End of August 187.

Liu Zheng led 14,000 men and horses from Danyang County to Wu County.

The news that happened in Danyang County, when Liu Zheng returned to Poyang a few days ago, the spies here had already transmitted the news back to Yan Baihu.

After Yan Baihu received the news, he shrunk his defensive line, he had just finished the battle with Ganning in Huiji County, he lost some soldiers and horses, did not take Nanhai County, and returned to Wu County by boat along the coastline.

At this time, Wucheng County, Wu County, was in Yan Baihu's lair.

"Rubbish! It's all rubbish! Zhou Xin and Wang Lang, the two wastes, actually surrendered! The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command all eat rice! ”

The news that Zhou Xin and Wang Lang directly surrendered to Liu Zheng has spread here, and Liu Zheng is leading his troops and horses to approach Wu County, and this news has gradually spread here.

Yan Baihu, who was originally defeated by Gan Ning on the battlefield of Huiji, had a vague feeling that was not good, but now he was even more upset by these news, and he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy in his heart, he knew this, he shouldn't have betrayed Liu Zheng in the first place.

But there are not so many people in the world who know it early, and it is useless to regret it.

"Big brother, what should we do now, then Liu Zheng led more than 10,000 elite soldiers from Danyang to kill him, and there are thousands of soldiers and horses in the south of Ganning who are constantly advancing, and now we don't make up our minds, we will have to defend the enemy on both sides at that time."

Yan Xing was a little anxious, after losing to Liu Zheng last time, Yan Xing, who had always been arrogant, had some fear of Liu Zheng in his heart.

Therefore, when Yan Xing learned that Liu Zheng led the army to attack this time, Yan Xing's heart already had some fear, in fact, this time Yan Baihu wanted to rebel against Liu Zheng and stab Liu Zheng in the back, Yan Xing also refused at first, because Yan Xing clearly knew that Liu Zheng was powerful.

But he can't stand his eldest brother's ambition is too big, and Yan Baihu has the final say here, even if Yan Xing is unwilling to do this, but Yan Baihu has already decided, he can't say anything, and now that this situation has happened, Yan Xing is the most embarrassed in his heart.

"What are you afraid of, Liu Zheng's guy has been fighting one after another, and the soldiers and horses under his command must have been seriously injured, even if he can lead the soldiers and horses to Wu County, it is just the end of the strong crossbow, we still have 30,000 elite soldiers in Wu County, and we are still afraid of him?"

Although Yan Baihu was worried in his heart, but at this time, he couldn't admit defeat, so he could only forcibly give himself the courage to confront Liu Zheng.

As long as he grasps the opportunity, with his current strength, he can still confront Liu Zheng.

"Big brother, what can you do to deal with that Liu Zheng now?"

"Of course there is a way, while Gan Ning's people have not yet been killed, we will preemptively lead the soldiers and horses to set up an ambush on the road to Liu Zheng, ambush Liu Zheng, as long as Liu Zheng is killed, those Liu Zheng's followers will not have much of a threat, they will only be scattered. After all, Liu Zheng is their backbone. ”

Yan Baihu also knew that Liu Zheng was powerful. clearly knows that if he blindly defends, with his current manpower, he will not be able to stop Liu Zheng's attack for long, and he will definitely be besieged by Liu Zheng in the lonely city at that time.

It is better to strike preemptively and lead his men and horses to set up an ambush on the way to Wu County for Liu Zheng. Such a surprise may still have the possibility of winning.

This opportunity to do so lies in the fact that although Liu Zheng currently has many soldiers and horses under his command, these soldiers and horses are scattered all over the country and have not yet gathered in one place, so Liu Zheng does not have many troops around him at this time, so they have the opportunity to annihilate Liu Zheng in one fell swoop.

Yan Baihu told Yan Xing his thoughts, and Yan Xing immediately showed a deep face after listening to it.

Although Yan Baihu's method seems to be feasible, the chance of success is still not large, after all, when Yan Xing attacked Liu Zheng's water boat for the first time, he also planned carefully and did not have any mistakes, but in the end he still did not succeed, but was captured by Liu Zheng alive.

This time, Yan Xing was not very optimistic about Yan Baihu, but Yan Baihu was his eldest brother after all, and he could only do what his eldest brother wanted.

"Big brother, now that Liu Zheng's people have entered the realm of Wu County, where are we going to be able to trap him."

"If you don't go anywhere else, it's in Wucheng County, go now, I remember that there is a road in Wucheng County that is the only way, and it shouldn't be a problem to set up an ambush there."

"Okay, since the eldest brother has decided, I don't have much to say as a younger brother, everything is subject to the eldest brother's arrangement."

Yan Xing followed Yan Baihu's words and began to prepare, wanting to cooperate with his eldest brother and continue to deal with Liu Zheng.

While Yan Baihu and Yan Xing were thinking about how to deal with Liu Zheng, what happened in Huainan had spread throughout the Han Dynasty after this period of time.

The news of the death of Liu Dai and Liu Miao's brothers and Zhang Miao's occupation of Yanzhou has also spread throughout the country.

The first is Zhang Miao, after Zhang Miao killed Liu Dai, he went back to Chen Liu overnight, wanting to stabilize the situation first, he was Chen Liu's Taishou. Although he led the troops out this time, Chen Liu, as his base camp, still had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

The reason why Zhang Miao wanted to return to Chenliu overnight was mainly because Cao Cao left at night, and Zhang Miao was also afraid that Cao Cao would take advantage of the fisherman, after all, Liu Dai was not killed by him, Cao Cao only needed to shout in Yanzhou that when Liu Dai died in Zhang Miao, Liu Dai's remnants were likely to take refuge in Cao Cao, and then deal with Zhang Miao together.

Although Cao Cao and Zhang Miao are friends, Zhang Miao also understands Cao Cao, and should not do such a thing, but nothing is absolute, Zhang Miao is a suspicious person by nature, after seeing Cao Cao return to Yanzhou, he was always a little restless in his heart, so he followed Cao Cao and returned to Yanzhou overnight.

And after returning to Yanzhou, he directly let his men and horses take over the territory and soldiers and horses of Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, not only did he not have the slightest loss of soldiers and horses, but also did not use swords and soldiers, and received the 20,000 horses left by Liu Dai in Yanzhou.

In an instant, Zhang Miao's strength swelled a lot, and seeing that Cao Cao did not make any out-of-the-ordinary moves, but only after shrinking into a small county town in Chenliu without any movement, Zhang Miao relaxed his guard against Cao Cao.

Then Zhang Miao recruited soldiers and horses with great fanfare, in just one month, the strength expanded rapidly, Zhang Miao, who originally had only more than 30,000 people, annexed Liu Dai, and the soldiers and horses approached 80,000 people, of which 20,000 were led by his brother Zhang Chao, occupying Huainan County, which originally belonged to Yuan Shu.