"The soldiers come and the generals block it, and the water comes and the soil comes and cover it. Sooner or later, what should come is coming. Hehe, Taiping Sect is not a weak person. Are our Northwest athletes just soft boys? I want to see how big a trick you and the people of You Daofang can play."

Qin Mu showed a mysterious smile on his lips and shook his clothes, "Okay, I'm going to the study, Qingqing, you go and inform Director Liang Qiming, as well as Kang Jianguo (Chief of Tokugawa Guard Division), and Song Tianxiong came to me.

In order to deal with the upcoming war, Qin Mu decided to rush to Lishan County first. He handed over other affairs to Liang Qiming and Su Qin, and entrusted Kang Jianguo and Song Tianxiong to guard Tokugawa. The two divisions also served as reserves for the Lishan battle situation to deal with changes in the Lishan situation at any time.

Su Qin returned to Tokugawa on the first day of Qin Mu's departure. The negotiations on Sisro did not come as expected by Qin Mu and did not make much progress. The Sisro people simply agreed not to take hostile actions, but did not recognize the legitimacy of Qin Mu's control of Lishan County. At the same time, the two sides were stalemate on the status of Ganlan Fortress. One side of Xisro insisted that Qin Mu and the other side acknowledged the particularity of Ganlan Fortress and demanded that the Northwest publicly recognize the independence of Ganlan Fortress and belonged to the special control area of ​​the Sisro Empire. This was something that Qin Mu could not tolerate, but both sides agreed to continue negotiations, and it was unsatisfactory to be able to reach this level.

The visit to the Mots achieved satisfactory results. The Mots' senior management agreed to continue to supply large quantities of excellent war horses in the northwest. The northwest side agreed to provide the Mots with a large amount of high-quality iron tools, including weapons. The northwest side guaranteed the supply of Mots' tea, salt and other daily necessities, and signed a secret agreement. The agreement stipulated that when either party was attacked by foreign enemies, the other party must do its best to help.

This diplomatic result made Qin Mu ecstatic, which was also the main reason that prompted Qin Mu to go to Lishan County resolutely.

The Mots had already greatly improved their relationship with their old rival, the Sithro people last year. The two sides had reached many agreements in many aspects, but recently they had major differences on one issue. Since the Mots are nomadic peoples, there is almost no source of iron products in the territory, and they basically rely entirely on the input of foreign caravans. In the past, the input channels were mainly from Lishan County, and some were also imported from the Western Regions. The prices were relatively expensive, so they could never be satisfied.

After the relationship with the Sithro Empire improved, the Mots' senior leaders also proposed to the Sithro Empire to release iron tools. At this point, the Sithro Empire's senior leaders always had doubts. The Mots' demands were mainly to relax weapons and obtain a large number of excellent weapons and armor, which made the Sithro people even more worried. They were worried that the Mots' combat effectiveness would be greatly improved after obtaining a large number of excellent weapons, which might pose a serious threat to the western part of the Sithro Empire. Once the relationship between the two sides deteriorated again, the Mots' cavalry with a strong military force would undoubtedly become a nightmare for the Sithro people.

In response to this, the Sithro people never let go, but only agreed to moderately relax civilian iron tools and to import a certain amount of weapons to the Mots every year. The Mots were extremely dissatisfied with the attitude of the Sithro people, and repeatedly asked the Sithro people to change their attitude and reconsider their request for release, but never received a satisfactory reply. It happened that the Lishan regaining war started at this time, until Qin Mu's side completely controlled Lishan County. In order to deal with the threat from the north, Lishan's foreign commercial trade was therefore interrupted. The price of iron tools in the Mots increased sharply, and weapons were even more expensive, which also caused great uneasiness among the Mots.

Su Qin's visit was at this critical moment. Both sides hit it off and on the premise of getting Su Qin to ensure affordable supply and meeting the needs, the two sides had this secret agreement. Of course, Su Qin's silver bullet diplomacy among the upper Mots nobles also played a great role, making those military nobles who were already worried about the Sithro people even more happy. They all felt that the northwest was the real friend of the Mots, and Su Qin also established a good personal relationship with several of the nobles who had considerable voice in the clan.

This diplomatic result greatly resolved the threat from the Sithro Empire to Lishan County and the entire northwest region. It was not an exaggeration to play a role in this critical moment, even the role of two main divisions. With the Mots' side support, if the Sithro people want to go south and be unfavorable to the northwest, they must first consider the threat from the flanks. The Mots' iron cavalry that could go south forced the Sithro army to consider their own retreat at any time.

Su Qin had a good choice for visits to the countries in the Western Regions. He focused on visiting Gaochang and Wusun countries, and only passed the other three countries in general.

Gaochang State borders the northwest and has weak national strength. Su Qin's visit is highly valued by the senior officials of Gaochang State. The king, prime minister and crown prince all came forward to meet Su Qin. Su Qin also promised them that as long as they did not do anything that was unfavorable to the northwest and northern Loulan, he promised on behalf of Qin Mu that the territorial integrity of Gaochang State and the safety of people's lives and property. As for Wusun State, Su Qin was also received by the king who had just ascended the throne. Su Qin promised to support the other party on behalf of Qin Mu, and the other party also promised not to do anything that was unfavorable to Qin Mu's side.

Before leaving, Qin Mu received a letter from Zhuge Fang, who was in Beiloulan. In the letter, he suggested that in view of the current severe situation in the east, the security division in Northwest County could be considered as a regular army, and let him go to Lishan County with Qin Mu to serve as a reserve force for the East-Entering Cluster stationed in Lishan County.

Qin Mu accepted Zhuge Fang's proposal. He had originally had this idea. The purpose of inspecting Northwest County in the early stage was to inspect the combat effectiveness of the Northwest County Security Division. After thinking that Lishan County had decided according to the situation, he simply made a decision immediately. On the way to Lishan County, the order was also sent to Northwest County, renamed the Northwest County Security Division to the Northwest Independent Third Infantry Division, and ordered it to go to Lishan County immediately. In addition, Northwest County was also required to immediately build a security force among the reserve personnel to replace the task of leaving the troops.

Just as all sides were preparing for war in the west of the empire and the situation was about to break out, there was also a busy scene in the East Ocean, which was thousands of miles away.
Chapter completed!