Sure enough, Ambassador Fan Wencheng turned to the lieutenant general and said without humility or arrogance: "Your Excellency, on behalf of the Great Liao Empire, I submit a diplomatic note to your government, asking your military to immediately take effective measures to protect the legitimate interests of our nationals and investment enterprises in your country. ”

A colonel's staff officer next to the general immediately said: "Our side has taken effective measures......

His words were immediately interrupted by Ambassador Pham Van Cheng: "Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for us to believe that you have taken what can be called effective measures to avoid further expansion of the losses of our nationals. If your capacity is limited, we can come to your country's aid and provide the necessary humanitarian assistance. ”

As soon as these words came out, the situation in the conference room suddenly underwent some subtle changes. All along, major countries have had a glorious history of interfering in other countries under the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese. For example, the Dingyuan Marquis of the Great Song Empire, Lu You, Lu Fangweng, when he raised the Qingtang Tea Horse, he used the excuse of protecting the trade routes, annexed the divided hometown of Tubo, and established the effective rule of the central government over the snowy plateau.

For example, the Great Liao Empire interfered in the internal affairs of the Armenian Kingdom 20 years ago, and finally forced the Kingdom of Armenia to sign a protectorate agreement with the Great Liao Empire under the pretext of protecting the expatriate, and incorporated it into its sphere of influence.

This kind of thing even Xia Ren himself did not less. From the first day they left Yangguan in the west, they launched wars against the Uighurs and Turks under the pretext of protecting the Buddhists, and in recent years, in the name of protecting the pilgrims' roads, they have encroached on the land on the south bank of the Tianzhu River and extended their tentacles to the hinterland of Tianzhu.

However, this is all the tone of a big country against a small country, and a strong country against a weak country. The Great Xia Kingdom is known as the third in the world (the Great Liao Empire and the Great Song Empire are the first and which is the second), but they are also the regional hegemons with their eyes too high, when they have suffered such humiliation, the generals of the Xia Army present are about to turn their faces immediately - if it were not for the scruples and the existence of international law, I am afraid that this short-sighted ambassador would be chopped off immediately.

Fortunately, after deliberately provoking the anger of the generals of the Xia Kingdom, Ambassador Pham Van Cheng Pham finally said: "This is actually part of the military mutual trust agreement between our two countries. ”

Huang Taiji hurriedly added: "That's right, according to the stipulations in the Treaty on Mutual Trust and Mutual Assistance in the Military Field signed between you and China, both of you and China can apply to the other country for the discharge of unarmed military observers in military operations above the scale between your two countries to enhance mutual trust between the two sides. ”

After such a reminder, Lieutenant General Feng Timo finally remembered that there was indeed such a play. He nodded and said, "However, this also requires the approval of the military department." ”

Fan Wencheng obviously had a good grasp of it: "General Feng has no worries about this matter, and before he left, he had already submitted a formal written application to the military headquarters of your country, and I believe that a telegram will come soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, a telex soldier came in with a document: "Report! The military department is in an emergency! ”

Von Timo's lieutenant took the message, glanced at it, and handed it to the lieutenant general, who hastily signed it and passed it back.

"Since the Ministry of Military Affairs has allowed your country to send an unarmed military observer group to observe China's counterinsurgency operations, then we have no reason to refuse, please ask Ambassador Fan to propose a list of observer missions as soon as possible, and we will send special personnel to communicate with you on relevant issues."

Fan Wencheng glanced at Huang Taiji and said unhurriedly: "At present, I have a person who is the head of the observation group, and I would like to ask the head of the group to decide the specific list of members." ”

"Okay, I wonder when this regimental commander will be able to take office?"

"He's here." Ambassador Fan said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to solemnly introduce to you the most outstanding strategist and military commander of my Great Liao Empire, His Excellency Duke Huang Taiji of Aixinjue Luo from the Jurchen Department of Jianzhou. He was born in the military aristocracy of the empire, served in many front-line units, and served as the chief instructor of the Heilongjiang Infantry and Artillery Military Academy, the honorary professor of the Imperial Military Academy, and the current first-class chief of staff of the Imperial Staff Headquarters. ”

General Feng Timo's face had already changed when he heard about Aixinjue Luo, and when he listened to Ambassador Fan's introduction, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief: "It turned out to be the Duke of Little Aixinjue Luo, I have heard of it for a long time, I have heard of it for a long time. Thirty years ago, I hunted bison with Ling Zun on the North American grasslands. Ling Zun is not a generation of mortals, dragons are born of tigers, and Duke Xiao Aixin Jueluo is also a generation of generals. ”

Ambassador Fan said: "Lord Feng doesn't know, the old duke was awarded the title of Heavenly Mandate City, and the title is Dingye Gong. After the death of the old duke a few years ago, the title of Duke Dingye was inherited by the second son. Brother Huang Taiji is the eighth son of the old man, he joined the army in his early years, relying on his military exploits to fight with a knife and a gun, and was awarded Tiancong City, leading 100,000 households, and the title is the Duke of Xingguo. ”

"One door and two dukes, it's really a gate tiger!" Feng Timo knew that the Liao people had the most important military exploits, and both father and son were knighted by virtue of their military merits, and they were dukes second only to Wang Jue, so it was obvious that both father and son were extraordinary.

Ambassador Fan smiled again: "The lord is still bad, Aixinjue Luo is a third duke, in this generation, in addition to Dai Shangongzi is the successor to his father's title of Duke of Dingye, Brother Huang Taiji was awarded the title of Duke of Xingguo, and they also have a fourteenth brother Dolgon, although he is young, he is also heroic and extraordinary, and he was named the Duke of Guangye." At present, the officials worship the governor of the Caucasus, and they are the princes of a town. ”

The generals of the Xia army couldn't help but be admired again, and they were also much more polite to Huang Taiji. Feng Timo also ordered the preparation of a banquet to wash the dust for Brother Huang Taiji, and to make amends for his crimes.

For three days, the Xia army remained unmoved, until the fourth day, when the staff of the 1st Cavalry Division finally sent the information that the wolf warrior detachment had spied on them: the Uighur rebels numbered more than 100,000 horses, and they had joined forces in the pasture outside Broken Leaf City. However, according to the information obtained by the wolf warriors, the Uighur rebels seem to have different opinions, and there are many noisy and noisy meetings every day, and several elders have asked to separate their families.

"Wonderful, wonderful." Huang Taiji looked at the huge military map with his hands behind his back: "Is it better to divide the family, or to catch them all?" ”

"Naturally, it's good to catch them all." Doye, deputy chief of staff of the Northern Command of the Xia Army, said: "The grassland is vast for thousands of miles, if these hungry wolves are scattered, they will have to spend great efforts to clear them, and now they are gathered together, just mobilize troops from three directions, and force them to fight a decisive battle with me." ”

"I'm afraid that the fish will die and the net will break, so I will fight hard." Huang Taiji muttered, "I don't know how your army is deployed now?" ”

"The 1st Cavalry Division is deployed in the northwest to hold the road leading to the Kazakh steppe, and the 3rd Cavalry Division has arrived from Tocharian to hold the southern exit, leaving behind in particular a mountain infantry regiment and an appropriate number of rangers in Kashmir to prevent it from escaping southward. In addition, a division of garrison troops was sent to the direction of the capital to block the main communication roads, preventing the possibility of them fleeing westward and harassing the hinterland. Finally, a mobile force was assembled by rail, looking for a suitable fighter to deliver a well-known blow to the enemy. Doye took the baton and went straight to the map: "Sir, what do you think?" ”

"Nothing, I'm just observing, observing." Huang Taiji smiled, Xia Jun's subordinates were decent, and they looked very academic—yes, it was the feeling that a group of staff officers from the Staff College had made up. Huang Taiji served as an instructor at the Great Liao Imperial Military Academy, and he was very familiar with the set of staff officers who were born in professional classes.

I can actually think of using a cavalry division with strong attack power to deploy defenses, this is also a talent. However, considering the super-mobility that only cavalry uses on the grassland, Huang Taiji feels that this may also be a measure that has to be done, but it is obvious that this staff officer has a heavier mentality to seek stability, and he is firmly rooted in all directions, if the opponent does not play according to the routine.

Huang Taiji carefully looked at the several roads connected to the east, which were all trade routes extending from the lofty mountains, and the Silk Road was through these thin roads to communicate the two sections of the mainland since Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang of the Western Han Dynasty. More than a thousand years later, nothing has changed, the difficulty of building railways here is too great, and the transit of goods is still almost entirely dependent on horses and camels.

"Your formation is defensive in three directions, and the east side mainly relies on natural hazards." Huang Taiji pointed to several mountain passes in the east: "If they try to get out of these mountain passes, have you made a plan?" ”

Doye said lightly: "We don't think it's possible militarily. ”

Huang Taiji glanced at him and said, "Nothing is impossible militarily, the Great Wall is not insurmountable, and the same is true of natural hazards. It was from here that King Bo entered Khotan, and the two generations of British lords of your country, Kangzong and Zhaozong, also crossed over from such an insurmountable moat. ”

Doye hesitated: "Aren't they killing themselves when they go there?" ”

"What has not been the case that they have been killing themselves so far? Rebellions, slaughtering innocents, setting fire to cities, these are not things that normal people can imagine, and to stop these crazy people, you have to use a little crazy ideas. ”