"It's only tens of thousands of people, the lord has nothing to fear, the old general Huang Zhong can defeat him, I Gan Ning can do the same, give me a few more days, let me train these cubs well, and then I will lead them to defeat Zhu Fu in one fell swoop and capture that guy alive!"

"Hahaha, Xingba, you underestimate Zhu Fu too much. After suffering such a big loss in Wuyangling, do you think he will fight with us in the field? ”

"Presumably this time he will definitely defend the city, and then want to deal with him, but it is not so simple, at least in the siege war, the difference between the enemy and our forces is very large, if it is a strong attack, it will only bring us great losses, which is not a good thing for us."

Liu Zheng really wants to fight the entire Jiaozhou, but he doesn't want to fight Zhu Fu head-on, carry out a strong attack, and carry out siege warfare, although Liu Zheng also has some certainty, but that will only increase the loss of his soldiers and horses, even if he finally defeats Jiaozhou and loses his cronies, he is unable to hold Jiaozhou, and it is best to be able to defeat Jiaozhou at a very small price.

After Liu Zheng and Gan Ning finished explaining, they waited in Cangwu County for a few days before they began to lead their 20,000 soldiers and horses to Hepu County.

Although Liu Zheng has not thought of a good way to deal with Zhu Fu, time waits for no one, and he can't continue to delay, continuing to delay will only allow Zhu Fu to gather more troops, and when the time comes, it will be even more difficult for Liu Zheng to deal with Zhu Fu.

The reason why Liu Zheng only led 20,000 of them to Hepu County was mainly because he had just occupied Cangwu County, and he had to leave some soldiers and horses to guard Cangwu County to avoid fire in the backyard.

Liu Zheng came with the intention of ruling the entire Jiaozhou, so every time he occupied a place, he had to implement his rule, instead of changing places with a single shot.

Only by truly making this place belong to him, with his sense of belonging and imprint, can he gain a firm foothold in this place.

Leaving 10,000 soldiers and horses is not only to prevent people from other places from attacking, but also to leave him a way to retreat, after all, Cangwu County is adjacent to Jingzhou, and he can evacuate to Jingzhou through Cangwu County at any time.

But if he didn't have Cangwu County as a stronghold, once he was besieged by the local forces in Jiaozhou, he could only run around in the entire Jiaozhou, and the danger was everywhere.

A few days later, Liu Zheng's army of 20,000 soon came to the county seat of Hepu County, and his goal was very simple, that is, to defeat Zhu Fu directly, where Zhu Fu was, his men and horses would advance to wherever they were.

His spies found out that Zhu Fu was leading people in Hepu County at this time, and Liu Zheng naturally led the army to Hepu.

Hepu is an important stronghold in Jiaozhou, the geographical location, more important than Cangwu, why do you say that, because Hepu is one of the starting ports of ******, here is close to the ocean, has natural geographical advantages, and is rich in pearls, blue crabs, sugarcane and other things.

The south can carry out trade exchanges with other countries in Southeast Asia, and the north can directly reach the Jiaodong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula through the sea.

If Liu Zheng can take Hepu City, it may not be of much help militarily, but in terms of trade, it will definitely be greatly improved, not only to achieve business in the Han court, but also to develop trade to some small countries around it.

Of course, that is all in the future, and now, Liu Zheng is still thinking about how to deal with Zhu Fu in the city.

He observed the situation and found that Zhu Fu, this guy, had gathered 40,000 soldiers and horses again in just half a month, plus the remnants of the previous defeat, and now there are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hepu City.

These 50,000 people, I'm afraid it's already the limit that Zhu Fu can recruit in Jiaozhou.

Hepu City, which has nearly 50,000 people garrisoned, has already made Liu Zheng feel tricky, although he brought 20,000 people over, but the battle of 20,000 people against 50,000 people, Liu Zheng still does not have much certainty, let alone siege warfare, which is extremely unfavorable to Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses.

Therefore, although Liu Zheng arrived here, he didn't think about attacking the city at all, but just stationed outside Hepu City, camped and tried his best to defend.

Under the city of Hepu, because of the arrival of Liu Zheng's army.

At this time, Zhu Fu had already lost the arrogant ambition he had at the beginning, and he was only worried at this time.

"What should I do, Liu Zheng, that bastard called, can our people hold it!"

Zhu Fu does not have the bravery of his father Zhu Jun, nor does he have the style of Zhu Jun's general, after realizing his own shortcomings, Zhu Fu only thinks about his life, how to be able to block Liu Zheng's attack.

Under the city, Liu Zheng led Xu Huang and Gan Ning, two generals, standing outside the city and looking at the group of Jiaozhou soldiers on the city wall.

"Zhu Fu stabbed history, I have heard of the name for a long time, and I finally saw you today."

Although Liu Zheng didn't know which one was Zhu Fu, when he saw the military generals and civil officials on the city tower, he guessed that Zhu Fu must be on the city tower.

Zhu Fu on the city tower was losing his temper at his subordinates, but when he heard Liu Zheng outside the city suddenly speak, he immediately stood up, looking at Liu Zheng below, the hatred of killing his father immediately surged into his heart again.

"Traitor, you still have the face to come to see me, the hatred of killing your father is not shared, I will definitely kill you with my own hands and eliminate harm for the people!"

Zhu Fu stood on the city tower, looked at Liu Zheng under the city, and couldn't help but scold angrily.

Liu Zheng naturally understood the hatred between him and Zhu Fu, and the reason why he came to Jiaozhou was precisely because of the grudge between Zhu Fu and his father Zhu Jun.

"What do you say to kill your father's revenge, your father Zhu Jun is a pillar of the imperial court, one of the three Zhonglang generals, I am the commander of the Yellow Turban Army Runan Daqu, each for his master, fighting on the battlefield, naturally there is life and death, a general, died on the battlefield, that is glory, after you are still famous, I really feel ashamed for your father, as the assassin of Jiaozhou, but even a little thief like me can't beat me, and I am besieged in the city."

"Do you want to avenge your father, come on, I, Liu Zheng, stand outside this Hepu city and wait for you, I will have an army of 20,000, if you have the courage, you will go out of the city and fight with me!"

Liu Zheng had a burst of mouth cannons, the purpose of which was actually to provoke Zhu Fu so that Zhu Fu could go out of the city to fight him.

But Zhu Fu was indeed angry by Liu Zheng, and his face turned blue, but he still didn't fall for it.

"You...... You...... Hmph, Liu Zheng dog thief, if you have the guts, you will come to attack the city, and you want me to go out, think too much. ”

After Zhu Fu finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to Liu Zheng, he knew that he couldn't scold Liu Zheng, and if he continued to argue with Liu Zheng here, he would only bring humiliation on himself, so he simply ignored it.