Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 237 The Red Lady's Divorce?
Knowing that the princess Jian Guo in Sichuan might really be in the Ming army navy on the Yangtze River, Ren Guangrong couldn't help but have a bold idea.

"Meng Defense Envoy, do you think it is possible for us to capture this princess?" He said with bright eyes, "If I can make such a great contribution, I might be able to become a Marquis, and even you can earn an Earl."

Meng Changgeng was taken aback again.

Immediately, he said with a strange expression: "General Ren, it is certainly a great achievement to capture this Princess Jian Guo, but she has thousands of ships and hundreds of thousands of troops, why should we arrest?"

Ren Guangrong chuckled, "Isn't there such a word? It's a matter of human effort. When I heard the news of the Ming army's navy yesterday, I sent someone to ask the Jiedu envoy for help.

If these Ming troops just crossed Jiangling, that's fine. If they want to capture my Jiangling, I will definitely let them die.

When the reinforcements led by Bai Jiedu envoy arrive, they may be able to defeat the Ming army.

At that time, the princess is just a weak little lady, how can you and I not catch her? "

Meng Changgeng is a bit dull, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get along in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty.

Hearing this, he said: "But just now, I saw that the Ming army warship defeated our three thousand soldiers in one round of shelling, the strength is probably extraordinary.

If they unload those cannons and use them to attack the city, our Jiangling City may not be easy to defend. "

"Didn't you just say yesterday that Jiangling City can be used as a Ming army of 20, or even [-]?" Ren Guangrong stared, "Is it true that you were talking nice things to coax me yesterday?"

"I just said that because I heard the general say that [-] elite soldiers can defend against [-] soldiers." Meng Changgeng felt very innocent, "Besides, who would have thought that the Ming army had so many powerful cannons."

Both of them saw it just now.

The warship of the Ming army was nearly two miles away, and a round of flowering bombs hit the position of the [-] Shun army, directly destroying the Shun army.

Although the two of them didn't know much about cannons, they also knew that a cannon that could hit such a distance and open flower shells was more powerful than ordinary cannons.

Hearing Meng Changgeng's words, Ren Guangrong was ashamed and annoyed.

That's right, he did talk big yesterday.

But there are still many soldiers around here, can you, Meng Changgeng, not say it to your face?

If you don't know how to be a human being, you should have been only a petty official in Daming.

He thought he was wrong in his heart, but Ren Guangrong still insisted: "The navy is powerful, but it doesn't mean that they are also powerful on land.

If they really dared to unload those cannons from the ship and attack the city, I would personally lead the fine cavalry to charge into the battle and seize all the cannons.

Didn't you say that Jiangling City still lacks cannons to defend the city?Grab these cannons and you'll have them! "

Meng Changgeng thought to himself: You are a general and you are justified. You can snatch everything that Dashun doesn't have, and Dashun's world is also snatched in this way.

It's a pity that what was robbed was not his own after all, and now it will be robbed by Donglu.

After Ren Guangrong finished speaking, he went to rectify the routs in person, beheading several middle and low-level generals in a row before they could be regarded as suppressing the routs.

However, seeing that many of the rout soldiers still looked distraught, he knew that they could not be used for a while, so he simply sent them back to defend the city.

After finishing the processing, a general came to report, and the Ming army sent an envoy.

Ren Guangrong felt strange, he couldn't guess the purpose of the Ming army envoy's visit, but he still chose to meet him.

The envoy was a young general of the Ming army. He entered the stronghold and saw thousands of Shunjun soldiers inside. He walked through the "road of swords and guns" before meeting Ren Guangrong, with a calm and composed expression.

Then he directly took out a letter and said: "This is the letter ordered by Admiral Hong to be delivered to General Ren Guangrong and Meng Changgeng's defense envoy. I hope that after reading it, the two of you can reply to the letter and let the humble officer take it back."

"Admiral Hong?" Ren Guangrong was at a loss when he heard it, and then he remembered the matter of the princess and Li Yan who took refuge in the princess, and couldn't help being surprised: "Could it be the red lady?"

The general general of the Ming army said: "That's right. The Red General is now the admiral of the Great Ming Imperial Guard's military affairs, and the official title is Zuo Dudu."

Knowing that it was a letter from Hong Niangzi, Ren Guangrong was a little bit embarrassed.

But he didn't think about it, he just opened the letter and read it.

Although he is not a scholar, he can barely understand official documents and letters.

What's more, Hong Niangzi's letters are still in the vernacular, and it's me when she speaks, and it's me when she shuts her mouth. It's easy to make people think of her straightforward appearance when she speaks.

But what surprised Ren Guangrong was that in this letter, although Hong Niangzi mentioned a few words about her friendship with King Chuang in the past, she didn't intend to persuade him to surrender, nor did she threaten anything.

Instead, he mentioned Zheng Siwei, an important general in his army.

It is said that this Zheng Siwei was originally a local ruffian from the Wei family in Henan.

Later, seeing that King Chuang had grown rapidly after entering Henan, he joined Chuang's army.

Said that if he keeps such a person in the army, when the Qing army arrives in the future, this person will most likely surrender to the Qing army and fight back.

Therefore, Hong Niangzi hoped that Ren Guangrong could dispose of Zheng Siwei, at least take away his military power, or hand Zheng Siwei over to her for disposal.

Worst of all, when Li Zicheng goes south and the Qing army comes to attack, don't leave Zheng Siwei to assist Meng Changgeng in defending Jingzhou.

Because Meng Changgeng couldn't restrain Zheng Siwei at all, he would be killed by Zheng Siwei at Jieshi, and Jingzhou would also be taken lightly by the Qing army.

This is exactly what happened, but Ren Guangrong was surprised and confused when he saw it.

He couldn't figure it out, why did Hong Niangzi write such a thing in a special letter?
Does she really know Zheng Siwei very well?
Thinking of this, Ren Guangrong handed the letter to Meng Changgeng.

After Meng Changgeng had finished reading it, he asked, "What do Defense Envoy Meng think?"

Meng Changgeng also had a strange expression on his face. He frowned and looked at the general of the Ming army for a few times, then leaned into Ren Guangrong's ear and said, "General Ren, this is probably a divorce plan by the Ming army!"

"Divorce plan?" Ren Guangrong couldn't help shouting after hearing this, and then glared at the general of the Ming army, "The red lady wants to separate this general from the generals under her command?!"

The young Ming Jun frowned and said: "General Ren, I don't know the contents of the letter. If the general has any questions, it is useless to ask me."

Ren Guangrong couldn't help touching his nose when he heard this.

He was actually just pretending to be angry just now, trying to cheat the truth out of the Ming army's chief executive, but who knows that he cheated the wrong person, which is a bit embarrassing.

Fortunately, he had a thick skin, so he immediately waved his hand and said, "Come on, take this person down so that you can watch him!"

The soldiers responded and took the Ming army away.

Then Ren Guangrong said uncertainly: "Why did Hong Niangzi write a letter to separate Zheng Siwei and me?

You should know that although Zheng Siwei is currently in charge of more than 3000 soldiers and horses, it is only a matter of saying that I want his life.

Even if I don't let Zheng Siwei lead the army as in this letter, it won't have much impact on our army's strength.

In short, I don't think Zheng Siwei is worthy of Hong Niangzi's special use of alienation tactics to deal with it-if you use this trick to alienate Meng Fangshi, it would be more or less the same. "

Meng Changgeng couldn't help feeling ashamed when he heard this, "What General Ren is thinking about is that the lower officials are thinking left."

"Then what does the red lady mean by writing this letter? You can't really just remind me kindly?" Ren Guangrong stroked the beard on his chin and said to himself.

Without waiting for Meng Changgeng to answer, he beckoned and said, "Come on, call General Zheng!"

Coincidentally, Zheng Siwei is now in this military stronghold, and was soon brought over by his own soldiers.

He turned a blind eye to Meng Changgeng, only bowed to Ren Guangrong, and asked, "What's going on in the future, General Huo Mo?"

Ren Guangrong asked: "Do you know Hong Niangzi?"

Zheng Siwei's heart moved slightly after hearing this.

He also knew about Hong Niangzi and Li Yan's defection to Princess Daming. She, like Hong Niangzi, was from Henan, so Ren Guangrong shouldn't doubt him.

So he immediately said: "The red lady was famous in the Henan Rebel Army back then, so the last general naturally knew her. But I haven't met many times, and I don't have much friendship."

Ren Guangrong frowned when he heard this, and asked, "You really don't know me? But how does Hong Niangzi know you so well?"

"The red lady understands me?" Zheng Siwei was stunned, and then quickly explained, "General, the general has no friendship with the red lady. As for how she understands the general, the general does not know, maybe someone under her command knows the general? "

Seeing that Zheng Siwei was so nervous, Ren Guangrong waved his hand to comfort him and said, "I don't doubt you, I just want to know more about Hong Niang from you.

You may not know that Hong Niangzi has become the admiral of the Imperial Guard of the Ming Dynasty, and she is in the navy of the Ming Army on the river.

Isn't there a saying in the book of war that says 'Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles'.

If you can provide some details about the red lady, our next battle will be better. "

After Zheng Siwei heard this, his eyes were a little erratic, but in the end he insisted: "The last general really doesn't understand Hong Niangzi. However, if this battle starts with the Ming army, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!"

Zheng Siwei had also seen how powerful the Ming army's artillery was, so he didn't want to be a pioneer.

But he had to say this - he thought that only by expressing his position in this way could he show that he was not suspected of colluding with the Ming army.

(End of this chapter)