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Ya'an was telling Nikan and others about the situation in Russia. Most of the information was already mastered by the Great Xia Kingdom. Ya'an spoke Turkic language, and not many of them could understand it. Zhang Wenjun happened to be unable to understand it either. However, he was from a eunuch. Although he could not understand Ya'an's words, it did not prevent him from carefully observing the Kazakh Khan's confidant in front of him.

Gradually, Zhang Wenjun seemed to understand something, but this matter was very important, so it would be better to hide some things in your heart.

At this time, Ya'an was talking about the key point, and everyone was also inspired by Xiao Chenghan's translation.

"Dear Bogda Khan, I did visit Moscow once last year and got a message through Russian businessmen who are friendly to our country"

"oh?"

"After taking over St. Petersburg and Smolensk, the Tsar immediately returned to his country and convened Daboyar. The ministers held a meeting of imperial predecessors. The meeting was held in a secret state, but one thing was revealed to the people."

"This is, Your Majesty, you also know that the Russians believe in Orthodox religion, and the Orthodox religion originated from the former Constantine Empire. Since the fall of the Constantine Empire, the Russians have always regarded themselves as the successor of Orthodox orthodox religion. However, due to their strength, they did not reveal their intention to be enemies of the Ottoman Empire, which occupied Constantine.

"After taking down Smolensk and St. Petersburg, the Russians' confidence increased greatly. According to the merchant, at that meeting, the Tsar officially decided to take down Constantinople as the country's main task..."

When Nikan heard this, he was shocked.

In his original idea, the Russians should have understood the strength of the Great Xia Kingdom after a series of wars with their own countries. It is unwise to develop eastward and southward. However, if the person in front of them said it right, if they want to take Constantinople (Istanbul), they must take the Black Sea coast!

At present, half of the Azov Sea, which is part of the Black Sea, is controlled by the Daxia people and half of the Crimean Khanate. If the Russians want to regain Constantinople, they can only defeat these two countries, or occupy the North Caucasus, and use this as the foundation to wait for the time to ripen over the Caucasus Mountains and attack the Ottoman Empire by land. This road was blocked by the Turguts.

At this time, don't underestimate the Russians' enthusiasm for religion. Their devotion to Orthodox religion is no less than that of the Spanish to Catholicism and the great cannibalism to the Catholicism.

If this is the case, then the matter will be serious. Not to mention anything else, although Russia, Sweden, Poland and Lithuania are divided into different religions and they also hate each other very much, but then again, they believe in one God after all, and are sure to be full of vigilance for a country like the Daxia Kingdom where multiple religions coexist.

What's more, even though Nikan has not made it clear, people with discerning eyes have seen the practice of shamanism as the main one, Confucianism and Tibetan Buddhism as the supplementary practices in Daxia. Needless to say, Europeans are extremely vigilant about the primitive and barbaric religion of shamanism (there are precedents of the Huns and Mongolia).

In this case, it is very likely that the Russians will temporarily make a truce with the Swedes on the northwest border.

The Poles' energy has been put all on the Cossack Uprising that ravaged the entire Ukraine, and they will not have any thoughts about Russia's western border. Moreover, during this uprising, the Poles were seriously damaged. Even if the uprising is pacified, it will take a long time to recuperate.

In this way, the Russians could mobilize a large number of troops to go south to fight against the Hanhai Army. According to the messages from the Gray-Clothed Guards and merchants who came to Linhuang Mansion, Alexei personally conquered Smolensk and St. Petersburg. The troops mobilized each time were about 200,000 and the mobile troops were about 150,000. Such troops covered Russia's own cavalry, Cossack cavalry, vassal cavalry, and vassal cavalry, as well as a large number of shooting soldiers and mercenaries. If they rushed over together, their combat effectiveness would be quite considerable.

Ya'an left, and the rest of the people, except Nikan, did not take this message seriously.

Nikan closed his eyes. When everyone saw it, they were also a little surprised and thought: "When His Majesty came here this time, he brought four mobile legions, plus five legions of Anxi. Looking at the world, what other troops could threaten Daxia? Why did His Majesty look serious and closed his eyes to think deeply?"

Nikan was thinking, "Originally, he brought four legions to do something in the Cossack uprising. With the combat effectiveness of the four legions, there was no big problem. According to the previous idea, it could not only deter the Russians, but also repel the attack of the Poles, and also invade the Crimean Khanate and completely destroy him."

"Now it seems that an accident has occurred here in Russia, and the emergence of the mixed merchant group in the Bukhara Khanate means that the Ottoman Empire, which has been troubled by the fool emperor for many years, seems to have recovered. Compared with the Crimean Khanate, the Ottoman Empire has a country with a strong regular army. Its Turkic and Arab cavalry, as well as a large number of musketeers should not be underestimated."

"What's more, it is the country that controls the Black Sea channel at this time. They have set up regular fleets in the Black Sea. Although they have taken half of the Azov Sea, they have not set up warships there. Only some clutches are alerting the offshore area."

He suddenly opened his eyes.

"Fleet, only the powerful Black Sea Fleet is the only magic weapon to curb the Ottoman Empire. With the dominant Black Sea Fleet, we can harass the towns along the Black Sea coast of the Ottoman Empire, so that they dare not send large troops to break into the northern part of the Crimean Peninsula at will."

"After restraining the Ottomans, you can deal with the Russians with all your strength. The two legions of Crimea, the four legions of Zhuktu, a total of six legions, and 72,000 people. There is still great hope to defeat the Russians. It has come under their noses. Alexei is young and energetic, and most of them will lead troops in person. In that case, his military strength will definitely not be small, at least more than 100,000."

"But my original intention was to curb the Poles and make the Cossacks independent. If it annoys the Poles and let them attack themselves with the Russians, it would be bad. I have to find a way to divide and conquer them."

"Everyone", Nikan's voice echoed in the room, his voice calm and cold, making everyone put away the previous slackness and arrogance.

"What if the Poles, Russians, and Ottomans came to attack Daxia at the same time?"

Everyone was naturally confused and were thinking, "How is that possible?"

However, Yadan, the Minister of Rites of the State Council, seemed to have figured out some clues. He said: "Your Majesty, this situation will not happen. The Poles and the Russians are enemies. How can they join forces to deal with us? But everything is not absolute. If such a thing happens, it can only explain one problem."

"Oh?" Nikan looked at him with interest.

"That is, we will suppress the Poles and allow the Cossacks to establish an independent country according to the established plan. The Poles are angry and join hands with the Russians. If we withdraw our aid to the Cossacks, wouldn't this section be avoided?"

"As for the Ottomans, I heard that the newly-employed emperor was only eight years old, and the one who actually took power was the prime minister. At this time, they attacked us in large numbers. What was they trying to find face for their vassal state? Your Majesty, I think it is unlikely. Moreover, although the Crimean Khanate lost its land in Ukraine, its core, the fundamental - the peninsula is still as stable as Mount Tai, and its strength is still there."

"When the Russians wanted to go south to fight us, I thought it was very good, so I simply drove them out of the area east of Mount Sazedge in one battle."

"Oh?" Nikan didn't agree, but his eyes looked at Harhatu, "How is the grain storage situation in the household registration in Anxi district now?"

Harhatu stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, it has been more than ten years since the immigration from the mainland to Anxi. By the end of last year, a total of about 150,000 immigrants have been completed, including about 100,000 farmers and about 50,000 herdsmen."

"There are the largest household registrations in Dingyuan Prefecture and Linhuang Prefecture, both of which are around 50,000 households, Dingfang Prefecture has 20,000 households, and Crimea has 40,000 households. With some craftsmen, officials, etc., the total number is about 700,000."

"The Russians' household registration in Siberia should be worse than that of us. According to preliminary estimates, they have a maximum of 200,000 people, most of them are farmers, and the remaining ones are soldiers."

"Seven hundred thousand", Nikan murmured to himself, but he was thinking in his heart, "It's time for a mere 700,000 people to completely expel the Russians and completely control Siberia? No, no, in that case, just like the Russians facing us, even if they barely occupy them, they will not be able to stabilize. At that time, not to mention anything else, because of the numerous valleys of Sazedeg Mountain, they can enter Shandong from time to time to time to rage. At that time, because the mouth of Daxia is thin, they will be completely in a state of being unable to defend."

"The Sazedge Mountain is more than 3,000 miles long, and can be passed everywhere. It doesn't matter if you want to completely block the valley, and you don't have that much military force."

"However, it is still possible to migrate 200,000 people to this place, all of them are closely placed close to Mount Saridege. However, the northern section of Mount Saridege is extremely cold. At present, we still have a large amount of land with mild climate that has not been effectively developed. It is not cost-effective to invest a large number of people in those barren lands."

"In the eyes of Russian nobles, in addition to officials and soldiers, most of the people who moved to Siberia were lowly farmers and criminals, and it would be a pity to die. However, it was different for the Daxia Kingdom. They finally moved them here thousands of miles away. Not to mention a large number of casualties, even if two or three households were killed or injured in a village, it would cause people's hearts to be disturbed."

"Your Majesty", Harhatu continued, "Although only 150,000 immigrants, they almost exhausted the grain stored in Anxi. It is not easy to immigrate to Anxi. In order to encourage them to come, all their food on land is supplied by the government, and the houses, utensils, seeds, etc. prepared for them, Anxi's permanent warehouses have been empty in recent years. According to Your Majesty's plan, it is unshakable to send 30,000 households to this place every year. It takes at least one year and a half to come to this place."

"Fortunately, the Yenisei Province next door has had a bumper harvest in recent years, especially after immigrating a large amount of grain to the Kansk Basin east of Jiankun City, the grain has been gained a lot. Now the food required by officials, craftsmen and soldiers in Anxi actually came from Yenisei Province."

“How many were prepared?”

Nikan naturally knew about these things, but the large-scale immigration to Anxi is a established national policy, and no matter how difficult it is, it cannot be abandoned.

"Your Majesty, because Linhuang Prefecture and Crimea are the farthest from the local area, the grain in the standing warehouses of these two places has not moved. The main thing is the grain of Dingyuan Prefecture and Dingfang Prefecture. Crimea has just been reclaimed and needs support from Linhuang Prefecture. From this point of view, Linhuang Prefecture's grain can support the needs of 50,000 troops for half a year."

"Enough," Nikan nodded, "I have told the State Council before I came that this year is a critical year. I will postpone immigration to Anxi, and everything will come to an end until the matter here comes to an end."
Chapter completed!