Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 244 Gongsun Zan wants to surprise Liaodong
Zhang Ming has been in control of Linzi City for a month.

For a month, he was in harmony with these families.

Zhang Ming paid them money with one hand and called for salt with the other, and he didn't cheat them at all.

The salt was digested locally at the beginning, and the family made a lot of money.

They have already begun to lay out channels for the subsequent salt shipments, and then sell it to other states, such as Yanzhou and Jizhou.

Although Qingzhou is relatively close to Xuzhou, the market in Xuzhou is completely controlled by local salt merchants in Xuzhou.

This month, Zhang Ming and the others transported back the first batch of more than 1 refugees.

Zhang Ming asked Chen Yang to recruit outside the city.

At the beginning, the recruitment progress was slow. After a month of preparation, the recruitment speed has been accelerated, and thousands of refugees can be recruited in a day.

And this month, Gongsun Zan mobilized more troops to compete with Yuan Shao for territory.

The entire Qingzhou was already considered Gongsun Zan's territory at this time, of course that was his opinion.

"Oh, interesting."

Zhang Ming received the information that Gongsun Zan appointed Shan Jing as the governor of Yanzhou. At the same time, he was deceived by Yuan Shao and passed Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou.

And this Han Fu gave up the position of governor of Jizhou to Yuan Shao.

In this way, Gongsun Zan was deceived and furious, so he led an army to attack Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was afraid, so he handed over the prefect of Bohai to Gongsun Fan.

Yuan Shao had already begun to accumulate strength at this time, preparing to seize the territory.

Gongsun Zan is powerful and wants to control the entire north.

At this time, he led the army to deal with Yuan Shao.

At the same time, Yuan Shao stepped up his control of Qingzhou and Yanzhou. To control these territories, he could recruit troops and collect money and taxes from these places.

"time is limited."

Zhang Ming knew that when Gongsun Zan freed his hand, he would definitely attack him.

At this time, Zhang Ming had already exchanged Guan Yu back, allowing Xu Huang and Xi Zhicai to arrive in Linzi City.

At the same time, he was changing soldiers and horses every day, transferring some of the cavalry back, and then transferring some of the infantry back.

At the same time, he trained [-] city defenders in Linzi City.

Everything is being prepared for the big battle.

It took another two months before Zhang Ming found out what happened in Linzi City.

At this time, there are boats coming and going every day, and some people and supplies can be brought back every day. At the same time, Zhang Ming's soldiers and horses have been mobilized.

Zhang Ming used sporadic methods to secretly transfer [-] cavalry back to Liaodong to hide, and at the same time asked Xu Huang to lead [-] soldiers to defend Linzi City.

But Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun have been away from Linzi, wandering outside.

It's not considered wandering, but fighting bandits and so on.

In fact, there were no bandits around for a long time. They were only training outside the city, and at the same time they often trained to run away.

It often appears in other places, and even the unlucky bandits are cleaned up.

During this period, Zhang Ming ran his first newspaper, a weekly newspaper.

In addition to introducing the major events that happened in various parts of Dahan, commenting on the characters of various parties, and the poems written by Zhang Ming, the newspaper also has two pages introducing the football team.

In addition, Zhang Ming also introduced the customs of Liaodong and so on.

The first newspaper, up to 10 pages, cost [-] copper coins.

It was sold publicly in Liaodong, while in Qingzhou, Zhang Ming forcibly apportioned it and asked them to buy it directly.

All major families and all shops must buy it.

At the same time, Zhang Ming also sold them a comparison table of official script and simplified characters, so that they could recognize characters.

In Qingzhou, the price Zhang Ming apportioned was fifty copper coins.

It was only fifty copper coins, and no one would fight against Zhang Ming, and they all bought Zhang Ming's newspaper.

Zhang Ming used this method to achieve a profit-loss balance, and the first newspaper produced no loss.

Originally, these merchants and aristocratic families were still unhappy, but after reading the newspaper, they all felt it was worth it.

In this era, the news is blocked, and it is difficult to understand the major events outside. Usually, it is spread through people, and it takes a few months, or even a year or two, to receive the news.

Zhang Ming, on the other hand, has his own intelligence channel and can quickly and timely send information to Liaodong.

At least, Zhang Ming's intelligence is relatively timely.

As soon as the newspaper came out, many businessmen and aristocratic families began to buy it.

However, to read newspapers, they need to know simplified Chinese characters and buy comparison tables.

Zhang Ming didn't expect that the circulation of this newspaper would be pretty good after it came out.

After another two months, Zhang Ming did quite well in Linzi City.

Departing from Linzi City every day, there are many people and things leading to the mouth of the Yellow River.

A large number of people come and go every day.

After several months of development, Zhang Ming has brought back more than 9 people, as well as a lot of money and food.

At this time, Gongsun Zan had roughly figured it out.

"Brother, are you going to fight Liaodong?" When Gongsun Yue knew that Gongsun Zan was going to fight Liaodong, he was very happy.

Gongsun Zan nodded and said, "Now that our army is strong, it's time to eradicate this scourge."

Gongsun Zan could not tolerate the existence of a large force behind him.

Therefore, Gongsun Zan wanted to get rid of Zhang Ming.

Gongsun Zan called some of his confidants and began to plan.

"Zhang Ming doesn't have many troops in Liaodong, so we bypassed other places and directly attacked Xiangping City."

"On the other way, we lay in ambush around Linzi City. When Zhang Ming was about to go north to rescue, we attacked halfway and wiped out his army in Linzi City."

Gongsun Zan believed that as long as the surprise attack was successful, Zhang Ming's power would collapse.

Gongsun Zan is a man of action, so he will start making arrangements immediately.

First of all, he sent people to investigate and investigate the defense situation of Liaodong.

"Brother, good news."

Gongsun Yue took care of these things for the time being. After he investigated, he happily reported.

"Brother, there is basically no defense in Zhang Ming in Liaodong. There are not even people guarding the city gates. There are very few defenders in the city. The city gates are always open all year round. We can definitely send people to sneak in in advance as internal responses."

Indeed, Zhang Ming arranged for 3000 people in the city, and the rest trained outside the city.

At the same time, the matter of entering the city for inspection was also canceled by Zhang Ming, as long as a guard post was set up near the city gate.

If someone wants to get in, it's very easy, because there is no check at all.

It makes sense for Zhang Ming to do so.

In the entire sphere of influence, Zhang Ming has arranged many spies to monitor the various places, and it is basically impossible to surprise Liaodong.

When the enemy comes, Zhang Ming and the others can send troops into the city to defend without haste.

The army usually does not guard the city, so it can spend more time training.

Gongsun Zan was also very happy after listening to the report.

"This Zhang Ming is really arrogant, and he is looking for death."

When Gongsun Zan knew that there were only [-] defenders in the city and he could still send people in, he started to act.

Gongsun Zan ordered 1000 people to mix in.

At the same time, he also began to mobilize troops.

The soldiers and horses were divided into two groups, one to attack Xiangping City by surprise, and the other to ambush Zhang Ming's army.

After the task was assigned, Gongsun Zan asked Gongsun Fan and Yan Gang to go to Qingzhou to ambush Zhang Ming's army.

And he personally led the army, preparing to surprise Xiangping City.

(End of this chapter)