Even if Liu Zheng led his men to forcibly capture Jiangxia County, there would not be much resources available, and instead would waste time and lose troops here.

Therefore, Liu Zheng's men did not pass through the city walls of Jiangxia City, but tried not to get close to the area of ​​Jiangxia City and headed to Changsha on the official road.

However, even so, Liu Zheng led an army of more than 30,000 toward Jiangxia County, which still aroused the alertness of Liu Xiang, the prefect of Jiangxia County.

Liu Xiang was also a relative of the Han Dynasty. His father Liu Yao was appointed as the prefect of Cangwu. After all, in the Han Dynasty, if the relatives of the Liu family had titles, most of them were enfeoffed in various parts of the Han Dynasty. There were countless Han family members like Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Xiang himself was actually not very famous in history. The only thing he had is that during the rebellion of Dong Zhuo, the eighteen princes attacked Dong. At that time, he raised troops to attack Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, and vented his anger for Liu Xiang and Sun Jian, the prefect of Jiangxia.

The two joined forces to get Zhang Zi, who was the prefect of Nanyang, to send people to provide food for Zhang Zi, but Zhang Zi refused, so Sun Jian and Liu Xiang joined forces to attack Zhang Zi.

As a result, Liu Xiang died in a battle with the soldiers of Nanyang.

Instead, it helped Sun Jian to accept the troops and money and food under Liu Xiang.

Although Liu Xiang is not very famous in history, Liu Xiang's son is more famous than him.

Liu Xiang's son Liu Ba was a noble man with an extraordinary status in the late Shu Han Dynasty. After Fa Zheng's death, he replaced Fa Zheng as the Shangshu Ling, and solved the financial problems after Liu Bei's entry into Shu.

Of course, Liu Xiang didn't know that Liu Zheng was not coming to his Jiangxia City at this time, but felt a threat because Liu Zheng's 30,000 troops approached Jiangxia.

"Oh no, Liu Zheng led an army of 30,000 toward me, Jiangxia, and I am in danger!"

Liu Xiang paced back and forth in the hall, as if he was thinking about countermeasures.

At this time, there were several other people in the hall. Seeing Liu Xiang so nervous, someone was not sure what was going on, so they hurriedly started asking.

"Sir, why are you so nervous? What happened?"

The big man who asked Liu Xiang was wearing the armor of a military general and a thorny moustache, which looked quite sinister.

"Zu Huang, something is wrong. We have just repelled Zhao Hong a few days ago, but now there are 30,000 Yellow Turban thieves. The person in charge is Liu Zheng. Liu Zheng, who killed Qin Jie and Zhu Yan. What should we do now!"

Although Liu Xiang had never seen Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng has become famous in counties near Nanyang recently. Especially after Liu Zheng killed Qin Jie and Zhu Ye, some nearby official troops knew that there was a person like Liu Zheng.

When Huang Zu, who had a mustache, heard Liu Zheng's name, he also showed a solemn expression.

"Prince, your news is true. Didn't Liu Zheng take people to attack Hulao Pass before? Why would he attack my Jiangxia at this time?"

"This matter is absolutely true. My detailed work in Nanyang has sent me news. Liu Zheng showed up in Nanyang with 30,000 people. It is very likely that he was discussing the attack on my Jiangxia with Zhao Hong. Now Liu Zheng's troops are on the way to Jiangxia. It is estimated that it will appear in my Jiangxia City in no time."

Liu Xiang looked nervous and looked at Huang Zu, with some look of seeking help in his eyes. Liu Xiang himself was not good at commanding the army and horses. His ability to become the prefect is entirely due to his identity as a relative of the Han Dynasty.

Huang Zu is a powerful family in Jiangxia. The Huang family has a strong influence in Jiangxia. Liu Xiang appointed Huang Zu, and he also took a fancy to the Huang family behind Huang Zu.

It is precisely because of the existence of Huang Zu in Jiangxia that he failed to succeed in Zhao Hong's previous attacks, and Zhao Hong failed to succeed in several attacks.

This time Liu Zheng's attack, Liu Xiang could only expect Huang Zu to have a solution, otherwise they would have been able to seize the city in Jiangxia City and guard against Liu Zheng's attack.

"Sir, if Liu Zheng really attacked, we would not be able to defend Jiangxia City like before. We should take the initiative to attack against the invading enemy."

Liu Xiang was worried about not knowing how to deal with Liu Zheng at this time. When he heard Huang Zu's words, his eyes immediately lit up and he hurriedly asked Huang Zu.

"Huang Zu, do you have a way to deal with Liu Zheng?"

"I have collected some information about Liu Zheng recently. This man is often unexpected, his tactics and strategies are unpredictable, and he is a difficult opponent. If we are defending Jiangxia County, we will definitely not be able to defend Jiangxia City. That's why I suggested taking the initiative and ambush Liu Zheng before he comes to Jiangxia."

"In this way, if we beat Liu Zheng unexpectedly, we will definitely defeat the troops under Liu Zheng. Even if we cannot directly repel Liu Zheng, we can still give Liu Zheng some color and let him understand that our Jiangxia City is not so easy to deal with."

Huang Zu told Liu Xiang about his thoughts. After Liu Xiang finished listening, although he had some doubts on his face, he had no good idea at the moment, so he could only follow Huang Zu's opinions.

"That's right, but the news I got was that Liu Zheng had 30,000 troops and rushed to Jiangxia. At this time, our Jiangxia City had only 8,000 defenders. Including the 5,000 rural brave men who were anxious to defend the city, we only had 13,000 troops."

The disadvantage in terms of numbers is obviously very different from Liu Zheng's side. There is not enough people to stick to this, let alone take the initiative.

"About this, Lord Tai, don't worry. Before, I had expected that Zhao Hong and others from Nanyang would attack Jiangxia again, so not long ago, I asked our clan to invest in recruiting 10,000 township heroes in the surrounding county town."

"These ten thousand people can gather near Jiangxia City in less than half a day. The prefect only needs to allocate 10,000 troops to me. I will lead these 20,000 people, and I will definitely block Liu Zheng before he comes to Jiangxia."

The reason why Huang Zu is so enthusiastic is that he wants to show off in front of Liu Xiang.

Liu Xiang was the newly appointed prefect of Jiangxia. As soon as he took office, he relied on the Huang family of Jiangxia and asked Huang Zu to act as the Jiangxia Gongcao.

So Huang Zu wanted to show off in front of Liu Xiang and make Liu Xiang value himself more.

At present, Huang Zu had already made such a plan, so Liu Xiang naturally had nothing to say and immediately agreed.

"Okay, Huang Zu, the task to stop Liu Zheng and other bandits will be handed over to you. Don't let my expectations for you!"

"Don't worry, prefect, I will definitely repel Liu Zheng and give the Yellow Turban remnants some great things."
Chapter completed!