Huai'an.
As the deadline drew ever closer, Hu Zongxian let out a deep sigh.
His mood fluctuated greatly during this period.
Too much has happened.
The court he had always served had been destroyed.
Emperor Zhu Jianshen was also dead.
There's no point in him continuing to hold on.
However, he should be thankful for himself.
That is, the troops under his command were all drawn from the disaster victims of the Huai River region.
Many of them no longer have family members, and even if they do, they are all in Huai'an.
Unlike the soldiers of the Nanjing garrison in Jiangnan, who completely collapsed after learning of the fall of the Jiangnan court and the capture of their families by the enemy, they did not.
But even if it doesn't collapse now, the news of the fall of the Jiangnan court and the death of the emperor will spread.
The morale of the troops was greatly shaken, and their spirits plummeted to their lowest point.
The team's morale is so low that it's almost impossible to boost it.
After all, you can't create another dynasty.
It could be said that his defeat was inevitable, but fortunately, his army did not collapse, which gave him some resources.
He wanted to negotiate with Li Qin, but Li Qin showed almost no willingness to back down when faced with his conditions.
They set him a final deadline; if he didn't agree, they would continue bombarding and attacking the city.
How long can their army, with its wavering morale and low spirits, hold out?
As the deadline draws ever closer.
In the end, Hu Zongxian gave up and put down the negotiation document in his hand.
He stood up and picked up Li Qin's letter urging him to surrender.
He went outside and said to the general beside him:
"Summon the city."
The generals before him sighed after hearing Hu Zongxian's words and went to carry out his orders.
Although they were also very unwilling.
But everyone knew they could no longer hold on.
As Hu Zongxian's order was issued.
The city gates of Huai'an, which had been closed for many days, finally opened slowly.
Then countless soldiers laid down their weapons and came out.
Meanwhile, Zhang Hengshuo and his men outside immediately dispatched troops to take over Huai'an City.
At the same time, they successively received the surrendered Huai Army troops.
Hu Zongxian surrendered to Li Jun's generals, including Zhang Hengshuo, within the city of Huai'an.
Upon his surrender, Zhang Hengshuo immediately stepped forward and helped him up.
After all, in order to stabilize morale, Li Qin had ordered that the surrendered soldiers be treated well.
Zhang Hengshuo looked at the surrendered soldiers from the Huai River region.
Regarding the handling of these Huai Army troops, he actually heard some core internal opinions on how to deal with them.
Those were the Huai Army soldiers. Although they were not good at fighting in the field, they were quite good at defending cities.
All plans were made to send these Huai Army soldiers to garrison the front-line cities where they confronted the various warlords.
However, the final decision on how to handle the situation still rests with Li Qin.
That's not his concern.
He accepted the surrender of Hu Zongxian and the Huai Army in Huai'an.
He immediately had a letter written and sent as fast as possible to Li Qin to report the good news.
The problem of Huai'an Town, one of the three towns north of the Yangtze River, has also been resolved.
Next, only Yang Zhiyong's Runing remained in its death throes.
Once Yang Zhiyong's Runing Town is dealt with, the war in Jiangbei can be completely put to an end.
Runing.
Yang Zhiyong picked up a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp, then poured himself another full glass.
At this moment, his younger brother Yang Zhiwen, who was standing to the side, immediately stepped forward and said:
"Brother, you can't drink anymore."
After hearing his brother's words, Yang Zhiyong gave a wry smile and said:
"The imperial court is gone, His Majesty has passed away, and we are all left. What can we do?"
The world is about to belong to the Li family, what can we do?
We've come all the way from Shanxi, what can we still do now?
Li Qin has completely swept across the land; our fate is sealed.
"Come on, little brother, drink."
As he spoke, he finished his drink, then not only refilled his own glass but also poured one for his younger brother, Yang Zhiwen.
Seeing his elder brother like this, Yang Zhiwen sighed deeply.
The fall of the Jiangnan court was a devastating blow to his elder brother.
His elder brother's goal has always been to eliminate Li Qin and restore order to the world.
Now that the imperial court has collapsed, the dream of eliminating Li Qin has almost been shattered, as for restoring order to the world.
The world will soon belong to the Li family.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhiwen sighed.
Runing has now become a dead end; outsiders want to get in, and insiders want to get out.
They could also try to break through.
However, given their current morale and fighting spirit, they can still control the army within the city.
Once they leave the city and disperse, they will be attacked by the Li family and Hong army outside.
It is certain that they will be completely wiped out.
Just when the two brothers were feeling worried.
A soldier walked in and said:
"Great General."
Completely desperate, Yang Zhiyong, holding a wine glass, looked at the soldier in front of him and asked:
"What's wrong?"
"Reporting to the commander, outside, Li Jun has reinforced his troops again, and this time he has brought a lot of artillery."
Moreover, and moreover…
"And what?"
Yang Zhiyong immediately shouted.
"Moreover, there was also a deputy general of Commander Hu Zongxian inside. They said that Lord Hu of Huai'an had also surrendered to Li Qin."
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