At the end of the third year of Longhan, good news was frequent.

Zhennan general Fu Shan led a large army to break through the Yue capital Thang Long Mansion, the West Sea Fleet crossed the Strait of Malacca for thousands of miles to copy the Donghu coastal town of Daguang, and Jingnan general Zheng Zhilong led the army to break through the Donghu important town of Bagan.

In addition, Zhao Kang had previously captured the vice-royal city of Chenla, Puliange, and occupied the Mekong Delta region at the southeastern tip of the Indochina Peninsula, and the Han Dynasty had occupied an excellent situation in the Indochina Peninsula. To the west, the Jingnan Army and the Ninth Fleet worked together to open up the sea from Yunnan to Daguang, while on the eastern coast, the Zhennan Army and the Sixth Fleet captured all the coastal areas from Guangxi to Puliango.

In addition, the Dingnan general Liu Yunsheng has taken over the Portuguese city of Malacca in the Malay Peninsula.

The Han Dynasty has surrounded the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula on all sides, and now, the fattest meat of Central and South China has entered the mouth of the Han, and no one wants to snatch it.

In this big net, there are also the remnants of Donghu and Nanyue, and there are the three trapped beasts of Nanzhang, Dacheng and Chenla. and the small sultanates of Johor, Pattani, Perak and Selangor on the Malay Peninsula.

Although it has not yet been completed, the future pattern has been determined.

The four major deltas of the Indochina Peninsula, the Red River Delta, the Mekong River Delta, the Chao Phraya River Delta, and the Greater Jinsha River Delta, now there are three of them in the Han Dynasty, and only the Chao Phraya River Delta controlled by the Siam Ayutthaya has not yet been taken. These three deltas alone are enough to support the Han Dynasty to fight until it is swept away and conquered throughout Central and South.

However, at the time of this successive victories, the commander of the Central and Southern Third Route Army quietly entered Beijing by order.

Fu Shan, Liu Yunsheng, Zheng Zhilong, and the three marshals all sat in the court room at this time and waited to see them.

The three of them were very tired all the way into Beijing, and they didn't talk nonsense when they sat in the courtroom, just waited quietly. Thousands of miles of galloping rush, everyone sat and sat and couldn't help falling asleep.

"Fu Shuai, Liu Shuai, Zheng Shuai!"

A voice sounded softly in the room, and the three people who were napping immediately woke up, and the three of them quickly stood up.

Standing in the court room was the new celebrant eunuch Bian Yongqing.

At the beginning of this dynasty, it used to be a very high status, but now, the celebrant is not as good as before, and the celebrant no longer has a commander, and the palm seal eunuch is the chief of the celebrant eunuch, but the grade is only four grades.

However, Fu Shan and the three of them still saluted: "I've seen Grandpa Bian." ”

Bian Yongqing hurriedly avoided it, "The three marshals have killed our family." "He also followed the service in Hubei in the past, and he was regarded as the emperor's old man, but it was still far worse than Wang Kun and others, and now Wang Kun and other old people abdicated to make way for Xian, Bian Yongqing and others came up, but whether it was the power in his hands or his personal qualifications, he was far inferior to Wang Kun and those people, so in the face of the three generals with the highest prestige in the court, Bian Yongqing did not dare to take it.

"The emperor is waiting for the three marshals, please come with me."

The three of them followed Bian Yongqing and walked out.

The Forbidden City is still the same, and the south study has not changed much, the red sandalwood case, and the copper furnace incense.

Bian Yongqing reported, "Holy Lord, the three marshals are here. ”

Fu Shan and the three of them immediately bowed down in front of the imperial case and saluted: "General Fu Shan of Chenzhennan knocks on the holy car." ”

"General Liu Yunsheng knocked on the holy car!"

"Chen Jingnan's general Zheng Zhilong knocks on the holy car!"

After the imperial case, Liu Jun put down the imperial pen in his hand, got up directly, bypassed the imperial case and walked in front of the three of them, "It's been hard all the way, sit down." ”

A chamberlain had already brought chairs, and the three of them sat down.

Fu Shan asked, "I don't know if His Majesty ordered me to enter Beijing urgently, but what happened?" ”

Liu Jun nodded, "There is indeed a big event, the leader of Turghut and Orlek were killed by shells in the battle with the Russians on the Volga not long ago, and his son Punchuk succeeded to the throne. Dzungar Khan Batur Huntaiji married his daughter to Punchuk, and persuaded Punchuk to establish the Turghut Khanate in the lower reaches of the Volga River on the Caspian Sea with the Durbok and Nogai people. Batur Huntaiji then united with Punchuk, and the two armies fought together against the Kazakhs. ”

"Kazakhstan has been conquered!"

Fu Shan and the three of them were all a little surprised, "So fast? ”

The Kazakh Khanate was a nomadic tribe with a very large territory, and the Kazakh steppe where they lived, also known as the Kipchak steppe, was divided into the Great Yuz, the Middle Yuz, and the Small Yuz, also known as the Big Tent, the Small Tent.

The Middle Horde is in the Central Kazakh Highlands, the Small Horde is on the Ural River to the Caspian Sea, and the Great Horde is west of Lake Balkhash to Turkestan. The small tent also absorbs a lot of Nogai people. It is bounded by the Irtysh River in the east, the Ischem River in the north, the Turkichi Region, and Omsk, the Caspian Sea in the west, and the Syr Darya River in the south.

They were part of the Golden Horde, which they later broke away from about a hundred years ago to form the Kazakh Khanate.

With a population of 1 million and 300,000 troops at its peak, the Kazakh Khan, as a nomadic state, and like many steppe states, the khanate's power was not stable and there were frequent civil strife. The internal strife has severely weakened their strength, especially in recent years, when the Oirat-League in the Western Regions has grown, and the Kazakhs have been attacked frequently and continue to bleed.

After that, the Dzungar family was dominant, Heshute went to Qinghai, and Turghut moved to the Caspian Sea in the lower reaches of the Volga River, and the Dzungar monopolized the Western Regions, and the stronger the power.

At this time, the Kazakh Jangar Khan Yang Jier absurdly ignored government affairs, the Yuzi Khan did not accept the Great Khan, and the Kazakhs were in a state of separation of various ministries, while the Oirat Alliance was in a state of separation between the Heshute and Turghut after they left the Western Regions, but the relationship was tightened again, especially the marriage of the three tribes, and the Dzungar Khan married his daughter to the son of the Heshuot Gushi Khan and the Turghut Khan, so that he had no worries about the future.

When Turgat Khan died, Dzungar Khan's son-in-law succeeded to the throne, and he even said that he would send his son-in-law to send troops with him to attack Kazakhstan from east to west.

In the face of the fragmented Kazakh tribes, the Dzungar Khan, together with the Tibetan army of Turghut and Gushi Khan, broke them individually, and the Kazakh Khanate, which was once strong, was quickly destroyed, and the remnants of the various tribes surrendered to the Dzungar Khan.

"At present, out of Jiayuguan in Gansu, the vast land of the Western Regions, and the vast Kazakh steppe across the Tianshan Mountains, to the shores of the Caspian Sea, the lower reaches of the Volga River, a powerful nomadic state has risen here, which has become a problem for the heart of the empire." Liu Jun pointed to the sand table in front of him.

On the sand table, the flags of the Dzungar Khanate were planted all over the west, and they had already controlled large areas of Central Asia.

The territory of Usizang, the Western Regions, Kazakhstan, and the Caspian Sea is amazing, and they are even expanding to the territory of the Great Han Mobei Province, and at the same time competing for the vast areas such as the former Siberian Khanate east of the Ural Mountains occupied by Russia.

The ambition of Dzungar Khan Batur Huntaiji is very high and extremely revealed.

In particular, Gushi Khan, who had already declared himself a vassal to the Han Dynasty, and controlled the Wusi Tibetan region, followed the Dzungar Khanate.

Although these two regions are relatively remote and desolate, they play a great role in the geographical situation, and can become a natural buffer zone and isolation zone, so that the Han Dynasty can be protected from the impact of the chaotic situation in Central Asia.

Now the Dzungars are no longer in Central Asia, and neither Russia nor Poland is enough to destroy them.

And the thing that worries Liu Jun the most is that Dzungaria has signed a treaty with Tsarist Russia and demarcated the line.

The eastern bank of the lower Volga River belonged to the Turgat Khanate. The entire Kipchak steppe belongs to Dzungaria. In the north, Dzungaria agreed with Tsarist Russia that the Ural Mountains would be the boundary, and the vast Siberian region to the east of the mountains would belong to the Dzungar Khanate, and to the west of the mountains, to Tsarist Russia.

This very unequal treaty with Tsarist Russia is equivalent to giving Dzungaria the large territory that Tsarist Russia has painstakingly seized eastward over the years, but at this time, Tsarist Russia itself is also in a bad situation, Sweden, Poland, etc. want to bite a few pieces of meat from Tsarist Russia, if they don't cut some meat to Dzungaria, then this eastern scoundrel will invade Tsarist Russia in a big way, which they can't afford.

However, Tsarist Russia ceded many benefits to Dzungaria, and in exchange for the promise that Djanggar would not violate the border, and when Tsarist Russia was violated and needed support, Dzungaria would send troops to rescue.

Tsarist Russia and Dzungaria formed an alliance.

After signing this treaty with Tsarist Russia, Batur Huntaiji persuaded his son-in-law Punchuk and his in-law Gushi Khan to unite the three khanates and rebuild the Oirat Alliance.

Batur Huntaiji was the Great Khan of Oirat, and Gushi Khan and Punchuk were the Little Khans.

A powerful force has been formed, which is difficult for Liu Jun to sleep.

Can you let others sleep soundly on the side of the couch?

Liu Jun remembered that in history, the Dzungar Khanate was very strong, and after the Jurchens entered the Central Plains, they competed with the Dzungars in the northwest, and the two sides fought for many years, and the Qing army spent a great price before finally destroying the Dzungar Khan.

However, in the original history, Heshute entered Qinghai-Tibet, and the Turks left the Volga River, and they did not later unite with the Dzungar tribe.

But now, perhaps because of the Great Khan, the divided Oirat has actually been integrated again, and they are even stronger, and they have actually destroyed the Kazakh Khanate.

Now, Dzungaria has rebuilt the Oirat League, and Batur Huntaiji has become the Great Khan.

"According to intelligence detection, after Batur annexed Kazakhstan and established an alliance with Tsarist Russia, their next target has been aimed at the Yarkand Khanate, and it is very likely that the Yarkand Khanate will be conquered on a large scale next year. The strength of the Yarkand Khanate is about the same as that of Kazakhstan, and once Yarkand is destroyed, then Oirat will completely monopolize the Western Regions, and no one will be invincible, and it will inevitably advance eastward at that time. ”

The Yarkand Khanate was a Turkic Mongol dynasty that was ruled by the Uygurs of Mongol ancestry, and the main inhabitants were the Uygurs.

The territory of their khanate is bordered by Usizang in the south, Kashmir in the southwest, the Uzbek Bukhara Khanate in the west, and the Tien Shan Mountains in the north.

Yarkand is also a country of incessant infighting, and the fierce fighting between the Hezhuo people in the country has led to their territory being swallowed up by the Dzungars over the years, but it still has not made them stop fighting.

Liu Jun estimated that the characteristics of the Oira, and it was estimated that it would not take as much time to conquer Kazakhstan.

Oirat was originally a Mongol, and once they became strong in the Western Regions, they would inevitably invade the east. At that time, as soon as they crossed the Jinshan Mountains, the entire Mongolian steppe, as well as the Yellow River in the northwest, would be threatened by them. The most annoying thing about these nomadic tribes is that they come and go like the wind.

Batur Hunteiji had great ambitions, and he wanted to establish a Dzungar Mongol empire with Lama as the state religion.

Liu Jun could even anticipate Batur's plan, first pacifying the Western Regions, destroying the Kazakhs, Yarkand, and other small tribes, allied with Tsarist Russia, and integrated the Heshute, Turghut and other departments, and then began a large-scale eastward crusade.

He will inevitably attack the grassland first and compete with the Han for control of the north and south of the desert. First seize Mobei, then attack Monan, and then hit the north of Yanshan, and then follow the route of Mongolia to dominate the Central Plains, and wave the army south to attack Beijing.

Liu Jun didn't want Dzungar to hold the initiative all the time.

"I summoned you back to tell you that the imperial court should adjust its strategic focus. The war in Central and South China will continue, but the imperial court will reduce the number of troops there. The imperial court must go all out to completely break the backbone of Dzungaria before it really becomes a climate. ”

"I want to conquer the northwest in person!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the army to the west on his behalf!" Fu Shan hurriedly asked for an order.

Liu Yunsheng and Zheng Zhilong also stepped forward to ask for an order, expressing their willingness to lead the army to the west. The emperor personally marched, and the risk was still too great.

"You don't need to persuade me, I will definitely recruit myself this time, but I will not miss the three of you. I have called the three of you back to send you to the west, and when the time comes, you will all be united in your troops. ”

Liu Jun wants to recruit in person, not because of how much he likes to be in the limelight. But he mentioned this matter at the prime minister's meeting before, and the seven prime ministers participated in politics, and they all felt that there was no need to overreact. According to them, it is enough to send troops to strengthen the defense of the northwest, and at most one more general will be enough to defend it.

Anyway, whether it is Wusizang or Turpan, it is a barren land, and that place is worse than the desert in the south and the north, and even Xipol. Now the Mongolian steppe has become the largest production area of livestock and dairy meat in the Han Dynasty, and even Xipol has rich mineral deposits and precious fur medicinal materials, which can bring a lot of benefits to the imperial court in a year.

But in the land of the Western Regions, except for a few oases, in fact, they are all deserts, except for the production of raisins, what is worth the imperial court to fight. Wu Sizang is the same, since Gushi Khan has been declared a minister, it is better to maintain the status quo.

These prime ministers and politicians all feel that the imperial court should focus on opening up the Northeast and conquering the Indochina Peninsula, if they have any spare strength, it is better to go to the Nanyang Islands to expand their influence and build a few more commercial port strongholds or something, the Western Regions, they are really not interested.

Liu Jun was vomited blood by the important ministers of these seven countries, which is not about immediate interests, but about the strategic situation of the entire Han Empire.

It would be foolish to discard the Western Regions.

Originally, Liu Jun also planned to send a general to lead the army to the west, but after that meeting, Liu Jun decided to march in person.

Only by pro-conquest can the court go all out and mobilize all resources to cooperate. Only by pro-conquest will the court really pay attention to this matter.

Even only by pro-conquest can the Mongol princes be mobilized to lead their troops to join the conquest.

Moreover, if you want to fight, you must fight hard, and do not turn it into a long-term confrontation and a black hole of war. Therefore, Liu Jun recalled the three generals in Zhongnan and prepared to fight. (To be continued.) )