After tea, Ivan withdrew tactfully. Looking at Ivan's leaving figure, Gregory sighed softly.

"What? What reminds you of?" Berekov asked with a smile.

"Enjoyment and youth." Grigori picked up the tea and squeezed at Berekov.

Suddenly, Berekov laughed so hard that his eyes were wet: "Dear Gregory, know what the ladies in St. Petersburg would react if they heard you say this? They would be sad."

Gregory's expression was slightly awkward, but it quickly returned to normal: "Let's talk about cooperation with the Tatars, how sure are you of this plan."

"What do you think?" Berekov spread his hands and asked with a smile: "You are here today, and you have seen the result of the negotiation."

Nodded, Gregory represented Duke Cherkasky. When Berekov passed the negotiations with the Qing Dynasty to the duke, the duke soon realized that this was an opportunity and rushed back to St. Petersburg to meet Tsar Peter I.

Tsarist Russia, who had just defeated the powerful enemy Sweden, has risen under the leadership of Peter I. In order to have a stronger influence in Europe, Peter I moved the capital from Moscow to St. Peter I a few years ago.

However, unless it is important for Europe, the Far East is also the target of Russia. In fact, Peter I was interested in launching military operations in the Far East, especially for the Mongolian tribes on the grasslands, trying to further expand their territory and open up the road directly from Mongolia to China.

This plan is extremely important for Russia. It was Duke Cherkasky who was responsible for and implemented this plan. According to the original plan, Russia's primary targets were the Turkmen, followed by the three major Khanates in Central Asia, namely the Shiva Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate and the Kokhan Khanate.

In real history, it took Russia more than a hundred years to conquer these places. It was not until after the Napoleonic War that Russia successively captured these maps, thus completely conquering Central Asia and fully extending its tentacles to the Far East.

But unexpectedly, the great changes in the Far East gave Russia a god-given opportunity in this historical section. When Peter I received the report from Duke Cherkasky, he immediately saw the opportunity and ordered that cooperation with the Qing Dynasty must be achieved and used the Qing Dynasty's strength in Central Asia and the Far East to gain more territory for Russia.

As a result, the importance of Berekov's negotiations began to rise, which also proved the correctness of Berekov's bet on this matter. Before coming, Gregory did not expect that Berekov could talk to the Qing Dynasty to this extent. Judging from the current cooperation conditions, it has exceeded Russia's expectations. If the task can be completed, it will be a great achievement for both individuals and Russia.

"I have done everything I can do." Berekov said seriously: "Then we will look at the actions of the Duke. Dear Gregory, I hope you can arrive at the Duke as soon as possible, tell all this truth, and let our army prepare and reach its destination in the shortest time."

"I will do this." Although Gregory was jealous of Berekov's luck in this matter, as a soldier and nobleman, he still said frankly: "Before coming, the Duke had given me the authorization, and I would also tell the Lord the result here as soon as possible. However, Berekov, you should know that this is an important battle. Our strength in the Far East is not strong. If the Tatars tore up the treaty after resolving the three tribes in the northern desert, it would have irreparable consequences for our plans."

"Don't worry about this." Berekov said confidently: "Mobei is just the first step. Dear Gregory, you have not been here for a long time and are not sure about the current situation of the Tatars. They would not do such a move before defeating the Ming Kingdom in the south. Moreover, Mobei's military operations are just an opportunity for us to show our strength to them."

Speaking of this, Berekov smiled and clenched his fists: "Only strength is the power that determines everything! In addition, I have a letter here, please bring it to the Duke."

A letter sealed with wax had the mark of Berekov's family emblem. He placed the letter in front of Gregory. Although Gregory wanted to ask about the contents of the letter, he did not ask in the end, but nodded and put it away.

On this day, Berekov and Gregory talked for more than two hours behind closed doors, and then Gregory left Chahar first.

On the third day after Gregory left, Chahar's Qing army and Berekov's troops finally set off. Their target was not Huaian in the east, but heading north towards the direction of the three tribes of the northern desert.

When the Qing army was about to attack the three troops in Mobei, in the Khalkha Mongol, the Thirteenth Prince dressed in a Mongolian tent, dressed in a Mongolian and bearded man was persuading Tuxitu Khan.

Since arriving in Khalkha Mongolia, the Thirteenth Prince quickly contacted Tushetu Khan and was warmly received. After all, Tushetu Khan was the uncle of the Thirteenth Prince, and the Thirteenth Prince was a noble status and was a prince of the Qing Dynasty. He was a noble guest, both public and private.

Of course, this meeting was not public. You should know that the Thirteenth Prince came to Mongolia in private and did not receive the recognition of Emperor Jianxing. Moreover, because of the previous defeat and Kangxi's sudden death, the Thirteenth Prince did not dare to reveal his identity in order to avoid Emperor Jianxing from settled the accounts with him in the autumn.

The Thirteenth Prince arrived in Mongolia with the purpose of winning over Khalkha Mongolia, that is, Mongolia in the northern part of the Mo River, to compete with Emperor Jianxing. In this regard, although Tushetu Khan did not express a strong desire, because the Qing Dynasty was declining in recent years, Kangxi suddenly passed away, resulting in the continued decline of loyalty of Mongolian tribes to the Qing Dynasty. As the Mongolian Khan, although Tushetu Khan was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, he also had his own ideas. So although he accepted the Thirteenth Prince, he did not immediately agree to cooperate with him, but watched the situation and tried to find the most appropriate opportunity.

To put it bluntly, Tushetu Khan's approach is to look forward and take the lead, wanting to gain benefits but not taking risks. For this reason, the Thirteenth Prince tried his best to persuade Tushetu Khan to stop him, and at the same time ran around the other two ministries, trying to make them make up their minds as soon as possible and join forces with the three ministries to form a whole power for their own use.

However, the ambiguous attitude of Tushetu Khan, including the other two Khans, made the Thirteenth Prince extremely dissatisfied. After so long, they just did some insignificant things and even planned to continue watching. In the Thirteenth Prince's opinion, these Mongolians were short-sighted people and had no talent at all. If this continues, the original opportunity disappeared easily again and again.
Chapter completed!