Located eighty miles east of Beijing, adjacent to the canal, it is the distribution center for goods from the south and the east gate of the capital.
At this time, there was great excitement inside and outside Tongzhou City on both sides of the canal. After more than ten days of integration, the Red Lady had completely subdued Liu Fangliang's 80,000 troops, combined with her own 30,000, for a total of 110,000 troops.
In the past ten days, the Red Lady has built two camps on the north bank of the canal and a camp on the south bank. She has also erected several pontoon bridges on the canal, forming an integrated whole with Tongzhou City.
Grain, supplies and silver were also piled up in the city. The two million silver reward made the more than 100,000 bandits very motivated.
Although the Red Lady came from a rough and shabby background, Li Yan was a scholar who was familiar with the art of war. Under the guidance of words and deeds, the layout of the three camps was also stylish.
Two camps on the north bank are backed by the canal, one on the south bank relies on the canal and Tongzhou City, and the three camps are closely related to Tongzhou City. There are a large number of horse-rejecting stakes, horse-trapping pits, and tall archery towers arranged around them.
A trench was dug on the inside and a half-meter-high wall was built with sandbags. This was Zhu Cixi's order. Although the red lady felt it was unnecessary, she still carried it out. Anyway, it was idle time.
"Report!"
"Report to the general!"
"A Ming army came from the south. It was huge. There were no less than 100,000 horse and infantry troops. They were only two days away from Tongzhou."
In the past ten days, in order to win over the red lady, Zhu Cihong not only gave her the Duke of Chengguo Palace, but also made her an earl, and changed the general who protects the country into the general who protects the country.
As for the gold and silver jewelry, cloth, silk and satin that women like, several large baskets were given as rewards.
However, the red lady is not interested in any of this.
However, after seeing her for more than ten days, the red lady showed no sign of running away. Instead, she was conscientiously setting up camp and building fortifications. Zhu Cihong, who had been worried about her, finally relaxed a little.
She also attaches more importance to her 110,000 horses, almost supporting them as direct descendants.
At this moment, the red lady was also surprised when she heard that the detective had come to report.
"How come there are so many people and horses?"
"Isn't it just Wu Sangui's 20,000 cavalry?"
"Back to the general, in addition to the flag with the character Wu, there are also flags with the character Gao and Liu character in the team." The spy added again.
"oh!"
The red lady stood up and paced back and forth, not bothering to think about it anymore. Anyway, the other party would be arriving in two days.
at the same time.
Wu Sangui and the other three also learned about the situation at Tongzhou Camp.
After learning that there were more than 100,000 troops in Tongzhou, the three of them were also shocked.
Two days later, when the army arrived at the southern suburbs of Tongzhou, Wu Sangui's face suddenly turned ugly when he saw that the red lady didn't even go ten miles out of the city to greet her. He had already sent someone to notify her.
The three of them led their soldiers and rushed all the way to the gate of Tongzhou City, only to see the Red Lady and a group of generals greeting them at the door.
"General Wu, General Gao, and General Liu, you have worked hard all the way. Please come quickly. I have prepared a banquet in the city to welcome you three!"
The red lady immediately stepped forward and greeted her warmly, and after speaking, she made a gesture of invitation.
But none of the three people dismounted.
Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing were still looking at the red lady curiously.
Wu Sangui frowned slightly, looked at the red lady and said displeasedly: "General Li, don't rush to pick up the wind. Since you have surrendered to the imperial court, you should know the imperial laws. Why don't you bow to me when you see me?" After speaking, he squinted.
She glanced at the generals around her.
Seeing her enthusiasm, the red lady was cold-faced. Wu Sangui even wanted to give her a blow, and her face instantly turned cold.
And the generals behind her were all furious, and started shouting and cursing.
"Bah! Wu Sangui, who do you think you are?"
"A despicable villain who only knows how to sneak attack!"
"Don't be disrespectful. My general can come to the door to greet you. Even if you are polite, do you still want to pay homage?"
"Hmph! My general is the general who protects the country as your majesty personally ennobles him. You guys are just a group of generals. Why don't you get off your horse and pay homage?"
"presumptuous!"
"You damn general, a bunch of rebels dare to run rampant here. I was killed by my grandfather last time and I left my armor behind. Have you forgotten?"
"Bold, you rats, it is only through the grace of God that they can survive. How dare you bark again?"
"Hmph! My commander-in-chief is your Majesty's personal title of General Pingtai and Marquis Zhongyong. Kneel down before me."
"Kneel down!"
All of a sudden, the city gate was filled with shouts, curses and roars.
The faces of the red lady, Wu Sangui, Gao Jie, and Liu Zeqing were as black as the bottom of a pot.
Wu Sangui had murderous intent in his eyes.
He didn't expect that this red lady was a prostitute and a traitor. Not only did she not buy his blame, she also allowed her subordinates to be rude. It was simply unreasonable.
It wasn't until the four men's men got red-eyed and drew their weapons that the four of them waved their hands to stop them.
"Red Lady, I don't want to talk nonsense with you. Take your troops and retreat to the north bank immediately to free up the camp. I want to take over the defense of Tongzhou City."
Wu Sangui said coldly.
His Majesty has hoarded a large amount of food and wages in the city. He must first take over the lifeblood of these armies in order to prepare for the next war. As for the red lady, there will be many opportunities to deal with it in the future.
"Hmph! Wu Sangui, why don't you go to heaven? Why should I, the general, give up Tongzhou City to you?"
"If you want a big camp, set up it yourself and build it yourself!"
The red lady was so angry that she laughed, Wu Sangui was too arrogant and shameless.
"Hmph! I am a general who has been personally appointed by Your Majesty to defeat thieves. In the face of a formidable enemy, I am taking over the defense of Tongzhou. It is just and natural!"
"Hmph! I thought you were the King of Qin in the World and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, but it turns out you are just a common traitor general!"
"So you are determined not to give in?" Wu Sangui's face turned livid.
"If you want me to give up Tongzhou, you can get His Majesty's imperial edict, otherwise there is no hope!" said the red lady, stretching out her hand.
"You...good! I want to see how arrogant you can be!"
Wu Sangui's face turned from green to black with anger, and he stared at her, but had no choice but to turn around and leave.
This gang of gangsters, who were killed by him in the first place, dared to be so rampant in front of him now. I knew they should have been killed in the beginning.
After watching Wu Sangui and the other three people leave with livid faces, after calming down, Liu Fangliang's former subordinates were still a little scared. It was obvious that they had been killed in the past.
"General, Wu Sangui won't just lead his troops to kill him, right?"
"Yes, their troops are no less than ours, and they also have cavalry."
"Look at how promising you are, we are now members of the imperial court, and we wouldn't dare to kill him directly even if he had ten courages.
What's more, our camp has been properly arranged. As long as we are on strict guard, if they really dare to take action, let's see who suffers!"
The red lady cursed angrily, and then waved her hand.
"Let's go, let's eat the wine and meat ourselves. If we had known this, it would be better to feed the pigs than to feed them!"
"Yes, these guys are too arrogant."
"He just looks down on us and doesn't take the general into consideration."
A group of people returned to the city cursing.
On the other side, Wu Sangui and others also returned to the army with curses and began to march to the south of the city.
When it got dark, Emperor Zhu Cixang finally arrived, but he did not say who would control whom, but only asked the Red Lady to provide food and grass for King Qin's army.
After Wu Sangui read the imperial edict, his brows furrowed into the Chinese character Sichuan.
He couldn't figure out why His Majesty didn't just ask him to control the Red Lady or even the general soldiers.
Because my father had already sent someone to inform him in detail about what happened in the city during these days.
After some analysis, he found that apart from Wu Sangui, His Majesty had no other suitable candidate to serve as Governor Qin.
Your Majesty has long distrusted civil servants. Even the Minister of War has resigned, let alone other civil servants.
The two princes were at odds with His Majesty. Although Zhou Yuji was highly regarded, His Majesty had to rely on him to defend the city, and Zhou Yuji was still lower than him in terms of official position and merit.
Apart from that, he really couldn't think of anyone else?
The Red Lady was straightforward. After reading the imperial edict, she immediately sent someone to deliver three days of food for a hundred thousand troops.
This kind of handing out food like a beggar would undoubtedly make the three of them almost angry to death.
However, the imperial edict didn't say it clearly, and the red lady said she would give it to her after she finished eating, so the three of them were helpless.