Just when Fang Yuan was rejoicing for his youngest daughter Fang Yu, a special guest suddenly visited the Regent's Palace.

The person who came claimed to be the wife of Li Yan of Huguang and called herself the Red Lady.

The sudden arrival of the red lady was not only unexpected by Fang Yuan, but also reasonable. At least one thing can be proven, Fang Yuan's discord plan was successful, and Li Yan may have been detained by Li Zicheng. Otherwise, it would never be Li Yan's wife, a woman from a single family, who came to Jiangnan to meet Fang Yuan.

The red lady, no surname and no name, has made a living from red rope acrobatics since she was a child, and later because of the hardship of life, she organized the homeless people in Jigong Mountain, Xinyang, Henan, and pulled up a rebel army to rebel against the government and the court. Because he likes to wear a red robe on weekdays, he is called 'Red Lady Thief in Zhongzhou'.

She met Li Yan, a man in Qi County, Henan, and the two became husband and wife. Later, the two pulled a team of 1 to 20,000 rebel troops to take refuge in Li Zicheng. Li Yan became Li Zicheng's important military advisor and staff, while the Red Lady continued to do her old job, commanding one of her own personal soldiers to fight against the government. For Li Zicheng's southern and northern wars, he made great contributions.

Fang Yuan saw the red lady in the lobby, she was thirty or forty years old, with the appearance of a middle-aged person, but her whole body was full of heroism, and she was undoubtedly a heroine at first glance.

When Fang Yuan was observing the red lady up and down, the red lady suddenly pulled out a red rope from her waist and hit Fang Yuan with her head and face.

Hu Qi was shocked when he saw that she would beat her without warning. When she entered the palace before, Jinyiwei arranged for the maid of the palace to search her body, only a red rope around her waist, and there was no other murder weapon on her body.

How did Hu Qi know that a red rope seemed to have roots in her hands, as hard as steel, and it had become an amazingly powerful weapon.

He didn't have time to think about it at all, he hurriedly blocked in front of Fang Yuan, and he didn't know if it was a whip or a stick attack, the flying fish suit was torn apart, and the chest muscles on his chest were also swept out of a rope mark. Seeing that the red lady suddenly pulled out the red rope to commit murder, the brocade guards who were guarding around him hurriedly raised the Xuanjia Divine Gun, and the muzzles of the twenty fire guns were aimed at her, as long as Fang Yuan and Hu Qi gave an order, they could beat her into a beecomb.

The red lady spread out her hands and let the brocade guards face her guns, neither resisting nor being afraid, but full of guts.

Hu Qi clutched his chest that was hot and painful, looked at Fang Yuan, and let him fall.

Fang Yuan silently looked at Hu Qi's flying fish suit that was torn in two, and secretly smacked his tongue, if this rope was smashed on his face, it would definitely be the result of being disfigured.

He looked at the red lady in the middle of the lobby and sighed, "Red lady, what a skill!" ”

The red lady was informal, snorted at Fang Yuan, and said coldly, "I didn't hit you, a treacherous villain, and my skills are still wasted." If it had been 20 years ago, it would have beaten you to the flesh! ”

Fang Yuan knew that this separation plan had hurt the couple miserably, it was still unknown whether Li Yan could get out of danger safely, and the red lady's anger towards him was also reasonable, so he hurriedly said solemnly, "Sister-in-law, please bear with me if you are offended, what about Li Gongzi?!" ”

The red lady glared at him angrily and said, "You are using a trick, do you still need to ask me?" Of course, he was under house arrest! Fang Yuan, if you have the ability, you will come to the battlefield, and you will fight it out in a dignified manner, and what kind of heroes are you who make those dirty tricks behind your back?! ”

Fang Yuan saw that Li Yan was indeed detained by Li Zicheng, and the discordant plan finally became more than half, and he was overjoyed, and asked with a calm face on his face, "Sister-in-law, I have recruited Li Gongzi into my command several times, but he is too stubborn and stubborn. This time it was just for him to see if Li Zicheng, whom he was loyal to, was the master of Ming. ”

The Red Lady glared at him angrily and said, "Fang Yuan! You're killing him. Now that the General's Mansion has long been closely monitored by King Chuang, my husband and he don't dare to step out of the mansion. It is also thanks to me that I have practiced red rope acrobatics since I was a child, and I took advantage of the night to climb over the wall and trees and steal out of the General's Mansion. I was going to ask my husband to flee together, but he was reluctant to let those brothers in the barracks be cannon fodder, so I secretly saw you treacherous villain in Jiangnan and asked you for help. ”

At the moment of life and death, Li Yan finally made a wise choice and sent his wife to Fang Yuan to rescue the troops, instead of choosing Yuzhong.

Fang Yuan asked with a deep groan, "Since Gongzi Li is in trouble, I will send troops if I don't let it." The situation in Wuchang Mansion, Li Gongzi knows better than me, did he say how to save him?! ”

The red lady was annoyed by the other party, but she was also the only person who could save Li Yan, and hurriedly said, "My wife didn't say anything about the rescue, but I just told you about the movements of King Chuang and the situation in Wuchang Mansion, and you will think of a rescue." ”

"After receiving a letter from Sun Chuanting about attacking and dividing up Jiangnan, King Chuang has decided to go east. My husband strongly opposed the Eastern Crusade, and because of your tricks, he had a stalemate with King Chuang, and he was placed under house arrest in the General's Mansion. ”

Fang Yuan is by no means so easy to fool, even the details have to be inquired clearly, so that he can judge whether Li Yan sent the red lady to Jiangnan, whether he really came to ask for help, or came to make a counter-plot to lure himself to take the bait.

Fang Yuan asked, "Why didn't Li Zicheng detain Li Gongzi on the spot, or even be punished by military law, but he was put under house arrest?!" ”

The red lady was obviously a smug woman, and she didn't notice Fang Yuan's thoughts, seeing that he was still asking questions, she said angrily, "What kind of intentions can King Chuang have, aren't you worried that the 30,000-strong pro-army battalion under our command will suddenly rebel?" At the beginning, we brought 10,000 or 20,000 personal soldiers to join King Chuang, and later operated in Huguang for a year, and then expanded the army to 30,000. This pro-army battalion is our personal army, and it is only at our command. ”

Fang Yuan sighed lightly, the red lady's explanation was reasonable. Whether it is Li Zicheng or Zuo Liangyu, this kind of rogue and bandit army is similar to a joint-stock company.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zuo Liangyu contributed the most, of course, the role of chairman of the board of directors. And Liu Zongmin, Li Yan, Luo Rucai, and Jin Shenghuan are the minority shareholders of the company, and they can also win a place on the board of directors.

Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu can arrange the actions of Liu Zongmin, Li Yan, Jin Shenghuan and others, but they cannot take over their private assets, that is, their personal soldiers.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing City in history, the soldiers under his command burned and looted in Beijing City, not that Li Zicheng himself did not stop it, and even gave Chen Yuanyuan to Liu Zongmin, but that he couldn't stop it if he wanted to.

Although Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng are not brothers in name, they are equal and have a relationship of large and small shareholders, not subordination. And Fang Yuan and Jing Jie, although they are brothers in name, are genuine subordinates.

The nature of the two is very different.

Therefore, when Li Zicheng invaded the city of Beijing, when he saw that Liu Zongmin and other fierce generals in the army had tortured hundreds of officials too much, and the corpses were all over the field, he also advised Liu Zongmin and others, "Why don't you help me be a good emperor?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Li Zicheng was choked back by Liu Zongmin's words, "The power of the emperor belongs to you, and the power of torture belongs to me, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Li Zicheng was also deeply helpless about this, so he could only turn a blind eye and watch the Wu family tortured by Liu Zongmin and others, and occupied Chen Yuanyuan. Then, Li Zicheng had to wipe Liu Zongmin's evil deeds, and sent someone to negotiate peace with Wu Sangui with a cheeky face.

Fang Yuan had already approved the plan to rescue Li Yan in his heart. Because of the rescue of Li Yan, not only can he recruit a general who is enough to take charge of himself, but he can also dig up a large piece of territory in Huguang without bloodshed, and even with the cooperation of Li Yan and Hongniangzi, a team of 30,000 personal soldiers, Li Zicheng will be able to go out of Sichuan to prepare for the eastward expedition.

Since Sun Chuanting and himself have played a war of attrition, and Li Zicheng has to rush to the door to find a fight, it is better to hit Li Zicheng hard, and then turn back to fight Sun Chuanting!