In the face of the total German coalition forces, the tsar knew that this was the dying struggle of the other side, but it was still painful.

The Tsar was concerned about the social problems of Russia, so he was very cautious in recruiting soldiers, but he knew that the situation in Germany was not good. After all, it had only been three years since a revolution that had spread throughout Germany, and the German state could not have been without concerns. Prussia has a population of less than 18 million people, but the mobilized troops are as high as 700,000 people, Prussia has reached the limit of mobilization, and although the other states have mobilized national feelings because of the German National War, but after all, this is a war that is beneficial to Prussia, and the troops provided by other states are limited, and it is impossible for them to continue to mobilize.

The same is true of Austria, where the Kingdom of Bavaria and Württemberg could not continue to provide Austria with troops, and the German population of the Duchy of Austria was only about two million, and with the Germans in Bohemia and other regions, the German population of the Austrian Empire was only six or seven million, and the number of troops they could mobilize was also limited.

It can be said that the current 1.5 million German coalition troops, which are all the forces that Austro-Prussia can use, have been thrown into the battlefield, and it can be said that they are desperate and victorious, which is not enough to defeat Russia, and if they are defeated, they will be completely finished.

As long as the tsar survived this onslaught, victory was in sight, so it was impossible to stop the war at this time. But the battles on the Northern Front have always been a war of attrition, battles under rifled guns and shotguns, the casualty rate is very high, and the Bode Plain has no danger to defend, it has always been dominated by field battles, and the tsar's soldiers are also running out. Despite the potential for mobilization in Russia, the Tsar, already supported by the Kingdom of the Urals, did not want to continue to put pressure on society, he was too worried about its collapse.

The militarized system of the Ural Kingdom is not unfast to mobilize, but it will take at least two or three months to fully enter the battle, because the previous Ural army did not have a standing army, they were all village soldiers, first, they needed time to complete the reorganization and training, and second, they also needed to purchase arms from China.

No matter how strong China's productive forces are, it is impossible to produce millions of rifled guns in just a few months, and the fastest estimate is that it will take three months for the Ural army to enter battle.

In the face of pressure from the front, the tsar could only desperately urge his sister to send troops as soon as possible, and at the same time squeeze out some garrisons from all over Russia to reinforce the front line, and even the defenders of Moscow had dropped to more than 50,000 people. In other respects, it is even more empty, it is impossible to transfer all the garrisons to the front, such as Finland, which has not been included in the territory of Russia for a long time, and during the Napoleonic Wars, the Tsar took it from Sweden by cooperating with Napoleon, and it has only been thirty years, and whether the Swedes accepted the facts, only the Swedes themselves know.

In the event of an empty Finland and a Swedish raid on it, Petersburg would be in danger.

Queen Olga of the Urals was also very concerned about the fate of Russia, which was her homeland after all, and that it was only in the event of a Russian victory that she could continue to expand her power. In the deal with Russia, after winning the war, Olga would acquire one of the two principalities of Wallachia or Moldova from the Austrian-occupied Danube Valley, depending on the outcome of the war, and she could only obtain this title if Russia could capture at least one principality. In the Prussian direction, if Russia can get all of Poland and seize East Prussia, Russia will give East Prussia to Olga to rule, and if it cannot get East Prussia, it will also give her a principality on Polish land, possibly Krakow or Lublin. Again, it depends on the outcome of the war.

The queen believes that these European territories, used as compensation for sending troops, are relatively fair.

So in the face of the urging of the tsar's brother, she was also very serious, but she thought that the king and the biggest minister who had been attracted to her side, Zhao Rang, the son of the Chinese magnate who was appointed by her as the minister of the Ural army, refused to send troops immediately, thinking that the Ural army had not yet been organized, and rashly sending troops would bring failure.

The queen believed that the 300,000 troops formed in advance were fully equipped and well-trained, and could rush to support as soon as possible.

Zhao Rang had a lot of flattery to the queen before, and at the same time he was the king's sworn friend, the leader of the squirting with the king, in order to win him over, the queen entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, in the previous political struggle, this gentleman did not hesitate to stand on the queen's side, and charged for the queen many times, and even in the cabinet meeting in order to pass the queen's instructions, he did not hesitate to speak ill of the prime minister of the current dynasty in order to pass the queen's decision-making.

Unexpectedly, in the matter of sending troops, this gentleman disobeyed the queen's opinion.

"Lord Zhao, I hope you understand one thing, who gave you your power!"

The queen said menacingly.

Zhao Rang laughed: "The queen atoned for her crimes, it's not that Weichen doesn't dare to fight, but that the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and if you don't prepare well, you will lose the battle." Although Weichen has never led troops, he is from a general, and he still understands this truth. Your Majesty is a little restless, and when my army is ready to stop, I will be able to kill all the people in one go, and I will not leave a piece of armor behind, ah-"

In the end, he said it with a dramatic tone.

The queen was so angry that she choked: "This is my order, you have no right to refuse!" ”

Zhao Rang didn't care, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said you laughed." There are two kings in our country, and His Majesty's royal orders are naturally obeyed, but His Majesty's royal orders alone can't be done! ”

The queen said with a calm face: "Okay." The king's orders will be given along with my orders, so go and prepare for the expedition. ”

The queen is also full of tone, she is a hard-working and serious woman, and her Chinese has passed. In fact, she has learned some Chinese in the past, no way, China has been too strong in recent years, many European monarchs have added Chinese education to their education, and taught together with English, French, Latin, etc., after all, it is impossible for European monarchies to ignore the influence of China. Russia, in particular, is a neighbor of the Middle Ages, so it is necessary to learn Chinese well.

However, in the past, the queen also learned some everyday words, said less, wrote more, and really began to study hard, that is, this year, but she was really willing to work hard, so that Chinese, which is regarded as the most difficult language to learn by European royal families, has made rapid progress, and can already communicate normally, and can even use some simple idioms.

The queen now has to get the king's signature before she can give orders to the army, or the old way, talking about business in bed.

It is strange that a husband who is not enthusiastic about politics is suddenly not very supportive of the queen, just like Zhao Rang.

"You are a woman, what do you care about all day long? A woman should be in bed, not in the court. ”

The king educates his wife, and is busy with her.

The queen was a little impatient: "I said before, how can I change the major national events." Russia's military situation is now urgent, and if it cannot be supported as soon as possible, the consequences cannot be predicted. ”

The king snorted, already a little slurred: "Yes, yes, what are the consequences, can you still lose the country?" ”

The queen was also a little weak: "Maybe, just, really, the country is gone." ”

The king exhaled a cloudy breath, lay on top of the queen, and stopped moving.

"It's not good to die in the country, you go to be a female tsar!"

The queen was stunned for a moment, and pushed her husband away violently: "What did you say! ”

The king laughed, "You don't want to do it?" ”

The queen snorted, "If you are the emperor of China, I will believe what you say." ”

The king said: "I will definitely not be the emperor of China, but you will have the opportunity to be the tsar of Russia." ”

The queen said: "Nonsense! ”

The king shook his head, put on an emphatic gesture, and made a gesture of Guan Gong, holding a knife in one hand and stroking his beard in the other.

"If you have a million soldiers, can you get the country?"

The queen rolled her eyes: "Hurry up and sign it, your millions of soldiers are waiting to go on the expedition!" ”

But the king pointed to his wife: "Do you not believe? ”

The queen said, "Don't mess around. ”

The husband is like a child, to be coaxed, she thinks so.

But the king said, "My army of millions has been waiting for more than a month, well-trained, well-equipped, and with plenty of food and grass!" ”

The queen said, "I know, I know, my dear, sign it." ”

But the king laughed, and suddenly drew near to his wife, and whispered in her ear:

"I know you don't believe it. The army had been assembled two months ago, only the weapons were missing, the old guns were unusable, and the new guns could not be built. But who do you think I am? ”

The husband's sudden and strange tone made the queen feel strange: "What's wrong with you?" ”

The king said mysteriously: "A million rifled guns, it is impossible to buy anywhere for a moment and a half." But there is one place where there is, the treasury of the Great Zhou Army! ”

When the queen heard this, she was puzzled: "You mean China's reserve of arms?" ”

The king said, "Yes! ”

The queen said: "Can you buy China's reserve of arms?" ”

The king smiled and said, "Do you know, who is in charge of the Great Zhou Army?" ”

The queen shook her head.

The king said, "That man's name is Zhou-Ji-Tong!" ”

The queen was taken aback: "Father? ”

Zhou Jitong is the crown prince, Zhou Chun is the second son of Zhou Jitong, and the queen is Zhou Chun's wife.

"Exactly!"

The king continued to pose, his head twisted, and his eyes glazed over.

The queen patiently asked, "You mean, you can buy or lend the arms from the Chinese reserves?" ”

The king made another gesture: "I have told you that my army has been waiting for more than a month. ”

The queen asked cautiously, "Are you saying that the arms have been bought and equipped?" ”

The king leaned close to her ear and said, "I left the warehouse two months ago, and I packed it before a month, and the soldiers have been training for a long time." ”

The queen still doesn't believe it, she has always been diligent in government, she has always been very concerned about military issues, it is impossible not to even know such a major event as the completion of the army's equipment update, if it has been installed a month ago, and the batch of arms was shipped from China two months ago, it is impossible for her not to know, because such a huge military procurement, without her consent, it is impossible to allocate funds from the household department.

The queen was a little frightened: "Then how did I not know?" ”

The king sighed lamentingly: "It must be that the scribe of the military department has accidentally left the official document in some cabinet unknown to others, and then forgot to report it." Poor queen doesn't know! ”

The queen understood, and she had an instant seizure.

"You bastard!"

The two of them were naked, and the fighting queen on the bed fell behind, and was suddenly turned over by the king and pressed under him.

The king said that he had a spear and wanted to gallop on his horse.

But the queen wept.

She felt extremely ashamed, she was overwhelmed by that group of gentlemen.