Grand Duke Konstantin was in a very decadent mood, and these days he locked himself in his room and did not want to see anyone. is the favorite beautiful woman in the past, and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke is not interested in it at all.

Alexander I was worried, and he abolished his second brother. Fortunately, the decadence of Grand Duke Konstantin did not reach the point of alcoholism, otherwise Grand Duke Konstantin would not be able to bear the blow given by His Majesty the Tsar, and the news of daily drunkenness is like life, and the news of complete decadence will definitely cast a shadow on the pretty good personal image of Alexander I.

Because of the unfavorable war, Grand Duke Konstantin was dismissed from his post as commander-in-chief of the Second Front of the Russian Army on the Eastern Front by Alexander I. The tsar replaced him with infantry general Mikhail Andreyich Mirolladovich, former deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Front of the Russian army and commander of the Third Army, to take his place as commander-in-chief of the Second Front of the Eastern Front.

But it didn't work. No matter how high Miroladovich is in war, he does not have enough troops and artillery in his hands, and it is difficult for a woman to cook without rice, and it is still difficult to move forward with his head broken in front of Chen Han's strong defensive line.

In order to compensate for the inferiority of the Russian army in the Kazakh region, Miroladovich even stopped the actions of the Russian army in the North Caucasus.

After Platov fled in disarray with the remnants of his army, it did not mean that Chen Han would be able to control the North Caucasus from this point. Moreover, Platov, who returned to Russian territory, was given the title of commander of the North Caucasus by Alexander I, and unified the disturbance war, calling on the local Russians, Chechens, Ingush, etc. to rise up against Chen Han's rule.

Now Miroladovich asked Platov, who was the commander, to transfer the 'Russian army' that he could control in the North Caucasus to Tsaritsyn, and then rush to reinforce the Astrakhan front, but it would not help at all!

On the contrary, it was the Chen Han army in the North Caucasus, and the pressure was greatly reduced. Without Platov's troubles, Chen Han's control in the North Caucasus is increasing day by day.

Now Chen Han is constantly increasing troops to Astrakhan, and the Russian intelligence service has even received a military plan from Chen Han. They were ready to continue to send four more integrated divisions to Astrakhan, and while destroying Bagration, they also pushed back on Tsaritsyn, which can be said to be ambitious.

Although when the war was going on to that point, the daily needs of arms supplies, wounded medicine, food, meat, etc., were astronomical, but now these are obviously not a problem for Chen Han.

The people of the Seven Khanates, especially those of the Turgat Khanate, which was close to the battlefield, began to implement the two-meal system, in order to save more food supplies to the front. It's a lot of unity.

On this day, the sky was covered with clouds, and not even the shadow of the sun could be seen in the sky. The north wind howled, and the cold winter wind blew like a knife in people's faces.

The Wehrmacht negotiating team approached the positions of the Russian troops on horseback and holding high the red flag. The Russians have not completely lost their minds. Although the Russian soldiers in front of them were armed with rifles and aimed at the negotiating team as if they were facing a great enemy, no one was brain-dead enough to fire at the members of the negotiating team.

But such a scene also looks humiliating. The Wehrmacht's negotiating team consisted of five people, led by Deng Yanzhen, one of the prince's attendants. And the number of Russian soldiers with guns is more than ten times higher.

"What are you here for?" A Russian captain asked.

"We are here to negotiate with you. I'm going to Tsaritsyn, and I'm going to meet your Tsar, Your Majesty. ”

The translator next to Deng Yanzhen is surnamed Lin, and the double name is Xu, a Houguan from Fujian Province. These two people, as well as Tao Shu and others, are all young talents that Chen Ming personally deployed to Chen Ding recently.

These people are all famous figures in history, although the times have changed, society has changed, their life experiences and resumes have changed, and even their thoughts, morals and three views may have changed. But these people still have a much greater chance of becoming a talent than other 'strangers'.

Just like Chen Huacheng, Guan Tianpei, Yang Yuchun, Yang Fang and others in the army, these are all characters who Chen Ming still remembers, and they are all famous generals in the history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the original time and space. It can be said that several people have performed very well, and now they seem to be the backbone of Chen Han's army.

Maybe in the eyes of outsiders, in the eyes of outsiders, these guys are just too lucky and were favored by the emperor, but the fact is that they were very famous in the history of the original time and space, and now they are famous among all living beings, and they can enter Chen Ming's eyes, which is more valuable for cultivation in Chen Ming's opinion.

Although this may hinder the progress of other people who are equally talented, or even more military-talented, and have no historical origin, Chen Ming also feels that he can accept it.

It's just because this kind of person has a higher success rate.

For example, Dai Quheng and Dai Junyuan's uncle and nephew in the current court, as well as Cao Zhenyong and others, Chen Ming will treat them differently when he looks at their names, and it turns out that these people are indeed outstanding. Especially Cao Zhenyong, although his personality is softer, history says that he "kowtows more and talks less", and he is still mediocre Prime Minister Cao Cheng, which is too bitter and mean.

Although Cao Zhenyong has a soft personality and is not a good choice to serve as the first auxiliary minister, he lacks determination and courage, but as an assistant, such as the boss of the emperor's chamberlain, or the head of the cabinet office, as an assistant, he is still very qualified. Like Berthier beside Napoleon.

Lin Zexu speaks Russian very authentically, and he not only speaks the Russian army, but is also proficient in English and French. Chen Ming didn't know that Lin Zexu still had this kind of talent.

"Of course, you can also not let me pass. Then I am here to make a formal appeal to you: I have a decree to His Majesty the Emperor, to sign the two countries for a long time, the lives of the people have been miserable, and the suffering of your people, and to have mercy on you, and ask the Tsar of your country not to know what is good or bad, and sign the armistice agreement as soon as possible, so that the two countries can restore peace, and then you can rest and recuperate. ”

"Our army hopes that your troops will withdraw to their positions within ten days, and let the encircled Bagration troops surrender as soon as possible. We promise to ensure the safety of your officers and men, and our army will not launch an offensive for the time being in the next 10 days. for your consideration. ”

With the words of the translator, Deng Yanzhen felt that the face of the Russian captain in front of him was becoming more and more ugly, and the faces of all the Russian soldiers were becoming more and more difficult to see. The Russian army, which acted rough and domineering, but was now clearly on the weak side, whether officers or soldiers, nobles or commoners, felt deeply ashamed of such remarks.

However, in front of him was the official representative of the Chinese, and although the captain was eager to take out his gun and kill all five people in front of him, he did not dare to take this responsibility down, "You wait a while, and I will report to the top." After the captain finished speaking, he immediately called for his manpower, almost treated Deng Yanzhen and the others in the form of detention, and ran towards the main position by himself. This news needs to be made up by the people above, and it needs to be reported at the next level.

Chen Ding was in the city of Astrakhan at this time, very close to the two battlefields on the banks of the Volga River.

Although this 'very close distance' is no different from a moat for the Russian army. The encircled Bagration did not even have the courage to counterattack, and the intention of the Second Front from which it came from was only to rescue Bagration, rather than to continue to break through the entire Wehrmacht line and kill Astrakhan, which simply did not exist.

The situation has progressed to this point. It is clear to anyone that in this war, the Russians are already the losers.

Chen Ming also felt that it was time for the Sino-Russian war to end.

If he waits until he completely eliminates Bagration and then seizes Tsaritsyn before negotiating, will the Russians have any bargaining capital?

Unless Alexander I had the courage to turn the Don valley into a front line, the Russians would now have to negotiate.

Chen Ding's mood at this time was the same as the night sky in the high sky in the northwest. Vast and far-reaching, the spirit is a mess. In a month or two, another month or two, the war that has been prepared for so many years will be declared over.

When Chen Ming's will reached the front of the battle, it brought enough information to Chen Ding, which was both good and bad, for example, the Ottomans in the west did not want to fight.

The reason is that Selim III hung up.

This is not a normal death, but a coup d'état in Istanbul.

Since Austria entered the war, the pressure on the Ottomans has increased greatly, and Selim III has been constantly redeploying troops, and the new army, which has completely replaced the old Ottoman military system in these years, has been transferred to the front line, and even has to transfer the weak Janisseri regiment to the front.

As a result, when the main army of the Yenisiri Legion marched into Istanbul, they joined forces with the great nobles of the Interior to take Istanbul, and plundered and killed all those who supported the former Sultan Selim III. Selim III's escort force was only 5,000 men, and several of the main officers who led the army were not vigilant at all, and they were simply assassinated on this night, and then the guards of Topkapı Palace, without a unified command, were quickly defeated by the surprise attack of the Janiselli Legion, Selim III was killed in the chaos, and Mustafa, the son of Abdul Hamid I, became the 29th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, a reformist magnate stationed on the banks of the Danube, has raised an army to attack Istanbul to support the son of former Sultan Selim III to succeed him.

In this case, the Ottomans simply had no desire to continue fighting.

Now Chen Ding is very anxious for the reaction of the Russian army, after all, there is no information here, and the Russians want to send the news to Alexander I of Tsaritsyn, and then fight back and forth, ten days is also enough.

Of course, if the Russians were willing to let Deng Yanzhen and them go to see Alexander I, it would not matter if it was ten days or not.

"Bang!"

A beautiful bone china cup was smashed on the floor, and the moment the bone china came into contact with the wooden board, there was a pleasant crisp sound.

In Novoastrakhan-on-Volga, in the general headquarters of the First Front of the Russian Army on the Eastern Front, since the emergence of the Second Front, this part of the Russian army commanded by Bagration has been automatically upgraded to the First Front. The tough-hearted iron general Dmitry Sergeyevich Dokhturov roared angrily at Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov, who had passed through two fronts of the Wehrmacht and came to the town of Novoastrakhan: "Refuse. Refuse, refuse! ”

"Russia will never surrender. The Russian army will never surrender! ”

"Go tell the Chinese. Without waiting for ten days later, they can attack now. I'm waiting for them! ”

"There are no cowards in brave Russia! There are no cowards! ”

However, Bagration, who was stronger and hard-blooded than Dokhturov on the battlefield, was silent and let out a long sigh.