When Xu Kuang rushed to the reception room, Zhuge was already there.

This was the first time Xu Kuang saw Zhuge's face looking so ugly.

Seeing that the envoy was just a small soldier, but he was sitting on the main seat. Zhuge winked at Xu Kuang and told him not to be impulsive.

Xu Kuang immediately frowned, but still endured it.

The two had accumulated enough tacit understanding during this period, and Xu Kuang could tell at a glance that Zhuge wanted to hear Viscount Baihua's opinion and see what the specific situation was.

When the soldier saw Xu Kuang, he snorted coldly:

"You must be Xu Kuang. Why don't you show respect when you see Viscount Baihua's token?"

Xu Kuang frowned and looked at Zhuge Duan, asking:

"You don't know how to salute the token, do you?"

Zhuge Duan shook his head, and Xu Kuang breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Kuang walked directly to the soldier, lifted him up from his seat, and slapped him hard several times.

"You piece of shit, even if you don't bow to the superior when you see him, do you have a role here as a soldier?"

When the soldier saw Xu Kuang beating him, he was so angry that he couldn't speak. He just kept saying:

"You...you...you, okay...ok...ok, I'll go back and report to Viscount Baihua!".

Xu Kuang snorted coldly:

"Wait a minute, I want to ask you to borrow something.".

The soldier asked subconsciously:

"what?".

Unfortunately, what answered him was a sword light.

Xu Kuang called his soldiers and asked them to send the head to Baihua City.

Zhuge Duan smiled bitterly and said:

"My lord, you are really bad-tempered. Now the grudge between us and Viscount Baihua cannot be resolved."

Xu Kuang sneered:

"There is no need to resolve it. If Mr. Zhuge were not here, and if I was still three months ago, I would definitely swallow my anger, but now my strength has greatly increased. If I continue to swallow my anger, it will only make the people below suffer. I am no longer just me. ".

Xu Kuang looked at Zhuge Duan and said with a bitter smile:

"Sir, if you encounter something like this again in the future, please don't swallow your anger. Seeing you being humiliated is like seeing a knife stabbing your heart."

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Zhuge Duan was quite moved, but said:

"Thank you, Lord, but we are also in trouble."

Xu Kuang sneered:

"What's so scary? Isn't it just trouble? The soldiers will cover up the water and the earth. Don't worry, sir, our Mushroom Ridge Panshi New Army is in need of a real battle!"

Xu Kuang then picked up the letter on the table and read it, and found that it was indeed asking him for the right to operate the textile factory.

After a while, Xu Kuang asked:

"Sir, how many troops do you think Viscount Baihua will send?".

Zhuge Duan smiled bitterly and said:

"This time Viscount Baihua noticed our financial resources. Someone must have tipped off the information. Since someone tipped off the information, they must also tell Viscount Baihua about our strength."

Xu Kuang suddenly said:

"I know this. More than a month ago, at dawn the next day after our negotiations ended, Lord Furio of Balsamic Ridge went to White Birch City."

Zhuge Duan frowned and said to Xu Kuang:

"If this is the case, I'm afraid the other party will not send more than 10,000 troops."

Xu Kuang nodded and added:

"Besides, it takes time to assemble and mobilize the army. If Viscount Baihua really wants to fight, it will take more than ten days."

Zhuge Duan nodded and said:

"My lord, don't worry. After one month of training, our troops have become elite soldiers and strong generals."

The corner of Xu Kuang's mouth twitched and he said quickly:

"Military advisor, this is inappropriate. We...".

Before Xu Kuang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhuge Duan.

"My lord, haven't you noticed yet? When people fight here, they seem to only value quantity, not quality, or maybe they don't need quality at all?"

Only then did Xu Kuang realize that Zhuge Duan was right. The people here fought without rules and did not know how to advance or retreat. Moreover, these people may not take ordinary people seriously. Under many factors, the rock of Mushroom Ridge The new army seems to have become elite soldiers and generals again.

Xu Kuang nodded and said to Zhuge:

"Let's have a meeting."

Xu Kuang called all the officers above the platoon level together and explained the specific situation to them.

"From now on, we will treat this matter as the most important thing. Viscount Baihua has always been cunning. He will definitely use his power to overwhelm others. This time he will only send troops of more than 10,000, and there is no specific number. Do you understand the upper limit?"

Everyone nodded, how could they not understand this? What happened to Mushroom Ridge now made them feel angry.

Xu Kuang nodded and said to everyone:

"From now on, no one is allowed in or out of Mushroom Ridge. Tell those merchants that there is going to be a war in Mushroom Ridge. If they don't want to be involved, they can leave as quickly as possible. The specific date of recovery will be discussed separately."

Everyone stood up together and said in succession:

"yes!".

Cuihua’s voice sounded:

"Mission: Stop the White Birch City Army

Mission content: Defeat the White Birch City army.

Mission Difficulty: A

Mission rewards: 75-caliber mountain cannon . ".

It's the same generous reward as before, but this time the difficulty of the mission has returned to A level.

Xu Kuang frowned. He didn't believe that the system could misestimate the difficulty of the task every time.

After everyone left, Xu Kuang sighed and said to Zhuge Duan:

"This time, we may encounter the strongest enemy at this stage.".

Zhuge Duan said:

"Don't worry, my lord, I have a plan to defeat the enemy."

Xu Kuang asked in astonishment:

"speak?".

Zhuge Duan said:

"Send troops now to Hulu Town.".

Xu Kuang suddenly understood what Zhuge Duan meant.

"You mean we send some of our troops to Hulu Town first, and then wait for the opponent's army to arrive and stab them in the back?"

"Ahem, the Lord's words are very indecent.".

Xu Kuang blushed, nodded repeatedly, and said to Zhuge Duan:

"I am a military advisor, and I am really at home like a fish in water."

Xu Kuang immediately gave Chen Xiaohu an order to take Xin Jian to Hulu Town. At the same time, he sent a fast horse to get a letter from Wayne and explained the situation to him.

After receiving the letter, Wayne sighed. He was not worried about Xu Kuang, because he had seen the power of Mushroom Ridge before, and he should have a clever plan in mind for this arrangement.

Wayne thought for a while and wrote back a letter to Xu Kuang, asking him to let him know if he had anything to do and he could help.

Xu Kuang was moved and asked Wayne to appease the vendors, telling them that times like this don't happen often.

Xu Kuang's biggest headache was worrying about those businessmen escaping.