu Xuan's ambitions. A Yangzhou shepherd arranged for his subordinates to serve as lieutenants without considering what happened to the court. Isn't this ambition?
Chen Deng was ecstatic inside.
He made the right bet.
He became Lu Xuan's lieutenant, so what if he was a cruel official?
Lu Xuan already has enough talents. It will be quite difficult for him to surrender and get into Lu Xuan's core. One step is slow and one step is slow, which is naturally lagging behind others, so he is willing to find another way.
Chen Deng bowed and said: "I accept my order from my humble position."
Lu Xuan waved his hand and said: "Go and prepare. After a few days, I will return south to Yangzhou. You come with me. People from the Chen family can go to Lujiang County first."
"Here!"
Chen Deng answered again.
He retired respectfully.
Lu Xuan looked at Chen Deng's leaving figure and smiled softly. Chen Deng's appointment as lieutenant actually made up for Lu Xuan's lack of talent structure.
Lu Xuan set up six Cao Cao and let Gu Yong master the information. However, Liucao's punishment cao could not replace the role of lieutenant Chen Deng. Chen Deng is willing to be Lu Xuan's hawk and dog, and he is willing to be Lu Xuan's sword, and many things will be easier to handle.
This was an unexpected surprise.
The next day, news about Li Mian and others came out in Xiapi City. Li Mian, Ma Xi, and Zhao Ta led their respective clan tribes and plotted to rebel and were killed. All the direct descendants of the three major families were killed, all members of the clan were exiled, and the families directly ransacked their homes.
Lu Xuan did not interfere with Kuai Liang's arrangements.
Kuai Liang's methods are fierce, which is the best. If in a border place like Xuzhou, Kuai Liang had no means to subdue Xiaoxiao and only wanted to rely on moral education, that would be the biggest trouble.
Lu Xuan stayed in Xiapi for another five days. During this period, Huang Zhong had already led 10,000 people to the north of Pengcheng Kingdom, and Kuai Liang led a few soldiers to sit in Xiapi. The general direction of Xuzhou was stabilized.
Lu Xuan stopped staying and took his people to set off south to Wujun, Yangzhou in the south.
At the same time, the news that Lu Xuan was in Xuzhou also spread, reaching Yanzhou first.
