When Fu Youde was halfway through his journey, he received a message from Lan Yu that Kunming had been obtained without a fight and the Prince of Liang had also been found, but it turned out to be a dead man.

  Fu Youde, who was not dead or alive, didn't care. He just wanted Liang Wang's head, and even if it wasn't a dead person in his hands, it would become one. But what was this dark, dry, and shriveled corpse in front of him? Was this the Liang Wang that Lan Yu had found?

  "I'm telling you, Blue Jade, although I, an old man, am eager to obtain the title and have promised someone that I would get King Liang's head, but you can't fool me with just anything. It's all burned like this, how can we be sure it's really King Liang?"

  Fu Youde circled around the charred corpse several times, still suspecting that Lan Yu had randomly found someone to burn to death and was passing him off as Liang Wang.

  "Bring the eunuch here! Let the Marquis of Yingchuan interrogate him personally and see if this corpse in front of us is really the King of Liang." Lan Yu saw Fu Yongde's disbelieving expression and quickly called over the little eunuch.

  "Speak! Is this your home, King Liang?"

  "Yes, yes, yes... This is our King Wang, he lit the fire when I went out to find firewood!" At this time, the little eunuch also stopped crying and decided to answer honestly.

  After listening to Xiao Taijian's words, Fu Youde hesitated and looked at the corpse in front of him. He reluctantly believed that this was indeed Prince Liang. Lanyu also had no reason to deceive him. It seemed that Prince Liang really did die like this. But how could he make His Majesty believe it with this charred and blackened corpse?

  "The general is worried that it won't go well with Your Majesty, right?" At this time, Mu Ying, who was standing aside, spoke up. He smiled and suggested to Fu Yongde, "How about this? General Lan Yu and I will both sign our names on your military report to guarantee that the body of Prince Liang is real. I believe that with the three of us signing together, Your Majesty will definitely believe it."

  "Alright, I'll trouble the two of you with this. I'll go write a military report now." Fu Youde thought that Mu Ying's plan was feasible. The three generals who were going to the south could guarantee that they would be able to explain themselves to the Emperor, and as for the black corpse, it would be better to dispose of it properly, lest it be sent to the palace and offend the Emperor's eyes.

  "Brother Mu, I heard that your Qujing City was surrendered without a fight?"

  "Each has his own, didn't Blue Brother's Kunming City also get it by someone surrendering and offering the city?"

  "It seems Yunnan is not as difficult to conquer as I thought."

  "It is extreme, it is extreme..."

  Lan Yu and Mu Ying both laughed, but in the end Lan Yu won by a narrow margin. Mu Ying didn't expect that even if she had gone to Kunming, she would have still lost without a fight, it was as if Lan Yu had gained an unfair advantage.

  "Two younger brothers, come sign and stamp, I'll hurry up and send the military report and the body to Ying Tian, you know that time is of the essence now, the deadline set by His Majesty is approaching, I must rush to report it." Fu Youde, who had already written the military report, beckoned the two men over to sign.

  "General, now that Kunming and the areas below Yunnan are under Yuan rule, what should we do next? Should we stop here and not bother with Dali City or march on?" Blue Jade asked casually after stamping the seal.

  Fu Youde picked up the document on the table with satisfaction and carefully handed it to his subordinate to send it away. As for the Lan Yu issue, he had already made plans: "For now, there is no hurry. Dali City is a small place, how can the masters of the small lands of the Duan and Meng families achieve anything? Let's thoroughly suppress this large half of Yunnan's territory before discussing them."

  "That great general, doesn't he already have an idea? Just in this Kunming city alone, there are hundreds of thousands of Yuan people and civilians, not to mention the other mountain strongholds and villages of Yuan people. And then there are many, many mixed-blooded Yuan people. How should we deal with these people?" Mu Ying hesitated for a moment before asking this question. After all, in the past, Yunnan had always been prone to rebellions and repeated uprisings. If the imperial court were to be tied down here, it would easily lead to a waste of national resources.

  "This matter has been thought out by this general long ago. These Mongolians staying here will always be a disaster. It's hard to get all of them to leave, and our army can't keep an eye on so many grown-up Mongolians. Moreover, if there are people with ulterior motives among them who raise their arms and shout, it would be even more difficult to handle. Therefore, this general has decided that the best strategy is to make all the Mongolians in Yunnan disappear!"

  Fu Youde finished speaking with a smile, but his smile looked sinister, illuminated by the candlelight.

  "This... General, isn't this move a bit too radical? If we kill all the Yuan people, won't that provoke a rebellion with just one call to arms?..." Mu Ying furrowed his brow, he didn't quite agree with Fu Youde's idea. Although it was an effective and permanent solution, it was ultimately too cruel. He had no qualms about killing enemies on the battlefield, but if he were to slaughter unarmed civilians, that was something he couldn't bring himself to do.

  Not only him, but also Lan Yu felt that Fu Youde's method was too extreme. Killing was necessary, but there had to be a limit; not everyone could be killed. Otherwise, Yunnan would become a desolate land, and when the time came, what use would it be for them to conquer an empty province?

  "It's getting radical, let's tone it down a bit. I think this wheel is just right, at this height. Anyone who exceeds this height, regardless of gender, will be killed outright. Those below it, men will be castrated and women will be taken back to the heavenly kingdom. What do you two think?" Fu Youde said, patting the carriage wheel standing against the wall, which was indeed a wheel from Liang Wang's carriage.

  The two princes looked at each other and nodded simultaneously, so even though this would still mean killing a lot of people, it would ultimately give them a way to live. As for those who could survive, they should thank the wheel of Prince Liang's carriage; fortunately, this was the prince's carriage wheel, which was much higher than ordinary horse-drawn carriages, or else even more people would have died.

  "Come to think of it, those damn people also included the Huihe people, who helped the Yuan army defend the city in Wuzhou. If not for them, I would have annihilated that 100,000-strong army long ago. How could my army suffer such losses?" Fu Youde suddenly remembered this and added a large batch of names to the list of those about to die in Yunnan.

  The two princes don't care about the lives or deaths of the Uyghurs, anyway there aren't many of them, just kill them like a wheel and it's done, those who aid tyranny should be prepared to die.

  The three generals of the Southern Expeditionary Army decided so, and in the following days, the Ming army quickly occupied various parts of Yunnan, pressing down on Dali City, which was under the control of the Duan family, frightening the Duan family's leaders into a state of panic, fearing that the Ming army would start attacking the city without warning.

  Knowing that he actively assisted the Liang Wang with 50,000 troops is already a treasonous act. Earlier, his father Duan Bao had surrendered to the Ming court and was appointed as the Xuanfu Envoy. Now, he is helping the enemy of the Ming court, so even if he is killed by Fu Youde after the city is breached, it would be justified...

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