Li Qin looked at Liu Sixiu's memorial in his hand.
He actually reported that he had surrendered?
He even sent his son to serve in the imperial court.
Isn't this just like sending someone as a hostage?
Li Qin then glanced at the map and understood.
As he moved south to Huguang, his situation became very passive.
To his north was Hong Chengchou, who controlled Hanzhong, was stationed in Chang'an, and had openly submitted to him.
To his east was himself, who had already controlled Jingzhou and essentially taken over Huguang.
He is now openly surrounded by his own forces from both sides.
Whether it's in the north or the east.
Especially since Hanzhong, the gateway to Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, was still in Hong Chengchou's hands, he felt even more insecure.
Moreover, after he went south to Huguang, the general trend of the world had tilted extremely in his favor.
He probably felt he could enter the game with his chips and no longer needed to wait and see.
These guys are all thieves.
For him, the surrender of these warlords was definitely good news.
He looked at Liu Sixiu's memorial and said that he was willing to do his utmost.
Since we're going to attack Jiangnan next, let's have them lead the troops from Bashu as the vanguard.
With his troops in Sichuan and Chongqing, his military strength in Jiangnan would be sufficient.
He then looked at Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi. If he also sent troops, Li Xuanshang's troops, which he was guarding against in Shanxi, could also be mobilized.
He decided to take charge of the Jiangbei army and attack Jiangbei, while leaving his nephew Li Xuanshang to take charge of Jiangnan.
He was appointed as the governor of the army in Jiangnan, and he had performed well in previous campaigns as governor.
And those royal family members he had previously placed into the army.
During this period, some went south, while others followed him north to fight the Tatars, and all made considerable contributions.
In the upcoming campaign to conquer the Jinling court, let's assign them all to serve as deputy generals alongside those important commanders.
Let them continue their studies.
At the same time, I kept a close watch on the actions of those generals.
Tell those generals to carry out my orders properly.
After sending another imperial edict to Liu Sixiu of Bashu, accepting his submission and bestowing a title upon him.
Li Qin continued to review other memorials, preparing for his upcoming trip south.
As the imperial edict was sent to various places, the first person to curse was Li Hongji from Wuchang.
"That Li Qin guy is so unfair. We captured Wuchang, and he actually asked us to give it up to him."
Let us hand Wuchang over to him.
As he spoke, Li Hongji threw the imperial edict in his hand to the ground.
After he finished speaking, his generals followed up one by one:
"Yes, Wuchang was captured by us, why should we give it to Li Qin?"
"Yes, we won't give it to Li Qin. We'll fight him if necessary."
"Yes, I heard that Li Qin's army all came from outside the Great Wall, and they started to suffer from acclimatization problems as soon as they arrived in the south."
"Your Majesty, we cannot tolerate this humiliation. Let's fight that bastard Li Qin to the death."
"Yes, let's give it our all."
At this moment, Qi Anyao, Li Hongji's advisor below, also looked grim after hearing his words, but still stepped forward.
He knew very well that although Li Hongji's generals were all simple-minded, upon seeing Li Qin's imperial edict, they acted rashly and wanted to fight Li Qin.
However, the other rebel leaders might not necessarily want to fight Li Qin.
Take Zhang Bingwu, for example. He was always very dissatisfied with Li Hongji's subordinates.
What if Li Qin turns around and, in the name of the imperial court, grants him the position of Governor-General of Henan?
This could very well provoke infighting among them.
It is even highly likely that this directly led him and his men to open the gates and surrender to Li Qin.
They dealt with Li Qin's approaching army directly.
At that time, Zhang Bingwu can directly take over his position and become the leader of the Henan militia.
Therefore, at this moment, he had to step forward and stop all of this.
"Your Majesty, we must not make enemies of Li Qin now. We have Zhang Bingwu and others inside, and Li Qin's army is about to arrive outside."
If we act rashly and fight Li Qin now, our chances of winning are slim.
Qi Anyao stepped forward, cupped his hands in greeting to Li Hongji, and said...
After he finished speaking, Liu Jiexuan, one of Li Hongji's generals, immediately said to Qi Anyao:
"We started the uprising because we couldn't stand the oppression from the officials above us. Now that we've surrendered to the court, we're still being oppressed by even more powerful officials."
We took Wuchang, why should we give it to them?
At worst, we'll fight them. If we lose, we'll just go back and become our own rebel army.
"I'm not going to put up with this damn attitude from their court anymore."
After he finished speaking, many of his brothers stood up to support him.
However, some of them looked hesitant because they had always come from farming backgrounds.
After that, he killed an official and rebelled, becoming a bandit. Now, he has finally been granted amnesty and has an official position.
You're telling them to quit being officials now and go back to being outlaws.
Of course they would agree to that.
At this moment, everyone looked up at Li Hongji, waiting for his orders.
Li Hongji, mentioned above, also made his choice after a brief period of thought.
He then ordered the people in front of him to obey Li Qin's orders and withdraw from Wuchang City, taking everything they could with them.
Faced with Li Hongji's decision, Liu Jiexuan and the others could only sigh in frustration.
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