The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 551 The Surrounded Rebels
Upon hearing this, the two swallowed hard and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

This is no longer something they can decide; they have no choice but to back down now.

At this moment, the rebels outside the city were extremely excited to see that the gates of the capital city of Yingtian Prefecture had been opened.

"As expected, Chen Yong and Zhu Liangzu are trustworthy!"

"They opened the city gates for us so quickly!"

"This time we will definitely be able to break through, and then we'll get a taste of what it's like to sit on the emperor's throne!"

At this moment, the people behind him burst into arrogant, strange laughter, as if they had already taken over the entire Yingtian Prefecture.

However, their troops kept charging in.

We're almost in the inner city, and we still haven't encountered a single enemy. This feels really strange.

Everyone felt a sense of surprise.

"Strange, there's not a single person on the street. If the Ming army hasn't reacted yet, it's probably because they haven't been fighting for years!"

"Wasn't it said that Marquis Yongjia, Liangzu, and Marquis Linjiang Chen Yong would send reinforcements? Where did their reinforcements go?"

At this moment, the powerful families also began to take action. They prepared to seize various extremely important places. People from each family and the forces they controlled headed to the national treasury, government treasury, armory, and other places.

However, as soon as they arrived at this place, they discovered that it was full of hidden troops.

Upon seeing this, everyone's expression changed drastically.

"Oh no! There's an ambush! Everyone, retreat!"

Before he could finish speaking, they heard a burst of gunfire coming from inside.

These people were cut down to the ground like wheat being harvested.

The remaining soldiers were extremely panicked and fled the area. They were an army hastily assembled by powerful families. They might be useful in battles that went smoothly, but in this kind of battle, they couldn't hold out for long and were forced to retreat.

At this moment, the rebel army that had stormed into the city heard the sound of gunfire in the distance. They frowned, and then their leader spoke angrily.

"Where have those two fellows, Marquis Zhu Liangzu of Yongjia and Marquis Chen Yong of Linjiang, gone? It looks like they've gone to fight over important places like the national treasury!"

"Controlling these places means controlling enough resources. These guys are truly damned for making such preparations!"

The others cursed loudly upon hearing this. They were drawing the enemy's attention on the front lines, while these guys were launching a sneak attack from behind.

Thinking about this, they knew they couldn't continue like this.

Otherwise, by the time they arrived, all the good stuff would have been stolen by those two guys.

Before, I was a little worried and wary, but now I just ignore everything and rush straight into the city.

Although Yingtian Prefecture was eerily quiet, it did nothing to diminish the burning desire in the eyes of these people.

As long as they take over Yingtian Prefecture, all the wealth and prosperity within will be theirs.

But the further they went, the quieter the gunfire became. More importantly, they didn't see a single soldier from Zhu Liangzu or Chen Yong along the way.

Just as he hesitated, a troop of soldiers suddenly surrounded them from all directions.

The leader's expression immediately changed drastically.

"Oh no, we've been tricked! There's an ambush here!"

But by the time they realized it, it was too late; the Ming army had already surrounded the area.

Countless guns were pointed at them, and soon many of their men had fallen.

The men's faces were extremely grim. "Damn it, how could the Ming army be in this place?"

"Did they already know about this?"

At that moment, a thought suddenly occurred to him: all their actions now seemed to be exposed to the enemy.

Could it be that Marquis Yongjia, Zhu Liangzu, and Marquis Linjiang, Chen Yong, never rebelled at all, but were simply trying to frame us?

Various thoughts raced through their minds, and everyone's faces turned extremely grim; they were at a loss for what to do.

Suddenly, they spotted Marquis Chen Yong of Linjiang and Marquis Zhu Liangzu of Yongjia in the crowd, and their eyes lit up.

He shouted hurriedly.

"My lords, please don't misunderstand. We're all on the same side. We don't fight each other!"

At this moment, both Marquis Yongjia, Zhu Liangzu, and his companion were feeling quite frustrated.

In this situation, just surviving is already a feat, so there's no time to think about anything else.

Now, hearing what these rebel soldiers said, their faces turned very ugly.

With these words, all the lies they told before become self-defeating.

Zhu Liangzu immediately burst into curses, pointing at those people and shouting.

"What right do these traitors have to call me by my name? I am a loyal subject of the Ming Dynasty, how can I be like you!"

"If I were you, I would immediately commit suicide and die!"

Hearing this was truly unbelievable. Could it really be exactly as they had guessed? If so, that would be troublesome.

I'm afraid that someone like you, the leader, will point at Zhu Liangzu and Chen Yong and start cursing them.

"How dare you two traitors say such things? Don't forget what you did before. If it weren't for us powerful families covering for you, you would have died many times over!"

"Over the years, you have used your connections to steal a lot of the Ming Dynasty's military equipment and sold it all over the country!"

"You even intend to sell the most advanced weapons of the Ming Dynasty to the Timurid Empire!"

"Now you're pretending to be a loyal subject, how shameless!"

It made people's faces extremely ugly.

They do indeed have ice rinks in the hands of these powerful families.

If the two sides hadn't fallen out, these secrets would have remained buried forever.

However, now that everything had been revealed, the two were extremely frightened and looked at Crown Prince Zhu Biao beside them.

At this moment, Crown Prince Zhu Biao remained expressionless, seemingly not taking their affairs seriously.

At this moment, Crown Prince Zhu Biao glanced at the general leading the troops beside him.

The general nodded, then led his troops toward the rebels.

These rebellious armies were originally composed of troops from various families, and their fighting strength was so weak that they were scattered after only a short time.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, the leader had no choice but to surrender.

Marquis Yongjia Zhu Liangzu and Marquis Linjiang Chen Yong frowned as they looked at the surrendered aristocratic families. If they were allowed to live, their own affairs might be exposed. It seemed they had to find a way to get rid of them.

(End of this chapter)