"Ms. Red, only now do we know that you took such a big risk not to make meritorious deeds, but to fulfill Ren Zhihua and Li Yan."
"I have thought of you so hard, and Ping Xihou is not injured, so we can accomplish this for you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that although the red lady looked worried, her fighting spirit was much stronger than before, so he took the opportunity to suppress her again.
Hearing this, the red lady sneered and said: "Chongzhen, you don't have to waste your efforts. This general has never forgotten his mission as a soldier. He is here to kill Gong Yonggu and save Dashun who died in his hands." Soldiers take revenge.”
"As for Li Yan's matter, it was just a matter of convenience. Now that she has ruined it herself, she can't blame anyone else!"
It turned out that the matchmaker didn't believe Li Yan's words at all that day, and she also had doubts about Liu Wenbing's identity.
Seeing that Li Yan was extremely determined, she was worried that being too persistent would affect their sister-in-law's relationship, so she pretended to agree.
Later, when she saw Li Yan taking risks for Liu Wenbing, she realized that Li Yan was deeply in love and couldn't extricate herself.
But she knew that under the current situation, it was absolutely impossible for Li Yan and Liu Wenbing. If Li Yan continued to be obsessed, she might also implicate Li Yan.
For this reason, she slept long and hard, thinking hard, and finally decided on the plan to use Liu Wenbing to trap Gong Yonggu.
Because as long as she captures Gong Yonggu, Li Yan can take the opportunity to defeat the Ming soldiers in Yu County, and at the same time, he can use Gong Yonggu to call back Hao Yaoqi and others.
It was more advantageous for Li Yan, because after Gong Yonggu was captured, Liu Wenbing had no way out and could only retreat with hatred.
If Li Yan is really passionate about Liu Wenbing, she will only need to put in some hard work and she will be able to stay with Liu Wenbing for the rest of her life.
For this plan, she used almost all the spies lurking in the Ming army, just to find out the situation of the Ming soldiers in Yu County.
We have repeatedly deduced and analyzed various possibilities, striving to be foolproof.
Although Lady Hong was very confident in this plan, she also knew that this trip was very dangerous, but for Li Yan and Li Yan, she still decided to take the risk.
After everything was arranged, she deliberately asked Li Yan to send Liu Wenbing back to Yu County.
She led people to follow her secretly, and deliberately created the illusion of tracking down Liu Wenbing, forcing Gong Yonggu to leave Yu County to meet Liu Wenbing.
Then she took the opportunity to kidnap Liu Wenbing and lurked in a cave, preparing to capture Gong Yonggu.
The red lady put a lot of effort into this plan, and even at the last moment, she separated a dozen people from the few personal guards to monitor the situation in each camp of the Ming army. After confirming that everything was normal, she kidnapped Liu Wenbing.
Unexpectedly, all these efforts were ultimately defeated by Li Yan's lie.
Although she knew this was a common problem among women, at this moment, she still hated Li Yan in her heart.
Because if Li Yan had not lied that she had saved Liu Wenbing, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have thought that this was a trap because of her character, and he would not have been defeated today.
Thinking of this, although she was a little annoyed, her confidence gradually recovered.
Seeing that Red Lady's fighting spirit was getting higher and higher, Zhu Yuanzhang retorted: "Red Lady, you are wrong. Although Li Yan's words make us suspicious, the flaws in your plan are also very obvious."
"You must know that Mr. An Guo is resolute by nature. He will never risk being discovered by lighting a fire to keep warm because of the cold. Also, in order to make our people believe that it is Mr. An Guo, you deliberately exposed his profile."
"But have you ever thought about how a person can keep in the same posture when he is uneasy?"
"Furthermore, you are too confident and too risky. You dare to go deep alone with only a few dozen people and no follow-up measures. It is a desperate move."
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Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the red lady discovered that her confident plan had so many flaws, and the fighting spirit that had been restored gradually dissipated.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Zhu Yuanzhang said politely: "But as a woman, you can do this, which we appreciate very much, so we don't want to embarrass you anymore, you can just leave!"
"As for Li Yan, we will also let her go, but whether she will go back depends on her decision."
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he asked Zhang Dabiao to take away the two bewildered female soldiers, and then walked towards Yu County with Gong Yonggu and others, leaving only Hong Niangzi alone in front of the dark cave.
Although the mountain wind was still strong at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang felt very comfortable, especially when he heard the low whimpering coming from the cave, he was full of confidence in the future.
After Zhu Yuanzhang and his party quietly returned to Gong Yonggu's military camp, he took Ren Zhihua into Gong Yonggu's tent and asked Zhang Dabiao and others to guard outside.
He first looked at Ren Zhihua carefully and then said, "Vice General Ren, what news did Duke An Guo ask you to bring back?"
Ren Zhihua was absent-minded all the way, and he still hasn't come back to his senses until now. So when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he was stunned, and then bowed and said: "Gong Anguo asked the general to tell your majesty that he has contacted the righteous troops in most areas south of Taiyuan."
"As long as His Majesty can defeat the main force of the rebels in Guangling, he will occupy various places in the south and send his troops north to recover Shanxi with Your Majesty."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was overjoyed, but he still said calmly: "Okay, we will record your merits. After the rebels are defeated, we will reward you based on your merits."
"In addition, you go back and tell Duke An that we are very satisfied with him, but there is one thing that makes us very angry, and that is the fact that he personally assassinated Li Jiantai."
"Tell him that we are very dissatisfied with this. If he dares to act like this next time, we will never let him off lightly!"
After Ren Zhihua agreed repeatedly, he bowed and handed over a secret letter, saying: "Your Majesty, here is a secret letter from Duke An Guo. Please read it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the fire paint on the secret letter was intact and there was no trace of opening, so he took it. Then he looked at Ren Zhihua and said: "Okay, you have worked hard, go and see Li Yan!"
When Ren Zhihua heard this, his body trembled involuntarily, and then he knelt down to plead guilty and said: "Your Majesty, I was just ordered to deal with them, and I have no personal relationship with Li Yan. Please be aware of it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and shook his head and said: "Vice-General Ren, don't worry, we really want to make things happen for you and Li Yan. If you really get together, we will give you a big gift!"
Ren Zhihua looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in confusion and said, "Your Majesty, Li Yan is..."
After Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to stop him, he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, we will make the decision for you, so feel free to do it!"
Upon seeing this, Ren Zhihua kowtowed repeatedly to thank him, and then hurried out of the hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ren Zhihua's hurried back and thought that if he could really take Li Yan, Li Yan's situation among the rebels would be even more embarrassing, and he couldn't help but smile.
Then he opened Liu Wenbing's secret letter, glanced at it a few times, and his face immediately darkened.
It turned out that Liu Wenbing said in his letter that after he heard that Zuo Liangyu was going north, he sent Mao Weizhang and his troops to respond, and asked Zuo Liangyu to postpone his move north and station troops in Henan to resist Yuan Zongdi.
Unexpectedly, Mao Weizhang was attacked by the rebels twenty miles away from Zuo Liangyu. Almost the entire army was wiped out, and Mao Weizhang's body was completely gone.
According to those who escaped, although those people were wearing rebel uniforms, one of the generals looked very much like Jin Shenghuan, one of Zuo Liangyu's Five Tigers.
In addition, Liu Wenbing also discovered that Zuo Liangyu's power was not as simple as it appeared. He seemed to have an extremely powerful army, which had caused a lot of losses to Yuan Zongdi, who was pursuing him.
The most favorable proof of this is that after Zuo Liangyu sent his army north, Bai Wang not only failed to capture Wuchang, but was defeated by Zuo Xianmei's army and fled towards Xiangyang.
Therefore, Liu Wenbing concluded that Zuo Liangyu had ulterior motives and told Zhu Yuanzhang to be on guard. It was best to strictly prevent him from going north to avoid making the situation more complicated.
