While Hao Guangming was introducing Liu Shuying and two strange women from the late Ming Dynasty to Zhu Ayao, namely Wen and Wu, another strange woman, Hong Niangzi, led the First Battalion of the First Town of the Imperial Guards, a thousand generals of personal soldiers, and a cavalry sentry. A total of five thousand sentry women entered Nanjing.

It first entered the outer city through Jiangdong Gate, then entered the inner city through Shicheng Gate, and headed south to the Imperial City.

Although there were officers and soldiers from the Beijing Camp setting up checkpoints at designated points in Nanjing City, and people from the Military and Horse Divisions of the Five Cities patrolling the city, people were not prohibited from traveling.

Therefore, as soon as the popular lady led the five thousand imperial guards into the city, many people gathered to watch.

The red lady rides on a tall horse and leads a guard of female cavalry at the front. All of them are wearing fine fiery red cloth face armor and bright red cloaks.

Behind them were a thousand general soldiers, all wearing plate armor and general helmets.

Then came the 3,500-man First Battalion of the Guards, which was equipped with a sentry artillery, pulling ten new artillery pieces, and carrying thirty tiger squatting cannons into the city.

Finally, there is the Sentinel Cavalry, which is also well-equipped.

When people began to see a strange army entering the city, they instinctively closed their shops and homes. They only dared to peek through cracks in windows and doors, or look at distant corners and alleys.

Seeing that this team was not only marching in an orderly manner, but also that the soldiers held their heads high, looked straight away, and had no intention of harassing the street shops. The common people felt relieved and started talking to the people around them.

"Only such elites can be called the king's army. I don't know which general's army they are."

"Didn't you hear? It's Princess Jianguo's army coming."

"Princess of the Supervisor Country?"

"It was rumored some time ago that she was the Princess Kunxing who was in charge of the Sichuan Kingdom and was good at magic."

"Princess Kunxing? Could it be the heroic female general in front of you?"

"I don't know. But it doesn't look like her age. I heard that Princess Kunxing is only sixteen or seventeen years old. This female general looks to be in her twenties."

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A teahouse facing the street.

More than half a month ago, Jie Xuelong, who had been impeached by Zhu Guobi, Zhang Sunzhen and others from the post of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and reduced his status to the people, was drinking tea with his son Jie Yi.

More than a quarter of an hour ago, when he heard that Princess Kunxing led an army to the city, Xie Xuelong was still thinking about how the court would respond, whether to negotiate peace with Princess Kunxing or defend the city and fight with her.

Unexpectedly, Princess Kunxing's army entered the city in a blink of an eye.

Jie Yi looked at the imperial guards marching towards the imperial city on the main street in the distance. He couldn't help showing admiration and said: "Father, you see, this Princess Kunxing's army is looking at the capitals comparable to the Jingying camp and the four towns in Jiangbei." Like an elite!"

After saying that, he noticed that Jie Xuelong had a frown on his face, and he couldn't help but wonder: "The princess's army entered the city directly and did not fight with the Beijing camp, which means that your majesty has probably made peace with Princess Kunxing.

It is undoubtedly a good thing to avoid a civil strife, so why is father so frowning?"

Jie Xuelong was born in the 10th year of Wanli. He is 64 years old this year. His beard and hair are gray, and his face is obviously sick.

In the twelfth year of his stay in Chongzhen, he was regarded as a "party patron" by Chongzhen for sheltering Huang Daozhou, who impeached Yang Sichang. He was punished for eighty years with Huang Daozhou and sent to Guizhou. He was not recalled until the Hongguang court was established last year. Appointed as Minister of Justice.

Unfortunately, although Xie Xuelong had no close friendship with the Donglin Party members during his tenure, in the end he was expelled from the court because he violated the wishes of Ma Shiying's cabinet because he surrendered to the second minister and the Donglin Party members received lighter sentences.

Historically, during the battle of Nanjing this year, Jie Xuelong threw himself into the river and died for his country, and his son Jie Yi also died.

After listening to Xie Yi's question, Xie Xuelong sighed: "Based on my understanding of the minister and the cabinet, if Princess Kunxing is really supervising the country in Sichuan, the possibility of them making peace with her is very low.

But now Princess Kunxing's army has entered the city directly. I am afraid that either those in the palace have some conspiracy or there is a big change in the palace."

Jie Yi also frowned upon hearing this.

As Jie Xuelong said, no matter what the situation is, it seems that it is not a good thing for Ming Dynasty.

In the end, Xie Yi could only look at the retreating Imperial Guards and sighed: "It would be great if all the armies under Princess Kunxing were such well-disciplined, well-equipped king's troops who would never offend the common people. .”

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After the Red Lady arrived at the Imperial City, she only took over the patrol of the palace city due to the limited troops at her disposal. The Imperial City was patrolled by the Shangzhi Army, which had defected to Ma Shiying.

However, for the sake of safety, the Red Lady also sent some troops to participate.

However, it was said that after Lady Hong took over the palace patrol, she brought a group of female soldiers to the Jinshen Hall where Zhu Yousong and others were placed under house arrest.

As the palace door opened, Zhu Yousong and others watched the Red Lady leading the troops in, and they couldn't help but guess: Is this Princess Kunxing? Does she look a bit older?

However, when he thought about his possible fate, Zhu Yousong didn't think too much. His eyes were already boiling like pandas and burst into tears, and he cried to the red lady: "Niece, I am your uncle.

My uncle didn’t know before that you were ordered by the late emperor to supervise the country, and that your succession was forced by Ma Shiying and the four towns in Jiangbei. He had no intention of competing with you for the throne!"

Hearing this, Lady Hong frowned and shouted: "I am Lady Hong, the admiral of the Imperial Guard, not the prisoner. If you keep yelling, don't blame me for having someone gag you."

In fact, Zhu Yousong's mouth had been blocked by the female soldiers of the Suzaku Camp.

Didn't he see that the red lady was coming? He was afraid that Zhu Yousong would be too miserable and ugly, so he took off the rag from his mouth.

Zhu Yousong didn't expect that the red lady was not Zhu Aina. She was very beautiful, but she was so fierce. She was so drunk that she shrank into a ball.

After touching his mouth which was a little swollen from the gag, he finally did not dare to say another word and could only huddle next to his seat in aggrieved manner.

As for the emperor's throne in Jinshen Hall, it now belongs to Zhu Aona, so the female soldiers will naturally not let Zhu Yousong sit on it.

After that, Lady Hong had a few conversations with Quan Zhixuan, Ma Shiying and others, and after understanding the specific situation here, she asked people to take Zhu Yousong, Zhu Guobi, Zhao Zhilong and others to the West Wing Hall of Jinshen Hall for custody.

She established a temporary headquarters in the East Wing Hall and used a walkie-talkie to report the specific situation here to Zhu Aao.

After the Red Lady's report was finished, Zhu Aonao mentioned the Red Lady's previous request for more troops to be sent to control Nanjing City.

"Are Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, and Liu Wenxiu all here?"

"I'm here," the three of them responded one after another.

Zhu Aona then continued: "In response to the request made by the Red Lady, the prince-in-law gave two suggestions. Please listen to it and give it some advice."

Then he told Hao Guangming’s two suggestions.

After hearing this, Zeng Ying immediately said: "I believe that both of the Prince Consort's suggestions are feasible and can indeed solve our shortage of soldiers and horses."

Red Lady, Yang Zhan, and Liu Wenxiu also agreed.

Zhu Aao said: "In this case, the red lady has a great responsibility. She must select and reorganize the Beijing camp within three days.

In this way, Liu Wenxiu and Yang Zhan will take your troops into the city to help.

By the way, all the former Nanjing officers and soldiers including the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, the Shangzhi Army guarding the Imperial City, etc. were selected and reorganized."

"I will take your orders!"

Although three days was extremely short, the Red Lady and others did not think there was anything wrong with this move.

Zhu Yuluo had already made it very clear in the previous meeting - this time to rectify various types of officers and soldiers in Nanjing City, the purpose is not to obtain many useful soldiers and horses, but to disintegrate the previous officers and soldiers in Nanjing and capture most of the troops that are not worthy of trust.

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In this way, it will be safer for the Red Lady to control the city of Nanjing with tens of thousands of people in the future.

Of course, it would be even better if we could really marshal 10,000, 20,000 or even more useful troops.

After making this decision, Zhu Yusao said again: "Next, you can discuss in detail the matter of rectifying the Nanjing army.

However, there must be someone present who understands the situation of the various armies in Nanjing.
Chapter completed!