The Manchu Qing who conquered the two river valleys were calm, but the Ming who captured the Cossacks could not be calm.

Nanjing City, Imperial Palace.

Zhu Ci stumbled around the palace at will, and Li Yan followed Zhu Cistumb.

"After the capture of the Cossacks, the westernmost territory of the Ming Dynasty reached the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, and part of the territory even belonged to the European continent, and the border with the Manchu Qing Dynasty exceeded 5,000 li, and the border with Tsarist Russia in the north was nearly 20,000 li! Even with the Ottoman Empire there are almost a hundred miles of border! ”

"Today, the Ming Dynasty is the Kokand Pacific Ocean to the east, Antarctica to the south, the Mughal Empire to the southwest, the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the west, the Tsarist Russian Empire to the north, and the Ottoman Empire with a slight junction in the Caspian Sea. Zhu Ci said with a meaningful smile. In other words, if the Ming Dynasty still wants to expand its territory from the land, it can only start from these four countries.

"Your Majesty, according to reliable intelligence, the Tsarist Empire has been trying to annex the Cossack Khanate all these years, and when the Cossack cavalry poured out to attack the Manchu Dynasty, in addition to the Ming Dynasty picking up cheap behind, the Tsarist Empire also secretly mobilized a lot of troops, I am afraid that it is also the same ambition to take advantage of the fire to annex the Cossack Khanate, but now that the Cossacks have been annexed by the Ming Dynasty first, the Tsarist Russian Empire will not be reconciled." Li Yan said while walking with Zhu Ci.

Historically, Tsarist Russia has repeatedly tried to annex the Cossack Khanate, but there are many Cossack cavalry, while the Tsarist Russian Empire does not have many cavalry, relying only on infantry to fight with Cossack cavalry in the Cossack steppe, even if it wins, it cannot eliminate the Cossack cavalry, so it has failed several times.

However, Tsarist Russia had extraordinary territorial ambitions, and to the west he could not defeat the coalition armies of European countries, and could not continue to expand westward, and to the south he could not defeat the Ottoman Empire, nor could he expand southward, so he could only expand to the east and to the Kazakh Khanate.

The Cossack Khanate was hit hard by the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty twice, once the old Khan died directly in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and once was defeated by the Manchus after more than 100,000 cavalry occupied the steppe around the Aral Sea, so that in the end the Cossack Khanate was left with less than 100,000 cavalry, at this time the Cossack Khanate was absolutely weak, and the Russian Empire, which was extremely coveted for territory, of course, could not let go of such an opportunity, and had already quietly mobilized a large army to prepare to try to annex the Cossack Khanate again.

When the Cossack Khanate with 80,000 Cossack cavalry went south to attack the Manchus, the tsar sensed that the opportunity had come, and immediately ordered the Russian army, which had already gathered two hundred miles away from the border of the Cossack Khanate, to attack the Cossack Khanate from behind.

However, the transmission of the tsarist order took time, and it took time for the Tsarist army to walk to the Cossack Khanate.

When the Tsarist army arrived at the Cossack border, they learned that the Cossack Khanate had been occupied by the Ming Dynasty first, so angry that the commander of the Tsarist Russian army almost vomited blood, and had to stop advancing on the border of the Cossack Khanate, and send the news of the Cossack Khanate back to the Tsar, and now they are waiting for the Tsar's new order.

"What if you are unwilling? War with my Daming? It's exactly what I want! Zhu Ci sneered, not taking the Tsarist Empire in his eyes at all. Because, even if the Tsarist Russian Empire does not move, he is not ready to let go of this polar bear located in the north of the Ming Dynasty and occupying the vast Siberia.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to expand its territory, and Siberia was originally one of the targets, but it was relatively cold there, and it was very far away from the Central Plains, so it was necessary to transport enough military supplies, and it was very difficult to garrison after the capture, and it was necessary to wait for the railway to be completed, which was the right time.

Now the time has obviously come, after three years of national construction, tens of millions of Ming people participated, plus millions of prisoners of war coolies, the Ming Dynasty railway not only through the country's county capital, but also has been built to Xinjiang, Lake Baikal and the outer Khingan Mountains.

It can be said that the Ming army and a large number of supplies could be transported to the borders of the Tsarist Empire by rail at any time.

Just as Zhu Cijiao and Li Yan thought, the tsar heard that the Ming Dynasty had captured the Cossack Khanate first, and he was really angry and very unwilling.

On June 15, the 11th year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, the tsar sent an envoy to the Ming army garrison in the Cossack steppe and met Ji Feng, the commander of the first army of the Ming army.

"Why did the Ming occupy the Cossacks!" As soon as the Tsar's envoy opened his mouth, he asked this question.

The translator immediately translated the words of the Tsar's envoy to Ji Feng.

When Ji Feng heard this, he was immediately happy, although he had already guessed that the arrival of the Tsarist Russian envoy must be about the Cossacks, but the first sentence of the Tsarist envoy made Ji Feng feel very uncomfortable.

"Why did the Ming occupy the Cossacks? Hehe, I won't answer you first, I want to ask, why did you question me so much! Ji Feng immediately responded with a disdainful expression.

He remembered that the Cossacks did not seem to have anything to do with Tsarist Russia, and the two sides were still enemies attacking each other, so how could the Ming occupy the Cossacks as if they occupied the territory of Tsarist Russia.

Don't say that the Cossacks have nothing to do with Tsarist Russia at all, even if the Cossacks are the territory of Tsarist Russia, if the Ming Dynasty occupies it, it is difficult that the meat eaten can still be spit out?

The Russian envoy was furious and said: "The Ming Dynasty has occupied Jungar, and the Cossacks are the first to be taken by my Tsar's Majesty, and they should belong to my Tsar's Majesty!" The Ming army should immediately withdraw from Kazakhstan, otherwise"

The Russian envoy did not continue, but the meaning was already obvious, otherwise there would have been only war.

Three years ago, Zungar fought with the Ming Dynasty, and as a result, a total of more than 200,000 cavalry were annihilated by the Ming Dynasty, and the vitality of Zungar was greatly damaged, and there were less than 100,000 cavalry left. Dzungar was so weak that the Cossacks, who had been fighting with Dzungar for the steppe, and Tsarist Russia, which peeked into the territory of Dzungar, naturally could not let go.

Not only did the Cossacks send cavalry to Dzungar, but Tsarist Russia also sent 60,000 infantry to Dzungar, intending to occupy part of the Dzungar territory.

Unfortunately, Dzungar then surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and the Cossack cavalry and Tsarist Russian troops who entered Dzungar were also annihilated by the Ming army.

Because they were all infantry, none of the 60,000 Tsarist Russian troops were able to escape back to Tsarist Russia, so Tsarist Russia only knew that its 60,000 troops were annihilated by the Ming Dynasty in Jungar, and no one in Tsarist Russia knew how it was annihilated.

To say that for the Ming Dynasty, Tsarist Russia is extremely fearful, after all, Tsarist Russia expanded eastward and occupied Siberia, and below Siberia is the Mongolian steppe, the Ming Dynasty has occupied the Mongolian steppe for seven years, the news has long been spread to Moscow, the capital of Tsarist Russia, plus the area of the Outer Khingan Mountains, the same junction, just by virtue of the junction of the place is so vast, you can know that the territory of the Ming Dynasty must be very large. Moreover, the Ming annexed Dzungar and defeated the hundreds of thousands of Cossack cavalry and his 60,000 Tsarist army that entered Dzungar, which can be known that the Ming Dynasty not only has a very large territory, but also is not weak.

However, fear is fear, Tsarist Russia has not yet reached the point of fear of the Ming Dynasty, it is already the limit of the Tsarist Russian Empire to watch the Ming Dynasty occupy Jungar, and now it is impossible for them to watch the Ming occupy the Cossack Khanate under their noses!

The reason why Tsarist Russia did not retaliate immediately was that Dzungar was too far away from Moscow and it was difficult to send a large number of troops on a long journey, and that Tsarist Russia was at war with Poland and the Holy Roman Empire at that time, so it was not suitable to fight on two fronts.

Now, all these years have passed, and the wars with Poland and the Holy Roman Empire have long since ceased.

Moreover, the Cossacks are different from Jungar, the Cossacks are not far from Moscow, the center of the Tsarist Russian Empire, and there is no restriction on long-distance troop transfers.

"Hehe, otherwise what? War! Da Ming is not afraid of war! Fight if you want to! Ji Feng sneered and spoke with great disdain.

After hearing this, the Russian envoy was stunned and looked at Ji Feng angrily.

Having said that, there is obviously no need to continue, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to compromise, and it is even more impossible for him to compromise with Tsarist Russia.

"Da Ming wait, my Tsarist army will come soon!" After the Russian envoy left a heavy sentence, he did not continue to talk, and then turned away angrily, preparing to go back to report to the Tsar.

Watching the Russian envoy go out, Ji Feng sneered disdainfully and said, "What a thing!" ”

Apparently did not take the threat of the Russian envoys seriously.