Volume 17 Chapter 80 If you don't accept it, you will come to war
The Ming Empire invented a steel monster that could walk on land, and it took less than two months to take nearly sixty fortresses in Tsarist Russia.
If it were an ordinary person, seeing this kind of fantastical record, he would definitely doubt it, but Richelieu would not doubt it, because he believed that Rozov would not deceive him with such an outrageous thing, and if he wanted to deceive him, it would be easier to succeed with something reasonable.
What is the best of now? According to the news from Rozov, the Ming army can take the entire Siberian Plain in three months at most, take the Siberian Plain, and cross the Wushan, then it is the European continent.
Richelieu said that the anti-Habsburg alliance was about to launch a counteroffensive was not a counteroffensive on land, but a counteroffensive at sea, if it was a pure army, no European power could do more than the Ming Empire, even if the armies of all the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance were combined, it was estimated that they could only be able to fight a tie with the Ming Imperial Army.
Although Richelieu has never learned Chinese, he also knows that it is a disease to attack the enemy's strength with his own strength, and it is the right choice to attack the enemy's shortcomings with his own strength, so he never thought of fighting with the Ming Empire for the army, and because of this, he set up a poison plan to let Tsarist Russia drag the main army force of the Ming Empire in Siberia.
But now the strategy seems to be flawed, and it is a fatal problem
He didn't want the Ming Empire to hit the continent with the main force of the Ming Empire, let alone let the Ming Empire destroy Tsarist Russia, and now in this case, if you don't give any support to Tsarist Russia, the Ming Empire may really destroy Tsarist Russia!
If the Ming Empire destroys Tsarist Russia, it will be a big trouble, not to mention how much the territory of the Ming Empire has expanded, just the fact that Tsarist Russia is connected to the Holy Roman Empire is a big trouble.
If the Ming army is allowed to rush to the Holy Roman Empire by land, then the most powerful empire in Europe will soon be reunited, and with the strong support of the Ming Empire, it will not take long for them to regain their former glory.
He had no doubt that the Ming Empire would do this, because the emperor of the Ming Empire was known for being kind to his allies, and countries like Spain and Portugal that had nothing to do with the Ming Empire were all strongly supported, not to mention the Holy Roman Empire.
You must know that Princess Anna, the sister of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, is the concubine of the Emperor of the Ming Empire, so the Ming Empire even did not hesitate to build a long Eurasian railway to connect the Holy Roman Empire.
In any case, Tsarist Russia must not fall into the hands of the Ming Empire, and Richelieu immediately activated his brain, which was smarter than a fox, to think of countermeasures.
If the countries of the anti-Habsburg coalition were to be convened to deliberate before making a decision, it would certainly be too late.
Because it will take at least a month for the representatives of various countries to get together again from the time they receive the notice;
After the discussion is completed, it will take another month to prepare to support Tsarist Russia;
It will take a month for reinforcements from all countries to gather and arrive in Tsarist Russia, and by that time, Tsarist Russia may have been wiped out by the Ming Empire!
He first sent an envoy directly to Tsarist Russia to support Rozov, and then ordered people to contact Britain and the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden, and quickly sent envoys to Tsarist Russia, united to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, and urged all countries to gather troops and rush to the waters of Northern Europe.
If the negotiation fails, then we must go all out to fight a war with the Ming Empire and drive the Ming Empire out of Europe, otherwise there will be endless trouble!
Richelieu's swiftness of reaction had greatly surprised Rozov, but the Ming Empire's approach was even more unexpected, and the Ming army did not continue to advance after rushing to the Osan Mountains, but stopped there motionless, as if waiting for something.
Rozov judged that they were most likely waiting for reinforcements, so although the envoys to the peace talks had not yet arrived, he still sent Koperov to warn the Ming army.
Koperov can be said to have been taken aback last time, and he wanted to run over to fool people, but he was sent away after saying a few words, and he didn't say a word of foolishness, and he was almost so angry that he spurted blood.
This time, the situation is different, the anti-Habsburg coalition powers have made it clear that they want to support Tsarist Russia with all their might, and he is no longer going to ask for help, but to warn others, or to intimidate them, which is a good opportunity to take revenge on the deputy marshal.
He has already decided that this time he must earn back all the face he had last time, and intimidate him vigorously to scare that deputy marshal to death.
Cao Wenzhao heard that the envoy of the peace talks of Tsarist Russia had come again, and he still invited the chief and deputy envoys of Tsarist Russia to his side account for rest without saying a word, and his attitude was quite positive, but he did not know whether the negotiations were active or not.
Kopelov can be said to be quite conceited this time, conceited and even a little arrogant, as soon as he sat down, he asked unceremoniously: "Your Excellency Deputy Marshal, last time you said that you would immediately send someone to inform me after receiving instructions from your superiors, it has been almost a month, haven't you received instructions from your superiors?" “
When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he frowned, and said in his heart, this guy is sick or how to drop, have I received instructions about his, but on the surface, he is still humble and arrogant: "I really haven't received instructions from my superiors." “
Well, this is clear nonsense, if he wants to ask Lu Xiangsheng for instructions, he will send a telegram directly, and there will be a reply soon, how can he not receive instructions for a month.
The reason why he said this was just to implement the emperor's will, not to talk to Tsarist Russia about anything, and to perfunctory the past.
Kopelov didn't accept this this time, he said coldly: "Regardless of whether you have received instructions from your superiors or not, I now officially warn you on behalf of Tsarist Russia to withdraw your troops immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences." “
Cao Wenzhao is a fierce general, he doesn't pay attention to this little threat at all, he is still neither humble nor arrogant: "I'm sorry, I don't have the right to call the shots." “
Kopelov is so angry, this guy is simply not in the oil and salt, he directly threatened: "Tell you, the anti-Habsburg coalition is very dissatisfied with your Ming Empire's invasion of our tsarist Russia, and has decided to jointly send troops to clean you up, if you don't retreat, just prepare to meet the anger of the entire anti-Habsburg coalition." “
When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he didn't show a little fear, what about the entire anti-Habsburg alliance, at most there are only a million army forces, and he won't retreat to the back of the fortress if he can't resist it, they don't have armored combat vehicles, even if the million army is pressed up, they can take a few fortresses.
Besides, the army of the Eastern Route led by Generalissimo Lu Xiangsheng is also about to arrive, and the two roads together are 600,000 troops, plus armored combat vehicles, even if they are tough and tough with the million-strong army of the great powers, they are not afraid of a ball.
He still looked neither humble nor arrogant, and said lightly: "I have already said that I have no right to make the decision to withdraw from the army, and I will not withdraw without receiving instructions from my superiors. “