The second floor of Yuchuan Palace is where Zhu Yuluo took a rest and handled government affairs, so this meeting was held in the "restaurant" and "living room" on the first floor.

The reason why I'm not outside is because it's raining lightly.

Electric lights are installed on the first floor. There are solar panels on the ship and it can generate electricity through the steam boiler, so the first floor is bright.

Zhu Aelao sat inside, with a table and chair alone, facing the door on the first floor.

The Red Lady, Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, and Liu Wenxiu were sitting on both sides. Except for the Red Lady, the other three were quite reserved.

After listening to Zhu Yuluo's words, Zeng Ying had no intention of speaking - he only joined the military last year and had never fought with Li Chuang's people. He had heard of Li Zicheng's famous generals, but Bai Wang and Ren Guangrong

This was the first time he heard the name.

When the red lady saw that several people were looking at her, she said without hesitation: "I have been in the army for several years, so let me tell you about it.

Bai Wang was also an old man who followed Li Zicheng in his early years and won Li Zicheng's trust.

However, this man's fighting skills were average, but his overall ability was good, so when Li Zicheng went north to Sanqin to deal with Sun Chuanting, he appointed Bai Wang as the envoy of Anle.

Bai Wang's main task was to prevent Zuo Liangyu and other officers and soldiers from taking the retreat of the Shun Army, and to pacify the local rebels who resisted the Shun Army.

It had been two or three years since Li Zicheng went north. Apart from asking for help once from Tian Jianxiu who was staying in Xi'an, Bai Wang was able to defend the Jianghan area well most of the time with the more than 50,000 troops and horses left by Li Zicheng.

There are only a few generals who can act independently."

After hearing what the Red Lady said, Zhu Aao thought of the records about Bai Wang in later generations.

Bai Wang commanded the army, and his ability in fighting was indeed mediocre, otherwise he would not have been unknown when Li Zicheng went to fight in the world.

However, his ability to govern and govern one party is indeed outstanding among the Shun army. During his tenure as the Anle Jiedushi, he selected talents and promoted talents, constantly suppressed the resistance of the local gentry, and managed the Jianghan area well.

Later, Li Zicheng arrived and asked Bai Wang to lead his troops as the front army, crossing the river first and heading to Jiangnan.

Bai Wang refused.

At that time, he had already managed his troops to more than 70,000 people. He also said that De'an City, where he mainly operated, was strong and the surrounding villages were salty, and he wanted to stay and resist the Qing army on the spot.

It was a pity that Li Zicheng had been beaten by the Qing army and was frightened. He only wanted to escape to Jiangnan and did not agree with Bai Wang's proposal at all.

In desperation, Bai Wang had no choice but to lead his more elite troops to leave Jianghan for the former army and go to Jiangnan.

Soon after Li Zicheng died on Jiugong Mountain in Tongcheng, chaos broke out among all the troops in the army.

The 10,000 to 20,000 troops and horses left by Li Zicheng to Bai Wang were obtained by annexing Luo Rucai and He Yilong from the fifth division of Ge Zuo.

Upon hearing that Li Zicheng was dead, Wang Tizhong, who was suspected to be Luo Rucai or He Yilong's old subordinate, assassinated Bai Wang and took control of most of the troops led by Bai Wang to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

In Hao Guangming's words, Bai Wang was a man who liked farming and engaged in defensive management. The highlight of his life was serving as the governor of Anle.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuyao had a rough idea of ​​what kind of person Bai Wang was.

At this time, the red lady said again: "Ren Guangrong and his brother Ren Jirong both took refuge with Li Zicheng in Hubei Province, and both of them have good military abilities, especially Ren Jirong, who was appointed as the forward general of the central camp, General Guo Yi.

As for Ren Guangrong, his military capabilities are not as good as those of Ren Jirong, but they are not much different. However, I have no contact with them and don’t know much about them.”

There are not many records about Ren Guangrong in later generations. We only know that one of his subordinates was Zheng Siwei. When Ren Guangrong followed Li Zicheng to the south of the Yangtze River, he left this person to assist in the defense and sent Meng Changgeng to guard Jingzhou. However, Zheng Siwei killed Meng Changgeng and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

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Later, Zuo Liangyu dismounted Jinzhong and joined forces with Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others to besiege Jingzhou with hundreds of thousands of troops and a company camp of dozens of miles.

As a result, because the Shun army was poorly equipped and had to travel a long distance, coupled with low morale after hearing that King Chuang had died, and various conflicts with the Nanming side, they were unable to capture Jingzhou.

Of course, this was also related to the fact that Jingzhou was well prepared. At that time, Zheng Siwei not only had sufficient food and grass, but Jiangling City (Jingzhou) was also newly built, and there were Hongyi cannons sent by the Qing army.

Comparing the two, it is not surprising that the Shun Army and Ma Jinzhong's troops were unable to attack.

After withdrawing her thoughts, Zhu Yuluo looked at the other three people and asked, "Do you have anything else to say about the Huguang incident?"

Zeng Ying and Yang Zhan still didn't speak, but Liu Wenxiu hesitated and said: "Jingzhou City has been reduced to ruins after a great battle. However, its geographical location is dangerous, and the Shun Army may have rebuilt defense facilities there."

Zhu Yasuo nodded, "You are right. According to what I know, Meng Changgeng has been building Jiangling City for the defense of Jingzhou, and it has probably been completed now."

After Zhu Yulao finished speaking, Zeng Yingcai said: "Does the supervision of the country want to collect the loyal troops from Yiling, Jingzhou and other places?"

Zhu Yucao said: "If there is an opportunity, of course I can't let it go."

After hearing this, Zeng Ying said: "I think that if our goal is to go to Nanzhili and our navy is strong, we can ignore the Puppet garrison in the Huguang area and just go down the river.

Of course, if the Shun Army has a strong navy in the Huguang area, we may be delayed."

Hearing this, Hao Guangming on the other side couldn't help but nod.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty did not have artillery capable of blocking the Yangtze River. Even if it did, it was not in the hands of the Shun army.

Therefore, although places such as Badong, Guizhou, Yiling, Jingzhou, Gong'an, and Hankou on the Yangtze River are dangerous, they still need strong enough naval forces to intercept the enemies on the river.

If the Shun Army did not have a powerful naval force in Huguang, they would really have nothing to do with Zhu Auao's powerful team.

Zhu Yuluo naturally knew this.

She said: "I know that the biggest obstacle to our going to South Zhili is actually Zuo Liangyu's tribe stationed in Wuchang Prefecture.

However, the situation in southern Zhili is complicated. In order to avoid some trouble, I don't want to go too early. I can just arrive before the Qing army attacks Yangzhou City.

In addition, even if Huguang has no chance to accept the surrendered troops, I still have to meet with some officials, which will definitely delay some time.

Therefore, when you arrive in Huguang, you still need to prepare all armies for combat."

Hearing this, the red lady and the other four people stood up together, cupped their fists and bowed to Zhu Aina, saying: "As you command!"

After the meeting, the red lady and others took the boat back to their respective boats.

Zhu Aelao went up to the second floor of the palace.

The second floor is slightly smaller than the first floor, and is divided into two rooms, the inner and outer rooms. The inside is Zhu Aona's bedroom, and the outside is where she handles government affairs.

However, in order to serve Zhu Ainao, Forsythia, and Liu Zhu, they usually take turns staying outside on the second floor.

Zhu Yasuo returned to the bedroom, closed the door, and had a normal video call with Hao Guangming on her mobile phone.

"I feel really uncomfortable after being on the boat for a long time. I really want to go over there with you." When Zhu Auao said this, she sounded a bit coquettish.

After all, she is only a sixteen-year-old girl. She cannot always wear the mask of "supervising the country" and needs to relax.

But only in front of Hao Guangming could she truly relax.

Especially every time she was with Hao Guangming, she would feel as if her soul had been injected with strength. Even if she just took a short nap, she would become more energetic.

Therefore, even if Hao Guangming does little things to her when they are together, she is still happy with it.

Hao Guangming listened to Zhu Yuluo's words and said with a smile: "You can't come now, otherwise you will fall into the river if you go back.
Chapter completed!