Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 408 Strategic Deployment
Xi Zhicai's plan succeeded.

Although the casualties are huge, Jizhou can definitely be kept.

Cao Cao occupied two counties before, and later snatched two counties from Xi Zhicai.

But they don't have many soldiers and horses now.

As long as Zhang Ming sent reinforcements, Cao Cao would no longer be able to fight on two fronts, so he had to retreat.

Retreating was already his only option.

Xi Zhi has the confidence that Cao Cao will retreat.

"General Gao Lan, you immediately recruit [-] soldiers and horses in Jizhou, and train them intensively. We urgently need to restore our combat power."

Xi Zhicai already has Zhang Ming's authorization to conscript on the spot.

At this time, Zhang Ming was also recruiting soldiers and horses in Xuzhou.

It is relatively simple for him to recruit soldiers and horses. Xuzhou is rich and has a large population.

After taking Guangling County, there are still many properties left by his father-in-law, that is, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao. Zhang Ming expropriated part of the grain and grass.

After Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao married him, Zhang Ming supported Qiao Xuan to return to Guangling County and gave him the right to buy and sell salt in a county.

The Qiao family is responsible for making salt in Guangling County, so Qiao Xuan has hidden a lot of property here.

This time, Zhang Ming directly requisitioned without hesitation.

Taking Xuzhou, Zhang Ming rested for two days, and immediately ordered Guan Yu to lead an army of [-] to attack Yanzhou.

Immediately, Yanzhou was in danger.

Zhang Ming then ordered Zhang He to take 5 people to attack.

Of course, 5 of these [-] people are miscellaneous soldiers.

Although it is a miscellaneous soldier, it can bluff people and put a lot of pressure on the enemy at critical times.

These miscellaneous soldiers, after a certain amount of training, are also capable of fighting.

Zhang Ming sent troops, directly threatening Cao Cao's rear.

After the battle of Jizhou, Cao Cao immediately left Jizhou and rushed to Yanzhou with his elite soldiers and strong generals.

But in Jizhou, Cao Cao directly gave up the two counties he seized, because he knew that these two counties would never be kept, so it was better to give up directly because it was a waste of troops.

As for the two counties previously occupied by Yuan Shaona, Cao Cao also authorized them to abandon them if necessary.

At this time, Zhang Ming and Gao Shun are training soldiers in Xuzhou, and he wants to recruit more soldiers.

The general situation of this battle has been decided. After Zhang Ming's calculations, Yanzhou cannot be defeated, so sending troops to Yanzhou is to respond to the battle situation in Jizhou.

"Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, now I am the number one prince."

With a change in status, Zhang Ming's strategy should also change.

In the past, they focused on development and did not vigorously develop their military strength. Now they must develop.

"Youzhou 50, Qingzhou [-], Xuzhou [-], plus Jizhou [-], exactly [-] regular troops, plus some city defenders, make up [-] troops."

With an army of 50, Zhang Ming does not need to expand his army to conquer other places in the future.

For example, with the protection of Jizhou and Qingzhou, Youzhou is theoretically safe, and [-] troops are enough.

In the future, lay down other places, and there will be more rear security.

But now, Zhang Ming still has to conquer the world, so it is better to have more troops.

The army that attacked Yanzhou successively attacked many counties and counties, and then Cao Cao assembled a large army.

The enemy army blocked Guan Yu's soldiers.

Guan Yu was stationed in the nearest county town.

This time, more than a dozen county towns were laid down.

The enemy didn't move, and neither did Guan Yu.

Zhang Ming was in Xuzhou and received a letter from Guan Yu.

"The [-] troops are stationed there. If they don't fight, the enemy will attack the city if they want to attack the city. They will come back when the food and grass are exhausted."

"Fight for consumption, I will wear you down."

Although Cao Cao is fighting in the local area, the army is there, and it consumes a lot. At this time, Cao Cao is held back, making it impossible for him to handle internal affairs.

"It's time to go back."

Zhang Ming needs to go back to handle government affairs well, and the entire defense system needs to be changed.

Now, Xuzhou is too far away from Youzhou, no one can guard it.

It doesn't work if the power of the guard is too large, and it won't work if you arrange a governor or a state pastor.

Therefore, Zhang Ming intends to rearrange the entire administrative system.

The system of adding more departments to the cabinet has been initially formed, but it still needs to be refined.

Then both Xuzhou and Qingzhou need a person in charge.

A few days later, Zhang Ming took the special forces back first.

At this time, Xu Rong stationed [-] troops between Qingzhou and Xuzhou to ensure safety.

When Zhang Ming passed by, he checked here. The defense is very strong. If the enemy dares to come, they can last for a long time, enough for the surrounding troops to surround them.

"Very good, you are here guarded by Xu Rong, it is very safe."

Zhang Ming gave encouragement.

Before leaving, Zhang Ming patted Xu Rong on the shoulder and said: "Cao Cao promised on the Jizhou battlefield that as long as he wins the battle, he can be a marquis. The emperor and the Chuanguo Yuxi are both in Cao Cao's hands, and he can be a marquis at will."

"Follow me, and if you make military exploits, you can still be granted the title of Marquis. I will immediately write to the emperor to give you the title of Marquis. If he disagrees, I will force them to agree."

Xu Rong was very moved, Dong Zhuo didn't treat them that well when he was in power.

Zhang Ming left and went straight back to Youzhou.

Back to Beiping City, this place has been prosperous for a long time.

At this time, Xi Zhicai also came back.

On the other side of Jizhou, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Xu Huang were there, and they began to recruit and train soldiers on the spot.

At this time, Zhang Ming's road was still being repaired, and it never stopped.

The road was repaired very quickly, so many people were mobilized, regardless of the cost, it was almost repaired.

Of course, this is a relatively low standard. It will take at least half a year to pave all the concrete roads.

Xi Zhi just came back, and Zhang Ming wanted to formulate the next development strategy immediately.

The cabinet, assembled again.

This time there is one more person.

There are Jushou, Tian Feng, Chen Gong, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia.

The five people are all outstanding people in the world.

The six people specially held a meeting in a special room in the General Protector's Mansion.

"This meeting is to decide the development strategy of our forces for the next two to three years."

"Tian Feng, please report on our current financial situation first."

"My lord, everyone, our current finances are not ideal."

Tian Feng took out the record book and began to report: "This time, our military expenses, road construction and other expenses have already spent all the money we have in reserve."

"In addition, I embezzled part of the money from the bank to use as military expenses, because next we will recruit soldiers and horses, and we will also provide pensions to the families of the 10,000+ soldiers who died in battle."

"This money is not enough, I borrowed another 3000 million from the bank, that is to say, we are now in debt of about 600 million."

After listening, Zhang Ming breathed a sigh of relief. This strong family background was defeated in one battle.

"You owe that much?"

Zhang Ming also clicked his tongue secretly, he only cared about spending money, he really didn't care about it.

If the money is gone, you can't spend it unrestrainedly now.

"When will the next payment be collected?"

"My lord, unless you wait until after the autumn harvest, the money you collect can only cover your usual expenses, but it will allow Fusang to increase mining of silver."

Zhang Ming shook his head, it's not a problem to dig out money all the time, it needs to circulate enough by itself.

(End of this chapter)