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After all, these three cities are big cities with hundreds of thousands of people living in the territories. He also has money and can support tens of thousands of troops.

Chapter 241: See Ming Dynasty again!

By implementing the equal land tax and the public trial, Wang Yue could quickly rally the people's hearts. With an army of 60,000 to 70,000 at his disposal, he was no longer afraid of the An and Wu states.

Thinking of this, Wang Yue gritted his teeth and said, "Let's do it! Do any of you want to go into battle and kill the enemy?"

When Wang Yue said this, he looked at Ning Yuanzhou and the others who were traveling with him, and of course ignored Princess Yang Ying.

Yu Shishan, Yuanlu and Sun Lang shook their heads. They, Liudaotang, were not good at leading troops in battle, and they were not willing to help Wang Yue fight.

However, Qian Zhao bowed to Wang Yue and said seriously, "Master Wang, I am willing to help you save people!"

Wang Yue patted Qian Zhao on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Okay, your help will be even more powerful! When we occupy the three cities, those surrendered soldiers will be able to form combat effectiveness quickly under your leadership."

Qian Zhao rarely smiled, but Wang Yue saw murderous intent in his eyes, but Wang Yue could feel that it was not directed at him.

It seems that the soldiers of Anguo are in danger!

Since they had discussed it, as soon as the delegation left Jiangcheng, they pretended to have encountered robbers and quietly went to Wutong Village?

After Ning Yuanzhou arrived here, he was shocked to see that the people in the valley were completely different from the people he met in the capital.

The people in Jiangcheng, even those who were not refugees, had pale faces, and it was obvious that there was a shortage of food. But the people here had rosy complexions and were living very well.

Ning Yuanzhou saw this situation and asked in confusion, "Village Master Wang, you have three villages, how do you support so many people?"

Wang Yue pointed to a place not far from the back of the village and said with a smile, "We can make a lot of money by helping the merchants to process what they need, and we can buy food with the money."

The workshops in the several villages outside are just a cover. Most of them are self-sufficient and not sold to the outside world. The real essence is in Wangjiazhai.

However, Wang Yue couldn’t possibly tell outsiders about Wangjiazhai.

Yang Ying looked at this place which seemed like a paradise world, with the people having enough food and clothing. This made her feel a little guilty. The royal family of their Wu country was not as good as a village chief.

Others thought the same thing. After all, the facts were right in front of them.

When Ruyi saw this scene, she looked at Wang Yue even more passionately. She felt that she had made the right choice and that this man was very suitable for having children.

She is also a person with strong action ability. She just didn't do what she thought of that night.

At night, Wang Yue arranged for the delegation to stay in the mountain stronghold, and instructed the stronghold's manager to allow the delegation to wander around the stronghold, but not to allow them to enter the inner stronghold.

After the steward took the order and left, Ruyi came in carrying two jugs of wine.

Wang Yue saw Ruyi's actions and roughly understood what was going on, but he still asked uncertainly, "Are you planning to get me drunk?"

Ruyi saw that Wang Yue had seen through her purpose at once, but she didn't find it strange at all. She suddenly changed her cold expression to a passionate one, and said ambiguously, "I just want to get you drunk, are you willing~?"

As she said this, she deliberately moved closer to Wang Yue. Her soft and boneless little hands not only touched Wang Yue's chest, but also deliberately moved close to Wang Yue's neck. The breath she exhaled made Wang Yue's neck itchy.

Wang Yue immediately held Ruyi in his arms and said seriously, "This happens to be a mountain village. If you want to marry me, we can still arrange a wedding tonight in time."

Ruyi shook her head firmly and said seriously, "I just want a child, I don't want to get married!"

Wang Yue was speechless. He didn't expect that he hadn't been able to warm the woman's heart for so long, so he said unhappily, "You have to think clearly. If you do this, it's like having a mistress. Although you are free, there is no guarantee. In the future, your child will be laughed at."

Ruyi said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter, as long as you don't bother me, I'll tell him that his father is dead!"

Wang Yue's forehead was black. He felt that he should teach this woman a lesson. He immediately rushed over and pressed Ruyi under him. Then he said angrily, "I hope you don't regret it!"

Ruyi lay there obediently, hooked her arms around Wang Yue's neck, and said softly, "No regrets!"

Ruyi was already in such an attitude of waiting for someone to pick her, and Wang Yue was not some Liu Xiahui who could remain calm, so of course he just took her away. After omitting tens of thousands of words, the big wooden bed finally stopped shaking.

After several rounds of fighting throughout the night, Wang Yue finally walked out early the next morning, holding on to the wall. Ruyi was left lying on the bed. She just looked at Wang Yue weakly and fell into a deep sleep again.

She muttered to herself that this special kind of battle was indeed very tiring!

……

In addition to the 10,000 troops deployed by Anguo in Xucheng, 3,000 troops were deployed in Jingcheng, and only 5,000 troops were deployed in Caicheng. Most of the captives were also in Caicheng.

The reason for this arrangement is that Jingcheng needs to guard against Miancheng, a small mountain city, but Caicheng has no worries, and Xucheng is deep in Wu State, so it has heavy troops.

Wang Yue had been prepared for a long time. He did not move the main force of Wangjiazhai, but mobilized more than 3,000 people from three mountain strongholds, a total of 9,000 troops, and took the lead in raiding Caicheng.

The defenders of Caicheng were caught off guard and the city gate was breached by an attack from both inside and outside. Under the leadership of Wang Yue and Qian Zhao, more than 2,000 of the 5,000 defenders were killed in the battle, and the rest decisively surrendered.

After more than 10,000 Wu soldiers were rescued from the Caicheng prisoner camp, they were persuaded by Qian Zhao to pick up their swords and guns and follow Wang Yue to attack Jingcheng.

Although the defender of Jingcheng was alert, he only had more than 3,000 people under his command. When the two armies were in a stalemate, the city walls were breached, not to mention the city gates.

Although the 3,000 defenders fought desperately, they were defeated and killed. Among the 3,000 Anguo soldiers, 2,000 were killed or wounded, and the rest chose to surrender.

Wang Yue left Qian Zhao and garrisoned here with 10,000 soldiers, and he himself withdrew to Caicheng with the soldiers of the Jingcheng prisoner camp and the main force of the mountain stronghold.

Now in Caicheng, Wang Yue already has more than 20,000 people under his command. He arranged for Wang Dahu to watch over the prisoner camp here, and he personally led 9,000 soldiers to prepare to ambush the reinforcements from Xucheng.

At this time, the 10,000 troops in Xucheng had received the news that Caicheng had been breached, and left 30,000 defenders to rush to the rescue.

However, Shentu Chi did not expect that he would be ambushed in the mountain road. The army of more than 6,000 was blocked in the canyon, unable to advance or retreat, and almost all of them died in the canyon.

Wang Yue left 3,000 men behind to clean up the battlefield, brought in the rest of the men, put on the armor of the An people, pretended to be defeated, and blew up the walls of Xucheng.

The 3,000 An Guo soldiers in Xu City were without their commander, and their deputy general was killed by Wang Yue. The other soldiers surrendered without a fight under the persuasion of the An Guo people in the mountain stronghold, saving Wang Yue a lot of trouble.

After taking the three cities, Wang Yue immediately announced the establishment of the Ming Kingdom, and all the leaders under his command were rewarded.

At the same time, he asked Wang Dazhu to represent the Ming Kingdom in public trials of the He family in the Three Cities. He also bought the excess land of the families that were acquitted in the public trials and distributed the land to the people of the Three Cities for free.

He wanted to seize the hearts of the people before Anguo and Wuguo could react, so that he could truly gain a firm foothold.

The common people at that time had never seen a public trial before. After seeing Wang Dazhu publicly try several local noble families, the common people's originally indifferent hearts suddenly became hot.

Although Ning Yuanzhou and others did not participate in the war, when Wang Yue started to fight the local tyrants and divide the land, they came to watch. Even Lord Zhou could not help but come.

After all, all three villages knew about this matter and were discussing it excitedly. Those who lived in the mountain villages were of course very curious.

Ruyi looked at the excited people who were given land, and they were a little different from the people before. She asked in confusion, "Wang Yue, I always feel that these people are a little different from before, but I can't tell why."

This was not the first time Wang Yue had done such a thing. He said very seriously, "Of course it was the spirit. The public trial made the people believe in us. The land was divided and the land tax was evenly distributed. The people now had their own land. They felt that there was hope for the future. Of course they were happy."

After hearing this, Ruyi said with some worry, "Although they are happy now, when Anguo fights back, they will not be able to keep these lands. What's the point of this?"

Wang Yue looked at Ruyi and said word by word, "Of course it makes sense. With land, the people will have their roots firmly planted. They will fight to the death with anyone who wants to take their land."

Ruyi was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked unhappily, "Wang Yue, do you want to use these lands to get these people to help you resist An Guo?"

Wang Yue immediately retorted when he saw Ruyi saying this, "What do you mean by helping me fight against An Guo? That's helping themselves. As long as they are under my control, they will always have equal talents.

Since they enjoy such benefits, they have to pay some price. They can't just get the benefits and do nothing, right?

Where in the world can you get something for nothing? "

Ruyi felt that Wang Yue's analysis made sense, so she stopped resisting and asked with some concern, "That's what you said, but your strength is too weak. Even with the help of the people, it will be difficult to defend the three cities."

Wang Yue knew Ruyi was worried about him, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I still have more than 10,000 elite soldiers in my hands. In addition to the more than 40,000 soldiers in the three cities now. After the land tax is equalized, I will recruit another 20,000 soldiers, and I will have 70,000 troops in my hands. There will be no problem in defending the three cities."

Ruyi was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "You still have more than 10,000 elite soldiers. Where are they? How come I don't know? You still have 70,000 troops? Don't you have any losses?"

Chapter 242: Where did these bandits come from?

Wang Yue saw that Ruyi was acting on purpose, so he smiled and explained, "It turns out that I have more than 20,000 elite soldiers, including 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. This is the real strength of Wangjiazhai.

Ping'an Village in Wutong Garden and Yezhu Village each have more than 3,000 soldiers, and only the elite among them will be promoted to Wangjia Village.

This time, when the troops were first captured, there were surrendered soldiers in Jingcheng and Caicheng. Later, when they captured Xucheng, there were 3,000 surrendered Anguo soldiers in Xucheng.

I also held a public trial for the surrendered soldiers in the three cities and distributed land among them. Now they are willing to be my Wang family soldiers."

Although Ruyi was unwilling to marry Wang Yue, she really didn't want Wang Yue to die. She was a little worried, so she put forward her own opinion.

Now Wang Yue has 7 troops under his command. It would be extremely easy for him to defend the three cities, which made her feel relieved.

But after she was relieved, she suddenly changed her attitude, leaned her slender body against Wang Yue, and said in a seductive manner, "Since the business is done, let's get on with having a baby."

What else could Wang Yue say in the face of such a provocation? He could only devote himself to the cause until his death.

Caicheng, Qinjia Village

Princess Ningyuan Zhou Yuanlu, Yang Ying and others were wandering around Caicheng and learned about the situation there. They were shocked.

The public trial completely refreshed their understanding of the government, and the equal land tax broke their inherent ideas.

What a bold move!

Wang Yue actually dared to do this, which showed that he only cared about the people, which made him admire him very much.

Yang Ying was even more shocked. When they were in Jiangcheng, they saw that the harassed people there were living a very miserable life. When they arrived near Xucheng, they even heard many people cursing the Emperor of Wu.

But no matter where the people in these two places are, they have never sung praises to Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang to a group of bandits like the people in Caicheng do today.

Du Changshi was silent for a long time, and then he said with some entanglement, "Captain Wang has won the hearts of the people, but it's a pity that his land tax and land distribution have completely offended the aristocratic families. I'm afraid he will not be able to achieve anything in the future."

Yuanlu disagreed. He said excitedly, "I think what Lord Du said is wrong. As long as Brother Wang collects per capita land tax every time he arrives at a place, countless common people will stand by Brother Wang. They are not afraid of any aristocratic family at all!"

Sun Lang also nodded and said very seriously, "Yes, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. I am very optimistic about Village Master Wang."

Yu Shisan was not interested in these things. Seeing the two of them saying this, he said indifferently, "Let's wait until he gets through the current difficulties. Old Ning, do you think Village Master Wang can handle it?"

Ning Yuanzhou was silent for a while, then he said seriously, "There is no problem for the time being. After all, Wuguo and Anguo have just fought a war, and they both need to recuperate. But after a period of time, when the two countries have recovered, I don't know if it will be possible."

Seeing that the two were still in the mood to discuss this matter, Du Changshi asked with some hesitation, "So what do you think, should we still release the news as planned?"

Ning Yuanzhou hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Let them go. Just do as we said at that time. The delegation is trapped here and cannot move forward for the time being. Let's see how Anguo reacts."

After hearing this, Envoy Du frowned and asked, "What about the Imperial Capital?"

Ning Yuanzhou shook his head and said helplessly, "Does Wudu have any other choice? They definitely don't have the money to prepare another 10 gold. They can only send an envoy to communicate. Let's see what the envoy says."

Du Changshi hesitated for a moment, and felt that it made sense, so he said helplessly, "That's true. Wuguo can no longer organize a war. We can only resolve it through negotiations. I am also looking forward to what the reaction of Anguo will be."

Yuanlu smiled and said, "What reaction can they have? They will definitely be pissed off. The gold they have is useless, and they can't threaten anyone with the emperor in their hands. Let's fight. They may not even have enough military funds."

Ning Yuanzhou saw Yuanlu was still mocking other countries, so he said helplessly, "Okay, you still have time to mock others. You promised your brother Wang that you would help improve the waterwheel and machinery, so hurry up and do your work."

When the princess heard this, her eyes lit up and she quickly said, "I'll help too!"

After she finished speaking, she followed Yuanlu. She also wanted to help these people.

……

Wudu, Royal Palace

After receiving the news from Ningyuan Prefecture, King Danyang was very happy. He really did not hope that the diplomatic mission would be successful. The sudden appearance of bandits on the border between the two countries was a great help to him.

But he was a man who valued his reputation. Although he was very happy, he still held a court meeting with a heavy heart and announced the matter.

Zhang Song also received the news. He didn't expect this to happen, which ruined his plan.

For him, it doesn’t matter whether the emperor comes back or not. As long as he is still the powerful prime minister, there will be no problem.

But at this time, he had to express his opinion, so he said very seriously, "Your Highness, King Danyang, I think we should quickly send an envoy to contact this group of bandits and see what conditions they want."

After hearing this, the King of Danyang pretended to be uncertain and asked, "Prime Minister, you know that the delegation has 10 gold. What else can make those bandits give up the gold? I think it is better to send troops directly."

After hearing what King Danyang said, Zhang Song became very alert. He suspected that King Danyang wanted him to lead the army in person and eliminate the bandits himself.

After all, it is impossible for the King of Danyang to go, so only he, the Prime Minister, has enough weight.

Liudaotang has not yet recovered and knows nothing about the bandits. Wouldn't it be courting death to go there at this time?

So, he said firmly, "Absolutely not. Your Majesty's personal expedition has already caused great damage to Wu State. If something unexpected happens to you again, the entire Wu State will be in danger."

Seeing Zhang Song also said so, the King of Danyang pretended to be a little embarrassed and said, "That being said, what are our conditions?"

Zhang Song hesitated for a moment, then said seriously, "After the loss of the three cities of Xu, Cai and Jing, the three cities of Du, Yun and Mian are left alone. Why not exchange these three cities? What do you think of the cultivation level?"

King Danyang hesitated for a moment, and he felt that it was a good idea. The taxes of these three cities were very low, and they had always been used to support the border troops. Now after losing Xucheng, these three cities had also lost their strategic value, and keeping them would be a burden to the court.

When he thought of this, he asked the other ministers, "What do you think?"

The other ministers were unwilling to take the blame, so they all echoed, "Your Excellency the Prime Minister is wise. It is worth exchanging three mountain cities for 100,000 gold!"

Anguo, Guideyuan

After receiving the news, Emperor An was somewhat shocked and said, "Where did this group of bandits come from? Why didn't I know anything about it? The land of Sanzhou that we conquered with great difficulty was just taken away by others? Even Tianmen Pass was taken away by others! Do we have to fight all over again?"

But after he finished speaking, no one answered this question. After all, no one thought that the bandits had such strength.