Turkestan in autumn is shrouded in a golden color.

As the grass on both sides of the Sir River gradually dried up, the leaves also withered and drifted, and the land also changed from the previous green to yellow. Without the maintenance of plants, a large amount of mud and sand came from the upper reaches, making the Sir River, which had been green for three months, turn yellow again.

The Khan Palace was originally a yellow-brown color. Although the Kazakh Khan used a large number of stones and earth bricks, they painted a lot of yellow-brown paint outside. Compared with the earthy yellow color of the outer city walls, the Khan Palace wall, which was made of stones and large bricks, was naturally distinct and much noble.

The tall Tianfang Sect temple in the city uses gold, and the appearance of the silver dome also generally shows golden colors.

It was almost dusk, and a huge sunset slowly fell on the valley in the west, which seemed to be invisible to the end. Under his reflection, the wide and winding river of Sir seemed to have turned golden.

Large bathroom.

The mist is swirling, and the mist is lingering.

It has been three months since the Great Xia Kingdom attacked the Junggar Khanate, and its owner is still peaceful and Mount Tai.

As before, in a large bathroom that was two feet long and one feet wide, Nikan and Wang Wenhui leaned against each other on the left and right.

"His Majesty"

In the bathroom, Wang Wenhui's sharp and round voice drifted with the mist.

"Let's talk about the internal situation first. The 150,000 troops prepared by His Royal Highness have arrived in Dingyuan Province. According to your instructions, 50,000 people have been secretly transported to the vicinity of Orenburg, and under the command of Chuckdan, two legions have been strengthened in the direction of Balikun Lake."

"The two legions were strengthened in the direction of Isek Lake, and three legions were secretly stationed in Balkash. The rest were scattered in the area of ​​Kizilor to Turkestan. On the surface, there was only one legion in Chimkent, which was on the front line, but several legions could go south to fight at any time."

"The intercontinental fleet that came to Europe set out two months ago. According to the speed, it should arrive in South Africa at this time. It will be twenty days before it arrives in Europe. The twenty days are in late September. If a war is to be launched, it will be still time, but after they arrive in Ceuta, they will have to repair and maintain it. It will take at least ten days. If it is really necessary, it will probably be October."

"If the Europeans started a naval battle at this time, it would only take one month, because in November, there would be ice floating on the surface of the Baltic Sea."

"When it comes to Europeans, they left quickly after the last time they gathered in the Vatican, Nikon, Coprolu and the Archbishops of major countries. As His Majesty judged, they will first face the pressure of persuading domestic forces after returning to their respective countries. At present, in Europe, the three countries that really have certain strength at sea are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Spain."

"Although France has a developed shipbuilding industry, it can build large warships in a short period of time. However, since our country occupied Königsberg, under your inquiries, it has significantly reduced the export of wood to Europe. Currently, only Russia still exports a large amount. However, the Dutch who needs wood is the most important, followed by Britain, and finally it was Spain and France. Therefore, it will take at least three years for France to restore its previous grand occasion."

"The relationship between Spain and our country is complicated. Since Portugal has completely turned to us and has an independent port in Matosinius north of Porto, and has also set up an old squadron and an infantry army there. This puts too much pressure on Spain. If the Spaniards attack first, our country can set out from Ceuta or Portugal to attack Spain. Therefore, at least from the moment, after returning to their respective stations, the Spaniards still have no action."

"The British are ambitious. Richard Cromwell, who has just come to power, wants to use foreign wars to regain his prestige far inferior to his father. But now the Royalist Party is very active. The former son of the king has also secretly returned to London, and some members of parliament have also surrendered to him. In this way, Richard's war may have many constraints, but we cannot ignore the possibility of Richard's party combining with the Royalist Party in the face of so-called righteousness."

"oh?"

"Your Majesty, Edmund is in the North Sea and Oding is near Ireland, which has exhausted the British. Although Edmund and Oding have their own nests, they still ran to ports controlled by our country at an emergency, such as Matosinous, Ceuta, etc. If the times are not many, the British will not be able to detect it. However, there is no airtight wall in the world. After a long time, they must have guessed who is standing behind these two pirates..."

"Hmph", Nikan on the other end of the bathtub snorted, "This is called treating others with the same way. In recent decades, the British have also used almost the same method to deal with the Spanish in the North Sea and southern Ireland, which indirectly led to the decline of Spain, and now it is just a backlash."

"You are right. In this case, the Cromwell party is very likely to unite with the Royalist Party. The most likely one is that the king will come to power and control the House of Lords. Cromwell will serve as a role similar to the Prime Minister and control the House of Commons. If such a secret agreement is reached, it will be a great enemy of our country. By the way, how powerful is Odin?"

"The ships expanded to thirty-five, and if all the pirates attached to him were gathered and set out from the Caribbean, there would be a hundred more ships."

"Well, let's talk about this, continue"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is the Dutch who really have the power to form a large number of naval fleets in a short period of time to pose a huge threat to our country. They can mobilize hundreds of armed merchant ships at any time in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Each armed merchant ship can carry more than forty artillery pieces. At the same time, the Dutch have not been idle in recent years. In Antwerp, they have secretly built a large number of regular warships."

"At present, in Europe, they can take out a large fleet of excellent quantity and quality in a short time to fight our country, but as you judge, now in the Netherlands, like the British, it is also a time when the parliamentary party and the king's party are fiercely fighting. Speaker De Witt cannot cover up the sky. According to our country's intelligence, they should have passed the situation that is unfavorable to our country at the national parliamentary level."

"But I just said that Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp are actually divided into different provincial jurisdictions. Most of the ships are approved by the provincial parliament. If they want to use them to fight, the provincial parliament needs to agree. If the provincial parliament agrees, these three places are cities and require approval from the municipal council. At present, they are still arguing at the provincial parliament level. Of course, it may also be for outsiders to see, but it has not reached the municipal council level yet."

"Didn't Devit amended the Constitution? In an emergency, can the National Parliament decide in one sentence? In my opinion, it is most likely that they are staging a maze, no matter what, let's continue talking about it."

"Yes, Your Majesty. Although William of Prussia has formed an army of 100,000, the horses and muskets that our country has promised are not in place. The 50,000 people they really have, but it is worth noting that since the Grand Duchy of Prussia completely took all the castles of the previous Hanseatic League, William not only has a lot of wealth, but also controlled the guild through parliament."

"If you don't say anything else, I heard that he had already let his closest nobles completely control the Tiefang Guild. Now he has a craftsman who can gather around 50,000 people to build cannons, muskets, and refining gunpowder. Your Majesty, in the past, there were also Tiefangs directly under the Ministry of War in Beijing and Nanjing. The total number was this number. Compared with the Ming people, Europeans were more efficient. I heard that they had copied a large number of flintlock short guns and had some flintlock long guns, but due to the reeds, the number of equipment was not large, but there was no problem with making large numbers of cannons and the mechassis guns."

"He seemed to realize that our country was vigilant against him, and did not just wait for our country to provide him with arms, but secretly prepared that after they controlled half of Poland, they had already obtained a large number of war horses from them. With the support of the original Lithuanian noble Laziviu family, he had actually formed a considerable cavalry force."

"The Russian side has not been in trouble. When our country attacked Junggar, Guo Tiancai from Dingfang City once brought the only legion out to advance south, but the Russian heavy army group gathered in the Tobor River Basin was not fooled at all. Our country's idea of ​​winning in the wild was dashed."

"Although there is no major progress in the Junggar side, after the three armies of our country approached the Yili River Valley, Tacheng, and Wulungu Lake, due to the seamless connection of the subsequent Government Affairs Council and the Lifan Academy system, the large number of herders who stayed south of Lake Balkash and east of the Chu River have already enjoyed the favors of our country, and the vast majority of herders are willing to join the Bogra tribe."

"That's not all. Not long ago, I heard that our country was going to attack Junggar, and Tsepundanba II also came here in person. Under his great prestige, the herdsmen who were still somewhat suspicious also put down their last trace of wariness. This was an unexpected joy."

"However, Sengge and his team still have at least 100,000 cavalry in their hands, which should not be underestimated. However, as our country's strength increases, when will the decisive battle be carried out, the initiative is completely in my hands, you see..."

"Not to talk about this for now, you can continue to talk about it."

"Okay, Your Majesty. There is nothing unusual about the Kazakh Khanate, but they have strengthened the military strength in the jurisdiction of the Governor General of Tashkent. Originally, Galantos had an army of about 50,000, and after strengthening, there were 70,000 people."

"In the Fergana Basin, since the defeat of 20,000 saints of Mamut, the Yarkand Khanate, which is still surviving in the basin, has been in panic. Our country has already contacted the main generals of their military power, that is, generals from the Qiergis tribe. If there is no accident, the Fergana Basin will be just around the corner."

"And the 20,000 Pashtun jihadists stationed in Dushanbe learned that Mamuth's whereabouts did not delay there for too long. Now they have all returned to northern Afghanistan, but they did not expect that the jihadists with firm beliefs will also be like this."

"As soon as these 20,000 saints returned to northern Afghanistan, they immediately made the superficial rulers there, the former Crimean Khan Khan Muhammad, uneasy, because these saints came from different tribes in the northern mountains and had been wandering in Central Asian countries in recent years, and rarely returned to their hometowns. Now it seems that they are about to fall back to their roots. 20,000 cavalry, wherever they are placed, it is a huge force, and Muhammad is going to have a headache for a while."

"No", Nikan spoke out, "Don't be careless, pay close attention to the whereabouts of the 20,000 saints. Since they come from different tribes, how did they gather together? There must be people who are in the north of Afghanistan, and they may enter there to assist the Kazakh Khanate at any time. In addition, in the past, these places were Persian territory, and I believe that the efforts of the Persians are bound to be indispensable."

"So, there is nothing unusual in Bukhara-Samarkand on the surface. Maybe the Persians' power has long been in groups and secretly moved there, so we still have to pay close attention."

"Yes, Your Majesty. Let's talk about Ya'an, since Aurangzeb was defeated and captured, since the Mongol Khanate was only the heir, Ya'an seized this opportunity and had regained control of the Indus River Basin through a series of operations. With the assistance of our country, about 20,000 Tajik, Pashtun, and Qiergis tribes have entered those places. Now he has put Aurangzeb back."

"But before that, he asked Aurangzebu to write a shameful agreement himself. If Aurangzebu does not abide by the agreement after returning, he will make this reservation public. It seems that the effect is pretty good now."

"Along the Turkut side, with the secret assistance of our country, they sent two large armies to attack Azerbaijan and Georgia, and successfully occupied the castles there. In this way, Ottoman and Persia had to cheer up against them. According to your instructions, after the arrival of the Zhuktu army, our country had sent an infantry army to help the Turkuts defend the two places."

"This is roughly the case, in general, everything is still under control."

"Haha, after the autumn begins, the war horses are also fat and strong. The next two months are the time to use troops. But from you, if the enemy unites and launches, will they break through?"

"I am stupid. At present, our country's military strength is very strong everywhere. Please give me some advice."

"Haha, if I guess well, the reason why the Russians did not move in the Siberian area is that on the one hand, they saw the strength of our country here, and on the other hand, they have already focused their attention somewhere."

“Where?”

"Lithuania is the new land of our country and the four battles. Russia, Prussia, Sweden, the Dutch, and even Austria may join in. So many forces gather together is the only chance for them to win."

"Your Majesty let Chuckdan's four legions secretly enter Orenburg early in the morning. Could it be..."

"Yes"
Chapter completed!