King Chuang only lasted a few rounds before the knife was knocked out of his hand and the red lady held the sword to his neck.
If the red lady hadn't wanted him to die happily, she would have killed him with a sword.
There is no way, if the two of them fight alone in their heyday, the red lady may not be able to beat Chuang Wang.
But in the past few years, the red lady has either been fighting or training the army, and her martial arts skills have not declined at all. However, King Chuang has been staying in the palace all day long, drunk and dreaming. He has not mentioned a sword or ridden a horse for nearly a year. How can he escape so far?
, and the fight with the red lady for so long is entirely supported by the survival instinct.
"Intruder, what else do you have to say?"
"Winning is the king and defeat is the bandit. Li has nothing to say. If you want to kill or scrape, you have to do as you please!"
When he was about to die, King Chuang finally regained his heroic character. After speaking, he raised his neck and closed his eyes.
"Okay, since you are a human being, I will give you some dignity and then commit suicide!"
The red lady nodded, took back her sword, and threw it to him.
King Chuang was a little surprised, but he still bent down to pick up the knife, raised his hand towards her to express his gratitude, and then swung the knife to kill himself, ending his life of ups and downs.
Looking at King Chuang's body, the Red Lady did not feel the joy of getting her revenge, and stood there silently for a long time. At this time, the Ming army finally arrived.
It was already dusk when we returned to Chang'an. At this time, Chang'an City was completely controlled by Liu Liangzuo's troops.
"Mother, how did the intruder die?"
"I asked him to commit suicide, why do you have any objections?"
"I don't dare. It's just that this intruder has a special status. No matter what, he is the King of Shu who has been conferred by His Majesty. It is the student's responsibility to record the cause of death in detail. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"
One of the leading school captain students quickly explained that they were relieved to hear that the intruder committed suicide, otherwise it would be really difficult for them if the empress killed them.
Because with a status like an intruder, no one except the emperor has the right to deal with it. Even if the imperial concubine kills him without permission, it would be an overstep.
Liu Liangzuo on the side always lowered his head and did not dare to interrupt. However, seeing that this group of students even dared to question the imperial concubine, his heart was filled with admiration, and he also felt more awe towards the emperor.
Lady Hong also knew that these students were die-hard loyalists to the little emperor. They only wanted to protect the imperial power and had no selfish motives, so she was not very angry.
Hearing this, he nodded, lowered his tone and said, "Don't worry, just record it truthfully!"
"Thank you, ma'am."
All the students hurriedly thanked him, because King Chuang committed suicide by himself, and the empress asked him to commit suicide. The nature was different. There were some oversteps, and they must record them truthfully and point them out.
As for Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing, they didn't pay so much attention, and the red lady didn't have the slightest concern either.
The next day, they were cut into pieces on five horses directly outside the city. Liu Zongmin was horrified when he saw all the troops and generals surrendering.
The city of Chang'an was destroyed, King Chuang died, and the left and right prime ministers were cut into pieces by five horses. The whole northwest was scrambling to surrender. In just half a month, only Tongguan was left alone and had not yet surrendered.
But Tongguan has become an isolated city. It can be said that there is no way to the sky and no way to the earth. Finally, under the ultimatum of the Red Lady, Li Guo had no choice but to lead his troops out of the pass and surrender.
Because even if Li Guo did not surrender, his soldiers and generals planned to tie him up and surrender.
Regarding Li Guo and the other generals and officials of the Chuang Army, the Red Lady did not deal with them without authorization, but escorted them all to the capital.
After Wu Sangui, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing arrived in Chang'an with their army, they all looked depressed.
While Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were depressed, they also gloated about Wu Sangui's misfortune, while Liu Liangzuo looked at the three of them with a gloating expression.
The three of them worked for a long time, and finally he and his wife picked the peaches. Although he was only a deputy, he felt very happy.
Zuo Mengeng didn't care much, knowing that his qualifications were not as good as these, and he was not qualified to compete with them for credit.
However, although Zuo Menggeng was very low-key, the four of them were very unfavorable to him, and their words were full of contempt.
Wu Sangui, in particular, vented almost all his anger on Zuo Mengeng, scolding him whenever he moved.
"Wu Sangui, what does a general like you do for a living? His Majesty has put you in charge of the war in the Central Plains. See for yourself what kind of hell your command is like?"
"I am incompetent and I cannot trust Your Majesty!"
Wu Sangui had no choice but to apologize honestly.
The general soldiers of the four towns on the side looked like they were watching a good show, but Tang Tong was the most uneasy.
"What happened? How did Xiangyang lose it?"
The red lady said solemnly, obviously intending to investigate the responsibility and take the opportunity to beat Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui did not dare to hide anything, so he had to tell the whole story of the war in detail, but he still put part of the responsibility on Tang Tong.
"Tang Tong, is what Wu Sangui said true? Did you really remove all the troops in Xiangyang without leaving a single soldier?"
The red lady stared hard at Tang Tong. If Wu Sangui was just careless, then the mistake Tang Tong made was simply the lowest level mistake. He was not qualified to be the chief military officer of a town.
"I am wronged. The general only has 30,000 troops, but he has to defend the entire Xunyang, Nanyang, and Xiangyang areas. However, the general does not understand the lack of troops and does not consider the consequences. He insists on forcibly removing 20,000 troops.
Only then did the general have to transfer all the troops from Xiangyang to Nanyang..."
"Tang Tong, you need to spit on others. You are as stupid as a pig. No matter how short your troops are, you still have to keep some troops, right?"
The two of them immediately started arguing and became red-faced.
Seeing the two of them biting each other, shirking responsibility and blaming each other, the red lady was confused for a moment and didn't know who was responsible. After all, she was not present at the time.
Then his eyes lit up and he said to the captains on the side: "Take out all your records!"
"Empress, these are the detailed records of the former army during the war."
"Empress..."
The captains in charge of records in the former army and various towns did not hesitate and took out their respective files.
After all, their file was originally going to be reported to the Governor's Mansion, and apart from His Majesty, only the left and right governors could access it at any time.
The red lady took over the files of several people and started to check them carefully, but she only focused on the files of the former army and the Seventh Town.
Seeing this scene, not only Wu Sangui and Tang Tong were pounding in their hearts, but the other general soldiers were also not very calm.
Although the contents on the file were confirmed by them at the time, who knows if these captains filled in the contents privately?
Not to mention, the captains actually made a summary at the end.