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In Jiaozhi and Dongwu, the Qin army controlled several major cities including Shangjun City, Wangben City, Dagon City, Guangyuan City, and Hue City, as well as the surrounding grain-producing areas.
Except for the plain area controlled by the Qin army, the entire Indochina Peninsula was still in flames, and the war between the vassal army and the resistance army continued;
Every day, a large number of young and strong indigenous people were taken back to Daqin as captives to build roads, while even more lost their lives in the wars.
In Jiaozhi, the Nguyen clan in the south retreated to the former Champa area and continued to fight stubbornly.
Tens of thousands of vassal troops continued to attack, and both sides won and lost alternately. No matter which side lost, a large number of people would disappear in the war.
After the vassal army was defeated, the Qin army organized more vassal troops from the local starving people and sent them to the battlefield.
Even if the Nguyen family was defeated, they would be able to quickly gather a group of new troops from the starving people, just like the Central Plains in the late Ming Dynasty, where wars were constant and everyone had no shortage of soldiers. They would just fight. It was estimated that after a few years of consumption, there would not be many people left.
The situation in Jiaozhi is basically similar.
In India, after Ke Chenshu occupied the port of Golanbu, he began to move around, looking for the main Dutch warships for a decisive battle. However, the Dutch military commander Werner was determined not to show up unless there was a suitable opportunity, let alone a decisive battle with Ke Chenshu. Ke Chenshu couldn't find him and was helpless for a while.
In Cuttack, on the eastern bank of the Indian River, as a large number of Qin merchant ships poured in, the city became much more prosperous. After suffering a severe setback, Aurangzeb was regrouping and preparing for another large-scale invasion;
For the four countries of Otsa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal, the shadow of war always hung over them, forcing them to move closer to the Qin State.
In the palace in Cuttack City that originally belonged to Osat, Samantha, with a graceful figure and a white veil covering her face, saw Hai Rufeng wearing Qin's regular clothes for the first time.
Compared with the military uniform he wore before, Hai Rufeng looked less resolute and more easy-going in his casual clothes.
Samantha opened her sexy lips and asked, "Admiral Hai, the report from the front is that this time Aurangzeb divided the 100,000 troops into ten routes. Apparently he has learned the lesson from the last time when the main force was defeated and the armies were forced to retreat. I guess he won't lead the troops in person. In this way, with him in the rear, even if one of the ten routes is defeated, they won't retreat completely..."
Samantha couldn't help but pause when she said this. Avoiding Hai Rufeng's gaze, she asked, "Is Admiral Hai listening to me?"
"I'm listening, please continue, Princess."
"Admiral Hai, when will the weapons that Daqin promised to sell us be delivered? Can you send more troops to help us through this crisis?"
Hai Rufeng really liked the beautiful Samantha. If she was an ordinary girl, Hai Rufeng would have taken her into his room long ago.
However, as the princess of Otsa, Samantha had a special status. As the commander-in-chief leading the army, he took a princess without authorization. Although this country was small, with only tens of thousands of people, about the same as a county in Daqin, it was still easy to cause slander. If he made a mistake, he would lose his life.
Hai Rufeng knew these taboos.
He looked at Samantha and smiled gently, "Princess, will you marry me? If you are willing, I will find someone to ask your father for marriage."
“Admiral…” Samantha’s sexy little mouth was half open, and a blush on her face could be seen through the white veil.
"I ask you this out of respect for you. Otherwise, I would go directly to your father to ask for the person."
"I... ... ... "
"If you don't refuse, I will take it as your consent. Tomorrow I will find someone to propose to your father, and then I will submit a petition to the Emperor of Great Qin to resign from the position of Admiral of the Ocean Fleet and take you back to Great Qin to live.
Don't worry, the Great Qin will not sit idly by and watch your four small countries being annexed by the Mughal Empire, because you are already vassal states of the Great Qin.
The weapons I promised to sell to you will be delivered soon. As for Aurangzeb's troops coming in ten groups this time, I have my own way to deal with them, so you can rest assured."
Samantha's tall and soft breasts rose and fell sharply, like the waves on the sea. She was a little confused about what Hai Rufeng said next, and she didn't bother to ask in detail.
Through the veil, she couldn't help but look back at Hai Rufeng.
She had been following Hai Rufeng as his translator for a while. Hai Rufeng's fearless and calm gaze often made her heart beat faster for no reason.
Every time she came to see him, he looked at her directly. At that time, she even thought about sacrificing herself in exchange for his sending troops to help.
Later, after witnessing his calm command and his ability to make decisions on the spot, he defeated Aurangzeb's army of tens of thousands.
In comparison, among all the men she had met, none was as good as Shanghai Rufeng. At this moment, she didn't know whether she should be happy or refuse.
Hai Rufeng looked at her with a smile, waved to the maid in the hall, and asked someone to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He picked up his pen and wrote a letter of resignation to the Emperor of Qin.
Then he called his personal soldiers and asked them to prepare some gifts for the marriage proposal.
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To the north of the vast Kipchak steppe, it was already snowing and freezing cold. Li Ding, who retreated to the Kazakh Central Camp, did not wait for the pursuit of the Ottoman Governor of the Caucasus, Arterios, and the coalition forces of the Kazakh Central Camp and the Small Camp.
The reason is not because winter is coming. In fact, although the winter in the Kipchak Steppe is also very cold, it is not as difficult to move as in Siberia in the north.
Arteris did not launch a large-scale attack on Li Ding because a major event occurred within the Ottoman Empire.
The Queen Mother of the Ottoman Empire, Kösem, was a woman with a strong desire for power. She had actually controlled the power of the Ottoman Empire for ten years, and many ministers were very dissatisfied with this.
Artelius had intended to unite with some local governors to force Queen Mother Kosem to abdicate, but he did not expect that just as he sent the letter, Istanbul received the news that Queen Mother Kosem was ill and bedridden. This made him more determined to force the abdication and more eager to act faster.
A major change in the Ottoman Empire could come at any time. In this situation, how could Arthurius have the heart to march and pursue Li Ding
Li Ding rested in the Kazakh tent. It was bitterly cold this season and he didn't want to run any more. He would wait until the spring of next year when Aobai would come and join him, and then things would be easy.
In East and West Siberia, Aobai's army of 20,000 to 30,000 was scattered in various winter camps. The extreme cold in winter here made all creatures lose the ability to move in the wild, and Aobai and his men could only wait patiently.
The Chechen tribe, which originally roamed the middle reaches of the Heilongjiang River, was forced to submit to the Qin Dynasty. First, half of the able-bodied men were drafted by Aobai, and then they were moved to the south bank of the Heilongjiang River. The Qin Dynasty built a city on a grassland with abundant water and grass for them to settle down.
Although the former Chechen Khan Shuolei is still the commander-in-chief, the assistant officials have already been sent by the Nanjing court. Take it slow. The first step that Daqin needs to do is to let the Chechen tribe settle down first, and then slowly assimilate them.
The Heilongjiang area is a natural treasure trove. Pearls, ginseng, deer antlers, mink fur and other products produced here attracted merchants from the Central Plains. As Liaodong gradually stabilized, merchants flocked to it in an endless stream.
The newly built Bin City to house the Chechens became a gathering place for merchants from all directions. New shops opened on the street every day. Many businesses set up branches here to buy special products from the Northeast, and at the same time, they also had to bring goods from the Central Plains to sell.
A prosperous city quickly formed on the former wilderness. Even in this snowy winter, the shops on the street were still open as usual, with pedestrians coming and going and the sound of hawking. This was a miracle in the Northeast, and it greatly promoted the exchanges between the local people and the Central Plains.
While in the south of the Yangtze River, the envoys from the six countries walked around and saw countless shocks and amazement along the way. The envoys had become somewhat numb, but when they entered the outer area of Nanjing, they were once again deeply shocked.
The prosperous scene in the city was beyond any dreams of Adil and others. Really, they had never even dreamed of such a prosperous scene.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, would you believe that there is a city where even the tree trunks are wrapped in gorgeous silk
Would you believe that every street is so flat and smooth, spotless and filled with the fragrance of flowers
Looking at the majestic city walls, looking at the magnificent Qin Palace, with its golden tiles reaching up to the sky, plus the faint music coming from the city, one can't help but wonder if one has arrived in heaven.
The envoys from the four countries in India, just like the Hu people who came to Chang'an from the Western Regions during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, knelt down involuntarily and kissed the ground under their feet excitedly... ... ...
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