His subordinate Jinyiwei, who was in charge of collecting intelligence in the north, sent a message saying that Yuan Shao had secretly sent someone to meet with Lu Zhi, and the two sides were originally at war, but now they were able to sit down and shake hands and talk, which gave Liu Zheng a not very good signal.

If Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi truce, then they are likely to join forces against Liu Zheng.

Although Liu Zheng didn't think that they could cooperate, they would temporarily put aside the mustard and march into Liu Zheng together, and only after suppressing Liu Zheng would they continue the battle between them.

"My lord, the big thing is not good, just now the caravan going south sent us a piece of information that the spies we planted in Yuan Shao's army found out that Yuan Shao had secretly sent his advisers to Lu Zhi's army to invite Lu Zhi to attack our army!"

Xu You hurriedly followed the fleet south and came to find Liu Zheng, his face was extremely ugly.

Originally, Liu Zheng was still calculating how to quell the rebellion of these people in Shanyue and those barbarians in Jingzhou, but now after suddenly hearing Xu You's words, he temporarily put the affairs of these two places behind and focused on the secret collusion between Yuan Shao and the imperial court.

"Ziyuan, what's going on, tell me in detail!"

"My lord, when we went to Youzhou to buy horses before, we would install some of our spies in Yuan Shao's army. Earlier, there would be some news about Yuan Shao's army, and in the past few days, there has been news that Yuan Shao has secretly sent someone to contact Lu Zhi, and intends to launch an army against the lord respectively. I want to annex the lord first. ”

Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi represent the two strongest forces, if these two forces attack Liu Zheng, then Liu Zheng will have to weigh it.

Yuan Shao and the imperial court didn't want to see Liu Zheng become bigger, they fought against each other, and it was very likely that Liu Zheng was cheaper in the end, so after this plague incident, they realized that Liu Zheng's strength had actually developed faintly, and even they had to be afraid of it, and there were even some shortcomings.

If they stand by and ignore Liu Zheng and let him continue to develop, maybe they will no longer be Liu Zheng's opponents.

Coupled with this plague incident, Liu Zheng's appearance also completely offended them, making them hate Liu Zheng to the core, so after the plague disappeared, the spring farming was over, and Yuan Shao and the people of the court began to move.

"Yuan Shao, this guy is really ungrateful, he forgot that if we hadn't helped him last winter, how could he have survived this winter so quickly and so well, the food he lacked was transported from us, without us, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to survive this winter!"

When Liu Zheng heard that Yuan Shao was making trouble behind his back, the expression on his face was even more ugly, and he secretly scolded Yuan Shao for a white-eyed wolf, but to no avail, he could only start to think of ways to deal with the battle that was likely to come.

Although Liu Zheng and Liu Bei made a temporary truce in Qingzhou last year, now that such a long time has passed, the truce agreement between the two sides may be revoked at any time.

Once Yuan Shao sent troops, then the imperial court would definitely follow.

As a result, Liu Zheng is likely to face attacks from three sides.

The first to bear the brunt is Qingzhou.

Qingzhou is the only place where Liu Zheng borders Yuan Shao, and once Yuan Shao wants to attack Liu Zheng, the first choice is Qingzhou.

There are not many soldiers and horses stationed here in Qingzhou, only more than 10,000 bandits who originally belonged to Zang Ba and more than 20,000 original Yellow Turban Army. Combined, it does not exceed 40,000 horses.

If Yuan Shao attacks, he will definitely send a large number of elites under his command to attack Qingzhou, as long as he captures Qingzhou, he can control more territory, so that according to Qingzhou's strategic position, he will go south to attack Xuzhou.

Putting aside Yuan Shao's attack, there are two other places that will give Liu Zheng a headache.

One is Liu Bei of Yanzhou, after half a year of recuperation, the plague in Liu Bei's army has been removed. In order to be able to have some morale changes, once the imperial court declares war on Liu Zheng, Liu Bei will definitely not sit idly by, and his Yanzhou geographical location is very good.

If there is a battle, he can directly attack Xuzhou from Yanzhou or even go south to Wu County, which is close to Liu Zheng.

Liu Bei's strength is also very strong, which will make Liu Zheng feel jealous.

What made Liu Zheng even more nervous was that Lu Zhi's soldiers and horses, who were originally at war with Yuan Shao and had no time to care about Liu Zheng, would inevitably merge with Liu Bei's men and horses if they turned their guns from the north to the south, and in this way, Yanzhou's soldiers and horses would reach more than 100,000.

Liu Zheng has to face not only one Liu Bei, but also Lu Zhi's tens of thousands of troops.

Just thinking about it already gave Liu Zheng a headache.

Don't be careful.

The other battlefield will be concentrated in Jingzhou.

The Jingzhou battlefield is the top priority, and it is also the place where Liu Zheng has hoarded the largest number of troops, and there are three generals Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang stationed for the time being, which will be foolproof.

With more than 60,000 troops gathered in Jingzhou, Liu Zheng is not worried about Jingzhou for the time being, he is worried about his own Wu County and Qingzhou.

"Ziyuan, is the news reliable, are you sure that Yuan Shao and the people of the imperial court will declare war on us?"

"Lord, the news has been a few days ago, if the news is correct, now Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi have begun to mobilize troops and horses, as long as our Jinyi guards go to their barracks to see if they have any troop transfers, we will be able to know the truth of this news."

Liu Zheng still had some doubts about this, but Xu You was unusually worried.

"Well, Ziyuan is reasonable, immediately let Yuan Zhou increase the intelligence spy of Jinyiwei, and at the same time, we must not be unguarded, and immediately let Xu Huang's men and horses come from Jingzhou to Wu County. Then let Zulang's navy be fully deployed in the Yangtze River basin and strictly control the ships coming and going! ”

Although he has not yet received definite news, Liu Zheng still has to make some preparations for this first.

There are not many soldiers and horses under his command that can be mobilized, and the men and horses in various places have their own military roles and cannot be directly mobilized.

And Xu Huang's cavalry is relatively mobile, and they can come to Wu County, and Liu Zheng wants that once a battle occurs, Xu Huang's soldiers and horses can go to the battlefield to support as soon as possible.

After Xu Yu went down to work, Liu Zheng himself began to ponder in the house, and now his own soldiers and horses.

He now has an army of more than 200,000 in his hands.

Among the six major military camps, each battalion has 20,000 horses because of the expansion.

Among them, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang were stationed in Jingzhou. Wen Ping is stationed in Yangzhou, Tai Shici is stationed in Xuzhou, and Zhou Cang is now in Funanguo and cannot come back for the time being.