"It's not just the climate, but also the terrain. There are too many rivers and lakes here, and the rainfall is significantly more than in the north. The land is muddy and not suitable for our cavalry to roam."
Moreover, there are hills and mountains everywhere, so we can't utilize our advantages at all.
Wanyan Gun waved his hand and said to Liu Shengwu.
After hearing Wanyan Gun's words, Liu Shengwu nodded in agreement.
Indeed, the terrain and climate of the south are not suitable for them to leverage their advantages.
He especially dislikes damp, rainy weather.
His subordinates were the firearms army assembled by Li Qin, equipped with many muskets and cannons, and they hated rain the most.
He then continued:
"The superior has already sent me a message, instructing us to recruit more southern troops to surrender. If we want to continue our advance southward, we will have to rely on them for the time being."
He also sent doctors to our area, even the imperial physicians from the palace.
He also emphasized to me that we must be extremely careful to prevent any other diseases from breaking out in the army, which could lead to an epidemic.
"I understand. I'll remind them of this when I get back to the army later."
By the way, Ma Congke went to persuade the prefectures of Huguang to surrender with our orders. I wonder how it went?
Wanyan Gun took a sip of the cold tea beside him and said calmly.
In response to Wanyan Gun's words, Liu Shengwu said:
"Changde Prefecture has already surrendered, and now Ma Congke is going to persuade Changsha Prefecture to surrender."
According to his previous report, it should happen in the next day or two.
Once Changsha Prefecture surrenders, the southern part of Huguang will be considered pacified.
If we can persuade the southern part of Huguang to surrender and gather the surrendered troops stationed in these prefectures, we should be able to gather 20,000 to 30,000 men.
"For the upcoming campaign in the south, we can temporarily use them as the vanguard."
Just as they were talking, a guard ran in and brought an urgent military report.
After Liu Shengwu opened it, he first nodded, and then said:
"Ma Congke's military report: Changsha Prefecture has surrendered."
Moreover, Rong Hongxin, a general in Changsha Prefecture, was willing to lead troops to pacify the southern prefectures and counties.
They requested that he be granted the hereditary official position in Changsha Prefecture.
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