Everyone present looked at Wang Fuzhi, wondering what countermeasures he had.

Wang Fuzhi said so much but only explained the facts. He did not say how to deal with the thieves in Yuyuan.

If he can't solve the problem, then he is just talking nonsense.

Wang Fuzhi stood up and walked back and forth for a few steps before stopping and saying to the surrendered general in Yuyuan: "The method is very simple, let's start with food."

"food?"

"Yes," Wang Fuzhi nodded, "As long as they run out of food, they must leave Yuyuan to survive. Without the cover of Yuyuan, they will definitely not be a match for the government troops!"

"But they have enough food to survive the winter!" Ren Qi reminded with a blink.

"How can it be enough?" Wang Fuzhi's eyes swept over the faces of Ren Qi, Zhang Qi, Liang Min and Huang Zhenshan one by one, "If you return to Yuyuan, will the food be enough for you to eat?"

"Return to Yuyuan?" Ren Qi and others were confused by this sentence.

Liang Min was the first to react. He bowed deeply and said, "Lord Wang, please be wise! We sincerely submit to the court this time and have no intention of rebelling!"

"Yes, Lord Wang, please look into this matter!"

"Please look carefully, sir!" Ren Qi and others said one after another.

"Ah," Wang Fuzhi shook his head, "why would I doubt you? I'm not asking you to go back to test your loyalty, I'm asking you to go have a meal!"

Seeing that everyone was confused, Wang Fuzhi began to explain: "Only by eating up all the stored food and destitute the Yuyuan thieves can we force them to leave Yuyuan and face the government troops! Without the cover of Yuyuan, they are definitely no match for the government troops. At that time, they will either accept the amnesty or be killed or captured!"

Eat up all the stored food...and make the thieves in Yuyuan penniless!

These two words directly refreshed the views of Ren Qi and others.

Not to mention Ren Qi, even Li Dingguo, who was born a bandit, heard such remarks for the first time.

He stared at Wang Fuzhi's eyes for a long time, and said admiringly: "Lord Wang's plan is really a rare and brilliant one in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Sir," Ren Qi wiped the sweat off his forehead, "How are we supposed to...eat up all the food we have stored?"

"Simple!" Wang Fuzhi extended his right index finger. "You should take your troops back to Yu Garden immediately. Don't start a war with Fan Ciwu, Wang Jun and others, and don't contact the government troops. Just stay in Yu Garden and eat the stored food! When you have eaten all the stored food, come out and join General Li's troops."

Huang Zhenshan swallowed his saliva and said, "Your Excellency means that we can eat as much as we want when we return?"

"No," Wang Fuzhi denied what he had said before, "It's not enough to just eat. You have to bring all the supplies with you when you leave, so you can eat and take everything with you!"

What a great way to eat and take at the same time!

Huang Zhenshan's eyes began to light up.

"After you go back, if you can eat one pound, never eat eight ounces. As long as you are not too full, eat as much as you can! The more you eat, the better, and the faster the better! In addition, you must also find a way to open a porridge factory to provide relief to the victims, so that the rate of food consumption will greatly increase."

"But," Liang Min questioned, "We have already submitted to the imperial court. I'm afraid we won't be accepted by Fan Ciwu, Wang Jun and others if we go back this time."

"You surrendered and then rebelled again!" Wang Fuzhi was somewhat speechless and said, "You are the only one who knows about this matter. The soldiers below don't know about it and won't leak it. Even if you are not accepted by Fan Ciwu and others, you still have a share of the grain. At worst, you can divide the grain equally and stop having any contact with each other."

"Then..." Ren Qi was still a little worried: "After eating the food, Fan Ciwu and Wang Jun will find a way to buy or rob food from the surrounding villages, towns, counties and cities. Yuyuan is so big that we can't catch them at all."

"What grain?" Wang Fuzhi sneered, "Five counties were hit by floods. These people have lost their homes, not to mention food. In order to provide disaster relief, the court has bought up all the grain that can be purchased from the surrounding counties. The people only have their own food left, and they won't sell it!"

"If they dare to rob the people's food, they will not only lose the people's support, but also become the target of public criticism! Then sending troops to suppress the bandits will achieve twice the result with half the effort!"

After listening to Wang Fuzhi's explanation, Ren Qi couldn't help but sigh: "Just as General Li said, Lord Wang's strategy is indeed a rare and ingenious strategy in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Lord Wang's move is a perfect example of conquering the enemy without fighting!"

"I admire you. I really admire you."

"Sir Wang," Li Dingguo asked with a blink of his eyes amid the admiration of the crowd, "They are responsible for eating, what are I and my subordinates responsible for?"

"I have already arranged it!" Wang Fuzhi pointed to a section of the Yellow River embankment on the map and said, "In the next few months, the court will rebuild the embankment here and store a large amount of supplies needed by the victims nearby."

"General Li can stay around the supplies to prevent the Yuyuan bandits from launching a surprise attack. Or you can use the supplies to attract the Yuyuan bandits and then destroy them! But remember, appeasement is the main approach, and both suppression and appeasement are important."

"Wonderful, it's really wonderful!" Li Dingguo gave Wang Fuzhi a thumbs up.

"Okay," Wang Fuzhi stood up and said to Ren Qi and the others, "Puzhou doesn't have much food left. You should pack up quickly and go back to Yuyuan for dinner!"

Wang Fuzhi obviously had no intention of providing meals.

Ren Qi and the others looked at each other. Although they were still a little worried, they had no choice but to get up and leave.

After breaking camp, the three thousand surrendered imperial troops from Yuyuan set out again on the road back to Yuyuan.

"Sir, haven't we already belonged to the imperial court? Why are we heading to Yuyuan?" the soldiers asked in confusion.

"Don't ask, just follow me." The person next to him answered.

"To fight those who refuse to surrender?"

"It shouldn't be! As the saying goes, food and fodder come before troops move. We didn't bring any food and fodder with us this time, so we're definitely not going to fight."

"Since we are not fighting, why are we going to Yuyuan? There are rebels everywhere! Are we going to be the accomplices of the imperial court?"

"You think you can be a spy? Do you have the brains to be a spy? Don't ask me. It's not a good thing to know too much."

"Okay, okay, you're right."

The soldiers didn't dare to ask more questions and could only follow the team and move forward.

The lower-level soldiers are in an information cocoon and have no idea what is happening above.

They surrendered when their superiors asked them to.

If the leaders rebelled again, they would have no choice but to follow suit.

Just like ordinary people, they have no way to change the direction of the times and can only be swept away by the tide of the times into the unknown.