"Rakshasa people, sure enough, the wolf is ambitious, and his dead nature will not change."

Jiangning City, inside the imperial study.

Su Yan looked at the secret letter sent from the Moscow Mission and said with some anger.

Su Ci and Su Dingyuan, who were sitting opposite him, listened on the ground, and waited until Su Yan stopped speaking, and then Su Dingyuan organized the wording and said, "Your Majesty, in the end, we still haven't completely subdued the Rakshasa people, Yidi is afraid of power and virtue, we should let them know what the pain is that goes deep into the bone marrow, and they will be safe."

"However, the Kazakh Khanate has not been pacified for a long time, and it is not convenient for the Western Regions to go to war, maybe we can use our own way to govern others." Su Ci put forward his opinion: "The Rakshasa is currently at war with its western neighbors, and it can provide arms and materials to its neighbors, or support opposition forces in the territory of the Rakshasa country, so that the Rakshasa can no longer be distracted and meddle in eastern affairs."

"It's too far from Kazakhstan to Poland." Su Yan directly shook his head and vetoed Su Ci's last suggestion, but he was a little moved by the views he put forward later, he knew that Tsarist Russia was still maintaining contradictions and estrangement with the Cossacks and some nomads in the south, and it would be fun if he could provoke a war between these nomads and Tsarist Russia.

And if he remembers correctly, the Turkut tribe who migrated from the east was settling in the lower reaches of the Volga River at this time, and they had been oppressed and oppressed by the Tsarist government for many years, and they had hidden dissatisfaction with the Tsarist Russian government in their hearts.

Subsequently, he told the two of them what he thought in his heart, and he was ready to order the Jinyi Weice lurking in the territory of Tsarist Russia to encourage the nomads in its territory to rebel, and secretly fund the nomads' weapons and equipment and materials, so that Tsarist Russia could taste what it means to govern others in the way of others.

Su Yan's idea won unanimous praise from the two county kings, and they were both full of expectations for the consequences of the implementation of this plan.

The three then discussed the Khiva Khanate in southern Kazakhstan and the Safavid Persian dynasty that had undergone military mobilization, and Su Yan took out a secret letter sent by Mu Tianbo, which wrote that the Khiva Khanate secretly helped the Kazakhs to resist the Xia army, and attached a confession obtained after the torture of the captured Khiva Khanate's Uzbeks.

After reading this secret letter, the two county kings fell into thought, Su Yan knocked lightly on the table, and said, "The Khiva Khanate thought that they could sit back and relax by hugging the Persians' thighs, but they didn't know that the heavenly might of Great Xia should not be offended, and I want to send troops to conquer the Khiva Khanate, so that the world will understand a truth, those who offend my Great Summer Might, although they are far away, will be punished."

"Just." He changed his words and continued: "At present, it is not a wise move to start another war in Xinping, the land of Kazakhstan, and besides, the newly established Mengchi Metropolitan Protectorate has a vast territory, and it cannot be completely suppressed by the Sixth Town, which is unfamiliar with the land and language, and I am ready to allocate funds for the Mengchi Metropolitan Protectorate, and recruit local natives as auxiliaries to assist the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Town in maintaining local order.

In this way, even if a war breaks out in the future, the auxiliaries in the territory of the Mengchi Prefecture will be able to assist the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Town in their battles, maintain local order for the officers and soldiers, and transport supplies."

"The ministers have no opinion on the formation of auxiliary troops." Su Dingyuan and Su Ci looked at each other and exchanged opinions, and said in unison, and then Su Ci said: "Regarding the conquest of the Khiva Khanate, the minister thinks that there is no need to be in such a hurry, at least one to two years later, the Mengchi Protectorate will be completely stabilized, and then the war will begin." ….

"That's the same thing." Su Dingyuan echoed: "The imperial court has been fighting for many years, although it is in the border area and does not have much impact on the people of the Han region, but isn't Your Majesty preparing to use troops in Nanyang in the near future? A two-front war is already a heavy burden, and if a war is waged on three fronts, the danger of reckless use of force must be prevented!"

Su Yan knew that the two of them were thinking about the country, so he nodded, indicating that he knew the severity, and the topic was over.

However, since Su Dingyuan mentioned the war against Japan, the topic inevitably shifted to the war in the east, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in Wu'an ten years to the present, nearly three years, the Xia army in addition to conquering Kyushu Island, only took most of the Chinese region, and then it was difficult to continue to advance under the desperate interception of the shogunate army.

Although the shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna also personally went to the front in an attempt to boost the morale of the whole army, he did not mention it in this situation

How much to contribute - the dense firepower of the Xia army has a greater bonus in defensive battles, and the Japanese army fell one after another in the attack, but they could not break through the fire network of the Xia army.

So far, the Japanese battlefield has fallen into a stalemate, and the Xia army has no more troops to support the front line, but fortunately, the seventh town requested by Su Fu has been formed and is entering the Korean region, preparing to land on Chikushi Island by sea to reinforce the Japanese battlefield.

The stalemate in the war also caused some officials in the imperial court to talk about peace, they thought that they should accept it as soon as they saw it, and that it was already a surprise to be able to take Tsukushi Island and most of China, and it would not be beneficial for Bactria to continue the stalemate.

However, these voices were deliberately ignored and suppressed by Su Yan, he wanted to take down the entire Japanese archipelago and completely solve the hidden dangers in the future with the success of one lifetime.

……

The war in the Western Regions has subsided for the time being, but the situation in the South Seas has become more and more serious.

The two naval and marine brigades formed in the southeastern coastal provinces had already been formed and transported to the Luzon Islands on ships and ships, preparing to use the Luzon Islands as a forward stronghold.

In the southernmost part of the Luzon Islands, the address of the future General Santos City has a new city rising from the ground, and the Luzon political envoy requisitioned craftsmen and people after receiving the holy decree, and built a new city with a military nature on the site of the General Santos City, the city was named Ningnan, taking the meaning of peace in the South Seas, but it collided with Nanning, so it was changed to Ningnan.

The bay adjacent to Ningnan City is also known as Ningnan Bay.

The city of Ningnan was raised to the name of Ningnan Prefecture after it rose from the ground, and was directly governed by the Luzon Diplomatic Envoy, the city had a huge harbor capable of accommodating nearly a hundred boats, and a towering lighthouse was erected in the land protrusion of the mouth of Ningnan Bay to facilitate passing ships to identify the direction of the land, but considering the military importance here, several turrets were also built on both sides of the estuary to be able to shell approaching enemy ships.

The Marine Corps will not land directly in Dongning Province, but will directly follow the coastline to Ningnan Prefecture after replenishing the ship's supplies, and then continue south to Manado after dropping off some of the baggage brought from the mainland in Ningnan Prefecture. ….

The 1st Marine Brigade would be responsible for landing at Manado and attacking the entrenched Sultanate of Gowa, which, despite its close ties to the Western colonizers, was still less technologically advanced and was mainly armed with javelins, spears, and bows and arrows, so it only needed one brigade to deal with them.

The 2nd Marine Brigade will go all the way south, bypassing Sulawesi directly, landing in Makassar in the south of the island, and rebuilding Makassar as a transit point for further southward movement.

Until Sulawesi is taken, the marines will not go to war with either the Dutch or the Portuguese, which is a prudent move by the two governors, and also to prevent the two countries from preparing in advance.

Soon, in April of the thirteenth year of Wu'an, after the Marine Corps dropped some of their baggage supplies in Ningnan Prefecture, they went directly south, and appeared in the northern waters of Manado half a month later.

Escorting the troop transport ship was the East China Sea Division transferred from the East China Sea, and on the deck of the third-level flagship, Admiral Liu Dingwu of the Navy Division held a telescope in his hand, looking at the natives gradually gathering on the land, his face was full of relaxation and comfort.

In his opinion, unless it encounters the fleets of the Netherlands and Portugal, the East China Sea Division led by him is an existence that can walk sideways, and even if it encounters the fleet of the former, it will only encounter a little trouble, and it will not pose much of a threat, let alone this low-level indigenous country.

"Admiral Liu, on the side of the warship, the commander of the 1st Brigade waved the flag and signaled our warships to press on to provide cover for the landing of the warships." At this moment, one of the flag bearers on his ship came up and saluted.

"Let the five short and heavy artillery frigates press, wait for the people sent out to persuade them to come back, if these Nanban are ready to resist stubbornly, then directly shell." Liu Dingwu said.

The flag-bearer immediately took the order and left, and soon, on the side of the troop carrier

He put down a small boat, and two soldiers on the boat escorted the messenger who knew the Gowa language to the shore, and after about ten minutes, the boat finally reached the shore, and as soon as it landed, it was surrounded by heavily armed Gowa soldiers.

"I am the messenger of Great Xia, and by the edict of the Son of Heaven, I ask to meet your sultan!" After being surrounded, the envoy said in a loud voice, neither humble nor arrogant, and the soldiers around him were frightened by his attitude, and they didn't know what to do with him for a while.

Soon the messenger's request reached the top, perhaps fearing the fleet on the sea, and the Gowa bureaucracy soon heard the news, and he waved off the soldiers who surrounded them, and respectfully invited the messenger and others to enter Manado, the capital of the Sultanate, to meet the Sultan.

Although the Sultanate of Gowa was not very technologically advanced, its capital, Manado, was located on the bustling trade road of the South Seas, and its capital, Manado, was surrounded by a low stone wall, and the streets were crowded with traditional rainforest stilts on both sides, and traders were clogged on both sides of the street to sell, and blonde foreigners could be seen walking down the street from time to time.

Manado Old Town welcomes many foreigners from other places every year, so the residents of the city are no stranger to these foreigners who look different from the locals, and the summer envoy can see some familiar oriental faces as he walks through the streets. ….

"An envoy of the court?"

The envoy and his guards quickly attracted the attention of some Chinese merchants on the street, and several of the more courageous merchants took the initiative to come up and ask in official dialect with a distinctly Hokkien accent.

The Xia envoy nodded, he looked at the merchants in Hanfu, thought about it, and reminded in a low voice in Chinese, "You'd better get out of here as soon as possible."

After speaking, regardless of the reaction of the merchants, his face became serious, and he continued to walk forward, and after the messenger left, the merchant who had just asked was stunned for a while, his eyes widened in vain, and then he realized the meaning of the messenger's words just now, and hurriedly pulled his companion away.

Soon, the envoy was taken to the royal palace in the city, the largest stone structure in the city, and after passing through the layers of guards, he was brought before the Sultan alone.

The Sultan of the Sultanate of Gowa was an elderly man, he had the same dark skin as the citizens of this country, and he looked at the Xia envoy who was brought into the palace with a serious face, obviously, he also knew that the Xia Dynasty fleet anchored on the sea, suddenly a huge fleet appeared in the sea outside the capital, it was difficult not to let him think badly.

In fact, he had already ordered the troops assembled in the capital to be put into a state of readiness.

After entering the palace, the Xia envoy saluted the Sultan without humility or arrogance, and then he held his head high and said loudly to the Sultan in the local language: "According to the edict of the Son of Heaven, the Sultanate of Gowa will be a vassal of Great Xia from now on, and accept the order of Great Xia, and the royal division of Great Xia has the right to be stationed in the country.

The murderous words of the summer envoy fell, and suddenly the faces of the elderly sultan and the princes and nobles in the palace changed greatly, and the prince was about to stand up and scold, but the sultan raised his hand in time to stop him, and the sultan said in a deep voice:

"The envoy of the Celestial Empire, the Sultanate of Gowa has always been devoted to the Celestial Empire, and sends an envoy to pay tribute every year, and the Celestial Empire's sudden behavior is only afraid that it will make the countries of the South Seas afraid and dare not pay tribute to the Celestial Empire again."

"These issues don't need to be considered by His Highness the Sultan." The Xia envoy said: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the coast of the land is not the king's ministers, and all the places that the Son of Heaven sees are the territory of Great Xia, and the country has only two choices: from and from not."

"You ......" The Sultan's face was a little difficult to look at, he wanted to directly order the Xia envoy to be dragged out, but as soon as he thought of the corresponding consequences, his impulse was suppressed, so that he did not dare to act impulsively.

After thinking about it, the Sultan still chose to swallow his anger, and with a smile on his face, he expressed to the envoy that he was willing to obey the orders of the Son of Heaven, put the Sultanate of Gowa under the protection of the Son of Heaven, and allow the Celestial Empire's royal division to garrison here.

The Sultan's decision spared the lives of the entire inhabitants of Manado Old Town, and after the messenger was respectfully sent back to shore and returned to the warship by boat to report the Sultan's decision, the five frigates with short and heavy guns approaching the shore were dispatched

The guns were retracted, but instead of closing the gun window, they followed the ships into the harbor.

Immediately, the Xia army landed on the shore in a big way, and groups of heavily armed line infantry stepped on the long pedal to leave the ships and stand on the shore, and the civilians on the shore had already dispersed in a hurry, and only a few brave people dared to continue to hide not far away to watch.

The Chinese merchants who had been reminded by the envoy to leave looked at the Xia army who had landed in a big way, and then they understood the ultimate meaning of the envoy's words, and they saw that the Xia army had successfully landed without any resistance, and knew that this place had been brought under the control of the imperial court, so they also relieved themselves to dispel the idea of leaving here.

Tears.