Chapter 1201: Shocking News of the Great Victory of the Western Expeditionary Army
In the midst of the bewildered gazes of Dugamery and Babkov, Wu Ruxiao walked over slowly and threw a telegram in his hand to Burbullon: "It just so happens that Mr. Burbulon is also there, help translate it for these two Russian envoys." I think they have the right to know what choice they should make, but now it's just the asymmetry of the news and blind optimism that blinds them! ”
Seeing that Wu Ruxiao, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, had also come forward, Burbulon couldn't refuse, nodded slightly, and looked at the telegram in his hand full of square Chinese characters.
However, this sight made him almost jump up, and he exclaimed directly: "God! Lord Wu, is this true? ”
Needless to say, this is certainly true. There is no need for Wu Ruxiao to deceive him with this kind of thing. And Bourblon himself also knows a little bit of details, knowing that the Chinese Empire sent a large army to the west, but more than half a year has passed, and he has already forgotten it, and he didn't expect that he suddenly saw this news today.
"Congratulations to Lord Wu and Director Chen, congratulations to the two of you, your country has achieved an unprecedented victory on land! I can't imagine that your country's western expedition army is led by the righteous king Shi Dakai, no wonder it will achieve such a great victory! This time for your country to open up thousands of miles of remote land, it is really an immortal achievement! Burbulon said complimentingly.
Wu Ruxiao seemed to hear Bourblon's other thoughts, and secretly said that this Frenchman was really sinister, and he actually chewed on the righteous king in front of him, and wanted to bring these bad words to the righteous king to His Majesty through himself, causing discord between the monarch and the ministers. However, he made a mistake, what kind of relationship did His Majesty have with King Yi, it was impossible to disagree, so he said directly: "Mr. Bourblon don't talk much, let's translate it directly to the two Russian envoys!" ”
"Oh, yes, yes, I'm so excited. Sorry, I'm going to translate this to the two gentlemen. Bourblon apologized again and again, and then his face turned correct, and he said: "Shi Dakai, the righteous king of the Chinese Empire, led the army of the Western Expedition and divided the troops into three routes for the Western Expedition. The northern route led by General Luo Qiongshu led 140,000 troops to capture Orenburg, a military stronghold in the southeast of Russia, through the Aral Sea, and continued to attack northward, capturing the castles of Yekaterinburg and Tyumen three months earlier, and occupying the entire Siberian region east of the Ural Mountains. The southern route led by General Shi Xiangzhen led 90,000 troops across the Caspian Sea, occupied the Apsheron Peninsula in one fell swoop, and helped the Caucasus rebels such as Chechnya there occupy the entire Caucasus region and expand their power to the eastern shore of the Black Sea.
The main force of the Western Expeditionary Army, the Middle Route Army, led by Prince Shi Dakai himself, plus a total of 250,000 troops including the Servant State, fought a fierce battle with the Russian army in the area on the east bank of the Volga River outside Astrakhan City more than 100 days ago, and the two major field armies garrisoned by Russia were almost completely annihilated, and the defeated Russian army was like a mountain, not only the city of Astrakhan was captured by the Western Expeditionary Army, but also the entire lower Volga River and the Yergeny Heights and the Kalmyk region in the west were all occupied by the prince's army. ”
Thinking of this, Burbulon felt that his throat was tight, this Chinese Empire's western expeditionary army was really too aggressive! Originally, it was a westward expedition, but he only thought that it would be great to go around the territory of the Kazakhs at most, and at most drive and chase thousands of Cossack cavalry around Siberia, so after a while, he forgot about this westward expedition. Unexpectedly, this western expeditionary army really went west, and it actually attacked Europe in a few months. Isn't it, after sweeping the Caspian Sea and entering the Black Sea, it is already the territory of Europe!
Although he was friendly with the Chinese Empire and had gained a great deal of benefit from the East, he had to report this important information to Paris. Bourblon decided to report the information to France as soon as possible, the Chinese Empire was too strong to surpass the French Empire, and he had to report it to the authorities.
After listening to Burbulon's words, Bao Ling next to him was already full of bitterness. He never knew that the Chinese Empire had also sent troops to the west. Now at first glance, he was really shocked. At this moment, after hearing this news that shocked the whole world, he realized how powerful and terrifying the Eastern Empire he was facing!
I thought that the other party had some strength, but it was also because of some luck that I defeated the British Expeditionary Force, but I didn't expect the other party's military strength to be so strong! You know, this expedition is completely different from resisting at home. Since the other side was able to send three armies to the west, and each of them was able to achieve complete victories, it had already proved that their military strength was truly strong. After all, although those Tsarist Russia have backward weapons, their combat effectiveness is not low, and Tsarist Russia has a lot of troops, even if there is civil strife in Tsarist Russia now, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and it can march thousands of miles west to capture the Caucasus and the Ural Mountains, which is tantamount to the original feats of the Crucifixion.
Bao Ling suddenly felt that he was still a little indignant at the harsh conditions of the other party, but now it seems that he really can't bully himself too much. The other side has enough military strength to be so arrogant. After all, Bao Ling knew in his heart that the military strength of this world still has the final say, who has the big fist, who has the final say, otherwise, how could so many overseas territories of the British Empire be grabbed in the hands of the original.
On the other side, Dugamery and Babkov, who listened to Burbulon's translation, had expressions on their faces as if they had seen a ghost, and the shock in their hearts was beyond measure.
In particular, Dugamery, as the head of the envoy who came to Shengjing for peace talks, and the former governor of Siberia in Tsarist Russia, knew very well how vast Siberia was, and that important military fortresses in the Ural Mountains such as Orenburg and Yekaterinburg, as well as important cities at the mouth of the Volga River such as Astrakhan City, were heavily guarded and difficult to conquer. However, these important military towns have been captured one after another, which already shows that the military strength of this Chinese empire is very strong.
The shocking news that followed shocked Dugameli to the ground. He felt like his heart was being torn apart. It's over, it's over, now the Russian Empire is already full of civil strife, and at this time, the western expeditionary army of the Eastern Empire is so sharp, it has successively broken through the military towns along the Ural Mountains and the Volga River, and even occupied the Caucasus and the lower reaches of the Volga River, how can they negotiate? How else can you think of using the military strength of the Russian Empire as capital to make the other side make concessions?
Not to mention the concessions made by the other side, the contents of the armistice memorandum that I found absolutely unacceptable just now are good enough in light of the current situation. Now is a critical moment when Russia's enemies are worried about domestic and foreign troubles, and it is really necessary to quickly negotiate peace with the Chinese Empire. Even if he himself did not take orders from the new tsar, as a Russian, he had to contribute to the Russian Empire.
Dugamery suddenly felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of safeguarding the interests of the Russian Empire, even if he was complained about and not understood, he had to try hard to make his country suffer as little as possible and suffer some disasters and losses.