"PS: Prices are so expensive in Hong Kong, and the food is expensive but not delicious."

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"Huan Hu! Huan Hu!"

While Huan Hu was still sleeping soundly in his arms with the woman in his arms, Chen Shou's shouts came from outside the bedroom.

"This guy..."

Huan Hu, who was woken up in a daze, muttered angrily, rolled over and got off the bed with his arms bare, picked up a robe from the ground and put it on his body, then reluctantly opened the door and walked toward the station.

Chen Shou, who was outside the door, said angrily: "Troublesome people's erotic dreams deserve death. If I couldn't beat you, I would definitely make you look good..."

"..." Chen Shou rolled his eyes and ignored Huan Hu's pretended angry expression. After shaking his head, he said expressionlessly: "I came here to tell you that the news you have been waiting for is here."

After that, he ignored Huan Hu and turned around to leave.

"The news I've been waiting for?"

Maybe because he had just been awakened, Huan Hu's head was still a little confused. He was stunned for a while and didn't react. When he was about to ask, he saw that Chen Shou had turned around and left. He quickly chased after him and kept asking: "What news? I

What news are you waiting for? Eh? Akari, Akari? Good brother..."

A moment later, in the side hall of the Peixian County Government Office, Huan Hu, wearing only a robe, touched his chin with one hand, listening to Chen Shou telling the news from the State of Lu. His exposed strong muscles could be seen.

The maids waiting on the side had blushing cheeks.

After waiting for a long time for Chen Shou to finish speaking, Huan Hu touched his chin with one hand and licked his lips frivolously, his eyes shining brightly.

"King Lu, did he really issue an edict to recruit troops?"

"Well." Chen Shou nodded and said slowly: "Not only did he call on the people of Lu to unite and overcome difficulties together in his message, he also intended to recruit virtuous people. As long as someone can help his country of Lu survive this disaster, regardless of their origins

, are all honored as distinguished guests, and can be ranked among the nobles of the Lu State." At this point, he turned to look at Huan Hu and asked, "What do you think?"

"What do you think of it?" Huan Hu couldn't understand for a while.

Seeing this, Chen Shou then explained: "I mean, don't you think the treatment proposed by King Lu is too generous?"

Huan Hu suddenly realized it. After laughing, he stroked his short beard and said seriously: "After all, the state of Lu is facing the crisis of collapse... I believe you also know that Fuli Sai has been conquered by the Chu army.

Without Fu Lisai, the hundreds of thousands of people under the command of Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, Prince of Chu,

The army can march straight in. I believe that at this moment, the Qi State cannot protect itself, so how can it care about the ally of the Lu State? In this case, the King of Lu can only promise to recruit virtuous people... In comparison

When the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, and you become a prisoner of the Chu State, what do you make a few promises?"

At this point, he suddenly changed his tone, licked his lips and sneered: "Even if something goes wrong, if the Lu State betrays its trust in the future, I, Huan Hu, will not be able to settle it so easily."

Hearing this, Chen Shou frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean, you have decided to help the State of Lu?"

Seeing Chen Shou frowning, Huan Hu certainly understood what this good brother was worried about, and said with a smile: "Are you worried about Xiang Mo? It is undeniable that Xiang Mo, as a famous general of Chu State, is indeed a difficult opponent.

, but we may not have no chance of winning... Wealth and honor are sought in danger, and a man should live a vigorous life when he is alive. If you can't live with five pots of food, you can still have five pots of food!"

Listening to Huan Hu's passionate words, Chen Shou couldn't help but feel a little excited. After taking a breath, he pretended to be calm and said: "Since you insist on betting your wealth on Lu, what can I say? I hope you don't do it in the end.

I’m going to lose everything.”

Huan Hu laughed and said nonchalantly: "If we lose everything, I will go with you to Chu to assassinate Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu. After I kill Xiong Hu, you and I will find another opportunity to plot our fortune!"

"snort."

Chen Shou snorted noncommittally, but deep down he admired Huan Hu's attitude of not giving up in defeat.

It has to be said that Huan Hu has experienced numerous failures in the eleven years since he rebelled from South Korea, but this guy has always had a very upright mentality and has never been discouraged by setbacks. Even though Huan Hu calls himself a villain, Chen Shou is

I feel that this guy is actually a hero, but he has an unfortunate fate and has not yet encountered an opportunity that would allow him to soar into the sky.

"This time King Lu seeks talents, maybe it will be an opportunity for him?"

After looking at Huan Hu, Chen Shou thought to himself.

At this time, Huan Hu said to Chen Shou: "Tomorrow, Jin Gou and I will set off for the State of Lu to meet the King of Lu in person. During this period, I will leave the affairs of Pei County to you. If this trip goes well, I will send someone

Contact you."

Chen Shou nodded when he heard this.

The next day, Huan Hu took Jin Gou and a dozen of the mounted bandits he brought from Korea, as well as a dozen of Fuqiu assassins under Jin Gou, and a group of more than thirty people, and rushed to the State of Lu day and night.

At this time in the State of Lu, the content of the proclamation promulgated by Lu Wanggong Shupan also passed through the careful hands of the Chu people and reached the Chu general Xiang Mo.

At this time, Xiang Mo had already learned that Fulisai had been recaptured by his son, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo of Chu State. He even knew that the latter had decided to use troops against Lu and Qi at the same time, and strived to win the battle by the end of this year.

before gaining some advantages.

"The King of Lu immediately issued a proclamation to recruit generals. He must have learned that the Qi State was preparing to withdraw the three Qi armies stationed in his Lu State to the homeland..."

In the city guard's mansion in Ningyang City, Xiang Mo stood in his study, deep in thought.

Since taking over the war with Qi general Tian Dan on behalf of Wei Gongzi Run, Xiang Mo and Tian Dan have also fought twice one after another.

Speaking of which, Xiang Mo and Tian Dan are old acquaintances. Ever since Xiang Mo was transferred from Zhaoguan to the newly built Fulisai more than ten years ago, in the first few years, he and Tian Dan would meet several times every year.

return.

At the beginning, they did not know each other's details and were not convinced by each other's reputation, so conflicts occurred frequently. However, after four or five years, Tian Dan gradually stopped leading his troops to attack Fu Lisai because he could not gain much advantage, and Xiang Mo

However, he gradually became too lazy to lead his army to attack Tian Dan, and the reason was because he could not take advantage, so that every year the Qi King Lu Xi conquered the Chu State, it became a one-man show for the Qi and Lu coalition forces to show their strength in front of the Chu State.

As a supporting role, the nobles of the Chu State, with the intention of reducing big things to small ones, sent tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of soldiers every year to fight against the Qilu Allied Forces - in fact, to put it bluntly, they simply asked these people to die.

Anyway, as long as the Qi and Lu coalition forces have killed enough, or to be precise, as long as Qi King Lu Xi is satisfied, the two countries' crusade armies will retreat. Anyway, for the Chu State, especially for the vast majority of the nobles in the Chu State, even if the country fights

If they lose the battle, their interests will not suffer much loss. It is expected that the only victims will be the food soldiers who were destined to be sacrificed from the beginning.

It is also due to this reason that Chu general Xiang Mo, who was initially determined not to allow the Qi and Lu coalition forces to invade the country, later turned a blind eye to this seemingly routine war - this is also

There was no other way. Almost all the nobles in Chu Dong did not want to fight head-on with Qi. Even though Xiang Mo, as a general of Chu, could not change the will of those great nobles, although he was also a great noble himself.

Under such circumstances, Xiang Mo and Tian Dan gradually became familiar with each other. Of course, even if they became familiar with each other, they were destined not to become friends. After all, Tian Dan killed many nobles of the Chu State and had a very bad reputation in the Chu State.

Besides Lu Xi, the king of Qi, the person in Chu hated Tian Dan the most.

But whether they are familiar with each other or not, it is undeniable that Xiang Mo and Tian Dan are old rivals who know each other very well. Therefore, after the confrontation between the two armies a while ago, no one took advantage of each other. This made the people who were ordered to capture Lu

Xiang Mo of the state was very anxious.

Although he was a bit concerned about destroying his prestige, Xiang Mo still felt that he must find a way to transfer Tian Dan. If this person continued to stay in the Lu State and command the Langya, Beihai, and Jimo armies of Qi State, even if he was Xiang Mo,

Even if he had 100,000 soldiers under his command, he might not be able to advance even an inch.

When I thought that Wei Gongzi Run had made a good start for him, allowing him to easily occupy Ningyang City, which was only a few dozen miles away from Qufu, the capital of King Lu, but he was unable to advance under Tian Dan's strict defense, Xiang Mo

I felt a little anxious in my heart.

But now, when he guessed that Tian Tan might be transferred soon, Xiang Mo couldn't help but feel hot in his heart. After all, compared with Tian Tan, an opponent that was almost difficult to win, Lu was the weak one.

Persimmon, once Tian Dan and the three Qi armies under his command, Langya, Beihai, and Jimo, were mobilized, looking at the entire Lu State, who else could stop the 100,000 Chu troops under his command?

Thinking of this, Xiang Mo immediately sent out his troops, closely watching every move of the several military camps in Tian Dan, eagerly waiting for the Qi army to evacuate from Lu.

After waiting for ten days, there was no movement from the Qi army under Tian Dan. This made Xiang Mo feel quite strange: Could it be that Qi State was not prepared to kill Tian Dan and the three Qi armies under his command?

Evacuate?

In mid-October, the great thief Huan Hu and his party finally arrived in the state of Lu after traveling day and night through several counties such as "Liu", "Biyang", "Xue", "Ni", and "Zou".

The capital of Qufu.

On the way to Qufu, Huan Hu also secretly observed the territory of Lu State. In his eyes, Lu State, which was facing the danger of collapse at this time, was quite turbulent in the country. Some people were panic-stricken, but it cannot be denied that there was also some patriotic feeling.

The people of Lu rushed to join the army, responded to King Lu's call, and united to fight the Chu army's invasion.

When Huan Hu passed through several county towns, he also noticed that the county captains of each county were training the Lu men who had defected to the army outside the city. Moreover, Huan Hu specially stopped his horses and watched carefully from a distance for a while.

These recruits from the Lu State were young and immature, and of course they could not be compared with the soldiers of the Wei State. But watching these people train outside the city regardless of the cold, at least their vigor and belief were worthy of admiration.

Furthermore, the reason why Lu's army is weak is not necessarily entirely due to the rank of soldiers. In fact, the reason why Lu's army is weak is because there are almost no generals in Lu who can act alone.

This is also the reason why Huan Hu is confident that he can gain a place in the state of Lu.

After sneaking into Qufu, Huan Hu took his people to a posthouse in the city to rest. At the same time, he wrote a greeting note in his own handwriting and entrusted Jin Gou to deliver it to the Lu Palace in person. Although he could have sent someone to deliver the greeting note directly, but having said that,

If you don't appear to be unique, how can you attract the attention of King Lu?

"This matter is left to the old man."

Jin Gou took the invitation with great sincerity.

That night, in the palace of King Lu, Prince Shupan of Lu called his son Gongzi Xing and asked him about the recruitment situation in Qufu City in the past few days.

Ever since Duke Lu Shupan was invited to Ningyang for a drink by Wei Gongzi Run a few months ago, Lu Gongzi Xing began to shoulder important national affairs at an age worthy of standing up.

It was not until Wei Gongzi Run, before leading his army to South Korea, that he kept his promise and asked Duke Lu to lose Pan and return to Qufu. Gongzi Xing originally wanted to return the power to his father, but King Lu waved his hand and refused, because in the latter's view, the prince

Xing is that during the period when he was not in Qufu, he was

He is very good at managing state affairs. At least in terms of talent, he is fully qualified to take charge of this country. The only problem is that Gongzi Xing has a soft character. King Lu is afraid that after his death, this son will not be able to suppress several people in the country.

A big noble, such as "Sanhuan".

"...Since my father issued the proclamation, 30,000 men have joined the army in our city of Qufu, willing to die for the country. At the moment, Meng Xu and other generals are training these soldiers, hoping to make these soldiers into shape as soon as possible.
To be continued...