As for Yan Yingyuan of Jiujiang, after discussion, it was hoped that he would continue to hold his ground and restrain Li Jun.
The reason is simple: Li Qin is currently leading a large army to wreak havoc north of the Yangtze River.
After suffering losses at Poyang Lake, the navy was no longer able to divide its forces and could only prioritize protecting the Yangtze River defense line to prevent Li Qin from crossing the river from the north bank.
There are no more resources left to rescue Jiujiang.
Emperor Zhu Jianshen personally led civil and military officials to see Shi Kefa off outside Nanjing.
When Shi Kefa went to Anqing, he took most of the remaining forces of the Jiangnan court with him.
In addition to Li Jinglong, who was in charge of guarding the security of Jinling City, Zhang Huangyan led more than 10,000 soldiers from the Beijing Garrison to protect Jinling City outside the city.
The remaining tens of thousands of troops from the Beijing garrison, along with the surrendered He Tengjiao and other troops, all went to Anqing with Shi Kefa to garrison the city.
Outside the city, Zhu Jianshen grasped Shi Kefa's hand and said, "Jinling is right behind you, my dear minister, and I am also right behind you."
In the end, Shi Kefa promised that he would definitely keep Li's army outside Anqing.
He then led his army on an urgent expedition.
Shi Kefa led his army down the river, slowly heading west, watching the city of Jinling gradually recede into the distance.
They should still go west with me to guard Anqing and resist the tens of thousands of troops that Li Zicheng continued to advance eastward.
He also sighed; what he had in his hands was arguably the last army the imperial court had left.
If he cannot withstand Li Zicheng in this battle, the country will be completely overthrown.
The heavy responsibility of governing the country now rested entirely on his shoulders.
If I fail, all will be lost.
Shi Kefa looked at the tens of thousands of troops in front of him.
He couldn't help but think to himself.
One hundred thousand soldiers fought side by side, to preserve the last thousand miles of our Great Wu's land.
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