After Xu Rong surrendered, Zhang Ming did not rush to let him lead the troops, but trained with the soldiers after arriving in Liaodong.

If you want to understand the army of Liaodong and get acquainted with the combat power of Liaodong soldiers, you have to train with them.

After training for a period of time, Xu Rong knew the strength of the Liaodong soldiers, knew how to estimate his own combat strength, and knew what effect an order could have.

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

This time, Xu Rong, who had been hidden in the snow for a long time, began to use it.

The occupation of Liaoxi must have been another blow to their morale, and Gongsun Chan had no way to capture Liaoxi, so he could only retreat.

Gongsun Chan left, and Guan Yu did not continue the pursuit after he arrived in Liaoxi to join Xu Rong.

"General Guan, Gongsun Chan is not capable of killing him in the short term." Xu Rong said.

"Well, he lost a lot this time, my eldest brother has already arranged it in Qingzhou, I'm afraid he won't be able to bargain."

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

"Big brother, it's all my fault, I didn't think it would turn out like this."

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

"Qingzhou will either have no results, or it will lose a lot." Gongsun Chan said.

Here, Zhang Ming is prepared, so on the Qingzhou side, he must also be prepared.

Gongsun Chan can't help it, if it happens over there, it should happen.

It is said that in Qingzhou, Zhang Ming has already explored the place where they are ambushed.

Then he sent Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, two armies that were wandering outside, to suddenly attack their ambushed army.

The two armies joined forces to strangle and break up Gongsun Zhan's army of 6,000 men.

More than 4,000 people were killed, more than 1,000 were captured, and only a few escaped.

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

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

Gongsun Chan not only failed to succeed, but also lost his troops.

Then, Zhang Ming asked Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to attack more than ten county towns around Linzi City one after another, and occupy these county seats.

Zhang Ming occupied the county seat, which was to scrape the ground.

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

Xi Zhicai said: "Lord, if you press all the troops, the losses of Gongsun Zhan's army will be even greater. ”

Zhang Ming shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet, Gongsun Zhan's biggest enemy won't be us, it will be Yuan Shao." ”

If Gongsun Chan 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.

Continue to advance, that is, the right Beiping, you will have to fight to the death with Gongsun Zhan, both armies will definitely suffer heavy losses, and finally be destroyed by Yuan Shao.

Gongsun Chan won't do that, and neither will Zhang Ming.

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

The two of them were happy.

"Big brother, how are we doing?"

"It's good, you can drink." Zhang Ming knew what this Zhang Fei was doing to invite credit.

Drinking is not allowed during wartime, and this Zhang Fei will not dare to drink even if he is bold.

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

When Zhang Fei heard that he could drink, he immediately laughed and pulled Zhao Yun to drink.

Chen Yang also came to report.

"Chen Yang, more than ten county seats, all of which are taken over by you, each city gives you two hundred people, as long as the county seat is maintained to operate normally."

"In addition, a large number of homeless people and craftsmen were recruited in the county, and even though they promised treatment, they could bring back all of them."

"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 empty the people inside and bring them all back to Liaodong?" ”

"No, if that's the case, the people will rush to escape, let's take our time, get some of them first, and when the number of people here slowly decreases, we will have a way to take people away when we finally have to evacuate."

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

Chen Yang understood that if he ordered to empty the county seat, the clans in Qingzhou would not let Zhang Ming do this, and the people would also be scared away.

Zhang Ming wants to do long-term trading.

occupied the surrounding counties, and Zhang Ming would not leave any supplies, all of which were used to recruit displaced people.

There are more than ten more county seats, and Chen Yang will scatter all the people, and there will be more points that can be set.

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

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

And Gongsun Chan was extremely annoyed after he went back.

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

Gongsun Zhan was on fire, and at this time Liaoxi was still occupied.

At this time, Liaoxi Guan Yu and Xu Rong were guarding, and if he wanted to sneak attack Liaodong again, it was no longer possible, and the back road would be cut off.

"Big brother, it's better for us to send troops and go back to Liaoxi County directly, this Liaoxi County is too important to us." Gongsun Yue said.

"It's impossible for the time being, Yuan Shao has been expanding his strength."

Gongsun Chan originally thought that it would be easy to take Liaodong, but it turned out that he couldn't.

Gongsun Zhan's bitterness can only be swallowed.

Gongsun Chan didn't make any moves, while Zhang Ming just kept it as it was and kept expanding his strength.

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

A large area of wasteland was reclaimed, and Zhang Ming also spent a lot of money like running water because he had to build a large number of houses and farm tools.

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

"Zhicai, Linzi will be handed over to you, I have to go back to Liaodong."

Linzi City is now very stable, with Xu Huang, Xi Zhicai, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, plus an army of nearly 30,000 now.

Zhang Ming wants to go back to make money, he wants to make money, and he wants to make paper money.

Zhang Ming took a boat back, and after he returned, he gathered the craftsmen.

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

Many colors of pigments have been made, and with Zhang Ming's technical support, they only need a lot of experiments.

As for paper, Zhang Ming has long had people develop special paper.

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

"It's time to start manufacturing."

Zhang Ming ordered and began to manufacture banknotes of various denominations, which were divided into two types, one that could be exchanged for silver coins and the other for gold coins, and there were various denominations.

After trying to make several plates, printing them by machine, the banknotes have been initially formed.

In Zhang Ming's opinion, the quality of this banknote is very poor, but in the Three Kingdoms, it is simply incredible that three or four colors can be embodied on one paper, and it cannot be forged.

In this way, the banknotes can be used.

"It can be exchanged for gold and silver coins directly, I believe that everyone will not refuse to use it, and the next step is to establish a money bank."