All eyes were on Lake Balkhash.

On the south bank, Cao Wenzhao was fully prepared for crossing the water, and the sails had been raised, so that as soon as the soldiers boarded the ship, they would be able to anchor and go offshore.

The task of this raid was Sun Dahai's Marine Brigade, which already had a battalion equipped with the latest Type 48 Mini guns, and this battalion was the vanguard battalion of this landing raid, shouldering the heavy responsibility of carrying out the first wave of strikes against the Rakshasa Kingdom.

From which direction to carry out the landing, Cao Wenzhao submitted two offensive routes to the Military and Political Yuan as early as three months ago.

The city of Balkhash on the north shore was built on the shore of a dog-toothed lake, and the city was at the top of an M-shaped left side, and there were two waterways to attack the city, the first of which was the opening on the left side of the M-shape, which was about three miles wide and could reach directly under the city. The second waterway is entered through the M-shaped opening on the right, the water area of this channel is slightly wider, and after entering along the waterway, you can land, and then ten miles to the right is the city of Balkhash.

If you enter from the first waterway, you can achieve a sudden effect, but there are garrisons of the Rakshasa Kingdom on both sides of the way, and it is easy to expose yourself; If you enter through the second waterway, the concealment is better, but after landing on the shore, there are still ten miles away from the city, and there are open posts and secret posts of the enemy army along the way, which cannot achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

The problem now is that you can't enter from two waterways at the same time, because there are not enough boats, so you have to choose one or the other.

Gao Junshan first consulted Bailisha's opinion.

Bailisha believed that the first waterway could achieve the effect of a surprise attack, and if the second waterway was taken, the enemy would be discovered after landing, and the raid would become a storm, so he advocated taking the first waterway.

Cai Zhishan also agreed to take the first waterway, believing that if the landing was carried out at night, the purpose of concealment would be achieved.

Gao Junshan also agreed to take the first waterway, and he gave Cao Wenzhao an order for the offensive route, and at the same time asked them to speed up the training for night combat.

After the order was issued, Gao Junshan said to Bailisha: "We are also going to cast a smoke bomb on the Rakshasa Kingdom, and you inform the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Niu Jinxing to continue diplomatic negotiations with the Rakshasa Kingdom, and ostensibly agree to accept the conditions of the Rakshasa Kingdom." ”

Bailisha said: "Today, Niu Jinxing came to report that the Empress of Sweden sent a delegation to Beijing, and she is now on her way to Beijing. ”

"Good, good!" Gao Junshan's eyes did not leave the sand table, "If we are not mistaken, we are also here for the Rakshasa Country." ”

At this time, Sun Kewang came in to report, and Liu Fangliang asked to see him.

"Your Majesty, today is the birthday of the eldest princess of Hulu, have you forgotten?" Liu Fangliang complained as soon as he came in.

Gao Junshan patted his head and said: "When I went out today, the queen personally mentioned to me that she wanted me to go back to the Qianqing Palace early today, are they all waiting for me?" ”

Liu Fangliang said: "Everyone is waiting for you to come, waiting for you to come, and waiting for you to come on the right, the queen sent me over to ask Your Majesty to return to the palace as soon as possible." ”

"That's all for today, forget all about the time when you're busy." Gao Junshan said goodbye to the two ministers, and then said, "You guys go back too, if you have something important, you can come to the Heart Hall to see me at night." ”

Gao Junshan and Liu Fangliang returned to the Qianqing Palace together, this Qianqing Palace was already very lively, the magnificent hall was full of lights, a festive color, the servants and maids were busy in and out of the imperial dining room, all the people were already sitting at the dining table, waiting for him to come back to eat.

Today is Gao Guiying's 40th birthday, Han Yuyan held a banquet for her in the Qianqing Palace to celebrate, early in the morning Han Yuyan told Gao Junshan and asked him to go home early today, but Gao Junshan forgot about it, it wasn't Liu Fangliang who came to urge him to go home, maybe he couldn't go home until dark.

There were three banquets in front of the dining room, and there was already a circle of people sitting at the main dining table, all waiting for the emperor to arrive, and the first seat was empty, waiting for the master to come back and sit down.

In front of the table are Han Yuyan, Dong Xiaowan, Gao Guiying, the old fairy Shang Jiong, Chen Juhua (Gao Yigong's wife), Huang Ermei (Li Guo's wife);

At the other table, there are Zhang Cai (Gao Guiying's personal soldier), Erlian (Gao Guiying's personal soldier), Huiying (Gao Guiying's personal soldier), Huimei (Gao Guiying's personal soldier), Li Lanzhi (Li Zicheng's daughter), etc.;

There is also a table of Gao Junshan's five daughters-in-law and several of his children.

As soon as Gao Junshan came back, the most excited was the eighth sister, who is now almost six years old, and she shouted: "It's time to eat!" It's time to eat! The emperor is back! ”

She shouted as she ran towards the high mountain, causing everyone to laugh.

Gao Junshan hugged the eighth sister who was hugging his thighs and asked, "Little girl, are you hungry?" ”

"I'm not a little girl, my sister is a little girl." The eighth sister corrected.

Gao Junshan pinched her nose: "You're not a little girl, you're a little ghost!" ”

Gao Guiying also greeted her and said to the eighth sister: "Come down quickly, come down quickly, if you don't come down, your chicken leg will be snatched by Babao!" ”

The eighth sister struggled to get off the ground by herself, desperately running back to her own seat.

Gao Guiying saluted Gao Junshan and said, "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "I wish you a happy birthday!" It's your birthday, and I haven't prepared any gifts for you, so I'll make it up for you tomorrow. ”

Gao Guiying thanked and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the queen mother has given a congratulatory gift, you work day and night on state affairs, and you are still thinking about Gui Ying's birthday, which makes Gui Ying grateful." ”

After Gao Junshan sat in the country, he did not treat Li Zicheng's generals lightly, Liu Fangliang, Niu Jinxing, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, Li Guo, these old generals of Li Zicheng, now have a prominent position, Gao Guiying is grateful in her heart, especially the emperor who is only one year younger than herself, really treats herself as the eldest sister, and canonizes her as the princess of Hulu, which touches her even more.

Gao Junshan sat at the dinner table with Gao Guiying, and Liu Fangliang also sat at this table as the uncle of the country.

The banquet began, and busy domestic servants and maids frequently shuttled between the imperial dining room and the dining room, and plates of delicacies were served on the table:

What comes up are boiled chicken breast, purse loin, four big catches, four big sauces, four big crisps, small sugar wotou, pea yellow, kidney bean yellow and other palace dishes, as well as dragon liver, phoenix pith, leopard fetus, carp tail, broiled, scarlet lips, bear paws, crispy cheese cicada eight treasures platter, there are shrimp balls and meat stuffed egg dumplings to match the "yellow sunflower with snow plum", abalone, shark fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, fish lips, deer whip, deer tendon, crab roe, lake shrimp meat, dried scallops and other eighteen kinds of raw materials of Buddha jumping over the wall, as well as sika deer tendon, cabbage, wolfberry, pheasant, old chicken soup.

Facing the table full of delicacies, Gao Junshan picked up his wine glass and said: "Today is the 40th birthday of the imperial sister, here we raise a glass to celebrate her, I wish her eternal youth, happiness and longevity!" Cheers! ”

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