Then he'll have a tough time. You have to understand that in Shaanxi, besides the local garrison soldiers, there are also troops from the four garrisons guarding against the Tartars.
Yulin, Ningxia, Guyuan, and Gansu are all located within Shaanxi Province.
Many of them were members of the Yang family who held official positions.
If they are integrated by the Yang family, it will be questionable whether he can take over the Northwest in the future.
However, he then recalled the letter that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, had given him, and it was clear that Hong Chengchou and the Yang family were definitely not of one mind.
Even within the Yang family, there wasn't a unified purpose.
Hong Chengchou is very capable, and is known as the most talented governor in the country. It will not be easy for the Yang family to control or coerce him.
With Hong Chengchou as the Governor-General of Shaanxi, it wouldn't be so easy for the Yang family to control the Northwest.
While moving westward is more difficult, moving southward is relatively much easier.
Unlike heading west, which involved crossing the Taihang Mountains and conquering each pass one by one.
To advance south, all we need to do is take Henan and Jiangnan, control Nanjing, and capture Zhu Jianshen.
Although the distance may seem greater, the resistance is different.
Zhou Wentong had already experienced the fighting power of the Henan army in Zhuozhou.
I knew you were bad, but I didn't expect you to be this bad.
The Henan army was not strong to begin with, and most of them were wiped out by Zhou Wentong.
Taking Henan will be much easier now.
As for Jiangnan, it was even worse than Henan. Back then, a few dozen Japanese pirates could run rampant in Jiangnan, which shows how corrupt the army in Jiangnan had become.
During this time, he also gathered some intelligence about Jiangnan.
Upon receiving the letter from the capital requesting assistance, Jiangnan Governor-General Shi Kefa immediately began to assemble troops and organize a rescue operation.
However, by the time he had captured the capital, the armies in Jiangnan had not even finished assembling, let alone come to the rescue.
Their mobilization capabilities are even worse than those of the Henan army.
This further deepened Li Qin's contempt for Jiangnan, especially after Qin Chenyao of Shandong submitted.
The Shandong navy also fell into their hands.
He didn't need the Shandong navy to defeat the Jiangnan navy, as long as he could ensure that their logistics wouldn't be cut off after crossing the river.
With his elite army, he could easily sweep across Jiangnan.
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