Chapter 585: Conspiracy
Of course, although there is no one to guard, some spies are essential.
The news of Liu Zheng's appearance in Beihai must have been known by Liu Guanzhang, Cao Cao and others.
After Liu Zheng arrived in Qingzhou, after Liu Guanzhang and Cao Cao knew about it, Liu Bei invited Cao Cao, Tao Qian and others to come over to discuss how to deal with Liu Zheng.
Liu Bei's camp outside Beihai City.
"Meng De, our spies said that yesterday there was a force of more than 10,000 people and horses, coming from Donglai, from the east gate, into Beihai City, there is news that it is Liu Zheng who came from Yangzhou, what do you think of this matter?"
"Me? You should ask Tao Qian about the history of the assassination first, Brother Gong (Tao Qian's cousin). ”
Cao Cao looked at Tao Qian, after all, the day before, Tao Qian also told them that the person he sent to Donglai, Cao Bao, had already knocked down most of Donglai, but today there was a force of men and horses coming from the direction of Donglai.
Tao Qian was stunned for a moment, but continued unhurriedly.
"Cao Bao seems to have sent someone to mention to me, saying that he saw a lot of ships on the beach in Donglai, and there were a lot of people, and he didn't rush to fight with the other party, thinking that these people were Liu Zheng who came from Yangzhou."
Cao Bao only has more than 20,000 people under his command, and when he attacks Donglai, he will definitely have some losses, and it is reasonable that he did not act rashly in the face of Liu Zheng's army coming from the sea.
After hearing Tao Qian's answer, Cao Cao and Liu Bei both nodded.
"So, is that sure it's Liu Zheng?"
Liu Bei nodded, falling into a thoughtful look.
"Okay, it would be great if it was Liu Zheng, I have a lot of grudges with this guy, and this time I must solve it once in Qingzhou."
Cao Cao was quite excited when he heard the news.
Between him and Liu Zheng, it can be regarded as a deep grudge, since Liu Zheng's debut, when he was in the Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao had a fierce confrontation with Liu Zheng, and he also suffered losses under Liu Zheng.
Later, when he was in Huainan, he was put by Liu Zheng again, and lost a lot of soldiers and horses, although Cao Cao later got a blessing in disguise, and then became the current Yanzhou Assassin History, and his strength rose sharply.
However, Cao Cao's grudge against Liu Zheng has not decreased at all, which is not hatred, but also a feeling of sympathy between heroes.
In Cao Cao's opinion, there are not many princes in the world who can enter his Cao Cao's eyes, but Liu Zheng is one, and he is the one that Cao Cao values more.
Fighting with others, Cao Cao even needs to use too much thought to think that he can win, but every time he confronts Liu Zheng, Cao Cao is full of energy and riveting, but he still suffers under Liu Zheng.
"Brother Meng De, then Liu Zheng is strong, why did he suddenly come to Qingzhou this time?"
"This is not simple, Liu Zheng was originally born in the Yellow Turban Army, and when I was in Runan, I remembered that Zhang Ning, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Beihai County, had a good relationship with Liu Zheng."
"Before, Zhang Ning led the remnants of the Yellow Turban to gather under Liu Zheng for a while, thinking that Zhang Ning has been sticking to this Beihai for a while, the purpose is to wait for Liu Zheng to come to support."
"Liu Zheng is here, for us, it is an opportunity, Qingzhou is not his Yangzhou, Liu Zheng probably does not have many soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, you see that he only led more than 10,000 people to dare to come to Beihai, you know, he must not bring many people."
"If we can keep him in Qingzhou, then as long as Liu Zheng, the leader, dies, those territories under Liu Zheng will definitely take the opportunity to cause chaos, and the recovery of the Han Dynasty will be just around the corner."
Liu Bei's question caused a series of answers from Cao Cao, and in Cao Cao's heart, defeating Liu Zheng may have become an obsession for him.
And after Liu Bei listened to Cao Cao's words, he also nodded, although Liu Bei also had a relationship with Liu Zheng, it was still before the Tiger Prison Pass, when Liu Bei followed Lu Zhi, at that time Liu Zheng was not the current Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng was not enough to attract Liu Bei's attention at that time.
Now, it is already the most powerful enemy of the Han Empire.
"I heard that Liu Zheng has been fighting with Ding Yuan in Jingzhou recently, why does he have time to come to us?"
"Yes, that's what I'm curious about, but whatever he came here, since he's here, we're going to keep him."
Cao Cao is already eager to try, this time to deal with Liu Zheng, he is not the only one, there are Liu Guanzhang, Tao Qian and others, these people's soldiers and horses, combined, are more than double these Yellow Turban Army in Beihai, which is enough to make Tao Qian, Liu Guanzhang and others have enough confidence.
Originally, Liu Guanzhang and Cao Cao only prepared 50,000 troops to be stationed in Qingzhou, but with the repeated battles, they also lost some, and the remaining more than 40,000 people, but when Tao Qian led 30,000 people to dare to come, they had more than 70,000 troops here.
Even though Liu Zheng has brought 10,000 people here, the soldiers and horses in this Beihai are about 50,000 enemies, and Tao Qian has another part of the soldiers and horses, that is, Cao Bao and others, who are rushing over from Donglai County.
If Cao Bao is counted, then they will have 90,000 people, and such a force is far superior to the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, so naturally there will be no fear.
"Then how are we going to deal with Liu Zheng, let's negotiate a charter, we can't just do it now, let's go over and attack directly, you know, Liu Zheng is a tricky guy, if we don't have a suitable way, it's not easy to defeat him."
"There really needs to be a way, and in my opinion, we can do that."
Cao Cao approached Liu Bei and began to talk to Liu Bei about his plan.
When Liu Bei heard Cao Cao's words, his face suddenly showed a trace of solemnity, and then he continued to nod his head in agreement, and seemed to agree with Cao Cao's words.
From time to time, Liu Bei also interjected a few sentences to supplement Cao Cao's plan.
Tao Qian on the side heard that Liu Bei and Cao Cao had already thought of ways to deal with Liu Zheng, but they did not express their opinions, and left everything to them.
The three of them quickly negotiated a charter in the big tent, and without further ado, they didn't give Liu Zheng time to rest in Beihai County, and directly took advantage of this time in the afternoon to lead their soldiers and horses and appear under the city of Beihai City.
Tens of thousands of troops, lined up, banners waving, people like a forest.
The trumpet sounded, and several people in power appeared under the city, shouting loudly into the city.
"Yellow Turban traitor, we have besieged your Beihai for several days, are you still obsessed, give you one last chance, if you don't surrender again, we will attack the city!"