Not long after, Batumur returned to the Ming army camp.

This time he brought Sengge Khan's clear instructions.

At Sengge's order, Batumur rejected Li Dingguo's request for surrender to Junggar, and said that everything else could be negotiated.

It seems that Li Dingguo was mentally prepared for this.

He was not surprised at all and directly said that Batumul could go back.

After all, what he wanted was Junggar's surrender. Since Sengge refused to surrender, there was nothing to talk about.

Although Batuml was disappointed, he didn't say much.

After all, the Khan had given him clear instructions, so the responsibility was no longer with him.

Since that's the case, what else he is left here to do? Just go back and report it quickly.

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"These Junggar barbarians are so bold that they don't even take His Highness the King of Jin seriously. Your Highness, in my opinion, might as well cut off Galdan directly. Keeping him will waste food."

Hao Yaoqi is impatient and very angry.

Li Dingguo pressed his hands down, comforting him, "Don't be so irritable."

He paused and then continued: "The situation is not as bad as you think. After all, this monk didn't dare to act rashly, which is good news for us."

"But Your Highness, this is not enough. After all, Your Majesty asked us to regain the Western Regions. It is not enough to just take down Yerkand."

When Hao Yaoqi heard Li Dingguo thinks that it would be enough for the Junggars to attack without launching troops, he immediately became anxious.

"Brother Hao, your temperament has really changed. Your Highness King Jin hasn't finished speaking yet."

Liu Tichun glared at Hao Yaoqi and said, "Why do you want His Highness to continue talking about this?"

Hao Yaoqi scratched his head awkwardly when he heard this.

"Sorry, I was reckless."

"Your Highness, please continue."

Hao Yaoqi bowed to Li Dingguo again.

"Actually, I just want to delay the time."

Seeing that Li Dingguo could not hide it anymore, he simply pointed it out directly.

"We have just arrived in the Western Regions for less than a year, and it is a stage where we are not familiar with the land. It is unrealistic to control such a vast territory at this time. If the Junggar barbarian takes advantage of the situation and choose to attack at this time, it will be really over. I am worried about how to solve it, but Galdan, a naughty young man, bumped into him without knowing his life and death, and he is really looking for death."

Li Dingguo paused and said, "But he still has a certain value in his use, so I simply used his trick to threaten Junggar."

"Your Highness means you knew from the very beginning that Sengge would not agree to your request?"

"good."

Li Dingguo nodded slightly to agree.

"Not to mention Sengge, no one would agree to this request.

If he agrees, how could he convince the public in Junggar?

But as I just said, it doesn’t matter if he disagrees, because as long as he chooses this path, it is equivalent to giving us enough time in disguise.

It takes time to reclaim land, it takes time to immigrate the people, and it takes time to educate the people.

It will take at least a year and a half to complete these, and it may take longer.”

Li Dingguo said it firmly and without any delay.

"So Sengge thought he made a profit, but in fact he lost his blood, he lost the fighter jet. And fighter jets are hard to come by."

Li Dingguo glanced at Hao Yaoqi and said, "General Hao, do you understand what I said?"

Hao Yaoqi nodded quickly and said, "I understand, I understand, and the generals understand. Your Highness is really far-sighted, and the generals admire him. But there is a little bit of doubt. Since this Galdan is no longer valuable, why do you want to support him? Isn't this equivalent to raising an idle person?"

"That's not an idle person."

Li Dingguo shook his head and said, "Galdan is of great value. Although Sengge now said that he would not make a fuss for Galdan. In fact, he still had concerns. Galdan is like our secret move, which may change the direction of the battle at any time. So it is impossible for us to let Galdan go until the last moment, so we can't kill him."

"Your Highness has thought about letting him go?"

Hearing this, Hao Yaoqi felt unbelievable.

"If Sengge finally compromises under pressure and gives us a reason that we cannot refuse, then why can't I make an exchange?"

Li Dingguo has always thought about problems from the perspective of the overall situation.

Compared to a powerful general like Hao Yaoqi, he considered more comprehensively and must not act voluntarily.

"Your Highness, do you think the possibility of this Sengge compromise is high?"

"This is hard to say, it's probably 30%."

Li Dingguo sighed and said, "Actually, I have another consideration for keeping Galdan. That is what your Majesty will think. I have already written the capture of Galdan and ordered people to send them to the capital. I believe that Your Majesty has seen it at this time."

Li Dingguo carried his hands on his back and looked towards the capital: "It seems that I cannot decide Galdan's fate. Everything must be decided by Your Majesty."

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…

I don’t know if it was Li Dingguo’s intuition that worked or what happened, but the emperor’s imperial edict was officially passed on a month later.

Li Dingguo led Li Laiheng and other generals to receive the order.

In the imperial edict, the emperor first affirmed the bravery and loyalty of a general, and then specifically mentioned Galdan.

The emperor asked Li Dingguo to escort Galdan to the capital immediately.

Li Dingguo finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this news.

It seems that his guess is indeed correct. The emperor really wants Galdan to escort him to the capital.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo did not make a deal with Sengge privately, otherwise the emperor would not be able to explain it to him no matter what.

"Which general is willing to escort Galdan back to the capital?"

Li Dingguo looked around the generals and wanted to pick a suitable candidate.

It was just that what surprised him was that no general chose to respond.

This is actually understandable.

After all, for these generals, if they escort Galdan back to the capital, they would not be able to stay in the Western Regions to kill the enemy for at least two or three months.

There is no war in the Central Plains now, and if you want to make military achievements, you can only go in the Western Regions or the South China Sea.

Nanyang is definitely not good at Kuidong Army, so staying in the Western Regions is almost the only choice.

“No one wants to go?”

Li Dingguo was a little unhappy.

He has always been very happy with the Kuidong Army.

But now it seems that Kui Dongjun actually has selfish intentions.

It is not scary to have selfishness, but what is scary is that it is not a one-hearted mind at this time.

"Your Highness, I'm willing to go."

Just as everyone was silent, Liu Xingming stood up without hesitation.

This made Li Dingguo very pleased.

"Xingming, a good boy! I am worthy of being the most optimistic young man in this king."

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Chapter completed!