The Yangxin Hall, located on the west side of the Ganqing Palace, is the emperor's inner hall. The Ganqing Hall is equivalent to Liu Jun's main lying, while the Yangxin Hall is equivalent to his side lying. The southern study at Ganqing Gate is Liu Jun's study, and the three halls in front of the outer court are his main hall.

In summer, Liu Jun usually goes to the palace in Xishan to work in the summer. But in winter, Liu Jun mainly manages daily affairs in the Yangxin Palace.

Although the Yangxin Hall is just the emperor's inner hall, it is not actually the I-shaped hall. The front hall has three rooms wide in width, 36 meters wide in width, three rooms deep in depth, and twelve meters deep.

The yellow glazed tiles are hip-mounted in the style of the Ming Dynasty, and the west is indirectly rolled up the shed to embrace the building. The front eaves columns are positioned, and two square columns are added to each room, which looks like 9 rooms.

This temple was first built during the Jiajing period and its name comes from Mencius's mind and nature to serve the heavens.

Another feature of this hall is that it is equipped with a lot of glass to increase lighting. The emperor's throne is located in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. On the east side is the East Warehouse and there are also thrones. On the other hand, the West Warehouse on the west side is divided into several rooms. It is the hall where Liu Jun reads memorials and talks with the ministers.

In addition, there are Meiwu, kitchen hall and other places for rest and meals. There are also east-west rooms on the east and west sides, which are guard duty rooms.

The back hall is the emperor's living room, with five bedrooms, each with a bed. This is also a feature of the palace. In the emperor's living room, there are always five or six living rooms, all with beds, which can greatly increase the emperor's safety.

However, at this time, Liu Jun was sitting on the throne of the East Warehouse Pavilion, but was a little dazed.

What was placed in front of him was a map of the situation in the Western Regions.

This was drawn by the Jinyiwei after summarizing information from multiple parties, and the current situation in the Western Regions is clearly marked.

Liu Jun could see this map at a glance. The Western Regions on this map actually not only refer to the Xinjiang area in later generations, but also includes the Pamir Plateau, the Qihe Basin and the Hezhong area west of the Tianshan Mountains.

Now in this picture, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there are the front and back Tibetan tribes of the Mongolian Moxi led by Gushikhan, King of Heshuot Khan, and the Ali Plateau. The Hekang District of Qinghai is the two provinces of Qinghai and Xikang in the Han Dynasty.

The Hexi Corridor is Gansu Province of the Han Dynasty.

Outside Jiayuguan, the Tarim Basin and the Pamir Plateau area were controlled by the Yarkand Khanate. They even controlled Turpan and Hami areas 2±2±2±2±2±2±, m.→.o↓m. During the civil strife of Yarkand, Yarkand nobles ran away to establish an independent country in Turpan, and later ruled the Hami area. The southern Xinjiang region was basically controlled by it. However, after the Yarkand revived for a period of time, they captured Turpan and other places.

However, with the rise of the Junggar tribe in the Junggar Basin in the northern border, Turpan and other places were also controlled by the Junggar. Now even the Tarim Basin is not as good as before.

The Junggar was originally just a part of the Junggar Basin, but it continued to flourish in recent years. They seized the Ili River Valley to the west and then seized the Qihe River Basin.

The Qihe River Basin is the seven rivers that flow from the Tianshan Mountains to the Barkrashi Lake. Especially the Yili River Valley, which can be called the gateway to the Central Asian grasslands entering Xinjiang.

A large triangular opening concaves into the northern border, and a flat river valley area, making this place extremely difficult to defend. Yerkand made his first fortune in the Ili River Valley and Qihe River Basins.

Now, the Junggar not only occupied the Junggar Basin, but also Turpan and Hami and Baturhuntaiji's capitals are in Boksairi to the north of the Ili River Valley, which is at the southwest end of the Junggar Basin.

Just by looking at the location of this capital chosen by Baturhun Taiji, you can see his ambitiousness.

Boksairi is in the southwest of the Junggar Basin, next to the Ili River Valley.

Batur established his capital here, obviously based on the Junggar Basin, and also seized the Ili River Valley and competed for the Qihe Basin and the Tarim Basin in the southern border. At the same time, the western part of the desert, the Kazakh Grassland, etc. were all within the radiation range of his capital.

And now, this is true on this situation chart.

Batur not only steadily occupied the Junggar Basin, but also controlled the Ili River Valley and Qihe Basin with his own eyes, and then seized Turpan and Hami from Yerkang, and also pushed its influence into the oasis of the Tarim Basin.

Now they have conquered the Kazakh Khanate and pushed their power to Central Asia.

The three Khanate countries in Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Shiva, and Bukhara.

Now Junggar has destroyed the largest Kazakhs, and the rest are the Shiva Khanate and the Bukhara Khanate in the river.

These two Khanate are the Turkmen and Uzbek in later generations. As early as the Tang Dynasty, China called it the River Middle. The River Middle Middle is the two rivers that originated from the Pamir Plateau and eventually flowed into the Aral Sea.

The three Khanate countries in Central Asia are all average in strength. They were all separated from the Mongolian Khanate established after the Mongolian Expedition in the West. These Khanate countries once had glorious times, but now they are all behind.

To the west of the Three Khanate of Central Asia is the emerging Indian Mughal Empire, the Persian Safavi Dynasty, and the Turkish Ottoman Empire at its peak, and the northwest is Tsarist Russia.

At about the end of the fifteenth century, major historical changes occurred in the Eurasian inland. At that time, the Mongolian Khanate, which ruled the Eurasian continent, collapsed, and surrounding forces poured into the center of Eurasia to divide his legacy.

In this process, the descendants of Genghis Khan established three Khanate countries in Central Asia, Kazakhs, Bukhara and Shiva. At the same time, the Ross Principles also broke away from the rule of the Mongol Golden Horde and gradually formed three regional centers: the northeast Ross dominated by the Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal, the northwest Ross dominated by the Novgorod Republic and the southwest Ross dominated by the Principal of Galic-Warren.

By this time, Tsarist Russia had basically completed unification and the territory of the three Central Asian countries was basically determined.

The Kazakh Khanate occupied the grassland east of the Sir River, north to east of the Ural Mountains, and west of the Erthis River;

The Bukhara Khanate is centered on the Zelavshan River basin and controls the in-river area between the Amu River and the Sir River, as well as the Khorasan region south of the Amu River;

The Khanate of Shiva is centered on the oasis in the lower reaches of the Amu River and ruled the area from the Amu River to the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea.

However, although the three Khanate countries were once strong, the Mongolian feudal system they inherited made them the same as the Mongolian tribes in the East. Although they could revive when they met strong people, the feudal system quickly made them weaker, and even caused internal strife and struggle, which eventually weakened.

The three Khanate countries in Central Asia have also been in such a cycle, with feudal divisions, centralization, feudal divisions, and wars continued.

The war did not make them fight stronger and stronger, but made them fight weaker and weaker. Especially at this time, three powerful dynasties, Ottoman, Safavi and Mughals appeared in their west and south, surrounded by three powerful dynasties, and at the same time, Ross was also unified, which squeezed their living space more and more.

However, after more than two hundred years of expansion, the Duchy of Moscow formed a powerful Tsarist Russia and continued to expand outward.

However, Russia has been in a bad mood in recent years. It is surrounded by the powerful Sweden, Poland and Turkey on the north, west and south sides. Therefore, Russia has been annexing the Kazan Khanate, Astra Khanate, Nogai Khanate, Siberian Khanate, etc., which were separated from the Golden Horde in recent years.

Unfortunately, the Russians did not expect that not only did Sweden, Poland, Türkiye and other powerful countries in the West would strangle him, but also the Han Dynasty and Junggar blocked him one after another.

The wild land captured by Siberia was actually snatched away by the great man. In the end, the Mongols of Junggar stabbed them again and stepped on the iron hooves to the lower reaches of the Volga River.

The situation in Central Asia today is a mess.

Liu Jun was thinking about how to win in chaos.

Undoubtedly, these Khanate countries in Central Asia are now the fat meat that everyone coveted. The Mughal dynasty in India, the Safavi dynasty in Persia, and the Ottoman Empire in Turkey are all powerful people. They are undoubtedly staring at the territory of the Yarkand, Shiva, and Bukhara that occupy the Pamir Plateau and the Mesopotamian basins. As for Kazakhstan, Tsarist Russia was also staring at it, but unfortunately it was seized by the Junggar, and even the coast of the Caspians in the lower reaches of the Volga River were occupied by the Turkuts in Mongolia.

If the strong prey on the weak, if the weak strength is definitely swallowed up.

Kazakhstan has been swallowed, and so many khanates have been basically swallowed by various countries.

Russia had just experienced a long war and civil strife. The new dynasty was established and busy dealing with the Swedish and Poles. Therefore, it was not available for a fight. This was why they were able to sign a treaty with the Junggar, willing to recognize the Junggar annex the Kazakhs and give up all the territory east of the Ural Mountains to the Junggars.

Tsarist Russia was unable to fight on both sides, so it could only admit defeat against Junggar in order to form an alliance and concentrate on dealing with Poland and Sweden. According to intelligence, Russia is now negotiating with Ukrainian Cossacks and planning to merge Ukraine into Russia. However, Ukraine is still under control by the Poles. It is probably not so easy for the Russians to merge Poland and join the Cossacks to deal with Poland.

But no matter what, what is certain now is that the Russians have no extra energy to take care of the matters in the east for the time being.

Tsarist Russia has been eliminated early in the fight for the Central Plains.

Tsarist Russia was eliminated early, and the only three powers in Central Asia are Persia, India and Türkiye. Poland has to be busy with Ukraine now and will not have the energy to interfere in the river.

The Ottomans are now in their heyday, but they mainly develop in all directions of the Black Sea. In the direction of the Caspian Sea, they are only attacking the Caucasus region and have not been able to reach the Caspian Sea, let alone directly joining the border with several Khanates in Central Asia.

Ottomans can also be put aside, they can't intervene.

The Persian Safi Dynasty and the Indian Mughal Dynasty both bordered the Bukhara Khanate, and the Mughal Khanate also bordered the Yarkand and Khsut.

However, considering the geographical and climate issues, the Mughals in India do not have much opportunity or ability to intervene directly.

The only remaining one who can intervene in the river is the Persian Safi Dynasty.

Now the two powerful men of the Junggar and the Safi Dynasty have been tied up with the two Khanate countries in the river from north to south. Of course, although the Han Dynasty is far away in the east, Liu Jun does not want to miss this opportunity.

Such a fat piece of meat in the river is placed there, and such a good opportunity. How could the great man miss it when Tsarist Russia, Turkey, Poland, and Mughals have no time to intervene?

In recent years, Europe, especially Western Europe and Northern Europe, developed maritime trade, and each of them developed rapidly and changed a lot. However, Central Asia was blocked. People were in the era of commodity economy, but they were still in the primitive nomadic era of handicrafts. Western countries have begun to establish new types of armies, muskets and cannons, while Khanates in Central Asia are still bows and archers.

At present, the Han army has even reached the forefront of European countries, and of course it is stronger for these Khanates in Central Asia.

However, the strength of the Junggar is not weak. Although they are still playing with the cavalry of swords and arrows, as long as they have enough numbers, they are still not to be regarded in places like Central Asia.

After the Han Dynasty disarmament, the army still had more than 700,000. Even if the local garrison troops were removed, the field troops still had more than 300,000.

However, logistics is a big problem when expeditions to Central Asia.

The Han army was very dependent on logistics. Liu Jun also had to consider that the Persians might intervene and the Russians might also take action.

It seems that in history, during the war with the Poles, the Russians fought on the southern grasslands, relying on fortress tactics. They built fortresses all the way, which not only ensured supply transportation, but also a solid defense line.

They defeated Poland and later Turkey by relying on this fortress tactic, and even eventually annexed Kazakhstan. Even their expansion in Siberia was also continued to advance and expand through this fortress tactic.

This fortress tactic does indeed mean that it can attack and retreat or defend, and it means that it can be invincible.

Does a great man want this too?

Starting from Jiayuguan, we continue to build fortresses all the way north? But if we hit Xinjiang all the way from the Hexi Corridor to the Central Asian River, how many fortresses will be built?

Liu Jun had previously planned to send 340,000 troops next year, but he was only planning to use the quick battle and decisive tactics to send an elite vanguard to break the northern border and then establish a stable base before he could mobilize the army to advance westward.

After calming down and thinking carefully, Liu Jun felt that he was a little inflated and his ambition was too great.

In this battle next year, it would be great to be able to fight the northern border first and capture the Junggar Basin of Turpan in Hami. As for the southern border, even the seven river basin of the Ili River Valley, the rivers, the Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, those places are too far away.

Even the current big man cannot do it.

The Han Dynasty could go on a expedition to the Southeast Asian Sea, but there was a sea.

Liu Jun shook his head with some distress. He found that in this era, the biggest enemy was not the enemy's cavalry or the enemy's artillery, but those damn long distances.

Liu Jun asked all the generals in Beijing to join the palace to discuss matters.

Since it is a military matter, let’s discuss it with professionals. The number of people who can get the rank of general is limited. Unless these generals command troops to fight, they usually stay in the capital. At the end of the year, even those who command troops abroad will basically come back to report their duties.

Dozens of generals with five golden tigers hanging on them were ordered to enter the palace. The news immediately spread throughout the capital like a wind. Both officials and the people suddenly felt energetic and speculated that what major happened, and they actually summoned all the generals of the Five Tigers to enter the palace.
Chapter completed!