Liu Zheng did not refuse, nor did he agree immediately.

The reason why he didn't refuse was that Liu Zheng wanted to give Lu Kang, Lu Jun and others a good impression, but he didn't agree, and Liu Zheng was still weighing the pros and cons.

It is not difficult to help Lu Kang repel Yuan Shu, after seeing Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses, Liu Zheng already has an intuitive understanding of Yuan Shu's strength, not to mention that he still has more than 9,000 soldiers and horses under his command, that is, there are only 5,000 people, Liu Zheng dares to fight with Yuan Shu.

It's just that it's easy to fight this battle, and there is no half benefit, so why did Liu Zheng do this.

"Is there any difficulty for Lord Liu Zheng?"

Lu Jun opened his mouth, but Liu Zheng did not agree, and Lu Kang understood that Liu Zheng had some scruples, so it was useless to continue to let Lu Jun speak, so he directly talked to Liu Zheng himself.

"That's right, Lu Kang Taishou. I think you know who I am. ”

Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to talk to Lu Kang about Yuan Shu, but first talked about his identity.

"yes, I know."

What Liu Zheng said was naturally his identity as an anti-thief. once participated in the Yellow Turban Army, and even later went against the imperial court and occupied Jiaozhou, this kind of thing is not a thief, what is it.

Compared with the title of anti-thief, Liu Zheng prefers that others will call his soldiers and horses the righteous army.

After all, it can be regarded as a part of the rebel army.

"Since Lu Kang Taishou knows that my identity is a thief, if I help you repel Yuan Shu, then you and I will be deeply involved, and when the time comes, what will you say about Yangzhou and the imperial court? Lu Kang Taishou, do you know? ”

Liu Zheng's words made Lu Kang's expression sink suddenly.

Liu Zheng's words seem to be thinking about Lu Kang, but in fact, Liu Zheng is also pointing out his identity, if Lu Kang doesn't mind, Liu Zheng can understand that Lu Kang doesn't have much nostalgia for the imperial court, even for Yangzhou Mu, if Lu Kang doesn't mind, Liu Zheng really doesn't mind helping Lu Kang.

But if Lu Kang minds, then Liu Zheng really doesn't need to help Lu Kang, because even if he helps Lu Kang, Lu Kang's mind is still thinking about the court, thinking about Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan, and he can make a move against Liu Zheng at any time for the sake of the court.

In this case, Liu Zhengfei will not be able to help Lu Kang, but will leave here as soon as possible.

Lu Kang, who fell into a deep depression, did not speak for a while.

After being silent for a long time, he spoke to Liu Zheng.

"On the side of the imperial court, I have my own rhetoric, but Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan's side, don't care, Liu Xiang, I can see through, last year when we transferred troops and horses from Lujiang, it sounded good, but now I Lujiang has encountered a major event, but he ignores it, I am not superior to Yangzhou Mu, he has no right to interfere in my internal affairs."

"Not only that, but if he blames him in the future, I will ask him why I sent him for help, but he ignored him!"

In fact, Lu Kang sent several of his sons out to ask for help this time, and the most important force for help was placed on Liu Xuan.

Because of this vicinity, the only people who can deal with Yuan Shu are Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan, and the other Taishou do not have this strength, but after waiting for so many days, they didn't see Liu Xuan's soldiers and horses coming over at all, so that Lu Kang was dead to Liu Xuan.

When Liu Zheng heard Lu Kang say this, he knew it in his heart.

"I understand, Lu Kang is too guarded, expel Yuan Shu, and recapture Lujiang, I promise you, of course I am not because of your request, I am for the people of Lujiang."

Liu Zheng's righteous words are mainly because he doesn't want Lu Kang to have too much psychological burden.

Seeing Liu Zheng agree, Lu Kang's face also smiled.

"Then thank you, Lord Liu Zheng."

After negotiating the right thing, Lu Kang did not stay too much in Liu Zheng's military camp. After everyone chatted a few words, Lu Kang took his own people and left from here.

Nothing was said all night.

Liu Zheng did not rush to find trouble with Yuan Shu, but now he has temporarily settled outside Lujiang City.

Early the next morning, he set off for the location of Yuan Shu's army.

Shu County, here is only fifty miles away from the Lujiang River.

Originally, it was a small county town under the jurisdiction of Lujiang City, and because of the proximity, most of the people here have some kinship with Lujiang.

After Yuan Shu's army retreated from the Lujiang River, it temporarily settled in Shucheng.

In one day, Yuan Shu had recovered from the panic, he occupied the convenience of some soldiers and horses in Shucheng, firmly controlled Shucheng, and at the same time, during this time, immediately gathered other soldiers and horses scattered in Lujiang.

In a period of time, more than 13,000 people under his command gathered in this Shu city, and the number of people is still increasing.

"Have you found out, who is the person who defeated Ji Ling?"

"I found it out, my people went to Lujiang City overnight to inquire about the news, and there was news that the person who defeated Ji Ling was Liu Zheng!"

Zhang Xun immediately told Yuan Shu the news he had discovered.

Yuan Shu, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly frowned when he heard Liu Zheng's words, and at the same time, his whole person's expression became a little unpleasant.

"Liu Zheng! If it was him, then General Ji Ling was defeated, and it was understandable. ”

Yuan Shu naturally heard of Liu Zheng, compared to others who heard of Liu Zheng, Yuan Shu also had a more intuitive understanding, because he once followed Huangfu Song to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army, and Liu Zheng's name was already known by Yuan Shu at that time, especially later Liu Zheng also went to Luoyang, fought with Yuan Shao in person, and even had a direct battle with Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu heard from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao that they praised Liu Zheng, so Yuan Shu has always been very jealous of Liu Zheng.

It's just that Liu Zheng hasn't been in Jiaozhou all the time, how can he appear in Lujiang County, Yangzhou?

This point made Yuan Shu very puzzled.

"Lord, although I don't know how Lu Kang got mixed up with Liu Zheng, but what makes us more troublesome now is that Liu Zheng seems to be interested in helping Lu Kang deal with us, and we have received news that Liu Zheng's army has left Lujiang and is coming towards our Shu County."

"Liu Zheng's men and horses are already coming at us?"

Yuan Shu was even more surprised when he heard Zhang Xun say this, and immediately stood up from his chair.

"Yes, according to the distance, it won't be long before we reach the outside of our Shu County."

"Go to the castle tower at once and gather all the men!"

Yuan Shu was immediately a little scared, and immediately gave his own order.

Zhang Xun, Yang Hong and others did not dare to slack off, and according to Yuan Shu's instructions, they sent all the soldiers in the city down, and Yuan Shu himself hurriedly walked to the tower of Shucheng.

It didn't take long for Liu Zheng's army to appear outside the city.