Unexpectedly, whether it was Sanjack, the former and backward Junggar envoy, or the former and later Gong and Hou Gong's envoy Nalan Mingzhu, they all made concessions after the old clan went all out to show their hideous faces and sharp minions, and the scale of the concessions was so large that Lao Ba and Mai Linglong were shocked by this.

Sanjack presented the golden arrows of the wolf's teeth on behalf of Gerdan, which was tantamount to acknowledging the dominance of the old people in the far north. The Dzungar Khanate is now thousands of miles away from east to west, and its size is no less than that of the general empire. Batur Huntaiji's daughter, Balum, married Lao Ba, making the two countries truly brothers.

The sincerity of this can be imagined.

Nalan Mingzhu represents the Qing Dynasty to establish the old eight as the old khan, Zhao Gao as the prince of the left wing of the old department, and Mai Linglong as the king of the right wing of the old department, which is also equivalent to recognizing the authority of the old clan to rule this far north. As if in order to go toe-for-tat with Geerdan, the Qing Empire also put Kangxi's sixteenth daughter, Aixin Jueluo?? Dunlin marries the eighth child!

You know, love Xin Jueluo?? Dunlin is a historical figure, although her mother is only Kangxi's concubine Wang, and she is inferior by birth, but in any case, it is also a nobleman, Nalan Mingzhu can give such conditions, and it can also be seen from the side that Kangxi attaches great importance to this expedition, and does not want to have any side effects.

"I checked, Dunlin only lived thirteen years old in history and has no record of getting married, so her situation should be similar to Li Yuanba, they are all plot characters derived from history." The sources of information in Mai Linglong's hands have been much richer since the addition of Xiaoyao Zhenren, and in just one day, she has inquired about such details clearly.

"Marriage is really the easiest means, to make a person, and benefit without expense." Zhao Gao said lightly. Naturally, he would not take the initiative to ask for this in the conditions he discussed, but when the other party put it forward, he did not refuse, compared to the national fortune that was recognized by the empire and shared the profits, the two plot characters were just an addition.

It's even more indispensable for the eighth child, it's not a bad thing to have two more followers who are at least C-level in the plot, as for the marriage in the plot world, he is not a person with moral purity, and it's a big deal to give these women the corresponding treatment according to the conventions of this world.

What he was worried about was that the conditions given by the two forces were too generous, and he didn't even mind that the old clan would accept both sides, if there was any conspiracy in it, it would be a big loss because of a small one.

"There is no conspiracy, it's just that I saw the Wei Wushu and the Hufu cavalry archer led by Le Yi." Mai Linglong is observant of people, her profession is this, she also saw Zhao Gao's identity in reality from the flaws at the beginning, and she successfully teamed up with Zhao Gao when she used both soft and hard, and then gradually moved towards life and death in battles again and again. This time with Zhao Gao with the two envoys to review the army, when Le Yi led Wei Wushu and Hu Fu cavalry archers out, no matter how much the expressions on the faces of the two were concealed, they would inevitably reveal a trace, and then follow the reasoning, everything will be very clear.

Le Yi's top general in the historical epic, Wei Wushu is the top class of the historical epic, and although the Hufu cavalry archer is slightly inferior, it has also reached the critical point level of historical S, not to mention mobility, even if it is a historical epic class, it is difficult to limit its existence on the frontal battlefield.

The top generals at the peak of the historical epic cooperate with the number of top troops in the world, which is not a simple superposition of one plus one to calculate - Wei Wushu's strong sustained combat ability, and the strong mobility of Hufu cavalry archers will be maximized under the leadership of Le Yi, and the vast Gobi and grasslands make this army equivalent to having unlimited room to play.

Robbing grain and grass, fighting reinforcements, cutting off a flank, and harassing the rear, leaving too much room for this army to choose, and once the other party pursues, Le Yi leads the army to retreat into the old camp is equivalent to saying that it needs to face the problem of the frontal hard arrow tower group, which is simply unsolvable at the moment when the war is approaching.

In other words, although the old clan is small, it has an army that can affect the ability of the local battlefield to a certain extent.

This is also one of the important reasons why Zhao Gaoshi opened his mouth widely, and the other party finally chose to back down.

Even if you can't get help from the old clan, at least it can't become a trouble, which should be the common bottom line of Geerdan and Kangxi's instructions to the two envoys.

"You're right—but that's the least important reason." Compared with Mai Linglong's optimism, Zhao Gao, who was extremely confident in the negotiation and had obtained huge benefits, did not look proud. In his opinion, backing down itself is another expression of self-confidence for the absolute strong.

Mai Linglong and Lao Ba, because of the success of the past ten years, have thought things too simply.

If it is because of the rich conditions promised by Geerdan and Kangxi, it is a big mistake to blindly think that the other party admits it. In the end, this is just a fair delaying strategy: whoever wins the battle will pay ten times more than what they have now received from their hands if they want to continue to exist. The fate of Kangxi and Geerdan may still be unknown, but the old clan, as a weak person, is destined to accept this doomed and miserable result from the beginning.

For the current old people, the best situation is, of course, the dragon and tiger compete for hunters' profits, the longer the war between Kangxi and Geldan lasts, the more beneficial it is for the old people, maybe when the old people have enough self-protection power, then the result will be absolutely perfect, but the actual geographical conditions of the old people completely eliminate this possibility.

The strength of the old clan is limited, and it is congenitally insufficient.

As the old clan expands outward, the originally favorable Gobi Desert will become less and less, which means that the opponent's supply lines will become shorter and shorter, and the difficulty of attacking will become less and less. At the same time, the land operated by the outer circle of the old clan cannot be fertile enough, otherwise as long as the other party attacks and forms a pattern of stalemate, it can eat away at the trapped old clan little by little, which is also an unsolvable dead end.

"No one is stupid, especially when it comes to the existence of historical legends, all our plans may be a variable expected by the other party." Zhao Gao sighed deeply, Mai Linglong and Lao Ba also saw the answer in each other's eyes, and the little joy that had just sprung up had disappeared.

Zhao Gao is right, the truth is not difficult to understand, but it is necessary to keep a cool head at all times, especially when it is easy to get carried away, it is too difficult and too difficult to do this, so difficult that many celebrities in history will also sink into the sand because of this.

"That's why you proposed to send troops to help Kangxi attack Li Zicheng's Dashun forces?" Mai Linglong immediately thought of Zhao Gao's solemn promise to Nalan Mingzhu, originally thought that this was a condition for exchanging Kangxi's reward for the national fortune, but he didn't expect that this was another way out that Zhao Gao wanted to find in advance.

"Gaozi, you're right." Lao Ba nodded, and also recognized Zhao Gao's conclusion, he also sighed, but did not continue Zhao Gao's words, but looked at Zhao Gao's eyes, and paused before saying, "But have you noticed that since you entered this world, your way of thinking has become closer and closer to that of an overly sophisticated computer." ”

The meaning of the eighth child is actually very simple, the future predicament knows that it will be difficult from the beginning, but after ten years of hard work, there is finally a little harvest, joy and satisfaction are normal emotional experiences, if they are like Zhao Gao, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the value of hard work.

Zhao Gao didn't look at Lao Ba, he closed his eyes, and was silent for a long time before he said: "Prepare for battle, whether it is Kangxi or Geerdan, it is impossible to make a decision without verification, so there will inevitably be a battle, let's see if our defense is as useful as it seems." ”