And just when Nicholas II hesitated, Britain and France dealt a heavy blow to the tsar, and the two countries jointly issued a warning to Russia not to have a direct conflict with East China, and at the same time, in the event of a war between Russia and East China, the two countries would refuse to implement the alliance agreement and stop financial aid to Russia. The Tsar was naturally very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do at this time, after all, Russia now needed financial assistance from Britain and France.

With the endorsement of Britain and France, some sober-minded Russian ministers also advised the tsar not to easily engage in war with East China, and the chairman of the National Defense Committee, Uncle Nikolai Nikolayevich, and Minister of War Sukhomlinov successively issued a warning to Nicholas II that Russia had no chance of winning a war with East China at this time, and Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Pyotr Arkadyvich Stolypin even threatened to resign.

In the face of the opposition of so many ministers, Nicholas II finally calmed down, Uncle Wang and the Minister of War are nothing, there are Russian generals, but if Stolypin resigns, it will be a big trouble. It turned out that after Witte signed the [Treaty of Harbin] and returned to China, he resigned from his post and withdrew from politics, and Witte was replaced by Stolypin, and the tsar had high hopes for him, hoping that he could lead Russia's economic reform and get Russia out of its current economic predicament.

However, after Stolypin took office, he did not immediately embark on economic reforms, but accused the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party of plotting treason on trumped-up charges, arrested 65 Duma deputies of the Social Democratic Labor Party, exiled them to Siberia, and forcibly dissolved the second Russian State Duma and held new elections for the State Duma.

The State Duma, also known as the parliament of Russia, was the product of a compromise made by Russia** with social progressives demanding change after the bloody Sunday massacre of 1905. By 1907, two elections to the State Duma were held, and a large number of social activists and progressive parties entered the State Duma through elections, and used the State Duma as a platform to demand the abolition of the tsarist autocracy in Russia, constitutional reform, etc., and to encourage other Duma members to coerce ** to accept these demands by means of opposing the decision-making.

However, the election of the State Duma was only an expedient measure for Nicholas II in order to deal with the crisis and ease the contradictions, but of course Nicholas II was unwilling to give up the power in his hands and carry out constitutional reform, and after the end of the war in the Far East, Russia received financial assistance from Britain and France, and the domestic situation tended to ease, and the crisis also decreased a lot, so the contradictions between the tsar and the State Duma began to intensify, and Stolypin's tough measures against the State Duma were naturally in line with the tsar's wishes.

In the election of the third State Duma, Stolypin increased the weight of the votes of the elite and reduced the effective votes and value of the civilian class, so a large number of nobles who supported the rule of the tsarist were elected to the Duma, so that the State Duma was inclined to cooperate with the **, abolish the tsarist autocracy, and the demand for constitutional reform gradually subsided. It was then that Stolypin began to carry out social and economic reforms. Thanks to Stolypin's hard-line measures of dissolving the Second State Duma, gaining the full trust of the Tsar, and with the financial assistance of Britain and France, the reforms were carried out quite smoothly, and some good results were initially achieved.

But if Stolypin were to leave office at this time, then Russia's reforms would have been abandoned halfway. Although Nicholas II's intellect is mediocre, but after all, he is not a completely confused person, not to mention that there have been many social revolutions in European countries, and several monarchs have fallen to the ground, which has also given him enough warnings, although the situation in Russia is now stable, but the hidden dangers are still there, although this time it is avoided, but the next time the contradictions will intensify again, it is difficult to say what the result will be, so it is impossible not to carry out reforms.

But the reform cannot be changed randomly, let alone everything, the power of the tsar, the rule of the Romantsev dynasty cannot be shaken, and the current Russia except for Stolypin, there is really no one who can lead the reform in Russia. Therefore, Stolypin threatened to resign, and Nicholas II was able to compromise, of course, just down this step.

So Nicholas II ordered to reiterate to East China again that Russia did not and would not support Mongolia, let alone interfere in China's affairs, and asked East China to rest assured; Draw up battle plans, etc., but they must not attack with the army, command the Mongol army to fight, in case they are caught by the KPA on the battlefield, and then order the Russian troops stationed in the Far East to exercise restraint, strictly guard the border, not cross the border, and not provoke the KPA, so as not to trigger a war.

After these measures were issued, Russia also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally persuaded the tsar that if war could not be avoided, it would be East China's iron determination to war, and Russia could only rise up to fight.

Of course, after these measures were issued, there would be an explanation to the Mongolian Kulen side, but don't let the Mongolian Kulen be discouraged, so Russia sent people to meet with Jebtsundamba VIII, saying that Russia's support for Mongolia will not change, and these statements are just diplomatic words, please Mongolia do not have to be careful.

In fact, the Mongolian high-level headed by Jebtsundamba VIII did not care, after all, although there are some smart people among these people, but lack of world vision, and Russia has been infiltrating the Mongolian region for decades, through various means, pulling the high-level personnel of Mongolia, and excluding dissidents, so the current Mongolian high-level generally has a good impression of Mongolia, not to mention that Mongolia wants to establish an independent state, without the support of Russia, it is not possible, so almost all of them obey Russia's words, and basically no one has ever doubted Russia.

In addition, the Mongolian high-ranking people are also quite confident now, first of all, they have won the support of a large number of Mongolian nobles, such as Gongsang Norbu, the king of Karaqin County, the king of Zhelimu League, Wutai, the prince of Zasak Heshuo of the Tushetu Khan, Handa Dorji, the prince of Zasak County of the Chechen Khan, the king of Zasak County, the king of the Sasak County of the Saiyin Noyan Department, Cheden Sonomu, and the Chechen Khan's Zasak Gushan Beizi Dorji Chelin, etc., all of whom expressed their allegiance and support to Jebtsundamba VIII.

In fact, many of these people do not support the founding of the country, but the behavior of East China ** in the Mongolian region under its control to crack down on the powerful and support ordinary herdsmen has caused panic among these princes and nobles. Whether they are under the rule of the Qing court or under the rule of Russia, their status will basically not change, because Mongolia's territory is too large, and if you want to manage the Mongolian region well, you must rely on them as elites, which have been like this for hundreds of years.

But Huadong ** obviously did not play cards according to this routine, but directly overturned the table, and then overturned it and started over. At this time, these princes and nobles naturally could not accept it, so at this time, these people no longer hesitated to wait and see, but all took refuge under the banner of Jebtsundamba VIII. And these people are rich people, and after joining the banner of Jebtsundamba VIII, it naturally greatly increased Kulun's strength.

Secondly, Yan Zhi, the minister of Kulun sent by the Qing court to Outer Mongolia, Kunxiu, the general of Uriya Sutai, and Rong En, the counselor of Uriya Sutai, all expressed their support for Kulun on behalf of the Qing court.

Although Mongolia recognized that the vassals belonged to the Qing court, it still maintained a strong independence, because it was the Outer Mongolia region, because of the existence of Jebtsundamba, a spiritual leader who held the real power in Outer Mongolia, the Qing court naturally would not be completely at ease with Outer Mongolia, so after the establishment of the Qing court, it successively set up three official positions in the Outer Mongolia region: the Minister of Kulun, the General of Uriya Sutai, and the Counselor of Uriya Sutai, who were fully responsible for the management of Mongolian affairs, and also supervised the high-level and powerful forces of Mongolia.

Due to the growing independence sentiment in Mongolia in recent years, the contradictions between the three ministers and the Mongolian top leadership have also deepened, but this time all three ministers supported Jebtsundamba VIII, and they also represented the attitude of the Qing court, which was unprecedented.

Of course, in the eyes of the Qing court, at this time, as long as it is against the forces of East China, it is necessary to give full support, and it is best to let Mongolia and East China fight to lose both, even if it can delay East China for a few years, it is good, and the support of the Qing court is not verbal support, there are also materials, and the Qing court allocated 2,000 rifles and 100,000 taels of silver to Mongolia in one breath.

With the support of Russia and the Qing court, Kulen also formed an army of more than 20,000 people in a short period of time, set up a total of five armies before and after, and appointed Damuddin ** as the commander of the Chinese army, Babu Zab as the commander of the left army, Maksarzab as the commander of the right army, Haishan as the commander of the front army, and Taoktaohu as the commander of the rear army, each army of about 4,000 people. For a while, the Mongol army was also considered strong, so the Mongolian high-level was also full of confidence in this battle.

Tauktahu, who had fought with the People's Army, although he was also well aware of the strong combat effectiveness of the People's Army, but now the strength of the Mongolian army was far above the army under his command at the beginning, and the weapons were excellent, and the ammunition was sufficient. The tactics of attacking the People's Army's reinforcement line, so Tauktahu also felt that this time the Mongol army did have the strength to fight with the People's Army.