Just as the St. Petersburg nobles were hesitating whether to carry out a military coup against Golitsyn's interim government, more than a thousand kilometers away from St. Petersburg in the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Imperial Army was falling into an unprecedented crisis.
There are two reasons for the crisis of the Russian Imperial Army. The first point is the successive disastrous defeats of the Russian Army in recent times.
The current Russian army not only lost Bakhchisarai, but also Simferopol was cut off by the French Empire by occupying the Guards Village. (Simplified version)
[France used three divisions/armies (the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th divisions) to encircle the point for reinforcements to continuously attract support from the defenders of Simferopol, and then dispatched the 1st and 4th divisions.
The troops landed through Alushta and detoured to the Guards Village in the rear of Simferopol to cut off the retreat.
When the Russian Empire reacted, nearly 40,000 people from the First and Fourth Divisions had already built relatively complete defensive positions in the Guards Village.
Alexander II of Simferopol and Gorchakov immediately realized that their back roads were being outflanked, and hurriedly sent troops to attack the Guards Village. Both attacks were defeated by the French who were slightly smaller than them.
The army was defeated.
France took the opportunity to launch a general attack on Bakhchisarai and captured the Bakhchisarai area in one fell swoop.] (Detailed version)
The second point is that after Jerome Bonaparte deliberately conveyed the news of Duke Golitsyn's establishment of the provisional government to Simferopol and Sach, this was even more devastating to the Russian army whose morale was declining.
blow.
It can be said that the troops stationed in Thachi and Simferopol are now in complete chaos. Not to mention engaging in high-intensity combat with the coalition forces, even an orderly retreat cannot be carried out.
Almost every day, dozens or even more than a hundred people deserted the Russian Imperial Army and surrendered to France and Britain.
After days like this lasted for several days, Alexander II, as the top commander of the Russian army, finally made up his mind to surrender to Jerome Bonaparte, even if he had to bear extremely harsh conditions!
If the rebels in the Petersburg area are allowed to gain a foothold, it is still unknown whether the Romanov family can survive in the Russian Empire.
After all, this coup is different from all previous coups.
In the past, whether Catherine killed Peter the Great or Tsar Paul was killed by the Guards, the replacement of the tsar was completed without changing the political system.
Both the new tsar and the regicide maintained a certain degree of tacit understanding.
And Duke Golitsyn not only replaced the Tsar, he also wanted to remove all the foundations of the Romanov family's rule of the Russian Empire.
The New Russian Empire according to Prince Golitsyn's policy, in Alexander II's view, was nothing more than a republican regime under the cloak of a tsar.
Therefore, for the sake of the Romanov family, Alexander II would never allow Duke Golitsyn to survive.
Of course, Alexander II was not the only one who had this idea. Both Commander Gorchakov and Ambassador Gorchakov, after seeing the policies issued by Duke Golitsyn, realized that Duke Golitsyn was
Prepare to learn from the original thinking of the French Republic and uproot the nobility and the Romanovs together.
As members of the privileged class, Gorchakov's cousins were not as willing to sacrifice their family's privileges for the sake of the whole of Russia like Duke Golitsyn.
Moreover, the current Duke Golitsyn is only taking back their privileges. God knows whether the next step will be to follow the example of the original French Republic and return all their properties to the public. That is the wealth they have earned through several generations of hard work. Why do they have it?
Distribute your free money to the poor.
Therefore, the Gorchakov brothers also wanted to negotiate peace as soon as possible and return to St. Petersburg to fight the rebels to the death.
However, since the two brothers were not the real decision-makers of the army, and they also knew that Jerome Bonaparte's asking price for this peace negotiation was only higher than the last time, they did not dare to say anything more.
He could wait patiently for Alexander II to make a decision.
"I have decided to start a second peace negotiation with the French Empire!" When Alexander II announced in public that he was willing to have another peace negotiation with the French Empire, the Gorchakov brothers breathed a sigh of relief.
As a result, Ivanov Gorchakov, who was in charge of liaison, once again walked out of Simferopol under a white flag and came to the headquarters of the French army stationed in Bakhchisaray.
The person who met Ivanov Gorchakov this time was not Jerome Bonaparte and Valevsky, but one of Valevsky's followers.
"Where is your Majesty now?" Ivanov Gorchakov anxiously asked Jerome Bonaparte's location.
The entourage responded calmly: "Your Majesty and the ministers are going to Constantinople for the time being! If there is anything important, you can wait until your Majesty comes back!"
"When will His Majesty come back?" Ivanov Gorchakov asked quickly.
"It's impossible to tell!" The attendant touched his chin and responded to Ivanov Gorchakov: "If it's short, it's about a week! If it's long, maybe two or three months!"
After all, it’s so cold in Crimea!”
As he said that, the attendant lightly tapped his feet, as if to dispel the coldness on his body.
"Two or three months! This... is too long!" Ivanov Gorchakov responded to his entourage anxiously.
"Mr. Messenger, maybe His Majesty will be back in a week!" The attendant cheerfully replied to Ivanov Gorchakov: "Just wait patiently for a while!"
"But..." Ivanov Gorchakov wanted to say something, but Jerome Patterson stopped him with his hand.
Jerome Patterson responded to Ivanov Gorchakov expressionlessly: "Mr. Ivanov, please don't say anything. You just need to return to Simferopol and wait patiently."
Got it!"
"I..." Ivanov Gorchakov felt unusually aggrieved.
But now they are asking for help from him. Ivanov Gorchakov said with a smile on the live broadcast that if either Emperor Jerome Bonaparte or Minister of Foreign Affairs Valevsky comes back,
If so, please be sure to go to Simferopol to inform them.
When the time comes, their crown prince Alexander will definitely reward them heavily.
"Mr. Ivanov!" Jerome Patterson smiled slightly and said provocatively: "As far as I know, the new government in Petersburg does not seem to recognize the legitimacy of your crown prince!"
Hearing Jerome Patterson's words, Ivanov Gorchakov's face immediately turned gloomy. After a while, he reacted and quickly showed a reluctant smile to Jerome Patterson.
Xun responded: "I don't think any responsible person will admit that the Petersburg government has no legitimacy at all!"
"To tell you the truth, our Majesty only cares about the monarchy and does not care about who is sitting on the throne!" Jerome Patterson also revealed.
Jerome Patterson's words made Ivanov Gorchakov's face freeze, and a sense of crisis poured into his heart.
Just from Jerome Paterson's words, it can be judged that the French Empire did not regard the guys in Petersburg as enemies of the monarchy.
If those guys in Petersburg were accepted by the monarchy, their situation would be even worse.
"Please tell your Majesty! Please also ask him to help the Russian Empire for the sake of our fellow monarchy!" Ivanov Gorchakov begged Jerome Patterson, "The purpose of those guys is
In order to implement the republican system in the name of the monarch, it can be said that the entire monarchy is an individual..."
"Monarchy is not Coca-Cola (Jerome Patterson does not know anything about Coca-Cola, because this sentence was given to him by Jerome Bonaparte). We cannot demand that all monarchies in the world are
That's the way it is! Sometimes, a pluralistic monarchy is a way to go!" Jerome Patterson told Ivanov Gorchakov in a scripted manner.
"Coca-Cola? What is this?" Ivanov Gorchakov asked Jerome Patterson with a puzzled look on his face.
"A special kind of water that is drinkable!" Jerome Patterson responded to Ivanov Gorchakov.
"But we must safeguard the inherent sacred rights of the monarch, right? If some people are allowed to break the rules wantonly, then the monarchy will lose its sacredness! He will not be able to rule the entire country!" Ivanov Go
Erchakov tried to use his own understanding of monarchy to apply the French monarchy.
Jerome Patterson smiled slightly, he did not want to tell Ivanov Gorchakov that the French monarchy is based on a referendum, and the will of the people can influence the will of the monarch to a certain extent.
"I will convey your words to His Majesty via telegram!" Jerome Patterson nodded and replied to Ivanov Gorchakov.
Shortly after Ivanov Gorchakov left, Jerome Bonaparte and Valewski appeared in front of Jerome Patterson and asked about him and Ivanov Gorchakov.
The content of Erchakov's talk.
Jerome Patterson told them the situation in detail, and Jerome Bonaparte said lightly: "It seems that the Russian Empire is about to be unable to survive!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Walewski hurriedly responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "It won't be long before Alexander surrenders to you!"
"At that time, we have to entertain them well!" Jérôme Bonaparte said in an aggravated voice.