Huainan.
Looking at the intelligence report sent from Nanjing via the Yangtze River, Li Qin sat down and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then a smile gradually appeared on his face.
Nanjing has finally been captured.
According to Li Xuanshang's report, after he entered Jinling City through Li Jinglong...
A great fire broke out in the imperial palace in Jinling City, and Emperor Zhu Jianshen disappeared without a trace, with only a body suspected to be his.
Faced with this situation, Li Qin frowned deeply. He also realized that the identity of Emperor Zhu Jianshen could not be verified, and the consequences would be endless.
Subsequently, Li Qin wrote a letter to Li Xuanshang in Jinling, urging him to insist that the corpse was Zhu Jianshen.
They need to spread the word everywhere that Zhu Jianshen is dead.
Instead of just one suspected body.
After doing all this, Li Qin looked at the person who had been brought to him by his nephew, Li Xuanshang, along with the letter.
Those were several officials from Jinling, along with some family members. Most importantly, among them were the family members of Qi Jiguang, the garrison commander of Fengyang.
After seeing these things, Li Qin realized that Fengyang, which had been difficult to conquer before, was now a reality.
We can basically declare victory today.
The rumor was that once they lost Nanjing and Emperor Zhu Jianshen died, their entire army and their families would fall into his hands.
The morale of the defending troops in Fengyang City will surely collapse.
As for Hu Zongxian from Huai'an and Yang Zhiyong from Runing, even if their families were not in his hands.
However, once the Jinling court fell and the emperor died, news arrived that they were completely isolated and helpless.
After their hopes were completely dashed, their surrender was only a matter of time.
However, there was another unit that was giving him a headache. Li Qin looked at the Yangtze River on the map.
Zhu Chenggong, who was given the surname by Zhu Jianshen, is still leading his navy on the Yangtze River north of Nanjing.
By this time, they should have already learned of the fall of Nanjing.
What will they do next?
With the fall of Nanjing, other areas in Jiangnan will soon follow suit.
It's only a matter of time before Jiangbei is taken over by me.
He had already gained control of both banks of the Yangtze River, and now he was lying across the river, facing attacks from both sides, completely isolated and helpless.
In the end, there is only one way out: death.
He certainly wouldn't dare go ashore and fight his own army, after all, he's not stupid.
So now all he has to do is figure out how to handle this problem.
Then Li Qin took out a piece of stationery and wrote a letter to Zhu Chenggong himself.
It stated that he had already captured Nanjing and that Emperor Zhu Jianshen was dead.
He has already gained control of both banks of the Yangtze River, and if he continues to resist stubbornly in the Yangtze River, the only outcome will be his death.
So in his letter, he began to persuade Zhu Chenggong to surrender, as long as he surrendered.
He can guarantee that he will continue to enjoy all the privileges he has received in Jiangnan.
Wasn't he a Duke in Jiangnan?
As long as he surrenders with his navy, I will still appoint him as a duke.
After finishing writing the letter, Li Qin immediately ordered it to be sent by fast horse to Qi Duchen on the banks of the Yangtze River.
He recently captured Yangzhou and is currently stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Meanwhile, Zhu Chenggong was also on the Yangtze River opposite him with his navy.
Be wary of him suddenly leading a large army across the river.
Li Qin had someone deliver the letter to Qi Duchen, asking him to find a way to get it to Zhu Chenggong.
After writing this letter, Li Qin also wrote a letter to each of the three towns north of the Yangtze River, urging them to surrender.
After sending the letter away, Li Qin looked at the current map. Now, the resolution of the three towns in Jiangbei was only a matter of time.
With the capture of both banks of the Yangtze River, and the gathering of his own army on both banks of the Yangtze River.
Zhu Chenggong's navy on the Yangtze River now has only three options.
The first option is to surrender to oneself.
The second is to remain and be destroyed by oneself.
The third thing is to run away as fast as possible and escape the Yangtze River.
In short, whichever option he chooses, control of the Yangtze River will soon be back in his hands.
Then I can cross the river directly from Jiangbei to Jiangnan.
However, before entering Jiangnan, Li Qin still planned to personally deal with the three towns in Jiangbei to completely eliminate any potential threats.
After all, he couldn't lead a large army across the river; there were still a few spies left to deal with behind him, weren't there?
Within Fengyang.
Qi Jiguang rushed to the city wall, where he saw the people below.
A rare look of panic appeared on his face.
Because he actually saw his family members who had stayed in Jinling outside the city.
Standing beside them were the families of several other generals, as well as several high-ranking officials of the Nanjing court.
Behind them hung a huge banner.
The notice read: "Nanjing has fallen, the false emperor Zhu Jianshen is dead, the Nanjing puppet court has been destroyed, and your families are now in my hands. I hope you soldiers will make a careful decision."
At this moment, countless soldiers looked at their families below and the words on the banner above.
Everyone knew that Nanjing had fallen and the emperor was dead.
Qi Jiguang appeared somewhat flustered when he saw the result.
After all, Nanjing was lost, the emperor was dead, the court was gone, and his family members had fallen into enemy hands.
They were completely isolated; who wouldn't panic in that situation?
But he quickly calmed himself down.
Looking around at the soldiers and officers, he saw that they had completely lost their will to fight, and their morale had plummeted to its lowest point.
They have almost no fighting power left.
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