After capturing Xiangyang City, Liu Zheng was able to conquer Hanzhong, and after having Hanzhong, Liu Zheng was able to trade horses with those people in Xiliang, which was something that Liu Zheng lacked at present, and he had to find a way to solve it.

And Yuan Shao is definitely out of here, Yuan Shao won't give Liu Zheng horses.

On the surface, the calculation is like this, but in fact, Liu Zheng has another layer of calculation in private.

Xiangyang is next to the land of Gyeonggi, and once Liu Zheng gets Xiangyang, it will be simple to attack Luoyang.

And Yanzhou and Xuzhou, it is Liu Bei who is stationed here, and the soldiers and horses under Liu Bei are not bad, and Yuan Shao's men and horses are against Liu Bei, and the outcome is unpredictable.

Liu Zheng's idea was to let Liu Bei consume Yuan Shao's strength.

So no matter who wins or loses Liu Bei and Yuan Shao, Liu Zheng can take advantage of the fisherman, and when the time comes, when they are almost consumed, Liu Zheng will take advantage of the situation to attack and clean up the mess.

If Liu Bei wins, then Liu Zheng will counterattack Xuzhou, recapture Qingzhou, and even kill Jizhou and Youzhou.

If Yuan Shao wins, then Liu Zheng will lead people to snatch the fruits of Yuan Shao's victory.

Doing so, although it will offend Yuan Shao, but now that the imperial court has no ability, it is equivalent to falling apart in place, and Liu Zheng's only opponent is Yuan Shao.

Sooner or later, they will tear their faces, so for some interests, Liu Zheng will still give up his verbal alliance with Yuan Shao at will.

This point, Yuan Shao would be the same.

Yuan Shao and Liu Zheng's alliance, when encountering some interest issues, Yuan Shao will not hesitate to tear his face.

Liu Zheng's calculations in his heart were not clear, and he thought that Liu Zheng deliberately sold Yuan Shao a face, so that the territory of Yanzhou and Xuzhou was given to Yuan Shao.

In this way, Liu Zheng and Yuan Shao's verbal proposal was reached at this time, and Fu sent people back to Yuan Shao to tell Yuan Shao about the agreement with Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng also began to order his own people to Jingzhou and Yuzhou at this time.

June 191.

Liu Zheng had already personally dispatched Zhou Yu's battalion of men and horses, and directly began to make the people in Jingzhou start to be active.

In mid-June, near Jingzhou, Changsha County and Jiangxia County.

A large number of troops under Liu Zheng have been gathered here.

Sun Jian's army and Ganning's army were stationed in Changsha County, and Jiangxia County's army was stationed with Huang Zhong's army and Zulang's army.

Xu Huang's 10,000 cavalry has been practicing in the military academy near Yuzhang County, on the one hand, to learn from those in the military academy, and on the other hand, waiting for Liu Zheng's order to mobilize.

On the left side of Jiangxia County, this is the territory of Nanjun, and Ding Yuan led his 20,000 cavalry to be stationed here in a place called Huarong.

This is the place where Ding Yuan's men and Liu Zheng's men and horses confronted, Liu Zheng built a parade tower in Baling, and after Liu Zheng called it Yueyang Tower, Ding Yuan's Chen soldiers were near Huarong and could attack Jiangxia at any time.

It's just that Ding Yuan's hands are not enough soldiers and horses, even if Liu Biao's men and horses are counted, they only have 60,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou.

And Liu Zheng has always had about 60,000 men and horses in Jingzhou, and Ding Yuan did not get orders from the imperial court, so he did not dare to act rashly, so he could only focus on defense.

Especially when Lu Zhi led his men to attack Xuzhou, he discussed with Ding Yuan and wanted Ding Yuan and Lu Zhi to attack Liu Zheng together.

It's a pity that Lu Zhi's order did not make Ding Yuan agree, after all, Liu Zheng had a lot of people in Jingzhou at that time, except for Huang Zhong's men and horses who have not moved, and Zu Lang's army is also there.

Coupled with Ding Yuan's cavalry, they are not good at water warfare, and there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River to block here, and it is not easy for Ding Yuan's men and horses to cross the river.

In addition, Ding Yuan's men will also be stationed in Nanyang and Runan in Yuzhou in batches.

Ding Yuan himself actually only had 20,000 horses, and he needed Liu Biao's men and horses to be able to deal with Liu Zheng's army with some certainty.

And as Liu Zheng had more and more soldiers on Jingzhou's side, Ding Yuan's mind to take the initiative to attack became less and less.

Huarong County, the county seat.

Ding Yuanjun's big tent.

"My lord, Liu Jingsheng (Liu Biaobiaozi) is the son of an adult, asking to see you."

"Liu Jingsheng, what did he send someone to do?"

Ding Yuan was discussing with his subordinates at this time how to deal with Liu Zheng, who knew that at this time, someone actually came to report that Liu Biao's son was here.

Although Ding Yuan has been stationed in Jingzhou for a period of time, the relationship between Ding Yuan and Liu Biao is not good, on the contrary, it is still very delicate.

This is also because Jingzhou originally belonged to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao was the pastor of Jingzhou, but after Ding Yuan left, he kept staying here, and Liu Biao also had to take tax money to help Ding Yuan raise these soldiers and horses.

Although Ding Yuan came to help Liu Biao, Liu Biao was still a little grateful at the beginning, but after a long time, he lost his gratitude, and only complained a little more.

After all, the maintenance price of war horses is not low, a horse is worth a few gold, a set of harness also costs a few gold, a little loss, for Liu Biao, it is a big expense.

Ding Yuan spoke, and Liu Biao couldn't help but give it, if it weren't for the large population and wealth in Xiangyang, Liu Biao really couldn't afford to support these people in Ding Yuan.

There were some contradictions between the two of them, but because of the existence of Liu Biao, a common enemy, Ding Yuan and Liu Biao did not really quarrel.

At this time, Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, walked in from outside.

"Liu Qi has seen adults."

"Liu Qi, why are you here, did your father ask you to come to me?"

"My lord, my father ordered me to come to discuss with you about the pressure of Liu Zheng's army, and I want to ask my lord if he wants my father to send troops to support."

A few days ago, Liu Zheng again transferred 20,000 troops from other places to be stationed in Jingzhou, this news naturally could not be concealed from Liu Biao's ears and eyes, and Liu Zheng did not intend to hide it, just waiting for Liu Bei and Yuan Shao to start a battle, Liu Zheng would immediately start a war with Ding Yuan and Liu Biao.

Originally, Liu Zheng stationed tens of thousands of people here in Jingzhou, but now he has mobilized people again, which shows that Liu Zheng has the intention to take the initiative to attack, and after being calm for so long, this land of Jingzhou will break out again.

"I am also discussing this matter with my people, and I have ordered my general Zhang Liao to mobilize 20,000 troops from Runan. If Liu Jingsheng is willing to transfer people over, it will naturally be better. ”

Ding originally didn't expect Liu Biao, after all, now Liu Zheng has only sent some soldiers and horses over, and he hasn't really attacked yet, he wants to wait for Liu Zheng's army to come over, and then go to Liu Biao for help.

Liu Qi heard that Ding Yuan had already prepared, and the expression on his face looked a little better.

"My lord, since you are prepared, then I am relieved, I will go back to my father and let my father make plans early."