Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

"How could the chieftain deceive us? In order to protect us, the chieftain gave up the official position given by the Ming Dynasty!"

"Humph! These are just the chieftain's one-sided words. The chieftain rebelled not for us, but for his own selfish desires, because the Northern Yuan court promised him that once the rebellion was successful, the Northern Yuan would confer him the title of King of Liao! And they would also give him more money!"

"But didn't the chieftain also say that the Ming Dynasty is full of man-eating demons? If we are ruled by the Ming Dynasty, we won't live long!"

"These are all the chieftains who are deceiving us. The Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang is not a man-eating demon at all. He was originally a beggar. He rebelled against the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty and eventually established the Ming Dynasty. Now, under the management of the Ming Dynasty court, the people of the Ming Dynasty can afford to eat enough, every household has surplus food, and the land is their own!"

"How could it be like this? Could it be that these people from the Ming Dynasty are deceiving us?"

"No, I have a lot of newspapers published by the Ming Dynasty here, which clearly record that the Ming Dynasty court has been very good to our Yunnan Province and allocated a lot of money for construction, but most of the money was embezzled by the chieftains!"

"Show me quickly!"

"Where is that newspaper? I want to read it too!"

"I can't read, those of you who can read can read it out loud!"

As newspapers circulated, the people in the territory controlled by the rebels gradually understood the truth of the matter. After understanding the truth, the local people began to pass the news to their relatives in the rebels through various channels.

Originally, relying on the advantage of terrain, the rebels were barely able to resist the Ming Dynasty's army to suppress the rebellion.

As a result, after the news spread among the rebels, the morale of the rebels was immediately affected, and rebel soldiers kept fleeing the barracks, which made the rebel leaders, who were several chieftains, very worried.

By the time they realized that there was a problem with the caravans, it was already too late. Feng Sheng was indeed a veteran who had been through many battles. He keenly sensed that there was a problem within the rebels and decisively increased the intensity of the frontal attack.

The rebels, whose morale was already low, were immediately defeated.

Several chieftains had no choice but to retreat with the rebels, and finally besieged the remaining rebel troops in the chieftain's city, intending to fight to the death!
Seeing that the situation had come to this point and these rebel chieftains were still willing to resist stubbornly, Feng Sheng immediately prepared for a strong attack, intending to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop and completely win the victory in suppressing the rebellion.

But Xu Huizu came over.

"Haha, nephew, your method of destroying the enemy from within is really great!"

"This rebel army blocked my way for a whole month. Once there was a problem from within, I wiped out most of them in less than three days!"

"The remaining people are now in the Tusi stronghold ahead. There are no more than 40,000 people at most!"

"You've come just in time. I plan to launch an attack with my entire army tomorrow and try to completely eliminate this rebel army before dark tomorrow!"

When Feng Sheng saw Xu Huizu coming in, he immediately smiled and said, "What do you think of this plan, nephew?"

"Uncle Feng, forgive me for being blunt, but storming the city by force is probably not a good idea." Xu Huizu rejected Feng Sheng's plan decisively.

Forehead.
Feng Sheng was somewhat embarrassed. The generals on his left and right sides cast unfriendly glances at Xu Huizu. The deputy general overruled the main general, and if the crime was to be judged, he could be directly charged with treason.

After spending some time together, Feng Sheng not only admired Ouyang Lun very much, but also had great appreciation for Xu Huizu. Xu Huizu himself was very capable, and he had the guidance of his son-in-law Ouyang Lun behind the scenes. With such a presence, even Feng Sheng did not dare to ignore his opinions easily.

"Since my plan is not a good one, my dear nephew, there must be a better way. Now that we are all on the same front, why not just say it out loud!"

Feng Sheng asked.

"Uncle Feng, how much do you know about the defense of this Tusi fortress? How confident are you in storming the Tusi fortress this time? How much casualties will there be?" Xu Huizu did not directly state his plan, but asked in return.

"This Tusi stronghold has about 40,000 defenders, all of which are earth and stone structures, with the highest point no more than ten meters high. It is much easier to attack than a major city of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, they fled in a hurry this time and probably did not prepare any equipment to defend the city. Even if the Ming Dynasty army does not include the millions of civilian militias, it still has 140,000 combat-ready soldiers, which is three or four times as many as the enemy. If you can capture 50% of my city in one day, 80% in two days, and 90% in three days!"

Feng Sheng said confidently.

However, after listening to it, Xu Huizu shook his head and said, "Not being 100% sure is different from not being sure at all."

Forehead.
Feng Sheng's face suddenly stiffened.

"Ahem, Uncle Feng, please don't misunderstand me. This is what my brother-in-law said to my nephew before he left. What my brother-in-law meant was that if we are not completely sure, accidents will easily happen. We came out to quell the rebellion this time, and we were delayed on the road for a month, and then blocked by the rebels for another month. Now we finally see the dawn of victory, if something unexpected happens again."

Xu Huizu also reacted and quickly explained.

Hearing this, Feng Sheng's expression became much calmer.

Feng Sheng also listened to what Xu Huizu said. It is true that the current task of suppressing the rebellion cannot withstand any more twists and turns.

If this attack fails, or if there are too many casualties, it will be difficult to report back.

Seeing that Feng Sheng did not refute, Xu Huizu spoke again, "Uncle Feng, according to the intelligence I have obtained, the Tusi fortress in front of us was carefully built by the rebels to prevent our army from attacking. Although the wall is not high and not thick, the interior of the fortress is like a maze with various traps and tunnels. It is not a problem for us to attack the fortress, but if we rush into it, it will become very dangerous, and this fortress is built around a mountain!"

"No matter how many people we have, there won't be enough to fill it!"

Hearing this, Feng Sheng felt a chill down his spine. He almost made a big mistake.

The expressions of the other generals also changed.

"Nephew, how did you get this information? Is it accurate?" Feng Sheng asked hurriedly.

"We can be sure of this because our people learned it from the people who built this fortress. It can be said that the situation inside this fortress is ten times worse than we imagined! Even if we can finally take this fortress, it will probably cost us a huge price!"

"Uncle Feng, in addition to the indigenous rebels, we also have to be careful of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Kingdom of Annan! If they see that we have suffered heavy losses, I'm afraid they will be unable to resist taking action."

Xu Huizu continued.

"My dear nephew, your information is so timely. We were almost, just a little bit short of falling into the opponent's trap!" Feng Sheng said hurriedly.

But soon, Feng Sheng frowned again and said helplessly: "But my dear nephew, we have been suppressing the rebellion in Yunnan Province for more than three months. The number of inquiries from the court has increased and become more frequent. If we can't defeat the rebels, you and I are afraid that we will not be able to explain to Prince Consort Ouyang."

"Uncle Feng, I am naturally worried about this too. My brother-in-law has done so much to quell the rebellion, and we can't hold him back! So our goals are the same, and that's why I told you the truth in my heart." Xu Huizu said very sincerely.

Hearing this, Feng Sheng also completely believed what Xu Huizu said, and immediately patted his chest and said: "My dear nephew, since you said so, then just tell me directly what we should do next. Don't worry. As long as the plan is fine, I, Feng Shenghe, and my generals will listen to you."

"Uncle Feng, I do have a plan!"

"We have achieved considerable results in our war of public opinion. Now many indigenous people have regained their trust in us," said Xu Huizu.

"This propaganda war is really useful. If there hadn't been problems within the rebel army, we wouldn't have surrounded the rebels so quickly. But now the chieftain's city is full of die-hard rebels and there are no civilians. It's useless for us to attack the city, right?" Feng Sheng asked doubtfully.

"Uncle Feng, there are indeed no indigenous people in this fortress, but there are some outside! And the remaining 40,000 die-hard rebels. Their relatives are also outside. If we can invite the relatives of the rebels to persuade them to surrender, even if they are loyal to the rebel chieftain, can they withstand the call of their relatives?"

"Let's take a step back and say that the remaining 40,000 rebels will follow the chieftain without caring about their families. How can the chieftain not have any thoughts? As time goes on, there will inevitably be chaos within the rebels! When that happens, we will have a 100% chance of attacking!"

After listening to Xu Huizu's plan.

Feng Sheng and a group of generals were stunned, and then they all shouted "Great idea!"
"My dear nephew, this is brilliant!" "Your idea is absolutely amazing!"

"Your new brain is really good. Why didn't I think of it?"

"Haha, you all heard it, so I don't need to tell you what to do next!"

"Hurry up, everyone, get down and take action!"

"Tomorrow's attack is cancelled. Go find someone to hand over the relatives of the rebels inside. Please come, and your attitude must be right!"

"Yes!"

Time quickly came to the next day.

Several rebel leaders were discussing how to deal with the attack of the Ming army. When they heard some movement outside the city, they thought that the Ming army had begun to attack, so they immediately brought their men to the city wall.

When they arrived at the city wall, they were dumbfounded.

They did not see the Ming army, but instead saw a large number of indigenous people, who were all relatives of the rebels.

"A Le, I'm your father! You've all been deceived by the chieftain. The imperial court will never massacre us!"

"Brother, mother and I are here. The Ming army has not harmed us. They have even distributed all the land that originally belonged to the chieftain to us. Now our family has our own land, and it is all good farmland. You must not work for the chieftain anymore! It's not worth it!"

"Xiao Si, my son! The officials from the imperial court have spoken. As long as you lay down your weapons and surrender, no one will pursue any further questions!"

"The officials from the court also said that after the rebellion is quelled, they will help us repair our house and let us live a prosperous life. Our family will never go hungry again!"

"My dear husband, my mother's illness has been cured by the medicine given by the court!"

Hearing the cries of their family members, the morale of the rebels in the city collapsed instantly. Seeing this situation, several chieftain rebel leaders wanted to call for suppression, but soon someone stood up to oppose. With one person taking the lead, more people immediately stood up.

About half an hour later, 40,000 rebels came out to surrender, bringing with them several chieftains and rebel leaders.

Capital City, Imperial Palace.

Tai Chi Hall.

Civil and military officials were standing in the main hall, where the morning court was being held.

Just as a group of officials were reporting on the situation in their respective departments, shouts suddenly came from outside.

"Great victory!"

"Great victory!"

"A great victory in suppressing the rebellion in Yunnan!"

"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty's anti-rebellion army has wiped out the rebels and successfully captured the rebel leader!"

The messenger ran in with a military newspaper in his hand and knelt in the hall.

"Quick, bring me the military report!"

Zhu Biao stood up from the dragon throne excitedly.

Little Li quickly delivered the report to Zhu Biao, who opened it and started reading. The more he read, the more excited he became. "Good! Very good!"

"The Yunnan rebellion has finally been resolved!"

"Pass on my order, order Feng Sheng and Xu Huizu to completely eliminate the rebels. After the situation stabilizes, the army will continue to guard Yunnan. The two of them should return to the capital to report!"

Zhu Biao gave the order immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After hearing that the rebellion was successfully suppressed, all the civil and military officials in the hall were extremely excited!
Of course, although the good news has arrived, everyone knows that the real highlight is what happens after Feng Sheng and Xu Huizu return to the capital.

Soon, Feng Sheng and Xu Huizu rushed back from Yunnan.

"Your Majesty, Duke of Song Feng Sheng and Duke of Wei's son Xu Huizu have already rushed back from Yunnan and are waiting outside the palace!"

Little Leo ran in to report.

"Quick, let them come in and wait. I will take them directly to Taile Palace. I need to discuss this matter with my father!"

Zhu Biao sat up directly from the dragon throne, then walked out of the Fengtian Hall and went to the Taile Palace with Feng Sheng and Xu Huizu.

"Father, I have brought Feng Sheng and Xu Huizu here!"

Zhu Biao said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Highness greets the Emperor!"

Feng Sheng and Xu Huizu hurriedly saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Get up."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and arranged: "Wang Zhong, go and call Ouyang Lun, Li Shanchang and other cabinet officials, as well as the ministers of various ministries!"

"Yes, the Great Emperor!"

After Wang Zhong received the order, he immediately went to call for help.

After a while, officials such as Ouyang Lun and Li Shanchang also arrived.

"Well, now that everyone is here, Feng Sheng, you can now tell us about the suppression of the rebellion."

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke slowly.

Swish--

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to Feng Sheng and Xu Huizu. Except for Ouyang Lun who was quite calm, all other officials looked at them curiously. They all wanted to know how the army suppressed the rebellion this time. You know, the previous army suppressed the rebellion for a full two months. Everyone thought that the rebellion would enter a stalemate, but after only a few days, the rebels were completely eliminated! (End of this chapter)