In the entire Jingzhou, except for the three counties of Wuling County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County among the four counties of Jingnan, they are not under Liu Biao's control for the time being, and the other states and counties have completely fallen into Liu Biao's hands.

Moreover, Jingzhou is a huge state and county with a large population, just controlling most of Jingzhou, Liu Biao has at least more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, plus there are many wealthy families here, it is not so easy to defeat Liu Biao's Jingzhou.

However, thinking about it, Zhang Ning will take a fancy to Jingzhou, and he also thinks that Liu Biao sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to the imperial court for the sake of King Qin, and now Jingzhou is when it is weak, so it is relatively easy to attack.

In particular, Jingzhou is close to Liu Zheng's Jiaozhou, and once the fight starts, Liu Zheng will probably not stand idly by.

And Qingzhou, the current state pastor is called Huang Wan. This Huang Wan, in fact, Liu Zheng also knows that he has some impressions, when he was in Jiangxia before, he saw Huang Zu, the Huang family in Jiangxia Hall, and the biggest backer in the court is Huang Wan.

Huang Wan is the great-grandson of Shangshuling Huang Xiang and the grandson of Taiwei Huang Qiong, and he is also a minister who is highly regarded by the imperial court.

Qingzhou has always been the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turban Army's uprising, and the imperial court here was responsible for exterminating the Yellow Turban Army, although it was initially effective. But in fact, the Yellow Turban Army was not cleared here, but all hidden, hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, no longer coming out to swim as openly as before.

The number of Yellow Turban troops in Qingzhou is not much less than that in Jizhou. This can be seen from the later historical Cao Cao's occupation of Qingzhou and the surrender of the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, when the Yellow Turban Army that surrendered to Cao Cao counted millions of people, young and old, and there were as many as 300,000 warriors.

These 300,000 people were selected by Cao Cao in the future and formed into the world-famous Qingzhou soldiers.

From this, you can imagine the power of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban.

Zhang Mancheng relied on the terrible number of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, but there is indeed the possibility of defeating Qingzhou, after all, there are no powerful princes in Qingzhou today, which is mainly due to the remote geographical location of Qingzhou, and the chaotic land far away from the Central Plains since ancient times.

It is also the land of Qilu, where the sage Confucius, appeared, and emperors have appeared in the thirteen states of China, but Qingzhou has not produced any great unified emperor.

In contrast, attacking Qingzhou is indeed more certain than attacking other states.

"If you want to choose one between Jingzhou and Qingzhou, I recommend you to attack Qingzhou."

Liu Zheng pondered for a moment, and finally said something he had thought of to Zhang Ning.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Mancheng immediately picked up.

"That's what I said, after all, we have more soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, and we are also clear about the defense of counties and counties in Qingzhou, and we have a greater grasp, but Ning Er insisted that it is more feasible to attack Jingzhou, Liu Zhengqu Shuai, you better hurry up and persuade Ning Er."

"Why? Why is it better to attack Qingzhou than Jingzhou? ”

Zhang Ning was also anxious, he was more inclined to attack Jingzhou, so after Zhang Mancheng said this, he immediately retorted, looked at Liu Zheng, and wanted to get his own answer from Liu Zheng's mouth.

"I don't know much about Qingzhou, but with what Envoy Zhang Mancheng told me just now that there are at least 200,000 troops in Qingzhou, I can be sure that the number of Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou is definitely more than the number of Yellow Turban Army in Lingling County, soldiers and horses are the basis for attacking towns, if you want to attack Jingzhou with tens of thousands of people in Lingling County, it is inevitable that there are some too whimsical."

"I know that if you want to attack Jingzhou, you must have thought that not long ago, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao sent 30,000 soldiers and horses to King Qinwang of Luoyang, but do you know that in addition to these 30,000 people, Liu Biao also has at least 100,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou counties, and the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in these counties are combined, and the troops it can mobilize far exceed 100,000 people."

"It is too difficult for you to attack the soldiers and horses of several counties in Jingzhou with the strength of one county, but it is different to attack Qingzhou, there are at least 200,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, and Qingzhou Mu Huangwan, although he is a member of the imperial court, but he does not occupy much weight in Qingzhou, and the counties and counties in Qingzhou are still fighting on their own, and the possibility of conquering Qingzhou is much higher than the possibility of conquering Jingzhou."

Liu Zheng briefly explained to Zhang Ning, and Zhang Mancheng agreed very much, and nodded again and again.

In fact, he had another thing he didn't say, and he couldn't say it to Zhang Ning.

If Jingzhou is attacked now, Liu Zheng will not be able to pull away no matter what, and then it will be another bloody battle, which will expose Liu Zheng's ambition in advance, Liu Zheng wants to hide his strength, and his plan to raise troops will be shattered.

Although Liu Zheng's current strength is not afraid of a war with Jingzhou, but he exposed his strength too early, it is not just a Jingzhou that will greet him, and when the time comes, the imperial courts of Yangzhou and Luoyang will inevitably set their eyes on him, and what he needs to meet is soldiers and horses from many sides.

And if they can persuade Zhang Ning and these Yellow Turban soldiers to attack Qingzhou, whether they take Qingzhou or not, they can also attract the attention of the imperial court for Liu Zheng.

Either way, it's a good thing for him.

After Zhang Ning heard Liu Zheng's answer, his eyes obviously showed a trace of disappointment.

"Of course, I don't mean that I have to fight Qingzhou, but relatively speaking, the cost of attacking Jingzhou is much greater than attacking Qingzhou."

"Think about it, is it easier for you, tens of thousands of people, to travel long distances to Qingzhou, or is it more convenient for the more than 200,000 people in Qingzhou to travel long distances to Jingzhou?"

Zhang Ning originally wanted to say something, but after hearing Liu Zheng speak again, he didn't say anything more.

She also seemed to have figured out that it was indeed better to attack Qingzhou than to attack Jingzhou.

"Okay, I understand, let's attack Qingzhou, it's just Liu Zhengqu Shuai, if we want to attack Qingzhou, will you join us?"

Zhang Ning paused for a moment, and finally asked Liu Zheng the question she wanted to ask the most.

After all, the purpose of their coming here was actually to promote Liu Zheng to join them and join the array of fighting against the imperial court.

Liu Zheng heard Zhang Ning's inquiry, and his face changed slightly. He looked at the slightly begging look on Zhang Ling's face and couldn't bear to refuse.

But when he thought that this was not just helping Zhang Ning, but to help the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Mancheng, and helping them was not beneficial to Liu Zheng, so although he personally wanted to help Zhang Ning, for the sake of the overall situation, Liu Zheng still rejected Zhang Ning.