The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Zhang Ning was silent for a moment, his eyes kept scanning left and right, as if he was thinking about something, after thinking clearly, he looked at Liu Zheng again, and asked Liu Zheng a question.

"Miss Ning'er, do you still think it makes sense to join the Yellow Turban Army? But we have always stood on the same front against the imperial court together. Even if I don't join the Yellow Turban Army, we can fight the imperial court together!"

In any case, now that the imperial court has resolved the matter of Wang Fen in Jizhou, Liu Zheng will definitely be the next one.

If Liu Zheng can win the help of people like Zhang Ning at this time.It can be considered that there are more people and horses that can be used, and the chances of winning will be greater.

These soldiers and horses under Zhang Ning are all the elite left over from the Yellow Turban Army, not the useless old, weak, sick and disabled just recruited. Once they go to the battlefield, they can still play some role.

After receiving such an answer from Liu Zheng, a trace of disappointment obviously flashed across Zhang Ning's face.

Not just a trace of loss, but also greater regret in it.

If there is anyone in the world who wants to make the last effort for the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid that there is only Zhang Ning, a girl who has the body of a daughter but the thought of a man who refuses to admit defeat.

She wanted to inherit Zhang Jiao's will and continue to struggle, but she could only rely on her own strength.It is simply hitting a stone with an egg, and there is no ability at all in this turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty.

She survived the great battle in Jizhou, took her soldiers and horses, and managed to escape to Runan.However, it was discovered that Liu Zheng had already led his people to evacuate, leaving only some weak veterans in Runan, although Runan was still under the occupation of the Yellow Turban Army at that time.

After taking over Runan, Zhang Ning immediately regrouped and wanted to rely on Runan to continue to contend with the imperial court.

Although Zhang Ning is a daughter, she still has some abilities. Under Zhang Ning's simple management, Runan County, which was riddled with holes, regained some vitality in just two months.

Zhang Ning also united with Zhao Hong from Nanyang, and once again revived the Yellow Turban Army in these two states and counties, gathering the remnants who escaped from Jizhou for a while, with a strength of as many as [-] to [-].

But it didn't last long.

After all, Nanyang is still a place that many princes covet.

On the one hand, Liu Biao sent people to attack the four counties in Jingnan to suppress Guo Shi's uprising. On the other hand, he asked Huang Zu to lead his men and horses to join forces with the imperial troops from Luoyang to continue to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Runan, Nanyang.

The tens of thousands of troops originally united by Zhang Ning, Zhao Hong and others will not be defeated by the court's troops in a short period of time.

However, after Wang Fen of Jizhou was defeated by Huangfusong last month, the imperial army in Jizhou was finally freed. Huangfusong, who had nothing to do, took the Yellow Turban Army of Runan and Nanyang along with his troops on the way back to the court. exterminate.

Even if Zhang Ning commanded well, the men under his command were still not strong enough, and the level of generals was not as good as that under Huangfu Song's command. After a battle, he was defeated and Runan City was lost.

Fortunately, although the city was lost, Zhang Ning escaped to Nanyang safely under the escort of Chu Yan and others.

In order not to continue to sit and wait in Nanyang, Zhang Ning knew that staying in Nanyang would be a dead end. Fortunately, he thought of Liu Zheng, who captured Jiaozhou.Now the news of the confrontation with Cai Mao in Guiyang and Changsha counties has reached here.

Chapter 265 Zhang Ning's Weakness

The news of Liu Zheng had reached Zhang Ning a long time ago, but at that time Liu Zheng was huddled in the mountains in Yichun County, being a mountain king, and Zhang Ning didn't pay attention.

Not long ago, the news that Liu Zheng had conquered the entire Jiaozhou gradually spread to Runan, and then Zhang Ning gradually paid attention to it.

Liu Zheng deserves to be Liu Zheng, the man who made her a miracle.

Zhang Ning made a decisive choice, evacuated from Nanyang County, and broke through Huang Zu's blockade with the only remaining soldiers and horses. Thirty thousand soldiers and horses fought one after another. After fleeing to the vicinity of Shaoyang, there were only more than 5000 people left. .

Then there was the next thing to find Liu Zheng.

In fact, Zhang Ning came this time to join Liu Zheng, but he was embarrassed to say it out of face.

"Differences do not conspire with each other. Since you are no longer with us, General Liu Zheng, then we will leave now."

"Zhao Hong, Chu Yan, let's go!"

Although Zhang Ning wanted to join Liu Zheng and use Liu Zheng's strength to regroup the Yellow Turban Army and intend to make a comeback, Liu Zheng did not intend to join the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Ning was also a strong woman, and she didn't want to lose face I came to ask Liu Zheng for help, so I had to insist on leaving.

Liu Zheng saw the disappointment on Zhang Ning's face, and when Zhang Ning turned around to leave, Liu Zheng stopped them.

"Wait a minute."

Liu Zheng uttered two words, and stretched out his hand to hold Zhang Ning.

Let Zhang Ning not get away in front of Liu Zheng.

Zhang Ning turned his head and took another look at Liu Zheng.

"What's the matter? General Liu Zheng, what else can I say?"

In the beginning, Zhang Ning called Liu Zheng Qu Shuai, but after the conversation broke down, he called Liu Zheng a general. It can be seen that Zhang Ning really gave up on Liu Zheng.

"Miss Ning'er, although I don't want to join the Yellow Turban Army, you can still stay, there is no need to leave in a hurry."

"Stay? Hehe, is it ashamed to stay?"

Zhang Ning looked at Liu Zheng with a trace of unwillingness in his eyes.

"Why is it so embarrassing to say that I just want to invite you to deal with the imperial court together. You have come all the way from Nanyang, and you have nowhere to go. It just so happens that the Lingling County next door was brought down by me not long ago. The site, if you need it, I will give it to you directly."

Today, both Lingling County and Guiyang County are under the control of Liu Zheng. Although Liu Zheng's troops stationed in Shaoyang City is enough, Lingling County and Guiyang County still have a lot of open space for development.

If Lingling County can be used by Zhang Ning's people as a temporary base.On the one hand, there is no need for Liu Zheng to send money and food to help Zhang Ning. On the other hand, Zhang Ning and others can rely on this place to gradually develop and recuperate.

As long as Zhang Ning's troops can temporarily cultivate in Lingling County, they will surely grow gradually and become a great help for Liu Zheng.

Once faced with the imperial court's attack, Zhang Ning would naturally not be able to stand by and watch. He would definitely send troops and horses to form a coalition with Liu Zheng to deal with the imperial court together.

It's just that Liu Zheng's proposal did not get Zhang Ning's approval.

Zhang Ning hesitated for a moment, and did not directly agree to Liu Zheng's words, but after a moment of silence, he rejected Liu Zheng.

"No, I don't want to owe you a favor."

After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he planned to turn around and leave, but Liu Zheng still didn't give up.

"Miss Ning'er, why are you doing this? Although you and I are not in the Yellow Turban Army, we are against the imperial court no matter what. Putting aside these righteous things, you and I are friends personally. , can't I help you as a friend?"

Liu Zheng continued to talk, but he didn't move Zhang Ning. Zhang Ning still insisted on going out.

Zhao Hong, Chu Yan and others standing behind saw that the situation was not good.Immediately, he opened his mouth and said something to Zhang Ning.

"Saint, Liu Zheng Qu Shuai also has a kind intention, why should we refuse?"

"Yeah, if we're not here, where else are we going?"

Chu Yan and Zhao Hong tried to persuade Zhang Ning from behind, and Zhang Ning stopped his steps and responded lightly.

"I don't believe that the world is so big, we will have nowhere to go if we leave here."

Liu Zheng stood aside, hearing that Zhang Ning was so strong, he couldn't help feeling distressed in his heart. If Zhang Ning was a man, maybe she could really lead the Yellow Turban Army to the top.

Too bad she's just a girl after all.Many times in the army there are many people who will not obey a girl's control.

"Ning'er, don't be brave and stay here. Although I will not join the Yellow Turban Army again, I can cooperate with you and assure you that the Yellow Turban Army will not be destroyed by your hands. You can obey your father's will." Inherited, but all external military activities must follow my command."

When Liu Zheng said this, he just wanted to tell Zhang Ning that there was nothing wrong with Zhang Jiao's will, nor was there anything wrong with overthrowing the Han court, but Liu Zheng only wanted the Yellow Turban Army to become a sect that would be passed down in this world, along with Taoism and Buddhism. The same, instead of becoming a regime and fighting against the court.

That way, Zhang Ning would only be burdened with too many things, and Zhang Ning would be overwhelmed. After all, she was just a girl.

These things should be done by men!

This time, Zhang Ning looked at Liu Zheng's eager eyes and was moved.

She was silent and did not speak.

Liu Zheng knew that Zhang Ning had agreed to something, so he hurriedly continued to say something to Zhang Ning.

"Ning'er, stay here, let me help you fulfill your father's last wish!"

Liu Zheng mentioned Zhang Jiao again, this time Zhang Ning couldn't help it anymore, crystal clear tears immediately appeared in his eyes.

Tears fell from Zhang Ning's eyes, and a tear trail was drawn on Zhang Ning's delicate cheeks. This was the first time Liu Zheng saw a woman cry.

Although Zhang Ning was dressed as a boy at this time, she was still a girl after all.

"Why why why I'm not a man!"

Zhang Ning said something unwilling with a whimpering voice.

The pear blossoms were already crying with rain on his face. Liu Zheng was not far away from Zhang Ning. Seeing Zhang Ning like this, as a man, he naturally stepped forward two steps in a hurry, and then stood in front of Zhang Ning.

He stretched out his arm and hugged Zhang Ning.

Liu Zheng held Zhang Ning into his arms with his firm arms. Zhang Ning struggled a little at first, but as Zhang Ning whimpered, Zhang Ning's struggle gradually became smaller.

The group of people behind Liu Zheng saw that this was already the case, so they naturally took advantage of it, and they all left separately, leaving room for Liu Zheng and Zhang Ning to be alone.

Seeing that they had all left, Liu Zheng didn't say much, just hugged Zhang Ning and made Zhang Ning cry.After all, during this period of time, Zhang Ning may have been holding on, and the softness in his heart broke out at this moment.

Chapter 266 The Runaway Little Emperor

Jizhou Wei County.

Among the forests on the roadside of the official road, a man and a child walked past here.

The man was panting in a long robe, and he was not walking fast, and there was no horse. The child was followed behind the man with his hands tied.

"Wait, I want to change my clothes and go to the toilet!"

The man turned his head to look at the young man behind him, and replied abruptly.

"Hold on, it's almost there."

The man didn't have a good attitude towards the boy, and he rejected the boy's request to go to the bathroom with one sentence.

When the young man heard that his request was rejected, the expression on his face became even more angry. At the moment, he ignored everything on a whim, and sat down on the ground directly.

"I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving!"

The young man looked angrily at the man in front of him. Although his hands were bound by the man, the young man was not too short. If he didn't leave, it would be difficult for the man to hug him and leave.

The boy seemed angry, but in fact he didn't want to go any further.

The man turned his head and glanced at the young man who was already sitting on the ground, turning away, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Stinky boy, do you still think of yourself as the emperor?"

"Do you know that if I don't take you away, you are already a bone by now?"

The two people, one big and one small, were none other than Xu You and Han Shaodi Liu Bian who had escaped from the Jizhou Imperial Palace.

After the Jizhou Imperial Palace was breached by Huangfusong's army, Wang Fen committed suicide in fear of crime, and almost all the soldiers and horses under his hands were killed or injured.

Xu You looked at the dilapidated imperial palace and the depressed Jizhou, and he couldn't help feeling some regrets in his heart.

There are also some unwillingness.

The regret is that I didn't listen to Liu Zheng's advice at the beginning. If I had listened to Liu Zheng's advice and left directly instead of choosing to take this Han Shaodi back to Jizhou and Wang Fen to join forces to abolish the Han Emperor, maybe the situation would not be the same.

Not reconciled, too, such an opportunity, with Han Shaodi, and Jizhou, a big state and county, just happened to be making trouble with the people of Beigong Boyu in Xiliang, and the imperial court had no time to deal with Jizhou's affairs.

With such an opportunity, Wang Fen and others failed, and Xu You was quite unwilling.

"You lied, how could General Huangfu Songzhonglang kill me?"

Although Han Shaodi was only ten years old at this time.But after experiencing so many things, he has matured very early and knows some things.

Huangfusong is the pillar of the country, he was held hostage by these people, if Huangfusong rescued him, he would definitely survive, maybe he could even return to Luoyang.

Liu Bian's argument made Xu You smile lightly, and didn't want to say anything more at all.

But Han Shaodi Liu Bian was still sitting on the ground, and seemed to have no intention of getting up.

Xu You looked around, then at the road in front of him, then went up and kicked Emperor Han Shaodi.

"Little ghost, get up quickly, if you don't leave, it will be too late. If you don't make it, I won't care about you anymore, and you won't even think about going back to Luoyang."

"If you still want to be emperor, just do as I say."

Originally, Xiao Liu Bian didn't want to talk to Xu You at all, but when he heard Xu You said that he would become the emperor and return to Luoyang, Liu Bian immediately became alert.

"What do you want to do?"

Xu You looked at Liu Bian, then eased his tone.

"Get up quickly, and as you walk, I will tell you what I want to do."

Xu You knew that he couldn't delay here any longer, he had to get this guy up, and some of the arguments he had prepared before could finally be used at this time.

At this time, Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, had no choice but to stop playing his temper, got up from the ground, followed Xu You again, and walked forward.

"Little ghost, listen to me. I will put you on the side of the official road and tie you to a tree later. If there is an army passing by, you can speak out if there is a word on it. If you write other words, don’t make a sound, do you hear me?”

"Are you going to abandon me?"

"Why, are you stumped and want to wander with me?"

"I don't want to."

"Little ghost, I think you understand something. You said that you were brought back by Huangfusong and survived. Then let me ask you, do you know that Luoyang already has an emperor?"