When he learned that the Sichuan prisoner princess might be among the Ming navy on the Yangtze River, Ren Guangrong couldn't help but come up with a bold idea.

"Meng Defender, do you think it is possible for us to capture this princess?" He said with bright eyes, "If we can accomplish such a great feat, I might be able to make a marquis, and even you can become a count."

Meng Changgeng was stunned again when he heard this.

Then he said with a strange expression: "General Ren, it is certainly a great achievement to capture this princess who oversees the country, but she has thousands of ships and hundreds of thousands of troops, so why should we capture her?"

Ren Guangrong chuckled, "Isn't there a saying that it's up to the people to do it? Yesterday I learned about the Ming Navy's navy, so I sent someone to ask for help from Jiedushi.

If these Ming troops just pass through Jiangling, that's all. If they want to capture my Jiangling, I will definitely let them meet with a bloody blow.

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

By then, the princess will be nothing more than a weak little lady, how can you and I not catch her?"

Meng Changgeng is a somewhat dull person, otherwise he would not be able to survive in the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

Hearing this, he said: "But I just saw that the Ming warship defeated our three thousand soldiers and horses with one cannon attack. I'm afraid its strength is extraordinary.

If they unload those cannons from the ship and use them to attack the city, we may not be able to defend Jiangling City."

"Didn't you just say yesterday that Jiangling City could serve as a Ming army of 100,000, or even 200,000 people?" Ren Guangrong glared, "Why are you trying to coax me with your good words yesterday?"

"I heard that the general can stop a hundred thousand troops with ten thousand elite troops, so I said that." 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 Ming army's warships were nearly two miles away, and a round of explosive shells hit the position of 3,000 Shun troops, directly defeating the Shun troops.

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

After listening to Meng Changgeng's words, Ren Guangrong was both ashamed and annoyed.

Yes, he did lie yesterday.

But there are still many soldiers around. Could you, Meng Changgeng, please stop saying it to my face?

You don't know how to behave, and you deserve to be a small official in the Ming Dynasty.

He felt that he was in the wrong, but Ren Guangrong still said stubbornly: "Just because the navy is great doesn't mean they are great on land.

If they really dared to unload those cannons from the ships to attack the city, they would have rashly charged into the formation and captured all the cannons.

Didn’t you say that Jiangling City still lacks cannons to defend the city? Just grab these cannons and we’ll have them!”

Meng Changgeng thought to himself: You are a general and you are right. Everything that Dashun does not have can be snatched away. This is how the world of Dashun was snatched away.

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

After Ren Guangrong finished speaking, he personally went to rectify the broken troops and looked at the heads of several middle and low-level generals before finally suppressing the broken troops.

However, when he saw that many of the defeated soldiers were still in despair, he knew that they could not be used for the time being, so he simply sent them back to defend the city.

As soon as the matter was dealt with, a general came to report and the Ming army sent an envoy.

Ren Guangrong felt strange and could not guess the purpose of the Ming envoy's visit, but he still chose to receive him.

The envoy was a young Ming army commander. He entered the stronghold and met thousands of loyal troops inside. He also walked through the "Sword and Gun Road" before meeting Ren Guangrong, but he still looked calm and composed.

Then he directly took out a letter and said: "This is the letter that Admiral Hong ordered to be delivered to General Ren Guangrong and Envoy Meng Feng. I hope that after reading it, they can reply to the letter and let me take it back."

"Admiral Hong?" Ren Guangrong was confused at first, but then he remembered the story about the Red Lady and Li Yan's surrender to that princess, and couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Could it be the Red Lady?"

The general of the Ming Army said: "That's right. General Red is now the Admiral of our Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty, and has been granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Left."

Ren Guangrong was so embarrassed when he learned that it was a letter from the Red Lady.

But he didn't think too much and just opened the letter and read it.

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

What's more, the Red Lady's letters are all written in plain language. She speaks in plain language and speaks in plain language. It's easy for people to think of the frankness with which she speaks.

But what surprised Ren Guangrong was that in this letter, although Lady Hong mentioned a few words about her former friendship with King Chuang, she had no intention of persuading him to surrender, nor did she threaten him in any way.

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

It is said that this Zheng Siwei was originally a ruffian from the Wei family in Henan. He had a bad character since he was a child. When he grew up, he ran rampant in the countryside and oppressed the good people.

Later, after seeing King Chuang's rapid growth after entering Henan, he joined the Chuang army.

He said that if he kept such a person in the army, when the Qing army arrived in the future, this person would most likely surrender to the Qing army and fight back.

Therefore, the Red Lady hopes that Ren Guangrong can deal with Zheng Siwei, at least take away his military power, or leave Zheng Siwei to her.

The worst thing is that when Li Zicheng goes south and the Qing army comes to attack, Zheng Siwei should not be left to assist Meng Changgeng in defending Jingzhou.

Because Meng Changgeng could not suppress Zheng Siwei at all, he would definitely be killed by Zheng Siwei during the period of introduction, and Jingzhou would also be easily captured by the Qing army.

That's what happened, but Ren Guangrong was shocked and confused.

He couldn't figure it out, why did the red lady specifically mention such a thing in a letter?

Does she really know Zheng Siwei?

Thinking of this, Ren Guangrong handed the letter to Meng Changgeng.

After Meng Changgeng finished reading, he asked: "What does Meng Fengfeng think of it?"

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

"A plan to divorce?" Ren Guangrong couldn't help shouting after hearing this, and then he reacted and glared at the Ming army commander, "The red lady wants to alienate this general and the generals under her command?!"

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

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

He was actually just pretending to be angry just now, trying to trick the Ming Army Commander into telling the truth, but he actually tricked the wrong person, which was a bit embarrassing.

Fortunately, he was thick-skinned and immediately waved his hand and said: "Come here, take this person down and watch him alive!"

The soldiers responded and led the Ming army to take the general manager away.

Ren Guangrong then said uncertainly: "Why did the Red Lady specifically write to drive a wedge between me and Zheng Siwei? You should know that although Zheng Siwei is currently in charge of more than 3,000 troops, it is only a matter of words for me to kill him.

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

All in all, I don’t think Zheng Siwei is worthy of the red lady’s special stratagem to deal with her—if she uses this stratagem to alienate Meng Fangfang, you’ll be fine.”

After hearing this, Meng Changgeng couldn't help but said with shame: "General Ren is thinking that the subordinates are thinking to the left."

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

Without waiting for Meng Changgeng to answer, he waved and said: "Come here, call General Zheng over!"

Coincidentally, Zheng Siwei was now in this military camp, and he was brought over by his own soldiers very soon.

He turned a blind eye to Meng Changgeng, only saluted Ren Guangrong and asked: "General, what will happen in the future?"

Ren Guangrong asked: "Do you know the Red Lady?"

Zheng Siwei's heart moved slightly after hearing this.

Red Lady, he also knew about Li Yan's defection to Princess Daming. Like Red Lady, she was from Henan, so Ren Guangrong would not doubt him.

So he immediately said: "The Red Lady was very famous in the Henan Rebel Army back then, so I naturally know her. But I haven't met her many times, and I don't have much friendship with her."

After hearing this, Ren Guangrong frowned and asked, "You really don't know me? But how come the red lady knows you so well?"

"The Red Lady knows me?" Zheng Siwei was stunned, and then quickly explained, "General, I really have no relationship with the Red Lady. As for how she knows the General, I don't know. Maybe someone under her knows the General?

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Ren Guangrong saw that Zheng Siwei was so nervous, so he waved his hands and said in relief: "I don't doubt you, I just want to know more about the red lady from you.

You may not know that the Red Lady has now become the admiral of the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty and is in the navy of the Ming Army on the river.

Isn't there a saying in the military books that says, "Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles."

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

After hearing this, Zheng Siwei's eyes were a little wandering, but in the end he insisted: "I really don't understand the Red Lady. However, if this battle starts with the Ming army, I am willing to be the vanguard!"

Zheng Siwei also saw the power of the Ming army's artillery and did not want to be a vanguard.
Chapter completed!