In the face of the intricate political form, the Imperial Council did not make any meaningful resolution except for the decision to organize a new army in Ningjin, Liaodong, and Shandong.

Just as a group of high-ranking generals were gathering in Beijing, the situation in the northwest changed dramatically.

Daniel Zhang, the general of the Han army in Xi'an Town, reported that the defection of Wang Fuchen's troops of the Hanzhong garrison in Southern Zhou had been leaked, and according to spy reports, the Zhou general Wang Pingfan, the governor of Sichuan and the rebel general, had begun to assemble troops, moved to northern Sichuan to guard the plank road, build fortifications, and stop sending military food and materials to Hanzhong.

This incident did not cause too much surprise, most of the bigwigs in Beijing City knew that the so-called "stealing from the master" has been an extremely dangerous thing since ancient times, and no one can do it to be absolutely confidential, not to mention that there are 60,000 people in the department of Ma Harrier Wang Fuchen, even if it can be hidden for a while, it is impossible to delay it to the extent of waiting for Beijing to respond.

Like other leak cases in history, after Wang Fuchen made the decision to defect to the Han Dynasty, a group of cronies under his command agreed one after another, but one of the generals drank blood wine and signed a blood letter on the surface, but secretly did not think so, and took advantage of the opportunity to go out on business, suddenly abandoned his post and fled, and went to Sichuan to report the news in the starry night.

In order to confirm this matter, he immediately sent a messenger to invite Wang Fuchen to Sichuan to discuss the military situation, of course, this ridiculous request could not be agreed by Ma Harrier, so the grain road of the Hanzhong garrison was immediately cut off, and Wang Ping Fan sent the 'elite' to take over the defense of the plank road, trying to cut off the connection between Ma Harrier's department and Sichuan.

The war broke out immediately, and after hearing the news, Daniel Zhang, the general of Anxi of the Great Han, immediately ordered Wang Fuchen's headquarters to immediately attack Sichuan, and the Han army's Ganxi battalion assembled for war mobilization, and at the same time Pegasus rushed to Beijing to request the General Staff to send reinforcements.

By the time the Northwest messenger arrived in Beijing, the war in northern Sichuan was already in full swing, and the general Wang Fuchen immediately attacked Sichuan in two ways after receiving a large number of ordnance and baggage delivered by the Han army, among which Wang Fuchen led the main force of 30,000 troops to set off in Hanzhong, besieged Guangyuan through Yangping Pass, and peeped into Bazhong; On the other hand, under the command of his son Wang Jizhen, he went to the southeast and attacked Ankang around Daba Mountain, threatening Chongqing, while Daniel Zhang's army in Xi'an also immediately pulled out the camp, and more than 26,000 troops of the Eighth and Tenth Han Infantry Corps followed Wang Fuchen's army and took over the Hanzhong Pass Defense, supervising the battle while opening up the southern grain route.

The situation in the northwest has deteriorated to this point, the war has broken out, and the General Staff no longer has room for maneuver, although Daniel Zhang's decision is somewhat abrupt, but at this moment, no one in the Lin Han court has come out to hold him responsible, as the commander of the independent garrison military region sitting on one side, his approach seems to be risky, but it is the only choice under helplessness. What is "the general will not be subject to the order of the king"?! This is to be subject to the orders of the kings outside.

In the autumn of 1686 AD, Lin Feng, the king of the Han Dynasty, issued an edict on the cutting of Sichuan in the Qianyuan Palace of Zhongnanhai in Beijing, announcing that Wang Pingfan, the governor of Sichuan in the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the rebellious general, "has a wolf heart and is rebellious, feathered and beastly, and has been reused by the Zhou Emperor Jian, and the world is favored, but he does not want to repay the effect, and he actually tries to rebel against the lord and stand on his own, which is a very evil person," but the Lin Han court and the Southern Zhou royal family have "physical relatives," and the relationship between each other is "one inside and outside", so this extremely bad rebellious behavior must not sit idly by, so the Southern Zhou Emperor's ' Son-in-law, the current king of the Han Dynasty has the responsibility and obligation to eliminate this rebellion.

The generals from all walks of life who gathered in the Beijing division set off overnight and rushed to their respective defense areas, and the General Staff issued an urgent order, ordering the Fifth Army of the Han Cavalry under the Liaodong Broken General Ma Yingsuo, the Seventh Army of the Han Cavalry under the General Wang Jinbao of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and the First Army of the Han Guards Infantry under the Yulin General Ruike to form the Westward Advance Corps, and appoint the Lieutenant General of the Army, Yulin General Ruike? Rachel was the governor of Sichuan, appointed Ma Ying, a lieutenant general of the army and a general of the army, as the deputy governor, according to the garrison position from west to east, the Seventh Army of Shanxi was the front of the corps, Pegasus rushed to Xi'an to take over the city defense, followed by the First Guards Army and the Fifth Cavalry Army, and rushed to Weinan, Shaanxi within 40 days to assemble, as a backup for the attack on Sichuan, and at the same time to curb the Dzungar rebellion and stabilize the situation in the northwest.

Such a lineup, can be described as unprecedented, Rick, Ma Ying, Wang Jinbao are all famous Chinese generals, the troops under his command are also fully staffed 'elite' elite troops, the entire westward marching corps, the total strength of nearly 50,000 people, including nearly 27,000 cavalry, more than 12,000 musketeers, nearly 8,000 artillery, more than 120 large and small artillery 'doors', more than 46,000 horses, according to the meaning of the Han King Lin Feng, the Sichuan campaign, there is nothing else to ask for, the only requirement is "fast", "fast", "fast", with Mount Tai pressing the top of the trendto defeat all the forces of resistance in one fell swoop.

In the midst of the war, Beijing welcomed another group of guests.

At the beginning of the winter of last year, at the invitation of the Russian Empire, the Linhan Empire sent a mission to Russia headed by Major General Mu Tianyan of the Guards, and after several months of arduous trekking, the Han Empire finally crossed the Siberian Plain and arrived in Moscow in the 'spring' of 1686. As an envoy of a famous power, Mu Tianyan and others were ceremoniously received in the capital, and up and down Moscow, from the regent 'woman' King Sophia to large and small dukes and marquises, they held all kinds of balls and salons, inviting these oriental guests to participate, and everywhere the envoys went, they were all very sensational.

According to Lin Feng's instructions in advance, their mission this time was mainly to form a military alliance with the Russian Tsarist Empire to jointly deal with the 'Mongolian' ancients, and secondly, on the issue of land division in the Far East and Central Asia. This mission can be described as very heavy, originally on the road, Mu Tianyan was still extremely apprehensive in his heart, you must know that Russia and the Lin Han Empire had some contacts before, but they were only provincial-level local government 'negotiation' activities, and the number is also very small, throughout history, although China and Russia are adjacent, but they are quite unfamiliar with each other, and now suddenly carry out such a heavy foreign 'exchange' activities, it is really abrupt.

However, now seeing that the Tsar attaches so much importance to it, the envoys have found some confidence, although most of them do not look down on this barbaric country, but they also think that the military strength of this country is not weak, and although the Han is strong, the power has not penetrated into the Far East, and these barbarians are very useful.

According to European custom, emissaries from foreign countries such as Mu Tianyan could not immediately make a formal visit. On the one hand, this measure is for the tsarist government to express his friendship and enthusiasm for the envoys, and on the other hand, it is also for the dignity and reserve of the Russian Empire, so when Mu Tianyan arrived in Moscow, for more than 20 days, except for attending a court reception in the Kremlin, most of the time was to drink, talk nonsense or hunt with some nobles who couldn't beat the eight poles, The group was traveling at public expense.

At this time, news came from the Kremlin that the regent 'female' king decided to summon the envoy of the Han Empire on the same day to discuss the alliance between the two countries, but the world was unpredictable, at this critical moment, a palace coup suddenly occurred in Moscow, and the majestic regent 'female' king was driven to the nunnery by a group of "chaotic" troops to become a nun, and the tsarist court set up a new monarch to ascend the throne as emperor.

The new Russian Tsar Peter I is only a teenager, it is said that the little boy does not understand anything, and the Moscow grapevine said that His Majesty is extremely hostile to the regent 'female' King Sofia, and by the way, even some of the government affairs she presided over are also very disgusted, so in this political environment, the Han Mission, which was still hot a few days ago, suddenly cooled down, and the group had to hide outside. Jiao' Xingguan sat on the cold bench for more than half a month, and then suddenly a marquis took the musket and small artillery that Lin Feng gave to the Tsar to visit the 'door', never mentioning the 'Jiao' activities, and asked about the weapons and equipment of the Lin Han Empire and the military facilities.

This matter is quite funny, if Lin Feng really sent a big Confucian over, I am afraid that he would have to stare at this curious marquis, but it just so happened that Mu Tianyan, the 'handed' official of the Han Dynasty, was born in the military, and the official was at least a general, and there were many young Zhuang officers in the envoy group similar to Nian Qianyao and Zhang Ting 'Yu', so when it came to this matter, he really met an expert, of course, although Mu Tianyan was not a professional. After a brief introduction, he tried to find out the new tsar's attitude towards foreign affairs, but it is regrettable that this marquis is like a scholar and a bureaucrat, and he does not say a word about the country's major affairs, which makes Mu Tianyan extremely disappointed.

Because of the ambiguous attitude of the Russian Tsarist Empire, apart from reaching a consensus on the issue of permanent envoys in the capitals of the two sides, Han and Russia did not make further progress in foreign 'diplomatic relations'. However, Mu Tianyan did not feel too defeated, because the Russian side obviously had a considerable interest in the Linhan Empire, and according to the intention of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the matter of the alliance was postponed for the time being, and the Russian Empire needed to learn more about the Linhan Empire.

The so-called exchange of courtesies, this time with Mu Tianyan's envoy group to return to China, there are more than 200 old Russian 'Mao'.

This time the group came to Lin Feng's old acquaintance Ihonovsky, I haven't seen him for two years, this guy is now 'mixed' with the wind and water, his face is full of red light, and even his stomach is shy, it can be seen that he should be the one who stands in the right direction of this coup d'état in Russia, and he asked Mu Tianyan, sure enough, originally this was just a third-rate dilapidated aristocrat, who was assigned to the Far East as a small civil official, but now it is really developed, the title has been raised by two levels, and now he is the marquis, and he is also the foreign 'friend' of the new tsar.

"Yo, isn't this a 'chicken', don't come unharmed! - "Compared with the Tsarist government, Lin Feng has a lot less shelves, and this time to meet with the Russian mission, he actually chose to be in Haizijing on the periphery of Zhongnanhai.

At this time, it is after autumn, the climate is still a little hot, Russians have been in Eastern Europe for a long time, but they are not very used to it, at this time sitting in the gazebo, the majestic wind is blowing, very happy.

"The Russian mission meets His Majesty the King of the Han Kingdom, His Majesty the Russian Tsar Peter wishes His Majesty a long and healthy life!" Although Ihonovsky and Lin Feng are very familiar, he is not qualified to be presumptuous on this occasion, "You're polite, you're polite!" Regarding Sophia's matter, Lin Feng didn't say a word, "Come, come, come, I have authentic South American coffee here, it tastes good—come on!" Lin Feng turned around and ordered, "Serve coffee to the rank adults!" ”

“kofe？！！” Ihonovsky was slightly stunned, during this period of time, he studied Chinese asceticly, basically reached the sixth-level level, and he was quite involved in the Four Books and Five Classics, and invited a few Chinese teachers to point out China's national conditions, but he had never heard of coffee, looking at the black and slimy things in the cup, he looked at Lin Feng suspiciously, and took a shallow sip, but unexpectedly, "poof-" immediately squirted out, and said in panic, "I'm sorry...... Your Majesty...... Cough...... Cough...... I'm sorry, but ......"

He froze and let out a long breath, "I'm sorry, it seems that I'm not very comfortable with this...... This 'kofe'! ”

Originally, he wanted to see this kid make a fool of himself, but Lin Feng leaned back in the chair with satisfaction and said with a smile, "This is a good thing!" - "Looking up, there were a lot of attachés who accompanied Ihonovsky this time, and there were black crows standing in the corridor of the pavilion, most of them were burly and bearded, but there was a short man in the middle, Lin Feng turned his head slightly, and looked carefully, this short man had fair skin, and his lower 'lip' didn't even grow a beard, and he was actually a teenager. He asked, surprised, "—...... this?"

"Oh!" Ihonovsky put down the teacup and said calmly, "This is my little nephew!" He smiled at Lin Feng, "You know, we Russians have some customs, and noble teenagers generally have to travel to other places before inheriting the title, learn knowledge and increase their knowledge!" This time, I heard that since I was on an envoy to the Great Han Kingdom, my dear aunt entrusted him to me! - Of course," he bowed slightly, "I'm sorry that he was brought to see His Majesty out of his own 'selfishness', but this little nephew of mine does admire Your Majesty very much, and looks forward to meeting the greatest king of the East!" ”

"Really?!" Lin Feng smiled and glanced at the young man.

"His name is Alekseev, Your Majesty!" Ihonovsky turned around, "Alexey, come and meet His Majesty the King!" ”

The young man stepped forward, bowed slightly, and before Lin Feng could speak, he immediately stood up, his eyes were level, and he looked up and down curiously, looking very rude, but his face was immature and a little innocent, but it was also impossible to blame.

"So...... Your name is Alexey?! ”

"Hello!" The boy bowed.

"Huh?!" Lin Feng was stunned, "This ...... Hello! ”

"Thanks, I've eaten! ……”

"You're welcome!" Lin Feng pinched his nose, it seemed that the thinking logic of the East and the West was really not quite the same, and he said patiently, "Is China fun?!" ”

"Good evening! ……”

Lin Feng turned his head and asked, "Does he speak Chinese?!" ”

Ihonovsky smiled and bowed, "Sorry, dear Your Majesty, Alexei speaks French, Latin, but only a few everyday greetings in Chinese!" ”

So it was, Lin Feng turned around and looked at the teenager, "The widow and the 'chicken' are old friends, and they are also your elders, according to the rules of our Chinese, I should give you a meeting gift!" He looked at Alexei with a smile, "I don't know what you want?!" ”

Ihonovsky hurriedly whispered a translation, answered a few questions with the young man, and turned back to Lin Feng and said, "Alexei to His Majesty the King: Thank you for your kindness, he said that he wants to be able to stay in your army for a few months, and then go to the port, dock and shipyard to visit!" ”

"Of course no problem!" Lin Feng smiled, seeing Alexei's heart 'hairy', "I like children the most, so let's call me Uncle Lin in the future, I will give you the privilege of passage, if you have any problems in the future, just come to me directly!" ”