Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 262 Liu Yu Was Killed
Zhang Ming did not fight much when he sent troops, but Gongsun Zan had already decided to send troops.

Soon, Gongsun Zan sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Liu Yu.

Only then did Yuan Shao know why Zhang Ming wanted to attack him.

Yuan Shao called a few people to discuss this time.

"Isn't Zhang Ming afraid that Gongsun Zan will take the opportunity to become bigger?"

Ju Shou replied: "I'm afraid Zhang Ming also wants to destroy Liu Yu. After all, Zhang Ming regards Youzhou as his own. However, Liu Yu has high prestige and is the shepherd of Youzhou. It is really difficult to start."

"And Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu have had a grudge for a long time, but they dare to do it. Although this is more troublesome, it can solve the moral problem."

Everyone understood that Zhang Ming wanted to use Gongsun Zan's hand to get rid of Liu Yu.

Similarly, Yuan Shao also had this thought.

Youzhou is also a place Yuan Shao has his eyes on, so he will have to face Liu Yu in the end.

It is impossible for Liu Yu to surrender, because of his special status.

Therefore, getting rid of Liu Yu is the best result.

Yuan Shao immediately reached a consensus with Zhang Ming, and the next step is easy to operate.

The two armies have frequent actions and often send troops.

It's just that there was no real fight. Zhang Ming often declared in the newspaper that as many enemies were killed today, as many enemies were killed tomorrow.

Now that newspapers are issued in large numbers, many people will read them, and so can Gongsun Zan.

Similarly, Yuan Shao also declared how many enemies he had killed.

Both of them said different things, so no one could believe it.

But one thing is believable, that is, they really fought.

Gongsun Zan would not believe how much the two sides lost, but he believed that a fight would really break out.

Thus, the north seemed to be hanging over the cloud of war.

Gongsun Zan was really powerful, and it didn't take long for Liu Yu to be defeated.

In fact, the major princes have not been idle and have been expanding their power.

Zhang Ming and Yuan Shao had a "hot" fight.

The battle report is reported every day, and it is spread all over the place.

"The Liaodong army killed five hundred enemies."

"Yuan Jun killed seven hundred enemies."

"Guan Yu in Liaodong led his troops to fight Yan Liang, fighting from morning to night, killing more than a thousand enemies."

"Yuan Jun and Yan Liang killed more than nine hundred enemies."

"Yuan Jun raided the camp of Liaodong County, killed [-] enemies, and burned hundreds of military tents."

"Zhao Yun led his troops in a sneak attack on the grain transport team, killing [-] enemies, taking [-] prisoners, and burning more than [-] grain carts."

All kinds of battle reports are spread everywhere every day. In many cases, the battle this morning will spread to Yecheng and Liaodong in the evening.

The two sides fought in the air, and each suffered heavy losses.

Of course, ordinary people and some people who have no information believe it, but some smart people don't believe it. They only believe that the two armies are really fighting.

Zhang Ming's newspaper often publishes some battle reports, which are wonderfully written, making Guan Zhang Zhao and Xu Rong heroes.

Like writing a novel, several of them are first-class masters.

Now, because of the battle report and Zhang Ming occasionally writing some poems on it, the circulation of the newspaper has skyrocketed and directly doubled.

Of course, most of the merchants in Qingzhou directly buy in large quantities and then sell them to other places.

They resold it and sold it at a high price.

This amount of money is nothing to the rich.

As for Zhang Ming and the others, due to the increase in scale, the cost has been gradually reduced. Now the cost of a newspaper is only 18 copper coins, and it is sold for 15 copper coins, so the loss is not that much.

Zhang Ming believes that the cost can continue to decrease by continuing to improve the process.

Yuan Shao and Zhang Ming seem to be fighting fiercely, but in fact, both sides send troops to conduct exercises in places where there are no enemies, and sometimes deliberately set fire to create momentum.

And the core area where their two armies are fighting, no one can enter, and both sides have arranged a large number of scouts.

Gongsun Zan, on the other hand, acted vigorously and resolutely after sending out troops.

Within a month, Liu Yu was overwhelmed by the beating.

Liu Yu kept retreating. Originally, there were two counties, but now there is only one county left, Shanggu County.

Liu Yu's subordinates are also capable people, General Yan Rou and others are actually quite capable, but Liu Yu is hypocritical, and he is not allowed to do this and that in war.

It made Liu Yu's subordinates unable to use it, and Gongsun Zan succeeded frequently.

Gongsun Zan often led Baima Yicong to the battle in person.

Liu Yu was defeated, and the army retreated again and again. Some weak-minded people fled Liu Yu's camp and ran to Gongsun Zan's camp.

Gongsun Zan also took in many prisoners, and his military strength has been growing.

When it was almost impossible to retreat, Liu Yu said: "I will not defend the city, and the whole army will fight Gongsun Zan outside the city, so that the people in the city will not be attacked by rebels."

"Lord Zhou Mu, please don't do it. Our army's combat strength is weak, and we can still defend the city. If we fight outside, we will be defeated." Yan Rou said.

Many of Liu Yu's subordinates also persuaded him not to fight.

But Liu Yu has made up his mind.

He said to everyone: "I will personally supervise the battle and fight Gongsun Zan to the death."

The order for the decisive battle came down, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that this time it was going to fail.

Many people have other thoughts.

And some people loyal to Liu Yu worked hard to maintain the situation.

The war is finally about to begin.

Gongsun Zan was also very happy to hear the news, and personally led an army of [-] to fight a decisive battle with him.

There are 5 people on Liu Yu's side.

But Gongsun Zan knew that the head-on was with them.

The war started, just a dozen miles outside the city.

The armies of both sides spread out, and Gongsun Zan didn't use his full strength at the beginning.

When the two sides were killing each other, Gongsun Zan suddenly led Baima Yicong to the battle.

A single charge dispersed Liu Yu's army.

Gongsun Zan directly led his men to attack until he reached Liu Yu's side.

Gongsun Zan raised his sword and killed Liu Yu directly.

"Cut off Liu Yu's head."

He ordered the soldiers to cut off Liu Yu's head, and Gongsun Zan carried it with a long spear himself.

"Liu Yu is dead."

Everyone shouted.

On Liu Yu's side, morale suddenly collapsed, and the army dispersed.

Several of Liu Yu's confidantes also took some of them away.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Gongsun Zan was extremely proud.

"Old man Liu Yu, you have today too."

Gongsun Zan had long been dissatisfied with Liu Yu, and now he was very happy to have killed him.

Then Liu Yu gathered the surrendered troops and entered the county.

More than 1 soldiers and horses of Liu Yu were surrendered by Gongsun Zan, and most of the rest fled.

As soon as Liu Yu died, three families in the north were fighting for hegemony, Zhang Ming, Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Zan won a great victory, and at the same time, his strength increased because he annexed many of Liu Yu's soldiers and horses.

The news quickly reached Zhang Ming.

"Liu Yu is really dead, we can go back."

Zhang Ming didn't expect that Gongsun Zan would still dare to kill Liu Yu at this time.

There will be endless troubles after killing Liu Yu.

Zhang Ming did not withdraw his troops, but withdrew his troops back.

I don't need to act anymore, how tired I am.

If Zhang Ming and the others didn't take any action, Yuan Shao's side would stop making noise. The two sides had already established a tacit understanding.

It took Gongsun Zan more than two months to take Liu Yu's two counties and kill Liu Yu.

Before Zhang Ming took any action, an even more shocking news came.

(End of this chapter)