Zhu Jianshen listened in shock as Sun Kaiyang finished speaking.
He never expected that Sun Kaiyang would actually tell him to continue running south, all the way to Fujian.
It should be noted that he had previously made it clear that he would live and die with Nanjing.
Unexpectedly, Sun Kaiyang actually dared to write a letter urging him to flee south.
Sun Kaiyang continued speaking to Zhu Jianshen:
"Your Majesty, Anqing is extremely difficult to defend, and even if Anqing is defended, what then?"
Li Ze's army advanced northwards towards Jiangbei and attacked Anqing to the west.
Within our ranks, many of the officials from Jiangnan have already secretly colluded with the traitor Li.
Beset by internal and external troubles, Jiangnan is difficult to defend.
If His Majesty were to fall to the traitor Li along with Jiangnan, then our Great Wu would truly be finished.
Sun Kaiyang became more and more agitated as he spoke, and his words became increasingly explicit.
In response to Sun Kaiyang's advice, Zhu Jianshen waved his hand and said:
"Alright, you don't need to say anything more. I will not leave Jinling or Jiangnan."
"Your Majesty, as long as we live, we can fight another day. We must survive first before we can talk about destroying the traitor Li."
Looking at Emperor Zhu Jianshen, who was determined to stay in Jinling, Sun Kaiyang couldn't help but speak with heartache once again.
Zhu Jianshen looked at Sun Kaiyang in front of him, stood up, waved to him, and said, "Alright, you can go now."
Sun Kaiyang looked at Emperor Zhu Jianshen, who was determined to live and die with Jinling, with a pained expression.
He could only bow with tears in his eyes and then obey the order to leave.
After leaving, Sun Kaiyang glanced at the palace behind him, shook his head with a wry smile.
He knew that the Great Wu was finished.
Anqing.
Shi Kefa stood on the city wall, directing his soldiers to fight desperately against the attack of Li Ze's army below.
The battle was extremely fierce.
As the commander of the attacking side, Liu Chenghui ordered his subordinates Li Hongji and Liu Sixiu's army to launch a fierce attack from the very beginning.
Before conducting a thorough reconnaissance, he directly ordered his troops to launch an attack.
With their advantage in artillery and other weapons, they successfully suppressed the Wu army on the opposite city wall.
However, under the desperate supervision of Grand Secretary Skofa, the battle was won.
Despite the fierce fighting spirit of the Wu army defending the city, they repelled the enemy's attacks time and time again.
With another failed attack, Liu Chenghui watched as his soldiers retreated.
He then ordered the next wave of soldiers to prepare and continue the attack.
After Liu Chenghui issued the order, the officers below immediately said:
"Vice Commander, let the army rest for a while. The continuous attacks have taken a heavy toll on the soldiers, and such a fierce offensive is having a significant impact on morale."
Liu Chenghui listened to the words of advice from the soldiers below.
He shook his head with a solemn expression and said:
"No, the attack cannot stop; the more fiercely we attack, the better."
Only then can the military strength and attention of the puppet regime in Jiangnan be drawn over.
Only in this way will the commander-in-chief's location be safer, and only then will the surprise attack be more effective.
He ordered the army to continue the offensive.
After Liu Chenghui finished speaking, the generals below had no choice but to continue carrying out his orders.
In this battle, not only Li Hongji's troops, but also Liu Sixiu's troops were sent.
Even his veteran soldiers from Liaodong were sent up.
Liu Chenghui looked at the Anqing city wall in the distance.
His relentless attacks on Anqing were driven not only by his genuine support for Li Xuanshang's flanking maneuver, but also by his own selfish motives.
That is, behind Anqing lies the empty Jiangnan imperial court.
Once Anqing is captured, the empty Jiangnan region will be within easy reach.
Whoever captures Nanjing in this battle will be the greatest contributor to the southward advance.
Those achievements are basically the highest one can hope for.
Now, once he captures Anqing, he can sail down the river all the way to Nanjing without any obstacles.
If he could seize Jinling before Li Xuanshang, capture Emperor Zhu Jianshen, and destroy the Jiangnan court, he would be able to succeed.
His title is at least a duke, and a king is not out of the question.
Therefore, he planned to take advantage of the time difference when Li Xuanshang made his detour to the rear of the Jiangnan court.
Make good use of this time difference, fight hard to capture Anqing, and then take Nanjing.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to send his most valuable Liaodong soldiers up there.
Multiple armies joined forces to attack the city.
It was all for the sake of that enormous achievement that followed.
As Liu Chenghui watched another group of soldiers rush forward, he also gripped the sword at his waist tightly.
Watching the soldiers fall one after another, he gritted his teeth tightly.
The fate of generations of royalty rests on this one gamble.
Under the constant urging and strict orders of Liu Chenghui, the commander-in-chief of the army.
Squads of professional soldiers fell one after another at the foot of Anqing's city walls, like straws blown by the wind.
Although the casualties were enormous, the combat effectiveness of these professional soldiers was far superior to that of the civilians used to wear down the defending forces.
Under their desperate siege, Anqing was littered with corpses.
As the chief minister, Shi Kefa personally went up the city wall to supervise the battle, braving the enemy's cannon fire and arrow rain outside the city.
Soldiers were being carried off every moment.
Moreover, the city walls of Anqing were also on the verge of collapse.
Schroeder looked on with a tense expression as he watched the soldiers' frenzied attack below.
He had just arrived in Anqing with his army when Li Jun's army arrived.
Furthermore, Anqing was not initially planned as a frontline to confront Li Qin's army.
In their plan, the front line against Li Qin's army should be at Poyang Lake, in Jiangxi.
That's why they prepared for so long in Jiujiang, the front line.
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