Ye Zhen captured ten cities in a row. Before she attacked the city, she had already ordered all the soldiers not to plunder the people's things. Those who wanted to stay and surrender could still live their lives. The food and grass she needed would be exchanged for silver. , will not rob the people of a grain of rice. The people of Dongqing Kingdom have been paying more and more taxes in the past two years. Because the emperor is useless, they have to pay tribute to Beiming Kingdom every year, and there is also the oppression of war. Hearing Ye Zhen It was ordered to be tax-free for three years, and no one wanted to leave.
For the common people, whoever is the emperor is the same, as long as he can give them a stable and prosperous life, he is a good emperor. They don't care whether the emperor of Dongqing is surnamed Li, and it doesn't matter if they pay such heavy taxes every year. Having said that, just asking the strong men to join the army is too much for them.
Now there are people who are willing to exempt them from taxes and don't need strong men to join the army. This is a good emperor in their minds.
Ye Zhen stood on the city wall, looking at the people who had returned to normal life, they didn't seem to be sad about changing their rulers at all, they still plowed at sunrise and went back at sunset, even the number of people going back and forth on the street didn't decrease .
"Li Heng has lost all support." Huang Fuchen came behind Ye Zhen at some point.
"From the time he decided to abandon Jin Kingdom, he has lost the hearts of the people." Returning to Beiming Kingdom will definitely not be so easy to form an alliance with Jin Kingdom. What kind of person is Beitang Yu, he will definitely put forward many harsh conditions It can only be said that Li Heng's vision is too short-sighted. He thought that the Kingdom of Jin was bound to be defeated, so he was unwilling to send troops to help and instead turned to Beiming Kingdom. Today's fate is all brought on by himself.
Huangfuchen said, "Then why don't you fight?"
"Continuing the fight will only cause more innocent soldiers to die. Wouldn't it be better if Cui Yang could submit to us?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile.
"You want to persuade Cui Yang to submit?" Huangfuchen thought she was just waiting for Ye Chunnan, but she didn't expect that she still had such thoughts in her heart.
"All I want is Dongqing and Li Heng. I don't want the lives of these soldiers. Dongqing has no troops to continue fighting with us. The only sacrifices are those innocent people who were forced to join the army." Ye Zhen whispered.
A faint smile floated in Huangfuchen's eyes, even though she already had a hundred thousand elite soldiers, her kind nature still remained unchanged.
"What if Cui Yang refuses to surrender?" Huangfuchen asked.
Ye Zhen said, "At that time, I will issue an order, as long as those who are willing to submit to me, they will be free."
"Yaoyao, if you are a man, you must be a benevolent king." Huangfuchen glanced at her.
"There are some things that men can't do." Ye Zhen blinked and smiled. It's not because she didn't do it before, and she can't do it in the future. There were no women who led troops to conquer the country before, but now she leads troops to conquer Dongqing country, isn't it? Couldn't she be in charge of the entire Dongqing country by herself? There are no absolutes in this world, it just depends on whether you want to do it or not.
Huangfuchen nodded lightly, "You're right."
Ye Zhen looked at the sky, "It's getting late, I have to go back, Mingxi and Mingyu have become more and more mischievous recently, I can't afford to watch them for a while."
Speaking of the two almost two-year-old children, Huangfu Chen's eyes darkened slightly, "Have you sent someone to tell Ah Zhan?"
Hearing Mo Rongzhan, a smile flashed in Ye Zhen's eyes, "No, but he should know."
"Are you still angry with him?" Huangfuchen smiled helplessly.
"I'm not mad at him, really." She walked away like this for two years, and there was no anger left.
Not angry, but refused to tell Murong Zhan when he came back
Huangfuchen wanted to ask again, but saw Shui Yichen coming from under the city wall.
"Great general." Ye Zhen looked at him with a smile. She had heard Shui Miaomiao say how powerful Shui Yichen was when he led troops to fight. After ten cities, she realized how powerful the so-called powerful is.
In ten cities, less than five hundred wounded soldiers were damaged.
"A letter from Doumenguan, I want to see you." Shui Yichen glanced at Huangfuchen lightly, and looked at Ye Zhen with deep dark blue eyes.
Ye Zhen nodded, "Is it Cui Yang?"
"Do you want to see?" Shui Yichen asked in a low voice, he actually didn't agree with Ye Zhen's tolerant attitude, it would make the emperor of Dongqing have the illusion.
"Master, I'll go to the barracks first." Ye Zhen turned her head and said to Huangfu Chen, and followed Shui Yichen to the other side.
Huangfuchen looked up at her back, feeling an inexplicable sense of depression in his heart.
Ye Zhen didn't notice that Huangfuchen was still looking at her from behind, all her attention was on what Shui Yichen said, "Do you think I shouldn't see Cui Yang?"
"If you haven't taken the initiative to attack, they will think that they still have a chance to win against us. Then your kindness will harm more people." Shui Yichen said in a low voice.
"What do you mean?" Ye Zhen froze for a moment, how could she harm more people
Shui Yichen said, "If you give them a chance to surrender, the emperor of Dongqing Kingdom will not think so. They will only think that you are still afraid and think that you are not strong enough. Li Heng will order to recruit troops from other places and pour the whole country If you use your power to deal with us, then even if you get Dongqing Kingdom, it will only be a dilapidated country with people displaced and wives scattered."
Ye Zhen was stunned, she had never thought about this question, and had to say, what Shui Yichen said was right.
"I'll see Cui Yang first, if he refuses to retreat and surrender, we'll attack the city again." Ye Zhen whispered.
"Then I'll send someone to bring him to see you." Shui Yichen said, in fact, he still has a lot to ask, about her identity, and the Emperor Jin who has never appeared before. She never mentioned a word in front of her, she is obviously the Queen of the Kingdom of Jin, since she has come back, why didn't someone go to the Kingdom of Jin to say something
In fact, so what if I asked, he didn't even know why he became her general here, although he said it was to protect his sister, only he knew in his heart that it was more than that.
Probably... Compared to being a businessman, he hopes to be able to lead troops to fight.
"Shui Yichen." Ye Zhen looked at Shui Yichen who was about to turn around and leave, "If we send troops, how long will it take to reach the capital?"
"I'm not familiar with Dongqing Kingdom, but according to what Jiang Dachuan told me, we will be able to rule the capital within three months. Are you going to force Dongqing Kingdom to abdicate?" Shui Yichen asked.
Ye Zhen smiled, "He is definitely going to abdicate, I just don't know who he can give his position to."
"You." Shui Yichen looked at her with burning eyes, "Don't you know what Tianfei represents?"
"Isn't it the god of Baoxiang Kingdom?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile.
Shui Yichen shook his head lightly, "It was the queen who used to be on the islands in the sea."