As Soetu tells, Yinreng's expression gradually changes.

Soetu: "The northwest of Longxingjiang River is a cold place. For our soldiers, it is difficult to fight. Going to attack the city of Yaxa, the front line is too long and support is difficult to reach."

Soetu also said: "The Qing Dynasty border general gathered the people on the border of Longxingjiang City, and stationed troops and grain in Aihui for several months. He also contacted the Buryat Mongolians who were enslaved by Tsarist Russia near Lake Baikal, and served east-west siege. The Qing Dynasty troops attacked in the front, and the rebellious Buryat Mongolians and local herder tribes together to burn the Tsarist Russia's supply and grain line."

"The fortress in the city of Jaxa was built with ice and stone, and the red-clothed cannons were difficult to blow open. When the attack was initially attacked, the enemy shrank into the fortress and resisted tenaciously for a long time. If the stalemate continued, it would be unfavorable to supply the Qing army. Therefore, the border troops withdrew and switched to the newly purchased cannons. The cannons sold by the British East India Company to the Qing Dynasty were more powerful than the red-clothed cannons of the Qing Dynasty, and they could easily blast open the fortress."

Yinreng couldn't believe it: "The Qing Dynasty sent nearly 3,000 people, warships, cannons, and bird guns. It took so long to attack the city of Yaxa, and how many people were captured, and 450 enemy troops?"

Soetu: "..."

"In the cold land, the soldiers are limited in combat. The city of Yaquesa is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Only when the number of people is disparate can they attack it. If we can attack the city of Yaquesa so quickly, General Sabusu is extremely intelligent and destroys all the supplies that the enemy is near the city, leaving the enemy general Tolbuzin in the city of Yaquesa without anyone to rescue him and is forced to surrender."

"After surrendering, have the enemy leader arrested?"

Soetu was embarrassed by Yinreng’s question: “The then border general Peng Chun ordered the enemy leader to leave Yaxa.”

Yinreng looked questioning: "Let it go... let it go?"

Soetu coughed lightly: "Because the Junggar tribe under his breath would threaten the Qing Dynasty at any time, the emperor wanted to resolve the border issue with Tsarist Russia as soon as possible in a 'peaceful' way. The border generals were unwilling to get into evil with Tsarist Russia and ordered them to retreat and leave the Qing Dynasty. In this way, there is room for discussion between the two countries."

"I won a big victory, but I let the person go. What are the things and what?!" Yinreng raised his voice, scaring Soetu.

"Your Highness, the Qing Dynasty should not confront the Tsarist Russia head-on now. If it really starts, the Junggar, who is about to unify the Western Regions, will advance eastward at any time and head straight to the capital. Compared with the enemies under the nose, the enemy far north is separated from us by a large area of ​​barren, barren, and cold land, with snowy mountains there, which is difficult for ordinary people to live there. The city of Yaksa has been destroyed. After the army evacuated, some troops were left to station in Aihui, and the rest were transporting cannons back to the capital with me."

Yinreng was silent for a long time, but in the end he could not control his temper. His claws pounded the table, and his regret was not strong enough: "We have attacked Jaques, and we did not send troops to garrison, but instead retreated everyone. Then Jaques is still a borderless land. Without an army there, the enemy may make a comeback at any time! It is difficult to survive in the cold land? The enemy can survive in the fortress, but our army cannot do it?! The soldiers are tired from going to the border, so they will pay for their relatives and increase food, grass, clothes, and military pay. With a lot of money, isn't anyone willing to garrison the border yet?"

"The enemy has been driven away by the border army," Soetu laughed in silence: "Rebuilding the city of Yaquesa is huge and it is not worth the loss. Instead of spending a lot of effort to control the bitter and cold land, it is better to withdraw people and make every effort to consolidate the Qing Dynasty's border defense."

"Doing this is equivalent to building a borderless land outside Longxingjiang City, so that the enemy can take it at any time. If there is a loophole, the borders of the Qing Dynasty will be approached south and further eroded by the enemy countries. This is like the maritime sovereignty in the south of the Qing Dynasty. If you give up your sovereignty, don't blame others for bullying it. Oh, you're so angry that you're so angry!"

Yinreng listened, the fruit in his hand was no longer sweet, and he smelled like chewing wax in his mouth, and he never had the good mood to eat fruit and listen to stories.

"It is extremely difficult to manage the northern border in Jaquesa."

"Even if it is difficult, it is something we have to start doing now. I want to remind Khan Ama."

Soetu shook his head: "Your Highness, please listen to me if you are worried."

Yinreng sat down, twisted his butt uneasyly on the stool, and finally he resisted the urge to go to find Khan Ama immediately, and said angrily: "San Grandpa, please tell me,"

"What the general needs to weigh in on the border is how much effort and how much harvest is there. The Qing Dynasty's border has few people and all ethnic groups live together, which is one of the difficulties. The front line to the city of Jaxa is too long, and the local climate is severe and the local climate is not suitable for garrisoning troops and grain. If you cannot grow food, you can only rely on Longxingjiang City to transport food there. This is the second difficulty. Most of the city of Jaxa is damaged by war and it is not suitable for people to live in. This is the third difficulty."

"In addition, he also had to understand the emperor's thoughts. Is the emperor willing to fully support him in continuing the attack. The war consumes manpower, financial resources, and food. Can the Qing Dynasty afford the energy? The enemy sent 450 people to station in Yaksa, and the regular army was stationed in Irkusk. The Qing Dynasty did not know Tsarist Russia, and did not know the size of its troops, and what their country looked like on the other side of the mountain. They lived in a bitter and cold place, born in the snow and ice. They were more wild than our ancestors and killed. Judging from the world map of the Emperor's study, Tsarist Russia's territory was not inferior to the Qing Dynasty, but more than half of their country was located in the cold place. If we don't understand them, we dare not act rashly."

"Besides, that barren and barren land is neither suitable for planting food and grass nor grazing. It is understandable that it is evacuated when the troops are withdrawn."

Yinreng shouted: "Who said that the land is barren and deserted? There are rich minerals under that land, including gold, silver, steel, and countless rich resources that we have not discovered. Even if there are no people living in the local area, the Qing army must encircle the other side. They must not be left to become a homeless land and eventually be occupied by the enemy country that takes advantage of the opportunity!"

The prince was so excited that he spoke loudly, and confused Soetu: "Then is gold underneath?"

Yinreng was heartbroken: "There are things that are more precious than gold!"

He could not say that the third grandfather was short-sighted and confused, because the border generals and even court officials might have the same idea as the third grandfather. Although Ming Xiang always sang opposite the third grandfather in everything, his attitude was the same as the third grandfather on the border issue in the northern part of the Qing Dynasty.

As for Khan Ama...

Yinreng remembered that he had made a lot of messes and let Khan Ama take the blame. He felt a little guilty. Alas, since the purge of the government, Khan Ama only slept for two hours a day to three hours a day later, and there was no time to attract concubines. The empresses in the harem looked forward to Khan Ama day by day like looking for husband stones, and the concubines were so resentful that they played mahjong every day.

The court officials all said that Khan Ama was enterprising and did not hesitate to "use" even the young prince in order to clear the administration...

Soetu: "Are these also given to Your Highness by Professor Immortal?"

"Gu has never been to the City of Jaxa, of course it was Xiaomei who saw Gu."

Soetu couldn't hear the sound of "Xiaomei". He couldn't hear it, so he went to see Yinreng's mouth shape and found that he couldn't remember what the Crown Prince's mouth shape said.

Soetu's heart trembled: Could it be that the name of an immortal cannot be mentioned?!

He asked tentatively, "It was the immortal who told His Highness that he would send troops to garrison the city of Jaquessa, otherwise the enemy would make a comeback?"

Yinreng shook his head: "It didn't say it, but it told Gu that if the Qing Dynasty gave up that land, it would lose as much as it would cause future generations."

Soetu pondered for a moment and assured Yinreng: "I will ask the emperor for this matter, and I will ask your highness not to speak out first. I have been responsible for border matters for a long time, which is more meaningful than your empty words. But your highness also needs to understand that the emperor is also weighing the investment and dedication, and analyzing the pros and cons of war and truce before making plans. If Tsarist Russia can be settled, establish trade relations with it according to long-term interests, which is more beneficial to the Qing Dynasty than to go to war and to get a bad relationship. If the two countries continue to go to war, it will lose national strength. The Qing Dynasty cannot go through the snow-capped mountains and send large troops to attack Tsarist Russia. They cannot send troops to attack us. In the end, the losses between our two countries will be lost, and other countries will be on the wall to take advantage of this, which will be more worthwhile."

"Okay, that's the Lone will not talk to Khan Ama about this for the time being."

Yinreng felt that the third grandfather said it was reasonable, and it was reliable to leave this matter to the third grandfather!

"I thank you for your kindness and compassion."

Soetu quietly breathed a sigh of relief and was worried about his temporary negligence after the war.

At first, like Peng Chun, he advocated "harmony is the most important thing" and pursued the principle of benevolent and righteous teacher "the enemy retreats, I will not attack". Now, looking at His Highness's attitude, he is the main force in the battle. Soetu, who has always been with Yinreng, realized that he had taken the wrong path. He immediately stopped and thought of a way to make up for it.

He said that it would be better to send troops to garrison the city of Jaques.

Today, Soetuben also plans to teach the prince what "power scheme" is, how to "retreat as advance" and "look at the overall situation", but in the end this incident happened.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not satisfied with the victory of the Battle of Jaques.

After Yinreng bid farewell to Soetu, he did not go to the Ministry of Revenue, but went to find Kangxi: "Khan Ama, Erchen wants to go to the research institute to see how the firearms camp and the research institute have been jointly researched."

"Why are you suddenly interested in firearms? Didn't I ask you to go to the Ministry of Revenue to learn financial management skills?"

"Khan Ama threw Erchen to the Ministry of Revenue in order to let Erchen study hard and stop making money. Erchen listened to it and knew that he had done something wrong. Now he is reflecting on it! Erchen's mathematics is good, and he didn't take a laziness when studying. But today he heard that Suo Xiang mentioned the Battle of Yaxa and learned that our red cannon could not open the enemy fortress, so he wanted to care about the progress of the research of the new firearm."

Kangxi didn't raise his head, and his subordinates started writing quickly: "This matter has been left to Dai Zi. I ordered him to be the supervisor of the 'Fire Tool Research Institute' and to transfer to the research and improvement of firearms. All the heavy troops in the research, remember to bring a token and ask Gao Shiqi and Xinyu to send someone to pick you up, and ride the carriage you sent to use rubber as a wheel. If you want to go, I will not stop you, but you must return to the palace within half a day."

Yinreng nodded quickly and assured: "Don't worry, Ahma, my son will definitely come back on time."

Looking at the Institute and the Firearms Battalion, several demolished cannons were piled up on the ground. After the sea ban was opened, the Qing Dynasty spent money to ask countries about various artillery and shotguns. Among them, the ships in Portugal were the most advanced, while the artillery in England was the most powerful.

When it comes to bird guns, the most famous one is the Dutch bird gun. The Firearms Battalion and the Institute cooperated to study firearms and established a courtyard called the "Fire Tool Research Institute". Dai Zi, the general manager, is a genius who studies bird guns and cannons. He can dismantle Dutch bird guns and Portuguese cannons, and within ten days, he will prevent one exactly the same one.

Yinreng came quietly. The carriage came in through the back door of the institute without disturbing anyone. He followed Xinyu and Luanyiwei. When Soertu heard that he was about to leave the palace, he was worried and followed him up.

In this way, when we arrived at the "Fire Tools Research Institute", we saw several people wearing civil servants' clothes moving. Outside the "Fire Tools Research Institute", there were guards of the Imperial Guards, who were promoted to commander of the Eastern Imperial Guards after the Great Purge.

The Fabaoren was tall and big like a gorilla. He was burly and strong, and had a big beard. He was like the black-faced "Zhang Fei" in the folk impression. You could tell at a glance that he was a general.

Soetu went up to talk to Fabao. As soon as the general spoke, he actually called Soetu "Third Brother!"

Yinreng was stunned, raised his head and looked at it like looking up at the sky and tree. Standing under the shadow of Fabao, he felt like a little monkey standing under an elephant, so small.

Soetu also introduced it to Yinreng and said, "Your Highness, this is Fabao, the fifth brother of the Wei minister. He is good at riding and shooting, and he is good at playing swords and guns. He is a little impulsive and reckless, but he is better at obedient. If your Highness has sent something, he can tell him to do it."
Chapter completed!