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On September 29, the second year of Renhe, the Qing Marines raided Malacca, successfully occupied the left and right batteries of St. Paul's Hill, and successfully lured the main force of the Portuguese army of Famosha Castle out of the city to meet the battle, and then divided and surrounded the enemy with superior forces, and won a favorable opportunity for the arrival of the main fleet of the Qing army, with the main force of Famosha Castle was annihilated, under the strong military deterrence of the Qing army, the Portuguese had to sign an alliance with the Qing army under the city, the news was transmitted back to the Qing Dynasty, the whole country celebrated, and Emperor Renhe issued an edict to reward meritorious soldiers.

In October of the second year of Renhe, the Qing South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet carried the main force of the Fifth Army to attack all parts of the South Seas, sweeping away the forces of the Western countries in the South Seas as if they were devastating.

In the first month of the third year of Renhe, the news of the defeat of the United Fleet and the sweep of the colonies in the South Seas by the Qing army finally came back to Europe, and the Western world was immediately shaken, and the old powers such as Spain were gone, and they had long lost the ability and courage to sweep the world back then, and only the ability to lament and anger remained, but they completely lost the courage to fight with the Qing army again. The Qing South China Sea Fleet was hoarding heavy troops in the South Sea, which was close to India, the most important colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, for fear that India would lose, the Kingdom of Great Britain sent an additional native fleet to the Indian Ocean to defend itself, and on the other hand, it secretly communicated with the Russian Empire to encourage the Russian Empire to exert pressure on the Qing Dynasty from the north on the condition of supporting a large number of arms, in order to relieve the pressure in the direction of the Indian Ocean.

On the ninth day of the second month of the third year of Renhe, the Kingdom of Great Britain concluded an alliance with the Russian Empire, intending to join forces to curb the rise of the Qing Dynasty, and pulled France and Austria-Hungary and many other Western countries as coercion, a large number of advanced weapons arrived in the Russian Empire, armed with more than 400,000 troops, at the end of April, the Russian Emperor Peter II took Ivan Ivanjovich Ivanovich as the commander, sent 300,000 troops, and began to use troops against the Turkut Khanate.

The Turghat Khanate is just a small country, the population of the country is only more than 300,000, although it has received a lot of assistance from the Qing Dynasty, a new army of more than 40,000 people has been trained, and the number of troops is a lot, but unfortunately because of the habits of the nomads, this new army is just a semi-militarized militia organization, and the combat effectiveness is not too strong, coupled with the sudden attack, it is unlikely to be the opponent of the Russian army, and it will be defeated in a battle, and it has to evacuate the lower reaches of the Volga River, while withdrawing in the direction of the Kazakh Khanate, On the other hand, he sent envoys to ask for help from the Kazakh Khanate and the Qing Dynasty.

At the beginning of June in the third year of Renhe, the Kazakh Khanate in the Qing Dynasty Ili General Tashan approved, sent more than 70,000 troops of the country, and more than 20,000 remnants of the Turghat Khanate in the Turgai River together to establish a defensive line, in order to stop the fierce offensive of the Russian army, the two sides fought several fierce battles, the Turkgai coalition army was at a disadvantage, fortunately, it was rained a lot in the summer, and the Turkgai River was difficult to cross, which barely stopped the offensive momentum of the Russian army, but this balanced situation is undoubtedly very fragile, and the Turk-Kazakhstan coalition army is bound to be difficult to sustain for a long time. The urgent document then flew to the Qing Dynasty like snowflakes.

The urgent document of the Turghat Khanate had been transmitted to the Beijing division as early as the end of May, but Hongqing did not deal with this matter, nor did he let the ministers discuss it, just simply stayed in the middle and did not have an incident, and the ministers did not dare to speak indiscriminately under the unclear holy will, but it was inevitable to discuss it in private, and by the middle of June, the urgent documents of Turkey and Kazakhstan were so large that the government and the opposition were suddenly shocked, and the officialdom was just that, and the discussion was chaotic, and before Hongqing had not spoken, It's just a discussion in private, in public, that is no one dares to speak lightly, but the people are different, in the past few years of successive victories, the people are high-spirited, shouting for war is rising, but at the same time, the voice of calling for Mo Qingqi to start the war is not small, the war, and the two sides in the "Jingshi Times" launched a fierce debate, with the distribution of newspapers and periodicals, such arguments soon spread throughout the country, like this situation, Hongqing obviously can no longer remain silent, On 19 June, he issued an edict ordering his ministers to speak out on the Russian Empire's brazen invasion of Turkey and Kazakhstan.

The edict is down, but the reaction of the ministers is not very positive, most of the last book are middle and low-level officials, as for the dignitaries in the court, but most of them are in the wait-and-see, there is no other, when the holy will is unknown, no one dares to express his position easily, in case if the horse's fart is slapped on the horse's leg, the fun is not small, such a situation, Hongqing doesn't care, and did not issue an edict on this matter again, but the fourth master is a little unable to sit still, no side, since last year, Hongqing has begun to remove the fourth master's manpower, Although the range of action is not large, only one or two will be dealt with in a month, but in the long run, the blow to the fourth master will be great, and if it lasts like this for a year and a half, there is no need for Hongqing to do more, and the power of the fourth master should collapse, how can the fourth master not be in a hurry.

"What the hell is that guy trying to do?"

In the past few years, the fourth master has been extremely aggrieved, in order to preserve his strength, for the future, he endured and endured, let Hongqing again and again, again and again to invade his henchmen, looking forward to the beginning of the all-out war between the Qing Dynasty and the Russian Empire, and now, finally waited for the Russian Empire to send troops, but Hongqing was a belligerent contrary to the past, and actually did not move, this is how the fourth master can hold the fire of the heart, after holding it for a few days, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and invited Wu Sidao, There were no pleasantries, and he went straight to the point with anxiety.

"Without him, it's all over the place!"

These days, although the fourth master has never expressed anything, but Wu Sidao has never been idle, the "blood droplets" are fully mobilized, collecting all kinds of information, after several analyses, Wu Sidao has already guessed some secret thoughts in Hongqing's heart, but he is not in a hurry to tell the fourth master, and now, since the fourth master asked, Wu Sidao did not sell much, and gave an answer concisely.

"Huh? Mr. means ......"

The fourth master frowned and thought for a moment, but he still couldn't understand what Wu Sidao meant, so he had to hesitate to ask for half of the words.

"Wang Ye Mingjian, throughout the use of troops today, most of them take occupation as the fundamental purpose, and often strive to decide in a war, whether it is the previous battle of the Western Expedition, or this time to sweep the South Seas, it is the case, plan and then move, do not give the enemy the opportunity to fight a war of attrition, this time will not be an exception, the reason why the delay in the request for help from Turkey and Kazakhstan is precisely out of these thoughts, one is to lure the enemy deeper, and the other is to take this opportunity to completely incorporate Turkey and Kazakhstan into the territory of our Qing Dynasty."

Wu Sidao is not very proficient in military strategy, but in the judgment of the general situation, he is definitely the top wise man in the world.

"Well, I think it should be so, the two countries of Turkey and Kazakhstan are thousands of miles away, instead of forcibly sending troops to expedition, it is better to let Lao Maozi come to the door by himself, if so, one can shorten the way of our army's attack, and the other can also take the opportunity to weaken the strength of Turkey and Kazakhstan, and then the two countries can be put into our Qing Dynasty on their own, but it is a good means to kill two birds with one stone, but in terms of my Prince Yong's mansion, it is a big disadvantage, what can Mr. teach me?"

The fourth master is smart by nature, and he knows that what Wu Sidao said is right when he hears it, and he actually admires Hongqing's talent in military strategy in his heart, of course, admiration is admiration, but this result is obviously not what the fourth master is happy to see, there is no other, if the fourth master wants to turn over, he can only take advantage of the fierce battle in front of him, so that he can act cheaply, if he can't make the country empty, the fourth master just wants to move without that chance, and once the Russian Empire is defeated, how can Hongqing, who has completely freed up his hands, let the fourth master go away again.

"Don't worry, this matter must not be hasty, and now there are two plans, one is to increase the pressure of public opinion, in order to force the present to have to send troops in advance, however, according to Wu's view, it may be difficult to work, without him, today is decisive, under the arbitrariness of Qiankun, it is difficult to be swayed by others, and it can only be tried, whether it succeeds or not, it doesn't matter, as for the second, Wu has a strategy to say: ambush on all sides, when you can make this and lose the other, only a flaw comes out, it is when my Prince Yong's mansion is fully launched."

Wu Sidao smiled confidently and gave two suggestions, but he did not directly explain the foundation of the important policy, but only vaguely brushed it off, and put on a posture of selling off.

"Oh? Please also ask Mr. to give Xiao Wang some guidance. ”

Regarding the first policy mentioned by Wu Sidao, the fourth master himself does not report too much hope, although he will do it, but it is just to obey the destiny of heaven, but for the second policy said by Wu Sidao, his heart is itchy and scratched, and he is busy asking a question.

"Lord Mingjian, Wu thought it was ......, if so, the big event should be expected!"

Although there were actually two of them in the study, but the matter was very important, Wu Sidao still cautiously lowered his voice, and explained the strategy in detail and detail, and the fourth master's eyes rolled wildly when he heard it......