Therefore, after being silent for a moment, Liu Zheng still decided to think of a way to contain Zhou Xin, Wang Lang and others first.

And the only one who can give Liu Zheng some help is that only Yan Baihu has this qualification and ability.

After all, Yan Baihu's power has skyrocketed in recent times, and he originally had twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses under his command, especially after occupying half of Huiji County and most of Wu County, Yan Baihu's strength has swelled a lot, and he has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses.

If Yan Baihu wants to directly defeat Zhou Xin and Wang Lang, maybe Yan Baihu can't do it for a while, but it is enough to contain Zhou Xin and Wang Lang, so that when Liu Zheng is dealing with Cao Cao and others, they will not appear to disturb the situation, and Liu Zheng will be caught off guard.

In this case, Yan Baihu's strength should be more than enough.

It's just that Yan Baihu is not Liu Zheng's subordinate, and what Liu Zheng asks Yan Baihu to do, Yan Baihu may not necessarily obey, so Liu Zheng needs to use some rewards to promise Yan Baihu and let Yan Baihu help him contain Zhou Xin and Wang Lang.

The herald, the herald went out, Liu Zheng was still not at ease, and said a word to Xu Yu beside him left and right.

"Mr. Xu You, I will leave you and Zu Lang's 6,000 soldiers and horses to garrison here, if Wang Lang and Zhou Xin have the slightest change, remember to help me intercept them, I will then lead Zhou Cang's 10,000 horses and Huang Zhong's 10,000 horses to support Yuan Shu, and I will let him lead his own people to temporarily garrison Yuzhang to guard against Liu Biao of Changsha County."

After Liu Zheng made a close defense and settled these horses, he began to decide to take his men and horses to Huainan.

Although Liu Zheng is now here in Yangzhou, the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized have nearly 40,000 horses, which seems to be a lot.

But the place he needs to defend is too big, 40,000 soldiers and horses, it is impossible to gather together, now he has a big family and a big business, no longer like before, there is no territory, he can escape at will, the world is so big, he can go anywhere.

He now has a territory, he needs to defend, he must divide his troops, and at the same time, he also needs to prevent others from attacking, and all counties and counties need people to maintain law and order, so the only ones who can really be mobilized are Huang Zhong's headquarters army who has traveled all the way from Jiaozhou, and Zhou Cang's headquarters army.

Huainan County, also called Jiujiang County.

The original name was Jiujiang County, which was one of the thirty-six counties divided by the first emperor in the world, but later Han Gaozu sealed a Huainan country here, and then it was sometimes called Huainan County, and sometimes it was called Jiujiang County.

Shouchun, the seat of Huainan County, was the last capital of Chu State hundreds of years ago, and it was also the seat of Yangzhou's state and county seat in the next few hundred years.

When Liu Miao was in Huainan County, although he couldn't talk about how well Huainan was governed, Yangzhou was not bad, but Liu Miao himself was not a very talented person. And make good use of cronies, cronyism, and do not raise talents, which leads to the withering of talents around him, and finally ends up in a defeat.

However, the city wall of Huainan Shouchun City is still very strong, and Yuan Shu's men and horses spent half a month and besieged for more than half a month before finally breaking the city gate and losing the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers before finally occupying Huainan County.

Liu Zheng led an army of 20,000 from Poyang County to Huainan, no matter how fast it was, it would take two days to reach Shouchun.

At this time, in Shouchun City, Yuan Shu was at a loss.

A day ago, Yuan Shu also got the news that in Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Yanzhou assassin Liu Dai had a truce, and led everyone to Huainan County non-stop.

Yuan Shu was shocked by the news before he could carry out a large-scale blood exchange operation in Huainan County for half a month.

He naturally knew what Cao Cao and the others meant by mobilizing troops and horses to go to Huainan County.

Half of it was for him.

At the beginning, Yuan Shu just guessed, after all, he and Cao Cao still had some friendship, but Liu Dai's soldiers and horses directly launched an attack in Huainan and quickly occupied the counties that were originally beaten down by Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu understood that Cao Cao, Liu Dai and others were coming for him.

Although Cao Cao was not directly involved in this battle, Cao Cao was able to act with Liu Dai, an enemy, most likely because he reached some secret agreement with Liu Dai.

In just ten days, Liu Dai's army directly attacked Shouchun City, Yuan Shu did not dare to send troops out to fight with Liu Dai's people, first, Yuan Shu did not know what the attitude of Cao Cao and Zhang Miao's men was.

Second, when Yuan Shu attacked Huainan County half a month ago, the loss of soldiers and horses was too serious, resulting in only 20,000 soldiers and horses he could mobilize at this time.

20,000, even if Yuan Shu sent all of them out to fight with Liu Dai's men and horses, he might not be able to deal with Liu Dai. Therefore, Yuan Shu could only temporarily defend the city, and quickly sent people to his old nest Runan and Nanyang areas to draw troops to support.

He still has 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the Runan and Nanyang areas, and if he fights with Liu Dai's men and horses at this time, the 20,000 men and horses stationed in Nanyang and Runan can't care so much, and they must be transferred to Shouchun.

After all, Shouchun is the seat of a state and county, and its status is more important, than staying in Nanyang and Runan surrounded by enemies on all sides.

In just a few days, after Liu Dai's soldiers and horses reached Shouchun City, he threatened to avenge his brother, led an army of 20,000, and personally attacked the city.

However, he did not knock down Shouchun City, after all, the 20,000 people under Yuan Shu are not vegetarians, and his men and horses are guarded by generals such as Ji Ling and Lei Bo, and they are also considered to have some ability, and they have the city to defend, so it is not so easy to defeat them.

Liu Dai did not take Shouchun City for two days, and he was already a little anxious in his heart, but unfortunately, he only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and on the way here, he attacked the county seat and lost some, and now he has lost some in Shouchun City, and his strength has declined.

It is already on par with Yuan Shu's people, and if he wants to defeat Shouchun, it is very difficult to rely on this manpower, so in order to get Yuan Shu as soon as possible, Liu Dai found Cao Cao and Zhang Miao, who came together.

Cao Cao and Zhang Miao, as former opponents, although they walked with Liu Dai on the road, they did not attack Yuan Shu, at this time Liu Dai found them, and what he wanted was to let Cao Cao and Zhang Miao help.

"Cao Mengde, Zhang Mengzhuo (Zhang Miao's cousin), if you want to attack Liu Zheng, you must pass through Huainan, now Yuan Shu is closed, only to break the city as soon as possible, can you help me?"