The two inspection brigades were stumbled on the night, which brought great trouble to Gao Yingxiang. If the cavalry was used to fight the enemy, the inspectors would be shot with guns. If the cavalry chased out and left the cover of the brigade, they would be killed by the inspectors.

Such a rush is no different from hitting an egg by a stone. The auditor's salt dick wearing plate armor is as hard as a stone, while the thief's spirit rider has no protection. In addition, the auditor's salt dick uses steel knives, while those who rarely use steel knives use steel knives, mostly use some weapons made of iron, which is a big difference in equipment, let alone combat skills.

But if the elite cavalry were not sent out to expel them, these inspectors would fire guns and guns around the army, while the thieves would not have the ability to fight back.

With such trouble, there was a turmoil every time. The army had to stop advancing and set up formations to resist.

Gao Yingxiang was very anxious. If this continues, once the official army behind him bites it, it will be doomed. For this reason, Gao Yingxiang turned around on the third day and rushed towards the direction of Biyang.

There is a small mountainous area in the northeast of Biyang. As long as you enter the mountainous area, the two inspection brigades will not be able to harass them and will get rid of the current predicament.

Gao Yingxiang ran for four days without hesitation, and finally entered the mountainous area. Finally, he got rid of the harassment of the inspection brigade. Gao Yingxiang then ran from the extension direction of the mountainous area from Biyang to Xinyang, and then ran along the east-west mountain area, back to Huguang, looted everywhere in the northern part of De'an Prefecture, and was once again trapped in the heavy encirclement of Hong Chengchou.

At such a critical moment, Gao Yingxiang exerted the mobility of the bandits, and at the speed of marching a hundred miles at night, he rushed into Huangzhou Prefecture, leaving most of the official troops far behind, and also left the old, weak, sick and disabled behind, carrying out a cruel elimination, leaving 110,000 people left. These 110,000 men were all young and strong men, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of Gao Yingxiang's troops.

Gao Yingxiang, who fled into Huangzhou Prefecture, was obviously much safer because the Dabie Mountains were in the east, and it was enough to hide in it if they could not defeat it. It would be very difficult for the official army to encircle it.

Hong Chengchou was willing to surround him, but unfortunately, the various official troops in his hands could not travel a hundred miles. The Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Zu Kuan was playing soy sauce everywhere, and he was slanderous to him and asked him to take people to intercept the thieves. After all, they were more than 100,000 thieves. Seeing that Zu Kuan was unwilling to attack, all the soldiers and horses in his hands were dead, he was still making a fuss.

...Zhao Yan's combat preparations in Shandong were almost ready, and a large amount of food and grass had been loaded on the truck. This time Zhao Yan went on the expedition, the food and grass needed was a relatively large amount.

Two infantry battalions were one person and one horse for transportation, two cavalry battalions had one person and two horses, and there was also a 5,000 baggage battalion with 10,000 horses, with a total number of 50,000 horses.

The total number of soldiers to fight reached 30,000.

At the same time, considering the food required by refugees, in addition to carrying enough food and grass for each battalion to consume for one month, each battalion needs to be dispatched in all aspects.

Zhao Quan urgently dispatched nearly 1,000 Hanoi ships, first transported the two-month food and grass needed by each battalion on board, and then moved south from the canal.

All the way from the intersection of the Huanghuai River, the Yellow River was stationed in Luoyang for one month in order to enter Shaanxi.

All the way from Taihu Lake to the Yangtze River, and stationed grain and grass in Wuchang for use in Huguang.

After transporting these grains and grass, they mobilized grain from various grain stores, Yingzhou, Shandong and other places, and transported refugees back to Shandong by water.

The Second Infantry Battalion of the Shandong Army, the First Cavalry Battalion of the Liaodong Army, and the First Artillery Battalion of the Artillery have arrived in Busan one after another, which is the southernmost tip of North Korea. It can be launched when the First Fleet returns.

The 8,000 cavalry of the First Infantry Battalion and the New Battalion of the Liaodong Army have arrived in Lushun and are boarding a ship to return to Shandong. The food and grass are also ready.

In half a month, troops can be sent to suppress the bandits!

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

The issuance covers all parts of Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, North Zhili, Lianghuai, South Zhili, Jiangnan, Fujian and Guangdong.

The first issue of "Da Ming Dynasty Daily" printed nearly 800,000 copies and was issued cheaply through private stations opened by Zhao Yan in various provinces.

The eight pages, each with 2 to 4 pages, are all vernacular language promoted by Zhao Yan, and only sells 5 cents per copy, which is basically free for those elites.

The "Da Ming Dynasty" is delivered the fastest in Shandong, not only because of the recent recent Shandong, but also because there are Zhao Yan's private inns in all towns in Shandong.

The stations in various places received instructions from their superiors to recruit newspaper boys, asking them to sell newspapers in the streets and alleys. At the same time, they also sent people to give newspapers free of charge to some well-known local gentry, businessmen and officials. The same is true for other stations in various provinces, trying to take the newspapers as soon as possible and form influence in the short term.

Due to the lack of reporters, some of the first newspapers have relatively few pages. For example, many of the pages of the court affairs overlap with the report, and there is no comment.

Zhao Yan didn't expect that as soon as the newspaper was published, he was banned by Chongzhen in the name of "discussing the government affairs". In that way, Zhao Yan had no other choice except to fight against Chongzhen.

However, other pages are much richer, such as the entertainment page, which includes "Shushan" written by Zhao Yan, but Zhao Yan does not use his real name, but a pseudonym.

At the same time, the special page is Zhao Yan's narration of the colonial history of Western colonists and the world pattern, explaining the fact that the Ming Dynasty had lagged behind the Westerners in some aspects. In this page, Zhao Yan also pointed the finger at Zheng Zhilong, accusing him of monopolizing the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade, privately collecting heavy taxes, and earning tens of millions of taels per year (exaggeration) but not half a piece of silver to the country.

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

In terms of the military sector, we specifically approached Liaodong. North Korea's war situation no longer concealed the situation in Liaodong. Anyway, Chongzhen was already afraid of him, so he didn't need to sneak in. What if he fights with Chongzhen openly for Liaodong?

As soon as the "Da Ming Dynasty Daily" was released, it immediately attracted widespread attention. Officials, gentry, landlords, merchants, and scholars bought reading one after another, and first received strong responses in Shandong.

People have different opinions on the Ming Dynasty Yuebao. The most important thing is in vernacular. Some people think it is convenient to read, while others think it is too vulgar.

This debate was long as Zhao Yan expected, and he did not make any comments. Anyway, after a long time, people naturally got used to it.

At the same time, in terms of content, people were very happy about the victory in the two major battlefields of Liaodong and North Korea. After Zhao Yan's victory in Liaodong, it was almost impossible for Jianlu to invade the inner city again, and the people in the inner city could also get a stable environment.

In terms of colonization, people will notice Zheng Zhilong, and various discussions about Zheng Zhilong are rampant.

"Westerns are strong ships and cannons roaming the oceans, but there are very few ships from the Ming Dynasty to Europa. If our Ming Dynasty is revived, it is still possible. If the Ming Dynasty declines, foreigners can offend our Ming Dynasty at any time. The fate of Indian civilization is the previous proof."

Zhao Yan's words on the above immediately aroused the alertness of many knowledgeable people. He immediately agreed with the suggestion in the Ming Dynasty, asking the court to ban Zheng Zhilong's navy, state the tariffs, and open sea bans to encourage merchants to go overseas.

Officials and gentry in Shandong all knew that not only Fujian was involved in the Ming Dynasty, but also Zhao Yan. However, it is generally believed that Shandong's maritime trade scale is small and far less than that of Fujian. Even Chongzhen and Yang Sichang believed so, so they did not pay much attention to it.

Because most of the goods used for trade by Zhao Yan are produced by themselves, 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 fewer than Fujian.

Newspapers were successively issued in Zhili, Shanxi, Henan, Lianghuai, Zhili, Jiangnan, Guangdong and other places, and the time was delayed and spread along the way with Zhao Yan's private inn.

At the same time, the Propaganda Department also sent more than 300 reporters, who were distributed in various provinces after simple training, and conducted follow-up reports in different aspects.

The second issue of the newspaper was soon released. The military page of the second page was still reporting on Liaodong and North Korea, interviewing victorious soldiers and prisoners respectively, and even interviewing Dorgon.

Dorgon, who was escorted to the construction site to build roads, had a rare meal. When facing the interview with reporters, when the reporter asked him why he wanted to flee North Korea, he said in a crying voice: "It's all that bastard, Duoduo, sent a messenger and I explained that the army had blocked the Yalu River, and Daishan and Haoge were both dead..."

The special page is a report on Chen Zhongsheng, supporting Chen Zhongsheng's various reform plans.

The next day, the second newspaper was delivered immediately. One was delivered every day, never interrupted, and it was constantly passed between the stations by carriage.

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

Anyone who wants to comment or refutes the comment can send a letter to the 'Jimin Inn' and publish it in the comments page during the screening.

In fact, the most interesting part is the comment version. Because people often have disagreements in the comment version, which is very consistent with the world's attitude of loving watching the fun.

Zhao Yan would make some replies to these comments in public, so that his voice could be conveyed, making people less unfamiliar with him.

The elites in various parts of the Ming Dynasty quickly accepted this kind of newspaper that was available every day. They were in the middle and upper class of society and were very sensitive to politics, military, etc. However, in this era of information blocking, the information was transmitted very slowly but not comprehensively.

The emergence of "Da Ming Yuebao" has changed a problem to a certain extent. Although the news on that day cannot be published and published the next day like in the future, the "Da Min Yuebao" has the advantage of comprehensive information, rich and diverse content, and very low price.

The Ming Dynasty newspaper was issued every day, and its influence expanded rapidly. Because Zhao Yan asked the post station to give free gifts to local gentry, officials, and academies, it was unreasonable that the influence did not skyrocket.

The slogan of "Da Ming Dynasty Yuebao": If you don't leave your home, you will know the world. It quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty and the provinces that issued this newspaper.

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

These sales plans were all well implemented at various stations.

Chongzhen naturally would not turn a blind eye to the "Da Ming Dynasty" and the first issue of "Da Ming Dynasty" was delivered to Chongzhen on the third day.

Chongzhen was very sensitive to the situation in Shandong, and the Jinyiwei was also very close to the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei had long-term garrisoners in important cities such as Jinan and Jining.

In the content of the first page, I really couldn't find anything that made Chongzhen angry, but I was very unhappy with the name of the newspaper. However, the newspaper solemnly stated: This newspaper is a private institution, and the intention is that all scholars in the world can listen to the will of the emperor and the people in the world can reach the heavenly listening, so it is called "The Ming Dynasty Newspaper".

The first edition of the special topic attracted Chongzhen's high attention. The rule of all directions and revitalization of the Zhu family dynasty was the supreme ideal pursued by Chongzhen.

For a moment, Chongzhen remembered Zhao Yan's suggestion to him - to search the house! He copied the salt merchants and Zheng Zhilong, and the court's finances were all solved.

But Chongzhen just thought about it, it was not realistic. Even if he was the emperor, he could not move Zheng Zhilong. He could go into exile at sea at any time, and then it would become a disaster in the southeast, which would be too risky.

Chongzhen had not yet realized the great power of the newspaper for a while, so he let it go. And when he woke up every day, he would inevitably ask the eunuch to present the newspaper he bought for him to read.

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

Although Chongzhen had the Jinyiwei in his hands, the Jinyiwei was also an organization [***] and was not so active in his work. Chongzhen often looked at the local situation.

The Ming Dynasty Daily provided a window to let Chongzhen know the outside world.

The contents from the first issue to the next few issues are very concise. Even if you blame them, you will not blame the court, but you will only blame some officials. As time goes by, there have been more and more reports on the incident, and there have been cases of fighting against thieves on the military page.

This is the first place Chongzhen read every day, which is the military version. Because he found that the reports of war correspondents and memorials sent back by local officials were often surprising. Moreover, these reports often included many interviews with the people, which often made Chongzhen extremely angry. A magistrate even ordered the beheading of Chongzhen for concealing the report.

The battlefield reports that Chongzhen saw were all interviewed by war reporters in the combat areas under the protection of cavalry. Local officials gradually realized that these reporters were not good things.

However, these reporters are not as slapped as later generations. Every battlefield reporter is protected by cavalry, and local officials cannot deal with it.

"Da Ming Yue Bao" is gradually entering a good state. On the first day of May, the combat battalions had already been assembled in Huang County, and Zhao Yan's action to build momentum with "Da Ming Yue Bao" also began.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!