Liu Zheng left like this.

In the blink of an eye, the army that originally surrounded Linwu County receded like a tide.

Only the surprise and sorrow of Liu Yan and others standing in Linwu County were left.

"Dad, what kind of medicine is sold in this Liu Zheng's gourd, he came to Linwu County, is he really here to save us?"

Liu Zhang, who was standing beside Liu Yan, didn't know what Liu Zheng's intentions were, so he could only ask his father.

But Liu Yan also didn't know what Liu Zheng wanted to do, so he was silent, and finally shook his head.

"No matter what he does, we have finally resolved some of the crises, and Jiaozhou can't go, so we will leave for Beijing immediately, and then report to the imperial court that we are going to Yizhou!"

"Do you really want to go to Yizhou as Liu Zheng said?"

Liu Zhang still didn't know what Liu Yan and his advisers were discussing.

"If you don't know about this, don't ask more, pack your things immediately and get ready to go."

……

After Liu Zheng left Linwu County, Xu Huang approached Liu Zheng's side and was slightly puzzled by Liu Zheng's actions.

Obviously, Linwu County is in front of him, if Liu Zheng orders an attack, although there are only more than 1,000 people under Liu Zheng's command here, but these more than 1,000 people are elites, even if they defeat Linwu County, it is not impossible.

But Liu Zheng only chatted with Liu Yan for a few words, and then led the troops back.

"Lord, are we really going to leave like this?"

Xu Huang was a little worried, but still asked Liu Zheng.

"Brother Xu Huang, if we don't leave, what else do we want to do, is it difficult, do you really attack Linwu County? I only brought 2,000 soldiers and horses, and I knew that I was not here to attack the city. ”

"However, my lord, we are leaving like this, then Liu Yan leaves, if we return to the capital, in case we reveal our news to the general He Jin, I am afraid that it will ......"

Xu Huang didn't continue, because it was enough for him to make it clear that there was a strong relationship here.

Liu Zheng knew what he wanted to say, and it was enough.

At this time, after Xu Huang finished speaking, although Liu Zheng's face changed slightly, he still responded to Xu Huang very plainly.

"It doesn't matter, even if the court knows that we are here, it doesn't matter much, today's imperial court, internal and external troubles, where is there time to take care of us, He Jin is thinking about how to deal with Wang Fen, how to rescue his nephew, and there is also the rebellion of the Western Liangqiang people in the north, and the army of the imperial court is fighting outside."

"Even if he can put together a team of soldiers and horses to deal with us, when we reach this Yichun level, are we still afraid of the people of the imperial court?"

"And, most importantly, I came here to persuade that Liu Yan to leave Jiaozhou, because Jiaozhou will be controlled by us next."

"We're in control?"

Xu Huang was stunned for a while, and then understood Liu Zheng's intentions.

"What does the lord mean that our next goal is to attack Jiaozhou?"

"Well, recently, the spies we sent out have been investigating the surrounding intelligence, and I have thought about it again and again, only by attacking two places can we regain a foothold without causing a large-scale counterattack from the imperial court."

"One is to attack Sichuan and Shu, and the other is Jiaozhou."

"The location of Sichuan and Shu is too far away, which is not conducive to our long-distance sneaking, so I set my sights on Jiaozhou."

"Jiaozhou is geographically remote, far away from the Central Plains, once there is a war, the imperial court can't care about it at all, after all, Jiaozhou is not Xiliang, in the Xiliang uprising, you can kill the land of Gyeonggi, but Jiaozhou, even if the entire territory of Jiaozhou is occupied, it cannot threaten Luoyang."

"Because of this, Jiaozhou is a place that the imperial court does not pay attention to at all, and the rule of the imperial court in Jiaozhou is also weakening year by year, and the real control of Jiaozhou is the local powerful gate valve, we only need to fight with those gate valves, it is enough, and when we control Jiaozhou and cultivate for two years, we will have the capital to compete in the Central Plains."

Compared with Xu Huang, Liu Zheng is very trusting, so he told Xu Huang all the plans in his heart at this time.

Xu Huang understood what Liu Zheng thought, and the doubts in his heart were also lifted, and after nodding, he no longer continued to speak, but waited for Liu Zheng's order.

In fact, it is not so easy to attack Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou is geographically remote and far away from the Central Plains, both culturally and economically, and is very backward.

But because of such backwardness, most of Jiaozhou is inhabited by tribes, and there are tens of thousands of ethnic minorities living in villages, most of which are tens of thousands of people, and there are thousands of people less.

These people, even disobeying the control of the imperial court, have become a stubborn disease in Jiaozhou, and the imperial court has nothing to do with them.

Not to mention anything else, as far as Liu Zheng has learned, Zhu Fu, the assassin of Jiaozhou, wantonly levied taxes in Jiaozhou, causing the people to live in misery, and there are already four or five counties under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhou who are mutiny.

From time to time, there were soldiers and horses who rebelled against the imperial court.

Moreover, the imperial court still can't take care of these rebels, firstly, most of the local counties in Jiaozhou are occupied by local heroes, and the orders of the imperial court cannot be fully implemented here.

At the same time, it is difficult for the imperial army to be transferred to Jiaozhou, mainly because it is inconvenient to transfer troops from other places to Jiaozhou, because the terrain of Jiaozhou is complex and difficult to march, and it often takes more than half a year to mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to the Jiaozhou area.

This back and forth is a whole year, and the supply of grain and grass is difficult to maintain, and the consumption is huge, and the imperial court cannot afford such a figure.

After all, this is not Xiliang and the north, the kind of area where the horses and rivers are flat, the marching speed is very fast, and between the counties and counties, it can be reached in three or two days.

In the mountainous and forest areas of Jiaozhou and Yizhou, it was not only difficult to march, but also extremely difficult to supply grain and grass, which can be seen from the later Northern Expedition of Shu Han.

Therefore, most of the safety of the Jiaozhou area has been the responsibility of the local Taishou and county orders in Jiaozhou.

This also made the officials in the Jiaozhou area more and more powerful, and they became more and more ignorant of the orders of the central court.

According to Liu Zheng's knowledge, during the Three Kingdoms period, the Central Plains War lasted for 30 years, and the Jiaozhou area was actually in a very peaceful state under the jurisdiction of Shixie.

In this state, Jiaozhou is like a paradise.

Of course, while Shixie governed Jiaozhou, he strengthened the management of the Shanyue people and local forces in Jiaozhou, so that Jiaozhou was completely under the jurisdiction of the Shixie family, and once became the emperor of the soil here.

Even the orders of the imperial court were ignored at all, if it weren't for the fact that Sun Quan's Eastern Wu power gradually became stronger. Let the entire Shixie family submit to Sun Quan.

Shi Xie's power may not be able to achieve the ability to compete in the Central Plains.