Liu Zheng is preparing to take people to support Qingzhou.

When the brocade guards who suddenly heard it come to report the news, their faces suddenly became gloomy.

Although he expected that Lu Zhi and Liu Bei's people would definitely not let go of this opportunity, he didn't expect that Liu Bei and Lu Zhi's people would come so quickly.

Yuan Shao's men had just begun to attack Qingzhou, and Liu Bei and Lu Zhi's men had already set off from Yanzhou, and according to their marching speed, they would be able to kill Huainan directly in a few days.

As long as Huainan is defeated, the next step is to directly cross the Yangtze River and attack Wu County, Danyang and other places.

If Liu Zheng goes to support Qingzhou at this time, then Yangzhou will become a piece of fat, and it will definitely not be able to stop Liu Bei and Lu Zhi's attack.

"An army of 100,000! He Liu Bei and Lu Zhi really look up to me. ”

Liu Zheng, who heard the news, accepted his thoughts to support Qingzhou. Originally, they were already on the horse, ready to cooperate with Xu Huang and use the cavalry to quickly attack Qingzhou.

But now after hearing the news of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi, he can only put this matter on hold for the time being, hoping that the people of Qingzhou can block Yuan Shao's attack.

Compared with Yuan Shao, Liu Zheng is more concerned about Liu Bei and Lu Zhi's people.

After all, no matter how Yuan Shao is, at best, he is a clown who jumps off the beam, and he is not in Liu Zheng's eyes, and the people under Liu Bei and Lu Zhi are what Liu Zheng cares about more.

Liu Guanzhang, Gongsun Zhan, there are soldiers, generals, and the lord who is calm enough, he can achieve great things.

"Lord, what should I do?"

Xu Huang stood beside Liu Zheng, and after hearing the reports of these brocade guards, his face was also not good-looking, he approached Liu Zheng's side, and wanted to ask Liu Zheng what decision he made now.

"There is news from Youzhou, saying that Yuan Shao has raised 70,000 troops and is planning to attack Qingzhou, we only have 30,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, and they are not the elite in our hands, and it is only difficult to block Yuan Shao."

Liu Zheng looked at Xu Huang and first revealed the news from Qingzhou to Xu Huang.

This is actually to blame Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng's territory is vast, once the war starts, it must be stubborn, the northernmost place is Qingzhou, the southernmost place, but it is in Funan, Southeast Asia.

Putting aside the southernmost side, there are several states just for the front that needs to be defended, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou, all of which are places that are likely to be attacked.

Therefore, Liu Zheng needs to take care of too many places, and he can't take care of the beginning and the end, which will inevitably make Liu Zheng tired.

Qingzhou is too far away, and some of them are not important, Liu Zhengda did not send garrisons to Qingzhou from the beginning, but he knew that once a war broke out in Qingzhou, he would definitely not be able to support him.

Sure enough, now that this situation has arrived, it makes him uncomfortable.

"Qingzhou is not important to us, anyway, there are not many people in Qingzhou, they have all migrated to Xuzhou, Xuzhou is the focus, we will not support Qingzhou, I expect that Liu Bei is very likely to attack Wu County directly, so we are still on standby in Wu County, maybe support Huainan."

"Then Qingzhou just gave up?"

Xu Huang was a little puzzled.

Liu Zheng glanced at the direction of Qingzhou and replied categorically.

"Of course we can't give up, anyway, Qingzhou is also our bridge to Liaodong, if this place is occupied by Yuan Shao, we want war horses in the future, but there is no way."

"Immediately pass my order, let Tai Shici lead 20,000 horses and gallop to Qingzhou!"

Although Liu Zheng himself could not support Qingzhou, but Liu Zheng still had a way, Xuzhou was very close to Qingzhou, as long as Tai Shici could rush to Qingzhou in a short time, unite the 30,000 people in Qingzhou, and block Yuan Shao's attack, it was still possible.

Even if it can't be stopped, slowing down the pace of Yuan Shao's attack and delaying time can always be done.

With Liu Zheng's words, Xu Huang also nodded, and didn't ask anymore, since Liu Zheng had already made a decision, it was useless for him to say more.

"Xu Huang, let's change the route now and go to Huainan."

Liu Zheng thought that even if Liu Bei's men and horses set off from Yanzhou to Huainan now, it would take a long time, and this time would be enough for Liu Zheng's people to reach Huainan.

Anyway, with Xu Huang's 20,000 cavalry, Liu Zheng was sure that he could compete with Liu Bei's men and horses.

A few days later.

Yangzhou Huainan County, Huainan is the northernmost county of Yangzhou, which was originally the seat of Yangzhou, but Liu Zheng felt that it was too close to the imperial court and was easy to be surrounded by heavy troops, which was not conducive to his annexation here.

Huainan County is actually Jiujiang County, and the reason why it is called Huainan County is because it was originally the territory of Huainan Kingdom of the Han Dynasty.

The reason why it can become the seat of Yangzhou is that on the one hand, it has a large population, and there is also the Huai River as a water system, which is convenient for shipping, and it is convenient to go north to Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and even west to Jingzhou.

Yanzhou went south to attack Huainan, and needed to pass through Yuzhou.

Yuzhou.

In the Three Kingdoms period, he actually didn't have much sense of existence, and his sense of existence was not even as much as that of Jiaozhou in the later period.

Because in Yuzhou, except for the Yellow Turban Uprising, there was a group of Yellow Turban soldiers who made a fuss here, and there was no big reaction after that, basically, they were firmly controlled by the imperial court.

However, because the Yellow Turban Army was too fierce before, such as Zhang Mancheng, Liu Zheng and others, they all started from here, so Yuzhou has gradually recovered some popularity after so many years.

When Liu Bei, Lu Zhi and others went south from here to attack Liu Zheng's Huainan, they alarmed King Chen here.

Although Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling is the largest local administrator in Yuzhou, but over the years, because this place has been ravaged by the Yellow Turban Army, there are often some Yellow Turban remnants and thieves prevailing, and the rule of the imperial court in Yuzhou is not very good.

On the contrary, it was Chen Guo, a vassal state here, that gradually grew in development with the help of this shareholder wind.

Chen Guo.

Although the state of Chen is only a county, it is a vassal state surnamed Liu that has existed since the time of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and it has been passed down to the present for six generations.

The current Chen Wang Liu Pet, although he is only twenty-one years old, is quite capable.

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion before, King Chen Liu was only fifteen years old, but he was able to use his identity as King Chen to recruit Xiang Yong, and he actually recruited thousands of people to help him guard Chen Guo all the time.

When the Yellow Turban Army was in turmoil, Chen Wang Liu Chong used the atmosphere of the Yellow Turban Army to make his Chen State from without a single soldier to an important town with 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Now after several years of development, Chen Guo has actually gathered more than 100,000 people, although there are only 50,000 or 60,000 people who can fight, but more than 100,000 people seem to have developed to the point where they are stronger than Yuzhou.