Prince Peter and Konstantinovich were thinking about how to defend St. Petersburg, while Schlieffen, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and Grouchy, the deputy commander-in-chief, were arguing about attacking Moscow.

What they were arguing about was not whether to attack Moscow, but who would lead the troops to attack Moscow, and who would lead the troops to besiege St. Petersburg here.

Every fool knows that all the Russian troops are fighting outside. Moscow is now like a naked lamb. It is impossible to defend it under the attack of a hundred thousand troops.

As long as the army moves fast enough and prevents the Russians from transferring their treasures, all the treasures accumulated by successive Russian czars will fall into the pockets of the coalition forces.

This is a task that will make your pants wet even if you fart. If you don't fight to the death, you will be sorry for yourself.

"The trenches are generally in shape, and reinforcements are arriving one after another. The supplies are enough for us to attack Moscow, and we also wasted a week here.

Grouchy, are we going to waste another week here? If we delay until winter, everything will be over.

In the harsh winter, it is impossible for us to fight all the way to Moscow without supplies. You are French, and you should still remember the lessons of the last failure." Schlieffen stared at Grouchy like a tiger, and now every time passes

Every hour, it seemed like a hole had been opened in his heart.

"Hmph! If you want to keep me here to besiege the Russians and watch you get rich, there's no way!" Grouchy replied, continuing to sit on the chair without leaving his hand on the handle of the gun at his waist, as if he was about to draw the gun and fire at any time.

Same.

"You are a soldier, and it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. I am the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, so you should obey my orders." Schlieffen was furious. If he could have shot this bastard, he would have shot him a hundred times.

"Don't be so high-spirited. Everyone knows that this is a piece of fat. Anyway, it is impossible to get rid of me and march to Moscow. Don't talk to me using your Prussian rules. That is not the rule of us French people."

Grouchy looked less like a general and more like a street gangster.

"You...!" Huo Bing's thoughts flooded into Schlieffen's mind several times, but he finally held back.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Even though he was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the French troops in the coalition forces still obeyed Grouchy's orders. If there was a fight at this time, the armies of both sides would definitely be destroyed.

Schlieffen does not want to bear this consequence, and cannot afford it.

Chen Laohu walked in and saw the two people looking a little strange. He quietly asked the people next to him, and then he understood why the two were quarreling.

He came to take over the St. Petersburg Shipyard. After several days of destruction, the St. Petersburg Shipyard had turned from a relatively large factory into a relatively large ruins.

This time the Ming army came, they had no intention of participating in the war. They eradicated the St. Petersburg Naval Shipyard this time because they were worried that St. Petersburg's equipment would be acquired by European countries.

If the Ming Navy wants to lead the world, it must first attack the shipbuilding capabilities of various countries.

Among Western countries, the first to surrender was the United Kingdom. Although as a traditional shipbuilding country, they had already mastered the ability to manufacture ironclads.

However, the UK has used its local shipbuilding industry to produce civilian freighters and passenger ships. I heard that the Liverpool Shipyard has produced the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in the world, which will be put on trial this fall.

Even if other countries offered money, Britain would not build ironclads.

It’s not that I can’t, it’s that I don’t dare!

There are also advantages to specializing in building civilian ships, that is, British-made cargo ships can carry more cargo than Ming Dynasty cargo ships with the same displacement.

This is due to precise space utilization and reasonable planning.

The British-made cruise ships are among the best in the world. Their level of luxury even amazed Napoleon.

There was no such thing as building cruise ships in the Ming Dynasty. Li Xiao was used to taking warships when he went out on weekdays. Some other officials had this intention but did not have the courage.

If Ai Husheng knew about it, who would dare to use national funds to create such a thing? It would probably be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks by the stingy Master.

As for the wealthy businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, what they pursued was luxury carriages. For the farming people, luxury cruise ships did not seem to be a necessity in life.

Different pursuits in life have resulted in huge differences.

There is nothing we can do about it. Traditional concepts that have existed for thousands of years cannot be changed in ten or twenty years.

When Chen Laohu heard the reason for the quarrel between the two, he made a mental calculation and immediately took action.

"I wonder if you can listen to what I have to say." Seeing the two people arguing, Chen Laohu stood up.

"Uh...!" The general of the Ming Dynasty suddenly stood up, which made both Schlieffen and Grouchy a little confused.

They were all afraid that the Ming generals would support their opponents.

After all, the opinions of the Ming people still carry a lot of weight in the coalition forces.

"Please tell me!" Since the Ming Dynasty is an ally, Grouchy naturally believed that the Ming Dynasty people would be on his side.

"Let General Schlieffen command the French army, sometimes it will be a little inconvenient..."

"Thank you, my friend General Chen. Schlieffen, did you hear that? This is the opinion of Ming Dynasty's allies. You'd better stay and besiege St. Petersburg and don't let those damn Russians escape." Chen Laohu just said.

As soon as he started talking, Grouchy jumped excitedly.

"General Chen, we...!"

Seeing Schlieffen's angry face, Chen Laohu hurriedly said: "In the same way, General Grouchy will have problems commanding the Prussian army."

"...!"

Grouchy, who was feeling triumphant, choked to death on Chen LaoHu's words. He stared blankly at Chen Lao Xi, not understanding what Chen Lao Xi meant.

"You two can go to Moscow, and I'll stay here to help you take care of St. Petersburg. How about that?"

Grouchy and Schlieffen looked at each other. They were a little surprised that the Ming people who had never been interested in land warfare suddenly became interested in land warfare.

First, without any contact, they bombarded the inner city of St. Petersburg and blasted a gap of tens of meters in the wall of St. Petersburg.

As a result of this operation, for a moment, Grouchy and Schlieffen even seemed to give up their plan to attack Moscow.

Then they took the initiative to attack the St. Petersburg Naval Shipyard, turning a strong fortress outside St. Petersburg into a large area of ​​ruins.

Now he actually promised to help the Prussians and French besiege St. Petersburg!

What's going on here? Could it be that people from the Ming Dynasty have changed their gender? These people can't afford to do it early if they don't have any advantage.

"But we also have conditions!"

"Please tell me!" Grouchy and Schlieffen looked as if they were so.

"First of all, we want command authority. The coalition forces left to us must obey our orders completely. This includes the Prussian army and the French army under your command, as well as the armies of various European countries.

You must leave a reliable liaison officer to be responsible for the liaison between us and them."

"Of course!" Grouchy and Schlieffen immediately nodded and agreed, asking the Ming people to take the lead in besieging St. Petersburg. This was almost a necessary condition.

"The second condition is... General Grouchy and General Schlieffen, you must give us 5% of the capture.

Attention! I said we would pay Ming five percent respectively, and I would send liaison officers to supervise the implementation of this treaty."

Five percent!

Grouchy and Schlieffen looked at each other, and it turned out that they were Ming people who had no advantage and could not afford to be early.

But five percent seems reasonable, at least the two of them don't have to argue here.

As an ally, Grouchy is qualified. He glanced at Schlieffen and gritted his teeth: "I agree!"

Chen Laohu looked at Schlieffen again, and Schlieffen had no choice but to nod: "I agree too."

"Okay! As long as you abide by the agreement, this will be a very pleasant cooperation. How about we...!"

"Are you going to sign a treaty?"

Schlieffen and Grouchy were horrified. It was impossible for them to sign a treaty, especially something that could only be discussed under the table!
Chapter completed!