Li Qin watched as the city gates of Fengyang slowly opened.
At this moment, he was riding a horse in full military attire at the front of the army.
Seeing Qi Jiguang leading the way and the soldiers behind him, he was also delighted.
Qi Jiguang finally surrendered.
Fengyang was attacked relentlessly by Dugu Yu, whom he himself had sent. Although he did not directly command the attack, he witnessed the entire process.
It must be said that despite his army's fierce attack on Fengyang for so long, Fengyang remained unmoved.
This Qi Jiguang is really good at fighting.
This left him and his generals truly helpless.
It should be noted that he only had a little over 30,000 regular troops, the fewest among the three towns north of the Yangtze River.
But I feel that he is the most difficult one to deal with.
If it weren't for the capture of Jinling, the Jiangnan court would have been destroyed.
If I really wanted to take down Fengyang by force, I'd probably break a few of my teeth.
Therefore, my assessment of Qi Jiguang is that he is a famous general.
After witnessing Qi Jiguang being forced to surrender, he entered Li Qin's army.
Li Qin dismounted and walked a short distance to greet Qi Jiguang.
The design is complete.
Although Qi Jiguang had never met Li Qin, he had seen the people around him and the specifications of his armor.
He immediately guessed Li Qin's identity.
He then bowed to Li Qin and said:
"Greetings, King Li."
Li Qin returned the greeting with a simple bow, then stepped forward to help Qi Jiguang up and said:
"Please rise quickly. Having you come to me today is worth more than ten thousand soldiers."
After helping Qi Jiguang up, he said to Qi Jiguang:
"General, you are a marquis in Jiangnan, right? Now that you have come to serve me, I will certainly treat you as a marquis."
Qi Jiguang was also taken aback after hearing Li Qin's words.
Because Li Qin's meaning was very simple: if you are a marquis in Jiangnan, you will still be a marquis in his eyes.
He hadn't expected it either.
He then bowed to Li Qin again to express his gratitude for Li Qin's kindness.
Li Qin looked at Qi Jiguang in front of him and once again helped him up with his own hands.
He continued, “General, please go and rest. We have always treated your family with great care.”
He then personally led Qi Jiguang into the military camp and had his family members invited.
Afterwards, Li Qin told Qi Jiguang that the general should have a good chat with him.
He turned and went to his own military camp, giving instructions to those around him:
"Take over the soldiers from Fengyang and the Beijing garrison as soon as possible."
After receiving Li Qin's order, his men immediately began to take over the troops from Fengyang and Qi Jiguang.
After returning to his camp, Li Qin sat down in his seat and dismissed the generals around him.
Looking at the situation on the map, with the suspected whereabouts of Emperor Zhu Jianshen unknown.
With the fall of the Jinling court, the overall situation was settled.
Li Qin looked at the map and saw intelligence coming from various sources.
The 100,000-strong Beijing garrison troops trained in Jiangnan were trained by spending money from Jiangnan.
Moreover, the selected generals were also very good.
After this period of fighting, he also realized that the 100,000-strong capital garrison was extremely powerful.
Now that the Jinling court has fallen, these 100,000-strong Beijing garrison have lost their object of loyalty.
He also took control of their families.
I could easily try to recruit them.
Once he manages to collect these 100,000 Jingguan revenues, it will be another leap forward in his strength.
Most importantly, the vast majority of these 100,000-strong Beijing garrison were from Jiangnan.
They could greatly compensate for the fact that their troops were not used to the climate and water conditions in the Jiangnan region.
As for why he had just treated Qi Jiguang and others so well, and why he had bestowed upon them the same title of Marquis as the Jiangnan court, he was still concerned about the reason why he had just treated Qi Jiguang and others so well, and why he had bestowed upon them the same title of Marquis as the Jiangnan court.
The main reason is that he is a really good fighter, and I plan to recruit him to bolster my forces.
After all, the Jiangnan court had fallen, but the problems with those warlords were still unresolved.
The biggest rabbit died, but not all the rabbits are dead.
The lackeys cannot be cooked yet.
Because of the surrender of the Fengyang Inner Capital Camp troops, Li Qin's army captured Fengyang City, which they had been fighting desperately to conquer, with almost no effort.
Standing on the city wall of Fengyang, Li Qin once again experienced the meaning of that saying from military strategy.
The idea is that winning hearts and minds is the best strategy, while conquering cities is the second best; psychological warfare is superior to military warfare.
If it weren't for capturing Jinling, controlling the families of the capital's army in Fengyang, and successfully winning their hearts and minds...
Desperately besieging cities and relying solely on military force is ultimately a poor strategy.
Now that they had captured Nanjing, the soldiers of the Jiangnan court, who were fighting across the Yangtze River, learned of the court's demise.
They estimated that the final outcome would be either surrender or scattering and fleeing.
With the news of the dynasty's demise spreading far and wide, he had completely won this psychological battle.
He had already succeeded in destroying the morale of these soldiers.
All I have to do now is wait for the remaining two towns in Jiangbei to collapse on their own.
Even if you, as the commander, are loyal, you cannot prevent the morale of your subordinates from wavering.
Of course, even though victory is assured, we cannot let our guard down, lest those generals, before collapsing, lead their trusted loyalists in a desperate attack.
Li Qin then wrote a letter instructing Zhang Hengshuo and others in Huai'an to be on high alert.
At the same time, an order was issued to send a troop to Runing to prepare for the surrender of Yang Zhiyong's troops in Runing Prefecture.
They had taken precautions to prevent Yang Zhiyong from doing this to him before he died.
He had collected and studied a great deal of intelligence about Yang Zhiyong.
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