What Liu Zheng wanted to wait for was to figure out Cao Bao's marching route, and then give him a heavy blow to Cao Bao and the others in the position where they were advancing.

This news was not too difficult to inquire about, and sent people to lie dormant outside the county seats, and when the soldiers and horses in Cao Bao City moved slightly, they could know when they would leave the city.

Liu Zheng only needs to hold the county on the road to Donglai, and when the news of Cao Bao's people coming out, he can ambush it, and then carry out an ambush on Cao Bao's people.

If you are ambushed, it is much better than directly confronting Cao Bao's more than 20,000 people, at least Cao Bao who is ambushed, the army's heart will be scattered, and when the time comes, Liu Zheng will be able to deal with Cao Bao with the 8,000 men and horses in his hands.

A day later, together with Wu Anguo, Dian Wei, who went to inquire about the news, came back, saying that news had come from Zhuxian and that Cao Bao's people had not stayed in Zhuxian for long, and as soon as Zhao Yu's county soldiers arrived, they had already set off in the direction of Donglai County.

This is exactly what Liu Zheng expected.

And the road they walked, all were completely within the expected range of Liu Zheng, starting from the counties, after all, it was more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, in order not to attract too much attention from others, they deliberately took the remote road, from the vicinity of Mount Tai to the direction of Donglai.

Although it will take more time to walk like this, in this way, it is also the mountain road that is taken, avoiding the official road, so that their plan to attack Donglai is not so easy to be known.

It takes two days to walk from the mountain road near Mount Tai to reach Donglai, but Liu Zheng was overjoyed when he learned that they were going in the direction of Mount Tai.

Liu Zheng originally thought that if Cao Bao and the others took the official road, the official road would be flat, and there would be no excellent ambush location, so it would not be easy to deal with Cao Bao.

But Cao Bao actually chose to go to Mount Tai, Mount Tai Mountains, extremely steep, with many peaks and peaks, and any place can complete Liu Zheng's ambush plan.

There are not many men and horses under Liu Zheng, only 8,000 people, and only a small place is needed to hide 8,000 soldiers and horses, which gives Liu Zheng an excellent ambush location.

While he continued to keep his men and horses closely following the march of Cao Bao's army, he began to let his men arrive near the Taishan Mountains some time in advance.

Tarzan does not refer to just one mountain, it is an entire mountain range that spans several counties.

There are dozens of large and small peaks, all of which belong to the Taishan mountain system, and it is precisely because of the vast mountain range that there are few people in many places.

Cao Bao's people led the army from here, but they could really bypass the eyes and ears of many Yellow Turban Army.

Liu Zheng didn't know where he would choose, so he had to pay close attention to his marching route.

Coupled with the assistance of the villagers of Wu'an Village, Liu Zheng has a good understanding of the nearby geographical environment and can predict in advance where Cao Bao and others may appear.

On the third day of his arrival in Dongnae County.

A hidden canyon mouth adjacent to Langya County and Donglai County.

This is the only way for Wu Anguo to speculate that Cao Bao went to Donglai County.

Although the terrain of this location is not wide, it is very secretive, and it can also kill tens of thousands of horses and horses at the same time.

Therefore, after Liu Zheng investigated, he also felt that this was probably the place where Cao Bao chose to attack Donglai.

The main thing is to get out of this place. It is possible to reach the first county seat of Dongnae County in a short time. A small county town with only a few tens of thousands of people. The surprise attack on this small county town is relatively simple, it can be fought quickly, and it can greatly shake the morale of Cao Bao's people.

Therefore, after Liu Zheng investigated, he knew that this must be the road chosen by Cao Bao.

After determining that Cao Bao was likely to go to Donglai from here, Liu Zheng secretly ambushed his army here in turn, and then waited for Cao Bao's men and horses to pass by.

They didn't wait too long, and after only half a day's work, Cao Bao's men and horses gradually emerged from a distance, and some vanguard troops appeared around, as if to explore the terrain.

If Cao Bao's people want to attack Donglai by surprise, they must be very quick in time, and they will not hesitate to delay anything.

When he saw these pioneer reconnaissance troops, Liu Zheng did not act rashly, but asked people to let these people go.

Only when these people leave and tell Cao Bao the news of the safety here, will Cao Bao's follow-up army approach here.

After all, attacking these vanguard forces, thousands of people could not inflict heavy damage on Cao Bao, and it was more important to let these people leave and continue to wait for Cao Bao's army.

Under Liu Zheng's patience, this part of the vanguard troops left after a reconnaissance from here. Although these vanguard troops are Cao Bao's more vigilant performance, the leaders of the vanguard force do not seem to pay attention to the investigation of this matter, and blindly advance to explore the surrounding environment in great detail.

If the Vanguard had been able to scrutinize their surroundings, they would have understood that the mouth of the canyon was a perfect place for ambushes.

In such a place, it is necessary to focus on inspection here to prevent any enemy from setting up an ambush here.

However, these people did not check carefully, but sent a few people on each of the hills on both sides of the road to observe and see that there was no one, and then left the place directly.

Perhaps they thought that this surprise attack mission was very easy and not worth being so vigilant, of course, there was another reason, that is, Liu Zheng only used a mere 8,000 men to set up an ambush here.

Because of the small number of people, and the fact that they are scattered and hidden around, there is not much movement, so it is easy to avoid the searchers.

Just after these people left, Liu Zheng's ambush soldiers and horses waited here for an hour, and then Cao Bao's army appeared here one after another.

As soon as he saw the army behind, Liu Zheng knew that the main dish was coming.

He glanced left and right, and his eyes fell on Lu Bu and Gao Shun behind him.

This time to deal with this Cao Bao's soldiers and horses, Liu Zheng's main combat power was placed on the hundreds of soldiers in the camp behind Lu Bu and Gao Shun.

is also the reason why Liu Zheng brought Lu Bu over, after all, although Lu Bu expressed his desire to take refuge with him, he never had the opportunity to express Lu Bu's loyalty.

If Lu Bu can shine on the Qingzhou battlefield this time, he will officially declare war on the official army. and then with him with one heart and standing on the same front, then Liu Zheng will believe that Lu Bu really has the heart to take refuge in himself.

Of course, the main reason is that Liu Zheng knew that the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang were in Qingzhou at this time, and he brought Lu Bu over to reproduce the scene of Liu Guanzhang vs. Lu Bu before the Tiger Prison Pass.

"General Fengxian, the enemy is coming, are you? Lead your headquarters to Jiang Na, and the enemy generals will be captured? ”