Chapter 80: The Tsar Flees for His Life and is forced to sign an agreement
Chapter 80: The Tsar Flees for His Life and is forced to sign an agreement
Li Wei and the others learned about the positions of the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire through aerial reconnaissance, and they judged according to their strength that the Russian Empire could not stop the Ottoman Empire's attack today. Because they knew that an envoy had gone to the front to send a document of agreement to the Tsar, and sent a report to Jiang Ping, asking Jiang to inform the envoy that he must pay attention to withdraw before the rout of the Russian Imperial Army, otherwise it would be very troublesome for the envoy to be captured by the Ottoman Empire. So the envoys who came to the front knew that the Russian Empire could not stop the Ottoman army at all. Originally, he should have withdrawn if he gave the agreement to the tsar, but the envoy sent by Jiang Pai was not an ordinary person, he was a general who had been on the battlefield with Jiang Pai for a long time, and he knew that it was safe for him to go now, but the tsar did not sign the agreement, if the tsar was captured by the Ottoman Empire, or killed, the Yaogang army would not be able to justifiably send troops to occupy this place, and the long-term preparation plan would be in vain.
When Count Petrov refused to go with him, the envoy ordered five large cars, two small cars with four-wheel drive, to stand by in place.
Count Petrov saw that the battle situation was very dangerous, and many of the troops behind also moved backwards when they fled, and he was a little excited to see the envoy who had not left, forgetting that he had lost his temper with the envoy, and boarded the envoy's car. Originally, he wanted to ask why he hadn't left, but he immediately understood that the envoy wanted to wait for the Tsar.
When a small group of cavalry rushed to the command stand of the Tsar's car, the envoy did not move, he was also an experienced officer, and knew that the guards around the Tsar were worthy of these cavalry. However, when more Ottoman cavalry came to the Tsar's rear, the envoy knew that the Tsar would not be able to leave when the Ottoman army had completed the encirclement. So he commanded five cars, and two four-wheel-drive cars, and rushed towards the Tsar with the podium.
The only pity is that when they entered the territory of the Russian Empire, they could not openly bring weapons, and the heavy machine guns on the four-wheeled vehicles were also unloaded, but the people in the cars each carried two pistols, which were originally hidden under the seats, and the border guards of the Russian Empire were not strict in checking, so they were easily brought in.
On the two four-wheeled vehicles were an envoy, a general, two drivers, and six guards. Their shooting level is not bad, except for the driver driving, everyone else is armed with two guns, those Ottoman cavalry who rushed to stop them, have never seen this kind of pistol that can be held in their hands, they despise them, but when they get closer, the pistol hits the people on horseback, but one hit the other. The first to rush were all light cavalrymen in leather armor, and the leather armor on their bodies could not stop the pistols from firing at close range.
Five large cars and two small cars quickly rushed to the side of the Tsar's car. The Tsar, who was already a little desperate, and the civil and military men with him, saw someone rushing over with a car, and they all had the idea of kowtowing to their savior.
At this time, Count Petrov behaved like a hero, shouting: "Your Majesty, come down quickly, come with us!" ”
The car that the tsar used as a command platform was originally remodeled, and it was much heavier, and a high platform was added on it, which was very inconvenient to move, and the tsar also knew that he could not escape the pursuit of the Ottoman cavalry in this car.
Hearing Count Petrov's words, the tsar appeared to be extremely nimble, and without anyone's support, he jumped out of the car himself, and Ben Petrov and the envoy came in the car. As soon as the civilians and soldiers saw that the Tsar had gone down, they also jumped out of the car and went straight to the five big cars. Many generals with a bit of status also crowded into these five big cars.
At this time, more Ottoman cavalry surrounded him, and the tsar shouted anxiously: "Hurry up!" Come on! ”
The reason why the envoy did not leave immediately was because the five cars had not yet been occupied, and the drivers of the five cars were unarmed, so he could not leave them alone.
Until the five big cars were really too crowded, the envoy rushed to the sky and grabbed several times, and the drivers of the big cars understood that they had to go, so they immediately started the cars and drove north. Also in the envoy's car were Count Petrov, the Tsar, the Governor, a driver, and a guard in the co-pilot's seat. In addition to the driver, there were five guards in the car in front.
The cars took advantage of their four-wheel drive agility and kept moving forward and backward, covering the big cars. When the big car runs, it's not afraid of anything. War horses can't help them.
Seeing the envoys and general guards, each with a gun in both hands, constantly knocking the approaching Ottomans off their horses, the Tsar and Count Petrov got used to the constant sound of gunfire in their ears and became interested in the pistol. After running away for a while, the Tsar asked the envoy if he could look at the pistol.
The envoy closed the pistol safety and brought the pistol to the Tsar.
The tsar took the pistol that was already hot, looked at it again and again, and thought to himself how many things in the Ming Dynasty could kill people? Their automatic rifles are not sold to us, and such pistols are not sold to us either? I thought to myself, but I couldn't say it. But at this time, the tsar's mood was relaxed, he knew that now he escaped in the car of the kiln gang, he could not die, the Russian Empire could not die, and his position as tsar was also preserved. He knew all this and that all of this would require the signature of the document he had brought to the envoy in order to be effective. The tsar calmed down from the panic and had a count in his heart. As for signing! The tsar will not agree easily, that is to talk about conditions.
The tsar could no longer care about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield. He knew that if he left, they would soon be completely defeated. The Ottoman army would have slaughtered and captured them everywhere.
This fiasco has already lost all the capital of the Russian Empire. Seeing that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty beside him withdrew his pistol, he began to be silent. The Tsar knew that he could not sleep at all, and only wanted to make himself take the initiative to say what to do with the agreement. Because the Ming Dynasty did not send troops, the Ottoman Empire would soon chase after Moscow, and it had no choice but to do so. The inseparable, and hateful Count Petrov also pretended to sleep with his eyes closed.
The tsar smiled bitterly, stabbed the envoy of the Ming Dynasty and asked, "Mr. envoy, are you a soldier?" ”
The envoy opened his eyes, listened to the translation, nodded and said, "I am a soldier, and I have been a soldier since I was a teenager!" ”
"Oh! I said, your marksmanship is so accurate, you killed so many people in a row, and you didn't feel nervous at all. Battle-hardened, right? ”
"Yes, how many battles have been fought, how many people have been killed, I don't remember it myself!" The envoy replied with ease.
"You're still in the military?" The tsar continued to ask.
"Serve as a staff officer under General Jiang Ping!" The envoy replied.
"Oh!" The Tsar felt it was time to say something useful, "The agreement you showed me was prepared by you a long time ago, right?" ”
"It's not!" The envoy said, "We have received information that we have prepared this document after we have made a basic judgment about the war between the Ottoman Empire and you in the light of the current situation. However, our plan to send troops to support the Russian Empire has been in place for a long time! ”
The envoy's lies were very round, and the tsar couldn't tell the truth from the false, but the tsar began to negotiate the price, "We can't accept the requirements put forward in your document, it's too harsh!" ”
"It's not something I can handle!" The envoy did not talk to the tsar about this at all, "we have two choices, one is that your majesty signs an agreement, and we send troops to take over our own place. The second option is that after the Ottomans occupied the entire Russian Empire, we asked the Ottomans for these places, and if they didn't give them, we would take them back by force. Then maybe we'll reclaim some more places! The envoy withdrew some more places, which made the tsar very uncomfortable when he heard it. But there is no way.
"As you know, the places assigned to you in this document have been occupied by us over several generations, and we Russians have spent a lot of manpower and material resources to govern these places! You can't just take it for nothing. "There was a little softness in the Tsar's words. Originally, the envoy could have said that these places would soon be occupied by the Ottoman Empire and would not belong to you. But he knew that he was not here to quarrel, and since the Tsar's words had been reversed, he would listen to his thoughts.
"Your Majesty the Tsar, if you have any ideas, I can bring them to our general, and he will transfer them to Mr. Zhang of Yaogang." The envoy said.
"By signing this agreement, I am giving you such a vast piece of land. Of course, the defense of the Ottoman Empire on the Eastern Front was also entrusted to you. But the Ottomans are still attacking on the Western Front, and we still need your support to deal with the Turks on the Western Front! ”
"If we sign Your Majesty's agreement, we will also give Your Majesty a thousand muskets, as well as some ammunition! That's a lot of money. You have a thousand muskets on the Western Front, and that's a lot of power! ”
Although the Tsar wanted to keep his voice silent, the muscles in his face spasmed when he heard that a thousand muskets had been given to him. This could not escape the eyes of the envoy, who knew that the time for the Tsar's signature would not be too far off.
"And yes! I signed, we are really a family, and now it is very difficult for us in the Russian Empire! We need more from you. The Tsar spoke again.
"We've thought about these things, and we'll give you some flour and other supplies. These are the little things! "The envoys were anxious to sign the agreement, and some fell into the trap of the tsar.
"And yes! We still owe you a lot! You also understand the current situation in our Russian Empire, such a large piece of land has been given to you, and it is even more difficult for us to return it! "The Tsar is an inch. He knew that he was thick-skinned now, and he could fight for a little.
The envoy immediately came to his senses, and the tsar was fighting with himself, "Hehe! Your Majesty, what else do you think, say it all at once, and I'll go back and report with our general!" ”
"How can you think about such a big thing all at once?" The tsar returned the bull.
The envoy closed his eyes and said, "The sooner we send our troops, the less you will lose!" When he was done, he closed his eyes and recuperated and stopped talking. He knows how to get away with it.
Seeing that the envoy had seen through his plan, the tsar smiled and said, "Your Excellency, in fact, sending troops early is also beneficial to your military operations. We all look at the big picture, and I signed it as soon as possible. However, you have to promise me one condition! ”
"What's the matter, you can just finish it all at once!" The envoy said without opening his eyes.
"You promise me to forgive the foreign debt we owe you, and I will sign it immediately, and you can take military action immediately!" The tsar said with blue eyes.
"We have no right to agree to this, I can only promise you to go back and tell our general. Our general will report to the kiln! The envoy said.
The tsar thought about it, and such an envoy had no right to agree to such a thing, "Okay! I believe that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and Mr. Zhang of Yaogang will seriously consider this matter for the sake of our sincere cooperation with you! ”
In fact, the envoy had the right to promise to completely forgive the debts of the Russian Empire, but the tsar pressed forward step by step, and the envoy kept a hand.
Count Petrov heard that the Tsar had negotiated with the envoy, and knew that the Tsar wanted to sign as soon as possible, so that the Ming Dynasty could send troops as soon as possible, so he hurriedly handed over the documents and handed over the pen he had brought back from the kiln.
The tsar had long been accustomed to using fountain pens. The four documents were quickly signed by the Tsar, and all of them were fingerprinted.
The envoy took the two documents, knowing that his mission and his mission had been successfully accomplished, and knocked on the back seat of the driver, and the driver accelerated to put the car in line with the car in front of him, and waved to the people in the car. The people in the car also waved their hands, and the meaning was understood.
The Tsar and Count Petrov did not understand what was going on, and the Count smiled and asked, "Your Excellency, what do you mean?" ”
"Inform them that our mission is complete!" The envoy replied. However, he couldn't say that he still asked the people in the car to use the radio to inform the family that the documents had been signed!
It's good to have an airplane, Liu Chenghuang and his plane have been taking off continuously without interruption, so that there is always a plane scouting the battlefield over the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire.
Li Wei and the others can also learn about the situation on the battlefield through the radio on the plane. But they didn't know if the agreement they wanted had been signed. The envoy was sent by Jiang Pai and them, and he was in direct contact with Jiang Pai and them. However, Jiang Pai was sent a report to ask Jiang Pin, and Jiang Pai could not contact the envoy. Everyone was in a hurry. In particular, aerial reconnaissance found that the Russian Imperial Army had been completely defeated, and they were even more anxious.
Li Wei and Li Jing came to their camp in Ningde during the Spring Festival, and after opening the road to the north of the Black Sea, the brigade drove over. They sent sappers to start building bridges before the ice of the Ural and Volga rivers bloomed.
Now it is much more convenient for the engineer regiment to build bridges, they first use a pile driver to drive a row of reinforced concrete piles into the river bank, pull up several steel cables with thick steel wire, and then use the boat bridges to connect them one by one along the steel cables, and then throw a large stone anchor on each boat bridge to fix the pontoons. Then lay steel bridges on the pontoons, such bridges that would allow artillery trucks and armored vehicles to drive through. They built two of these bridges on every great river. Those small rivers and ditches, not to mention the sappers. However, these areas have long been blocked by the Yaogang soldiers, and outsiders have no idea that this place has become like this.
Ningde's one cavalry corps, one infantry corps, Jiang Pin's one cavalry corps, and a heavy artillery division and rocket artillery regiment all gathered here. Their army of more than 100,000 is waiting to take these places on the Black Sea coast in one fell swoop. The soldiers have waited for this day for too long.
Li Wei's strategic goal was to completely seize the lands north of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and east of the Dnieper River and south of Volgograd. However, they need to achieve this strategic goal in two steps. The first step was to cross the Volga and seize the Don River and the area east of the Sea of Azov to the Caucasus Mountains. In two steps, cross the Don River and seize the area east of the Dnieper River to the Don River.
When the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire started a major war, the Yaogang people also entered a state of first-class combat readiness.
Li Wei discussed with Li Jing, Liu Chenghuang, and Li Kui, who rushed over, that no matter whether the Russian Imperial Tsar signed the agreement or not, they would fight it, and then talk about it after it was resolved by force, and the reason was to persuade peace. Because they did not listen to the advice they had written, there was always a war near our borders, which affected us.
When it was almost dark, the plane did not dare to fly and came back, this plane was a two-seater, Li Wei invited the two pilots to his big tent, and asked them to introduce the situation on the battlefield.
The two pilots said that the Russian Imperial Army had suffered a terrible defeat, and when they returned, they could see that everywhere the Ottoman troops were chasing and killing the Imperial Army. The Russian Imperial Army was on the run in all directions. Maybe too dark, it was a favorable condition for the Russian Imperial Army.
After sending the pilot away, there was still no news from the envoy, Li Jing smiled and said: "Come on, let's sleep well today, and fight tomorrow!" ”
Li Kui also said: "That's it, I think I should have fought a long time ago, what is there to be famous or not?" If you win, you will be famous! ”
"For such a long time, Mr. Zhang, Uncle Shi, and Mr. Ouyang didn't let them fight, they considered it!" Li Wei said, "However, we really can't wait. Tomorrow no matter what you say, take action! But it's better that the tsar can sign that agreement! ”
As he spoke, a staff officer rushed in and reported: "Good news! ”
Li Wei glared at the reckless staff officer with dissatisfaction, took the telegram and looked at it, and said, "Good news! Signed! ”
Here is a telegram from Jiang Ting, reporting that the Tsar is in our car and is fleeing towards Moscow. The tsar was signed on the car.
The Tsar never dreamed that the news of his signature had been sent to Jiang Pai's Chinatown headquarters in Wula Mountain by the radio on another car, and Jiang Pai forwarded the news to the Yaogang Command Center and Li Wei's former enemy command center respectively. He didn't even know that there were already more than 100,000 kiln gang elites, and Chen Bing was on the banks of the Volga River, and as soon as it dawned tomorrow, he would launch an offensive operation to the west.