Zheng Fei and Hu Sanniang walked out of the commander's mansion together, and immediately had a personal soldier bring the two high-headed horses, the two turned over on the horse, Zheng Fei hugged his fist towards Wu Yong and others standing at the door, and with Pang Wanchun's order, dozens of horsemen escorted Zheng Fei and Hu Sanniang to the west of the city.

Along the way, a soldier of the Heavenly Dao Army had already stood step by step on both sides of the road, and behind them was already full of hundreds of people, wherever Zheng Fei and others went, the soldiers raised their heads and saluted, and the people all stood solemnly to show respect,

When they came to the central square of the city, the team suddenly stopped, and then saw Pang Wanchun riding from the head of the team to Zheng Fei approaching and reporting, "Commander, there are people blocking the road in front of you, shouting to see you." ”

Zheng Fei took a look forward, and saw that there were countless people gathered in the square in front of him, blocking the way to the road, but although the number of people was large, there was no change in the slightest, and they all honestly stayed outside the blocking circle of the soldiers.

"Check it out." Zheng Fei did not hesitate to immediately ride forward, followed by Pang Wanchun and Hu Sanniang,

As soon as Zheng Fei appeared, it immediately caused a small restlessness among the people, and the crowd involuntarily began to rush forward, and hundreds of soldiers hurriedly joined hands and worked hard to form several layers of human walls to block the crowd.

Zheng Fei stretched out his hand and waved towards the crowd, as if he had cast a spell, the crowd immediately quieted down again, Zheng Fei hugged his fists towards the crowd and said loudly, "Fathers and fellow villagers, what is the matter with everyone?" ”

At this time, a white-haired old man at the front of the crowd shouted, "King Liang, do you remember me? ”

Since the first time the people of Yanggu shouted the title of "King Liang", this title quickly spread all over the country, and the people had already begun to call Zheng Fei "King of Liang", but Zheng Fei never admitted it, and at the same time ordered the whole army not to follow the blind coaxing, so the Tiandao Army still called Zheng Fei "Commander" instead of "King Liang".

Zheng Fei looked at it and then said with a smile, "Of course I remember you, when I first entered Yunzhou City, it was you who came to tell me on behalf of the people of the city that my fathers and fellow villagers are willing to provide hot food and shelter for all the soldiers of my army, and don't let the soldiers suffer outside the cold house, right?" ”

The man hurriedly said, "The commander really has a good memory, today the little old man is not talented, and he was once again elected by the people of the city to say a few words to the commander." ”

Zheng Fei smiled, "Old gentleman, please come over, but please don't call me 'King Liang' again, I have no intention of being the king." ”

The soldiers immediately let go of their hands and let the man in, Zheng Fei also turned over and dismounted to meet him, the man came to the front and was about to kneel, Zheng Fei took the first step to help him up and said, "May I ask the old gentleman, what do the people want from Zheng?" But there is no food to eat, or what grievances have you suffered? ”

The old man waved his hand again and again with a respectful face, "No, no, no, King Liang...... The commander and the Heavenly Dao army are as kind to us as a mountain, where will we have any demands, the people just want Xiao Lao'er to ask the commander, we heard that the imperial court has sent a large army to attack, is it true? ”

Yunzhou is located in the center of Jingxi Road, far from the border, the atmosphere of the war is not so obvious, the last two days are just in the folks crazy rumors that the imperial court has sent a large army to attack, and the press institute is still waiting for the entire Tiandao army to deploy the troops in place before releasing this latest news to the society, so the people do not know what the real military situation is,

But now that the people have asked about it, Zheng Fei is not ready to hide it anymore, and deliberately covering it up will only bring more suspicion and speculation.

"That's right, the 200,000 troops of the imperial court are attacking us!" Zheng Fei nodded and replied,

There was a small commotion in the crowd again, and the old man's face was also taken aback, but he hesitated for a moment before asking carefully, "No...... Isn't it half a million? ”

Zheng Fei was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and asked instead of answering, "The old gentleman has heard of anything, please tell me." ”.

"This ...... We also heard that both Jeju and Puju have been ...... ...... the Heavenly Dao Army was killed, I heard that our grain and grass were almost exhausted, and everyone was about to starve, and I also heard that 30,000 people from the Heavenly Dao Army surrendered to the imperial court, and I also heard that ...... Commander you...... Are you ready to ...... Prepare to surrender to the Imperial Court and abandon your army and our ....... ”

Zheng Fei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what he didn't say, this must be a rumor spread by a secret agent sent by the imperial court, the purpose is to make the entire Jingxi Road fall into a panic, fortunately, he has already dealt with it, set up a press institute and other departments, after intensive publicity in the early stage, these people have maintained a little sanity in the face of this new round of rumors, and they have not blindly fallen into panic, since they happened to meet themselves today, then let these rumors stop today!

"That's all?" Zheng Fei's face remained unchanged, and he smiled slightly, not at all like he was listening to rumors that could make people explode.

"That's it...... That's it. Seeing that Zheng Fei didn't seem to be angry, the old man cautiously replied,

"Sir, if I say these are rumors, do you believe them?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded vigorously again and again, "I believe it, I believe it!" Others say I don't believe it yet, but I believe everything you say, Commander! You give us land to plant, give our children books to read, give us free medical treatment for those who can't afford to see a doctor, give us ......, you are a living Bodhisattva, I believe everything you say! The more he spoke, the happier he became, like a big stone in his heart finally falling to the ground, the more excited he became.

Then he immediately turned to the crowd and raised his arms and shouted, "Fathers and fellow villagers, the commander said, those are all rumors!" It's all rumors! ”

All the people were immediately overjoyed, and the audience cheered,

Zheng Fei waved his hand to silence them all again, "Fathers and fellow villagers, that's right, the imperial court has sent a large army to attack, although it is not 500,000, but there are 200,000, and there are indeed some problems with our grain and grass, but you don't have to be afraid, now our soldiers are fighting bravely on the front line, and our summer grain is about to mature, and I am about to go to the front line to fight with the soldiers to kill the enemy!" ”

"From now on, please don't believe any rumors, no matter what happens, I will let the News Institute tell you as soon as possible, please believe in us and be our most solid backing!"

"I and 120,000 soldiers on Jingxi Road will build a new Great Wall with blood and flesh to protect you and your parents, children, wives, and husbands, protect your land, houses, food, and schools, protect you from being oppressed by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, protect you from being bullied by local tyrants and bullies, and protect you from living in this land safely for generations!"

The people listened with boiling blood and tears,

"We believe in King Liang!" One of the people in the crowd suddenly shouted,

The crowd was instantly ignited, and everyone began to shout,

"We believe that King Liang ......!"

……，

The shouting voice was chaotic at first, but gradually formed a unified slogan, and there were only two words, that is, the ...... that resounded through the world,

"King Liang! King Liang! King Liang......! ”

Zheng Fei turned on his horse again, and the cavalry team headed towards the West City Gate again, and the crowd consciously gave way for Zheng Fei to continue to move forward amid the cheers of the "King of Liang".

Finally, Zheng Fei and the others came to the city gate, and the 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry of the independent division were already arrayed outside the city, and everyone was fully armed and brought enough rations for five days.

"Let's go!" With Zheng Fei's order, one of the strongest troops of the Heavenly Dao Army began to rush towards the frontline position in the west.

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In order to ensure the victory of the Eastern Expedition, the imperial court can be said to have invested enough, and the seven "generals" of the forbidden army stationed in the Daimyo Mansion in Beijing (note: after Wang Anshi changed the law, the forbidden army was divided into generals and non-generals, and the Northern Forbidden Army established more than 100 "generals", which was an independent army, and the chief was called the main general, and the deputy chief was the deputy general, and the number of troops ranged from thousands to 10,000) sent four, with a total strength of about 40,000 people to form the Western Route Army of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and the West Route Army was divided into four roads, one of which first arrived in Yanggu County,

According to the original plan, they originally wanted to burn down the grain fields outside Yanggu County first, but when they arrived, they found that the grain fields outside Yanggu County had been cleaned overnight, leaving only bare land.

This is also the result of Hua Rong mobilizing the people of the county overnight after receiving the order, and sending the whole regiment of soldiers to harvest together, and at this moment all the people of Yanggu County have also entered Yanggu County with all their valuable belongings and grain.

The officers and soldiers were a little annoyed, and after the investigation of the secret agents sent in the early stage, they knew that Yanggu County was only a small county town, and only more than 2,000 Liangshan bandits were stationed (the imperial court still called the Tiandao army Liangshan bandits).

The general of this 10,000 forbidden army is a typical son of a family of generals, with good martial arts and a full reading of military books, but he is also a "nerd" type of general.

He was full of confidence in this expedition, and he was ready to "become famous in a fight", but when he heard that there were only 2,000 people in Yanggu County, he was overjoyed, so he wanted to take these two thousand thieves first and have a ...... A victorious start.