Zhang Ning inherited Zhang Jiao's will to complete the great cause of the Yellow Turban Army for his father, so no matter what, Zhang Jiao's legacy has not been extinguished, and Zhang Ning is replacing Zhang Jiao to protect the last bloodline of the Yellow Turban Army.

"Miss Ning'er, what is it like today, I think you know better than me, do you think the Yellow Turban Army is still necessary? Do you still think the Yellow Turbans will be able to overthrow the imperial court? Taking a step back, I can actually do it myself by occupying the power of several counties in one state, you see, now I'm not already doing it? ”

Liu Zheng did not deny Zhang Ning, nor did he argue with Zhang Ning about whether the Yellow Turban Army still had the ability to overthrow the imperial court, he just asked Zhang Ning rhetorically, and asked Zhang Ning to think about whether the Yellow Turban Army still had the ability to fight the imperial court.

As for the last sentence, Liu Zheng doesn't know if Zhang Ning knows that Liu Zheng has recently occupied Jiaozhou, whether Zhang Ning knows it or not, Liu Zheng is okay now, compared to other Yellow Turban remnants, Liu Zheng can be said to be much better.

was asked by Liu Zheng like this, Zhang Ning's little face immediately became even more pale, and now no one knows better than her what the situation of the Yellow Turban Army is.

After the First World War in Jizhou, the elders of the Yellow Turban Army, who died and fled, fled and fled, and the million-strong army was wiped out overnight, leaving only a few small forces to flee to nearby states and counties.

These people, although they are openly under the banner of the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, have actually become rogues, have no fixed base, and their way of living is no different from that of rogues.

Even if someone stood up to respond to the command of the Yellow Turban Army, the remnants scattered all over the country would not take the initiative to come and take refuge, and there were not many descendants who were truly loyal to the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army actually existed in name only, and it didn't play much role in this troubled era at all.

Regarding this point, Liu Zheng is also very clear, although the Yellow Turban Army in the late Han Dynasty has many remnants of the party to stand up against the imperial court, but after all, it was only a flash in the pan and was quickly suppressed, and the Yellow Turban Army in various places did not have the intention of fighting against the imperial court together, but they were all fighting for their own interests.

This kind of straggler-style confrontation has no effect on Liu Zheng at all, and it is not what he wants to pursue, what he wants is a cult of personality rule similar to the current one.

He alone can firmly command the whole army, and only when the order is issued, the whole army is united, and everyone fights under his deployment, can he use the only resources to fight against the imperial court.

If he continues to stay in the Yellow Turban Army, he will inevitably be restrained by the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army and officials of all levels such as veterans, not only will he not be able to mobilize other troops and horses of the Yellow Turban Army, but he may even be able to put in the troops he has worked so hard to build.

This is completely an operation that outweighs the losses, how could Liu Zheng not understand it.

Therefore, directly quitting the Yellow Turban Army was the most correct choice he made at the beginning.

Moreover, when Liu Zheng saw Zhang Ning and others coming to Shaoyang with more than 10,000 people at this time, Liu Zheng had already guessed in his heart that most of them would come here because Zhao Hong and others couldn't get along in Nanyang, otherwise if Zhao Hong and Zhang Ning really had the ability to fight against the imperial court, how could they bring people to this remote place?

"So, have you made up your mind not to return to the Yellow Turban Army to fight against us against the imperial court?"

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

"Miss Ning'er, do you still think it makes sense to join the Yellow Turban Army? But fighting the court together, we have indeed always been on the same front, even if I don't join the Yellow Turban Army, we can deal with the court together! ”

In any case, now that the imperial court has solved the matter of Wang Fen in Jizhou, it is inevitable that the next one will definitely take Liu Zheng.

Liu Zhengruo can win the help of Zhang Ning and others at this time. It can be regarded as having more people to use, and the odds will be greater.

These soldiers and horses under Zhang Ning are all the elites left over from the Yellow Turban Army, not the useless old, weak, sick and disabled who have just been recruited.

After getting Liu Zheng's answer, Zhang Ning's face obviously flashed a trace of loss.

It's not just a hint of loss, but a bigger regret in it.

If there is anyone in this world who wants to make the last effort for the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid that only Zhang Ning, a girl who has a daughter but a man who does not admit defeat.

She wants to inherit Zhang Jiao's will and continue to struggle, but she can rely on her own strength. It's like hitting a stone with an egg, and there is no ability at all in this late Han Dynasty.

She survived the battle in Jizhou, and with her own soldiers and horses, she finally escaped to Runan. However, it was found that Liu Zheng had already led people to withdraw, and only some weak veterans were left 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 compete with the imperial court.

Although Zhang Ning is a daughter, she still has the ability, and the devastated Runan County has regained some vitality in just two months under Zhang Ning's simple governance.

Zhang Ning also united with Zhao Hong in Nanyang, and once made the Yellow Turban Army in these two prefectures and counties resurrect again, gathering the remnants of the fleeing from Jizhou for a while, with a force of as many as 50,000 or 60,000.

But the good times were short-lived.

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

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

The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses originally united by Zhang Ning, Zhao Hong and others would not be defeated by the people of the imperial court in a short period of time.

However, Wang Fen of Jizhou, after being defeated by Huangfu Song last month, the imperial army in Jizhou was finally freed, and Huangfu Song, who had nothing to do, led the class to return to the dynasty and exterminated the Yellow Turban Army in Runan and Nanyang on the way.

Even if Zhang Ning commanded well, the strength of his men and horses was still not enough after all, and the level of military generals was not as good as that of Huangfu Song, so he was defeated after a battle, and Runan City was lost.

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

In order not to continue to sit still in Nanyang, Zhang Ning knew that staying in Nanyang was also a dead end, but fortunately he thought of Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng captured Jiaozhou. Now the news of the confrontation with Cai Mao in Guiyang and Changsha County has reached here.