As for the treatment of Pamela, Qin Duan considered the need for a model to deter those individuals and organizations who served foreign enemy forces, and the fact that Pamela's identity had been completely exposed and no longer had much practical value, so Pamela was publicly sentenced and sentenced to death.

The two leaders captured in the two anti-bandit battles, one was Mao Jin, a spot-faced man in the "Purple Turban Thieves" organization, and the other was Helianbo, the leader of the "Black Tiger" organization.

At the same time, fifty admission notices from the Imperial Military Academy were also sent to Tokugawa County, of course, this was the back door opened by Qin Duan's cheap old man, otherwise a county, where could so many places be allocated.

Most of the officers believed that the sending of 40 people to study in the imperial capital at this critical time would inevitably affect the army's ongoing training work and thus affect the realization of the training intention of enhancing combat effectiveness.

Several people, including Zhu Yongqing and Liu Dashan, have this opinion, and they all postpone the study time. However, Qin Duan and Zhuge Fang both believed that this study opportunity was rare, and even if it was difficult, they had to spare people to participate in the study, which would make a qualitative leap forward for military officers, and they must not give up.

In the end, Qin Duli overrode public opinion and selected twenty-five outstanding officers from each of the two legions, including Mao Jin and Helianbo, to go to the imperial capital for a year and a half of further study.

It's June, the weather is getting extremely hot, and the trees are crying hoarsely with thirst, which makes people feel even more irritated. But Qin Duan's mood was very comfortable, watching the city under his feet become more prosperous day by day, and the population is increasing day by day. The combat effectiveness of the army is also increasing day by day, and Qin Duan's mood is comparable to that of dog days and iced sour plum soup, which is incomparable.

Just when Qin Dui was immersed in the joy of harvesting, a person who didn't know the current affairs ignored Qin Dui's feelings and struck a broken gong to Qin Dui. "Your Excellency. I think all of us have been a little paralyzed and lax lately. Zhuge Fang stood in front of Qin Du and solemnly put forward his opinion.

Qin Du was sitting on the big chair in the study leisurely sipping tea, looking at Zhuge Fang with a puzzled face and said, "Mr. Zhuge , why do you say this? ”

"My lord, I'm afraid you have forgotten that this beautiful thing in front of you now is like a building built on sand, which may collapse at any time. If we don't find a solution to the danger we are about to face, it will not be long before we do so. It is not alarmist that the results of our construction will be reduced to rubble. Zhuge Fang was very dissatisfied with Qin Duan's somewhat careless appearance.

Qin Duan sighed softly in his heart, he didn't know the current shape, but he finally enjoyed the joy of the harvest, and he had to be ruined, it seemed that there were still many troubles when he was a master. "Mr. Zhuge I know what you mean, but at present, we are actively taking various measures to strengthen our strength. Actually, it's a means. ”

"But it will take too long for this approach to work, and we may not be able to wait. If we don't come up with other tricks, my lord, the positions of the two sides will be reversed in the grand victory of last year. Zhuge Fang's tone was a little heavy.

Qin Duan habitually rubbed his chin, and whenever he encountered a tricky problem, he had this habitual action. His expression also began to be stern, "What." What's the news from Chidi's side? ”

Zhuge Fang shook his head, "There is no news for the time being, and that Cassilon has not come, I don't know what the hell is going on." But I still insist that war between the Chidi and the Huns is inevitable. The question is how do we use this opportunity in combination with other approaches. to postpone our war with the Huns, and especially to avoid it within this year. I have sent messengers to contact the Motts, the Tubus, the Ghurs, and the Numidians at your request, but none of them want the Huns to tear their faces apart, so they do not want to be unduly close to us. The thoughts of the countries in the Western Regions are similar, they are afraid of wolves in the front, tigers in the back, snakes and rats at both ends, and they dare not say anything about the public situation. ”

"It's not that they don't want to, but they can't or don't dare, after all, our strength is not enough to fight the Huns, this is an indisputable fact. But they forgot to say that if there is no risk, how can there be benefits? If you don't give, how can you get? When the big thing is decided, what will happen to you as an afterthought? Qin Duan said with deep feelings.

"My lord, I have an idea, I wonder if it will work to delay or contain the Huns who want to attack us?" Zhuge Fang put forward the purpose of his coming today.

"Oh? Whether it works or not, bring it up first and we'll discuss it. Qin Duan felt that Zhuge Fang must have a good idea to put it forward so cautiously.

"If we can create the illusion that the Huns believe or suspect that we have some kind of secret agreement with the other nomads of the Eastern Tengger steppe and with the Western Regions, I don't think the Huns will not fail to consider their own way back if they send troops to Tokugawa Prefecture." Zhuge Fang was obviously very confident in this idea.

"Well, go on." Qin Duan nodded thoughtfully.

"My plan is that we can create some kind of accident or inadvertently make the Huns discover that we are in frequent contact with several other nomads in the eastern Tengger steppes and with the countries of the Western Regions, and that the matter of study and discussion may be to deal with the Huns together. Of course, the specific plot of this still needs to be planned in detail, and I think that the Huns will definitely have a lot of spies and spies in the Tokugawa Mansion, which also requires their 'cooperation'. Zhuge looked at the eyes with a cunning light.

Qin Duan nodded lightly again, but then put forward his own point of view: "Mr. Zhuge , I'm afraid that this method won't be hidden for a long time, and it also carries a lot of risks." ”

"Yes, but at the moment we don't have a better way to do it, so we have to find a way to make it as realistic as possible. As the adults just said, if there is no risk, how can there be benefits? It is enough for us to delay a while. In addition, the training of the army must be intensified, and when these methods cannot be effective, it will ultimately depend on strength to speak. Zhuge Fang was still quite worried in his heart.

"Just work hard according to this opinion, you and Liang Qiming plan their plans well, and they must think to make the Huns believe."

In the following months, from time to time, Qin Duan invited the representatives of the Mote and Tubu people in Tokugawa Prefecture to talk, and kept the conversation strictly confidential, in fact, there was no more content than some routine content such as strengthening contacts and exchanges, and promoting economic and trade exchanges between the two sides.

At the same time, he sent envoys to the Seer and Numidis on several occasions to contact them, and invited the envoys of the Seers and Numidis to come to the Tokugawa Prefecture for talks. The representatives of the Western Regions and even the Indean Kingdom in Tokugawa Prefecture also came and went to the county guard mansion of Qin Dusk from time to time.

In mid-February, the envoy of Chidi came to the Tokugawa Prefecture for the second time, and Qin Du held a separate banquet to invite Casiron, and the two sides made further detailed discussions, but on the issue of forming an alliance, because both sides had evil intentions, they only expressed their mutual trust and support in various fields, and did not reach a substantive agreement. Qin Du diligently retained Casiron to stay in Tokugawa Mansion for nearly half a month before Casiron returned to Chidi.

In March, Qin Dui made another decision that surprised everyone, Qin Du decided to buy three million taels worth of grain, grass, cloth, tea, and medicinal herbs from the empire and give them to the Motts, Tubu, Qiuer, and Numidians respectively, which made these nomads overjoyed, and at the same time worried about Qin Dui's harsh conditions, but Qin Dui privately told them that they did not need any additional conditions, but asked them not to spread the gifts from the Tokugawa Prefecture and keep them as strict as possible.

In addition, Qin Duan also donated a large amount of grain, cloth, tea, medicinal materials and other materials to the countries of the Western Regions, and the conditions were the same.

At the same time, the training of all the troops in Tokugawa Prefecture was not slackened, and secret training exercises at night were constantly carried out, and the secrecy of the training of the troops was strengthened. The construction of the city defense facilities has also entered the final stage of intense completion, and the blockhouses and arrow towers are also densely scattered around the city wall, and various types of trebuchets are installed all over the city wall.

All of this was discovered by the spies and spies placed by the Huns in Tokugawa Prefecture and elsewhere, and quickly returned to the city of Barona, the lair of the Huns.

April 15, 14th year of the Apocalypse, Grand Chief's Palace, City of Barona. Wadya sat on the throne of the great chief and looked very strict, and almost all the humble and important ministers had already arrived, and the atmosphere of the meeting was a little dull.

"Sedie, tell me what we have so far."

Wadeya's eyes were blazing and he looked around at the ministers present, and finally his eyes fell on Saidi, who was in charge of intelligence affairs.

"Based on what we have, the shape is somewhat unfavorable to us at the moment. The Chidi people in the west are already certain that there will be a big war with us this year, and there are signs that they have begun to prepare for war, and the direction is clear, that is, against us. ”

"Several countries in the south and east, there is no change in India'an at present, but according to intelligence, the countries of the Western Regions are in frequent contact with our eastern neighbor Qin Dui of the Great Qin Empire's Tokugawa County, but their contact is quite secretive, and it is impossible to know what exactly to discuss, and the intelligence reflects that Qin Duan also gave a large amount of materials to the countries of the Western Regions, and the intention is unknown."

After a pause, Sadie saw that everyone's attention was attracted by his next few words, and continued, "The above is nothing, what worries me even more is that several other neighbors on our East Tengger Grassland also seem to have colluded with that Qin Dui." ”

Although this sentence was not loud, it was like pouring a scoop of water in a boiling oil pot, which immediately caused a strong reaction. (To be continued......)