The two inspection brigades harassed at night, which brought great trouble to Gao Yingxiang, if they used the fine cavalry to meet the enemy, those inspectors of the salt would come with a burst of guns, if the elite cavalry chased out and left the cover of the brigade, they would be killed by the inspector of the salt ding.

This kind of rush is no different from smashing eggs with stones, the inspector salt ding wearing plate armor is as hard as a stone, and the rogue spirit rider has no protection on his body, plus the inspector salt ding uses a steel knife in his hand, and those rogue spirit riders rarely use steel knives, most of them are weapons made of wrought iron, and the equipment is a big difference, not to mention the combat skills.

But if they don't send their horsemen out to drive them out, the inspectors will scatter their guns around the army, and the thieves will have little ability to fight back.

Such a disturbance, every time it was a blister, the army had to stop advancing, stop arranging formations to resist.

Gao Yingxiang was very anxious, if it went on like this, once the officials and troops behind him bit it, it would be a catastrophe. For this reason, Gao Yingxiang turned around directly on the third day and jumped in the direction of Miyang.

In the northeast of Miyang, there is a small mountainous area. As long as they enter the mountainous area, the two inspection teams will not be able to disturb them, and they will be able to get out of the current predicament.

Gao Yingxiang ran wildly for four days regardless of it, and finally entered the mountainous area, and finally got rid of the harassment of the inspection team, Gao Yingxiang then ran from the extension of the mountainous area, from Miyang all the way to Xinyang, and then along the east-west continuous mountainous area, all the way back to Huguang, looting everywhere in the north of De'an Mansion, and once again fell into the heavy encirclement of Hong Chengchou.

At such a critical moment, Gao Yingxiang exerted the mobility ability of a thief, and rushed into Huangzhou Mansion at the speed of traveling a hundred miles at night, leaving most of the officers and soldiers far behind, and at the same time leaving the old, weak, sick and disabled behind, and carried out a cruel elimination, and finally left 110,000 people, all of whom were young and strong men and women, which improved the combat effectiveness of Gao Yingxiang's department a lot.

Gao Yingxiang, who broke into the Huangzhou Mansion, was obviously much safer, because the east was Dabie Mountain, and he couldn't fight and hide in it, and it was very difficult for the officials and troops to encircle it.

Hong Chengchou has the heart to encircle, but it's a pity that the officers and soldiers in his hands can travel hundreds of miles, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Zu Kuan is playing soy sauce everywhere, disobeying him, and letting him take people to intercept the thieves, it is almost impossible to succeed, after all, it is hundreds of thousands of thieves, Zu Kuan saw that he was not willing to impact at all, the soldiers and horses in his hands were all dead, and he was still a fart.

…… Zhao Yan's war preparations in Shandong have been almost prepared, and a large amount of grain and grass has been loaded.

Two infantry battalions with one man and one horse, two cavalry battalions with one man and two horses, and a baggage battalion of 5,000 men with 10,000 horses, for a total of 50,000 horses.

The total number of soldiers marching out reached 30,000.

At the same time, taking into account the rations required by the displaced people, in addition to the baggage battalions carrying enough grain and grass for each battalion to consume for one month, and each battalion bringing its own grain and grass for half a month, it is also necessary to dispatch the grain and grass in various aspects.

Zhao Quan urgently dispatched nearly 1,000 Hanoi ships to transport the two-month grain and grass needed by the soldiers and horses of each battalion onto the ships, and then went south from the canal.

All the way from the Huanghuai intersection into the Yellow River, a month's grain and grass in Luoyang, ready to enter Shaanxi.

All the way from Taihu Lake into the Yangtze River, the grain and grass in Wuchang, in preparation for entering the lake.

After the grain and grass arrived, the grain was mobilized from various grain stores, Yingzhou, Shandong and other places, and the displaced people were transported back to Shandong by water.

The 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Shandong Army, the 1st Cavalry Battalion, and the 1st Artillery Battalion of the Liaodong Army have arrived in Pusan, the southernmost point of Korea, and the war can be waged only after the First Fleet returns.

The 1st Infantry Battalion and 8,000 cavalry of the new battalion of the Liaodong Army have arrived in Lushun and are boarding ships to return to Shandong, and the grain and grass are also ready.

Half a month later, you can send troops to suppress the thieves!

This half month is also the moment when Zhao Yan builds momentum. After nearly a week of preparation, the first edition of the newspaper was officially launched on 28 April.

The issuance covers the whole of Shandong, as well as Henan, Shanxi, Beizhili, Lianghuai, Nanzhili, Jiangnan, Fujian, and Guangdong.

The first issue of Daming Yue Bao printed nearly 800,000 copies, which were distributed cheaply through Zhao Yan's private post stations in various provinces.

Eight pages, each full of 2~4 pages, are all in the vernacular promoted by Zhao Yan, and they are only sold for 5 yuan a copy, which is basically free for those elites.

"Daming Newspaper" is the fastest in Shandong, not only because Shandong is the closest, but also because all towns in Shandong have Zhao Yan's private post stations.

Receiving instructions from their superiors, the post stations began to recruit newspaper boys, who were to carry newspapers to sell in the streets and alleys, and at the same time sent people to give newspapers to some local squires, merchants, and officials for free. The same is true for the post stations in other provinces, striving to get the newspaper out as soon as possible and form an influence in a short period of time.

Due to the small number of reporters, some pages of the first issue of the newspaper were relatively small, such as the section on the government and politics, and many of the contents overlapped with the newspaper, and at the same time did not comment on it.

Zhao Yan didn't want the newspaper to be banned by Chongzhen in the name of 'arguing about the government' as soon as it was issued, so Zhao Yan had no other choice but to fight with Chongzhen.

However, the content of other pages is much richer, such as the entertainment page, there is "Shu Mountain" written by Zhao Yan, but Zhao Yan does not use his real name, but uses a pen name.

At the same time, the special section is Zhao Yan's narration of the colonial history of Western colonizers and the world pattern, expounding the fact that the Ming Dynasty has lagged behind Westerners in some aspects. In this page, Zhao Yan also pointed the finger at Zheng Zhilong, accusing him of monopolizing the Daming sea trade, collecting heavy taxes privately, and earning tens of millions of taels a year (exaggerated) but not handing over half a penny of silver to the state.

The commercial version is to publicize Shandong's investment policy, and at the same time announce the prices of some various commodities in Shandong, and at the same time Zhao Yan also advertised to the bank.

In terms of the military plate, he specifically hugged the war situation in Liaodong and North Korea, and no longer concealed the situation in Liaodong, anyway, Chongzhen was already jealous of him, and he didn't need to be sneaky, what can he do if he competes with Chongzhen in Liaodong openly?

As soon as the "Daming Yue Bao" was put on sale, it immediately attracted wide attention, and those officials, squires, landlords, merchants, and scholars bought and read it one after another, and first received a strong response in Shandong.

People have different opinions about the "Daming Daily", the most important is the vernacular language, some people think it is easy to read, and some people think it is too vulgar.

This kind of controversy was expected by Zhao Yan for a long time, and he did not make any remarks, anyway, after a long time, people are naturally used to it.

At the same time, in terms of content, people were very happy with the great victories in the two major battlefields of Liaodong and Korea, and after Zhao Yan's victory in Liaodong, it was almost impossible for Jianyu to invade the Guannai again, and the people in the Guannai could also get a stable environment.

In terms of colonization, people will realize the realization of Zheng Zhilong's attention, and all kinds of discussions about Zheng Zhilong are very loud.

"Westerners are strong ships and cannons across the oceans, but there are very few people who have been to Europa by my Ming ships, if my Ming Dynasty is still prosperous, if the Ming Dynasty declines, foreigners can offend my Ming Dynasty at any time, and the Indian civilization is a precursor."

Zhao Yan's words above immediately aroused the vigilance of many people of insight. Immediately echoed the suggestion in the "Daming Newspaper", and asked the imperial court to ban Zheng Zhilong's sailors, make customs taxes state-owned, and open the sea ban to encourage merchants to go to sea to trade.

The officials and gentry of the entire Shandong knew that the Ming Dynasty was not only involved in Fujian, but also Zhao Yan. However, it is generally believed that the scale of Shandong's maritime trade is small, far less than that of Fujian, and even Chongzhen and Yang Sichang think the same, so they do not attach much importance to it.

Because most of the commodities used by Zhao Yan for trade are produced by himself, although the amount of goods purchased from other places is large, it is not particularly large. At the same time, Zhao Yan's merchant ships are indeed pitifully few compared with Fujian.

The newspaper was successively distributed in Beizhili, Shanxi, Henan, Lianghuai, Nanzhili, Jiangnan, Guangdong and other places, with varying delays, and spread all the way with Zhao Yan's private post station.

At the same time, the Propaganda Department also dispatched more than 300 reporters, after simple training, to be distributed in various provinces to carry out follow-up reports in different aspects.

The second issue of the newspaper was soon published, and the second edition of the military section still covered Liaodong and Korea, interviewing victorious soldiers and prisoners respectively, and even interviewing Dorgon.

Dolgon, who was escorted to the construction site to build a road, had a rare full meal, and when the reporter asked him why he fled North Korea, he said with a crying voice: "It's all the bastard of Duoduo, who sent a messenger and the king to explain that the army has blocked the Yalu River, and Daishan and Hauge are dead......

The special page is a report on Chen Zhongsheng and strongly supports Chen Zhongsheng's various reform plans.

The next day, the second newspaper was immediately delivered. One serving a day, never stopping, is constantly passed between the stations by horse-drawn carriage.

From the third day, I finally received some letters from readers, and content appeared on the comment board.

Anyone who wants to comment, or refutes the comment, can send a letter to the 'Jimin Inn', and publish it on the comment board after screening.

In fact, the most interesting part is the comment version. Because people often break out in the comment board because of disagreements, it is very in line with the world's mentality of loving to watch and be lively.

Zhao Yan will reply to these comments in a public capacity, so that his voice can be transmitted and people will be less unfamiliar with him.

The elites in all parts of the Ming Dynasty quickly accepted this kind of daily newspaper. They are in the middle and upper echelons of society, and they are very sensitive to politics, military affairs, etc., but in this era of information blockage, information is transmitted very slowly and incompletely.

The emergence of the "Daming Newspaper" has changed a problem to a certain extent, although it cannot be published and distributed the next day as in the future era, but the "Damin Daily" is better than the comprehensive information, rich and diverse content, and the price is very low.

The Daming newspaper is published every day, and its influence is expanding rapidly. Since Zhao Yan asked the post station to give free gifts to local squires, officials, and academies everywhere, it really makes no sense that his influence would not skyrocket.

The propaganda slogan of "Daming Said": Do not go out of the house, know the world. It quickly spread throughout the provinces of the Ming Dynasty that issued this newspaper.

In terms of sales, in addition to newsboys selling on the street, some people who want to read for a long time can also subscribe for a whole month, and some people specially deliver newspapers.

These sales plans have been well implemented in various post stations.

Chongzhen naturally will not turn a blind eye to the "Daming Daily", and the first issue of the "Daming Daily" was sent to Chongzhen on the third day after it was issued.

Chongzhen is very sensitive to the situation in Shandong, and Jinyiwei is also keeping a close eye on it. Jinyiwei has perennial garrisons in Jinan, Jining and other important cities.

The content of the first edition, I really can't find anything that makes Chongzhen mad, but I am very unhappy with the name of this newspaper, but the newspaper has a solemn statement: This newspaper is a private organization, and it is intended that all the scholars in the world can listen to the holy will of the Son of Heaven, and the people of the world can go up to the heavens to listen, so it is called "Daming Newspaper".

The topic of the first edition attracted Chongzhen's great attention, and it was the supreme ideal pursued by Chongzhen to rule all directions and revitalize the Zhu dynasty.

For a while, Chongzhen remembered Zhao Yan's advice to him - raid the house! Copied those salt merchants and Zheng Zhilong, and the finances of the imperial court were all solved at once.

It's just that Chongzhen just thinks about it, it doesn't fit the reality, even if he is the emperor, he can't move Zheng Zhilong, people can go into exile at any time, and then it will become a disaster in the southeast, which is too risky.

Chongzhen didn't realize the great power of the newspaper for a while, so he let it go, and when he got up every day, he would inevitably ask the eunuch to present the newspaper he bought to him to read.

As the reporters sent by Zhao Yan entered the state one after another, many local incidents were also exposed in the newspapers, which was very important to Chongzhen.

Although Chongzhen has Jinyiwei in his hands, Jinyiwei is also a [***] organ, and his work is not so active, Chongzhen is often blind to the local situation.

And "Daming Daily" provides a window for Chongzhen to know the outside world.

From the first issue to the subsequent issues, the content is very decent, even if it is an accusation, it will not blame the imperial court, but only some officials. As time passed, more and more reports were reported on the incident, and there were also battles with thieves on the military page.

This is the first place Chongzhen looks at every day, and it is the military version. Because he found that the reports of war correspondents and the content of the recitals sent back by local officials were often very surprising. And these reports are often accompanied by many interviews with the people, which often makes Chongzhen angry, and even a magistrate was ordered to be beheaded by Chongzhen for concealing the report.

The war reports Chongzhen saw were all interviewed by war correspondents in the combat area under the protection of cavalry, and local officials gradually understood that these reporters were not good things.

However, these reporters did not just want to be flattened like the reporters of later generations, and all war reporters were protected by cavalry, and local officials could not deal with them at all.

On the first day of the first day of May, the battalions had been assembled in Huang County, and Zhao Yan's action of using the "Daming Daily" to build momentum also began.

(To be continued)