The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

After considering these two points, Liu Zheng shook his head and rejected the idea of ​​recuperating.

Leaving aside whether he would obey Zhang Jiao's orders after going to Jizhou, he was worried just because he couldn't recruit more people in a short time.

In this troubled world, without enough manpower, it is impossible for him to compete with the official army. Once the Yellow Turban Army's uprising fails, he will only have a dead end.

So he still wants to accumulate a lot of power in a short time.

"Going to Nanyang, if my expectations are correct, after the fighting in Runan is over, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun will definitely not continue to encircle. They will divide their troops and go all the way to Nanyang to destroy Zhang Mancheng. Against Zhang Jiao, if we can defeat all the officers and soldiers in Nanyang, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army will be shaken again!"

In fact, there was still one thing Liu Zheng didn't say in his heart, that is, he knew that Zhang Jiao would die of illness, and he went to Jizhou to be buried with the Yellow Turban Army, so he couldn't go.

Chapter 32 God's Messenger

Liu Zheng's men did not stay on this official path for too long.

They followed the official road and headed west all the way to Nanyang.

Nanyang County may be relatively unfamiliar to Liu Zheng, but it is not unfamiliar to Xu You.

Xu You is a native of Nanyang County, so if Xu You leads everyone to Nanyang, they will not get lost.

Nanyang is basically under the rule of the Yellow Turban Army at this time. Zhang Mancheng, the envoy of the gods, not long after the Yellow Turban Uprising in February, beheaded many officials in Nanyang County, occupied Wancheng, and then rebelled. The beacon fire soon burned to the entire county of Nanyang County.

Now Nanyang County is basically under the rule of the Yellow Turban Army, and it is gradually expanding outward.

However, Liu Zheng calculated the time, and it is now the end of May. Based on his understanding of history, God's envoy Zhang Mancheng will not have a long way to live.

In Liu Zheng's impression, there will soon be a new Nanyang prefect who will organize a group of troops to join forces with General Zhonglang who came from Runan to kill Zhang Mancheng.

The battle of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang became more and more difficult.

As for Liu Zheng, he thought in his heart that if Zhang Mancheng could be rescued, it would be better to save him. After all, the longer the Yellow Turban Army existed, the more beneficial it would be for Liu Zheng.

They went all the way to Nanyang County, and did not go straight to Wancheng and Xinyecheng.

Instead, they found a county called Ye County nearby and settled there first.

Ye County is not far from the junction of Nanyang County and Runan County, and it is also the only way to go from Runan County to Nanyang County.

If Liu Zheng and others want to cultivate here temporarily, there is no problem. The only thing to worry about is the officers and soldiers coming from Runan.

However, it is better to stay in one county temporarily than to encounter the officers and soldiers in the wild.

At least in the county town, it is possible to rely on the convenience of the city wall to carry out a protracted battle with the official army.

As soon as he arrived in Ye County, Liu Zheng immediately ordered his current team to take over all the city defense work in Ye County, and at the same time, he did the same thing as he did in Quyang County last time.

While stepping up to let Xu Huang and Pei Yuanshao train the cavalry, they sent people to the city to collect arrows and spears. If they didn't have any, they would cut down trees and make wooden spears by themselves.

At the same time, Xu Huang was asked to mobilize some people with better cavalry to act as scouts and form a 30-member scout team. Let these scouts be dispatched first to pay close attention to the dynamics of the officers and soldiers.

And he himself was not idle, took Zhou Cang and Xu You, and went straight to Wancheng.

When you come to Nanyang, if you don't meet the envoy of God, Zhang Mancheng, Liu Zheng can't justify it.

After all, when he came to Nanyang, he had to rely on Zhang Mancheng to some extent, and he also hoped that Zhang Mancheng could bring him some help.

And the reason why he didn't bring his own soldiers and horses there, Liu Zheng also had his own plans.

When he was in Runan City, he had only more than 100 war horses, and he had already attracted the covetousness of guys like He Yi in Runan. Now he has hundreds of war horses under his command. Zhang Mancheng's greed.

When he had never met Zhang Mancheng and didn't know what kind of character that guy was, Liu Zheng didn't want to take the risk. One thing more is worse than one thing less.

Furthermore, after the Battle of Runan, Liu Zheng was quite afraid of the siege tactics of the officers and soldiers. If all the troops and horses gathered in Wancheng, they would be besieged again by the officers and soldiers.

I'm afraid it will be another tragic battle. Liu Zheng doesn't want to take this risk. It's better to be with most of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang. Since the number of his troops is small, it won't attract the attention of the officers and soldiers.

With the support of Zhang Mancheng and others in Nanyang, the main energy of the officers and soldiers will be on Zhang Mancheng, so Liu Zheng can take a break and give him some opportunities for development.

However, he wore Zhou Cang to meet Zhang Mancheng because Zhou Cang was an old man of the Yellow Turban Army, and he, Liu Zheng, was just a newly appointed commander-in-chief. He had never seen such a big man as Zhang Mancheng.

Rushing to see Zhang Mancheng, I was really worried that Zhang Mancheng would not see him.

Speeding up the horse, Liu Zheng and others arrived in Wancheng within half a day.

The 30 Yellow Turban Army under Zhang Mancheng's command is stationed here. If you count the people in the city, the entire Wancheng has a population of more than [-].

After Zhang Mancheng occupied Wancheng, although the tentacles began to spread in other parts of Jingzhou, the battle was not particularly smooth.

After a brief report, Liu Zheng met Zhang Mancheng under the leadership of several Yellow Turban soldiers.

Compared with Bo Cai, Zhang Mancheng looked younger.

When Liu Zheng saw Zhang Mancheng, he felt that this guy was a bit burly. The gossip said that this guy was Zhang Jiao's illegitimate son. Whether it was true or not, he was also appointed by Zhang Jiao as the next leader of the Yellow Turban Sect.

Unfortunately, his life was not long, and he died one step ahead of Zhang Jiao.

"Liu Zheng has met the God Envoy."

As soon as he entered the big tent, Liu Zheng took the initiative to say hello to Zhang Mancheng.

And Zhou Cang and Xu You also followed suit.

Zhang Mancheng glanced at Liu Zheng, Zhou Cang and others.

"Zhou Cang, aren't you under that guy Bocai? Why did you come to my Nanyang?"

Zhang Mancheng ignored Liu Zheng. After all, Zhang Mancheng had never met Liu Zheng, but was quite familiar with Zhou Cang, so he could only ask Zhou Cang first.

Liu Zheng knew that Zhang Mancheng was deliberately neglecting himself, so he stopped talking, but waited for Zhou Cang and Zhang Mancheng to chat first.

"Reporting to the envoy, this matter is a long story, Bocai Daqu is handsome, and something unexpected may have happened!"

Zhou Cang's face was gloomy, and his words were a little slow, but he still responded to Zhang Mancheng at this time.

Zhang Mancheng was a little casual at first, and seemed to be absent-minded, but after hearing Zhou Cang's words, his face immediately changed, and he turned his head immediately, and asked Zhou Cang very excitedly.

"What did you say? What happened to Pocai?"

Zhang Mancheng's words made Zhou Cang continue to explain to him.

Zhou Cang introduced the defeat of Bocai from Changshe, and the continued defeat of Chen Guo, and was finally encircled and wiped out by the government and army in Runan.

The more Zhang Mancheng listened, the darker his face became.

Especially when he heard that in Runan City, Brother He Yi carried Huang Shao to betray the Yellow Turban, Zhang Mancheng's whole face seemed to be a different person.

Snapped!

Just after Zhou Cang finished speaking, Zhang Mancheng stretched out his hand and slapped it on the table, startling Liu Zheng.

"It's unreasonable! He Yi, a bastard, dares to betray my sect! I will definitely destroy his whole family!"

Zhang Mancheng yelled angrily, which showed that he was really angry.

"My lord, now we still have nearly 7000 people who have broken through from Runan and are currently stationed in Ye County, Nanyang. This brother Liu Zheng is the Xiaoqu commander who was conferred by Daqu commander Bocai. Now we are in command of him. !"

Chapter 33 Sun Xia

Zhou Cang said something to Zhang Mancheng again.

Zhang Mancheng, who was in a state of anger, heard Zhou Cang's words, and then turned his eyes to Liu Zheng again.

Only now did Zhang Mancheng start to really look at Liu Zheng.

But it was just skipped at a glance, and I didn't take it too seriously at all.

"You are stationed in Ye County? Ye County is quite far from here, why don't you come to Wancheng?"

"My Majesty, it's not that we don't want to come to Wancheng, but that Ye County is relatively close to Runan County. We stay in Ye County temporarily to prevent the officers and troops in Runan from turning to Nanyang. Once we receive the news , so that I can report to you in advance.”

On the way, Liu Zheng had already thought of a countermeasure, so when Zhang Mancheng asked him, he immediately answered.

Zhang Mancheng didn't ask any more questions about Liu Zheng's answer, then nodded and stopped asking.

"Your mere thousands of soldiers and horses will definitely not be the opponents of the official army. How about this? I will send another 3 people there to defend Ye County with you."

"When I settle the matter in Nanyang County, then I will send my troops eastward and flatten Runan County!"

Zhang Mancheng was silent for a moment, and after thinking about the situation, he began to say something to Liu Zheng and Zhou Cang.

When Liu Zheng heard Zhang Mancheng's words, he roughly guessed that Zhang Mancheng didn't take his own people to Runan directly, and there must be other things holding him back.

Out of curiosity, Liu Zheng asked a question.

"My lord, what happened here in Nanyang?"

"It's nothing, I just got the news recently that someone has succeeded the prefect of Nanyang. At this time, he is uniting with the governor of Jingzhou and intends to come and suppress me. Hmph, more than ten thousand people want to compete with my 20 army. It’s overpowering.”

Zhang Mancheng looked calm, and after hearing Liu Zheng's inquiry, he didn't hide anything, and directly told Liu Zheng the worries in his heart.

And Liu Zheng's expression tightened immediately after listening to Zhang Mancheng's words.

If he remembers correctly, Zhang Mancheng died in this crackdown in history.

At the moment, Liu Zheng hurriedly reminded Zhang Mancheng.

"The envoy, there are more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in the district, why do you need to do it, leave it to me, I will lead people, go there and destroy them!"

Although Zhang Mancheng didn't take the new Nanyang prefect seriously, they were officers and soldiers after all. How they would act and suppress Nanyang County would still attract Zhang Mancheng's attention.

But Liu Zheng said that he was going to deal with that wave of people, and Zhang Mancheng felt that Liu Zheng was joking.

"Hehe, I'll leave it to you, kid. I'm afraid you don't know the strength of the officers and soldiers?"

"Although they only have more than 5 troops, even if we have [-] people, we may not be the opponents of the official army. After all, those officers and soldiers are well-equipped, and the villagers under them are all burly and strong men recruited. It is much more powerful than those soldiers and horses under our men."

"I just heard from Zhou Cang that you currently have only 7000 people under your command. If you want to defeat more than [-] officers and soldiers, you are probably dreaming."

Zhang Mancheng didn't believe that Liu Zheng had this ability at all.

Seeing that Zhang Mancheng said this, Liu Zheng didn't say much. He didn't intend to hit the fat man with a swollen face. Since Zhang Mancheng didn't want him to participate in the battle, Liu Zheng just kindly reminded him.

"The envoy, when fighting those officers and soldiers, don't go to the battlefield in person. Remember."

"Joke, what's the point of not going to the battlefield in person?"

Zhang Mancheng flicked his sleeves and told Liu Zheng to stop talking.

In addition, at this time Zhang Mancheng was still in the depressed mood of Bocai's defeat, so Liu Zheng didn't continue to say anything more.

The first meeting between the two parties broke up unhappy.

Zhang Mancheng planned to send 3 people to assist Liu Zheng in stationing Ye County, but Liu Zheng did not refuse.

After all, there are people to help, so why not do it.

When Liu Zheng brought Zhou Cang and Xu You back to Ye County, the person Zhang Mancheng sent over also followed.

The leader is called Sun Xia.

This guy is also a well-known Qu Shuai in the Yellow Turban Army.

If Liu Zheng remembered correctly, after Zhang Mancheng died, Zhao Hong succeeded to the throne, and after Zhao Hong died, it was this Sun Xia who succeeded.

It can be said that Sun Xia is the number three figure in the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.

"Brother Sun Xia, thank you for coming to help. The location of Ye County is more important. If there is a mistake, the army can pass through Ye County and directly kill Wancheng. That's why I am stationed here."

Although Sun Xia was sent by Zhang Mancheng and was not familiar with Liu Zheng, as a colleague, he still had to give him a good face.

Sun Xia is different from Zhang Mancheng, Sun Xia is more amiable, without the arrogance of Zhang Mancheng.

As soon as he saw Liu Zheng's greeting, he immediately greeted him with a smile and started talking with Liu Zheng.

"In any case, the envoy sent me here to assist you in guarding Ye County precisely because he knew the importance of Ye County."

"Brother Sun, don't be too nervous. I have already sent scouts to inquire about news near Ye County leading to Runan City. Once there is any movement of the officers and soldiers, I will definitely know soon."

What Liu Zheng was worried about was not Ye County, but Zhang Mancheng's life. After all, if history did not change, Zhang Mancheng would die in the battle with Qin Jie soon, so Liu Zheng still missed Zhang Mancheng a lot, and wanted to know how Zhang Mancheng was. How the hell did he die.

Since he still didn't know the situation in Nanyang County, he had no choice but to ask Sun Xia for information.

"Brother Sun, do you know what's going on in Nanyang County now? Why did he say that when I went to see the envoy before, an army of officials was going to attack Nanyang County."

Hearing Liu Zheng asked about this, Sun Xia knew better, and immediately explained to Liu Zheng.

"Didn't we capture Nanyang County a long time ago? After beheading the prefect and all the officials of Nanyang County, the court immediately sent a new person to succeed the post of prefect of Nanyang County. This person is Jiangxia County. Captain Qin Jie."

"Then Qin Jie was very courageous. Before he took office, he joined forces with the governor of Jingzhou, Xu Wei, and recruited brave men from the countryside to form ten thousand elite soldiers. He fought all the way from Jiangxia to Nanyang, intending to wipe us out. But our army is not vegetarian either. Now they are still facing each other in Jiangxia, and both sides have their own victories."

"However, I heard that the envoy intends to lead all the soldiers and horses to fight those Qin Jies in two days, take advantage of the opportunity to wipe out these hateful officers, and then go to Runan County to attack those guys who killed Bocai."

Sun Xia had already stopped Zhang Mancheng from talking about what happened in Runan City, and when he heard Liu Zheng ask again, he told Liu Zheng what he knew.