In fact, the 'Mongolian' ancients were not unaware of the emptiness of the defense line of the Great Wall of the Han Empire, but for a year and a half, for various reasons, neither the Eastern 'Mongolian' Ancient Korqin Alliance nor the Zungar Khanate were able to launch a large-scale attack on the northern part of the Han Empire.

According to the report sent back by the Ordnance and Grain Statistics Ya'men, among the forces on both sides of the steppe, relatively speaking, the problem of Horqin is much more serious than that of Zhunger.

This is a matter that makes Han intellectuals extremely suspicious and 'confused'. In terms of personal evaluation, Korqin King Buryagma may be more in line with the image of the "tyrant" in the minds of the Chinese; unlike most of the "Mongolian" ancient Han on the steppe, he is "sinister" and cunning, he is strange and wise, he does not always advocate violence, in terms of his way of doing things, in the process of unifying the eastern "Mongolian" ancient times, more often, he prefers to use political means rather than military means.

The process of Korqin's rise to prominence was very different from that of Dzungar, and the process of Geldan Khan's unification of Western 'Mongolian' was full of wars and killings, and the methods he used were the same as those of all the heroes in the steppe desert for more than a thousand years: he ordered 'Meng' Gu, and whoever disobeyed immediately launched a thunderous military strike, while Buryagma had more 'yin' schemes, just like he had dealt with Bao Ri Longmei's father, Tushetutai Jiwu 'Men' Ture, and his most common means were 'luring', coercion, coercion, and affinity.

In the values of the 'Mongolian' ancients, this method is despicable, the kind of heroes and heroes they aspire to worship are indiscriminate between justice and evil, that is, the kind of people with strong military power like Geldan, so they 'privately' used all kinds of 'yin' schemes and means and Buryagma, but never won the true submission of the vast 'Mongolian' tribes in the eastern 'Mongolian' ancient times.

This is the difference between the "Zungar Khanate" and the "Horqin Alliance", both of which are regimes in the steppe, while Zungar is known as the Khanate, following the various political systems of the 'Mongolian' Yuan and giving orders majesticly, while Buryagma can only aggrieved and self-proclaimed: "The head sheep elected by the ancient tribes of 'Mongolia'." ”

In fact, Bulyagma had a good chance to reverse this situation, and the best chance was in the year when Geldan defeated Xinzhou, when he had just convened the Naadam Assembly and coerced the 'Mong' Gu to elect him as Korqin Khan, and his prestige was in full swing, and according to the rules of the steppe, he was close to the last step - that is, to take advantage of Geldan when he was at his weakest, to defeat him logically, hang the head of the Great Khan of Dzungar on the spire of his Great Silk, and raze the entire Dzungar Khanate to the ground, if he can succeed in doing so, that today, he is Genghis Khan of the steppe.

It is extremely regrettable that he has failed under such a huge political and military advantage, you know, the overlord of the steppe cannot tolerate defeat, just like the first wolf in the pack, if once the obedient hungry wolves find that you have no strength, then no one will obey you anymore, and even kill you and replace you.

The situation in Buryagema is not so bad, but it is also dire. It wasn't until after fighting with Gerdan for three years that he suddenly discovered that he was very lacking in military talent, which was fatal compared to his power and status.

He may have been a good statesman, with a 'shrewd' mind, a 'good calculating', and a strong organizational skill, but he was not a qualified military commander - unlike the emperors of the Central Plains, the emperors of the Central Plains could not fight, but Genghis Khan of the steppes could not.

Since the defeat to Geldan in the war, the Korqin tribe has been going downhill, the tribes that were originally unified under his battle banner have deviated from Germany, no longer like the original, bowing to Hulunbuir's orders, the political situation in the east 'Mongolian' ancient is much more mixed and 'chaotic' than the western 'Mongolian' ancient 'chaotic', from Jilin, Heilongjiang River, to Ordos thousands of miles of land, the eastern 'Mongolian' ancient tribes without exception began to find their own way of life, and Geldan can rely on the tribes, such as the Sanyin Nuoyan Department, Alxa Erlut Department, etc., While obeying the orders from the Horqin Khan's tent, he secretly communicated with Geldan and at the same time kept contributing war horses and furs like the Han Empire, while the Zhelimu Tribe, Xilin Gol Division, and Suchu Department in the Liaohe region in the northeast actually fell into the arms of the Nuergandu Governor's Mansion and acted for the tiger, and like the Chahar Division, they stood on the side of the Han people and oppressed the 'Mongolian' ancients.

If a few years ago, Buryagma had the ambition to march into the capital, then now, he has no other idea than to keep Korqin's cattle and sheep.

The history of the desert has come to this day, and any 'Mongolian' ancients with eyes can see clearly that the rise of the Lin Han Empire is unstoppable, and the ultimate fate of his Buryagma is destined to have only two choices: one is to be clean and neat like Beijing surrendered, and An An is divided into a small Horqin chief; The Mon's ancients fought like that, smashing the iron hooves of the Han people with scimitars and bows and arrows.

To be fair, Horqin and the Han Empire went from alliance to rupture, definitely not a party's 'yin' conspiracy, nor is it simply treachery, if there is a reason, it is the general trend, just like the classic 'Mongolian' ancient proverb: although the grassland is big, it can't accommodate two heroes.

Compared to the embarrassed Buryagma, Geldan was in a much better situation. As it turned out, the fast-rising Dzungar Khan was still the most outstanding hero of the steppe, and although he had his great failures, he still stood up like a man.

The steppe people can't tolerate defeat, but they respect heroes who can't be defeated, just like Temujin in the past - even if it's a peerless hero like Temujin, hasn't he been defeated by Zamuhe many times?!

Just after defeating the Horqin Alliance's robbery, at the celebration meeting, the Great Khan of Geldan held the horse's milk' wine, faced the shaman, and under the gaze of thousands of warriors, pointed to the sky and swore that one day, he would hang Lin Feng's head on the spire of the Golden Horde, and use the blood of tens of millions of Han people to wash away the shame of the Zungar warriors.

Many of the 'Mongolian' ancients believed in this oath, and the majestic Dzungar Khan looked like an invincible hero, and many believed that even if he failed again one day, he would still be like today, holding the Great Horse high again and returning with his army.

In this situation, Geldan and Buryagema successfully reached a ceasefire agreement, and in such a dangerous situation, if the two sides continue to fight each other, then the ultimate benefit is undoubtedly the Han emperor who sits high in the capital.

According to the information sent back by the spies operating on both sides of the battle line, after a rough estimate, the total strength of the Eastern and Western 'Mongolian' ancient army, which stood opposite the Han army, was about 150,000 cavalry. Among them, the Dzungar Khanate probably had more than 90,000 people; The Imperial General Staff estimated that the 'elite' troops in the 'Mongolian' army that could really fight no more than 80,000 people, the Dzungar Khanate might have about 50,000 people, and Bulyagma's men would not exceed 30,000 iron cavalry at most.

This is not a very reliable figure, the ancient grassland of 'Mongolia' is vast, reckless and sparsely populated, and it is difficult for the Han army to count the exact strength of the opponent.

The atmosphere in the eastern 'Mongolian' direction became increasingly tense, but the substantive 'sexual' war never started, and Buryagma was very hesitant to start a war with the Lin Han Empire. Like all people who like to play 'tricky' and 'yin' tricks and be clever, he thinks that war with the Lin Han Empire is inevitable, but he always wants to find some "back road" for himself in the war, and he cowers and refuses to put the bet on it in one go.

Geldan was much more ferocious, and from 1689 onwards, the war between the Dzungar Khanate and the Han Empire began, and continues to this day. However, the battlefield area has been limited to the northwest region, and the enemy in front of Junggar is the Northwest Corps of the Lin Han Empire commanded by Zhao Liangdong. Half of the battle was fought in front of the Han stronghold, and the Junggar cavalry suddenly appeared in front of the Han stronghold, launched a surprise attack on the small Han army troops guarding the important place, and if they missed a blow, they immediately fled away, never entangled with the Han army.

The Han army's response was to continue to strengthen the border fortresses, slowly abandon some remote and less important strongholds, shrink towards the inner line, and gradually gather troops, supplemented by small cavalry units, and 'pump' Leng Zi to fight a counterattack, so as not to let Geerdan's cavalry be too presumptuous.

With the arrival of follow-up reinforcements from the Han army, the situation on the northwest front gradually reversed towards the Han army, and the frequency of sorties of the Han troops stationed on the front line increased significantly, and it also broke the conventional size of the troops between the two sides.

This is a very clear signal, and the commanders of both sides know that a large-scale decisive battle is coming.

In order to organize this war of unprecedented scale, the first auxiliary scholar of the Han Empire issued an imperial edict, and almost the entire north of the Yellow River restarted the general mobilization for war, and North China, which had just struggled under the weight of the unification war, was once again put on the shackles of war. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Zhili and other provinces were ordered by the Han Dynasty to recruit more than 1.2 million strong men and strong 'women' according to the statistics of the registered households, divided into two directions, to transport military grain and straw materials to the front line of the Great Wall.

In South China, which had just been incorporated into the territory, especially in the Liangjiang region, the rivers were raging and surging, crowded with the northbound transport fleets, all kinds of cannons were dragged by mules and horses and swarmed forward, the muskets on the military carriages were tied together with hemp rope like firewood, and the piles moved slowly, all kinds of flags fluttered in the wind, and the roads were full of guns, artillery, ammunition, and grain; On the medium road, there are horseshoe, alfalfa, sweet potato vines, oats, barley, and soybean grains, and the small roads are lined with strong men from the south who are on their way to the northern line to serve in the conscription; Every thirty miles, there are boiling buckets more than one person high on both sides of the post station, the big stove for boiling water and cooking rice is endless all night, the long wooden bench is full of large porcelain bowls for people to drink, and the infantry regiments and militia regiments and strong men who were ordered to transfer north are crowded together. If someone looks down from above, they will immediately be shocked to find that those rivers and roads that are like Chinese blood vessels are already surging with blood at this moment, as if a powerful giant, before fighting to the death with the opponent, deep exhalation, deep abruptness, just waiting for a certain moment, all the strength will be released in an instant.

The man who holds the fate of this land is in distant Beijing.

Taking a gentle breath, the Russian Imperial ambassador to the Han Empire, Marquis Ihonovsky, bowed down and handed over the name to the guards officers guarding the main 'gate' of the palace, and then sat down in the small room at the 'gate' of the imperial palace, patiently waiting for the summons of the emperor of the Han Empire.