"Tao Qian is so bold, he doesn't know, although Qingzhou belongs to the Yellow Turban Army, but Donglai County is my Liu Zheng, he dares to make a move on Donglai, isn't he tired of it?"

Liu Zheng asked Cao Bao in a high-spirited tone, and Cao Bao was stunned when he asked.

How did Cao Bao know that this Donglai County belonged to Liu Zheng, if he knew, he would still dare to come. After all, before this, Cao Bao had only heard of Liu Zheng, but he had never really seen Liu Zheng's terrible.

It was only now that Cao Bao really understood why Liu Zheng was able to make the imperial court so jealous.

His army of 20,000 was as fragile as an egg in front of Liu Zheng, crashing into Liu Zheng's pebble, and he had no ability to resist.

Liu Zheng wanted to arrest Cao Bao but it was useless, but this guy didn't seem to be useless, at least Liu Zheng could still get some valuable information from him.

"Cao Bao, let me ask you, since it was a surprise attack on Donglai, why didn't Tao Qian come by himself, but let you go?"

Liu Zheng's inquiry made Cao Bao dare not slack off, and immediately answered him.

"Back to my lord, Tao Qian's assassination history went to Beihai to meet Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others only divided 20,000 soldiers and horses, let me go to attack Donglai, even if I can't succeed, I can make the Yellow Turban Army in Beihai distracted and have no time to scruple."

Cao Bao's answer made Liu Zheng nod, in fact, Liu Zheng had already thought of this in his heart.

According to his previous intelligence, Tao Qian's men raised 50,000 soldiers and horses, but Cao Bao's men only had more than 20,000 people at this time, so the rest of the people should be in Tao Qian's own hands, Tao Qian did not appear in Donglai, and most of them also went to Beihai.

"Since Tao Qian asked you to attack Donglai, what is Tao Qian's plan for Beihai?"

Tao Qian didn't come over in person, Liu Zheng knew that Tao Qian was in Beihai, and he must have some conspiracies with Liu Bei and others.

Zhang Ning's subordinates only have forty or fifty thousand people in Beihai, and Liu Bei and their tripartite alliance combined, I am afraid that the number is close to 100,000, which is twice as many as Zhang Ning's soldiers and horses.

Cao Bao didn't dare to hide anything in order to survive at this time, and told Liu Zheng everything he knew.

"Tao Qian's assassination was invited by Liu Bei, and decided to besiege Beihai, let us attack Donglai, and then increase the panic of those Yellow Turban troops in Beihai, let them take the initiative to go out of the city and surrender, if they don't surrender, they will launch an attack after half a month, after the Yellow Turban Army runs out of water and food."

The things Cao Bao said were not a problem to Liu Zheng's ears, and the information he had seemed to be not much different from this.

After nodding, Liu Zheng looked at these people behind Cao Bao and suddenly thought of a plan.

"Cao Bao, now you are given two choices, you choose whether you want to die or live."

Liu Zheng smiled faintly and replied to Cao Bao, as soon as Cao Bao heard that this was about his life and death, where did he dare not listen carefully, he pricked up his ears and waited for Liu Zheng to explain to him.

"First, since you have chosen to surrender, then I will naturally not kill you, I will imprison you in Donglai, and these horses under your command will be turned into slaves to work as migrant laborers in Donglai, move and unload goods, and even be transported to Jiaozhou for labor reform for a few years, and then send you back."

"Second, I see that these people under your command have not lost much, give you a chance to take refuge in me, of course, if you choose to take refuge in me, then I have an important plan for you to complete, if you can help me do this, I will be rewarded."

"In the future, not only will I regard you as a confidant, but you will also have a place among the many generals under my command."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he immediately attracted Cao Bao's attention and hurriedly asked.

"What task?"

"I want you to betray Tao Qian, and when our army goes to Beihai, deliberately send Tao Qian and them the information that you have successfully attacked Donglai, and then my men and horses disguise themselves as your subordinates and go to Tao Qian's military camp, how about killing them by surprise at a critical moment?"

Liu Zheng didn't hide anything, after all, the plan he was considering in his heart really needed Cao Bao's cooperation, if Cao Bao couldn't cooperate sincerely, maybe he would be eaten by this plan if he had a little bit of his own thoughts.

When Cao Bao heard this, his face was a little gloomy, Liu Zheng's plan was to make him completely abandon Tao Qian and betray Tao Qian. Such an end is not a good outcome for Cao Bao, who betrays his lord in this society, but he will be ridiculed.

However, Cao Bao is not a trustworthy person after all, in order to seek a chance to live, and in order to be able to give himself a bright future, he will still choose to agree, otherwise Liu Zheng will arrest him and detain him in Jiaozhou for a few years, and as a few years of hard labor, Cao Bao can't bear this kind of life.

"I am willing to cooperate with adults, but my family is still in Xuzhou, once I betray Tao Qian, my family in Xuzhou will inevitably be destroyed by Tao Qian!"

At this time, Cao Bao's only worry was his family in Xuzhou.

However, this point was not a problem in Liu Zheng's opinion, and he immediately said to Cao Bao.

"Don't worry, as long as you can sincerely cooperate with me, your family, I guarantee that they will not be in any danger!"

When Liu Zheng said this, he was not deceiving Cao Bao, but he really had the ability to ensure the safety of Cao Bao's family. You must know that his cooperation with the Mi family is already very close, although the Mi family does not have much to do with Liu Zheng on the surface, but the discerning people know that the Mi family is actually Liu Zheng's private subordinate.

From the beginning of the cooperative relationship with Liu Zheng to the gradual increase in the cooperation between the two sides, the Mi family also knew Liu Zheng's strength, and wanted to hug Liu Zheng's thigh.

Helping Liu Zheng rescue a few people from Xuzhou to escort them to Yangzhou is simply too simple.

Therefore, Liu Zheng said that he could ensure the safety of Cao Bao's family, that is, it was really possible, and he only needed to let Mi Fang return to Xuzhou and start rescuing Cao Bao's family, and at the same time, Liu Zheng would implement the plan in Qingzhou, so he would have no worries at all.

As soon as Liu Zheng told Cao Bao about his plan, he immediately made Cao Bao understand Liu Zheng's ability, especially after he saw Mi Fang, the second master of the Mi family behind Liu Zheng, he was even more convinced.

"Okay, my lord, I promise to cooperate with you!"

Cao Bao gritted his teeth and said to Liu Zheng, as if he had made a decision.

Seeing his expression, Liu Zheng knew that Cao Bao seemed to have really decided to take refuge in himself.

Liu Zheng didn't doubt it, and after accepting Cao Bao, he decided to take him back to Donglai first.