In view of Chen Shou's night attack on Chu Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei's military camp, which caused the latter to suffer huge losses, Huan Hu believed that Peixian could no longer stay in Peixian County for a long time.

Because Peixian County is sandwiched between "Xiao County" and "Huling" in the north-south direction. Xiao County in the south has been captured by Xiang Pei, the king of Xinyang of Chu State, while Huling in the north is currently home to the dredgers of Wei State.

, the three armies of Chenggao and Fenxing. In the current environment of the "Wei-Chu Alliance", Huan Hu cannot guarantee whether the three Wei armies stationed in Huling will assist Chu Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei and treat him favorably.

The county launched a two-sided attack.

Under this circumstance, Huan Hu crossed Weishan Lake alone and came to "Xuecheng" on the other side of the lake, and got in touch with "Ji Min", the city guard of Xuecheng.

Ji Min is a descendant of the "Ji family" in the "Three Huans" of the Lu State. In terms of seniority, he is the cousin of the general Ji Wu of the Lu State. His ability is mediocre and he does not have much ambition. Overall, he is a very good person.

If a mediocre person is not from the "Ji family", I believe that with his talents, he will definitely not be able to become the head of a county.

Ji Min was quite surprised by Huan Hu's arrival.

To be fair, although his ability is mediocre, it does not mean that Ji Miao is not aware of the warlords such as "Huan Hu", "Xiang Qian", and "Nangong Chen" who are separatist in the eastern part of Song County. Even Ji Miao and the Beibo Army

We have dealt with him many times. After all, the descendants of the royal family of the Song Dynasty fled to Xuecheng to seek asylum after the country was destroyed.

At first, for some reasons, Ji Min did not intend to meet Huan Hu, but when Huan Hu handed over the invitation, he also showed the token that Prince Lu Shupan had given to Huan Hu - this token was

It was given by Prince Shupan of Lu in order to allow Huan Hu's troops to enter the territory of Lu smoothly.

To be fair, it is a very dangerous thing to grant a royal order so easily. After all, no one can guarantee whether Huan Hu has sincerely defected to the State of Lu. However, under the current situation, Prince Lu will only lose.

You can choose to believe in Huan Hu.

Another reason is that, as Huan Hu said to Jin Gou, with his sworn assurances, Lu Wang Gong Shupan and Gong Zixing were completely convinced by him and regarded him as a life-saving straw.

Through this royal order, Huan Hu successfully met Ji Min, the guardian of Xuecheng City, and told the latter that he had been to Qufu and gained the trust of Duke Shupan of Lu, and was appointed as the general of the Lu State.

Ji Min was quite surprised by this, but he couldn't deny that after Huan Hu said this, the atmosphere during the conversation between the two was indeed much more harmonious than before - after all, they were colleagues after all.

"General Huan Hu came here today. I don't know why?"

After a few pleasantries, Ji Min asked Huan Hu about the purpose of his trip.

Seeing this, Huan Hu did not hide anything and told Ji Niao about the heavy damage he had done to Xiang Pei, the king of Xinyang in Chu State, in Peixian County two days ago. Ji Niao was surprised and worried at the same time.

Surprisingly, the soldiers under Huan Hu were really amazing, especially Chen Shou, who led 800 cavalry and dared to attack the camp of 100,000 soldiers under the command of Xiang Pei, Lord Xinyang of Chu, at night, and caused the Chu army to suffer heavy losses.

, with such strong soldiers and generals, he will be able to effectively help the Chu State to repel the Chu State's attack.

What is worrying is that there are still 100,000 Chu troops led by Chu State General Xiang Mo stationed in Ningyang County, which is close to Qufu, the capital of King Talu. But now, Chu State once again sent Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei to lead 100,000 troops.

Rushing to the State of Lu, this meant that the State of Lu had to face the attack of 200,000 Chu troops, and the situation was even more difficult.

If not for the fact that Chen Shou, the general under Huan Hu, attacked Chu Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei at night, which was indeed a brilliant battle and gave Ji Min hope to defeat the Chu army, otherwise he would have learned that Chu had once again sent an army of 100,000 troops.

, he really didn’t know how frightened he would be.

"...In view of this situation, Huan hopes to move his troops to Guicheng to avoid being attacked by the Chu and Wei armies."

Slowly, Huan Hu explained his intention.

"That's it." Ji Min suddenly understood and nodded.

He felt that Huan Hu's judgment was reasonable. After all, Wei and Chu were currently in an alliance. No one could guarantee whether the three Wei armies, namely the Dredging Army, the Chenggao Army, and the Fenxing Army stationed in Huling, would cooperate with the Chu Army.

Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei together,

Launching a flanking attack on Huan Hu's forces, considering that Huan Hu had gained the trust of their king of Lu and was awarded the position of general, and had severely damaged the Chu army in the past two days, he was indeed a strong soldier and a strong general. After a little hesitation, Ji Min

, and agreed.

After getting Ji Min's consent, Huan Hu immediately returned to Pei County. Before Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei understood his intentions, he withdrew his soldiers from Pei County and moved them in batches to the side of Weishan Lake.

In the lake, a boat from Xuecheng's side came to meet him.

Only when half of Huan Hu's tens of thousands of soldiers had crossed Weishan Lake in boats did Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei learn of the incident.

After learning about this, Xiang Pei's first reaction was to get angry: You Huan Hu have humiliated the face of our Chu army, how can you escape so easily?

Thinking of this, Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, mobilized 40,000 troops and rushed to the Weishan Lake in an attempt to intercept Huan Hu.

An hour and a half later, when Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, arrived at Weishan Lake, there were still more than 10,000 troops under Huan Hu who had not yet crossed Weishan Lake.

Seeing this, Xiang Peiyuan, Lord of Xinyang, was about to lead his army to attack, and suddenly saw vague figures of people surging in the reeds by Weishan Lake in the distance, and on the other side, there was a cavalry eyeing them eagerly. This cavalry

The banner was clearly written with the words "Pei County Chen Shou".

"..."

Looking at the reeds from a distance, and then at the cavalry estimated to be nearly 2,000 people led by Huan Hu's general Chen Shou in the distance, Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei hesitated for a long time, but he didn't.

Dare to act rashly.

At this time, Huan Hu was actually riding among Chen Shou's cavalry. He saw Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, leading an army of 40,000 Chu troops, approaching menacingly. However, when he arrived, he did not dare to act rashly. He smiled and said to Chen Shou:

"The king of Chu State was probably frightened out of his wits by you two days ago. Although his number was several times that of mine, he didn't dare to make any move."

After hearing Huan Hu's words, Chen Shou smiled faintly, with an expression neither happy nor sad. He did not think that Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei was frightened by him. Even though he had nearly two thousand cavalry under his command at this time, Chu on the opposite side

The army has 40,000 people. As long as

It was not a sneak attack like the night attack a few days ago. Two thousand light cavalry were facing 40,000 infantry. Even if these 40,000 infantry were light infantry, the outcome would not be much better. Even if they could defeat the rear army, they would probably suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, Chen Shou believed that the most likely reason why Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei stood still was because Huan Hu had ordered an ambush in the reeds in advance.

Thinking of this, Chen Shou whispered to Huan Hu: "If Xiang Pei on the opposite side finds out that there are only a few hundred suspicious soldiers in the reeds... have you ever thought about what the outcome will be?"

"Haha." Huan Hu laughed, and did not answer Chen Shou directly, but said firmly: "That Xiang Pei just suffered a loss from you a few days ago, how could he not be wary of it? ... As for if he takes it seriously?

If you break it, you will feint and I will attack... He will definitely focus on you after suffering your loss and ignore me."

"...That doesn't necessarily mean we have any chance of winning."

Chen Shou snorted lightly, but didn't say anything else. After all, once Xiang Pei, the Lord of Xinyang on the opposite side, saw through their dubious tactics, this was indeed the only tactic.

Facts have proved that Chen Shou led 800 cavalry to sneak attack a few days ago, and failed to attack Peixian in the following days. This made Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei, who initially didn't care about Huan Hu's force, now really take this force into his own hands.

The warlord forces are regarded as powerful enemies.

Under this situation, just as Huan Hu guessed, Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei really didn't dare to take any action easily.

In this way, the two sides remained in a stalemate on the shore of Weishan Lake for half an hour. Then, dozens of ships from Xuecheng's side on the other side of the lake quietly arrived, led by eight warships, which were filled with crossbowmen.

They all cocked their crossbows and aimed at the Chu army far away on the lake shore.

"Let's go!"

After saying hello to Chen Shou, Huan Hu returned to the infantry by the river and directed the infantry to board Xuecheng's ship.

Seeing this scene from a distance, Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, tightened the reins in his hands and wanted to immediately order an attack. However, he was concerned about Chen Shou's two thousand cavalrymen who were watching eagerly, and the eight ships in the lake filled with Lu crossbowmen.

Warships, coupled with the faint surging figures in the reeds, he hesitated for a long time and finally did not order an attack.

In this way, all the infantry under Huan Hu's command boarded Lu's ships, including hundreds of suspected soldiers who were ambushing in the reeds by the lake.

At this time, Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, was secretly angry and discovered that the ambush he was so afraid of turned out to be only a few hundred people.

"If I had known this..."

He tightened his grip on the reins bitterly.

However, it was too late to say this at this time, because the infantry under Huan Hu had already boarded the ships of the Lu State, and the two thousand cavalry led by Chen Shou also quickly left northward - with the Lu State's

The boat will try to get this cavalry to the other side of the lake.

Looking at the boats gradually disappearing in the lake, and then looking at the backs of Chen Shou's two thousand cavalry, Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei felt depressed but had no choice but to turn back.

An hour later, as Huan Hu's forces all withdrew from Pei County, the Chu army occupied Pei County effortlessly, which finally gave Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei some comfort.

After acquiring Peixian County, Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, renovated the city. At the same time, he sent people to urge the grain road, and on the other hand, he sent people to contact his Chu State General Xiang Mo who was stationed in Ningyang to make an appointment.

Join forces to attack the State of Lu.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, the road was finally opened - "Huling" to the north of Peixian County was occupied by the Wei army, but in the context of the Wei-Chu alliance, this was not as big as the Chu army occupying Huling.

The only difference is that this city does not belong to Chu State.

At this time, Huan Hu also led his soldiers, got off the boat, and then, under the guidance of the Lu army in Xuecheng, arrived outside Xuecheng to prepare to build a military camp.

About an hour and a half later, two thousand cavalry led by Chen Shou were also received by Xuecheng's ships on the east side of Weishan Lake.

That night, Xuecheng City Shou Ji Min invited Huan Hu, Chen Shou and others to a banquet in the city.

It is worth mentioning that I don’t know if it was to win over Huan Hu or for some other purpose. During the banquet, Ji Min proudly wanted to give Huan Hu, Chen Shou and others a mansion in the city.

, However, Huan Hu politely refused as if he had no merit and no reward.

When I returned to the outside of the city at midnight, my soldiers had already set up a simple military camp outside the city.

In the commander's tent, Chen Shou glanced at Hua Shi and other girls who were helping Huan Hu make the bed, and asked Huan Hu: "During the banquet just now, why didn't you accept the mansion that Ji Min gave you... No matter how you think about it, it's better.

Are you going to stay in this little tent?"

"You don't understand." Huan Hu glanced at Chen Shou mysteriously. When he saw Chen Shou rolling up his sleeves, he quickly lowered his voice and explained: "Before I asked to see King Lu, I briefly inquired about the country of Lu.

National conditions, I learned that the relationship between the royal family and Sanhuan is not harmonious... The so-called Sanhuan refers to the three noble families in Lu State, among which is the "Ji family". Since I have decided to side with the royal family for the time being,

Then you can’t get too close to the Ji family.”

After listening to Huan Hu's explanation, Chen Shou realized that the national conditions of the Lu State were very different from those of the Wei State. The Ji Zhao family of the Wei State was very powerful. Whether it was the main family or the branch family, it was the lifeblood of the Wei State.
To be continued...