When Li Yuntian learned the news, it was already night, and he was processing the official document at hand, when he heard the words, he let out a long breath, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Lei Ting, who was standing on the side, originally thought that he would be very happy after knowing this good news, after all, Li Yuntian could negotiate with Li Li after this battle, but he didn't expect Li Yuntian to be so indifferent, and then realized that this result had long been expected by Li Yuntian.

Lei Ting guessed correctly, after having those two hundred mines to help the battle, Li Yuntian was not worried that Han Wei would not be able to win this battle, after all, the appearance of mines made this battle an unequal contest.

As a hot weapon, the mine causes much greater psychological fear to the rebel soldiers who use cold weapons than the damage on the **, and it will also greatly boost the morale of the Ming army.

The reason why Li Yuntian was worried before was because he couldn't judge whether Han Wei had won a big victory, a small victory or a miserable victory in the battle of Luoye Slope.

The so-called great victory refers to the defeat of the rebels in one fell swoop; The small victory was that most of the rebels were able to retreat; A crushing victory is one thousand kills and eight hundred self-inflicted losses.

Now it seems that Han Wei has won a big victory in Luoye Slope, otherwise he would not have sent someone to report the battle to him so quickly, so that Li Yuntian could plan the next step and negotiate peace with Li Li.

Although the army first captured Anliang County during this period, and now repelled the rebels led by Fan You at Luoyepo, these two times were surprise attacks, and the rebels were just unprepared, and they used all the military strength in Li Yuntian's hands.

After all, after all these years of fighting, the rebels under Li Li have also been sharpened and have a lot of combat experience, which is actually not easy to deal with.

Take the battle of Luoyepo as an example, if it weren't for those mines that made the rebel soldiers panic, then Han Wei would inevitably lead the army to fight a bloody battle with him at that time.

For Li Yuntian, the Battle of Fallen Leaf Slope was just the first step in the Long March of 10,000 miles for Jiaozhi's current form, and the next thing he had to do was to secretly reach an armistice agreement with Li Li.

Although this process does not need to be fought openly, it is more difficult than fighting, because it is not easy to convince Li Li that Li Yuntian is sincere in truce, and the slightest flaw will lead to death.

Li Yuntian also thought about sending someone else to negotiate with Li Li, but because of the importance of this matter, he really couldn't find a suitable candidate, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to meet Li Li, only by understanding the opponent could he judge the decision he made on the battlefield, and then make corresponding responses.

Therefore, this important task of negotiating with Li Li can only be done by Li Yuntian, and if he encounters any problems, he can also adapt to them.

For Li Yuntian, if he wants to completely put down the rebellion in Jiaozhi, then this negotiation with Li Li is very important, because this negotiation can not only provide Li Yuntian with time to reorganize the troops, but also make Li Li encounter a lot of trouble in military and political affairs.

The areas controlled by Li Li were basically the battlefields of the Ming army and the rebels, full of devastation and ruins, and how to solve the livelihood problems of the people in the area under his jurisdiction would become the biggest problem he faced, and all kinds of problems would come one after another.

At noon the next day, Han Wei sent someone to report to Li Yuntian again, and he roughly counted the results of the battle of Fallen Leaf Slope, killing more than 10,000 rebels, capturing more than 8,000 people, and winning a complete victory, almost completely annihilating the rebels' troops outside the valley.

The only fly in the ointment was that Fan You, the rebel commander, fled into the valley under the escort of his subordinates, and almost captured him.

When this news came, the city of Sanjiang suddenly boiled, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city was greatly encouraged by the two successive victories.

At the same time, in the tent of the commander of the rebel camp outside the city of Anliang County, Li Li summoned the senior generals of the rebel army to discuss the matter with an expressionless face.

Fan You knelt in front of Li Li dejectedly, not only disgraced, but also with a bloody bandage wrapped around his arm, and was wounded by the pursuing Ming army when he retreated yesterday.

Speaking of which, it was really not easy for Fan You to come back this time, and the ambushed Ming army felt that he was an important person from his dress, so he kept chasing after him like crazy, so that Fan You had to take people to escape into the woods to hide, and he didn't come back until not long ago to ask Li Li for his guilt.

The scene was silent, the atmosphere was dull, and the generals looked stern one by one, they already knew about Fan You's defeat in the Fallen Leaf Slope, so far only half of the 50,000 troops brought by Fan You have returned, and the remaining half of the people are unknown in life and death, and they don't know whether they are dead or captured or scattered.

Before this, no one would have thought that Fan Youhui would be ambushed by the Ming army on the way to Sanjiang City, let alone that Fan Youhui would be defeated so badly, and the rebel soldiers under his command would be defeated almost without the slightest resistance, which is simply an unbelievable thing.

According to the information held by the rebels, the Ming army in Sanjiang City only had 20,000 or 30,000 people, and most of them were old and weak, how could they plan such a ferocious ambush, and actually beat 50,000 rebels to lose their armor and wolves?

Ruan Yan, who was sitting in the first seat on Li Li's left side, frowned and looked at Fan You with a depressed face, even he didn't expect that the Ming army would ambush on the Fallen Leaf Slope, which was really beyond his expectations, so before Fan You left, he reminded Fan You to be more careful when he arrived at Sanjiang City.

"Get up, it's not your responsibility for this defeat, how can the benefits of the Ming army and firearms be resisted by flesh and blood!" In silence, Li Li broke the calm in the field and raised his hand at Fan You, who was kneeling there.

He had already learned about the "Earth Fire" from the rebels who had returned from the rout, and he didn't know what it was that could be so powerful.

Later, Ruan Yan told Sù Li Li that the Ming army was good at using firearms, and that there was a Shenji battalion in the capital that specialized in the use of firearms, so from the descriptions of the soldiers who had experienced the landmine explosion, he suspected that the Ming army had used a new type of firearm buried in the soil on the fallen leaf slope, and as a result, the rebels were frightened and collapsed under the ambush of the Ming army.

In view of this, Li Li was not ready to punish Fan You who had lost the battle, but he couldn't just let him go, so he deliberately hung Fan You in front of everyone, which was a punishment for him.

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Hearing this, Fan You hurriedly kowtowed to Li Li, stood up, and sat on a seat on the right side with a depressed face.

To be honest, he was not convinced by the defeat in this battle, if it weren't for those damn "earth fires", he would definitely lead the army to fight bravely against those ambushed Ming troops.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming army used a new type of firearm on the slope of the fallen leaves - gunpowder cannons, which will explode once you step on it." Li Li glanced around at the people present and said coldly, "Although this firearm is powerful, it has a disadvantage, it can only be triggered by external force, so it needs to be buried in the ground to cover up, as long as you can find a safe way to avoid it." ”

Hearing the words "gunpowder cannon", the people at the scene couldn't help but look at each other, it was the first time they had heard such a name, and they didn't know what it was.

In fact, Li Li also heard this name from Ruan Yan not long ago.

Li Li caught some craftsmen from the Ming Dynasty after raising troops in Jiaozhi to rebel, and he did not kill those craftsmen, but let those craftsmen do things for him, including blacksmiths who made iron.

Ruan Yan learned that many rebels had been injured by pieces of iron after the mine exploded, so he asked the Ming blacksmiths who accompanied the army, and one of the blacksmiths remembered an incident from the description of Guò Nguyen Yan, who had overheard someone talking about something called "gunpowder cannon" before, which seemed to be similar to the description.

According to the blacksmith's recollection, he was told that in the fourth year of the Southern Song Dynasty, in 113 AD, the Jin army attacked Shaanzhou, and the Song army used a kind of "gunpowder cannon" buried in the ground, that is, iron-shelled mines, which exploded when touched, inflicting heavy casualties on the unsuspecting Jin army, and finally won.

Since the blacksmith had only heard of it and had never come into contact with the "gunpowder cannon", he did not know how it worked, which made Ruan Yan very disappointed, but at the same time he also deduced the most important performance of the mine, believing that the mine was triggered and would only explode when triggered by an external force.

Looking at the stunned people present, Ruan Yan's brows furrowed slightly, it seems that Daming, the young general of Dingnan, is not simple, not only decisive, thoughtful, and daring to take risks, but also brought a powerful gunpowder cannon, no wonder Emperor Xuande wanted to send him to Jiaozhi, and the Jiaozhi rebels met a difficult opponent at this time.

Originally, Fan You lost the battle at Falling Leaf Slope, and Li Li would order an attack on Anliang County to save face from the defeat at Falling Leaf Slope.

However, with the appearance of mines, Li Li gave up the idea of attacking Anliang County, but continued to besiege the city, and sent troops to monitor the Ming army in Sanjiang City.

Although he really wanted to catch the "General Dingnan" in Sanjiang City, God knows if the Ming army would also bury this kind of terrifying thing in Anliang County, and it is not clear whether there are other secret firearms in the county.

Li Yuntian had already guessed this result, the reason why he attached importance to the battle of Luoye Slope before was that he was worried that this battle would not be able to give the rebels a huge deterrent, because only if he could deter Li Li could he promote the matter of private negotiations with Li Li, and also ensure the safety of Anliang County.

Now what makes Li Yuntian feel a headache is how to contact Li Li, and the matter of his private contact with Li Li cannot be known by anyone, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of this matter, and how to choose the appropriate intermediary has become a key.!^!

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