The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

After seeing Liu Zheng appearing here, Yuan Shu was startled at first, and then he became thoughtful.

"Liu Zheng, you don't hide in your Jiaozhou, but you still dare to show up in Yangzhou, aren't you afraid that Liu Yao will attack you with soldiers from all over the state?"

Yuan Shu stood on the tower, and after seeing Liu Zheng from afar, he shouted loudly.

Liu Zheng had already sent people to inquire about the information, and knew that Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses were in Shucheng at this time, so as soon as he arrived in Shucheng, he immediately asked his people to open one of the gates of Shucheng. surrounded.

He didn't block all the four city gates of Shucheng, but only surrounded one gate, and immediately built a high tower, then climbed up the high tower, and met Yuan Shu in the city.

"Yuan Shu?"

Liu Zheng had never met Yuan Shu before, but this time was the first time meeting Yuan Shu.

However, in Liu Zheng's heart, Yuan Shu has always been a person who can't be brought up on the stage. After all, the eldest son of the Yuan family is actually worse than the concubine Yuan Shao, and he occupies a huge Yangzhou, so he wants to become emperor , Ruined the great situation in vain.

If he doesn't want to become emperor himself, or puts aside his thoughts of being emperor temporarily, and firmly controls the territory of Yangzhou, at worst, it will be at the level of Wu in the future.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu is short-sighted and has no strategy at all.

"Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu, you are really useless compared to your elder brother Yuan Benchu."

Liu Zheng stood up and looked at Yuan Shu on the tower. Yuan Shu was younger than Yuan Shao, but he was over [-] now, and looked a bit mature.

Originally, Yuan Shu didn't have much intention to chat with Liu Zheng, but Liu Zheng came up to expose his faults. The last thing Yuan Shu wanted in his life was to compare with Yuan Shao, because he was indeed inferior to Yuan Shao, but he was still the eldest son of the Yuan family. , the elders in the family often compared him to Yuan Shao.

Since childhood, Yuan Shu has always been inferior to Yuan Shao, and he has long-standing resentment towards Yuan Shao, and now because he and Yuan Shao have taken a different path, Yuan Shu wants to surpass Yuan Shao.

But Liu Zheng said that he was not as good as Yuan Shao, which made Yuan Shu's teeth itch in his heart when he heard this.

"Liu Zheng, hmph, what do you mean by sending someone to kill more than ten thousand of my soldiers and horses for no reason?"

Yuan Shu didn't want to discuss with Liu Zheng whether he was stronger or weaker than Yuan Shao, but changed the subject and directly talked about Liu Zheng's destruction of Ji Ling's [-] troops.

"Speaking of this, I haven't settled with you yet, Yuan Shu, I should ask you what I said. You sent Ji Ling to attack me for no reason, and you were defeated by me, but you still have the nerve to ask me , why did you kill your people?"

"You really are the villain who sues first, and bites back."

Yuan Shu was so excited by Liu Zheng that he was speechless for a while.

"Hmph, you and those two boys from the Lu family are mixing together, and you are coming towards the Lujiang River. Since you took the initiative to come towards me, then I will block your progress, what's the problem?"

Because Zhang Xun sent people to investigate, Yuan Shu already roughly understood why Liu Zheng came here.

"Since you know everything, what else can I say? I have already killed everyone, and your general Ji Ling has also been imprisoned by me. How about it? What do you want to do? Come out and fight with me." ?”

Liu Zheng was not in a hurry. He came here. Although he led [-] soldiers, it would not be so easy to use these [-] soldiers to take down a county, even though it was only a small county.

If Liu Zheng is in a hurry to attack the city, it will not be of much benefit to him, not to mention the loss of troops, and it may not be possible to defeat the county where Yuan Shu's elite soldiers are stationed.

So Liu Zheng decided to chat with Yuan Shu here first to see if there is any way to persuade Yuan Shu to quit.

It is naturally good for Liu Zheng to be able to solve the immediate problem without using weapons.

"Fight? Do you think I'm an idiot? Your soldiers and horses are so powerful. If I go out of the city to fight you, it's a dead end. Only by occupying Shucheng and resisting can I compete with you. Why do you think I will go out of the city and fight you?" Where are you fighting?"

"Since you don't fight, what do you say I'm here for?"

Liu Zheng asked back and looked at Yuan Shu with a smile.

"Okay, Yuan Gonglu and Yuan Shu's words, let's talk about something practical. I came here because I was entrusted by Prefect Lu Kang to help him take back Lujiang County."

Liu Zheng went straight to the point and explained his reason for coming.

But Yuan Shu snorted coldly.

"Hmph, with your little manpower? Although my soldiers and horses are not as powerful as yours, but in terms of numbers, they are far superior to yours. I don't believe that you can fight me with this little manpower! Even if we fight head-on I can't beat you, but I still have a lot of confidence in defending the city."

Because Liu Zheng defeated Ji Ling, Yuan Shu maintained a sense of hatred for Liu Zheng at this moment. No matter what Liu Zheng said, he was reluctant to answer.

"Oh, yes, I'm so confident, but I haven't thought of fighting you directly yet. I came here to persuade you to retreat."

"Persuade me to retreat?"

Yuan Shu was aroused by Liu Zheng's words, and stared at Liu Zheng with a frown.

"Well, I advise you to retreat."

"Joke, most of Lujiang County has already been taken by me. Now you tell me to retreat, how can I explain to my brothers when I go back?"

"If I were you, I would gladly retreat."

"After all, with your current strength, it is very difficult to go down this Lujiang River. If you continue to stay, you will only lose troops and generals, which will only increase casualties."

"So what, it's difficult for you to think that Lu Kang, that old bastard, can rest easy if he invites you to help. Your troops are far away in Jiaozhou, and it is impossible to enter Lujiang in a large scale. As long as I delay a little bit , continue to mobilize troops from Runan, you will be slowly wiped out by me."

Although Yuan Shu is not smart, but at least he is not stupid. He knows how to stick to the city and slowly consume Liu Zheng. As long as Liu Zheng's troops are consumed, if Liu Zheng does not have new manpower to supplement, it must be difficult to grow up with him here. The battle of time.

"It's true to say that, but how do you know that I can't besiege your Shucheng, so how about some reinforcements?"

Chapter 429 A Soldier Without a Fight

"You should know that I don't care about the reinforcements of more than ten thousand troops, unless you can use tens of thousands of troops to deal with me at one time. But in this case, you must be careful not to be taken advantage of by the court."

"Now you can no longer be said to be one with the imperial court. The things you and Yuan Shao and others have done have been regarded as thorns in the flesh by the imperial court. Mostly in the eyes of the imperial court, you, like me, are already anti Thief."

Liu Zheng began to slowly explain Yuan Shu's current situation.

"Yeah, rebel, I think I have the same identity as you now. Since everyone is a rebel, why should you be my way? Why don't you be as handsome as Liu Zhengqu, you join me and annex this Lujiang River together. How about you and I split half?"

Yuan Shu still has great fear of Liu Zheng.

"No need, I'm not very interested in Lujiang. At least for the time being, I don't intend to occupy Lujiang. I'm here to give you, General Yuan Shu, a suggestion."

"What opinion?"

Liu Zheng didn't agree to Yuan Shu's words. Yuan Shu wanted to get angry and scolded Liu Zheng for being ignorant of flattery, but when he heard that Liu Zheng had something to say, Yuan Shu still asked.

"Retreat, Lujiang is not a good choice for you, I can tell you a more interesting place."

"Where?"

"You are really stupid. If you don't go to fight Huainan, why not fight Lujiang? Instead of losing troops and generals in Lujiang, you might as well go directly to fight Huainan and kill Liu Yao. As long as Liu Yao dies, the entire Yangzhou County will be destroyed." Is it all yours?"

Liu Zheng said something loudly to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was slightly startled when he heard Liu Zheng's words, but soon laughed loudly at Liu Zheng.

"Liu Zheng, I thought you had some good advice, but it turned out that you were just encouraging me to attack Liu Yao. You thought you were the only one who wanted to attack Liu Yao. In fact, I wanted to attack Liu Yao a long time ago, but it was just a matter of attacking Lujiang. It's just a test, when I conquer Lujiang, my next target will naturally be Liu Yao's Huainan."

"If I go directly to fight Huainan, then there will be soldiers from Lujiang to assist Huainan, or if they don't go to assist Huainan, but cut off my retreat, then I will be in danger, so Lujiang must Fighting, only by taking down Lujiang River and occupying this place, can I attack Huainan with peace of mind."

Yuan Shu was also unambiguous, and directly told Liu Zheng what he was thinking in his heart, and by the way, he also mocked Liu Zheng, saying that Liu Zheng's suggestion was useless at all.

When Liu Zheng heard about it, he took a few glances at Yuan Shugao. In history, Yuan Shu probably seized the opportunity in this way and quickly strengthened himself.

Some minds can also have luck, but unfortunately, their ambitions are too great, and their abilities cannot support their ambitions.

"Yuan Shu, it turns out that you are not stupid, but you are just a little timid."

"There are only four or five thousand soldiers in Lujiang, and there are not enough soldiers to hold Lujiang. How can he send troops to cut off your back? On the contrary, it is you who lost troops and lost generals in the battle of Lujiang. It has already alerted the enemy, giving Liu Yao a chance to breathe."

"If you went to Huainan early in the morning and led [-] troops to attack Huainan, I'm afraid Liu Yao would be your prisoner by now."

Liu Zheng didn't like Liu Yao at all. This was mainly due to Liu Yao, who sent Zhang Ying to deal with Liu Zheng at the beginning, and made Liu Zheng put Liu Yao in the position of his enemy from the very beginning, so no matter what time it was, he would If you can make him a stumbling block, do your best to make him a stumbling block.

From the beginning of Yan Baihu's troubles to the lobbying of Yuan Shu to attack Liu Yao, Liu Zheng spared no effort to help them.

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, Yuan Shu fell into deep thought. In fact, if Liu Zheng hadn't appeared, it would be normal for Yuan Shu to do so.

Because they raised [-] troops to attack Lujiang, most of them would not be able to keep Lujiang, and within a few months, Lujiang's troops would retreat. At that time, Yuan Shu would control Lujiang and occupy the land of three counties, so he would have the strength to challenge Liu Yao.

Moreover, Liu Yao had just experienced the defeat in the first battle with Liu Zheng, and when he was weak, Yan Baihu kept making troubles in Kuaiji County, constantly harassing Liu Yao, so Liu Yao had to divide his troops to garrison.

There will not be too many troops in Huainan. When Yuan Shu conquers Lujiang River, taking advantage of the morale of victory, he will attack Huainan in one fell swoop. He is very sure that he can defeat Liu Yao and occupy Liu Yao's original territory.

At that time, Yuan Shu will really be able to sit on more than half of Yangzhou and more than half of Yuzhou as in history.

It's a pity that such a variable as Liu Zheng appeared, which made Yuan Shu's plan to occupy Lujiang run aground.

But now according to Liu Zheng's plan, it is not a bad thing to directly attack Huainan. After all, Liu Yao in Huainan should not have too many soldiers at this time.

If Liu Yao had soldiers and horses, he would not have asked for help in Lu Kang, but turned a blind eye.

"Brother Road, since you and I are both rebels, I will not lie to you. If you continue to stay here, there will always be conflicts between you and me, and battles will inevitably occur. Although I am temporarily short of troops and cannot What about you, but when my army arrives, do you think you still have a chance?"

"If you withdraw your troops now, it will be considered a face for me. I will remember this favor. At the same time, if you go to deal with Liu Yao, I can help you restrain it so that Liu Yao can't find reinforcements. When the time comes, you and I Isn't it more attractive to carve up Yangzhou than this mere Lujiang County?"

Liu Zheng said what he wanted to say the most. As long as Yuan Shu went to attack Huainan and restrained Liu Yao, then Liu Zheng would have enough time and energy to sweep Yuzhang County.

At that time, Yuan Shu will take down Huainan, and Liu Zheng will take down Yuzhang. Everyone will benefit.

As long as Yuzhang County can be conquered and Liu Zheng goes to Poyang County more, he will be able to successfully connect most of the map of Yangzhou with Jiaozhou, and Liu Zheng's strength can be further expanded.

Don't underestimate the two places of Yuzhang County and Poyang County. The area is as large as half of Jiaozhou, and the population is extremely large. Although most of them are from Shanyue, Liu Zheng only needs to conquer them all to get The population of more than 100 million is larger than the entire population of Jiaozhou.

Yuan Shu was moved by what Liu Zheng said. The fact is that it is like this. If he continues to stay here, he will not gain any advantage. He will also have a bad relationship with Liu Zheng. Attack Huainan.

What Yuan Shu thought at the beginning can also be realized, and he can also achieve Liu Zheng's friendship.

On the route of being a rebel from the imperial court, if Yuan Shu could cooperate with Liu Zheng, it would indeed be somewhat convenient for him.

4 Chapter Thirty Talking about Good Cooperation

"Are you really willing to fight Liu Yao with me?"

Yuan Shu understood the meaning of Liu Zheng's words, and Liu Zheng also spoke to his heart, but Yuan Shu was still doubting the authenticity of what Liu Zheng said.

After all, Liu Zheng came here suddenly and told him that he would join forces to deal with Liu Yao. How could it be possible for Yuan Shu to agree without any doubt?

He just wanted to find out whether what Liu Zheng said was true. If he could be sure that what Liu Zheng said was true, then it might not be impossible to cooperate with Liu Zheng.

It's just that if Liu Zheng just tricked him, tricked him out of the city, and let the soldiers and horses charge to fight him, the result would be bad, so at this time Yuan Shu still maintained a very skeptical attitude towards this matter. thing.

When Liu Zheng saw Yuan Shu's inquiry, he also understood what Yuan Shu's concerns were, so he immediately continued talking to Yuan Shu.

"I know you don't believe what I said at this time, but there is no enmity between you and me, Brother Road, why should I lie to you, but if I choose to cooperate with you to deal with Liu Yao, both of us can So I get benefits, why should I quit doing something that is beneficial, just to offend you."

"Of course, I can't rely on this to convince you. The reason why I told you this is because you and I are both rebels. We have a basis for cooperation, so whether you believe it or not, I'm up to you own."

Liu Zheng simply defended Yuan Shu again, but he didn't say too much, because if he said too much about this kind of thing, if he cared too much, it would affect Yuan Shu's suspicion.

It's better to stop at the end, so that you don't care so much, maybe Yuan Shu will think it through himself.

After Liu Zheng finished expressing his thoughts, he remained silent.He looked at Yuan Shu on the tower, waiting for Yuan Shu to speak again, no matter whether Yuan Shu agreed or not.

If Yuan Shu agreed to his proposal, everyone would be happy, not only would he be able to solve the current problem without using weapons, but it would also lay a certain foundation for him to attack Yangzhou in the future.

But if Yuan Shu refused, Liu Zheng would try to drive Yuan Shu out of Lujiang County in order to gain Lu Kang's favor.

After listening to Liu Zheng's words, Yuan Shu didn't directly agree to Liu Zheng, but turned his head and withdrew from the battlements, as if going down to discuss with his advisers.

Liu Zheng waited outside for about a dozen breaths, and soon Yuan Shu appeared on the battlements again.

"Okay, Liu Zheng, I will trust you just once, and I am willing to fight Liu Yao together with you, but the premise is that after defeating Liu Yao, I must take down Huainan County."

After Liu Zheng heard that Yuan Shu agreed to his words, a smile appeared on his face immediately.

"Okay, no problem, Huainan County is not in my target, I just need Poyang County!"

In Liu Zheng's view, Huainan County is indeed a place that he can't afford at the moment.

The reason why he wants to occupy Poyang County is actually because Poyang County is conducive to controlling the entire waters of Poyang Lake. As long as these waters are controlled, it can bring great convenience to Liu Zheng in terms of transportation and transportation.

From a military point of view, it can use ships to quickly transport soldiers and horses to a place far enough away in a short period of time.

In terms of trade, if you control the waters of Poyang Lake, you can control the trade in Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and even Yuzhou.

Especially now that Liu Zheng wants to attack Yangzhou, the importance of the waters of Poyang Lake is even more important to him. There are only two ways for him to quickly dispatch troops from Jiaozhou.

One is to take the mountain road from Guiyang County to Yuzhang County, and then to Poyang County.

The second is to use ships directly from the South China Sea, go north along the coastline, and reach Poyang Lake after several twists and turns.

Although Huainan also belongs to the Poyang Lake water system, it is not far from Poyang Lake, but its role.In comparison, it is still much smaller than Poyang County.

As long as Yuan Shu can agree to withdraw from here, Liu Zheng doesn't mind cooperating with Yuan Shu to deal with Liu Yao.

Liu Zheng's agreeable answer made Yuan Shu, who had been waiting for news from Liu Zheng, hear it immediately. After hearing Liu Zheng's answer, he finally showed a calm look on his face.

"Okay, I promise you, I can retreat from Lujiang County!"

"Happy, Brother Gonglu, you can lead your soldiers and horses to retreat from Shucheng now. I will lead people to station in Shucheng, and your troops will withdraw from Lujiang County within three days. It can occupy the entire Huainan County."

Liu Zheng said something to Yuan Shu, although it was an exaggeration to say half a month, but Liu Zheng also wanted to start attacking Yuzhang County in the recent period.