"What do you think of Jinzhou's problem?"

When Prince Konstantin said this, it was as if a fire was burning in his heart, but there was a block of ice in his heart that stopped his agitation, so he could only ask His Excellency Governor Muravyoch, who was in front of him.

And Governor Muravyyochi also showed an embarrassed expression: "I really didn't expect that with Ge Mengjin's little strength, he would actually hold out for so long under the siege of an infantry division and a cavalry brigade of the rebels, and even wait for reinforcements to arrive, but this is just the beginning of greater trouble......

At first, they didn't have much expectation for Ge Mengjin's troops who went to Jinzhou, after all, this army had become a sloppy and murderous army under the command of Ge Mengjin, but they didn't expect Ge Mengjin, an outlaw, to be so desperate, and he relied on this strength to withstand the entire strength of an infantry division and a cavalry brigade of the Chinese army.

According to the battle report sent by the reinforcements, the two sides fought repeatedly inside and outside Jinzhou City, fighting for almost ten days and nights, and some positions changed hands as many as seven or eight times, but the final result of the battle was that Ge Mengjin held Jinzhou City, and even waited for the arrival of reinforcements.

It was a combination of 650 Russian infantry and 250 Manchurian cavalry, and they arrived at the same time as two Manchurian empress dowagers and a new emperor's edict, which confirmed the legitimacy of the Russian army's entry into the Guanwai, and even required all the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners and Han soldiers outside the Guanxi to vigorously support the combat operations of the Russian reinforcements, and even asked Shengjing to open the city gate and allow the Russian troops stationed outside the city to enter the city.

The two empress dowagers even sent envoys to Prince Constantine's barracks. They were satisfied with their demand, which was to allow the young new emperor to become the ruler of Guanwai in return. The new Manchukuo will provide all the conveniences for the Russians, and for the Russians, this is the best time to separate the border from China.

It's just the eve of the dawn when the dream comes true. The Russians found that trouble after trouble, and now Muravyyoch mentioned a number of problems in the country: "Now this momentum, not only is there another Pugachev problem in the country, but also the possibility of a pseudo-tsar, and even more headache is the Polish problem......

The Poles, who had once been respectful to the Tsar, now took advantage of the moment when the frost of the Russian land was condensing, and again and again challenged the bottom line of the Russian Empire, and they openly printed written materials for Polish independence. There are public clamoring for the Russian troops to get out of Poland, and even according to the old Finnish practice, all power is decided by the Poles themselves.

The Poles are not just paying lip service, the secret police have uncovered cases of smuggling of weapons, not for economic reasons, but for support of radicals in Poland, including barrels and barrels of gunpowder. There were also revolvers and flintlock pistols, even some obsolete muskets, and even some of the most advanced Mini rifles, and the terrorists in the country even set up secret factories in the country to make gunpowder, bombs and other firearms, and they even developed their own internal lines in the police and garrisons.

A big storm is about to break off in Poland. The Tsar's well-intentioned concessions greatly boosted the morale of these traitors, and in some areas there were even semi-open rebel groups, and the rebels even organized the Red and White parties, and saw that a small war would break out in Poland.

Therefore, Muravyov said helplessly: "If there is a war in Poland, our operation in the Far East will be at the point of no support, not to mention the news of the landing of Chinese mercenaries in Siberia now......

According to news from Siberia, several Chinese ships appeared in the coastal areas, and after they came ashore, they plundered major events in Siberia, and even took a large amount of furs and other precious materials.

In fact, this was just mercenaries hired by the Swedes, they only had one ship, and the sailors were no more than fifty people, led by a Japanese mercenary leader, Hitoshi Kuroshima, to carry out an unorganized raid, in a normal year, such a raid was completely deathly, but now all the prime men of Siberia were conscripted into the army, and the remaining old and weak could not protect their property at all, so this small bandit group was exaggerated into a powerful armed group with eight or nine large ships and thousands of infantry.

On the basis of this information, Muravyov felt that it was time to take a more cautious approach: "It is true that we defeated the Chinese army at Jinzhou, and the Chinese army suffered great losses, but the enemy still has a huge military force, and Chinese can mobilize at least five or six infantry divisions, and two or three cavalry brigades......"

According to the erroneous information received by Muravyov, the entire 12th Infantry Division and the 4th Cavalry Brigade were defeated under the city of Jinzhou, and the 12th Infantry Division had about 9,000 troops and lost about 7,000 men, and the 4th Cavalry Brigade suffered 2,000 men and lost about 1,600 men, all of which could be said to have suffered a fatal blow.

In fact, this information greatly exaggerated the actual losses of the two units, even the 12th Infantry Division, which suffered the largest losses, had about 3,800 troops and 1,700 men, but 2,110 men remained, and the 4th Cavalry Brigade had 700 men and lost about 230 men, and 480 men had still been killed.

And Ge Mengjin's losses were also staggering, his 10,000 defenders lost nearly half, of which 1,100 Russian soldiers lost as many as 370, and the 2,100 outlaws under his command lost 540, in addition to these 3,200 elites, the 7,000 miscellaneous troops suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, 3,000 escaped, and about 1,700 strong men were forcibly captured in the battle to sufficient strength, but they were still in a state of collapse.

If it weren't for the 650 Russian reinforcements sent from Shengjing in the end, maybe Jinzhou would have fallen into the hands of the Hong Army, and these nearly 1,000 reinforcements arrived in time to give Ge Mengjin time to regroup, and now there are 500 Russian soldiers with 1,600 Eight Banners and the Han Army on the way to reinforce Jinzhou, and they will greatly restore the strength of the Jinzhou defenders.

But Prince Konstantin felt that Muravyyoch's actions were too careful, and seeing that he was about to take the whole of Yellow Russia, he retreated to the negotiating table to negotiate with the Chinese: "Your Excellency the Governor, I need your support, you should know that as long as you teach the Chinese another heavy lesson, they will give up the whole of Yellow Russia, and this land is almost the size of the whole of Europe!"

Along the way, Prince Konstantin felt that the regime of the barbarians was simply a crime, they put a piece of God-given fertile land here and let the wind and rain blow, but did not carry out any development at all, this is not a crime, it is suicide!

The thought of the fact that this fertile land would thus give the Russian nation the impetus to take off, and even provide all the information needed for domestic land reform, made Prince Konstantin feel that he had to abandon his moderate position and become more radical and adventurous on the subject.

As long as Yellow Russia is taken, there will always be bread, whether it is Poland, Finland or those pugachev who are lurking, they will cheer in front of the pie that falls from the sky, everything will be solved, and as for the few pirates who appear in the rear, it will be a breeze.

"We need action, stronger action...... Well, what's the matter? ”

He saw the messenger hurrying and asked, "Is there any good news?" ”

"The Chinese are on the move! Ge's information!" The messenger sweated profusely and said: "This is a letter from Ge to you, and he tells you that this is the most crucial choice in the entire history of Russia......"

"That's right!" Muravyoch was puzzled by Prince Konstantin's transformation, a well-known moderate in the country, who had the greatest sympathy for serfs and the lower classes, but his current performance told Muravyyoch that the prince was more radical than he had imagined: "It was the most crucial choice in Russian history, just as Ivan IV and Peter the Great had made." ”

Just after reading the news sent by Ge Mengjin hastily, Prince Konstantin announced happily: "Our opportunity has come, this is really a godsend!"

"What?" Muravyyochi is a standard realist: "Your Highness, what news does he have. ”

"The Chinese sent an infantry division to Rehe to quell the rebels there, and it is said that the Taiping King appeared there and instigated 5,000 rebels along with the former government forces to participate in the uprising, and the Chinese rule in Rehe encountered a major crisis."

"King Taiping?" Muravyyoch suddenly became sensitive: "Hong Xiuquan, he disappeared for a long time!"

"But this is consistent with the message we have gotten that we have to accelerate our actions." Prince Konstantin said with a smile on his face: "Do you want to know why I would have taken such an adventure, it is because of a definite piece of information. ”

"Intelligence? Where did it come from? ”

"Beijing!" Prince Konstantin told Muravyov: "One of the most valuable and extremely accurate pieces of information sent by our intelligence officers. ”

Since the signing of the Treaty of Yaksa, the Russian Orthodox Church has always stationed a legal mission in Beijing, which has been working secretly in China for more than 100 years, collecting a lot of materials, until the Hong Army invaded Beijing, some of the intelligence personnel of this Orthodox mission were still carrying out secret activities in Beijing.

"The Chinese sent a reinforcement army to Jinzhou, consisting of a total of 8,000 elite soldiers carrying 47 artillery pieces, while we still have 8,000 defenders in Jinzhou, and 17,000 Russian soldiers and thousands of Manchurian volunteers in Shengjing."

Muravyov said disapprovingly: "We are sure that we will defeat this group of enemies, but there are many more enemies who will cross the Wall!"

"No!" Prince Konstantin said: "The commander in command of this Chinese army is their emperor, the butcher Liu!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )