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Li Zicheng sent Luo Busang away and immediately summoned Li Guo: "Send rangers out of the city, and at all costs, find out where the Mongols' camp is, as well as the approximate number of Mongol cavalry!" ”

Since we want to negotiate peace, we must know the bottom line of the Mongols, and this bottom line is related to the strength of the Mongols.

The Mongols have no sense of business, they will not exchange equally, everything is related to strength, the stronger the military strength, the higher the asking price, on the contrary, if they know that the strength is not good, they will never dare to open their mouths, and even rely on the Han people to seek development.

In order to control the control of peace negotiations with the Mongols, it is necessary to understand the strength of the Mongols.

Li Zicheng originally had no intention of negotiating peace, let alone expecting that the Mongols would take the initiative to send envoys.

Although he wanted to completely wipe out the Mongols and relieve the troops on the northern border of China forever, this was a long and extremely arduous process, which required a lot of manpower and material resources, and would never be achieved overnight.

With the current strength of the Mandate of Heaven Army, it is really difficult to achieve this goal.

Moreover, he already had a premonition that Hong Chengchou would stare at Guguan in the future, and even had infiltrated Longyou, Xining, etc., if his main force was contained in Kadang City, it would inevitably be used by Hong Chengchou, once the Heavenly Mandate Army fought on the east and west fronts, and faced with the extremely large Ming Dynasty and the descendants of the Mongolian Golden Family, the Heavenly Mandate Army was bound to be in an extremely dangerous situation.

Lin Dan Khan took the initiative to negotiate peace, which happened to give the Mandate of Heaven a chance.

If the Western Front truces and reaches a relatively stable peace agreement, Hong Chengchou will never fight the idea of consolidating the pass in a short period of time, the last time the army was defeated and the pass, he needs to sum up, he needs to accumulate strength, and the thieves in northern Shaanxi will also drag his main forces.

Li Zicheng was not opposed to reaching a peace agreement with the Mongols, the question was what kind of peace agreement should be reached.

Purely from a military point of view, the Mandate of Heaven Army should be regarded as a small victory, at least the number of casualties of the Mongol cavalry is far greater than the number of the Mandate of Heaven Army.

Under the circumstance of superior military strength, even if the Mandate of Heaven Army needs peace, Li Zicheng will never reach a peace agreement that "loses power and humiliates the country".

In order to appease foreign enemies, the "Emperor of the Ages" of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty gave up large areas of land such as the Outer Khingan Mountains, Lake Baikal, and Siberia to Maozi in the form of the "Treaty of Nebuchu".

Such a thing would never happen to the Heavenly Mandate Army, even temporarily!

However, Lin Dan Khan took the initiative to come to the peace talks, which caused Li Zicheng's vigilance.

How sincere are the Mongols? Yesterday, it was dark to kill, and there was a great posture to take Kadang City, why did you send a messenger in a blink of an eye? Could Lin Dan Khan be paralyzing himself?

If Lin Dan Khan pretended to be pretended, it would be a big deal for the whole army to fight again, and the Mandate of Heaven Army would not be able to afford it, and the Mongolian cavalry, which suffered greater casualties, should not be able to afford it.

In case Lin Dan Khan is sincere in negotiating peace, what conditions can he come up with? What is the goal? And how to minimize the power of Lin Dan Khan?

Li Zicheng had been nesting in the camp all morning, thinking about this problem, but without the details of Lin Dan Khan, it was really difficult to grasp this situation.

Before lunch, Li Guo came to ask for a meeting.

Li Zicheng's heart moved: Could it be that the rangers sent by Double Happiness have already received some information from Lin Dan Khan? And they summoned him in the great camp.

"Dadu Governor ......" Li Guo turned over and knelt down, "The brothers finally found some information about the Mongols at the cost of eight casualties......" "Eight casualties? Li Zicheng frowned, with Lin Dan Khan here, it is natural that the Mongol camp is well defended, but in order to find out some information, eight cavalry were lost in less than half a day, could it be that Lin Dan Khan was suspicious and attracted himself to take the bait?

"Governor, although the brothers have suffered some heavy casualties, they have also found out some information." Li Guo approached Li Zicheng and whispered a few words.

Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment, and said for a long time: "Double happiness, is the message accurate?" ”

"It should be exact," Li Guo trusted his subordinates, but after all, the stakes were very high, and he didn't dare to say too sure, "However, in order to confirm the accuracy of the information, his subordinates have sent more people, and the net is very open, if the Mongols have a back hand, they will definitely not show clues......

"Well, brothers have worked hard!" Li Zicheng slammed the square table in front of him hard, "However, no matter how hard it is, I must have kept an eye on the Mongols." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

If the message brought back by Li Guo is true, then everything makes sense, Lin Dan Khan is facing the point of exhaustion, being chased by Huang Taiji for thousands of miles, his troops have fled a lot, and his livestock urgently need a large piece of pasture to recuperate.

Under the city of Kadang, the big tent was burned, the grain and pasture were seriously damaged, and the camp in the rear did not have enough supplies, not only the food was good, but many strong men did not even have tents, and they were forced to camp at night.

No wonder Lin Dan Khan took the initiative to send an envoy to sue for peace!

If all this is true, then the terms of the exchange will have to be changed.

Li Zicheng was originally going to exchange grain for the Mongols' war horses, at least to let Li Guo's troops reach a thousand cavalry, but now it seems that such a goal is too low.

"Take advantage of your illness, I want your life", when Lin Dan Khan was the weakest, if he couldn't fully search for it, he felt sorry for his brother who died in Kadang City.

How to reach a peace agreement with Lin Dan Khan, while weakening Lin Dan Khan, to maximize his own interests? Li Zicheng thought hard, but he couldn't make up his mind, he designed several sets of plans, but he didn't know which plan was the best for a while.

This lunch, Li Zicheng ate so well that he had no taste, he had been thinking about the Mongolian affairs, until it was almost over at noon, and he felt a little tired, and then went to bed to rest.

As soon as he closed his eyes, He Xiaomi pushed open the door and came in, and he gently woke up Li Zicheng, "Dadu Governor, the Mongols have sent a messenger again, and they have already entered the city, do you want to see it?" ”

"Mongol emissary?" Li Zicheng gently rubbed his sleepy eyes, "Who?" Isn't that Rob San? ”

"That Robbsang is also there, but the Mongols seem to have sent a new emissary, a young man, and Robbsang seems to have become his entourage!"

"Huh?" Li Zicheng stopped what he was doing and pondered.

If Rob Sang continues to be the emissary, it can be said that although there was no result in the talks last time, there was no mutual evil, at least there is a possibility of continuing the talks.

As Lin Dan Khan's attendant officer, Luo Busang's rank may not be high, but he must be Lin Dan Khan's cronies, and his status must be very high...... Another young man......

If the envoy is an elder, it is difficult to predict his status, but if he is a young man, his status is very high...... Could it be that Lin Dan Khan's son?

In Li Zicheng's memory, Lin Dan Khan at this time had an adult or near-adult son, named Erkong Guoluo Ezhe, after the death of Lin Dan Khan, he surrendered to Huang Taiji with the Mongolian heirloom jade seal, officially proclaiming the complete ultimate of the Mongolian Yuan Empire.

Could it be the unscrupulous son of Lin Dan Khan?

Although this Erkong Guoluo Ezhe, although he was born in troubled times, he was like his father, with neither great ambition nor great talent, and after surrendering to the Jurchens, he was willing to be the forehead of Huang Taiji until his death.

If it is him......

Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and decided to meet the Mongol envoy, whether the envoy was Erkong Guoluo Ezhe or not, since Lin Dan Khan was in a hurry to negotiate peace, there must be a reason, I hope that the information that Li Guo has probed is true.

Under He Xiaomi's service, Li Zicheng washed his face with cold water to clear his mind, and then asked He Xiaomi to bring the Mongolian envoy up.

Two Mongolian envoys entered Li Zicheng's camp one after another, and the one who bowed down in front of him was Luo Busang, and behind Luo Busang was a young man with fine skin and tender meat, who was relatively short in stature, but with an extraordinary bearing, he raised his head and chest, and there was nothing in his eyes, and he did not take Li Zicheng in his eyes at all.

Luo Busang had the experience of the last time, and without waiting for Li Zicheng to become powerful, he hurriedly went over and kowtowed to Li Zicheng, and the young envoy wearing an eight-sided hat frowned lightly and stood proudly, but did not say a word.

Li Zicheng sneered in his heart, first asked Luo Busang to get up, and then looked at the young man, "This is ......"

The young man should not, Luo Busang hurriedly said: "Dadu Governor, this is the envoy sent by the Great Khan, our Daru Huachi, Lord Damudin, and the villain are the deputy envoys and translators this time!" ”

Li Zicheng doesn't know what kind of official position Daru Huachi is, and it shouldn't be low, but it's the official position of the Mongols, a declining Lin Dan Khan, and high-ranking officials shouldn't be so arrogant, right? It can't be the Erkong Goluo Ezhe pretending, right?

Since the name and position are not right, he is not, as a messenger, the rules are unavoidable, he smiled coldly, "Since it is not Lin Dan Khan himself, Luo Busang, you know my rules, right?" ”

Luo Busang was shocked, glanced at Damuddin, and then turned his gaze to Li Zicheng, "Dadudu, or the villain will bow on behalf of Lord Damuddin!" ”

"You...... You have already made a big gift, you don't have to be polite," Li Zicheng picked up the tea cup and began to taste the tea casually, "As Lin Dan Khan's envoy, if you don't even have the least sincerity, how can you talk about what the results are?" He deliberately confused "sincerity" with "rules", wanting to probe the bottom line of this Damuddin.

"This ......" Seeing Li Zicheng's resolute attitude, Luo Busang turned to Damudin and whispered a few words.

Damuddin was furious, half of his face turned red in an instant, his skin was originally extremely fair, but at the moment, it looked like a ripe peach, hanging on the branch can attract bees and butterflies, even Li Zicheng saw it, and couldn't help but want to take a bite.

It's a shame that such a character is not a woman!

He has already determined that this Damuddin is Erkong Guoluo Ezhe, an ordinary Mongolian nobleman, even if he can serve as a high-ranking official at this age, he must have made military achievements on the battlefield, if he looks like fine skin and tender meat, how can he be a hero on the battlefield?

Li Zicheng knew his ending, and he couldn't help but smile in his heart, no wonder as soon as Lin Dan Khan died, he was in a hurry to surrender to Huang Taiji, and throughout his life, he didn't even have the courage to restore Meng Yuan.

Lin Dan Khan's first reputation was ruined in his hands...... No, Lin Dan Khan also has no reputation, he was driven by the feud Emperor Taiji in front of him, and soon after his death, his son surrendered, and even the Eight Great Fortunes were divided between Huang Taiji and his important ministers, so the last Great Khan, what is his reputation?

Li Zicheng saw that Damudin was angry, and he didn't break it, but took care of his own tea, and only swept Luo Busang with the corner of his eye.