On the same day that the Marines found the oil field for Yang Qing, the crusade against Nanzhang also ended.

The 18th Army conquers Luang Prabang.

In fact, the king of Nanzhang, Solina Sawang, did not think that the Ming army could beat him at all, after all, his place was too safe, even if it was 500 li from Dien Bien Phu, this was not 500 li from the plains, but 500 li from the mountains and subtropical forests......

There is no real road.

It is a passage from Dien Bien Phu to the west by a group of small rivers.

In his memory, there was no memory of the Northern Empire attacking this land in the south, and only the south, especially Siam, could threaten him. Because the north from Siam is a relatively gentle hill, the previous Burmese attack on the Lao Xuan Wei Division was only because Burma controlled the northern part of Siam. And the north is separated from him by the mountains, let alone beating him, and he will be half exhausted just by walking to him, such a natural advantage makes him think that he can sit back and relax, and only regard the actions of the Ming army in Annam as a threat. As a result, the soldiers of the 18th Army, who had been active in the mountains of Guangxi all the year round, with the support of the Zheng family in Annam, and the leadership of those chieftains in the north of Nanzhang, suddenly appeared in Luang Prabang after a long drive of 500 miles.

Combat is simple.

The Ming army of a whole army, plus the Zheng army that cooperated with the operation, and the chieftains who wanted to kill the emperor of Sorina Sawang, washed the city in blood.

Sorina Sawan died in the explosion of a rocket.

"That's it!"

Yang Qing was satisfied with the result.

After all, the land of Laos is still a scattered tribe, but Luang Prabang is the most powerful, plus it is revered as a center of Buddhism, but as long as Luang Prabang is finished, it is basically the result of falling apart. Originally, as soon as Solina Sawan died, it was divided into Luang Prabang and Vientiane, followed by Champasak and Sieng Khouang, and until the arrival of European colonizers, this land maintained four countries.

In this case, it is okay to continue to let them change into four.

Anyway, this is also solved.

There is one left, which is Bo Ni.

This will be talked about next year, the main reason is that this kind of good thing cannot be let by just one family, and an oil treasure like Brunei has to be left for others, and the various armies dispatched this time have already gained a lot of money. Even the crusade against Nanzhang also made the Ming army run to scrape a lot of gold, the city was originally called Jincheng, although it is an exaggerated adjective, but it is indeed more gold, more copper and more ivory. Even the huge golden Buddha that was their symbol was robbed, and in short, the Ming army entered the city no less than the Anglo-French army that entered the Old Summer Palace. But this benefit must not only be reaped by them, but also reserved for the other armies, and it just so happens that the conquest of Bo Ni is different from this kind of warfare in the subtropics deep inland, and it is possible to use those armies who are not well adapted to this environment.

To suddenly throw a group of northerners into Laos and let them attack hundreds of miles deep is to send them to death.

But it doesn't matter just on the coast.

Therefore, Yang Qing's next attack on Bo Ni will use part of the northern army, and the main combat direction of the Ming Dynasty in the future is the south, and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the north cannot be idle there, they have to gradually exercise to adapt to the southern environment. At that time, the Qin army was able to conquer northern Vietnam from the north to the south, so why couldn't the northern soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fight in the South Seas? The Japanese army of several million can also attack in the South Seas region like a bamboo.

It's time to train with the mud!

"Lord Protector, the Russian envoy has arrived!"

Zhang Shifeng, assistant chief of staff, reported to Yang Qing.

"Bring it here!"

Yang Qing said.

This is the second batch of envoys sent by the Russians to the Ming Dynasty, and the first batch was Li Zicheng's opinion, after all, there was no need for contact between Russia and the Ming Dynasty at that time.

But now it's very necessary.

Under Yang Qing's watch, the Khabarov bandits wantonly burned and looted along the Heilongjiang River, and those tribes could still ask the Qing army for help, but now the Qing army no longer exists, and the three guards of Jianzhou are strictly forbidden to go out of the realm at will. There is only one brigade of Ming troops just stationed in the north of Changbai Mountain, but these tribes are not subservient to the Ming Dynasty, in fact, even the few Eight Banner Army who fled are also there, and they are extremely hostile to the Ming army. Then the latter naturally sat back and watched their bad luck, in this case not only the Khabarov gang ran rampant, but even engaged in trade with the merchants who went with the Ming army, and even the Russians in Yakutsk began to move south in large numbers.

After all, Yakutsk is too cold.

Then Russia must discuss the border issue between the two sides with the Ming Dynasty, and in their opinion, the Heilongjiang line can already be counted as theirs.

There is also Mongolia.

In particular, there is the issue of the Dzungar Ministry.

It can be shown that the demarcation of the Russian border has become a problem that Russia must solve in the east, and they are not willing to provoke the Ming Dynasty, after all, they also know a little about the combat effectiveness of this army in Europe, and in the case that the Ming Dynasty does not seem to have much interest in the cold wasteland in the north, the Russians want to get a clear division to avoid conflict.

"Welcome, Mr. Baykov!"

Yang Qing warmly welcomed the Russian envoys.

The latter had historically arrived in China four years later, this time four years earlier.

"Your Excellency!"

He bowed to Yang Qing.

Of course, both sides speak their own languages, although Yang Qing actually speaks Russian.

"Mr. Baykov, first of all, we need to explain the etiquette, Her Majesty has agreed to summon you, but you must abide by the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, that is, you must bow to Her Majesty the Empress, not your kneeling, but our Ming kneeling and prostrating, the Ministry of Rites will take you to practice this etiquette in advance."

Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency, as far as I know, Her Majesty the Empress of your country has decreed that the kneeling salute shall be waived."

Baykov said with a solemn face.

This is a big problem, he didn't think that Yang Qing would let him kneel, and even he knew that envoys like Britain didn't need to kneel.

"Yes, Her Majesty the Empress has indeed exempted the people of the Ming Dynasty from kneeling, but foreigners are not in this scope, and foreigners must also kneel unless Her Majesty the Empress specifically decrees that they are exempted. As for the subjects and slaves of the Ming vassal states, they must bow down when they see Her Majesty the Empress, and Her Majesty the Empress only summoned you this time, and did not separately decree to exempt you from bowing, so you still have to kneel. ”

Yang Qing explained to him.

"Your Excellency, you are discriminating against us."

Baykov said somewhat angrily.

"Discrimination? No, no, we have never discriminated against anyone, but this is the will of Her Majesty the Empress, so you must bow down when you meet the Empress. ”

Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency, can we put this matter on hold for now?"

Baykov said.

"Yes, as long as you make a decision within three days, the Empress will only find time to meet within these three days, and it will be difficult for her to find time to meet after these three days."

Yang Qing said.

"Can we then discuss the demarcation of our borders?"

Baykov said with a deep breath.

"Boundary? Is there anything else worth discussing about the border between us? First of all, the boundaries of the Ming Dynasty are clear, that is, the North Sea or what you call Lake Baikal and all the lands east of it. In addition, the Dzungar Ministry has already submitted to Her Majesty the Empress, so according to the agreement between you and the Dzungar Ministry, the south of the line between Tomsk and Omsk is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The extension of this line to the south of the North Sea is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Mongols here have also submitted to Her Majesty the Empress, so you must withdraw from the territory of the Ming Dynasty that you have invaded before. Her Majesty can forgive you for your actions, but not anymore, and you must withdraw from all your strongholds in this area. ”

Yang Qing said.

Other places are not necessary for the time being, even if they are drawn up, they can't reach it, and if they want to grab it in the future, they will talk about it again, anyway, the Ming Dynasty doesn't talk about international law, it's just to create some trouble and then use it as an excuse.

But that's all for now.

After all, trade with the Russians was also prosperous.

"Your Excellency, we can't accept your request, what we opened up in the east before was an ownerless land, not the territory of the Ming Dynasty."

Baykov said.

"Can you go in and say that the owner of a house is not at home? I made it very clear that because of the Jiannu rebellion, the Ming Dynasty was temporarily unable to manage the northern lands, but that doesn't mean we don't want to be there. You didn't know this before, so it was not legal to go to colonize, but we can forgive us, after all, we were blocked by Jiannu, and now that we have settled the rebellion of Jiannu and restored our rule over the north, then you must leave. We can give you a timetable for you to withdraw all the immigrants from the territory of the Ming Dynasty within two years, or we will have to treat them the same way we treat the invaders! ”

Yang Qing said.

"Your Excellency the Duke......"

Baykov said hurriedly.

"Sir, on behalf of Her Majesty the Empress, I officially inform you in my capacity as the Grand Governor of the Ming Empire, not to negotiate with you."

Yang Qing interrupted him.

Baykov looked humiliated, and it was clear that he knew that the failure of his mission was not a question of whether to bow down or not, but that such a division of borders could not be taken over by the Tsar. Interests are secondary, after all, there are few people in Yakutsk, and Russia is only so east of Lake Baikal, but Yang Qing's division is actually telling them that Russia is not allowed to continue to expand.

Russia must submit to the ruling of the Ming Empire.

This is definitely not going to happen.

"It seems that you need a little time to think about it, send him back, and give him a map of Daming by the way."

Yang Qing sneered.

Immediately after that, Baykov was taken away.

"Protector, are we going to march to Heilongjiang?"

Zhang Shifeng said suspiciously.

"Have those people along the Heilongjiang River surrendered to us?"

Yang Qing said.

"No, it is said that they are under the leadership of a wild boar skin tribe and Shuolei to rebuild their imperial Qing kingdom."

Zhang Shifeng said with a smile.

It's true.

Among the Mongolian tribes, now only the Chechen Khan Shuoli on the Hulunbuir steppe is left without paying tribute to the empress, and this guy has tens of thousands of cavalry under his command, which can be regarded as strong and strong. In addition, some of the remnants of Jiannu who fled to the north had also partnered with the Sauron people at this time, and they took the Hulunbuir grassland, the Nenjiang River valley and the Heilongjiang River as their activity areas, and finally formed an alliance with Shuolei as the core, claiming to be the emperor and the Qing Dynasty......

The main thing is that the Ming army is too far away.

At this time, the Ming army only took over the area of Liaoyang and Shenyang, and even Kaiyuan was still a no-man's land, only to Yanbian in the east, and established a military base in Vladivostok, and the Gui domain in the west. After all, this land is too vast, and with the current rate of Ming migration to the north, it is estimated that it will be good to restore the population of the lower reaches of the Liao River in twenty years. At most, some military bases and troops will be stationed with the help of shipping and shipping on the Liaohe River, but if you really want to talk about stationing troops to the Songnen Plain or the Hulunbuir Grassland, it is unrealistic and meaningless.

There is no protectable population.

These places are the nomadic Mongolian tribes who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty in Horqin, and some of the other Mongolian herdsmen who were in Xuanda before were also migrated, and now it is these Mongolian herdsmen who are at war with this Huangqing State, after all, they can catch slaves, and those Mongolian khans like this the most.

After all, slaves bring them luxuries.

In short, because of the Ming army's ignorance of the territory beyond the border wall of Liaodong, it was entering a state of barbaric disorder.

Fighting happens every day.

The Russian bandits in the south were killing the inhabitants along the Heilongjiang River, and the Mongol tribes on the Songnen Plain who submitted to the Ming Dynasty in order to capture slaves in exchange for the luxuries they could not do without more and more, and those compatriots who were unwilling to submit to the Ming Dynasty were killed......

They were meant to kill and kill.

In the future, Yang Qing is also ready to sell them the good things that his navy soldiers brought back from South America.

And then it's perfect.

"They're really good at playing, so let them keep playing!"

Yang Qing smiled and said.

A border that is too peaceful is not a good thing, the current rate of immigration in Daming, it is estimated that it will not develop to these places in thirty years, Beidacang is indeed good, but don't forget that this is still in the Xiaoice period, where the climate is not suitable for agriculture, only fishing, hunting and nomadism. Anyway, it is impossible for these forces to really threaten the Ming Dynasty in any case, at most they will play their own way there, since this is the case, it is better to continue to ignore them, and let those Mongolian Khans who submitted to the Ming Dynasty entangle with them. Then the Russians will also go south, they will not be able to accept this division, even if they do, it will be useless, years will pass back and forth, in short, the Russians in Yakutsk will still go south.

Then have a good fight in this area!

It is enough for the Ming army to continue to sit back and watch from the south.

As for the consequences......

What can be the consequences?

Does a vast empire of nearly 200 million people in primary industrialization need to care about a group of nomads in the tundra wasteland?

In the face of modern industry, nomads are only worthy of singing and dancing. ()

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