In Hepu City, Zhu Fu sat on a chair with a cold expression and blank eyes.

He never thought that Liu Zheng was so bold and dared to use more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to defeat the county seat of other counties in Hepu County.

And only fight the city and do not occupy it, the city that was beaten down immediately became a borderless land, this Jiaozhou area, is not the Central Plains area, without the jurisdiction of the government, those indigenous forces, the owners of various ethnic minorities will rise up and occupy the county seat by themselves.

Zhu Fu could have used the soldiers and horses to suppress it, but without Zhu Fu's soldiers and horses, those Shanyue people, local indigenous forces, and barbarian leaders would all take advantage of the situation.

This time, even if he could repel Liu Zheng's attack, if he wanted to recover the entire Hepu County, it would take a long time to conquer.

"My lord, now is a great opportunity to go out of the city and fight with that Liu!"

At this time, Liu Yan, the general of Zhu Fu's department, immediately stood up and proposed to Zhu Fu.

"That Liu Zheng's army is not much, although there are nearly 20,000 people, originally we thought that his men and horses were in the old doubtful formation, but we didn't expect to really leave here and go to other counties, without those soldiers and horses, we rely on the more than 10,000 people outside the city, we have close to 50,000 soldiers and horses, five times the enemy, even if Liu Zheng's strength is really strong, it is impossible to confront our 50,000 army!"

Liu Yan is still full of confidence in dealing with Liu Zheng this time, he is a cavalry lieutenant under Zhu Fu, and he can be regarded as a general with a little strength, for most of the soldiers and horses under his command are led by Liu Yan, and Zhu Fu is just a stab on the surface.

Liu Yan went out of the city to face the battle, but Yu Bao, another long historian on the side, immediately had a different opinion.

"General Liu, go out of the city to meet that Liu Zheng, at this time, you must not be, although Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are only 10,000 people left here to besiege the city, but Liu Zheng's strength is strong, we don't know, when you were in Wuyangling that day, but you saw with your own eyes, the other party was only 10,000 people, and our 40,000 army was wiped out in the blink of an eye."

As soon as Liu Yan saw Yu Bao's words, his face was immediately a little unhappy, but he was still patient and explained to Yu Bao.

"Mr. Yu Bao, the battle of Wuyangling is indeed our negligence, but this time is different from the past, that day Liu Zheng was ambushed in front, and there is the advantage of the terrain, at this time we will deal with that Liu Zheng is no longer ambushed, in the normal battle, I don't think we will suffer."

"And at this time, Liu Zheng can't have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, if we don't seize the opportunity, when Liu Zheng's army is assembled, when the army exceeds 20,000 people, we will have no chance."

As a general, Liu Yan still has some insight and knows that opportunities are not often available, and if they don't grasp it, it will be a great disadvantage to them.

At this time, Yu Bao was still reluctant to go out of the city to fight.

"Although what you said is very reasonable, but who can guarantee that this time it is not Liu Zheng's trick, in case his soldiers and horses are outside the city, he is looking forward to us going out of the city to fight him, won't we fall for his trick again, and then we will lose Hepu City."

"This ......"

After all, Liu Yan is not good at talking, and Yu Bao debated for a while, saying that he had nothing to say.

can only look at Zhu Fu, hoping that Zhu Fu can make up his mind, after all, Zhu Fu is the assassin and the person who can make decisions.

Not only Liu Yan, but also Yu Bao and a group of other civil and military officials at this time all looked at Zhu Fu at this time.

Shixie's son Shihui and younger brother Shiwu, the two of them stood silently in the hall, not daring to make a sound, although they had hundreds of people following Zhu Fu, but they didn't have much right to speak in front of Zhu Fu, so they could only let it go.

Zhu Fu had already been scared by Liu Zheng's men and horses during the Battle of Wuyangling, but he was not a fool, at this time, knowing that Liu Zheng was constantly attacking the counties around Hepu County, he understood that Liu Zheng was going to destroy the counties around Hepu City and turn Hepu City into an isolated and helpless city.

If Liu Zheng's plan is really successful, then Zhu Fu will really be just a lonely person, and when the time comes, the sky should not be called the earth.

So knowing that it was dangerous to go out of the city to fight Liu Zheng, Zhu Fu still decided to go out of the city and fight Liu Zheng.

Even if he can't defeat Liu Zheng, he must leave Hepu at this time.

Otherwise, when Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses finish the matter of Hepu and regather in Hepu City, Zhu Fu's lonely city is not Liu Zheng's opponent, but will be trapped in Hepu City at that time, and there is no way out, and Liu Zheng's men and horses will gradually die of exhaustion.

"Let's get out of the city, this time is indeed an opportunity, if we can't grasp it, when Liu Zheng's bastard people gather, we really can't be his opponent, now there is no news from Yangzhou, we can only rely on ourselves, if we can't repel Liu Zheng, we can also retreat from Hepu County to Jiaozhi County, if not, it will be very bad to be besieged in Hepu."

Zhu Fu finally made a decision, and Liu Yan, who was standing below, immediately had a happy face.

The reason why he proposed that Zhu Fu go out of the city to meet the attack was precisely to fight, if he really couldn't fight, he could still break through from Hepu and retreat to Jiaozhi County, even if Jiaozhi County couldn't stop it, and Jiuzhen County and Rinan County could temporarily retreat.

It's better than staying in the lonely city of Hepu County and waiting to die.

"Okay, my lord, since we have decided to go out of the city, then without further ado, we should act as soon as possible, otherwise when Liu Zheng's men and horses react and gather from the surrounding counties, it will not be so easy for us to deal with Liu Zheng."

After Liu Yan finished speaking, Zhu Fu had no opinion, and quickly agreed, and the group began to break through to deal with Liu Zheng.

And Liu Zheng, who was outside the city, knew that his plan could not be concealed after being attacked and killed in the city not long ago.

Zhu Fu in the city must have known that his soldiers and horses had left the city, and only some of them were left, Liu Zheng guessed that Zhu Fu was likely to break through, so he immediately scattered the soldiers and horses on the four city walls, and immediately dispatched most of the soldiers and horses and hit them in one place.

"Xu Huang, immediately let all the horses, most of them hit the south city gate, and the other cities only left three or five hundred people to garrison, and told them that once someone in the city left the city, they would retreat directly without a fight, and come to the south city gate to gather, I suspect that Zhu Fu is likely to choose to go out of the city at this time to fight us."

"By the way, immediately ask the scouts to inform Zhou Cang and Gan Ning, so that they don't go to sweep the city and come here to gather."