Zhou Cang opened his mouth to say a word, and before he finished speaking, in fact, Liu Zheng had already understood his intentions.

Zhou Cang is a thief style, and when he is used to being a thief, he naturally never feels that there is any difficulty for him about grain and grass.

If there is no grain and grass, it is a big deal to just grab it.

Anyway, now he is not an official army, a righteous army.

At best, he is a bandit, and it is not a normal operation to rob the grain of the people of Jiaozhou.

Besides, now that he and Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Zhu Fu are already in a hostile state, there is no problem in taking the initiative to snatch some grain and grass.

The only problem is that they are not familiar with this area of Jiaozhou, and it is not clear where there is more grain and grass, and where is where Zhu Fu stores grain and grass, which makes it quite difficult for Liu Zheng to grab a large amount of grain and grass in a short period of time.

But Liu Zheng never thought of snatching the grain and grass of Zhu Fu's main army, and the grain and grass needed by the troops under his command only needed to be obtained in the hands of these big wealthy families.

And the largest wealthy family in Cangwu County is the Shi family.

Liu Zheng wanted to snatch grain and grass at this time, and the first thing that came to mind was the Shi family.

If he could get a batch of grain and grass from the hands of the scholars, it would indeed be able to alleviate his urgent needs.

Although the same Shi family and Zhu Fu are both officials in the Jiaozhou region, there is no harmony between the Shi family and Zhu Fu.

Judging from the news obtained by Liu Zheng, the Shi family was originally a county order under Cangwu County, and later gradually developed into the Taishou of Cangwu County, and operated in Cangwu County for decades, as if he was the soil emperor of Cangwu County, while Zhu Fu was nominally the history of Jiaozhou Thorn.

But after all, Zhu Fu is just an outsider, and it is not so easy for an outsider to gain a firm foothold in Jiaozhou, as can be seen from Zhu Fu's several attempts to suppress the rebellion without much success, Zhu Fu wants to control the power of the entire Jiaozhou in Jiaozhou, and it is difficult to make a difference in Jiaozhou without the support of the scholars.

And the Shi family, according to Liu Zheng's knowledge, will be the real master of Jiaozhou in the future, especially Shi Xie, who has controlled Jiaozhou for decades, if Liu Zheng can get the support of the Shi family, it will also be of great help to him to control Jiaozhou in the future.

The Shi family is a family with no ambitions, and it can be seen from the fact that he has not had the slightest intention of unifying the Central Plains in Jiaozhou for decades, and this family just wants to live a stable life.

So in Liu Zheng's heart, he had an idea at this time.

"Mr. Yuan Zhou, you don't have to worry about the grain and grass for the time being, I will find a way to do this."

"It's the lord."

Liu Zheng comforted Yuan Zhou, telling him not to worry about the grain and grass, and at the same time immediately turned around and glanced at Zhou Cang.

"Zhou Cang, you go and ask Xu Huang and Huang Zhong to come over to see me immediately."

After Zhou Cang heard Liu Zheng's order, he immediately took his leave and left.

Not long after, Xu Huang and Huang Zhong, the two battalion commanders, came to Liu Zheng's big tent.

"What does the lord command?"

"I came to you two to discuss with you about fighting against Zhu Fu."

Liu Zheng told Huang Zhong and Xu Huang what he thought.

As soon as the two of them heard Liu Zheng talk about dealing with Zhu Fu, their expressions immediately became serious, knowing that this matter was very important, and they immediately listened carefully to what Liu Zheng said next.

"Originally, I planned to stay put, wait here for Zhu Fu to send troops, and then we will improvise, but now our food and grass are in an emergency, so we have no choice but to take the initiative to attack first and give Zhu Fu a head-on blow."

"Lord, our troops are less than Zhu Fu, if we take the initiative to attack, we may not be able to take advantage of anything, then if Zhu Fu is based on the city, it will occupy a great advantage, if we forcibly attack, we will only lose our troops, and the gains outweigh the losses."

Before Liu Zheng told Huang Zhong the details, Huang Zhong immediately reminded Liu Zheng.

I want Liu Zheng not to act rashly.

"You're right, I really took this into account, so I decided not to attack Cangwu City, where Zhu Fu is located, but decided to fight another Guangxin City."

"Guangxin?"

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, Huang Zhong and Xu Huang both frowned and looked at Liu Zheng.

They didn't quite understand what Liu Zheng meant by this.

"Zhu Fu is the assassin of Jiaozhou, and all the soldiers and horses he dispatched from all around gathered in Cangwu City, the state and county governor's office, but he did not gather Guangxin's soldiers and horses, do you know why?"

"Because Guangxin was originally the territory of the local wealthy family in Jiaozhou, the Shi family has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, especially Guangxin City, their Shi family made their fortune in Guangxin, and now Guangxin City has become the bag of their Shi family, and the entire Guangxin City is their Shi family."

"Even Zhu Fu, the assassin of Jiaozhou, can't control Guangxin City in front of the Shi family, so when Zhu Fu gathers soldiers and horses from all over the country, only in this Guangxin City, there can be an exception."

"Although Guangxin City is only a small city, there are also private soldiers raised by the scholars themselves and county soldiers in the county seat, which are essentially different from Zhu Fu's people."

"If we attack Guangxin, no matter whether we succeed or fail, we can bring some psychological pressure to Zhu Fu."

Liu Zheng began to describe his plan to Huang Zhong and Xu Huang.

In his opinion, Guangxin City is the Shi family, and Cangwu City is Zhu Fu's, if he leads people to attack Guangxin City, regardless of success or failure, it is worth a try, this is mainly to do for Zhu Fu in Cangwu City.

Once he attacked Guangxin, surrounded but did not fight, and revealed the news to Zhu Fu, it depends on Zhu Fu's opinion, if Zhu Fu comes to support Guangxin City, then Liu Zheng will order the army that has already been arranged in the middle of the battle with Zhu Fu's soldiers and horses.

If it is a siege battle, Liu Zheng may suffer a loss, but in the encounter in the field, and it is still an ambush, this becomes an advantage on Liu Zheng's side.

Although the number of soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command is small, such a battle as an ambush battle must have the upper hand, and defeating Zhu Fu is not a big problem.

But if Zhu Fu didn't come to the rescue of the Shi family, then Liu Zheng decided to persuade the Shi family to take refuge in himself, unite the Shi family, and overthrow Zhu Fu together.

Based on the concept that the Shi family was at odds with Zhu Fu, and the reason that Zhu Fu did not come to the rescue after being besieged by Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng believed that most of the Shi family would defect, and even if he did not defect, Liu Zheng was sure to rely on his own men and horses to defeat Guangxin City.

In this way, killing two birds with one stone, regardless of whether Zhu Fu rescues or not, Liu Zheng occupies the initiative, and when he gets grain and grass from Guangxin City, and then attacks Zhu Fu in turn, things will be much simpler.

"My lord, this plan is feasible."

"Okay, since you agree, then I don't have any opinion, I called you over, just to tell you that I decided to divide the army into two ways."

"All the way to besiege Guangxin City, the other way the soldiers and horses set up an ambush in the middle, preparing to ambush the Zhu Fu army reinforced from Cangwu City."