The morning is full of white frost, and the night is dotted with cold stars.

An army of five hundred men set out from Chang'an and embarked on a route to the west.

Tian Congdian is the deputy assistant of the cabinet, and Lin Zhao is the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Both of them are high-ranking and powerful, and they are very comparable in walking, sitting and sleeping.

Therefore, they all arranged personal guards.

Tian Congdian arranged 300 people around him, all of whom were shrewd and capable subordinates, and nearly 100 of them were recruited from the army.

And the 200 people around Lin Zhao are the elite soldiers of Jinyi Wei, including Li Long, Pei Lun, Wang Ping, Lin Dafei and other powerful henchmen.

The army walked together, naturally everything was headed by Tian Ge Lao, and Lin Zhao was naturally too lazy to compete with others for the right to speak.

The climate conditions in the northwest are harsh, like Tian Ge Lao naturally sitting in the carriage, but Lin Zhao rode with everyone.

Although the two often talked in the car, most of the time, Lin Zhao was on a horse.

All the way to the west, through the Hexi Corridor, through Wuwei, Jiayu, Dunhuang, from Guazhou to the north, after two months, finally arrived at the Hamiwei camp.

Hamiwei is the rear base of the northwest battlefield of the Great Zhou, as long as it passes through this border city. They are about to plunge into the desert and rush to Ili to experience the national war.

After a few days of repairs in Hami, the army set off again, and after a journey of more than ten days, finally arrived in Ili.

They did not rush into the city until they communicated with the camp of Yili that Yue Qilin, the general of Fuyuan and the governor of Ili, arranged for his No. 1 general, Ili General Zhang Qiubai to come over to greet him.

Of course, it was Takaku Lao who greeted him.

Lin Zhao didn't have that qualification.

Even if he is loyal and diligent, even if he is a favorite of the Son of Heaven.

The first-class Wu Kangbo and Fuyuan general Yue Qilin are the younger brothers of the current empress, and his ancestors were born in a marquis family.

Emperor Xiaode was able to finally ascend to the throne and sit on the throne, and the strong support of his wife and family was inseparable.

And Yue Qilin has the style of Wei Qing, not only has a good military level, but also low-key and modest, never arrogant, and has a rigorous family style, besides, whether he is in Beijing or fighting abroad, he never raises soldiers, and rarely talks about political affairs with the emperor.

So even if he is really the uncle of the dynasty, he has not been impeached by anyone.

Sure enough, at any time, there are capable people pouring out.

When Lin Zhao saw him, he was a little strange.

It stands to reason that the queen is the mother of a country, and she must be graceful and luxurious, beautiful and dignified, and like Baochai.

At least a beauty.

But this Yue Qilin, with a good face, doesn't seem to have anything to do with a beautiful man.

Although he is a general who has been in the northwest for a long time, the wind and frost outside the fortress are enough to destroy his face.

But after all, he is only forty years old, and the foundation of his youth is still there.

It can only be said that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and gathered the essence of Yue Qilin in his mind.

But even though his face is ordinary, there is a stunning light under his eyelids from time to time, which is enough to tell others that he is the commander of the border pass in power.

High power, these four words can describe Yue Qilin's status in the army at the moment.

However, Tian Congdian is the second assistant of the cabinet, Lin Zhao is also Jinyi Weidutang, although the rank is high, but the status is comparable, the three of them salute each other, Yue Qilin said: "This handsome received the emperor's will from the fast horse, I didn't expect the two adults to come slowly, it can be seen that there is no contempt for the messenger, the drum does not need to be beaten, Tian Ge Lao and Lin Dutang, please wait a little, the commander of Mi Jiangyue, the commander of the army Guo Wenxin, the deputy commander Chen Dai, the general Zhao Shu They arrived, and the generals counseled the military together. ”

Suddenly, all the people above the second grade are all together.

Speaking of which, Lin Zhao, a military attache of the third grade, has a low grade.

If he doesn't have enough power and an extraordinary status, I'm afraid he won't be qualified to come in.

The meeting was mainly held for Tian Congdian and Lin Zhao to listen to, because most of them were to introduce the military situation of the enemy and us.

Although the two of them read enough pieces in Beijing and read a lot of materials along the way, they were not at the scene after all, so listening to this meeting was really like nectar.

Since Eros Peter the Great, successive emperors have had the will to expand their territory to the east, and their territorial ambitions are endless, and successive Eastern governors have also made great use of Cossacks, criminals, hooligans and clergy, using the relatively advanced systems, intrigues and firearms of the Shah, constantly encroaching on local tribes and bringing more land under the Tsar's command.

The current Governor of the East, Count Ostermann, was originally a confidant of Tsar Anna I, and after assisting the Tsar in dissolving the secret council and letting the Tsar monopolize power, he invited himself to the East and led a group of restless people to expand his territory to the east.

And in the northwest border of the Great Zhou, in order to expand the territory, he naturally did everything.

At that time, the Great Zhou was confronting Dzungaria, he first united with the Great Zhou, instigated Galdan Tsering, and killed his father Arabutan, and then instigated Galdan Tsering's second son Tsering to fight against his father.

Just when the two armies were facing each other, and the Great Zhou army was sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, preparing to destroy the Dzungar Khanate in one fell swoop, Count Ostermann staged a thrilling and beautiful surprise battle.

He personally led 5,000 musketeers and 10,000 Cossacks, suddenly appeared behind the army of Galdan Tsering, defeated the armies of both sides in the civil war, and beheaded more than 300 people of the Dzungar Khanate, and all the tribal leaders were killed.

In just a few days, Count Ostermann destroyed the entire Dzungar Khanate, gained millions of lands, and with the assistance of countless Dzungar traitors, the number of soldiers was greatly increased, and now at least 100,000 elite horsemen and 50,000 muskets have been gathered. Today, Count Ostermann is relying on the northern frontier to confront Yue Qilin's army along the Tianshan Mountains.

Although the Great Zhou army had 300,000, because of the lack of firearms, they could only rely on the mountains and cities to confront Erros, and the two sides won and lost each other.

However, because the Eros occupy a vast grassland, it is difficult to defeat the Eros and the Dzungars if they cannot penetrate deep into the steppe and carry out a annihilating blow to them.

After Zhao Dai introduced the general military situation, Yue Qilin stood up and said to Tian Congdian and the others: "Although the two ** teams are facing each other and the battles are frequent, the envoys from both sides are also constantly coming and going, and from time to time there are business travelers who cross the line of fire and peddle some luxury goods.

When he says this, there will be a following.

So neither Tian Congdian nor Lin Zhao spoke.

Yue Qilin paused, and then said: "It's just that the Eros people are arrogant and conceited, afraid of power and not afraid of morality, and rashly start negotiations, just afraid that they will gain an inch and demand excessively. ”

Tian Congdian nodded, as if he was confident, he just turned his head to look at Lin Zhao.

Lin Zhao took a step forward and arched his hand: "Yue Shuai, now that the two armies are facing each other, although the Eros people can't take advantage, they haven't suffered a loss, at this time the negotiation naturally seems to be weak-hearted, but the Eros people come from afar, even if there are a large number of servants of the Dzungar spies, it is impossible for everyone to obey, there must be such and such problems behind it." Xia Guan is a Jinyi guard, thinking of asking for his life alone, sneaking into the realm to investigate, there is no problem, I will create a problem for them. They don't want to negotiate, so they get too anxious and take the initiative to negotiate with us. ”

Tian Congdian also smiled and said: "Yes, the old man also means this, and our negotiation this time is originally a factor that confuses the enemy, and the ultimate goal is to hope that Marshal Yue will command my Great Zhou Erlang, expel the Rakshasas, and exalt my prestige in the Western Regions, so that I will be glorious in the Great Zhou and surpass the Han Mai Tang." ”

The two of them sang and harmonized, and the generals in the hall nodded their heads one after another.

After all, negotiations have always been only a continuation of the military.

Only when a war is fought and won can negotiations be won.

It seems that this pavilion elder and this leader of the brocade guard see this issue very clearly, and they also respect everyone in their words.

Everyone carries the sedan chair, since everyone has said so, everyone naturally has no objection to this.

Yue Qilin nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then I will arrange for the guide of the Zasak Department to introduce the situation of the enemy territory to Lin Dutang." ”