St. Petersburg, Tsarist Russia, inside the Winter Palace.

Tsar Alexander Nikolayevich looked at the telegram in front of him and was very depressed. looked at the ministers next to him, pushed the telegram forward, and said, "The British have completely admitted defeat!" Fuck these bastards, is this still the British Empire, which claims to be the sun that never sets? It's just soft eggs, shit. Why are they so reluctant to fight, and ready to ask for peace and a truce from that eastern country like a leper dog? ”

The people next to him, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov, and the Minister of War Milyutin were also in a heavy mood.

They can all understand the depression and helplessness of the tsar!

The empire that originally thought that the navy would dominate Europe and even the whole world would never set, and in anger, it sent the world's largest expeditionary fleet, plus more than 100,000 land forces, to attack the newly rising Eastern Empire. Even if the Chinese Empire cannot be destroyed, at least it must be defeated and flee, recover all the newly occupied territories of the Chinese Empire, and let it lose most of its troops, and its vitality will be greatly damaged.

At this time, their Russia sent an army of 100,000 Cossacks from the north to attack the eastern countries, which must be difficult to resist under the attack of two sides. Then, with 100,000 invincible Cossack soldiers in the deserts of Siberia, Russia can seize back all the vast territory occupied by the hateful Chinese Empire, and take this opportunity to occupy all the territories that originally belonged to the other side, and even occupy the entire Huijiang, Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Northeast, Korean Peninsula and other lands.

But these good expectations were ruined by those damn weak British expeditionary forces!

No one could have imagined that such a powerful and invincible Britain, with so many naval and land armies, would be defeated by the eastern army in such a short period of time. Especially the navy, the British expeditionary fleet heard that it gathered more than half of the British warships, which was enough to defeat the navy of any other country in the world, but it did not expect to be completely defeated by the eastern country.

This result made the tsar and his ministers very depressed. But what made them even more speechless was that their Cossack army, with more than 100,000 people, was even more unbearable, and was defeated by the remaining northern infantry cavalry of the other side at the favorable opportunity for the main force of the eastern country to meet the British expeditionary force!

This made them very puzzled, that Chinese Empire, as if it had an endless army, built a fortress to resist the attack of their Cossack army.

According to the reports of the Cossack troops who fled back to Orenburg, it is said that the Chinese Empire actually built a large number of fortresses in strategic places in the northwest, Siberia and the outer northeast, and also stationed troops and immigrants to reclaim land near the fortresses. This came as a surprise to the Russian top brass.

"Tell me, how many troops are there in that eastern country? It is a pity that even the governor of Siberia, Dugameli, was killed in battle. The rest of the gang are all bastards, and none of them can figure out the specific situation of the Eastern countries! The Tsar asked angrily.

War Minister Milyutin replied hesitantly: "Your Majesty, the death of the Governor of Siberia, Dugameli, has indeed lost a lot of information about this Chinese Empire. However, from the statements of his governor-general diary and his two assistants, I draw conclusions. This Chinese empire is already very powerful! We sent troops to attack Kazakhstan and Siberia while the British expeditionary force was attacking them, but the Chinese Empire did not send troops from home at all, and it was entirely the troops stationed there to fend off our Cossack soldiers.

Moreover, they continued to build fortresses in every strategic place, the pass of the river valley and other places, and stationed thousands or even tens of thousands of troops and more immigrants lived near the fortress and guarded the fortress, so as to encroach on Kazakhstan and Siberia step by step, and through the stability of these two years, these places have been basically occupied. It is very difficult for us to recover it now.

Moreover, I heard that the emperor of the Chinese Empire, like a madman, not only made a costly relocation plan, but also frantically designed to build a railway, from the interior of their country to the Trans-Siberian region for tens of thousands of kilometers, which is crazy! But if they do succeed in building it, they will completely control the whole of Kazakhstan and Siberia, and it will be difficult for us to recover it! ”

The tsar said depressedly: "How many troops does that madman have?" ”

Minister of War Miryutin shook his head: "Your Majesty, the specific number is highly confidential to the other party, and no one knows, not to mention that the eastern country is expanding its army with more than 100,000 people every year." According to preliminary estimates, the total number of regular troops of the other side is more than 1 million, and our strength in the early stage of the Crimean War peaked at just 1 million, as if they had far surpassed us. ”

Foreign Minister Alexander Mikhailovich Duke Gorchakov said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Although our army's attack failed this time, the Chinese Empire had a fatal problem, that is, all this strength was maintained on their emperor Feng Yunshan, a madman. As long as the Grand Duke's plan is successfully implemented, the now seemingly powerful Chinese Empire will surely collapse and collapse. ”

The Tsar nodded. He remembered the suggestion of his younger brother Grand Duke Nikolayevich some time ago to carry out an assassination plan for the emperor of the Chinese Empire to get rid of the biggest threat in the world in one fell swoop.

"Not bad! I hope the Grand Duke's plan will succeed in one fell swoop! Otherwise......" the Tsar's eyes became cold, "that eastern country has developed too fast, and now they are already so powerful, if it is two years later, I am afraid that part of our Russian territory in Asia will be squeezed and snatched by the other side!" There will be no room for Russia to develop! If that plan does not succeed, we will have to beg for peace with the Orientals without shame, just like the lowly Englishman! This makes me dignified as the Tsar of the Russian Empire, how can I swallow this breath? ”