Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 274 The signs of a fight with Yuan Shao
Gao Lan entered the city the next day, and Zhang Ming held a banquet in the governor's mansion after he knew about it.

Gao Lan came in with a few followers.

"General Gao."

"Zhang Zhou Mu."

"Generals."

Zhang Ming gave Gao Lan a lot of face and asked Guan, Zhang and Zhao to come together.

"General Gao, don't rush to talk about things, I'll have a drink first."

Gao Lan had no choice but to ask Zhang Ming to treat him well.

There was a banquet in the morning, and in the afternoon, Guan Zhangzhao invited Gao Lan again.

Then, at night, Zhang Ming invited Gao Lan to some local families.

The day passed without talking about anything serious.

Gao Lan understood his mission, so he went to Zhang Ming early the next day, trying to take the initiative in his hands.

When Gao Lan came, Zhang Ming was practicing martial arts in the courtyard of the Governor's Mansion.

"General Gao, I didn't expect you to come, how about we have another drink together?"

"General Zhang, I came here on orders, it's better to talk about things, I've already eaten before I came."

Gao Lan's attitude is very firm, and the title has changed.

Zhang Ming nodded, and then said to the guard next to him: "I'm going to boil water and make tea for General Gao, you wait and get ready."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Ming put the weapon on the shelf, wiped his hands and said, "General Gao, let me wash up before we talk about things."

Gao Lan can only wait.

Half an hour later, they were in the governor's mansion, where the tools for making tea and some fruits and vegetables had been prepared.

"General Gao, we can start talking." After Zhang Ming and the others drank a few cups of tea, Zhang Ming said.

Gao Lan was a little surprised, thinking that Zhang Ming would drag on and not even see him.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ming saw him and took the initiative to talk to him.

"General Zhang, as agreed before the installation, this city of Linzi does not belong to you. Please withdraw the army and let us take over." Gao Lan went straight to the topic without turning around at all.

"Indeed, this city of Linzi is not mine, and I won't be here for a long time."

"I need two months. Within two months, I will leave by myself. I will not destroy this place, nor will I force the people to leave."

"My condition is that you are not allowed to interfere with any of my activities, please withdraw all your troops."

Zhang Ming first admitted that Linzi City was not his, and then gave a deadline and asked them what to do.

Now Gao Lan has no choice but to make a decision on this matter. It should be decided by Yuan Shao, but it will take about seven or eight days for the news to go back and forth, and other situations may occur during this period.

Gao Lan was silent for a while, and then he said, "General Zhang, can you tell me why you want Linzi City?"

"Do business."

Do business?
Gao Lan was stunned. Is this a business?

You are allowed to do business, why are you occupying Linzi City?

This Gao Lan couldn't figure out what Zhang Ming wanted to do at all, it was too jumpy.

Gao Lan couldn't answer Zhang Ming, so he clasped his fists and said, "I'll go out of the city and report."

Gao Lan went out of the city, and Zhang Ming sent him to the gate of the city.

When I came back, I ran into Zhao Yun who was patrolling the city.

"Brother, the city has taken all the precautions and can attack the invading enemy at any time."

Zhang Ming patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder and said, "Very well, although Yuan Jun is expected not to dare to attack, we must prepare for the worst."

Zhang Ming went back to deal with government affairs.

He called all the aristocratic families in the city and told them to prepare money for a large transaction.

Zhang Ming knew that once Yuan Shao completely controlled Qingzhou, it would not be so easy to trade, at least the cost would be higher.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhang Ming stepped up the deal with them, even Zhang Ming planned to deliver the goods first, and the money could be paid later.

Zhang Ming has ordered that a large amount of salt, liquor and other supplies be sent to Qingzhou.

After Gao Lan went out, they really had no choice but to agree to Zhang Ming and withdraw the army thirty miles away, and then asked Yuan Shao to send reinforcements and military divisions quickly.

And Zhang Ming started his action.

After making an appointment with Yuan Shao, he could still recruit [-] refugees in Qingzhou, and Zhang Ming started recruiting at the same time.

Yuan Jun retreated, leaving more than 1 people under the leadership of Gao Lan and Ju Yi to continue to monitor Zhang Ming.

Then Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Chun Yuqiong quickly led people to seize the surrounding counties.

At this moment, the battle between Zhang Ming and Yuan Shao began.

This Gongsun Zan had just been wiped out, and Zhang Ming and Yuan Shao had no basis for cooperation, only fighting.

But at this time, neither side will launch a war, nor can it be launched.

After swallowing so many territories, it needs to be digested, and at the same time, the army needs to be readjusted.

In the past, Guo Tu, Ju Shou and others also suggested Yuan Shao to attack Zhang Ming, but Zhang Ming had already made arrangements, so he had to give up.

Now, the two sides will start to compete in Qingzhou or Bohai County.

Yuan Shao only sent a total of [-] troops into Qingzhou this time, and the rest of the army had to defend many places.

At this time, Yuan Shao also found that his troops were insufficient.

Soon, a large amount of salt, white wine and a small amount of tea, paper, etc. were transported to Linzi City.

The various families have already prepared and sent a large number of people to the seaside to transport them back.

At the same time, Zhang Ming and the others also opened up many temporary points to transport a large amount of supplies.

These materials are difficult for Qingzhou to digest in the short term.

But it doesn't matter, Yuan Shao is generous to the family, and they will definitely use the family to consolidate his rule.

And these aristocratic families have plenty of time to digest these things.

Sure enough, while cooperating with Zhang Ming, these aristocratic families have already stood on Yuan Shao's side and started to contact Yuan Shao's people.

After Yuan Shao knew about it, he would not do anything to them, but instead gave them many official positions.

Of course, by giving them official positions and generous treatment, these aristocratic families supported Yuan Shao in every way.

In this way, Qingzhou is very interesting. While they cooperate with Zhang Ming to make money, they also strongly support Yuan Shao.

A month has passed, and Zhang Ming is still transporting supplies on both sides.

The food, population and other good things collected were transported back to Liaodong.

At this time, Yuan Shao and the others had already acquiesced to Zhang Ming's plan.

In one month, Yuan Shao had captured most of the counties and counties, and the entire Qingzhou obeyed his orders.

Not only did Yuan Shao not care about the two-month agreement with Zhang Ming, but he was arguing internally, whether to take the opportunity to trap Zhang Ming and the others in Linzi City, and then attack Youzhou in an all-round way.

However, Yuan Shao was divided into three factions. One faction supported sending troops to attack Youzhou with all its strength, while the other faction believed that it was possible to attack, but they could only attack Linzi City and Bohai County, and took the entire Qingzhou and Jizhou into their hands. , and Zhang Ming can only have Youzhou.

The quarrel between the three parties gave Yuan Shao a real headache. He had been deliberating for five days without making a decision.

And Zhang Ming didn't care what Yuan Shao would come up with, no one would try to trap him, his army had already been deployed, ready to fight him at any time.

(End of this chapter)