Liu Zheng wants to form a naval army, and it is naturally not enough to have Zulang alone, although there is still Gan Ning, but Liu Zheng wants to form two naval armies, one to act on the river, and the other is a navy to assist in ocean transportation.

So it's not enough to have them.

This is also the reason why Liu Zheng values Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are not only handsome and good at commanding soldiers and horses, but also generals who can recruit and fight well, and they also know water warfare, so it is very necessary for Liu Zheng to recruit them.

From the beginning when Liu Zheng first met Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, Liu Zheng wanted to recruit them, but at that time, Liu Zheng did not have a large enough territory of his own, and secondly, he was completely unable to support a naval army, so for them, it was not very attractive, and the solicitation may not be successful.

Now it's different, a year has passed, Liu Zheng's status has undergone earth-shaking changes, he has territory, money and food, in order to better develop, it is natural to recruit more elite soldiers and strong generals.

And with the suppression of the imperial court, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, who were living more and more badly, it was logical for them to join Liu Zheng.

After getting Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, Liu Zheng was overjoyed, and by the way, he incorporated the remaining men and horses of the two of them into his command, but Liu Zheng did not let them go with Zulang's people.

There is still a festival between them, and that kind of estrangement cannot be eliminated by Liu Zheng in a few words.

After Liu Zheng settled Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai brothers and others. He put a few people under Yan Xing's command back, let them go to get the ransom, and let them go out for a few days.

Yan Xing's men and horses brought 3,000 money and wealth here to exchange Yan Xing.

After getting the ransom, Liu Zheng was not embarrassed, after all, this guy was still of some use to Liu Zheng.

However, they did not let Yan Xing go directly, but asked Yan Xing to send someone to negotiate with his eldest brother Yan Baihu, saying that Liu Zheng would take Yan Xing to visit Yan Baihu in a few days.

The reason why Liu Zheng did not directly release Yan Xing was also because if Yan Xing was simply released like this, Yan Xing might not learn a lesson, Liu Zheng went to meet Yan Baihu, and he could also sell Yan Baihu a face, so that Yan Baihu would accept his favor.

Then Liu Zheng can propose to cooperate with Yan Baihu in Yangzhou, of course, if Yan Baihu is not willing to negotiate with him, Liu Zheng doesn't care, with the 3,000 people under Zu Lang, plus Jiang Erren's nearly 1,000 remnants of soldiers and horses.

Liu Zheng was also able to raise a team of 4,000 soldiers and horses, although only 4,000 people could not defeat Yan Baihu, but from Yan Baihu's territory, Liu Zheng was still sure that he would retreat.

Although Yan Xing didn't understand why Liu Zheng wanted to see his eldest brother, because of Liu Zheng's identity and his consciousness as a prisoner now, he still followed Liu Zheng's instructions and asked people to find Yan Baihu.

A few days later, Yan Baihu also sent news to Liu Zheng and was willing to meet Liu Zheng.

There is no way to do this, after all, Yan Xing is in Liu Zheng's hands, and Yan Baihu still has to give Liu Zheng a face.

After getting Yan Baihu's answer, Liu Zheng first took Yan Xing to the Mi family, and asked Yan Xing to apologize to the Mi family, and then gave Yan Xing the compensation money brought over, part of which was given to the Mi family, and the other part was given to the Jiang Zhou brothers, after all, Liu Zheng promised them before to give some pensions to the dead brothers of the Jiang Zhou brothers.

After these things were settled, Liu Zheng took Yan Xing and a group of Yan Xing's subordinates to get the surrender of the army and came to Huiji County, near Wucheng County.

This is the lair of Yan Baihu.

Wucheng County, named after Wushen and Chenglin, although the county seat has only been established for a few hundred years, it is still relatively famous in Yangzhou.

Liu Zheng didn't know much about Wucheng County, but he knew that Sun Jian, the famous Jiangdong Tiger in history, was named the Marquis of Wucheng, and he wanted to come here to be Sun Jian's fief.

However, today's Sun Jian should still be in his hometown of Fuchun.

Wucheng County was indeed under the jurisdiction of the imperial court a long time ago, but since it was occupied by water thieves, Yan Baihu has already regarded this place as his lair, and several nearby county towns have been occupied by Yan Baihu, and for a while, Yan Baihu's strength has soared a lot.

Liu Zheng's side, after arriving in Wucheng County, was quickly received by Yan Baihu.

In an official residence of the original imperial court, Liu Zheng met Yan Baihu, the strongest water thief in history.

Although Liu Zheng always knew that Yan Baihu was a water thief in his heart, when he really saw Yan Baihu, Liu Zheng's impression of Yan Baihu changed greatly.

Yan Baihu is not the kind of man who Liu Zheng thinks is five big and three rough, the style of a thief king, but after seeing Yan Baihu, Yan Baihu is actually dignified, well-dressed, not to mention gorgeous, but he also has a bit of the demeanor of a military general, and looks like a handsome general.

And looking at the age, Yan Baihu doesn't seem to be old, and he is less than thirty years old, and he has already become the strongest water thief at this age, which somewhat surprised Liu Zheng.

"Your Excellency is Yan Baihu?"

"My name is actually Yan Hu, White Tiger is just someone else's title for me, if you like it, you can also call me White Tiger."

When Liu Zheng saw Yan Baihu, he took the initiative to ask questions, Yan Baihu was very calm, sitting on the main seat in the official residence, and looked at Liu Zheng with interest.

He didn't take the initiative to speak to Liu Zheng, but when Liu Zheng said a word, he answered.

"Looking at Your Excellency's appearance, I was a little surprised, I originally thought that Your Excellency would be a tiger-backed bear-waisted, five big and three thick people, but I didn't expect that he was actually quite handsome, and he also looked a little white-faced."

"Liu Zhengqu Shuai, you also opened my eyes, the hero who killed the Han Emperor and captured Jiaozhou rumored by outsiders is so young, it looks like he is a few years younger than me."

At the same time that Liu Zheng was surprised by Yan Baihu, Yan Baihu looked at Liu Zheng's body a few times, and was also very surprised by Liu Zheng.

"Those who have aspirations are not old, and those who have no aspirations live to be 100 years old."

Speaking of age, although Liu Zheng is young, Liu Zheng does not attach importance to age.

"That's right, those who have aspirations are not old, I don't know what Liu Zhengqushuai's ambition is?"

"Me? Haha, I don't have any great ambition, it's nothing more than to let the people who follow me no longer starve when they are hungry and thirsty, no longer be frozen when they are cold, have a house when they sleep, and have a field when they wake up! ”

"To put it more simply, that is, two acres of land and a cow, and the wife and children are hot on the kang!"

Liu Zheng saw Yan Baihu and chatted with Yan Baihu for a few words, but he didn't have much dislike for Yan Baihu, so he couldn't help but say a few more words.