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"Mr. Ruan, do you think General Dingnan will be a person who admits defeat lightly?" After listening to Ruan Yan's Jianyì, Li Li did not answer, but groaned for a while, looked at Ruan Yan and asked rhetorically.

"Is the prince worried that General Dingnan will be angry and insist on revenge?" Ruan Yan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he understood and asked in a deep voice.

"This person is not only Emperor Xuande's henchman, but also has both civil and military skills, now is the time to be arrogant, if he is forced to be anxious at this time, I am afraid that he will use Guangxi as the foundation to fight to the death with our army."

Li Li nodded solemnly, then got up and walked to the window, looked at the crescent moon in the sky and said worriedly, "In this way, even if our army defeats the entire Cochin, then there will be no peace in the future." ”

Ruan Yan was silent for a moment, he knew that Li Li's worries were not unreasonable, in the final analysis, Da Ming's strength was thousands of times stronger than the Jiaozhi rebels, and it would be a huge disaster for the Jiaozhi rebels to continue to fight for a long time.

Moreover, General Dingnan served as the commander-in-chief and governor of Guangxi, and was in charge of Guangxi's military and political power, and nine times out of ten, he would rely on Guangxi to continue to fight against the Jiaozhi rebels, as Li Li said.

After General Dingnan won two unexpected victories in Jiaozhi in succession, and the rebels lost their armor, neither Li Li nor Ruan Yan dared to underestimate him.

"Mr. Ruan, you said that he sent someone to negotiate this time, what is his intention?" After being silent for a while, Li Li, who was looking at a crescent moon in the sky, turned around and asked Ruan Yan solemnly.

"Lord Wang, this person is extremely intelligent, and the lower officials can't see through him." Ruan Yan frowned slightly when he heard this, and then shook his head at Li Li helplessly.

He knew that Li Li wanted to determine whether General Dingnan sent someone to negotiate sincerely or delay the army, but he really couldn't make a judgment, after all, Li Yuntian's strategy was not under him, and his words and deeds would determine Li Li's choice, so he didn't dare to make a rash assertion.

This is Ruan Yan's prudence, although he is valued by Li Li, he is only a strategist after all, and he can analyze all kinds of forms to Li Li, but in the end, it is Li Li who takes the idea, otherwise it will be anti-guest and more than he can do.

"Mr. Ruan, you said that if we negotiate with General Dingnan, how many places can we have at most?" Seeing that Ruan Yan didn't have a clear attitude, Li Li knew that this matter was very complicated, so he pondered for a while and asked solemnly.

"With the existing territory of the two sides as the boundary, the place where the Ming army controls zhì belongs to the Ming court, and the place where our righteous army controls zhì belongs to the prince." When Ruan Yan heard this, he immediately understood that Li Li wanted to make peace with General Dingnan in order to end the battle situation in Jiaozhi in front of him, and General Xuan did not want to fall into the whirlpool of the Jiaozhi war, so he replied after thinking about it.

"Will he agree?" Li Li's brows furrowed, in this way, he would occupy more than two-thirds of the territory of Jiaozhi, how could General Dingnan suffer such a loss?

"It's the fairest way to do it, and it's a test of his sincerity." Ruan Yan couldn't make up his mind, so he avoided this question, God knows what General Dingnan thought in his heart.

Li Li fell silent when he heard this, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he knew that the way Ruan Yan said about the demarcation of the border not only benefited him the most, but also the most acceptable to the Jiaozhi rebels, and it could also verify the sincerity of General Dingnan, but would it be self-defeating to make General Dingnan give up this negotiation?

"Lord Wang, Jiaozhou City is the most important city in Jiaozhi, and it is also a military town for our army to compete with the Ming army in the north. Ruan Yan knew that Li Li was weighing the pros and cons of his own method of demarcating the border, and after a deep groan, he bowed to Li Li and said.

"Mr. Ruan, this king has made up his mind, so he will do what you say." Li Li stopped when he heard this, frowned and then made up his mind, and said to Ruan Yan in a deep voice, "Tomorrow at noon, the king will hold a banquet to invite Mu Zi, and Mr. Ruan will make this matter clear to him at that time." ”

"Lord Wang, the lower officials know what to do." Ruan Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and bowed to Li Li again, he was really worried that Li Li would make concessions for the sake of the toast promised by General Dingnan.

As for why Ruan Yan should be asked to talk to Li Yuntian, the reason is very understandable, in case the talks between Ruan Yan and Li Yuntian collapse, Li Li can come forward to clean up the mess, there is room for maneuver, otherwise the negotiations between the two sides will be deadlocked, which is definitely not what Li Li wants to see.

The next morning, Li Li sent someone to bring Li Yuntian an invitation, inviting him to a banquet in a village outside the town at noon.

"The east wind has come, everything is ready!" After reading the content on the invitation, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, and the whole person became relaxed invisibly.

The "east wind" in his mouth naturally refers to Deputy Envoy Li who came to Jiaozhi to report the news, and the reason why Deputy Envoy Li was able to come to Jiaozhi was completely a game that Li Yuntian had done in advance, otherwise he would not have been able to escape, and he also "inadvertently" learned so much information related to the Ming army.

According to Li Yuntian's strategy for pacifying Jiaozhi, he did want to use Jiaozhou City as a forward fortress to fight against the Jiaozhi rebels, but because he did not have enough troops at hand, he had to find a way to stabilize the rebels first, and then recruit troops from Guangxi.

In Li Yuntian's view, the way to stabilize Li Li was undoubtedly to "recruit An" to Li Li, promising to make him the Tusi of Jiaozhi in exchange for his withdrawal from Jiaozhou Mansion, and then buying him valuable time to quell the rebellion in Jiaozhi.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Yuntian to immediately show Emperor Xuande the toast of Feng Li Li as Jiaozhi, and according to the current situation of the two sides, it will take at least a year before he can handle this matter.

During this year, the rebels and the Ming army each consolidated their positions and did not attack each other, which gradually cooled down the war in Jiaozhi, and allowed the civil and military officials in the court to shift their attention from Jiaozhi to other places.

Although one year does not seem like a long time, it is enough for Li Yuntian to recruit and reorganize the army, and then raise troops to recruit Li Li and completely eliminate the Jiaozhi rebels.

However, what Li Yuntian could not have imagined was that Wang Tong would privately abandon Jiaozhou City, which was high and thick-walled, and then disrupted the plan he had formulated, which made him fall into an unexpected crisis, and he had to change the established plan, personally sit in Sanjiang City to stabilize the situation, and make dangerous moves, and concentrated all his forces to fight two victories in Anliang County and Luoyepo, giving the rebels a dismount.

Although Wang Tong disrupted Li Yuntian's plan, the general policy of "recruiting An" Li Li remained unchanged, and the reason was very simple, Li Yuntian did not have enough troops to deal with the rebels now, so he could only secretly wait for the opportunity, and if he fought a decisive battle with the rebels at this time, he would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Neither Li Li nor Ruan Yan would have thought that on the way back to Jiaozhi, Deputy Envoy Li had always been secretly followed by the subordinates sent by Li Yuntian, and even privately protected him to ensure that he could arrive at Jiaozhi smoothly to report the news.

Moreover, if it weren't for Li Yuntian's people secretly helping, how could Deputy Envoy Li come to Fenghua Mansion on a smuggling boat, even if a stranger like him wanted to find a smuggler, he would have no way, and he would be killed by the other party.

When Deputy Envoy Li was anxiously waiting for the ships to go to Jiaozhi in Guangxi, the people who were secretly following him had already galloped through the starry night and rushed to Sanjiang City to report to Li Yuntian.

To tell the truth, Li Yuntian originally wanted to wait for Deputy Envoy Li to come to negotiate with Li Li after he arrived in Xiaohe Town, in that case, Li Li and Ruan Yan would lower their vigilance a lot, which would be conducive to the success of the negotiations.

However, because Li Li wanted to attack Anliang County, Li Yuntian had no choice but to come to see Li Li in advance and secretly waited for the arrival of Deputy Envoy Li.

Li Yuntian believed that as long as Deputy Envoy Li could come to Xiaohe Town in time, then the deadlock between him and Li Li would definitely be broken.

Now that Li Li took the initiative to invite him to dinner, in Li Yuntian's opinion, Deputy Envoy Li must have arrived in Xiaohe Town, otherwise Li Li would not have made such a move.

At noon, Li Yuntian was escorted by several rebel cavalry into a village near Xiaohe Town, where he stopped in front of a tavern in the village.

Li Yuntian also went to the meeting alone this time without any entourage, and after entering the tavern, he noticed that there was only a brand-new Eight Immortals table and three round stools inside, and there were no other wine tables, which seemed to have been cleaned out in advance.

Glancing at the three round stools, Li Yuntian walked over and sat down on the guest seat with his back to the door, quietly waiting for Li Li and Ruan Yan to arrive, it was obvious that Li Li would not bring the rest of the people to today's banquet except Ruan Yan.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a sound of horses' hooves outside the door, Li Yuntian knew that Li Li was coming, but he was indifferent and still sat in his seat, he was the envoy of General Dingnan of the Ming Dynasty, how could he go to greet Li Li?

"Li Patrol!" Li Li and Ruan Yan entered the tavern together, and it was only then that Li Yuncai stood up and arched his hand to him, which was regarded as a greeting.

"Serve!" After Li Li took his seat on the main seat facing the door, he nodded to Ruan Yan, who was sitting on the side of the Eight Immortals Table, and Ruan Yan said in a deep voice to one of the guards in the room.

Although the place of the banquet was in a tavern, Li Li did not neglect Li Yuntian, and invited the best chef in Jiaozhou City to take charge of the spoon and prepare a table of rich Jiaozhi special dishes for Li Yuntian.

"Master Mu, although you and I are our own masters, this king admires you very much for coming to see this king, and this king respects you with this cup." After the meal was served, Ruan Yan filled Li Li and Li Yuntian respectively, Li Li raised his wine glass to Li Yuntian, and said with a smile, looking full of atmosphere.

"Patrol Li, this official is just a matter of eating the king's Lu and being loyal to the king." Seeing this, Li Yuntian suddenly sneered in his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and he quietly raised the wine glass in front of him, and the two of them touched the void and drank it all.

Obviously, the reason why Li Li is so generous is because he thinks that he has "knew" about General Dingnan's layout, and he will win this negotiation steadily, which is a typical first win and then kill, and then I am afraid that he will launch a sharp offensive against Li Yuntian.

"Lord Mu, after careful consideration, this king cannot accept the construction proposed by General Dingnan, our righteous army can have today's momentum, it is won by countless people who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, how can this king let them down."

Sure enough, when Li Li put down the empty wine glass in his hand, Yu Feng suddenly turned around and looked at Li Yuntian solemnly, "Therefore, today's banquet is for this king to see you off!" ”

When Li Li spoke, Ruan Yan intently observed the changes in the expression on Li Yuntian's face, wanting to find clues from it to judge Li Yuntian's true inner world.

"What...... What the? Li Yuntian naturally knew that Ruan Yan was observing his reaction from the side, so he pretended to be taken aback, and looked at Li Li opposite with a stunned expression, and even caused him to stutter for a while because he was too excited.