Yan Li (? -1644), formerly known as Li Xin, was born in Qinglonggang (now Huangtugang, Qixian County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province) in the Ming Dynasty. Originally a juren in Ding Mao's reign in Ming Dynasty, he defected to Li Zicheng and was framed by Niu Jinxing, who died unjustly.

And the matchmaker may be fictional.

Matchmaker, whose name is unknown, was a female general of the Rebel Army in the late Ming Dynasty and a Jianghu artist. Yan Li distributed food to help the poor in Qixian County, Henan Province. Matchmaker led an uprising, broke the county government and married Yan Li. Yan Li later left the rebels and returned to his hometown. Arrested by the government. Matchmaker saved Yan Li and took refuge in Li Zicheng together. There are some records about Yan Li and matchmaker in A Wandering Story by Anonymous and A Story of a Road and Bridge by Wu Meicun, but these books are all unofficial history story books with low credibility.

However, Gu Yingtai's History of the Ming Dynasty, Peng's Straight Mouth and Ji's A Brief Introduction to the North of the Ming Dynasty did not mention the matchmaker. This basic book is more rigorous.

So Yan Li is real, but the girl in red should be fictional.