In the military report, Wei Zhongquan reported the news.

The reason is that after carefully analyzing the battle situation, several generals on the front line decided to capture several surrounding cities first, and then besiege Zhengcheng.

The main reason is that because there is a strong enemy in the north of Zheng State, Zheng Cheng is still a little worried, as the imperial capital of Zheng State, Zheng Cheng's defense is the highest in the entire Zheng State, especially the city wall, which is more than twice as high as Dongyang City, plus a garrison of nearly 20,000 people, it is a real easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you want to conquer this city, the casualties you need to pay will naturally be tens of thousands, and once there are Zheng Guo's reinforcements behind you, then the entire Northern Expedition will fall short.

If at this time, the few cities next to it are occupied first, then even if the reinforcements arrive at that time, they can have no fear, and they can even unite with other rebel armies to completely encircle Zhengcheng.

In this way, the situation was completely reversed, the Cangguo army became the home battle, and the imperial city of Zheng Guo was isolated.

"Attack the city next to it...... It should be Liangshan City, right? ”

Yang Mu groaned, there are a total of four cities next to the Imperial City of Zhengguo, namely Dongyang City, Liangshan City, Xin'an City, and Huangtian City, among these four cities, Dongyang City has been conquered, and Xin'an City has the East Camp as a backer, which cannot be forcibly taken, that is to say, if you want to capture several cities next to Zhengcheng, it can only be chosen in Liangshan City and Huangtian City.

No matter from the distance of the road or the development situation of the rebel army, Liangshan City is the first choice.

Sure enough, on the second day, he received the battle report again, with the three major legions as the main force, nearly 20,000 rebels from the side, plus catapults and crossbows and other siege weapons, Liangshan City was conquered overnight.

It is worth mentioning that there was a very unexpected incident in the middle.

It turned out that just when the army was attacking the city and fighting fiercely, three peasant rebel armies in the city sneaked to the city wall and opened the city gate from the city, causing the Cangguo army to the city and directly causing the retreat of the defenders.

The reason why it is said that there are 20,000 rebels is that these people are added.

That night, the army rested for a while, marched to the city of Huangtian, and almost in the same way, joined forces with the peasant rebels in the city to capture the city.

The fall of two cities in a row greatly encouraged the rebellious peasants in the remaining cities, and the bolder ones launched attacks on the local government offices overnight.

But unfortunately, without exception, all failed, and the loose rebel armies that were hastily put together could not resist the formed regular army after all, and several successive rebel armies died like moths to a fire, under the slaughter of the government.

This news reached Yang Mu's ears, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

In a sense, the deaths of these civilians were due to an edict by which he drew civilians into the war, something he had always resisted.

At the same time, he also knew very well that this kind of unauthorized seizure of the city was not advisable at all, because the entire rear of Zheng Guo was still monolithic, and if one of the cities was captured, then the city next to it would inevitably send reinforcements to extinguish the fire.

Just as Yang Mu was about to issue an edict to ask the peasant rebel army to stop this moth to fire attack, another battle report came from the front line.

This time, not the three legions.

The 10,000 volunteer troops far outside Xin'an City encountered a frontal attack by the Dongda Battalion, and Gu Fengnan and Yang Hong led the army to meet the battle, but they were fruitless and retreated!

The defeat of the righteous army was what Yang Mu expected, and what was surprising was that the Dongda Battalion actually mobilized a group of rebels.

What does this mean?

Description, it is sweeping away the threat in the rear and is ready to take the initiative!

And on the second day of the defeat of the righteous army, a group of Zheng nobles quietly came to the Cangjun camp and asked to see Yang Mu.

Zheng Guo noble?

Yang Mu became interested all of a sudden, from the beginning of the Northern Expedition to the present, his attitude towards the nobles of the family has always been very unfriendly, so that the nobles avoid it like a tiger, and they don't know how many ugly words they scolded behind their backs.

How much benefit does it have to be able to risk your life to come to the door to ask for a meeting, and have no fear?

Yang Mu decided to meet.

When I returned to the tent, I saw several old men standing and waiting with their heads down.

"The grass people kneel to see His Majesty the Emperor of Cangguo! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live—"

"Hooray, hooray—"

Seeing Yang Mu return to the tent, several nobles hurriedly knelt down and saluted, looking panicked.

"Heh, they all knelt down and called themselves grass people?" Yang Mu snorted disdainfully, sat down on his dragon chair, took a sip of the teacup, and said unhurriedly: "Look at your unlucky appearance, is Zheng Guo treating the nobles so badly?" Raised you so spineless? ”

"Your Majesty smiled, my Gongsun family is a famous family in Zheng Guonai, a relative of the emperor, and it can be regarded as half of the royal family, this time I came to meet His Majesty the Emperor Dacang, and I can't lose my courtesy."

"The minister is the lord of the Song family, and Your Majesty may have heard of it."

"The grass people are the masters of the Liang family, and they have come to see Your Majesty this time."

"The head of the grass people Xie family......"

"The ...... of the head of the Guo family of the grass people"

Hearing the introductions of several nobles, Yang Mu's hand drinking tea couldn't help but stiffen.

Gongsun family, Song family, Liang family, Xie family, Guo family...... For these families, he has long heard that these are the top family gate valves in Zheng Guo, and their status is equivalent to the six gate valves of Cangguo two months ago, and in terms of family scale, picking out any one is several times that of one of the six major gate valves.

It's all fat sheep!

Why didn't you bring a gift?

Yang Mu glanced at the hands of these families a few times...... Not a single gift slip.

Stingy!

Just when Yang Mu was secretly unhappy, several family heads next to him also noticed this, in terms of human feelings, they were all human spirits, and they knew that they could not make this young and vigorous emperor unhappy.

So, the head of the Song family coughed and said embarrassedly: "This time, I and a few others are visiting in private, and we can't make a big show, so please forgive Your Majesty for the inconsiderate manners." ”

"Yes, when the minister left, he was about to take the rare jade wall at home, but he didn't expect to miss it in a hurry, he really deserved death, and he couldn't be so careless next time." The head of the Liang family was also on the side to help.

"There is also a glazed palace lamp in the grass people's house, which will be dedicated to Your Majesty next time." The head of the Xie family said.

Home?

Bring it next time?

Yang Mu couldn't help muttering, this is no sincerity at all, and those jade walls and glass and the like, when you hear it, they are just good-looking and not easy to use, especially what kind of glass, isn't it glass with a lot of impurities, I have fallen dozens of them in my last life, believe it or not?

What is the most lacking thing in my handsome tent? Woman! As a century-old family, with the accumulation of several generations of excellent genes, the granddaughter or something should be quite beautiful, right?

"No need." Yang Mu waved his hand and said, "I will only pick up the things in your house, and I can't run away from any of them." ”()