"There are only tens of thousands of people, and the lord is nothing scary. The old general Huang Zhong can defeat him. I, Gan Ning, can do it. I will give me a few more days to train these kids. Then I will lead them to defeat Zhu Fu in one fell swoop and capture that guy alive!"

"Hahaha, Xingba, you underestimate Zhu Fu too much. After suffering such a big loss in Wuyangling, do you think he will still fight with us in the wild?"

"I guess he will definitely defend the city this time. If he wants to deal with him next, it is not that simple. At least in the siege battle, the enemy and us have a huge gap in strength. If a strong attack will only bring us a lot of losses, which is not a good thing for us."

Liu Zheng did want to conquer the entire Jiaozhou, but he did not want to fight head-on with Zhu Fu, conduct a strong attack or siege. Although Liu Zheng was also sure, that would only increase the losses of his troops. Even if he finally conquers Jiaozhou and loses his confidants, he would not be able to defend Jiaozhou. It would be best if he could conquer the entire Jiaozhou at a very small price.

After Liu Zheng and Gan Ning finished their explanation, they waited in Cangwu County for a few days and began to lead the 20,000 troops under their command to Hepu County.

Although Liu Zheng had not thought of a good way to deal with Zhu Fu, time would not wait for anyone and could not continue to delay. Continuing to postpone it would only allow Zhu Fu to gather more troops. At that time, it would be even more difficult for Liu Zheng to deal with Zhu Fu.

The reason why Liu Zheng only led 20,000 of them to Hepu County was mainly because he had just occupied Cangwu County and had to leave some of the troops to guard Cangwu County and avoid fire in the backyard.

Liu Zheng came with the intention of ruling the entire Jiaozhou, so he had to continue his rule every time he occupied a place, rather than shooting a shot and changing another place.

Only by truly letting this place belong to him and having his sense of belonging and imprint can he gain a firm foothold in this place.

Leaving ten thousand soldiers and horses was not only to prevent people from attacking from other places, but also to leave him a way out. After all, Cangwu County is adjacent to Jingzhou, and he can evacuate to Jingzhou through Cangwu County at any time.

But if Cangwu County is not used as a stronghold, once he is besieged by local forces in Jiaozhou, he will be able to run around the entire Jiaozhou and be full of dangers.

A few days later, Liu Zheng's army of 20,000 soon arrived in the Hepu County City. His goal was very simple, which was to directly defeat Zhu Fu. Wherever Zhu Fu was, his men would advance toward somewhere.

His spies found out that Zhu Fu was in Hepu County at this time, so Liu Zheng naturally led his army to Hepu.

Hepu is an important stronghold in Jiaozhou, and its geographical location is much more important than Cangwu. Why do you say that? Because Hepu is one of the starting ports of the Maritime Silk Road. It is close to the ocean and has natural geographical advantages. It also produces pearls, blue crabs, sugarcane and other things.

In the south, you can conduct trade exchanges with other Southeast Asian countries, and in the north, you can directly reach the Jiaodong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula through the ocean.

If Liu Zheng could take over Hepu City, there might not be much help in the military, but in trade, it would definitely be greatly improved, not only to achieve business in the Han Dynasty, but also to develop trade to some small surrounding countries.

Of course, that's all for the future. Now, Liu Zheng is still thinking about how to deal with Zhu Fu in the city.

He observed the situation and found that Zhu Fu, the guy, had gathered 40,000 troops again in just half a month. In addition to the previous retreating remnants, the soldiers in Hepu City now have more than 50,000 troops.

These 50,000 people are probably the limit that Zhu Fu can recruit in Jiaozhou.

The Hepu City, which is stationed at nearly 50,000 people, has already made Liu Zheng feel difficult. Although he brought 20,000 people over, Liu Zheng was still not sure about the battle between 20,000 people, let alone the siege battle, which is extremely unfavorable to Liu Zheng's troops.

So although Liu Zheng arrived here, he had never thought about siege. He just stationed outside Hepu City, set up camps and tried his best to defend.

Under the city of Hepu, because of the arrival of Liu Zheng's army.

At this time, Zhu Fu had long lost the arrogance and ambition at the beginning, and at this time he had only worry.

"What should I do? Liu Zheng is hit by that bastard. Can our people hold on!"

Zhu Fu did not have the courage of his father Zhu Jun, nor the spirit of Zhu Jun as a general. After realizing his shortcomings, Zhu Fu only thought about how to survive and how to block Liu Zheng's attack.

Liu Zheng led the two generals Xu Huang and Gan Ning at the city, standing outside the city, watching the soldiers of Jiaozhou on the city wall.

"Governor Zhu Fu, I have heard of Daming for a long time, and I finally saw you today."

Although Liu Zheng didn't know which one was Zhu Fu, he guessed that Zhu Fu must be on the city wall.

Zhu Fu on the city tower was losing his temper at his subordinates, but when he heard Liu Zheng outside the city suddenly speak, he immediately stood up. Looking at Liu Zheng below, the hatred of killing his father immediately surged into his heart again.

"Rebel, you still have the face to see me. The revenge of killing your father is irreconcilable. I will definitely kill you with my own hands to eliminate the harm for the people!"

Zhu Fu stood on the city tower, looking at Liu Zheng under the city, and couldn't help but curse in anger.

Liu Zheng naturally understood the hatred between him and Zhu Fu. The reason why he ran to Jiaozhou was because of the hatred between Zhu Fu and his father Zhu Jun.

"What do you say about the revenge of killing your father? Your father Zhu Jun is a pillar of the court and one of the three major generals. I am the commander of the Yellow Turban Army Runan Daqu, each of whom is his master. Fighting on the battlefield will naturally lead to life and death. A general died on the battlefield. That is glory. You are still a descendant of a famous family. I really feel shame for your father. As the governor of Jiaozhou, I can't even defeat me, a small bandit, and am besieged by me in the city."

"Do you want to avenge your father? Come on, I, Liu Zheng, stand outside Hepu City and wait for you. I will have an army of 20,000. If you have the courage, you will go out of the city and fight with me!"

Liu Zheng spoke out for a while, but his purpose was to anger Zhu Fu so that Zhu Fu could leave the city to fight him.

But Zhu Fu was indeed angry when Liu Zheng scolded him, and his face turned blue, but he was still not fooled.

"You...you...humph, Liu Zheng dog thief, if you have the courage, you come to attack the city. If you want me out, you will think too much."

After Zhu Fu finished speaking, he ignored Liu Zheng. He knew that he could not scold Liu Zheng. He continued to argue with Liu here and would only bring shame to himself, so he simply ignored him.
Chapter completed!