Three days later, Li Yan received news from Li Mou that Li Zicheng had sent someone to negotiate.

Although he received Tian Yong's news early, Li Zicheng did not withdraw all his troops, and still left tens of thousands of horses in Taikang. And before retreating, there were some thieves who marched south along the vortex river and swept some villages outside Luyi City. Although there were no casualties, the winter wheat there was completely destroyed.

If the thieves concentrated their forces to fight a decisive battle, Li Yan would be able to deal with it easily, but if he dispersed the attack, he would be blind. He scattered his forces, and he did not have enough defensive forces or the strength to fight in the field, so it was better not to divide his troops.

At this time, Li Zicheng sent someone to negotiate peace, which can be regarded as a choice. If Li Zicheng divides his troops to attack and disturb him, then he will be sad this winter.

He left Wang Renfu's 3,000 men to spy on the thieves in Taikang, and also to help defend Zhecheng and Luyi. At the same time, he led other troops along the vortex river and marched side by side with Li Zicheng's troops.

Li Yan sent a letter to Li Mou, agreeing to negotiate with Li Zicheng, but the premise of the negotiation was that all of Li Zicheng's troops would leave his territory immediately.

All counties in Li Yan can use pigeon letters to transmit news, which is naturally very convenient. But between Li Zicheng and Tian Jianxiu, as well as between Li Zicheng and his subordinates, the news transmission was not so fast.

Li Zicheng received the news from Tian Jianxiu after passing the permit, so he did not go directly from Chenliu, but made a detour to the west before going to Kaifeng City. However, tens of thousands of troops were left in Tongxu, and he had no other advantage over Li Yan, only that he had enough troops.

When he left his troops to contain Li Yan, he also sent instructions to the troops, asking them not to attack to the east, and if they had difficulty in supply, they would go elsewhere to find them.

Those troops who stayed behind were all descendants of Li Zicheng, and they were still able to obey his orders. Li Zicheng didn't dare to leave those miscellaneous cards, if he went to Li Yan's territory to play tricks like Luo Rucai did last time, and then provoked Li Yan's tiger, it would be worth the loss.

Two days later, Li Yan arrived in Qi County, ready to meet Tian Jianxiu. Because Li Mou came with news that Li Zicheng had given orders to his troops, and his surveillance troops also reported that Li Zicheng's troops showed no signs of attacking to the east.

Qi County, a small courtyard.

After Tian Jianxiu came, he was arranged here, and he was not allowed to move around, even if Li Mu came back.

"Yufeng," Li Mu came in, and after seeing Tian Jianxiu, he said with a smile: "The day after tomorrow, our general will see you." ”

Tian Jianxiu said with a smile: "This Li Yan is really big enough, let me wait here for seven or eight days." ”

Li Mu sat down and said casually: "Then it depends on whether you are sincere." If you talk to us and loot our territory, there is no need to talk. ”

"What are you and ours," Tian Jianxiu corrected: "As long as we can negotiate this time, we will be a family again." ”

Li Mu said disdainfully: "Your conditions are not very good, and they may not be able to negotiate." ”

"You guys aren't enough?" Tian Jianxiu said in surprise: "Give you 50,000 taels of silver, 4,000 taels of gold, 50,000 pieces of cotton cloth, and Taikang, Chenzhou, and Dancheng in the south, what else do you want?" ”

Li Mu shook his head and replied: "Let's not talk about the silver money and cloth, just those three counties have been robbed by you for nothing, what's the use of us coming?" To be honest, in Henan, there is no opponent for us. Including Zicheng and Cao Cao are not our opponents, do you believe this or not? ”

"You want the whole of Henan?!" Tian Jianxiu immediately stood up, glared at Li Mu, and said loudly: "Henan was all defeated by our rebels!" You don't do anything, just think about it and take it, don't even think about it! ”

Li Mu waved his hand and persuaded: "You don't need to be excited, this is my opinion." If I were to talk about it, I would be on this condition. To tell the truth, you just broke the county seats, and now those county towns are still in the hands of the officials and soldiers, and if we want to, we will have no effort. ”

"Then what are Li Yan's conditions?" Tian Jianxiu sat down and asked directly.

Li Mu shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't seen him either." ”

"What do you think his conditions will be?" Tian Jianxiu took the opportunity to continue asking.

Li Mu didn't seem to notice it at all, thought for a while, and then said, "It should be similar to my thoughts." We have an army of 60,000 people, and we are real soldiers. ”

"Where did you get your cannons?" Tian Jianxiu suddenly asked: "It's really amazing, I have fought with the official army for so many years, and I have never seen such a powerful artillery." ”

"Of course, I cast it myself~" Li Mu said proudly, but he stopped before he finished speaking, and immediately changed his words: "Of course, we asked for it from the military department." We've wiped out so many thieves, and it's no problem to ask for some sharp artillery. ”

Tian Jianxiu said in disbelief: "Brother Li Mu, you are immoral." According to what you say, isn't Zuo Liangyu's artillery even better than yours? ”

Li Mu said disdainfully: "What is he? We have exterminated forty or fifty thousand thieves, but how many have he exterminated? And he only knows how to preserve his strength, and if he doesn't follow orders, the court naturally looks at us differently. ”

"Well, that's true." Tian Jianxiu nodded and said. Then he asked, "How much did the court give you?" ”

"Sixty~" Li Mu said casually again, and then immediately stopped. He said dissatisfiedly: "Yufeng, you are not kind! Why do you keep trapping me? ”

"What's the trick, aren't our brothers just chatting casually." Tian Jianxiu said with a smile. At this time, he thought in his heart that Li Yan's 20,000 troops were equipped with 30 cannons, that is, there were still 20,000 troops left to defend the city, and he felt that it was very reasonable. If Li Yan used all his 40,000 troops against them, they wouldn't have a good time.

Li Mu immediately said goodbye: "I'll leave first, and I'll come to see you when I have time." ”

He left Tian Jianxiu's small courtyard and went straight to the barracks. At this time, Li Yan had already entered the city and was waiting in the barracks.

"How's the mouth probing?" Li Zhong asked.

Li Mu replied: "They probably want to take Henan as a foundation and bite the turf very tightly." But I don't care much about gold, silver, and cloth. ”

Li Yan nodded and said, "It seems that Li Zicheng has finally figured it out, and it is impossible to be a rogue after all." ”

"Shall we still talk to them?" Li Mu asked.

Li Yan said with a smile: "Talk, why don't you talk about it." With Li Zicheng's help, it will be easier for us to expand our territory. ”

"But Uncle Cousin is still in Kaifeng City." Li Mu reminded.

"Don't worry, Kaifeng won't be breached so easily, we still have time." Li Yan said calmly.

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