Liu Zheng actually knew that Zu Lang's men had arrived when he saw the warship on the shore.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zulang walked quickly towards him.

When you get closer, the first thing you say is congratulations.

"Congratulations to the lord, take Yuzhang County and occupy Yangzhou, just around the corner!"

Zu Lang had already received the news that Liu Zheng had defeated Yuzhang, although he had long known that Liu Zheng was in Yuzhang County and sent people to attack Yuzhang, but as a general, he did not receive Liu Zheng's order and did not dare to leave his garrison easily.

Therefore, he could only continue to stand by in place, waiting for news from Liu Zheng, and at the same time sent someone to inquire about Liu Zheng's results in Yuzhang.

"General Zulang, your news is very well-informed, you already know the Yuzhang County that I fought a few days ago."

"Haha, my lord, you don't know, where is there news in this Poyang Lake that my grandfather doesn't know, although it may not be the fastest to know, but where something big happened, I will definitely be able to hear it."

Zu Lang was a little proud, but this Liu Zheng was not angry, because he also knew why Zu Lang could know.

After he took over the territory of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, the whole Poyang Lake family dominated, although Yan Baihu was nominally one of the four major water thieves, but now after occupying Huiji County and Wu County, he became a small prince, and he didn't care about the bad things in Poyang Lake at all.

The remaining water thief, Pan Linze, has no contact with Zu Lang, and there is only Zu Lang's family of water thieves left in the entire Poyang Lake, and the passenger ships from the south to the north have to pass through him, so the news is naturally very well-informed.

"Lord, Poyang County, there are only 7,000 soldiers and horses garrisoned, if you want to defeat it, it is not difficult, do you think we will go directly to attack the city?"

After Zulang's soldiers and horses arrived here, Wen Ping immediately began to get down to business.

"I didn't put Poyang here in the first place, but now that Zulang's men and horses have come to support, after the strength has increased significantly, it is not a matter of being able to deal with a mere Poyang."

At this time, Poyang County could not be called Poyang County, it was only a part of Yuzhang County, but because of its geographical location and the convenience of Poyang Lake, he could be independent of Yuzhang County.

Of course, it is precisely for this reason that the guards of Poyang County were personally appointed by Liu Xuan, and controlling the official right to speak on the water canal of Poyang Lake is also the source of Liu Xuan's income.

If something goes wrong here, Liu Miao's right to speak in Yangzhou will be completely lost, and there will be no source of money, and the remaining land tax income alone will not be able to support Liu Miao's military supply at all.

"Poyang County is bound to be fought, and it must be fought in a short time."

"Lord, you may not know that this Poyang county is not so easy to fight."

"Oh?"

When Liu Zheng and Wen Ping were discussing how to attack Poyang County, Zu Lang on the side immediately said a word to Liu Zheng, which attracted the attention of Liu Zheng and Wen Ping.

"Actually, if it's just a Poyang county town, there aren't many defenders in it, it's really easy to defeat it, but it's not just a few thousand defenders stationed here."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The lord should know that in Poyang Lake, although water thieves occupy a large part of the water transportation, after all, they are only under the surface, and on the bright side, this river is still controlled by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and this is the water army in Poyang County."

"They are usually responsible for the escort of the fleet on the river, but now that the world is in chaos, those official sailors have converged a lot, and when the world is better, the life of the water thieves on the river is very miserable."

Zu Lang began to tell Liu Zheng about the situation in Poyang County.

"What does that have to do with our attack on Poyang County?"

"Because there is a navy of the imperial court, so in private, it is not strange that officials and bandits collude, what I want to say is that on the surface, there are only 7,000 official sailors in Poyang County, but in private, he still has 5,000 water thieves."

"Five thousand water thieves?"

Liu Zheng and Wen Ping were shocked when they heard Zu Lang's words.

5,000 water thieves, that's not a small number. You must know that Zu Lang, a big water thief, has only had 4,000 soldiers and horses in Poyang Lake for so long, and even if he has 6,000 people now, it is because of Liu Zheng's support, and the people who joined him later are right.

"You mean, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Poyang County?"

"Well, the leader of these five thousand water thieves is Pan Lin, one of the four major water thieves in Poyang Lake."

"Pan Lin! It's him! ”

When Liu Zheng heard this name, he immediately had some doubts on his face, and finally showed such a look.

He had heard of this name for a long time, and when he first wanted to get his hands on Poyang Lake, he heard Yuan Zhou tell him about the four major water thieves in Poyang Lake.

It's just three of the four water thieves, he has already dealt with it, but this Pan Lin has never seen it, he thought that Pan Lin had a low-key style and didn't like to do things nonsense, at this time he heard Zu Lang's description, Liu Zheng knew that it was not Pan Lin who was low-key, but that this guy was a water thief who colluded with the government, and he didn't have to come out to beg for a life on this river.

"If it's this Pan Lin, it's not surprising, this guy should have this strength, in this way, this Poyang County is really not so easy to deal with, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, tsk, this is even more tricky than Yuzhang County."

"Lord, in this case, then we can only wait for General Huang Zhong and General Zhou Cang's men and horses to arrive?"

After Wen Ping heard the news all of a sudden, he had no idea, so he could only ask Liu Zheng what he meant.

"If for the sake of stability, it is best to wait for the two of them to come over, Zulang, what is your opinion?"

"Lord, in my opinion, I don't have to wait for General Huang Zhong and General Zhou Cang, I have a plan, maybe I can."

"What's the plan?"

As soon as Liu Zheng heard that Zu Lang seemed to have a way, he immediately asked.

"Although Pan Lin is close to the people of the government, but after all, he is a water thief, and in the heart of the government, he still does not regard him as his own, if we can send someone to say that Pan Lin will descend, and by the way, Pan Lin's people and horses will be co-ordinated, so that Pan Lin should cooperate with the outside world, and it will be much easier to take this Poyang county seat."

"When the time comes, not only will we not have to face tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but Pan Lin's people will share some of the pressure of soldiers and horses for us, and we will have a much greater grasp of Poyang County."

"Then Pan Lin is willing to surrender?"

"The lord's army is pressing, others may not surrender, but Pan Lin I think most likely will, this matter can be left to me."