Chapter 730: Negotiation

Two days later, Li Yuntian led 100,000 Ming troops, including fifteen musket battalions and three artillery battalions, to march south and march towards the Daimyo's Mansion, preparing to solve the Kansai Seven Guards in the Daimyo's Mansion as soon as possible.

The news of the successful capture of Juyong Pass and Tongzhou City by the Ming army in Liaodong had already spread throughout Beizhili at this time, so the Mongol soldiers and servant soldiers in the towns controlled by the Mongol army fled one after another.

The officials who had taken refuge in the Mongols even knelt outside the city gate one after another, pleading guilty to Li Yuntian in fear, and no one would have thought that the Mongol army would be cornered by Li Yuntian after only showing off its might in Beizhili for more than two months.

For those officials who worked for the Mongols, Li Yuntian adopted the principle of severely punishing the chief and coercing them and never prosecuting them; all those who oppressed the people were severely punished either by killing their heads or punished with hard labor; all those who coerced officials into serving as officials would not be held accountable, and all those who took the initiative to serve as officials were sent to the frontiers.

Under Li Yuntian's series of pacification policies, the order of the towns occupied by the Mongol soldiers was quickly stabilized, but a large number of civilians gathered in front of the yamen to complain about the evil deeds of the Mongol soldiers and the servants and soldiers.

After a few days of trekking, Li Yuntian arrived at Guangping Mansion to the north of the Daimyo Mansion, and the prefect of Guangping Mansion and the commander of Guangping Wei and other officials all went out of the city to greet him.

Speaking of Guangpingfu, it was also stained with the light of the Daimyo's Mansion, and the Kansai Qiwei who went south did not stay in Guangping Mansion too much in order to reach the wealthy Jiangnan as much as possible, so they were too lazy to attack Guangping City, plus the Tatars and Warat regarded Guangping Mansion as the sphere of influence of the Guangxi Qiwei and were busy seizing other towns in Northern Zhili, so Guangping Mansion surprisingly did not suffer much military rebellion.

In the evening, the prefect of Guangping led the famous officials and gentry in the city to hold a banquet for Li Yuntian and others.

Li Yuntian had long been accustomed to this kind of scene, and because he was able to deal with it with ease, after three rounds of drinking, a guard walked in quickly and handed him a letter.

After opening the letter and reading it, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, and he handed it to the guard casually, talking and laughing with everyone quietly.

This letter was sent by Timur, the king of Hami Zhongyi, saying that he wanted to negotiate with Li Yuntian in order to avoid the destruction of his lives and to relieve the war in Beizhili.

Li Yuntian knew very well that Timur had received a letter of help from Hami, the reason was very simple, he ordered the messenger to come to Beizhili, plus the Ming army of Liaodong regained Juyongguan and Tongzhou, presumably the seven guards of Guanxi were already in chaos at this time.

If there is a real fight on the battlefield, then the Kwantan soldiers, who are more arrogant than the Tatars and Warats, will definitely not be afraid of the Ming army, but for Timur, the most important thing now is to rush back to the Kansai, otherwise his hometown will be taken advantage of by Turpan and other countries.

This time, in order to assist the Tatars and Warat, Timur brought the troops of the Seven Guards of the Guanxi Province, so there were not many troops left at home, and they could not resist the attacks of the Turpan States at all.

If Li Yuntian did not recover Juyongguan and Tongzhou, Timur would never have thought of negotiating with Li Yuntian, in his opinion, the Ming army was no more than Erer, and he could sweep Beizhili with his 80,000 Guanxi soldiers and go back to the rescue.

But the Liaodong Ming army led by Li Yuntian unexpectedly defeated Arutai in Tongzhou, which aroused the vigilance of Timur of Dehuan, if he fought hard with the Ming army, even if he won, it is estimated that it will be a tragic victory, where will he have the strength to go back to the rescue at that time?

Therefore, after Timur learned that Li Yuntian led a large army to conquer, he decided to strike first, wanting to use negotiation to avoid the battle with the Ming army, after all, the Ming Dynasty and Tatar, Warat have been fighting for more than a year, not to mention the fatigue of the people, once a fierce battle breaks out in the Daimyo's Mansion, I am afraid that the entire Daimyo's Mansion will become a huge battlefield, and then the lives will be ruined and become a ruin, which will have a huge impact on the Northern Zhili, and it is definitely not something that Li Yuntian wants to see.

For Timur, the 80,000 Guanxi soldiers in his hand were bargaining chips with Li Yuntian, and it was obvious that Li Yuntian's enemies were Tatar and Warat, and he would definitely not fight with the Guanxi Qiwei.

To be precise, the base camp of the Guanxi soldiers was in Wei County, gathering 60,000 Guanxi soldiers and 20,000 servants, and the remaining 20,000 Guanxi soldiers were in the two towns around the Daimyo City, firmly trapping the Daimyo.

At noon the next day, a cavalry team of more than 100 Ming troops arrived at the heavily guarded county seat of Wei County, and the Guanxi soldiers defending the city immediately made way when they saw this, and several Guanxi cavalry introduced them into the city.

This cavalry of the Ming army was a representative of the Ming army who came to negotiate at the invitation of Timur, and the knight in the lead, wearing a black military uniform and a gold star on his shoulder, was none other than Li Yuntian.

Timur did not ask that the person who came to negotiate was Li Yuntian, how could Li Yuntian, as the commander of the Ming army, be suspicious, but Li Yuntian just wanted to surprise Timur, and at the same time, he was also exerting psychological pressure on Timur, indicating that he did not take him seriously at all, otherwise he would not be in danger.

Since it was lunchtime, the streets of Wei County were full of groups of Kansai soldiers who were hooked shoulders and drunk, and many of them were drunk and staggered when they walked.

Seeing Li Yuntian, these knights wearing the uniforms of the Ming army, the trembling residents in the city looked at them with surprised expressions, not knowing what they were doing here, because Timur blocked the news that the Ming army had recovered Juyongguan and Tongzhou, so the people of Wei County did not know that the battle situation outside had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Li Yuntian glanced at the people who looked dazed and frightened, and looked ahead with an expressionless face, he could imagine what those Guanxi soldiers had done in the city during this time.

"Please spare my granddaughter, she's only twelve years old." Just as Li Yuntian was running along the main road on the street to the county office, a man's bitter pleading voice suddenly came from a private house on the side.

"Get out of the way, it's your blessing that a few uncles have taken a fancy to your sister."

Immediately, a commanding voice came, and then the courtyard door of the house was slammed open, and a tall, thin soldier with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks and wearing a servant army uniform nodded and greeted several Kansai soldiers out of the courtyard, one of whom was carrying a pale-faced girl on his shoulder.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can do it, she is still a child." Then, an old man rushed out of the courtyard, knelt in front of the Kansai soldiers, and kept arching his hands at them.

"Old thing, I'm getting impatient." Seeing this, the tall, thin soldier with sharp beaks kicked the old man to the ground, and warned viciously, "If you spoil the interest of a few masters, your old life will be gone." ”

"Daddy!" At this time, several men and women chased out of the courtyard, and a middle-aged man picked up the old man.

"A few military masters, if you want to bring it, take me away and let my daughter go." A middle-aged woman knelt in front of the Kansai soldiers crying, and said while kowtowing.

"Don't pee and take pictures, you ugly bastard also want to serve a few uncles?" The Kansai soldier at the head was a stout middle-aged strong man, with a look of disgust in his eyes, and the tall and thin soldier hurriedly stepped forward and slapped the middle-aged woman hard, and said with a scolding grin.

"Uncle, please." As he spoke, the tall and thin soldier turned to the stout middle-aged man and said with a smile on his face.

The middle-aged strong man glanced at the tall and thin soldier with a flattering face, a contemptuous smile on his face, and walked away, leaving only the middle-aged woman sitting on the ground and crying, she could do nothing but watch the girl being taken away, otherwise there would be a catastrophe.

Nearby residents and pedestrians all shook their heads secretly when they saw this scene, feeling quite helpless in their hearts, as the people of the occupied area, they were like fish on a chopping board at the mercy of those Kansai soldiers.

"Stop!" Li Yuntian stopped pulling the reins of the horse and shouted at the stout middle-aged strong man and his party.

The middle-aged strong man stopped when he heard this, looked up at Li Yuntian curiously, and found that the young Ming knight in front of him was actually speaking Mongolian.

"Let that girl go, or I'll kill you." Li Yuntian looked at the middle-aged strong man expressionlessly, and said word by word.

"Boy, you're so big-breathing." The middle-aged strong man looked at the several Kansai cavalrymen who were following Li Yuntian, and thought that Li Yuntian was a Ming army sent by the Daimyo Mansion to ask for surrender, so he sneered, looked at him viciously and said, "Dare to take care of the uncle's affairs, I think you are tired of being crooked." ”

"Stop, if he dares to take a step forward, shoot him immediately!" Hearing this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he coldly gave the order in Mongolian.

Immediately, a cavalryman behind Li Yuntian pulled out a crossbow on his back, installed the arrows and aimed at the middle-aged strong man, which made the atmosphere at the scene suddenly become tense, and the Guanxi cavalry who led Li Yuntian looked at each other, looking a little overwhelmed.

The people who came to pick up Li Yuntian were the subordinates of King Hami Zhongyi, and this middle-aged strong man was a person from Shazhou Wei, for the Guanxi soldiers, the people of Wei County were the spoils of war, because the middle-aged strong man's behavior of forcibly kidnapping the people's daughters was very normal in their eyes, so it was difficult to stop it.

The surrounding residents and pedestrians were stunned by the scene in front of them, and looked at Li Yuntian and the middle-aged strong man silently, wanting to know what would happen next.

"I want to scare people!" The middle-aged strong man didn't expect Li Yuntian's attitude to be so tough, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then couldn't help but feel a burst of annoyance, now that so many people are looking at him, if he retreats, won't he be looked down upon in the future, so his eyes flashed fiercely, and after glancing at Li Yuntian who was staring at him expressionlessly, he stepped forward.

"If you want to live, you'd better not move!" Before the middle-aged strong man's raised feet fell, a cold voice came from behind him, causing his movements to subconsciously stop in the air.