Under the leadership of Niu Jinxing, more than a hundred elite Shun troops rushed towards Li's mansion with murderous intent.
When they were still two streets away from Li's house, the Shun army general asked Niu Jinxing on his warhorse: "Niu Zuofu, as far as I know, there are still hundreds of remnants of soldiers under Hong Niangzi, and we only have a hundred or so people. I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry," Niu Jinxing said confidently, "Her soldiers are all on the city wall guarding the city. All the people in the Li Mansion together do not exceed twenty people!"
"That's good!" The Shun army general felt relieved and led his soldiers to march quickly along the street.
The group soon arrived outside Li's mansion.
Niu Jinxing waved his hand and said, "Fifty people block the front door, and fifty people block the back door."
More than a hundred Shun troops were divided into two groups and blocked the front and back gates of Li's mansion at the same time.
At this time, Hongniang was packing Li Yan's clothes.
"Madam, Madam..." A maid ran in in a panic.
"What's wrong?" Hongniang did not stop her hands while speaking, but carefully folded Li Yan's clothes and placed them neatly in the package.
"There are a lot of armored...soldiers coming in from outside. They, they blocked the gate." The maid answered breathlessly.
Hongniang stood there in a daze for a while, and then burst into tears.
All signs indicate that her husband Li Yan had been murdered.
The other party surrounded Li’s house with the intention of killing her!
The maid was frightened by Hong Niangzi's behavior. She walked up to Hong Niangzi and said, "Madam, please don't scare me. Why are you crying for no reason?"
Hongniang refused to listen to any advice and her clothes were soon wet with tears.
"Madam, Madam, please don't cry, I'm scared!" The maid was so scared that she knelt on the ground and trembled.
Hong Niangzi suppressed her grief and stopped crying. She asked sadly, "Has the gate of the mansion been breached?"
"Not yet." Just as the maid answered, there were shouts and screams outside.
The maid quickly changed her words: "It will probably be soon."
Hongniang sat on the bed with her head down, feeling extremely sad.
At this moment she had only one thought: death!
She rebelled against the Ming Dynasty in order to kill corrupt officials and let the people have enough food to eat.
After meeting Li Yan, she pledged herself to him.
Now what?
Although the people of the Ming Dynasty did not have enough food and clothing, they did not starve.
Her husband Li Yan also met with an accident.
She could no longer find the meaning of living.
"Madam, madam!" The voice of the servant came from outside the house.
The maid asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? Madam is crying and has no time to talk."
The servant replied in panic, "The thieves outside have climbed over the wall and entered the mansion. We can't hold on any longer because of their attack from both sides."
"Who is leading the other team?" Hong Niangzi suddenly stopped crying.
"I saw Niu Jinxing through the crack in the door."
"Niu Jinxing!" Hongniang gritted her teeth and read out the name.
At this moment, she found the meaning of continuing to live.
That's right, she wants to avenge her husband!
"Madam, please leave quickly. It will be too late if you don't leave now!" the servant urged again.
"Okay, you guys come with me!" Hong Niang reached out and took the package of valuables, turned around and pulled out a sword from the weapon rack.
After the three men walked out of the house, they did not go to the front door or the back door, but instead carried a stool and went straight to the nearby courtyard wall.
Hongniang climbed up the courtyard wall on a stool and looked out, and found two soldiers standing outside on guard.
Just as the two soldiers were about to speak up to remind their companions, Hongniang reached out and threw the package containing valuables over.
The package fell to the ground, and the silver ingots and jewelry inside collided with each other, making a pleasant metallic sound.
Lady Hong lowered her voice and said, "Don't make any noise. These are all yours."
The two Shun soldiers looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
One of the soldiers picked up the package, quickly opened it and took a look, then stuffed it into his arms with satisfaction.
Just when Red Lady thought they would let her go, one of the soldiers shouted, "Hurry up, Red Lady is running out!"
Hongniang was almost angry to death. She jumped off the courtyard wall and attacked the two soldiers with a knife.
Although Lady Hong was not wearing armor, her fighting power was very high. Under her continuous attacks, the two soldiers were defeated.
She waved the knife and asked, "Where is Li Yan? What did you do to him?"
She still couldn't believe her own guess.
A soldier said casually: "Dead, completely dead."
After hearing the news, Hong Niangzi almost fainted.
She heard the news she least wanted to hear!
"Madam, please go quickly. I will hold them back." The servant climbed down from the courtyard wall and rushed up waving his weapon.
Hongniangzi did not refuse and took the opportunity to turn around and run away.
The servant was no match for the two elite Shun soldiers and was hacked to death by them in a short while.
"Chase!" The two Shun soldiers shouted and chased after them.
After receiving the news, the nearby Shun army gave up attacking Li's mansion and turned to chase after the fleeing Hongniangzi.
Hongniangzi kept changing directions, trying to escape the pursuit of Shun’s army.
But these Shun troops followed her closely like leeches, making it impossible for her to get rid of them.
What’s even more terrible is yet to come. More than 20 Shun cavalrymen are approaching rapidly.
Listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, Hong Niangzi became more and more anxious. If they caught up with her, she would surely die.
"Gee, gee..." After turning a street, several cavalrymen rushed towards us.
When they saw Lady Hong, they immediately stopped and asked, "Lady Hong, why are you running?"
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