Chapter 471: Water Comes to Fall (Three Watches)

When Li Yuntian returned to his residence in Xiaohe Town, Wu Qian was waiting for him to come back in the living room in the front yard, and when he saw Li Yuntian's cold expression, he knew that he was not happy with this meal at noon.

Due to a bad mood, Li Yuntian only said hello to Wu Qian and hurried back to his room, slamming the door shut.

Wu Qianli looked thoughtfully at the closed door of Li Yuntian's bedroom in the backyard, his eyebrows frowned slightly, after experiencing last night's incident, he had already vaguely guessed that Li Yuntian was an official of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise Li Li would have invited him to dinner?

When she came to this conclusion, Wu Qian couldn't believe it, after all, now that the Ming army and the rebels are fighting to the death, didn't Li Yuntian commit the crime of collaborating with the enemy when he came to see Li Li?

In this regard, Wu Qian was puzzled and acted more cautiously, and she suddenly realized that she had inadvertently been involved in a huge conspiracy.

In the bedroom, Li Yuntian crossed Erlang's legs, sat at the table with a leisurely face, flipping through a book of "Historical Records", and held an apple in his hand and gnawed slowly.

So far, what has happened in Cochin has been going according to Li Yuntian's plan, and when an armistice is reached with Li Li, he will be able to draw his hand to recruit and reorganize his troops, and then deliver a fatal blow to regain the territory occupied by the rebels.

To be honest, in order to successfully deceive Li Li and Ruan Yan, Li Yuntian spent a lot of energy, and gradually lured the two of them into the trap he set step by step.

Li Yuntian knew very well that it was impossible for him to hide the rebels for a long time from the fact that he had brought 3,000 Xiaowu troops to Jiaozhi, so it was better to disclose the news in advance, so that Li Li and Ruan Yan would think that they had seized their handles, and then finally promote the success of the negotiations between the two sides.

I'm afraid that Li Li and Ruan Yan would never have thought that the Lord Mu who appeared in front of them who was "teased" by them was the dignified General Dingnan of Daming, and they didn't expect that the two of them would unknowingly enter the trap set by Li Yuntian.

As long as he entered Anliang County tonight and got the official document that had been placed with Qin Kun in advance ordering the retreat of the Ming army in Qinghua City and the official document asking the Nanjing Military Department to send a naval division to Jiaozhi, then Li Yuntian would be able to really breathe a sigh of relief, and the rest of the matter was to arrange the retreat of the army and people in Qinghua City.

Before Qin Kun came to Anliang County, Li Yuntian had already given him these two official documents, since Ruan Yan could think of using the waterway to evacuate the soldiers and civilians of Qinghua City, then Li Yuntian could naturally think of it, so he had already prepared it.

At the same time that Li Yuntian went south from the capital to Hangzhou, the Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department had already received a secret edict from Emperor Xuande and handed over the command of the Daming Naval Division to Li Yuntian.

It is worth mentioning that the current naval division of the Ming Dynasty mainly refers to those ships when Zheng He went to the Western Ocean, because the Ming Dynasty is a giant in East and Southeast Asia, and no country can pose a threat to it on land and water, so the Ming Dynasty did not begin to establish a naval division force that was really used for naval warfare like some maritime powers in Europe.

Because the station of the Daming Navy Division is Nanzhili, since the Yongle Emperor started the affairs of the Navy Division, it was handed over to the Nanjing Military Department to deal with nearby, so if the Water Division wants to be transferred, it must have the documents of the Nanjing Military Department.

Although Li Yuntian's plan has been carried out smoothly so far, there is one tricky matter, that is, the official document ordering Luo Tong and Da Zhong to evacuate from Thanh Hoa City must be sent by him personally, so as to prevent Luo Tong and Da Zhong from disobeying the order and refusing to evacuate:

Because Qinghua City has been surrounded by rebels, Luo Tong and Da Zhong did not know that the imperial court had sent Li Yuntian to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion, and this official document of retreat could not be sent over openly, so Luo Tong and Da Zhong would think that it was fake, and there would be no waves at that time.

Moreover, Li Yuntian is now the special envoy of General Dingnan, and such an important matter as sending a retreat document to Luo Tong and Dazhong should be carried out by him, and it is not appropriate to involve outsiders to come in, otherwise it will inevitably arouse Ruan Yan's suspicions.

After nightfall, Li Yuntian hurriedly left the backyard with a few rebel soldiers who came to invite him, Wu Qian stood in front of the window and looked at his back in the distance with a cold expression, becoming more and more curious about the purpose of his coming to Xiaohe Town.

Li Li had already arranged the relevant matters, so that Li Yuntian could pass through the camp and defense area of the rebels unimpeded, and arrived at a secluded city wall in the southern city of Anliang County, where he shouted to the soldiers on duty on the city wall as a herald of the Ming army in Sanjiang City, and asked the soldiers above to hang him in hanging baskets.

The soldiers on the city wall did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to the gate tower of the southern city to tell a thousand households guarding the gate, and the thousand households saw that Li Yuntian was the only one in the city, so he asked the soldiers to put down the hanging basket and hang him up, and after searching him, he was sent to the county office where General Dingnan lived.

When Li Yuntian was brought into the county yahou hall by several sergeants, the assumed general Nan was discussing matters related to defending the city with Qin Kun, Fang Zheng and Ma Ying, and everyone was taken aback when they saw him, they didn't know why he appeared here, could it be that Sanjiang City was wrong?

"Lord Commander, why did you come to Anliang County?" Without having time to think about it, Qin Kun waved his hand to let everyone else retreat, and after closing the door, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked Li Yuntian with a concerned expression.

Although it is assumed that General Nan is the supreme commander of Anliang County, it is nominal, in fact, Qin Kun is in charge of the affairs of Anliang County, and he serves as the supreme commander of Anliang County as a general of the counterinsurgency army.

Fang Zheng and Ma Ying also gathered one after another, looking at Li Yuntian with a look of consternation, you must know that now that Anliang County is surrounded by rebels, a bloody battle may start at any time, wouldn't it be very dangerous for Li Yuntian to come at this time, once he has any unexpected consequences, the consequences are unimaginable.

"This official has something important to do this time, don't worry, the rebels can't help this official." Li Yuntian saw that the three of them were stunned, smiled slightly, and then said to Qin Kun, "The thing that the official gave you before you left is still there?" ā€

"Here, the subordinate will take it to the chief soldier." Qin Kun was stunned for a moment, then bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and left in a hurry.

When Qin Kun came back, he was holding a half-foot-long rectangular black box with two cross-knit seals pasted on it, and before leaving, Li Yuntian handed him this black box, telling him that someone would naturally come to him to get this black box at that time.

Li Yuntian removed the seal in front of Qin Kun, Fang Zheng, and Ma Ying, and opened the black box, and there were two official documents rolled together lying quietly, which were the official documents he sent to the Qinghua City garrison and the official documents to the Nanjing Military Department to dispatch the naval division to Jiaozhi.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official has good news for you, according to the news that this official has received, the rebels will retreat after a while, and then this official will celebrate your achievements in Sanjiang City." After opening the two official documents and inspecting them, Li Yuntian put them away and put them close to his body, and said to Qin Kun and the three of them with a smile, "Before that, I hope you will work together to defend Anliang County." ā€

"Lord Commander, the rebels won't attack the city?" Hearing this, Qin Kun, Fang Zheng and Ma Ying couldn't help but look at each other, looking incredulous for a while, Qin Kun then asked tentatively, you must know that the rebels are now ready to attack the city, how can they give up lightly?

"The rebels' logistical supply capacity is limited, and our army's reinforcements are about to arrive, and an excessively long front is harmful to the rebels, so what they can do now is to shrink the defense line and use Jiaozhou City as an important fortress to resist our army."

Li Yuntian naturally couldn't tell Qin Kun and the three of them that he had secretly reached an agreement with Li Li, so he explained quietly.

Qin Kun, Fang Zheng and Ma Ying immediately looked happy when they heard this, so that the siege of the county seat of Anliang County was also resolved.

In order to confuse Li Li and Ruan Yan, Li Yuntian deliberately stayed in Anliang County for a day and a night, and did not leave until the early morning of the third day.

When Li Yuntian returned to his residence in Xiaohe Town, Wu Qian was awakened, and hurriedly stood in front of the window with his clothes draped and looked out, just in time to see Li Yuntian enter the bedroom.

Her willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she was very curious in her heart, not knowing where Li Yuntian, whose whereabouts seemed a little mysterious, had gone in the past two days.

The next morning, Li Yuntian got up early, his eyes were a little dark, and his spirit seemed very tired, and he knew that he hadn't slept well in the past two days.

After a brief wash, Li Yuntian didn't bother to eat breakfast, and hurriedly went to see Li Li, and the meeting place was still the tavern where the two sides met.

This time, Li Li and Ruan Yan didn't let Li Yuntian wait for a long time, the two of them knew about Li Yuntian's return last night, and they also wanted to know what results he brought.

"Inspector Li, my family's chief soldier has agreed to your request." After seeing Li Li, Li Yuntian arched his hand at him expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice, "But the chief soldier of my family said that Qinghua City can't be given to you for nothing, and you have to exchange Langjiang Mansion for it, so that it can be used to block the mouths of those officials in the court!" ā€

Li Li's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and his face showed a look of joy, although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, he still couldn't help but get excited in his heart, which meant that he would own most of the territory of Jiaozhi, which had exceeded his purpose when he raised troops to rebel.

"Langjiang Mansion is an important barrier of Jiaozhou Mansion in the northeast, once it is given to you, our army will have no danger to defend, and Jiaozhou Mansion will be exposed in front of Sanjiang Mansion and Langjiang Mansion!"

Ruan Yan's brows immediately frowned slightly when he heard this, and he said to Li Yuntian quietly, not to mention that it took a lot of effort for the rebels to defeat Langjiang City last year, and more importantly, in this way, Jiaozhou Mansion will face the threat of the Ming army of Sanjiang Mansion and Langjiang Mansion.

"This decision was made after careful consideration by the chief soldier of my family, and the chief soldier of my family said that if you don't exchange Langjiang Mansion for Qinghua City, this matter will end here, and everyone will see a high and low on the battlefield." Li Yuntian saw that Ruan Yan was unwilling to take out the Langjiang Mansion, so he sneered and said with a cold expression, his attitude was very tough.

Ruan Yan wanted to say something, but seeing Li Yuntian's resolute expression, he knew that this was General Dingnan's bottom line, so he looked at Li Li and waited for Li Li to make an idea.

"Use Qinghua City to exchange for Langjiang Mansion, this mention yƬ is very fair, so let's do it!" Li Li pondered for a while and nodded at Li Yuntian, agreeing to General Dingnan's request, since he had already obtained almost all of his demands, he didn't want to make waves in the matter of Langjiang Mansion.

Li Yuntian had long expected that Le Li would agree to this condition, and then quietly discussed with him and Nguyen Yan the situation in Jiaozhi, including the siege of Anliang County by the rebels, the retreat of the Ming army and civilians in Thanh Hoa City, and the withdrawal of the rebels from Lang Giang Province.