Cai Mao knew Liu Zheng clearly, so he naturally would not confront Liu Zheng.

After several attempts to fight, the two sides stopped and set off, and they fought near Changsha County and Lingling County.

The uprising of Guo Shi, the four counties in Jingnan, also came to an end at this time. Although Guo Shi still occupies Wuling County, the influence of the Guo Shi uprising was reduced to the lightest at this time.

At the same time, Lingling County and Guiyang County are already in the hands of Liu Zheng. Liu Zheng is strong and cannot be defeated in a short while.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a month, and Liu Biao's orders were also heard from Xiangyang.

The envoy sent by Liu Biao greatly praised Cai Mao's achievements.

Although Cai Mao did not completely defeat Liu Zheng and Guo Shi, but was only stalemate with Liu Zheng and others, this did not hinder the credit that Cai Mao gained in this battle.

He used his troops to first recover Nanjun and re-incorporate Nanjun under Liu Biao's command. Then he led his troops and horses to seize Changsha County from Liu Zheng.

The two counties have now become Liu Biao's territory. Liu Biao's influence has expanded in Jingzhou.

Although the three counties of Wuling County, Lingling County and Guiyang County were still under the hands of the rebels, these three counties were not controlled by Liu Biao at the beginning, and it was the same whether they were there or not.

Liu Biao praised Cai Mao for his contributions in this battle and promoted Cai Mao to a higher position, and once became Liu Biao's most trusted general.

And as Liu Zheng expected, in order to prevent Liu Zheng's attack, Liu Biao did not let Cai Mao evacuate, but continued to let Cai Mao lead his men to station in Changsha County to prevent Liu Zheng's attack.

After receiving this news, Liu Zheng finally felt at ease. As long as the person stationed here was Cai Mao, Liu Zheng knew that in a short time, he and Cai Mao would not be able to fight.

At the same time, news from Wang Fen and others finally came from Jizhou in this month.

As Liu Zheng expected, although Wang Fen had some help and supported Emperor Liu Bian of Han to compete with the court, his strength was still not as deep as the foundation of the Han court for hundreds of years.

Under Huangfu Song's leadership, although there were only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they joined forces with many historical princes such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Han Fu to attack Jizhou together.

After several months of resistance, Wang Fen finally ran out of ammunition and food.

After Huangfu Song's troops entered the imperial palace in Jizhou, Wang Fen committed suicide in the imperial palace in Jizhou, and the whereabouts of Emperor Han were unknown.

A huge battle for the throne finally came to an end.

This is also very important for Liu Zheng, although he is far away in Jizhou, because the matter in Jizhou has been handled by the court, and the court will definitely have to free up his hands to deal with him in the next step, so there will not be too much time left for Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng, who knew that he didn't have much time, summoned troops this month.

The recruitment of the troops that this time was not the same as the battalions he had established before.

The men recruited before were mainly used to fight against foreign countries and fight against other princes. Almost all the main men under Liu Zheng were used, and those were his elite.

The people recruited this time are mainly used to guard the county soldiers responsible for public security management in various counties and counties. They belong to the second-line troops.

Just like later generations, two different types of troops were specially distinguished, one was the army group that fought against foreign countries and the armed forces used to maintain public order in various cities.

Liu Zheng wanted to select the first batch of troops from these armed forces, and then select outstanding ones from these armed forces to join his main force.

Liu Zheng, who pursued the elite military policy, must use hierarchy to distinguish the strength and nobleness of the military.

It is better to lack people than to just fill in the gaps. More useless people will only reduce the combat effectiveness of the army.

In one month, Liu Zheng recruited 50,000 or 60,000 county troops in Jiaozhou, and each county had at least 10,000 people guarding him.

It only takes three months of training to make these county soldiers play some role. At that time, Liu Zheng will select people with sufficient strength from these 50,000 or 60,000 people and join his main combat army.

Of course, even if the military expenditure is distributed, the sudden recruitment of 50,000 or 60,000 county soldiers is not a small amount.

Fortunately, when Liu Zheng went to Changsha, he received a business dividend from Mi Fang that he had not paid for several months.

The dividend of more than 1,000 gold per month, combined with several months, Liu Zheng suddenly got a lot of money.

Although this money is not fixed every month, and in one or two months, it lost a part of the money because of the Guo Shi Uprising, Liu Zheng had obtained some money and food from Guo Shi before.

If you count it, it is not a loss. This large amount of money is just enough to recruit troops, and short-term military expenditure is still completely enough.

After a long time, although there will be financial constraints, the Mi family will still make new incomes after several months. At the same time, the people of Jiaozhou will also have some tax revenue, which can temporarily alleviate Liu Zheng's economic crisis.

At this time, Liu Zheng called Cai Yao from Jiaozhou and arrived in Shaoyang City, intending to meet Cai Yao and his elder brother Cai Mao whom he had not seen for a long time.

When Liu Zheng wanted to take the opportunity to ask Cai Yao if she wanted to follow Cai Mao back, Cai Yao didn't seem to have such an idea. Cai Mao now saw Liu Zheng's potential and did not mention the matter of asking his sister to go back.

So, let Cai Yao continue to follow Liu Zheng.

On this day, Liu Zheng was planning to meet him. When Zhou Cang dispatched 10,000 troops from Jiaozhou, Yuan Zhou suddenly walked over from outside in a hurry.

"Mr. Yuan Zhou, where are you planning to go in such a hurry?"

"Where can I go? Of course I'm here to see you. Lord, I have something important to find you."

"What's the important thing? Could it be that the court sent troops to us?"

Now that Liu Zheng can think that it is important, the only one in the Han Dynasty is the Han court.

"There is indeed a soldier and horse around us. However, I don't know if it is the troops of the Han court. They were not far from Shaoyang City and sent an envoy to come and call you to see you."

Yuan Zhou did not talk much and told Liu Zheng directly about the matter. This statement surprised Liu Zheng.

"Who? How many people?"

"It's about 10,000 people, I don't know how many. The leader is a young player, who looks very young and very down-and-out, and I can't tell where he is."

Liu Zheng hurriedly asked Yuan Zhou, but Yuan Zhou was not very clear about those people.

"More than 10,000 people, aren't they enemies?"
Chapter completed!