The soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command are cultivated elite, and he pays attention to precision rather than quantity.

Although there are not many soldiers and horses under his command, they are all elite.

Under the terrible siege of these elites facing the official army, even if Liu Zheng has outstanding ability, he cannot deal with so many famous generals in history.

So as soon as he heard that Dong Zhuo was going to Jizhou to attack Zhang Jiao, Liu Zheng had already figured out that he might really want to say goodbye to the Yellow Turban Army.

Although he still wants to fight with the Yellow Turban Army, the Yellow Turban Army is alone after all, and he can't save the Yellow Turban Army's decline.

Of course, the Yellow Turban Army has not been defeated yet, and Liu Zheng still wants to rescue it again, so he did not directly put forward the idea of leaving the Yellow Turban Army, but waited for further changes in the situation before making a decision.

It's just according to Liu Zheng's speculation. It will not be clear in a few days that the situation will change.

In order to prepare for the upcoming battle, Liu Zheng stepped up his efforts to let his craftsmen continue to make arrows and bows after returning to Runan City after fighting Dong Zhuo that day.

He even joined the ranks of studying how to create new weapons with craftsmen, and with his modern thinking, it was very simple to improve the existing weapons.

Although there are not much changes, it is still possible to improve the toughness of raw materials by a few points, after all, he is a science and engineering man, and he still knows a little about chemistry.

Back in Runan City, Cai Yao, who had been snubbed by him in Runan City before, immediately followed Liu Zheng's side again, when Liu Zheng was busy in the workshop, although Cai Yao was not explicitly forbidden to come, but when Cai Yao came over, Liu Zheng was still slightly surprised.

"Huh? Why are you here, girl? ”

Cai Yao is only sixteen or seventeen years old, although in the Three Kingdoms period, sixteen or seventeen years old was already a big girl, but Liu Zheng is a modern person after all, and for those who have not reached the age of eighteen, they are all regarded as children.

"I said you've been back for a few days, and you haven't seen anyone, so you've been hiding here."

As soon as Cai Yao saw Liu Zheng, she was actually a little angry.

"Don't you know that this is my military stronghold, you girl, don't forget your identity, you are my prisoner, you come here, aren't you afraid that I will kill you as a trick to steal my military secrets?"

Liu Zheng put down his work of talking to the craftsman, and then turned around and approached Cai Yao.

Liu Zheng hadn't approached Cai Yao yet, Cai Yao's girl's eyes were looking around in this workshop, and when Liu Zheng approached, she shook her braid and said to Liu Zheng with a smile.

"Well, I can see why you were able to defeat my eldest brother. And he was able to defeat Qin Jie's Taishou and kill Zhu Junzhonglang's generals! ”

Liu Zheng patted the dust on his hands, and when he heard Cai Yao's words, he became interested, and asked rhetorically.

"Oh? What do you understand? ”

"You're different from other generals I've seen?"

"What's different?"

"Other generals or commanders will not come to this kind of place at all, they are all arrogant and commanding others to do things, they don't want you, take the lead, lead by example, as a commander of the Yellow Turban Army, the highest commander in the entire Runan County, actually huddled in this dilapidated wooden shed all day long."

Cai Yao still showed a little disgust for this simple workshop, but Liu Zheng did not dislike it at all, on the contrary, he still liked it very much, after all, this is a place to improve the strength of his soldiers and horses, as long as he stays here for a day, he can always come up with something to improve the strength of his soldiers and horses.

And Liu Zheng smiled faintly at Cai Yao's words, he really didn't think about it so much.

Perhaps it is because these people in ancient times were used to being pampered, and they were not used to eating and living with the soldiers under their command, and they were the first to take the lead.

But Liu Zheng is different, Liu Zheng is a modern person, and he still has a great understanding of the word equality, plus he has traveled to the Three Kingdoms.

was not born in a rich and noble family, but a down-and-out homeless person, after being rescued by the Yellow Turban Army, he also became a member of the Yellow Turban Army, and worked hard for so long to have his current status.

Therefore, he does not reject or oppose the soldiers and horses under his command who mix with them all day long. On the contrary, I enjoy this feeling, so the cohesion of the soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command is stronger, and I agree more with Liu Zheng.

Even at the beginning, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao and others, who were Xiaoqu Shuai under Bocai, admired Liu Zheng very much.

"Come on, don't be idle, girl, this is not the place you should come to, this place is my military stronghold, you are a member of the official army, if you come here to steal my secrets, then I can't let you go back, wait a minute, you really want to stay and be my wife!"

Liu Zheng's joke made Cai Yao's face turn red.

"You...... You make fun of me again, and I ignore you. Hum. ”

"Okay, I'm not kidding you, do you have something to do when you come here to find me?"

Liu Zheng knew that Cai Yao was very smart, and she usually wouldn't take the initiative to come to Liu Zheng, and he must have something to do when he came to Liu Zheng.

Cai Yao didn't want to pay attention to Liu Zheng, but when Liu Zheng softened her tone and took the initiative to ask her, she still immediately opened her mouth to Liu Zheng.

"There's news from my brother."

"Your brother? Cai Mao? ”

was reminded by Cai Mao like this, and Liu Zheng remembered that Cai Mao had been back in Xiangyang for a while.

According to the estimation of time, Cai Mao should have regained control of the Cai family at this time, thinking of this, Liu Zheng's eyes couldn't help but light up, so that the promise made by Cai Mao before had a chance to come true.

Cai Mao promised to give him 2,000 gold at that time, which was a huge amount of money for Liu Zheng, which could greatly relieve his economic pressure, at least it could be used to purchase a large number of pig iron and war horses, forge new weapons, train more cavalry, and greatly improve the strength of the 30,000 horses under his command.

So after hearing Cai Yao talk about this, Liu Zheng immediately asked.

"Your brother has already taken control of the Cai family, is he planning to use the money to ransom you?"

"My brother sent someone to tell me that he had mastered the Cai family, and he would collect money in the near future and come to Liu Zhengqu Shuai to ransom him."

"That's a good relationship, I'm short of money."

Liu Zheng's happy appearance was seen by Cai Yao, and Cai Yao's face showed a sense of loss.

Liu Zheng, who was good at observation, immediately knew that Cai Yao must have something on his mind, but fortunately asked again at this time.

"Girl, do you have something on your mind?"

After being seen by Liu Zheng, Cai Yao bit her lip, and after hesitating for a moment, she still said a word to Liu Zheng.

"I do have something on my mind to talk to you about."