The imperial court is already unavailable.

After all, several Zhonglang generals have died, and only Lu Zhi is left, and the rise of Liu Bei's three brothers is actually inevitable.

Because He Miao got acquainted with the three brothers of Liu Bei when he fought against Liu Zheng in the early days, he was clear about the strength of the three brothers of Liu Bei and the strength of Gongsun Zhan.

Therefore, in order to win over Liu Bei, He Miao directly wrote to the little emperor, canonized Liu Bei as the queen general, led an army of 30,000 troops to be stationed in Hugao Pass, and at the same time let Lu Zhi continue to guard Luoyang, and then ordered Gongsun Zan to lead the soldiers and horses of King Qin from other places to go to Jizhou to destroy Yuan Shao.

When these news reached Liu Zheng's ears, Liu Zheng knew that the existence of the Han family was getting weaker and weaker, and he loudly announced the world and asked the princes from all over the country to be kings, but as long as they came, 50,000 soldiers and horses.

It's just a joke.

The disadvantages of this kind of vassal system are very great, and they only consider their own interests, and the rebellion of the eight kings in later generations is a typical example, the princes support their own troops and do not take into account the central court at all.

After Liu Zheng heard the reports of his subordinates on the Central Plains, he didn't particularly care about these things in the Central Plains, anyway, let them make trouble, the more cheerful the Central Plains, the more happy Liu Zheng was, only in this way, the situation of fragmentation, Liu Zheng could deal with those small princes with his own strength.

He originally wanted to take advantage of Liu Biao's dispatch of 30,000 troops to support the Han Dynasty, and take the opportunity to attack Liu Biao, but be careful, it was Cai Mao who was stationed in Changsha, and Liu Zheng was a little unbearable, plus the battle against Yangzhou had just been launched this year, and the soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command did have some shortcomings.

The newly recruited manpower had not yet been trained and was not enough to be put into the battlefield, so after careful consideration, it was decided to give up the plan to attack Yangzhou.

However, Liu Zheng didn't want to take the opportunity to deal with Liu Biao, which didn't mean that Zhang Ning didn't have this mind.

At the beginning of November, when Liu Zheng was still vigorously developing the business of Jiaozhou, Zhang Ning sent someone to find Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng hadn't seen Zhang Ning for a while, and Zhang Ning's people, after Liu Zheng arranged for him to Lingling County, developed very well in Lingling County.

Liu Zheng heard that the Yellow Turban Army had resurrected in Lingling County, and for a time it had many followers, and even in Liu Zheng's Jiaozhou, some people participated in the belief of the Yellow Turban Sect.

Of course, Liu Zheng is not particularly resistant to this matter, after all, it is only a military activity with religious interest, as long as Zhang Ning does not endanger his position, Liu Zheng will only turn a blind eye.

After more than a year of development, Zhang Ning re-recruited some new people to join the Yellow Turban Army in Lingling County, so that the Yellow Turban Army suddenly developed more than 30,000 horses in Lingling County, and from time to time there were some remnants of the Yellow Turban Army that spread from outside to join, so that Zhang Ning continued to absorb new populations this year, and the soldiers and horses once swelled to as many as 50,000.

With soldiers and horses, Zhang Ning's desire to avenge his father became stronger, and he wanted to enter Luoyang and kill Lu Zhi, the murderer who killed his father.

Although Zhang Jiao was not directly killed by Lu Zhi, but died of illness himself, the fall of the Yellow Turban Army was directly related to Lu Zhi. So in Zhang Ning's heart, he has always regarded Lu Zhi as his biggest enemy.

"Liu Zhengqu is handsome."

"Miss Ning'er, what kind of wind is blowing you today."

Liu Zheng looked at Zhang Ning and looked at Zhang Ning carefully, Zhang Ning was completely different from when he saw her a year ago.

Or rather, it is different from Zhang Ning, whom Liu Zheng has met several times before.

When Liu Zheng first met Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning was a cold and arrogant woman, she didn't like to talk very much, and she always had a high-minded demeanor from beginning to end, although she glanced at Liu Zhenggao a few times, she never took off her cold disguise.

After all, Zhang Ning at that time was still the saintess of the Yellow Turban Sect, and she was the unattainable goddess of others.

And when I saw Zhang Ning again, Zhang Ning was already a phoenix in distress, the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Jiao's death, the blow to Zhang Ning was too great, plus those who flattered him before, no longer listened to his dispatch, so Zhang Ning could only rely on himself, although he was still as cold as before, but there was no such unsympathetic coldness, but it was a kind of independence of a strong woman.

After a year of tempering in Lingling County, when I saw Zhang Ning again, Zhang Ning's body had faded away from the youthfulness of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and was replaced by a mature face, a weather-beaten face, although it was still beautiful, but it was a little more calm, no longer as anxious as before, but confident.

"I'm here this time to discuss something with Qu Shuai."

Although Liu Zheng said that he quit the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Ning always called Liu Zheng Qu Shuai, after all, Liu Zheng was Qu Shuai, but Zhang Ning personally awarded it to Liu Zheng.

In Zhang Ning's heart, Liu Zheng has always been the commander of the Yellow Turban Army.

"If you have something to say, even if it's okay, you can come to me often, after all, I have a lot of things here that you can learn, and you can use them in the management of Lingling County. By the way, some time ago, Wen Ping has found the iron ore I need in Zhuya Prefecture, and in the past two months, it has been mined, or it won't be long before I can smelt weapons by myself here, and then I can send you some to arm those soldiers and horses under your command. ”

Liu Zheng suddenly remembered that when he saw the document presented just now, there was a matter about Zhu Yazhou, and he remembered such a thing, he had a certain understanding of the equipment of the Yellow Turban Army, compared to the weapons of the official army, the gap was not half a star, especially there was no standard military uniform, everyone wore it differently.

Fortunately, most of those soldiers are trophies picked up, and the levels are uneven, and now there are more people under Zhang Ning's command, and the demand for equipment and weapons must be greater.

"Then thank you very much, in fact, I came this time to introduce you to someone."

"People? Who? ”

When Liu Zheng heard Zhang Ning's words, he was slightly surprised, but he didn't expect Zhang Ning to bring someone here.

"He's outside the door right now, and I'm calling him in."

Zhang Ning was not polite, after Liu Zheng was curious and wanted to know who this person was, he directly said a word to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng nodded and agreed to Zhang Ning's request.

Zhang Ning quickly shouted outside the door, and the guards at the door let him go and let this person in.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Zheng was stunned.

It's him!