Slave to Queen: One Night Bride

Chapter 303 News
She said goodbye and went out.At that time, women were deeply influenced by Confucian morality. The virtue of women is not to be jealous. In a big family with mixed wives and concubines, being kind to the husband's concubines and the children of common people are all virtues that women should possess.Because of the personal relationship between Zhang Xian and Yue Pengju, Fourth Sister Gao boldly persuaded her. It was for the sake of the husband and wife. She didn't expect Hua Rong to have such an expression. Can't pass it.

After discussing the military situation, Yue Pengju went to a long distance to investigate, and when he came back, it was already night.

A lamp was on in the room, a few dishes were placed on the table, and Hua Rong was personally brushing the silver-gray armor for him.

He hurriedly said: "Miss Seventeen, you are not in good health, rest and stop brushing."

Hua Rong smiled sweetly, and put the armor away: "You will need it when you go into battle again."

Yue Pengju sat down, took a bowl to eat, and then sighed: "I just found out today that the Dongting navy is more powerful than I imagined."

Hua Rong nodded: "I also went out to investigate today. Yang Mo and others are more than ten times more powerful than King Qin. However, I got a piece of news today..."

"what news?"

"When I was wandering around today, I heard the jugglers in Tanzhou brag that Zhong Ziyi had kidnapped the most beautiful prostitute in Liuyang County, Xinnuo, to be his concubine. And this woman was once Yang Mo's favorite concubine."

"Is there such a thing?"

"Zhong and Yang form an alliance. If we can resolve their oath first, wouldn't it be much better to defeat each of them?"

Yue Pengju nodded: "Okay, it would be the best policy to dissolve the alliance between the two first."

The husband and wife talked for a while about what they had collected.Hua Rong sighed: "I was very excited when I heard Zhongxiang's mention of 'equal to noble and humble' along the way. At one time, I thought he was a special character. But when I saw it with my own eyes in Dongting, I heard that his family's properties spread all over the states and counties. If it is true equalization of the rich and the poor, why are the villagers in this area still selling their sons and daughters? It can be seen that he really became the emperor, but he is a new lonely family. In this world, the cycle goes on and on. In fact, it will always be Those at the top enjoy the glory, while the people below can only follow and serve. Whether it is the emperor or the water bandits, they are all like this. We wiped out the water bandits today, but it is only to make Zhao Deji more extravagant and extravagant That's all. Fighting and killing every day, in fact, it's better to follow Big Brother Lu at the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha in Donglin Temple, and eat a simple meal..."

Yue Pengju heard his wife's tone was flat and depressed. He had never seen her like this before. He felt a little strange. He reached out to grab her hand and asked her, "Sister Seventeen, you've been on your mind all this time. What's the matter?"

Hua Rong shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just a feeling."

Yue Pengju stared at his wife: "If there is anything, you must tell me, don't be bored in your heart."

Hua Rong smiled slightly, and said angrily, "Is there anything I have kept from you? It's just that I feel too tired recently and hate war."

Yue Pengju heaved a sigh of relief. On this point, he felt the same way. Seeing that his wife said it was reasonable, he was not afraid of him. The continuous march was really exhausting. This night, he rested early.

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On the second day, Yue Pengju called everyone to discuss again, and this time he put forward a clear idea, one is to block the food road of Yang Mo's navy, and the other is to block the surrounding transactions.With two prongs, Yang Mo's navy in Dongting was terrified when they heard the news.

Yue Pengju took a look at the map and made another on-site inspection, and found that there was a pocket of lake between the north and the south called Qingcao Lake, which was not marked on the map.Xu Yi said it was the name of the local soil, so he didn't mark it.

Everyone discussed that this Qingcao lake is like a pocket, if Yang Mo's north-south channel is cut off, it will be like catching a turtle in a urn when the food and grass are cut off, so they immediately sent people to guard the Qingcao lake.

Yang Mo and Zhong Ziyi were even more panicked when they found out that Qingcao Lake was occupied, and they sent people to sneak attack many times, but failed every time.

At the same time, Yue Pengju summoned Li Yu, who had been dealing with Yang Mo's army for many years, to come in and asked him to persuade Yang Mo's leader of the water village to surrender.There are more than ten water villages near Tanzhou. Li Yu knelt down when he saw the ten flags and announcements that had been made: "The villain would rather be engaged in military law than provoke water bandits. Over the years, the imperial court sent Those who persuaded them to surrender all went and never came back, and they were all killed by Yang Mo."

Yue Pengju frowned and said, "You don't need to be afraid, whether they agree to accept the surrender or not, as long as you come back safely, it will be considered a great achievement."

Li Yu had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the nearest water village to persuade him to surrender.

The leader of the water village was called Huang Zuo, and he had more than 1500 people under him. When he saw Li Yu coming, he came out in person, took the announcement and the banner to have a look.Li Yu took the opportunity to say: "The emperor's kindness is great, and he sent Yue Xianggong to conquer Dongting. You need to know that Yue Xianggong is different from the previous court navy. Yang Mo is definitely not an opponent. It is better to abandon the dark and turn to the bright as soon as possible, and seal his wife and son."

Huang Zuo had already heard that the world-renowned Yue family army was coming, so he treated Li Yu very politely, and only said, "Let's think about it."

Li Yu didn't dare to go to the other nine water villages to persuade them to surrender one by one, so he handed the remaining flags to Huang Zuo: "You can distribute the rest of the Jiuzhai people." Then he left.

As soon as Li Yu left, Huang Zuo immediately summoned people to discuss, saying that his own water village was the first to bear the brunt, and now that the food road was cut off, it was better to surrender.But the subordinates hesitated because they were afraid that Yue Pengju would kill again after he lured him to surrender.Huang Zuo pondered for a while and said: "I heard that Yue Xianggong and his wife are famous all over the world, so they must not be treacherous people. Let's watch again."

Immediately, Huang Zuo distributed the remaining nine banners, and the hearts of the water villages fluttered for a while.

Besides, Li Yusheng also told the situation, Yue Pengju was overjoyed, and immediately ordered him to be promoted to the second official.After the rewards were awarded, there was commotion outside. It turned out that Zhang Xian and others managed the trading market and captured more than 400 hidden Yang Mo sailors.

Hua Rong and Yue Pengju came to check together, but they saw that the 400 people were imprisoned in the school grounds, all in ragged clothes and disheveled faces.

The defender shouted: "Yue Xianggong is here."

Everyone knelt down one after another, only a few men with fierce faces and rebellious faces stood.

Yue Pengju said angrily: "You wait for burning, killing and looting, and you refuse to accept the call. The crime is to be punished. What else can you say?"

The man said coldly: "My family is protected by Master Zhong in heaven. If they are killed by the dog army, their souls will also go to heaven with Master Zhong to enjoy blessings. Wouldn't it be far better to suffer in the world?"

At that time, people believed in Zhongxiang and called him "Master", which shows the profound influence of Zhongxiang.When everyone heard his words, it was not easy to argue for a while.

Hua Rong walked over and asked the man: "Master Zhong once said that if he practiced the law, the world will equal the rich and the poor. You are not enough to eat and clothing in the water village, so you have to take risks to trade. However, Yang Mo, Zhong Ziyi, etc. Why not be rich and poor with you?"

The man was speechless, but the other kneeling man said loudly: "What the villain saw, the two heavenly kings live in the water village all day long, each has three wives and four concubines, silk and satin, and sings happily every day." , good wine and good food, it’s not as good as the little people who suffer so much with so little food and clothing..."

Hua Rong smiled and said: "Yang said that Prime Minister Zhong has a spirit, but since Yue Xianggong besieged Dongting Lake and blocked the grain road, what can Yang do? He also sent people to sneak attack, how did he ever win? Yue Xianggong is now Block Qingcao Lake, catch turtles in the urn, and capture Yang Mo and others in a short time."

Everyone sneaked a look at her, but when they saw her talking, there was a three-point smile, and her voice was gentle, and the timidity in her heart was first removed.

Yue Pengju was very satisfied with his wife's words, and took the opportunity to say: "You are originally good citizens, but you were deceived by sorcery and were driven here. If you are killed, what will the family do? I have left you, go back and persuade all believers to surrender." He immediately ordered the release of the people, and distributed a copper coin to each of them.

Everyone used to confront the army before, and every time they were captured, they would die. They didn't expect that this time they not only survived, but also had a lot of money. They were overjoyed and cheered away.Yue Pengju also ordered that they be allowed to go to the market to buy scarce daily necessities, and taught the merchants to underestimate the value, and the officers and soldiers would pay them back later.These hundreds of people bought cheap goods, returned to the water village, and naturally publicized how happy life on land is, which disturbed the hearts of the people in the water village even more.

For more than a month like this, Yue Pengju was only stationed there, and was not in a hurry to send troops, but took the initiative to attack the heart. In Yang Mo's water village, rumors began to spread slowly, and he couldn't sit still anymore.On this day, he received a letter from the puppet Qi Liu Yu.Yang Mo and Liu Yu have been in contact for a long time.In order to fight for the joint siege of Zhao Deji by the southern naval forces, Liu Yu sent generous gifts many times.

Immediately, Yang Me summoned more than 80 leaders of Quanshui Village to discuss matters.Yang Mo was called "The Great Sage King", and Zhong Ziyi, Zhong Xiang's son, was called "Prince Zhong".

Because prostitutes are careful about slavery, the two of them have had some filth, and they have not communicated for a long time. This time, because the army is suppressing the country, and it is related to the future of the navy, Yang Mo is old, so he took the initiative to say: "Prince Zhong has obtained the suppression. Mrs. Zhai, she is content, her house is not dirty, now that Yue Peng is besieged by the officers and troops, we must all help each other."

Zhong Ziyi naturally said, "I understand."

Yang Mo then said: "I have already inquired about Yue Pengju's details. Although he is a mighty general on land, his troops are all from the north. Fortress, there is nothing he can do."

Huang Zuo had already distributed the 9-point persuasion letter to other people, and the several village owners said, "Yue Pengju is no better than other mediocre generals in the court. If the food road is cut off, I will have no food and grass this autumn. How can I resist it?"

Yang Mo laughed loudly: "What is there to be afraid of? Master Zhong's spirit in the sky will naturally bless us to win. Besides, with the backing of Emperor Liu of Daqi, there is nothing to worry about."

Master Zhong is their spiritual victory method, but it is not enough to convince everyone at this time, but everyone has no choice but to break up the meeting and go back to the water village to prepare.

After this meeting, Huang Zuo saw that Yang Mo and others were not prepared at all, so he made up his mind to surrender, and asked someone to tell Li Yu that he had agreed on a date for surrender.

Yue Pengju was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately ordered Wang Gui to accept the surrender on his behalf.

On this day, Huang Zuo led more than 1500 people of his own to surrender.Wang Gui was also fully equipped and led the crowd to accept the surrender.Both sides are wary.On this day, the sun was shining, and the two sides met in formation. According to the rule of accepting a surrender as an enemy, they were all fully armed, and their armor was scorched by the sun.But Huang Zuo's army was obviously not as organized as the official army. Only Huang Zuo rode a horse, and the others were infantry.Wang Gui was ordered to lead the formation, and he rushed out with his iron-knotted bamboo weapon on his back, shouting: "I am Wang Gui, who was promoted by Yue Xianggong, and I am here to accept the surrender under the order of Yue Xianggong. Yue Xianggong is based on benevolence and righteousness. , Those who are willing to worship will never be harmed, and will be treated generously. The lower officials are ordered to break arrows as an oath."

(End of this chapter)