"This price is too high, and Russia may not be able to bear it. The Ming Dynasty's special envoys came and they proposed a plan to avoid war." Ekaterina shook her head and slowly said to the two people.

"What plan?" It would be great to avoid war. Kutuzov and Prince Peter immediately became interested.

"First of all, Dorgon and Jilhalang must be handed over to the people of Ming Dynasty." This first item made Yekaterina a little depressed.

After all, she admired Dorgon and Jilharang very much. These two Jurchens were bringing Russia towards modernization. Under their supervision, Russia could not even build sail warships, but it became a

One of the few countries that can build ironclad ships.

It is precisely because of the two of them that Russia is launching a vigorous road construction movement. Railway tracks are starting from Moscow and extending to every corner of the empire.

If it had not been for the completion of the Ukrainian Railway, Yekaterina could not have imagined that she would have a fight with the Ottoman Empire in such a short time.

But it was because of her fight with the Ottoman Empire that Catherine was unwilling to join the European coalition forces at this time.

Although Russia has a large population and its war potential far exceeds that of other European countries, even so, Russia has no chance of winning in a two-front war. To expect the Poles to be on its side is to share the flesh with the most ferocious wolf.

eat.

There is no other way. Russia must avoid going to war with the coalition forces of European countries. This is a war that must be lost, and if it loses this war, Russia may lose the land and wealth accumulated over the past few hundred years.

To a certain extent, this was a war to destroy the country. Ekaterina understood that the Ming Dynasty was not targeting Russia, but the entire Slavic nation.

Once Russia is defeated, the entire Slavic nation will have no hope for at least a few hundred years.

"How can this be done? They are Russia's heroes. Her Majesty the Queen, you know what the brothers Dorgon and Zirhalan have done for Russia's prosperity today.

I once saw with my own eyes that in order to refine the best steel, Dorgon repeatedly studied new formulas with his masters. At the most critical moment, he personally stayed in the laboratory.

He ate a bite of black bread when he was hungry, and drank a sip of boiled water when he was thirsty. By the time the first batch of qualified steel was smelted, he had already lost a lot of weight.

Our Slavic nation is a grateful nation, Her Majesty the Queen! If we send their brothers out, who will come to join us in Russia in the future?

Who will work tirelessly for Russia, and who will fight to the last drop of blood for Russia?

Her Majesty the Queen! We must not hand over their brothers, absolutely not!" Kutuzov heard what Queen Catherine said and immediately stood up to object.

Over the years, what the Dorgon brothers have done for Russia, he thought that many Russian nobles could not do. As the commander of the Russian army, Kutuzov may not be humane, but he still has to be conscientious.

"Hey... we don't have the final say whether it will work or not. The situation is stronger than the people!" Prince Peter lamented.

Seeing Kutuzov looking over angrily, Duke Peter said helplessly: "I also know that I have to be conscientious, but Kutuzov, tell yourself, can we defeat the Ottoman Empire on the southern front?

A large number of troops are pinned there, and they are all veterans who are good at fighting. Once the southern front is defeated, losing Sevastopol is certain. We may even lose Kiev.

What is Kiev? It is the birthplace of the Slavic nation. Can we afford to lose Kiev?

Even if we can defeat the Ottomans on the southern front, we will face at least 800,000 coalition troops from Western European countries on the western front.

Kutuzov, do you think we can defeat the European coalition forces in a two-front battle? Don't forget, the Ming Navy's naval gunfire support is on the southern front.

The Western Front...! Countries will definitely have advanced weapons provided by the Ming Dynasty. News coming from Paris. The Ming Dynasty has shed a lot of blood for this battle.

Not only did the National Bank of the Ming Dynasty provide massive arms loans to Europe, but they also sold large quantities of advanced weapons that had never been sold before. It is said that even airships were included in the sales list.

Ming Dynasty even started selling things like machine guns and artillery. If you face an army equipped with so many advanced weapons, can you win?"

"Last time, we also defeated Napoleon. Before that, Napoleon was so powerful that he never suffered a defeat." Kutuzov said harshly. Napoleon's army was not so much defeated by Russia as it was by the cold Russian winter.

beat.

Far more French soldiers died of cold and starvation than were killed in battle.

This time, it is clear that European countries have learned their lesson and are now starting to prepare for war, which is likely to start in April.

From April to the end of October, the coalition forces have at least half a year to take advantage of.

Faced with such great military pressure, Kutuzov was not sure whether he could survive half a year.

"Don't be stubborn, there is nothing we can do. Ming Dynasty has used so many methods to deal with us, they will definitely dismember Russia.

If the Russian Empire wanted to be as prosperous as it is today, it would have to wait hundreds of years. We have to be responsible for the entire Russian nation, and we cannot affect the fate of the entire nation just because of two people.

Kutuzov, you are the military commander of the Russian Empire. You...! You are also responsible for the future of the entire empire. Whether you choose the Russian Empire or betray two friends.

I think, with these two issues in front of you, there is no need to choose at all!" Ekaterina spoke in a very calm voice, and it was obvious that he also believed that the two things were not comparable.

It also shows that this is how Ekaterina chose.

You don’t need to look to know that Duke Peter also chose this way. In their eyes, the Russian Empire is more important than everything else, including their lives.

There were three people in total, and Kutuzov knew that even his objections would be ineffective.

"Now that you have made your choice, there is no need to ask for my opinion. I am a soldier, and I am only responsible for fighting. No matter who steps into the territory of the Russian Empire, I will make him bleed like a river.

Russian soldiers will step on their corpses and invade their capital. Let their people cry in pain. This is Russia and this is Slavic.

The creed of the Russian military is that hatred condensed with blood can only be resolved with blood." After Kutuzov finished speaking, he stood up, put on his military cap, stood at attention and saluted Queen Catherine, then turned and left.

"He is just a pure soldier!" Queen Catherine said leisurely as she watched Kutuzov leave.

"Yes! Pure soldiers, we are politicians, let us do the dirty things." Duke Peter sighed secretly, and said in good conscience that his relationship with Dorgon was pretty good.

What particularly interested him was Dorgon's intelligence network in the Ming Dynasty. However, this guy refused to hand over the intelligence network. He just took away a large amount of money every year to support his intelligence network.

However, Russia's efforts are not unrewarded. In recent years, Russia has obtained a lot of important information from the Ming Dynasty, including the killing of Zu Dashou, an important general of the Ming Dynasty.

There is also a lot of technical information obtained from the Ming Dynasty. It is this technical information that helps Russia's technology tree to rise rapidly.

"Politics, once you get involved, you have to hand over your morality to the devil. Peter, just do it. For Russia and the entire Slavic nation, they can only be sacrificed.

However, the descendants of the Russian Empire will remember these two brothers, and the descendants of the entire Slavic nation will also remember these two Jurchens." Empress Catherine left the small hall expressionlessly, leaving only

Prince Peter sat alone on a chair, staring blankly at the black tea in front of him.
Chapter completed!