The provincial governor was now fearless, believing that Zhu Yunwen and his grandson had entered Annam without a single soldier or horse, and were now already in the military camp.

Although this surprised the provincial governor somewhat, the situation was still under their control, and then the political historian began to speak:

"Since His Highness the Crown Prince already knows, there's really no need to keep up the pretense any longer. That's right, we've rebelled."

Not only me, but also the highly experienced general Li Jinglong standing beside you. Including the 20,000 soldiers and 50,000 troops outside, they are all currently under our control.

"Your Highness, you are all alone and trapped here. Aren't you worried that we will just kill you?"

Zhu Yunwen looked at the provincial governor as if he were a fool and said:

"Oh, you mean, the 50,000 troops in this camp are also going to rebel, and join Li Jinglong?"

The provincial governor glanced at Li Jinglong and said:

Isn't that so?

Li Jinglong remained silent, while Zhu Yunwen continued:

"You're quite confident, aren't you?" the provincial governor snorted, then said to Li Jinglong:

"General Li, what do you say? Aren't you going to make a move? Since His Highness the Crown Prince is willing to die, we might as well kill him without anyone noticing. That way, we will have one less terrible enemy to deal with in our future rule of Annam."

Li Jinglong sighed and remained silent. At this moment, the Annamite governor also realized that something was wrong.

This military camp should be under the direct command of Li Jinglong. In this place, as long as Li Jinglong gives an order, wouldn't it be easy to deal with Zhu Yunwen?

Clearly, he hadn't considered these factors at all; the soldiers probably preferred Zhu Yunwen.

Just like Li Jinglong before him, he had an incredibly naive idea that these soldiers would listen to Li Jinglong and do whatever he wanted to the grandson of the Ming Dynasty.

"General Li, I'm speaking to you. You wouldn't have lost your courage just because you saw this Crown Prince, would you? If so, then we've overestimated you."

At this point, Li Jinglong finally couldn't help but sigh and say:

"Everyone, kneel down and surrender. Stop making those futile struggles."

The provincial governor said with a gloomy expression:

"What's wrong with you? You had a good discussion with us before, that we would start a rebellion together and share Annam with you. Now you want to surrender?"

He's in this military camp right now. You only need to give the order to kill him. If you can't bring yourself to do it, my soldiers can kill him for you.

Zhu Yunwen laughed at that moment and said:

“Open the tent and let him see if his 20,000 troops can kill me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier opened the tent door.

The governor and the officials turned to look and saw that the 20,000 soldiers in the military camp outside had been surrounded by 50,000 elite soldiers who were aiming light artillery, muskets, crossbows and other weapons at the 20,000 soldiers.

In terms of combat effectiveness, soldiers are definitely stronger than officers and soldiers.

Moreover, these soldiers are regularly trained and are equipped with some of the most advanced weapons in the Ming Dynasty. They are naturally not comparable to the 20,000 government troops.

So at this moment, the 20,000 officers and soldiers dared not move at all; some even dropped their weapons and surrendered without resistance.

This scene made the provincial governor's face turn ugly, and he immediately turned to Li Jinglong and said:

"What's wrong with you? Don't forget, it was your idea to rebel in the first place. Do you think you can get away with it now that you regret it and turn around and blame others?"

You have no choice now. You've even taken off your general's uniform. You won't have a good ending.

The only thing you can do now to change the situation is to immediately order your soldiers to join us in the rebellion and kill this crown prince.

Li Jinglong gave a wry smile and said helplessly:

"There's no need to say anything more. Right now, I can't mobilize these soldiers at all. You and I were wrong, we were wrong from the very beginning, terribly wrong."

The provincial governor frowned and said:

Why do you say that?

Li Jinglong sighed again, and said in a desperate tone:

“These soldiers don’t recognize me at all; they only recognize His Highness the Crown Prince. They know His Highness’s identity, so they only listen to His Highness the Crown Prince.”

No matter what orders I give, they ignore them completely, which is why you see myself in this state now.

The Annamite governor seemed to understand, and he glanced at Zhu Yunwen with some shock.

They never expected that Zhu Yunwen held such a high position in the eyes of these soldiers.

Those soldiers actually only recognized him, and didn't even recognize their own superiors, the commander-in-chief.

Thinking of this, the provincial governor spoke again:

“Your 50,000 soldiers will listen to your grandson, but the 20,000 officers and soldiers we brought will not recognize him.”

That's indeed quite good. After all, those 50,000 soldiers were transferred from the Ming Dynasty. They were the Ming Dynasty's elite troops, and from the very beginning, they were Ming people who were quite supportive of Zhu Yunwen in all aspects.

However, these officials and soldiers of the Annam local government were all locals, so they didn't have much of a concept of Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the Ming emperor.

Although Annam is now under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it has not been long, and Annam still has little impression of the Ming Dynasty's grandson.

They simply follow orders from their superiors; they do whatever they're told to do.

However, the governor's words at that moment always seemed rather ridiculous.

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