"The soldiers are coming, the water is coming, the water is coming, the one who should come will come sooner or later, hehe, the Taiping Sect is not weak, is it possible that our athletes in the northwest are soft eggs? I'd like to see how big a trick You Daofang's gang can play. ”

A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of Qin Du's mouth, and he shook his shirt, "Okay, I'm going to the study, Qingqing, you go and inform Director Liang Qiming, as well as Kang Jianguo (head of the Tokugawa Garrison Division) and Song Tianxiong to come to me."

In order to deal with the imminent outbreak of war, Qin Duan decided to rush to Lishan County first, he handed over other affairs to Liang Qiming and Su Qin, and entrusted Kang Jianguo and Song Tianxiong to guard Tokugawa, and the two divisions also served as reserves for the Lishan battle situation to cope with the changes in the situation in Lishan at any time.

Su Qin returned to Tokugawa on the first day of Qin Dui's departure, and the negotiations on the Sithro side did not surprise Qin Dui, and there was not much progress, the Sithro people only agreed not to take hostile actions, but did not recognize the legitimacy of Qin Dui's control of Lishan County, and at the same time the two sides were at loggerheads on the status of the Ganlan Fortress, and the Sislo side insisted that the Qin Dui side recognize the particularity of the Ganlan Fortress, and asked the northwest to publicly recognize the independence of the Ganlan Fortress, which belonged to the special control area of the Sislo Empire, This was also something that Qin Duan could not tolerate, but both sides agreed to continue the negotiations, and it was not satisfactory to be able to achieve this kind of process.

The Mott high-level agreed to continue to supply large quantities of fine war horses to the northwest, the northwest side agreed to provide the Motts with large quantities of high-quality iron tools, including weapons, the northwest side guaranteed the supply of tea, salt, and other daily necessities for the Motts, and signed a secret agreement that stipulated that in the event of an attack by a foreign enemy, either side would have to do its best to help, including force.

This diplomatic achievement made Qin Du ecstatic, and it was the main reason why Qin Du resolutely went to Lishan County.

The Motts had already improved much in the last year with their old rivals, the Sithroes. The two sides have reached a number of agreements on many fronts, but recently the two sides have been at odds on one issue. Since the Motts are a nomadic people, there is almost no source of iron products in the territory, and they basically rely entirely on the import of foreign caravans. The prices are relatively expensive, so they can never be satisfied.

After relations with the Sithro Empire improved, the top brass of the Motts also proposed to the Sithlo Empire to let go of the iron trade. At this point, the top brass of the Siathrow Empire has always been suspicious, and the Mott people's demands are mainly for the liberalization of weapons, requiring a large number of excellent weapons and armor, which makes the Sithlo people even more worried, they are worried that the Mot people will greatly improve their combat effectiveness after obtaining a large number of excellent weapons, and may pose a serious threat to the western region of the Sithro Empire, once the relationship between the two sides deteriorates again. Then the Mott cavalry, with its strong military power, has undoubtedly become a nightmare for the Sithroes.

In this regard, the Siathrow people never relented, and only promised to moderately liberalize civilian ironware, and promised to import a certain amount of weapons to the Motts every year. The Motts were extremely dissatisfied with the attitude of the Sithroes, and repeatedly asked the Sithlos to change their attitude and reconsider their own requirements, but they never received a satisfactory answer, and it happened that at this time, the Lishan Reconquest War began, until the Qin Dusk side completely controlled Lishan County. In order to cope with the threat from the north, Lishan's foreign trade has been interrupted. The price of iron in the territory of the Mott people has risen sharply, and the price of weapons is even more priceless, which has also caused great unease among the Mott people.

And Su Qin's visit happened to be at this critical moment, and the two sides hit it off, on the premise of getting Su Qin's guarantee of affordable supply and ensuring that the needs were met. The two sides have this secret agreement. Of course, Su Qin's silver bullet diplomacy among the upper nobles of the Motts also played a great role, making those military nobles who were already resentful of the Sithrogs even more happy, and they all felt that the northwest was the true friend of the Motts, and Su Qin also established good personal relations with several of them who had considerable say in the clan.

This diplomatic achievement greatly defused the threat of the Sithro Empire to Lishan County and the entire northwest region, and the role played at this critical time was even equivalent to the role of two main divisions. With the Motts on the flank, if the Sithlos want to go south and be detrimental to the northwest, they must first consider the threat from the flanks.

Su Qin was quite selective in his visits to the Western Regions, focusing on Gaochang and Wusun, and only passing on the other three countries.

The king, the prime minister and the crown prince all came forward to meet with Su Qin, and Su Qin also assured them that as long as they did not act unfavorable to the northwest and northern Loulan, he promised to guarantee the territorial integrity of Gaochang and the safety of people's lives and property on behalf of Qin Duan. As for the Wusun Kingdom, Su Qin was also received by the king who had just ascended the throne, and Su Qin pledged to support the other party on behalf of Qin Du, and the other party also promised not to act against Qin Dui's side in any form.

Before leaving, Qin Duan received a letter from Zhuge Fang, who was sitting in Beiloulan, in which he suggested that in view of the current grim situation in the east, he could consider incorporating the garrison division of Northwest County into a regular army, and let him go to Lishan County with Qin Dui as a reserve for the eastward expansion cluster stationed in Lishan County.

Qin Duan accepted Zhuge Fang's suggestion, originally he had this idea, the purpose of inspecting Northwest County in the early stage was to review the combat effectiveness of the Northwest County Garrison Division, and he thought of Lishan County depending on the situation, so he simply made a decision immediately. On the way to Lishan County, an order was also sent to the Northwest County, and the Northwest County Garrison Division was renamed the Northwest Independent Third Infantry Division, and ordered it to leave for Lisan County immediately, and the Northwest County was also required to immediately prepare a garrison among the reservists to take over the task of leaving the unit.

Just when all parties in the west of the empire were fighting hard and the shape was about to break out, the great eastern ocean in the east of the empire, thousands of miles away, was also a busy scene.

A huge ship no less in scale than the large military ships of the empire had already begun to conduct naval combat drills in the open sea of Isoban Harbor -- Yaluo Bay under the protection of dozens of patrol boats, while at the same time, on the military dockyard, the forbidden area of Isoban Harbor, four huge ships of the same type were working overtime to build them, and the craftsmen were sweating like rain and the surroundings were heavily guarded. At the dockyard of Bohol Port, another major port on Shikashima, about 300 nautical miles away from Isoban Castle, the same three huge ships were also working day and night under strict protection. (To be continued......)