Nanjing.
As the fire inside the palace was gradually extinguished, Li Jinglong immediately began sending people to search the ruins of the palace.
In the end, they only found a body that had been burned to a crisp.
Li Jinglong frowned as he looked at the charred corpse.
Because he couldn't recognize whether the charred corpse was Emperor Zhu Jianshen.
However, after searching the ruins and the entire palace, they did not find any trace of Emperor Zhu Jianshen.
All he could do was collect the charred corpse and go find Li Xuanshang.
After Li Xuanshang led his army into Jinling, he immediately sent troops to capture all the city gates of Jinling.
They completely sealed off Jinling City, preventing anyone from escaping, and then began to purge the remaining resistance forces within the city.
As for the task of capturing Emperor Zhu Jianshen, he entrusted it to Li Jinglong.
The reason is simple: he's in charge of Jinling City now. Even if you find Emperor Zhu Jianshen, I'll still be the one reporting to him in the end.
In the end, the credit still belongs to me.
Of course, the most crucial point is that neither he nor his soldiers had ever seen Emperor Zhu Jianshen.
If Emperor Zhu Jianshen changed his clothes, how were they supposed to find him?
We've never met him, how are we supposed to find him?
Moreover, Li Jinglong and his troops were stationed in Nanjing for a long time.
During this period, many people saw Emperor Zhu Jianshen when he was away from home.
So he ordered Li Jinglong to lead the troops to search.
Just after Li Xuanshang had basically taken control of Jinling City, Li Jinglong led his troops to Li Xuanshang's command post.
After bowing to Li Xuanshang, he knelt on the ground and reported to Li Xuanshang:
"General, I have successfully captured the palace, but a fire broke out inside."
According to the eunuch, Zhu Jianshen set himself on fire in the palace.
This humble servant has brought what appears to be the corpse of Emperor Zhu Jianshen.
As he spoke, he ordered his men to bring up the charred corpse.
Upon seeing the charred corpse, Li Xuanshang frowned.
Because this charred corpse had absolutely no characteristics that could prove its identity.
Then he looked at Li Jinglong, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked directly:
"Is this definitely Zhu Jianshen's body?"
After hearing Li Xuanshang's words, Li Jinglong also swallowed hard.
Because he couldn't be sure whether the corpse in front of him was actually Emperor Zhu Jianshen's.
Finally, he could only nod and say:
"Based on my interrogation of the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, they said that the false emperor was Zhu Jianshen."
It was inside that palace before the fire started.
After extinguishing the fire in the palace, all I found was this charred corpse.
Moreover, after entering the palace, I had it completely sealed off beforehand.
Not allowing anyone to leave, this humble general searched the palace several times, but found no trace of the false emperor Zhu Jianshen.
At the same time, I also ordered the eunuchs who had served Zhu Jianshen for a long time to make an identification.
They said the charred corpse's physique and other features were extremely similar to Zhu Jian Shen.
After Li Jinglong finished speaking, Li Xuanshang, though still frowning, said to the people around him:
"Now, go and tell people that the false emperor Zhu Jianshen is dead."
Make the remaining forces still resisting in Jinling City lay down their weapons and surrender immediately.
I can keep them alive and allow them to go home.
After he finished speaking, the generals below immediately took orders to spread the news that Emperor Zhu Jianshen had died.
News of the emperor's death spread throughout Nanjing.
Those remaining Wu troops who still wanted to resist laid down their weapons and surrendered after Li Xuanshang assured them of their safety.
Li Xuanshang had essentially taken control of the entire city of Jinling. He then ordered his men to quickly go to Jinling and its surrounding areas to collect the families of the Jingying garrison.
Once we have completely taken down the families of those in the Beijing garrison, we can use their families as leverage.
The Beijing garrison soldiers currently fighting in Jiangbei, Jiujiang, Anqing, Liyang, and other places will also surrender completely.
Once the Beijing garrison surrenders, the remaining troops will never be able to cause any more trouble.
After all, the core resistance force of the Jiangnan court was the Beijing garrison.
After Li Xuanshang issued his order, his troops began a frenzied search and arrest of the families of those in the capital garrison.
At the same time, Li Xuanshang also began to persuade the officials of the Jiangnan court to surrender.
He was very clear that these officials were the representatives of the interests of the landlords and gentry in Jiangnan in the imperial court.
Once we've won them over and managed our relationship with them, that's all that matters.
Suzhou, Changzhou, and other places in Jiangnan can basically be pacified with a simple proclamation.
Jiangnan will return to complete peace, and Jiangnan will fall completely into their hands.
This southward advance can basically be declared a victory.
The Jiangnan court had essentially lost all hope of a revival.
His flanking maneuver was a complete success.
Although Nanjing has been captured, the situation in Jiangnan looks very good.
However, he still failed to find Emperor Zhu Jianshen, which was a great worry and stain on his record.
Although he now has a suspected charred corpse in his possession.
However, one can say that the charred corpse is Zhu Jianshen, but others can say that it is not.
After all, even he himself couldn't be 100% certain that the charred corpse was Zhu Jianshen.
Not to mention any proof.
In other words, Zhu Jianshen is currently in a state of disappearance.
This is a huge hidden danger, because it means that if any general wants to raise the banner of Great Wu against them...
It can be said that Emperor Zhu Jianshen was with them.
Zhu Jianshen may very well become a ghost, constantly hovering above their heads.
Meanwhile, he has not relaxed his search for Nanjing.
Let's see if Zhu Jianshen is really hiding somewhere in Jinling City.
After doing all that, he wrote a letter detailing everything that had happened there.
He then secretly sent someone to cross the Yangtze River to the north bank to report to Li Qin, who was in the north bank at the time, about his capture of Nanjing and everything that followed.
Of course, he also sent people to escort some officials from the Jiangnan court, along with the families of some generals from the Beijing garrison, to Anqing, Liyang, Jiujiang and other places.
Let them tell the Beijing garrison troops in these areas to stop their desperate resistance.
They have already taken Nanjing, and Emperor Zhu Jianshen is dead.
The Jinling court has been destroyed.
Your families are already in his hands.
Surrender quickly, and we will guarantee the safety of you and your family.
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