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Liu Jun was wearing casual clothes and stood by the window.

A group of generals with five golden tigers stood behind him and exchanged eyes from time to time.

After a while, Liu Jun turned around and said in a deep voice, "That is to say, do you all think that the court does not have the ability to solve the problem of Junggar in one step?"

The left Privy Councilor Wang Qian nodded. The right Privy Councilor Zhang Shan and the chief of staff Cai Yuan also nodded together. Liu Jun looked at Fu Yuan, Liu Yunsheng, Zheng Zhilong, Zhang Guodong, and Zhang Guozhu, and they all nodded.

Liu Jun asked again: "What kind of goal do you think the imperial court should set next year and how far the war will be fought?"

Chief of General Staff Cai Yuan replied, "According to the General Staff's calculations, if we spend half a year preparing, then we will march in early summer next year, leave Jiayuguan, and directly attack Boksari, the capital of the Junggar Khanate, quickly advance and attack quickly, and quickly decide the battle. We will immediately withdraw the main force after the war. As long as the war is within March, the logistics supply for this beheading battle can be guaranteed."

Liu Jun looked at Wang Qian, and Wang Qian replied, "The court now has enough money, food and weapons to fight this battle, but it is difficult to keep up with the logistics transportation and supply. When leaving Jiayuguan west, it is mostly desert Gobi, which has been a place that the Central Plains dynasty has not been involved in for more than a hundred years. We have neither castles nor military stations, nor even a base for the people."

Jiayuguan, the actual western border of the Han people for hundreds of years. Although the Ming Dynasty had actually controlled it in Hami, it soon retreated. Even within Jiayuguan, it was difficult to control it for a long time. In the late Ming Dynasty, the border defenses of the Ming Dynasty, the northwest of the border nine and northwest of the Ming Dynasty were always on the front line of the Yellow River. To the west, they basically had no control. Mei Zhihuan was appointed as the governor of Gansu, and basically suppressed the rebellion and defended the border.

Hami, Turpan to the west, and further to the west, are the territory of the Mongols' Ishilan.

Now outside Jiayuguan, the northern border is basically controlled by the Junggar. This means that the Han Dynasty entered the enemy territory as soon as it exited the pass. But this journey was extremely barren. If hundreds of thousands of troops left the pass, the local area would not be able to get supplies at all. It depends entirely on the rear transport. Not to mention the safety of the supply line, the most important thing is the transportation capacity. This is not as good as the coastal or inland, with developed water and land transportation. It is still thousands of miles long to transport grain and cannons.

Fu Shan said to Liu Jun: "Your Majesty, I all think that the Western Regions must conquer and stabilize. If the Western Regions are unstable, the southwest of Guanzhong will be unstable, and even the capital will be unstable. But if the expedition to the west of the Mo, you will score points and take several steps. At present, the first battle should be a precise and ruthless move to the heart, causing severe damage to the Junggar, but only to severely damage the enemy. Therefore, you should not be greedy for more and more efforts in this battle. You only aim to attack Boksaili. If you have the opportunity, you can occupy Boksaili. If the opportunity is not ripe, you will retreat to Turpan after the war. After the imperial court spends a few years managing Hami and Tufan, transporting enough money, grain and ammunition to pass. When the time is ripe, you will launch a second round of attacks in order to attack the Junggar Basin and the Ili River Valley in one fell swoop."

Liu Jun was not surprised to hear these unpleasant words at this time. The more information he had collected in his hands these days, the deeper he had an understanding of Junggar. Especially after understanding the pattern of Central Asia, he made him realize that it was difficult to destroy Junggar in one battle.

After he understood this, he became much more awake.

Liu Jun said calmly, "The situation in the Western Regions is relatively complicated. We only have millions of soldiers, but it is difficult to use force for a while. I think we have to use force to fight this matter. The Junggar has now destroyed Kazakhstan, defeated Tsarist Russia, united with Turgut and Heshuote, and has the momentum to unify the rivers in the Western Regions. Their ambition is obvious. I believe that Yarkand has already felt their feelings, even Shiva and Bukhara will definitely feel their threat. It is difficult for us to send troops all the way, but now the three countries in the Western Regions are still some strength. If we are willing to support them and give them some support, they will definitely be very happy and will resist the invasion of the Junggars more resolutely."

Generals such as Fu Shan immediately realized, "Use barbarians to control barbarians?"

Wang Qian also said, "Your Majesty, we can sell armour to the Three Kingdoms and give them muskets and cannons."

Liu Yunsheng also nodded quickly, "I think not only that, we can also send some officers to help them train and command the army. In this way, we do not need to send large troops to go deeper, but we can support several forces in the Western Regions and train a few new recruits to fight against the Junggar."

Liu Jun was pleased with the generals' reaction. This method is indeed very good, and he can use his strength to fight. If he can really reach such an alliance with the three companies, then the Han Dynasty can still sell a large number of arms to make a fortune. After all, the arms industry is also one of the pillar industries of the Han Dynasty and the most profitable industry. Selling arms is the most profitable.

At the same time, support the Three Kingdoms, train the army of the Three Kingdoms, use the money from the Three Kingdoms to buy the equipment of the Han Dynasty to arm the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms, and then go to fight with the Junggar. If you fight well, you will naturally be able to get rid of the Han Dynasty’s serious troubles. If you fight badly, at least it will be a hindrance. Especially no matter how you fight, you don’t need the Han Dynasty to send troops to pay, and you won’t need the Han Dynasty’s pensions and allowances if you die.

This is simply more cost-effective than sending mercenaries to war.

Let them fight and make a pot of porridge, so the big man can take advantage of the opportunity to deal with it and enter the Western Regions with strong strength.

After the Han and Tang dynasties, the Han people had left the Western Regions for nearly a thousand years, and now it is the time to return.

"We need to make three-hand preparations." Liu Jun returned to the throne and sat down and said to the generals of the empire, "First, mobilize and prepare to continue, from Chang'an to Jiayuguan, broaden the road, add new fortresses along the route, as military stations and granaries, and use both arsenals. Chang'an is the rear base for next year's Western Expedition, and Jiayuguan is to be a forward base, and it must reserve enough food, weapons, and the pass defense must be fully reinforced."

"Second, start contacting Yarkand, Shiva, and Bukhara immediately, reach a cooperation agreement as soon as possible, sell armies to them, and send an advisory group of officers to help them train the new army to fight against the restraining Junggar. By the way, send people to contact Tsarist Russia. If Tsarist Russia is willing to turn against the Junggar and stab them from the back, we can give them some benefits. Of course, at least we must strive to keep them neutral and not participate in our war. If the Russians are not tempted, then threaten them and tell them that if they dare to do anything, then we will send cavalry troops from the north of the desert to rob eastern Russia."

When it comes to threatening words, Liu Jun did not hesitate at all. The threat of the weak is of no use, but I believe the Russians will seriously consider the threat of a strong person.

However, Liu Jun did not completely rely on the Russians' hope of fearing the Han Dynasty. What if these Russian bears were stupid for a moment and insisted on advancing and retreating with Junggar?

Liu Jun doesn't like to put all the eggs in the same basket.

"Send an envoy to Poland and Sweden by the way!"

At this time, Poland and Sweden were definitely the fathers of Tsarist Russia, and they beat the Russians again and again. Especially Sweden, who dominate the Baltic Sea, regarded the Baltic Sea as their own inner lake. The Nordic overlord, although King Gustav was dead, Sweden's strength was still strong and could easily defeat Tsarist Russia.

Poland was also extremely powerful in this era. Poland in later generations was unknown and had the same name. But in this era, it was also a time of great prosperity. Ukraine was basically in the hands of the Poles, and decades ago, Poland merged Lithuania, which was also very powerful at that time. Therefore, the official name of Poland at this time should be the Kingdom of Poland.

This is a very strange country, exercising aristocratic democracy, and the king is elected by the nobles. Anyone who is not aristocrat has no democratic power. In addition, as long as one member of their parliament opposes, the bill cannot be passed. Without the consent of the parliament, the king has no right to promulgate the law.

The Polish cavalry is quite powerful, but in recent years, the Ukrainian Cossacks have had a fierce fight with the Poles and rebelled at any time, which has also made the Poles feel a little worried, but they are still very strong than Russia.

In the early years, Poland even sent a liar to Russia twice to inherit the position of the Russian Tsar. The Polish king later even planned to simply let his son become the Tsar.

Now the Russians are planning to bring Ukrainian Cossacks to their own side so as to merge Ukraine. This matter is definitely challenging the limits of the Poles. Therefore, Liu Jun believes that if the great man goes to Poland to talk to and beat up Russian bears together, he believes that these Poles will be very interested, and maybe they can talk about a few more transactions by the way.

The situation in Sweden is similar. In this era, Sweden dominates Northern Europe, and Finland is basically controlled by them. The Russians have been suppressed by them so that they can't even get close to the Baltic Sea, let alone mention Haikou. Russia is currently a standard landlocked country.

Sweden is now the daughter of King Gustav II, a generation of war god, is the king, not the queen but the king. This young woman is the king as a man, which is considered a strange phenomenon.

Liu Jun believed that as long as the envoy of the Han Dynasty took the lead in establishing an anti-Russian alliance, even if it was not established in the end, it would scare the Russians to death. Sweden and Poland could fight him anyway. If the Han Dynasty took the two countries together and the three countries wanted to fight Russia together, wouldn’t it be necessary to divide him up? I believe that no matter how brave the Russians are, they should consider the attitude of the Han Dynasty this time. As long as they are not crazy, they would not dare to interfere in the war against Junggar.

Of course, if Sweden and Poland were really interested in establishing an anti-Russian alliance with the Han Dynasty and dividing Russia together, Liu Jun would not object. He hoped that Eastern Europe would start working so that the Han Dynasty could successfully enter the Western Regions and even enter the Hezhong region.

Originally, everyone felt that it was difficult for the Western Expedition, but now after talking about it, I feel that things have become simpler.

Liu Jun just smiled. This is the game between great powers. Just like Russia, in the 17th century, everyone was beating him, and anyone could bully him, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, and even Junggar. But why did the other countries decline later, but Tsarist Russia became stronger and stronger?

It is one thing that Russians are fierce, but it is also related to their clever use of the relationship between countries in the game between these countries. Historically, the Russians first abducted the Ukrainian Cossacks, and began to tempt only half of it, which triggered the war between Poland and Russia. After fighting several times, there were both losses and losses, but at least they successfully grabbed half of Ukraine from Poland into the bowl.

Later, Ukraine went to war with Sweden again. At this time, Russia did not follow Swedish father to beat Ukraine's fallen dog, but instead formed an alliance with Ukraine and turned around to fight Sweden. Why? Because Ukraine became weaker and threatened Russia less than the Swedish National People's Congress.

The Russians formed the Northern Alliance and beat Sweden hard. Later, Peter the Great finally fought to the Baltic coast, had an outlet, and hurriedly established Petersburg and managed the port with all his might.

After that, Russia fought with Turkey again, fighting for the Black Sea estuary, fighting for more than two hundred years and fighting twelve Russian-Turkey Wars. At the same time, they continued to expand eastward, destroying Kazakhs and other Khanate, occupying the entire Siberia, Alaska, etc., and eventually, Russia became a super empire.

But Sweden, Poland, Türkiye, etc. that were riding on their heads back then all fell down.

It can be said that the Russians are a bit like the Qin State during the Warring States Period in Chinese history. They were originally just a small country in Guanzhong, and were regarded as rural bullies by the Kanto countries, and suppressed them in various ways. But in the end, Russia eventually unified the six countries and unified the world through alliances and developments.

The Wei State, which once rode on Qin, was destroyed by it in the end.

Geographically speaking, the Russians are also on Phnom Penh. They live on the edge of Europe. They have developed backward because of this, but because they are on the edge. Therefore, when Europe is in turmoil and wars, and attack each other again and again, the Russians have a stable rear, unlike France, Germany, Poland and other countries, where there are always enemies from all directions.

The same was true for the Qin State in history. It lived in the rivers with mountains and rivers. Then it first seized the same relatively closed Shu area, and then attacked Chu, making Guanzhong, Shu area and Jingchu all connected, and finally had enough capital and strength to face the princes of Guandong, wipe out the ** and unify the world.

In this regard, the Junggar was in an extremely unfavorable situation before fighting. Russia was not stable. A powerful neighbor who had never appeared in the east would appear on their east. They had quietly run to the homes of neighbors in the east and thieved a lot of good things over the years, but never thought that the neighbor would come to the door now.

On the contrary, the geographical situation of the Han Dynasty has become unprecedentedly safe. The entire east of the empire has been opened to the Ren and Du meridians, Japan, Korea, Jurchens, Mongolia, and even the South and Central and South China. One by one, one by one, either surrendering or on the road to conquest.
Chapter completed!