When several auxiliary ministers heard this, Liu Zheng said that he would go out in person.

Suddenly, all of a sudden, their faces changed.

But fortunately, now they have long been accustomed to Liu Zheng's style of doing things.

After all, it is impossible for the founding emperors to sit in the palace all the time, and their more important task is to fight the country, rather than to hold this one-third of an acre.

"Your Majesty, isn't it too hasty to go out in person and only bring 30,000 soldiers and horses?"

Although Shi Xie did not support Liu Zheng personally taking people to the north to help Yuan Shang fight, but in this matter, since Liu Zheng had already decided, as a minister, he did not open his mouth to dissuade Liu Zheng, but only told Liu Zheng that it was a bit dangerous to bring only 30,000 people over, and hoped that Liu Zheng could reconsider, even if it was a personal expedition, he would have to send some more people.

Others think the same way.

However, Liu Zheng waved his hand.

"This time is different, although it is a royal expedition, but I don't plan to, in the past, I just want to hide in the army and control the overall situation, and I won't let others reveal my identity, so 30,000 troops are enough."

"There are too many people, but it's not good, it's easy for people to guess my traces, and recently, the open sea is not very peaceful, and the other soldiers and horses have their own places that need to be guarded, and they can't be easily mobilized for the time being, Zhou Yu stayed to supervise the country, Shi Xie, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong, the three of you preside over the government, and Guo Jia follows me on the Northern Expedition."

Liu Zheng didn't plan to go to Qingzhou with great fanfare, after all, his identity is different now, and if the brothers of the Yuan family join forces, it will still make Liu Zheng feel tricky.

Therefore, you can only sneak in the army to be able to sit on one side.

Seeing that Liu Zheng had already thought of countermeasures, Shi Xie, Zhang Zhao and the others didn't say much, and after each of them did their own things, this matter was decided.

In the next few days, Liu Zheng didn't do anything else, and after accompanying his family at home, he began to prepare for the trip to Qingzhou, as for this matter in the open sea, Liu Zheng was not worried at all, there were only some pirates, there were tens of thousands of sailors such as Zu Lang and Zhou Tai, and he was not needed at all.

The soldiers and horses on Liu Zheng's side quickly gathered, and the 30,000 troops led by Tai Shici and Xu Huang gradually set off from Xuzhou to Qingzhou.

And Liu Zheng, who was mixed in their army of 30,000, brought his 2,000 brocade guards and 2,000 soldiers in the camp. Let's go.

Although it is not a big fanfare to hide his identity, but for safety reasons, it is still necessary to bring these centaurs of Jinyiwei and the trapping camp.

Liu Zheng was also a little worried, afraid that the three brothers of the Yuan family in the north would suddenly join forces and gather an army of more than 100,000 against him.

In case this is a trap set for him, once his identity is revealed, without the help of the trap camp and the Jinyi Guard, it will be difficult for him to escape from them with only 30,000 soldiers and horses.

Half a month has passed.

April 192.

Xu Huang, as the commander under Liu Zheng, led more than 30,000 troops and stationed in Qingzhou.

This news, as early as half a month ago, had been passed through scouts and passed to Yuan Shang in Qingzhou.

When Liu Zheng's army rushed from Xuzhou to Linzi City in Qingzhou, Yuan Shang took some of his remaining men and horses to meet him outside the city gate.

After all, it was to use Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses to specially invite Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses to come over to support.

Xu Huang and Tai Shici, as the main generals, stood up from here to hand over to Yuan Shang's men and horses, and did not enter Linzi City.

Instead, let Liu Zheng's army divide a place outside Linzi City as a camp and live temporarily.

After all, Liu Zheng's 30,000 army here is a large number, and if all of them are stationed in Linzi City, there is no way to accommodate so many soldiers in this city at the same time.

Moreover, even if it could accommodate so many people, Yuan Shang was not completely at ease with Liu Zheng's people.

However, it is good to shoot Liu Zheng's man Ma An outside Linzi City, and both parties are relatively satisfied.

After arriving in Qingzhou, Yuan Shang hosted a banquet for Xu Huang and Tai Shici in the evening.

Liu Zheng did not pass, after all, no one knows the news of his appearance in Qingzhou for the time being, and he needs to hide his identity.

When Xu Huang and Tai Shici returned to the camp in the middle of the night, they came to the camp to meet Liu Zheng.

and Liu Zheng reported the situation of this trip to Qingzhou.

"Your Majesty, we're back."

"I'm back, what good things did Yuan Shang invite you to eat?"

"Your Majesty said with a smile, Yuan Shang was able to invite us to eat something good, it was nothing more than to drink some wine, and then asked us to plan together about going to Jizhou to quell the Jizhou Rebellion this time."

When Xu Huang heard Liu Zheng's inquiry, he immediately answered at Liu Zheng.

"Let's talk about it, what did Yuan Shang's guy say, when did our army go to Jizhou, and the situation in Jizhou, what is it like now?"

Liu Zheng actually has a certain understanding of the situation in Jizhou, after all, the Jinyi Wei Xizuo under his current command has been developed for several years, and it is all over the country, but the degree of penetration of the fine work that does not belong to his own territory is different.

Although Liu Zheng has some intelligence officers in a place like Jizhou, it is not so easy to completely control the intelligence in Jizhou.

Sometimes things like Yuan Shang may have a clearer grasp than Liu Zheng, so Liu Zheng still wants to hear what Yuan Shang has to say.

Seeing Liu Zheng asking, Xu Huang did not hide it, and immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, now the war in Jizhou has gradually turned calm, and the battle between Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi has begun to stop, on the one hand, it is preparing for spring ploughing, and on the other hand, it is also because it is Yuan Xi who occupies Yecheng now, and Yuan Tan has retreated to the rear."

Yuan Tan, who lacks a base camp, only occupies a small half of Jizhou, and relying on this small half of Jizhou, he wants to compete with Yuan Xi, a brother who occupies the entire Youzhou and occupies a small half of Jizhou, and has no advantage in itself.

If it weren't for the fact that Yuan Tan had enough elite soldiers and strong generals, he would have lost in the initial battle.

"The fight between the Yuan brothers has subsided, which is not a good sign."

When Liu Zheng heard Xu Huang's words, there was something not very good on his face.

The reason why they chose to send troops at this time was to take advantage of the time when the Yuan family brothers were fighting to the death, and now the fighting between the Yuan family brothers has stopped.

Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, if they appear in Jizhou again, it will not be so easy to defeat the Yuan brothers.

Perhaps, on the contrary, it will also prompt the Yuan family brothers not to fight among themselves, but to unite to deal with Liu Zheng.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is precisely because Yuan Shang knows this reason that he wants us to wait, and it is not a good time to send troops."