The rest of the people breathed a deep sigh of relief because they had kept their official positions.
Seeing the state of his brothers below, Li Hongji went down and comforted Liu Jiexuan and the others.
He's not brainless; he rose to his current position from among many peasant army leaders.
Qi Anyao has now made the issues between them very clear.
If they were to break ties with Li Qin now, their chances of winning would be slim.
Everything he has now will be completely lost.
Li Qin's imperial edict was very clear: upon hearing my decree, you are now the Governor-General of Henan, and you can take everything in Wuchang with you.
But if you don't listen and fight him, you'll have little chance of winning.
They might win and retain Wuchang, but they'd truly lose Henan.
And he completely broke ties with Li Qin.
After comforting Liu Jiexuan and the others with their opinions.
Li Hongji then told them to leave first, and then he called Qi Anyao over.
"Mr. Qi, what do you think our next step should be?"
After hearing Li Hongji's words, Qi Anyao bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, we have captured countless treasures and grains on our journey from Nanyang to here."
It has already met our initial needs.
Moreover, Li Qin will definitely be attacking Jiangnan next, and we will certainly be assigned to the front in places like Wuchang.
Most of our soldiers are from Henan and are not familiar with the terrain and climate ahead.
Therefore, I suggest to Your Majesty that we should now take our spoils and return to Henan.
"Return to Henan?"
After hearing Qi Anyao's suggestion, Li Hongji seemed to be deep in thought.
Indeed, with the surrender of Wuchang, it's time for them to return to their hometown in Henan.
However, there was one more thing he needed to do before leaving.
That was to take the opportunity to leave Zhang Bingwu, his biggest rival in the rebel army, in Huguang.
He then issued an order in his capacity as Governor-General of Henan, commanding Zhang Bingwu, who was now his subordinate, to lead his troops to Hankou.
Protecting Wuchang.
Don't go back to Henan, just stay in Hankou.
If you disobey my orders, that would be considered rebellion.
Without you as an obstacle, I will be able to completely integrate all the rebel armies in Henan.
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