This made the new Tsar Alexandrovich in Moscow very angry! As a young man, he never thought that his uncle would be so despicable, and he was simply not a descendant of the Romanov dynasty.

Desperately hoping that the weather would warm up as soon as possible, and at the same time, regardless of the fact that the weather was still at its coldest moment, he ordered 150,000 reinforcements from Moscow to rush in the direction of St. Petersburg to transport the war materials that had been prepared in Moscow to the front line to support the Moscow army trapped in Novgorod and other places to conquer St. Petersburg!

Finally, when the weather warmed up slightly, he urged Marshal Ivanovich Baryatinsky to order the Moscow army stationed in Novgorod to go out and continue the western offensive against St. Petersburg.

By this time, the army of St. Petersburg had also transferred the troops sent to Finland and Poland back to St. Petersburg, and had set up insurmountable fortifications and defensive forces in the vicinity of Chudovo Fortress, an important military fortress in the middle of Novgorod to St. Petersburg, and some troops from Poland, Lithuania and Finland, claiming to be allies of the Russian Empire, at the invitation of Tsar Mikhail Nikolayevich, came to quell the Moscow rebellion.

At the same time, Mikhail Nikolayevich of St. Petersburg also ordered in the name of the tsar to overthrow the serf reform of his brother, the former Tsar Alexander II, he directly announced the abolition of all serfdom reforms and the complete restoration of serfdom, hoping to make a smooth transition in various places through such means, and also to obtain the support of the noble landlords everywhere, especially the army, after all, the nobles and army officers everywhere are the largest group of serf owners, and naturally do not want to liberate the serfs in their hands, Not to mention the sale of land to these serfs, even if in fact they have to pay a very high price, causing the serfs to be in debt for a long time and working for the serf owners, and in fact selling their bodies, it is no different from selling themselves, but in the end, it is the serfs who come directly and happily and forcibly take possession of everything of the serfs without compensation and unconditionally.

The decision announced in St. Petersburg was extremely disgusting to Alexander III, who was in Moscow. He insisted on upholding his father's decision and continuing to carry out the reform of serfdom, but within a few days of his unbelievable announcement, his army in Moscow immediately began to oppose it, and more than a tenth of the officers and their cronies defected, broke away from Moscow, and made a detour to St. Petersburg.

This frightened Alexander III! Fortunately, Field Marshal Ivanovich Baryatinsky immediately came forward and firmly denied the decision of the new tsar of Moscow to continue the reform of serfdom, and directly announced that he had decided to abandon the reform of serfdom and restore the previous serfdom system on behalf of the new tsar. By this to appease all the army, especially the Guards officers and Cossack officers who had a large number of serfs and land.

In this way, the situation was finally slowly turned around. Coupled with the fact that Field Marshal Ivanovich Baryatinsky commanded well, he defeated the army of St. Petersburg one after another in the snowy terrain not far west of Novgorod, and all of a sudden, the situation reversed, and Moscow again had a clear advantage. The Moscow army advanced further westward and was already within 150 kilometers of St. Petersburg, but St. Petersburg's army supporting Mikhail Nikolayevich began to exert force and set up a solid defensive line, while the logistics of the Moscow army slowly could not keep up, so the fighting began to stalemate again.

It was at this time that Bobrowski, the leader of the Polish rebels, sent messengers to Moscow secretly.

Aleksandrovich looked at the Polish envoy in front of him and was very angry: "If the marshal hadn't stopped me, I would have ordered you to be executed directly!" Your master, Bobrovsky, not only killed my imperial uncle, but also betrayed the Russian Empire, causing such a predicament for the Empire at present! He's primarily responsible! Moreover, this villain, who first surrendered to the rebellious Mikhail Nikolayevich, and now wants to secretly fall on us, is simply a repeated villain, and shameful! ”

The Polish envoy said with a righteous face: "Your Majesty, please don't insult our leader!" Everything we do is just for the Poles to live better, we don't want our ancestors to be slaves of Russia for generations, we want to be independent! To speak of resentment, we Poles have enough reason to hate you even more, to hate your entire Romanov dynasty.

Please also hope that Your Majesty will give up hatred and focus on the overall situation. You know, as long as Your Majesty agrees to our conditions, we have established the Provisional National Government of Poland, and now there are 3 million Poles and 200,000 Polish soldiers ready to fight for the National Government, so please consider it carefully. Poland only wants to be independent, and does not want to be an enemy of a powerful Russia.

But it is undeniable that today Russia is not what it used to be, it has become weaker! Especially now that Your Majesty is fighting with another tsar in St. Petersburg, even if Your Majesty now has the advantage, if all of us Poland and Lithuania join the St. Petersburg side, Your Majesty may be more troublesome, right? ”

Aleksandrovich was even more angry, and as soon as he wanted to say something, Field Marshal Ivanovich Baryatinsky next to him immediately stopped him: "Your Majesty, what the Polish envoy said is also the truth. Let's think about it again. By the way, your Poland's condition is for His Majesty to publicly declare your independence? And then help us attack St. Petersburg? ”

"Not bad! We have sent at least 50,000 troops to help your country and quell the rebellion! The Polish envoy replied.

Ivanovich Baryatinsky asked the Polish envoy to leave, and Aleksandrovich said to Ivanovich Baryatinsky with some dissatisfaction: "Why does the marshal still bother with this Polish envoy? ”

Ivanovich Baryatinsky said: "Your Majesty, do you think we will be able to recover Poland in a short time?" ”

"Naturally not! It would be nice to be able to defeat the rebels in St. Petersburg right now, and when these settle down, at least a year will pass. ”

"Your Majesty is right! Why, then, should we oppose Poland? Ivanovich Baryatinsky laughed: "It is clear that the Poles are trying to get in touch with us and St. Petersburg. At first, they were crushed by the army of St. Petersburg and were about to perish, because we Moscow attacked St. Petersburg and saved them once, but it is precisely because of this that they Poland saw the strength of our Moscow and found that His Majesty was the real tsar of the Russian Empire in the future, so they came to take refuge in the future! They know that sooner or later St. Petersburg will be defeated by our Moscow, it will just take some time! Therefore, even if St. Petersburg had promised to give them Polish independence, they still came to test us and wanted to join us. If we reject him, the Poles will be determined to help St. Petersburg, and if we accept their terms, they will not necessarily help us, but at least they will not dare to help St. Petersburg too much in the open, although they are not necessarily sure that they will help St. Petersburg. Therefore, I think it is better to agree to their conditions, and when His Majesty will stabilize the empire and re-annex Poland, who can say anything? ”

Aleksandrovich nodded, and was about to praise the marshal for making sense, when an officer hurriedly ran over, and before he had time to salute him and the marshal, he shouted in a panic: "Your Majesty, marshal, no, the army of the Easterners captured Orenburg and Yekaterinburg a month ago, breaking through the defense line of the Ural Mountains!" Now it has attacked the lower reaches of the Volga River, and Transcaucasia and Baku on the western shore of the Caspian Sea have been occupied, and continue to advance into the hinterland of our country!

The Ottomans in the south also sent large armies from the principality of Moldavia and across the Black Sea to attack the lowlands of the Black Sea coast and the Crimean Peninsula, where due to the defeat of the Crimean war, there were not many troops stationed, and the defense was extremely weak, and now it has been lost! ”

Aleksandrovich was stunned!