Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 247 Occupying more than ten counties
After Xu Rong surrendered, Zhang Ming was not in a hurry to let him lead the army, but trained with the soldiers after he arrived in Liaodong.

If you want to understand Liaodong's army and be familiar with the combat power of Liaodong soldiers, you have to train with them.

After training for a period of time, Xu Rong realized the strength of Liaodong soldiers, how to estimate his own combat strength, and the effect of giving orders.

After a period of training, Zhang Ming let Xu Rong lead the army alone.

This time, Xu Rong, who had been hiding for a long time, started to use it.

The occupation of western Liaoning must have dealt another blow to their morale. Gongsun Zan had no choice but to retreat.

Gongsun Zan left, and Guan Yu stopped pursuing after joining Xu Rong in western Liaoning.

"General Guan, Gongsun Zan won't be able to kill him in a short time," Xu Rong said.

"Well, he lost a lot this time. Over there in Qingzhou, my elder brother has already made arrangements, so I'm afraid he won't be able to get any cheap."

Gongsun Zan was extremely remorseful, and Gongsun Yue blamed himself again and again.

"Brother, it's all my fault. I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

Gongsun Zan didn't blame him. On the way, he figured out many things, and Zhang Ming was well prepared.

"Either there is no result in Qingzhou, or there will be a lot of losses." Gongsun Zan said.

Here, Zhang Ming is prepared, so there must be preparations in Qingzhou.

Gongsun Zan couldn't help it either. If it was going to happen over there, it should have happened.

It is said that in Qingzhou, Zhang Ming had already detected the place where they were ambush.

Then he sent Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei two wandering armies to attack their ambushing army suddenly.

The two armies jointly strangled and dispersed Gongsun Zan's 6000-man army.

Killed more than 4000 people, captured more than [-] people, and only a few were able to escape.

The other ambush soldiers knew that the plan had been revealed, so they led people to retreat.

In this way, Gongsun Zan's plan went bankrupt.

Not only did Gongsun Zan fail to succeed, he also lost troops and generals.

Then, Zhang Ming asked Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to break through more than ten counties around Linzi City one after another, and occupied these counties.

Zhang Ming occupied the county seat, and that would be three feet away.

Zhang Ming was in Linzi City, and was very happy after hearing the news.

Xi Zhicai said, "My lord, if you put all your troops on the line, Gongsun Zan's army will suffer even greater losses."

Zhang Ming shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet, Gongsun Zan's biggest enemy will not be us, but Yuan Shao."

If Gongsun Zan wants to develop, he can only compete with Yuan Shao or Liu Yu for territory.

After Zhang Ming occupied Liaoxi, he would not attack again.

Going forward, it is You Beiping, and Gongsun Zan is about to fight to the death. Both armies must have suffered heavy losses, and they will be wiped out by Yuan Shao in the end.

Gongsun Zan wouldn't do that, and neither would Zhang Ming.

Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun came back after conquering more than ten county towns.

The two were very happy.

"Brother, how are we doing?"

"Very good, you can drink." Zhang Ming knew why Zhang Fei came here to ask for credit.

Alcohol was not allowed during the war, and even Zhang Fei dared not drink it no matter how daring he was.

When you arrive in Linzi City, you are allowed to drink alcohol.

When Zhang Fei heard that he could drink, he burst out laughing and dragged Zhao Yun to drink.

Chen Yang also came to report.

"Chen Yang, you will take over more than a dozen county towns, and you will be given 200 people in each town, as long as the county towns can operate normally."

"In addition, a large number of refugees and craftsmen were recruited in the county. Despite the promise of treatment, I would bring all of them back if I could."

"Yes, my lord."

Chen Yang recorded Zhang Ming's request in detail, and then asked some questions.

Chen Yang said: "My lord, since we may have to give up these cities in the end, why don't we forcibly evacuate the people inside and take them all back to Liaodong?"

"No, if that's the case, the people will run away one after another. Let's take our time and take some of them away first. When the number of people here gradually decreases, we will have a way to take them away when we finally have to evacuate."

"We still have to make money here and buy food, so we need to figure it out slowly."

Chen Yang understood that if the county was ordered to be evacuated, the aristocratic families in Qingzhou would not allow Zhang Ming to do so, and the people would also be scared away.

Zhang Ming wants to do long-term business.

Occupying the surrounding counties, Zhang Ming will not leave any supplies, all of which will be used to recruit refugees.

With more than ten counties, Chen Yang dispersed the people, and there were even more points that could be set up.

Now, the boats to and from Liaodong can bring back full people every time.

Zhang Ming's strength is growing rapidly, and the population of several counties under his control is also increasing.

As for Gongsun Zan, he was extremely annoyed after returning.

This time it was completely tricked, both Liaodong and Qingzhou were ambushed, and the losses were huge.

Gongsun Zan was furious, and Western Liaoning was still occupied at this time.

At this time, Guan Yu and Xu Rong guarded Liaoxi. If he wanted to attack Liaodong again, it would be impossible, and his way back would be cut off.

"Brother, why don't we send troops to return to Liaoxi County directly, this Liaoxi County is too important to us." Gongsun Yue said.

"It's temporarily impossible, Yuan Shao has been expanding his strength."

Gongsun Zan originally thought that he could take Liaodong easily, but it turned out he couldn't.

Gongsun Zan's suffering can only be swallowed.

Gongsun Zan didn't make any moves, while Zhang Ming just stayed the same and continued to expand his strength.

Now, every day, thousands of people are being transported back to the counties under his control.

A large piece of wasteland was reclaimed, and Zhang Ming also spent money like running water to build a large number of houses and farm tools, and a lot of coins were thrown out.

At the same time, his ability to absorb money is also very strong, and the money from selling salt, liquor, and tea has maintained such a rapid development.

"Zhicai, I will leave Linzi to you. I must go back to Liaodong."

Linzi City is very stable now, with Xu Huang, Xi Zhicai, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, plus an army of nearly [-] now.

Zhang Ming wants to go back to make money, and he wants to make money, and what he makes is banknotes.

Zhang Ming went back by boat, and after returning, he summoned the craftsmen.

Many craftsmen were assembled, and after more than half a year of manufacturing, they are now able to make various pigments.

Pigments of many colors have already been produced, with Zhang Ming's technical support, they only need a lot of experiments.

As for paper, Zhang Ming had already had someone develop special paper.

Today, paper manufacturing technology is the strongest in Liaodong, and it is cheap.

"We can start manufacturing."

Zhang Ming ordered that banknotes of various denominations be produced. There are two kinds of banknotes, one can be exchanged for silver coins, and the other can be exchanged for gold coins. There are various denominations.

Tried to make a few editions, printed them with machines, and initially formed banknotes.

In Zhang Ming's opinion, the quality of this banknote was very poor, but in the Three Kingdoms period, it was simply unbelievable that three or four colors could be reflected on a piece of paper, and it could not be forged.

In this way, the banknotes can be used.

"It can be directly exchanged into gold coins and silver coins. I believe everyone will not refuse to use them. The next step is to establish a bank."

(End of this chapter)