On April 17, the third year of Chengde, Hongqing led the 125,000 Qing army to annihilate more than 200,000 troops of the Dzungar Khanate and the Russian alliance in the battle of Gedenshan, and captured the Dzungar Khan and the Russian Siberian Governor Gagarin, but did not stop the pace of the march, first the first cavalry division and the Minsuo division and the second division of the second army Li Mingliang pursued the fleeing Cossack cavalry, and defeated the remnants of the army again on the shore of Lake Yamesh, the commander of the first corps of the Russian Cossack cavalry Khmelnitsky led the remnants of more than 300 cavalry, However, the Qing army still refused to let go, and went north along the Ob River, dozens of Russian fortresses in a row, razed all the fortresses to the ground, and drove all the Russians to the north where they passed, and went hundreds of miles deep into the Russian border before stopping the pace of the march, but did not leave troops to garrison, but let the Kazakh Khanate send troops to station. 《 ..

On April 21 of the third year of Chengde, the envoy of the Turgut Khanate rushed to the Qing army camp of Gedeng Mountain, and made an audience as a vassal state, and expressed the intention of the Turghut Khan Ayuqi to return thousands of miles to the east. He also personally presided over the alliance ceremony, allowing the Turgat Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate to form an alliance, stating that the Qing Dynasty would give long-term support to the two khanates in trade and arms, which is the origin of the historical name "Gedenshan Alliance".

On April 27, the third year of Chengde, the news of the defeat of the Russian army at Mount Gedon reached St. Petersburg, Peter the Great, who was sick in bed, was indignant and died that night. Yevna was able to succeed to the throne as empress, that is, Catherine I, this woman was not good at politics, blindly indulged in enjoyment, and the government was in chaos, but she did not forget to order an envoy to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty, hoping to sue for peace.

On April 28, the third year of Chengde, the battle report of the great victory of Mount Geden and the performance of Hongqing were sent to Beijing, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the whole country was boiling, and there was no side, just because Dzungaria had been suffering from the frontier for many years, and it was repeatedly uneven, and now, it was finally a war to destroy its country, not to mention that it also exterminated 100,000 old Maozi by the way, which is a rare victory since the founding of the country, but it is not a person with ulterior motives, and all of them are celebrating with a crown, but in this Manchu Dynasty civil and military have been on this to celebrate, Emperor Chengde seems to be a little depressed, the reason is very simple, Hongqing is coming back, and this is not something that Emperor Chengde is happy to see.

One year, only one year, the battle of the Western Xinjiang has come to an end, this kind of rapidity, is too unexpected Emperor Chengde, originally, Emperor Chengde also thought that even if the Western Xinjiang can be peaceful, it will take three years and five years, especially in the case that he secretly did a lot of hands and feet, this war should be able to drag on for some more time, but never expected that Hongqing could achieve a decisive victory in such a short period of time, in this regard, Emperor Chengde could not help but be a little dissatisfied, this is nothing, there is no Hongqing in the days of the court, Emperor Chengde is a good person who has been addicted to the real emperor, and the decree is unimpeded, but where there is a purpose, the court is all diligent in doing things, and now, such a good situation, it is very likely that it will disappear with the return of Hongqing, just ask how Emperor Chengde can be happy, what bothers Emperor Chengde is that the reorganization of the new army of the Fengtai battalion is far behind the progress, so far, it has only trained 50,000 new troops, compared to the more than 100,000 divisions in the hands of Hongqing, such a little strength is really not enough, The originally envisaged arrangement of suppressing Hongqing with force is obviously a little unsustainable, and how to change due to change has become an insurmountable hurdle in front of Emperor Chengde.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this war in the western frontier was fought beautifully, and countless enemies were annihilated, I am very pleased, but this war involves Russia, but it cannot be ignored, if it raises troops again, I am afraid that the border war will be rekindled, I don't know what you Aiqing thinks about this?"

Kan is not happy, but after all, you have to face it, in this regard, Emperor Chengde is not ready to be an ostrich, after a few days of meditation, finally has some ideas, but, the stakes are very important, but he does not dare to arbitrarily arbitrarily make a decision, which will be a group of military ministers all recruited, as soon as the ceremony is over, it will turn to the topic, although the words are questioning, but the inside is full of hints.

Of course, there are opinions, but all the ministers of military aircraft don't want to announce it, there is no side, who can gather in this heart cultivation hall, who is not a shrewd person, how can he not hear the hint between Emperor Chengde's words, it is nothing more than an intention to trap Hongqing and his soldiers in the frontier, and this, is obviously an extravagant hope, if someone dares to mention it in public, then it will completely offend Hongqing to death, if it can really be done, maybe it will not be a big problem, The problem is that this possibility is too low, even if Emperor Chengde forcibly issued an edict, it may not work, and it may provoke Hongqing to lead the army to revolt, and who in the world can stop Hongqing's soldiers? Even if it could, the world would inevitably fall into a state of chaos, and who would dare to take such a risk.

"Zicheng."

Emperor Chengde waited for a while, but he didn't see anyone come out, his face couldn't help but be a little unpleasant, but it was not good to attack indiscriminately, and in desperation, he could only look around at the ministers with a slight frown, and his eyes finally fell on Li Minquan's body, obviously expecting Li Minquan, who had betrayed Hongqing, to say what he wanted Emperor Chengde to hear.

"Wechen is here."

Hearing Emperor Chengde's name, Li Minquan didn't dare to slack off a little, so he flashed out from the side and answered the promise loudly.

"Let's talk about it, what should happen in the Western Frontier, huh?"

Emperor Chengde glanced at Li Minquan meaningfully, and then snorted without being salty.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter must be treated carefully, and now, although the overall situation in Western Xinjiang is no longer hindered, the people's hearts are still undecided, and the Russians have ill intentions, so it is indeed necessary to guard against it."

Li Minquan didn't want Hongqing to return, he didn't say anything before, but he just didn't want to be a bird, but now, since Emperor Chengde asked, he was happy to take the opportunity to give Hongqing some eye medicine.

"Well, Zicheng Si is very true, I am also worried about this, since Kangxi thirty years ago, the Western Xinjiang has always been the border trouble of my Qing Dynasty, and now it can be overcome in one fell swoop, but there must be a method once and for all, Zicheng thinks how to arrange it?"

Seeing that Li Minquan was so knowledgeable, Emperor Chengde Long Yan was very happy, but seeing that he nodded approvingly, stretched out his hand to stroke the long beard on his chest, and asked again with a sense of concern.

"The minister thinks that one is to be stationed on the border and the other is to see how the Russians react, and then to think about it, if they can sign a peace treaty with the Russians on the border matter, they may be able to maintain the appeasement of the frontier."

Li Minquan was very clear about Emperor Chengde's careful thoughts, and when he had the heart to please him, he would not dismiss Emperor Chengde's intentions, but after seeing his pretending to mutter, he immediately said what Emperor Chengde wanted to hear the most.

"Well, Zicheng's words are reasonable, I think it should be feasible, what do you think Aiqing thinks?"

Although Emperor Chengde was extremely satisfied with Li Minquan's two proposals, he did not make a decision on this, but pretended to throw the problem to the silent ministers of military aircraft, obviously planning to play the trick of manipulating public opinion.

If it is a matter of the side, Emperor Chengde has already said it so clearly, even if the ministers of military aircraft have other ideas in their hearts, they will never dare to say more, it is inevitable to praise the last one, the problem is that this matter is too big, not to mention Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and other old and serious people, even Lang Erheng, who has always looked at Emperor Chengde, did not dare to speak out indiscriminately, but at this moment, Emperor Chengde is on the rise, and the ministers of military aircraft do not dare to speak out against it at will, and in desperation, Everyone can only remain silent, and they all stand with their heads bowed, just like a wooden clay sculpture.

"Since all the princes have no objections, then it will be decided first."

For the non-cooperation of the ministers of the military aircraft, Emperor Chengde was obviously a little angry, and his face immediately became gloomy again, but he did not say anything to reprimand everyone, but flicked his sleeves and directly came to the public opinion.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say."

Seeing that Emperor Chengde was going to be willful, Ma Qike, who was more anxious, couldn't hold it back any longer, and no matter how ugly Emperor Chengde's face was, a brisk step flashed out from the side and said loudly.

"Speak!"

Seeing that it was Ma Qi who jumped out, Emperor Chengde's already ugly face suddenly became a little more gloomy, and he wanted to go away in anger, but he still didn't do it in the end, but after seeing his face staring at Ma Qi for a long time, he squeezed out a word from between his teeth with great impatience.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the troops in the western frontier should be settled, however, how many troops should be stationed and how to arrange the logistics baggage, we must be cautious, as for the talks with the Russians, there is no need to worry, my Qing Dynasty is a big victory, and it should be the Russians who are anxious to discuss, so it is appropriate for the old minister to propose these two matters to listen to the opinions of Prince Ren before making a decision."

Among the scheming ministers of military aircraft, Ma Qi is the most upright one, and when he speaks, he does not have too much embellishment, even if he knows that Emperor Chengde does not want to listen, he still says the words of loyalty against his ears.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Ma said is very true, and there are many things involved in the garrison, so we really need to be cautious."

Zhang Tingyu didn't approve of Emperor Chengde's rash decision, but he didn't plan to oppose it in public, but thought about reminding Emperor Chengde in the future.

"Let's talk about this again!"

Ma and Zhang are the top two of the ministers of military aircraft, and they are both old ministers of the first dynasty, and they are full of weight in the court, and they are both of them speaking out against it, and Emperor Chengde is really not good at saying "no", but he doesn't want to make concessions on this matter, and he is upset, so he doesn't want to continue to discuss, but when he saw him waving his hand, he snorted coldly, and he flicked his sleeves and turned to the apse......