And the reason why he came to Shangcai County was mainly to find out what kind of soldiers and horses Dong Zhuo brought this time and what kind of strength he had.

Find out Dong Zhuo's dynamics first, and then make the next step.

When Liu Zheng came to Shangcai County with his people, he found out some information about Dong Zhuo from the scouts who were scattered.

Dong Zhuo came over to attack Liu Zheng this time, and indeed brought 20,000 horses.

However, the 20,000 horses were not the men and horses allocated to him by the imperial court, but Dong Zhuo's own private soldiers in Hedong.

These soldiers and horses are all under Dong Zhuo's own command.

Part of it was the Xiliang Iron Rider that he himself brought over from Xiliang and had been following him. But there were not many soldiers and horses in this part, only 3,000 people.

The remaining 5,000 people were the county soldiers he had raised when he was the Taishou in Hedong.

The last more than 10,000 people were temporarily recruited to deal with Liu Zheng, who occupied Runan City.

In short, in addition to the five thousand original county soldiers, only the three thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry were left who could pose a huge threat to Liu Zheng himself.

As for the more than 10,000 township soldiers who were temporarily recruited, I am afraid that there is not much difference between them and these Yellow Turban Army under Liu Zhenghui, and they really want to fight, Liu Zheng even thinks that those Yellow Turban Army under his command are even stronger, after all, although the morale of his Yellow Turban Army is not good, but in the face of some township soldiers who have never been on the battlefield, they should still be stronger.

After understanding Dong Zhuo's strength, Liu Zheng's fear of Dong Zhuo decreased a lot.

"Zhou Cang, have you found out where Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses are now?"

"Hui Qushuai, my people told me that Dong Zhuo and his people advanced very slowly, and it took three days to push it to Wuyang County, the border between Yingchuan County and Runan County."

"Judging from Dong Zhuo's marching speed, it is estimated that it will take two days to reach the vicinity of our Shangcai County."

After Liu Zheng listened to Zhou Cang's report, the expression on his face fell into contemplation.

Ever since he knew that Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses had appeared near Runan County, he had already begun to observe Dong Zhuo's movements.

But Dong Zhuo did not lead people to directly attack Runan City and engage him head-on, as he expected, but was very cautious with a large force and slowly advanced towards Runan County, where Liu Zheng was located.

From Dong Zhuo's actions, it is not difficult for Liu Zheng to see that Dong Zhuo is fighting to destroy the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in the vicinity first, and then to besiege and kill Liu Zheng's army in Runan City after the nearby Yellow Turban remnants are annihilated one by one.

The benefits of this are clear. First, it is possible to directly disperse the reinforcements that Liu Zheng may have, eliminate a small group of Yellow Turban Army, and greatly reduce the vitality of the Yellow Turban Army.

Second, a large part of the soldiers and horses under Dong Zhuo's command are newly recruited village warriors, these people have not experienced the battle on the battlefield, if they directly lead them to fight with Liu Zheng's army, it is very likely that there will be the first time on the battlefield, the army is unstable, and there is a situation of rout.

And it is still necessary to let them fight with a small group of Yellow Turban Army in advance, train, and improve their will and experience in battle.

After all, with 20,000 troops fighting against thousands of Yellow Turban remnant troops, such a battle is in a one-sided form, which can not only quickly improve the combat experience of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, but also increase their morale, and wait until they officially engage Liu Zheng's army.

The soldiers and horses shown are definitely not what they were when they were first recruited.

Thinking of this, Liu Zheng guessed that Dong Zhuo, a fat man, would definitely not have such a mind and wisdom.

The person who can come up with such a solution must be a master by Dong Zhuo's side.

And this person, Liu Zheng could guess with his eyes closed, most likely it was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Li Ru.

"I can't continue to sit still in Shangcai County, continue to send troops to be stationed here, and what will come will only be the army sent by Dong Zhuo, take the initiative to attack, and give him a dismount before Dong Zhuo arrives in Runan County."

After Liu Zheng understood Dong Zhuo's intentions, he quickly thought of countermeasures.

"Qu Shuai, do you want to take the initiative and break up Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses first?"

After Xu You heard Liu Zheng's words, he immediately thought for a moment with a calm face.

"Yes, Dong Zhuo didn't come to Runan City with the intention of training recruits? Then we'll give him a bunch of recruits and deal a huge blow to his ideas! ”

"As long as the group of recruits who can eliminate him first, they will severely defeat Dong Zhuo's spirit."

Liu Zheng's thoughts were very clear, and Xu You naturally didn't say anything, just nodded and didn't stop Liu Zheng.

After thinking of this, Liu Zheng took Huang Zhong and Xu Huang with him, and then led his 1,700 people to leave Shangcai County and move towards Wuyang County.

Wuyang County.

This is not very far from Quyang County, Liu Zheng is not unfamiliar with this area, after all, he was active in this area when he first followed Yang Feng to support Bocai.

And here in Wuyang County, there is a group of Yellow Turban remnants.

Originally, it occupied the county seat of Wuyang, and the leader gathered some Yellow Turban remnants, more than 3,000 people, which was regarded as the meaning of occupying the mountain as the king, but after learning that Dong Zhuo's army had come from Yingchuan, these Yellow Turban remnants here directly abandoned the city and fled.

If Liu Zheng were here, he would definitely find that the leader of this group of Yellow Turban remnants was actually the boss he was with before, Yang Feng.

Yang Feng, this guy, after being attacked by Cao Cao in Quyang, although he fled on the battlefield, he did not go to Bocai, because his 7,000 soldiers and horses were scattered by Cao Cao. After he fled, although he gathered some soldiers and horses, there were only a few hundred.

Using hundreds of people to defect to Bocai will definitely not be taken seriously, so Yang Feng did not go to Bocai, but continued to hide in the mountains and forests of Yingchuan.

He waited for himself to gather some soldiers and horses again and go to Bocai, but who knew that the news he was waiting for was that Bocai was defeated in Changshe, and now Yang Feng was even more reluctant to take refuge in Bocai.

He continued to recuperate in the mountains and forests on this side of Yingchuan, but it didn't take long for the news that Bo Cai was killed by Huangfu Song came out.

Bocai died, Yang Feng gathered more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and there was no chance to go to Bocai again, so he stagnated, and later, Liu Zheng returned to Runan City and regained control of Runan City in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army.

Although Yang Feng heard the news, he didn't go over to Liu Zheng, because Yang Feng vaguely heard that Liu Zheng and Xu Huang seemed to be his own soldiers before.

Let a former eldest brother go to his former younger brother, Yang Feng can't wipe off his face, so he has been occupying Wuyang City, planning to wait for an opportunity to act.