A quarter of an hour ago, when the coalition forces were arranging their troops, Chen Shou said to Huan Hu in private: "The coalition forces are so numerous that I'm afraid it will be difficult for "that" one to discover the location of our army..."

Huan Hu waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, I have my own way."

With that said, he sent for Ji Wu, the general of his Lu army.

After a while, Ji Wu led several guards to where Huan Hu and Chen Shou were. He smiled and asked about the deployment of the soldiers: "General Huan, how are the preparations?"

During this period, in view of Huan Hu's intentional overtures, Ji Wu's friendship with him strengthened significantly, and they even reached the point where they became brothers.

After all, in Ji Wu's view, the interests of Huan Hu and his Ji family were consistent, both in terms of dealing with the royal family of Lu and with the outside world.

"It's almost deployed."

Huan Hu said with a smile, and then deliberately pointed towards the area of ​​​​the defending army in front and said: "However, I still can't trust these guards?"

Ji Wu nodded slowly when he heard this, and then said with relief: "Wei Shao and others have been warned by you, so they should not defect... What's more, with the fact that "Wei Guo has gained an advantage in this battle", those Wei people We are still kept in the dark, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”

"Having said that..."

Huan Hu hesitated for a moment, and then suggested: "General Ji, why don't you and I go to the guard's formation to take a look? Just in case something goes wrong..."

Ji Wu heard this and said with a smile: "You can't trust Wei Shao, Wei Yun, Wei Zhen and others so much?" After saying that, he frowned slightly and said: "What should we do here?"

Huan Hu smiled and said, "Leave it to Chen Shou here. Doesn't General Ji still believe in Chen Shou's bravery?"

When Ji Wu heard this, he turned around and glanced at Chen Shou, who was standing next to him with an indifferent expression, and nodded slightly in his heart.

If we talk about the most courageous general of his Lu State in detail, he is neither Huan Hu nor Ji Wu, but the cold-tempered General Chen Shou Chen.

I remember that when the Chu army invaded his country of Lu, Chen Shou killed countless generals of the Chu country with his own hands.

Thinking of this, Ji Wu nodded and said: "Okay, just as you said, General Tian Dan also asked me to secretly pay attention to the actions of Wei Shao and others, but..."

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said to Huan Hu: "You and I are going to the front of the Wei army. We only need to look at Wei Shao and others. You must not taunt those Wei people again."

Huan Hu was secretly happy and agreed without hesitation.

At this time, Ji Wu also issued an order to his soldiers and generals: "All soldiers will obey orders. When Ji is not in the army, all soldiers in each camp must obey General Chen Shou's orders!"

After finishing the instructions, Ji Wu and Huan Hu took a dozen guards and rode slowly towards the front of the Weiguo army. Not long after, they came to Wei Shao, Wei Yun and Wei. In front of the formation where Zhen and the others were.

"Sure enough, it's here..."

After hearing the reminder from the guards around them, Wei Shao, Wei Yun, and Wei Zhen turned around and saw Ji Wu and Huan Hu leading a group of guards from a distance, and looked at each other with a tacit understanding.

After a while, Ji Wu, Huan Hu and others came to Wei Shao, Wei Yun and Wei Zhen. Ji Wu had a smile on his face, cupped his fists and asked: "Three generals, how are you preparing?"

After hearing this, Wei Shao deliberately looked at Huan Hu with unswerving eyes and said coldly: "General Huan Hu, as far as Wei knows, your duty is on the right wing of the central army. What are you doing on the right wing of our front army? You are not afraid. Shall I report to Mr. Chu Shui that you left your post without permission?"

Hearing this, Huan Hu chuckled and said: "Huan just wants to see how your army and Wei army will fight...General Wei Shao, do you really not want Huan Hu here? Hahaha, is there something hidden in this?"

After hearing this, Wei Shao pretended to be angry and cursed: "Now that things have happened, you still doubt that I will defect to Wei later? Then do you want you to take command for me?"

"Huh?"

Huan Hu was stunned when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: This Wei Shao deliberately said that he wanted to transfer the command to me? Does this mean that he will obey my instructions?

Thinking of this, he laughed strangely and said in a strange tone: "This... is fine. It depends on whether General Wei Shao really has this intention."

After hearing this, Ji Wu was afraid that Huan Hu and Wei Shao would quarrel again, so he quickly made peace: "You two, each of you, take a step back... General Huan?" He shook his head at Huan Hu secretly, and then comforted him.

Wei Shao said: "General Wei Shao, please calm down. I have no intention of seizing power here. Please don't misunderstand me, General Wei Shao..."

"General Ji Wu, there is no need to persuade me." Wei Shao interrupted Ji Wu, looked at Huan Hu and said coldly: "Huan Hu, Wei must practice what he says. You will be the one to command our army this time, like this

, you can no longer doubt that we have different intentions, can you?...But Wei Mou will say it first, if you deliberately want to harm our guards, then Wei Mou will not stand by and watch."

"This Wei Shao really means this... By the way, they probably don't know my plan and are worried about unnecessary conflicts. That's why they deliberately hinted that they will follow my instructions... smart!"

Huan Hu secretly praised a few words, and then deliberately said: "There is no need to transfer the command, but Huan will still pay attention to you here."

"Please do as you wish!"

Wei Shao snorted lightly.

Seeing that Wei Shao and Huan Hu finally stopped fighting, Ji Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Wei Shao was seen winking at Juancheng Hou Weiyun and Tanyuan Hou Wei Zhen.

The two men immediately understood each other and tried to find a way to distract Ji Wu and create an opportunity for Wei Shao and Huan Hu to talk alone.

Immediately, Tan Yuan Hou Weizhen deliberately pretended to ask for advice and asked Ji Wudao: "General Ji Wu, in your opinion, is it appropriate for our army to deploy its troops like this?"

"Huh?" Ji Wu was slightly stunned. Seeing Wei Zhen's sincere attitude, he turned back to look at the deployment of the guards' troops and said seriously: "This is only after I have a general inspection of your army before I can make any suggestions...

"

These words were in line with the wishes of Tan Yuan Hou Wei Zhen and Juancheng Hou Wei Yun, and they immediately led Ji Wu to inspect the general outline of their guards.

Not far away, Wei Shao saw Ji Wu being pushed away by Wei Yun and Wei Zhen. He looked angry just now. He chuckled and whispered to Huan Hu: "I never expected that it would be General Huan Hu."

"Haha." Huan Hu also changed his previous attitude towards Wei Shao and others, and praised in a low voice: "General Wei Shao's wisdom is still beyond Huan's estimation. Very good, very good."

When Wei Shao heard this, he immediately confirmed that Huan Hu was definitely the 'alliance insider' who had tipped them off.

"Then Ji Wu is not with us, right?" Wei Shao asked Huan Hu in a low voice.

Huan Hu nodded, and also lowered his voice and said: "I'm just asking you to get rid of him, otherwise, Chen Shou will not be able to command the Lu army under his command..."

"So that's it." Wei Shao suddenly realized, and then asked: "Who... is going to use his plan?"

Huan Hu smiled slightly when he heard this and said: "It's not that I can't trust General Wei Shao, but people are talking a lot at the moment. In order to avoid leaks and to allow Huan Mou to give up temporarily, General Wei Shao only needs to cooperate with Huan Mou."

"It seems that he still has some concerns about how long I will wait."

Wei Shao thought for a moment and stopped asking.

But in fact, Huan Hu had no specific plan. You must know that this incident was first caused by a private meeting between Wei general Shen Yu and Huan Hu's good brother Chen Shou.

That was a few years ago, when Wei general Shen Yu was transferred from Shangshui County to the Huling area in the east of Song County by Wei King Zhao Run to form the Huling Navy. This person learned that Chen Shou was in Xuecheng, so he sent someone to make an appointment with Chen Shou. Meet the hunter.

Chen Shou owed Shen Yu a favor. Although he did not dare to meet him out of shame, since he had received Shen Yu's invitation, Chen Shou naturally could not pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he met with Shen Yu in private.

At that time, Shen Yu once persuaded Chen Shou to leave Huan Hu and return to the Wei State. He guaranteed that his monarch Zhao Run would definitely reuse Chen Shou, but Chen Shou did not agree. After more than ten years with Huan Hu, he had indeed There was an inseparable brotherly love, and secondly, he felt that the Wei State would hinder him from taking revenge on the Chu State for the murder of his father.

Furthermore, he did not guarantee whether King Zhao Run of Wei would be willing to forgive him and Huan Hu.

Later, when Shen Yu returned to Shangshui, he wrote a letter to Wei King Zhao Run, in which he described the process of meeting Chen Shou and speculated that Chen Shou still had feelings for Wei.

At this time, the relationship between Wei and Chu had already laid the hidden danger of rupture. Therefore, Wei King Zhao Run was slightly moved after receiving Shen Yu's letter: Huan Hu and Chen Shou already had a relationship in Lu. He has gained quite a lot of power. If he can instigate rebellion against these two people, it may be of great use in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Wang Zhao Run asked Shen Yu to keep in touch with Chen Shou and find ways to instigate Chen Shou and Huan Hu. The reason why the targets of rebellion included Huan Hu was that Huan Hu was very eye-catching in the Lu State in those years. Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei and General Xiang Mo were quite capable in repelling the Chu State. Furthermore, seeing that Lu State was invaded by the Chu army, they took the opportunity to seize Xuecheng and became a separatist force of the Lu State. Zhao Run I guessed that Huan Hu was actually not loyal to Lu.

People like Huan Hu can actually be bribed with benefits, but the premise is that if you want to conquer such a rebellious evil bandit, you must first be strong enough, otherwise, you will be like Lao Lu, Prince Shupan. , was bitten by this evil tiger.

Zhao Run, on the other hand, believed that his Wei State was powerful enough to make Huan Hu behave according to the rules.

A few days later, Shen Yu received a letter from Zhao Run in Shangshui. He was surprised and happy. He quickly sent someone to contact Chen Shou and informed the latter of the attitude of Zhao Run, the monarch of Wei State: As long as you can persuade Huan Hu to defect to Wei State, And if you perform meritorious service in the future, all the crimes committed by you and Huan Hu in the Wei State will be forgotten.

After learning the news, Chen Shou was also quite moved.

If given the opportunity, he would of course be willing to return to the Wei State, instead of going to Zhaoling County and visiting the ancestral hall built by the local government for his father Chen Bing, as he had done in recent years, including paying homage to his father's statue standing in the city. When putting up the statue, he had to be secretive and dare not make any announcements - not because he was afraid of the guards in Zhaoling County, but because he was afraid of tarnishing his father's reputation.

After all, his father Chen Bingna was one of the heroes of the Wei State. Especially in the "Yitan" written by the novelist, his image was even more glorious and positive. But what about him? He was a wanted criminal by the Wei State court.

How he hoped that one day he could be upright and worship his father as a son.

Therefore, when Wei Guo extended his goodwill, Chen Shou was already moved.

He did not hide this matter from Huan Hu, and told Huan Hu that Wei Guo contacted him that day. Huan Hu was secretly speechless after hearing this.

To be honest, Huan Hu was not opposed to joining Wei State.

Once upon a time, he had looked down upon the "Wei Gongzi Run", thinking that he was just a member of the Wei royal family in name only. Without this relationship, he might not be able to do anything.

But in the next dozen years, Huan Hu watched Wei Gongzi Run become the monarch of Wei in Song County and Lu State, and led the Wei State to become increasingly powerful, so powerful that all the countries in the Central Plains gradually felt trembled. At this time, Huan Hu

Hu could only admit that this Zhao Run was indeed a rare hero!

But it is a pity that his relationship with the Wei State at that time was no longer whether he was willing to surrender, but whether the Wei State was willing to accommodate him. After killing Nangong Yao, Huan Hu used Nangong Yao's head.

He showed his goodwill to Wei and tried to surrender to Wei, but unfortunately, Wei did not accept him.

The reason is very simple, because Huan Hu once attacked Zhao Si, the former king of Wei State. Unless he made a great contribution to Wei State, Wei State would never accept him in this life.

Huan Hu also knew this, so he carefully managed his power in Lu over the years and completely gave up his plan to defect to Wei.

Unexpectedly, Wei Guo took the initiative to extend goodwill to him.

This made Huan Hu hesitate.

After all, the situation at that time was that because Wei was too powerful, it was regarded as a thorn in the side of the Central Plains countries and boycotted them. In this case, even Huan Hu could not guess what would happen in this struggle between Wei and the other Central Plains countries.

, who is the final winner.

If he surrenders to Wei, but Wei is still defeated by the Central Plains countries, then what is the point of surrendering to Wei? He might as well just manage his territory in Lu.

Because of this concern, although Chen Shou kept in touch with Shen Yu, Huan Hu did not really agree. Until the Central Plains countries formed a coalition to attack Wei, Chen Shou was worried about the situation in Wei and kept

After nagging in his ears, Huan Hu reluctantly relented: If Wei really had a chance of winning, he wouldn't mind pushing Wei to help Wei defeat the allied forces of the Central Plains countries.

Having said that, although Huan Hu and Chen Shou were willing to help Wei for their own purposes, what was a bit embarrassing was that Wei Wang Zhao Run did not take the initiative to contact them after that, let alone contact them to ask them to do anything.

, as if just to bury a chess piece in the coalition forces - regardless of whether it can be used in the future.
To be continued...