"Leaving?" It was a slightly choked female voice, and the scene here was so similar to the one on the platform of the Moscow railway station more than a month ago, the noblewoman had changed into a white dress, but her face was a little haggard, and the officer's status was already extremely noble, and the marshal's uniform could no longer even match his power.

"Yes, it may be a long time to go this time! It's going to be safe here, so take care of yourself! When you come back from Kimon, you're sick all over. "The officer's appearance has not changed much from that time, but his gaze seems to be much deeper.

"Protect yourself!" The noble lady raised her head, and there was a hint of melancholy in her eyes, "Maybe I shouldn't ask, but is it really good to do this?" This, this seems to be deceiving your people! It would be a terrible thing to lose the trust of the people! ”

"No poison, no husband! History is always written by the victors! The people, the people will only submit to the king! The officer said that he still gave a soft kiss as he had done last time, and then boarded the train without looking back.

On this day, dozens of trains left the Minsk railway station in the direction of Poland, but their destination was not Poland, and the trains switched to a track not far from Minsk.

On the evening of October 13, the armored train in which Stalin and his entourage were traveling slowly stopped on the platform of the Moscow railway station. The members of the special delegation had different expressions, some with relaxed faces, others with joyful faces, and Stalin sat silently in the carriage prepared for them. Soon, several horse-drawn carriages headed straight for the Kremlin, the seat of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, leaving only the distant sound of horses' hooves on the stone streets.

"Comrade Lenin......" Stalin walked briskly to the leader's office alone as soon as he got out of the carriage, and after knocking on the door, he could not wait to hold the hand of the "Mediterranean" so tightly that it even hurt a little.

"Comrade Stalin, what's wrong with you?" "Mediterranean" was a little puzzled by his expression, "Your mission is well done!" You have brought peace to the people, albeit only for a short time! ”

"No, Comrade Lenin, I strongly demand the approval of the Central Committee, no matter what the means, that person must be killed! Otherwise, he will definitely be our strongest enemy in the future! Stalin's face was full of distorted expressions, and as a man with brief experience as an agent, few things could make him so nervous.

"Comrade Stalin, I don't understand what you're talking about!" Before Lenin could say anything more, other members of the special mission and several leading persons of the Central Party Committee appeared at his door.

Stalin had no choice but to sit aside in silence, and there were some things that he only wanted to talk to Lenin alone.

"Oh! Comrades, you are here, you have worked hard, you have worked hard! Lenin walked over and warmly shook hands with them one by one, "Comrades, you have done a good job in this mission!" On behalf of the people, I thank you, you are all heroes and heroes! ”

Lenin motioned for the members of the mission and several principal party committees to take their seats, and then sat down among them, "Comrade Stalin, let me report to you on the course of this peace talks!" ”

Stalin's face had recovered from his agitation, and he placed an armistice on the table, and began to report at a medium pace:

"The special delegation departed from the Moscow railway station at 7 a.m. on 10 October, made short stops along the way due to two railway failures, and finally arrived in Minsk at 12 noon on 11 October! I made a careful observation of the deployment of the Tsarist Russian troops along the railway, and found that the Tsarist army only deployed heavy troops near the border and Minsk, and the troops in other areas were relatively weak, and the defense near Minsk was stronger than the defense of the border, and the new tsar mentioned in his meeting with us that if we attacked him, he would give us a head-on attack in the Minsk region, and my observations, I think that the Tsarist army is currently on the defensive against us, and the focus of the defense is in the area of their capital Minsk. ”

"As far as we know, in the previous Belarusian campaign, the Russian army adopted this strategy of not resisting on the border and luring the enemy deep, dragging the opponent's logistics line for a long time, and then striking a fatal blow. Therefore, in my personal opinion, I am not in favor of attacking the main forces of Tsarist Russia against Poland, not to mention that we have signed this armistice! ”

Speaking of this, Lenin suddenly interjected: "This armistice agreement was agreed to be signed by me and the Party Central Committee after joint study, and we should recognize that it has legal and reasonable effect, and that our army will not attack the areas ruled by the new tsar while the Russian army is fighting against foreign invaders!" Of course, we can make good use of this time to consolidate the occupied areas! ”

"Yes! However, I think we should actively prepare for war, and once this armistice is no longer effective, we should attack the Belarusian region with all our might, and the Tsarist army should be at its weakest stage at this time! Stalin paused for a moment, then continued his report:

"Upon arrival at the Minsk railway station, they were greeted by a colonel-officer officer. We then rode in a carriage through the city of Minsk, where we came across a procession of Austrian prisoners, who, according to our estimates, were marching on the main streets of Minsk. The Tsarist government claimed to have annihilated and captured 800,000 German-Austrian troops, a slightly exaggerated figure based on the information we have received, but the Austro-Hungarian army did lose more than 500,000 troops in the Belarusian campaign, the largest Russian victory in recent years! This is all the more reason for us to pay attention to this new Tsar, who in my opinion is very different from the previous Tsar! ”

"At 1 p.m. on October 11, we arrived at the Imperial Palace in Minsk, where the Tsar was personally awarding medals to the officers and soldiers who had distinguished themselves in battle, and according to the Russian officer who received us, the ceremony lasted all morning, and each officer and soldier was personally awarded medals by the new Tsar. Such a move has a very good effect on the morale and loyalty of the army, and I suggest that the Party Central Committee also consider adopting this approach. ”

"After that, we were received by Tsar Aglini, who attended the initial stage of the talks, and after making a speech, he left in a hurry! According to the reports of the officers and men on the armored train that we stopped at the Minsk railway station, between the afternoon of October 11 and our departure at noon on October 12, at least 70 trains full of Russian officers and equipment departed from there and headed southwest! That is, the Russian army is massing towards the Polish border, and in the near future it should launch an offensive against the German-Austrian troops occupying Russian Poland in order to recapture the German-Austrian lands! ”

"The main forces of the German-Austrian army in Poland are being transferred out of there, and Agliini does have a great chance of victory! It's just that I've never understood that Poland is really that important to Russia? Even more important than the former capital and royal palace of the tsars. If I were the new tsar, I would definitely think about retaking St. Petersburg first, and not about launching an offensive against the German-Austrian army! "A head of the Central Party Committee raised his own questions.

"In my opinion, Aglini is a very unusual person, and what we saw in Belarus and Minsk surprised all of us! I think he did this in order to make the people see him and his army as national heroes against foreign enemies, so that the status of the tsarist regime in the eyes of the people was greatly enhanced! Stalin expressed his opinion, although he was very uncertain.

Then Lenin said: "I agree with Comrade Stalin, but I still think that it would not be of much benefit to Tsarist Russia to provoke the German-Austrian army, and if the German-Austrian army concentrates its forces on a large-scale counterattack, Aglini will probably not be able to eat and go around." In this way, the new tsarist regime is ready to side with the Entente! ”

"Then we will not allow the new tsar to seize power in the country! In that case, the whole of Russia will still be mired in war, we will have time for peaceful development, and the whole country will urgently need to recuperate! Another head of the party committee expressed his opinion, "I suggest that our army should actively prepare for an offensive and strive to eliminate the new tsarist regime in the shortest possible time after the end of the armistice!" ”

"I agree! However, there is one thing that I find very puzzled, it is said that the new tsar, that is, Aglini, refused the assistance of Britain and France and other Entente powers, and the situation of the war in the Caucasus has also changed subtly, the offensive of the Turkish army has slowed down a lot, and in some places, the two sides are even just shooting in the sky! Lenin stood up, "As Comrade Stalin said, the new tsar is indeed a different person!" Well, that's all for today's meeting, Comrade Stalin, you stay for a while, I want to talk to you alone! ”

After everyone had left the room, Stalin walked over and closed the door, "Comrade Lenin, do you also think that Aglini is a terrible opponent?" ”

Lenin slowly walked to his desk, and after sitting back in his chair, he slowly spoke: "Comrade Stalin, there are things that should be told to you!" It is the German government and the Prince of East Prussia who have been supporting our Russian Revolutionary Party behind the scenes! Not only did we have their shelter in the most difficult times, but we also received financial and weapon support from them before the revolutionary war, and many of the workers' armed forces had weapons that they had captured from the Russian army in the East Prussian campaign and on the Polish battlefield! ”

"I know that!" The expression on Stalin's face did not change at all, "This is why our revolution has made such rapid progress!" A large number of Tsarist Russian troops were pinned down by Germany and their allies in Turkey and Poland, resulting in a significant reduction in the Tsar's military power at home! ”

The two tacitly glanced at each other, but there was no smile at all.

"We also signed an agreement with Germany, an extremely secret one!" Lenin paused, seeing that Stalin did not speak, before he continued: "We exchange land and resources for their support!" Our people and many members of the party committee have no idea about this matter! ”

"Thank you for your trust!" Stalin said lightly.

"Hmmm! According to the agreement, we were obliged to provide important intelligence to Germany, so I decided to inform the Germans about Aglini's plans for the offensive and let them be prepared! If they defeat Aglini, we will save us a lot of troubles, and our road to the unification of Russia will be much easier; Even if they can't defeat Agrini, they will at least be able to devastate him. For the combat effectiveness of the German army, especially the corps of the Eastern Front, objectively speaking, they were stronger than any Russian army, even the revolutionary armed forces led by us! ”

"I agree! The Germans were terrible, but this new tsar was even more worrying! ”

"Then Comrade Stalin, I want you to inform the Germans as a special envoy and, by the way, meet our main supporters behind the scenes!"

"Kaiser Wilhelm II?" Stalin's eyes widened.

Lenin shook his head, "No, Prince of East Prussia of Germany, Gianlugi. William! ”

"When?"

"Now, Germany has sent planes, right here in Moscow! According to the German arrangement, you will change seaplanes in St. Petersburg, and on the way, German warships will refuel the planes in the Gulf of Finland, and then fly directly to Königsberg! Lenin took out a bag of documents from the drawer, "All the relevant materials are here, you can take a good look at them on the road!" Good luck, Comrade Stalin! ”

Stalin took the document bag with some surprise, said goodbye to Lenin, and then boarded the carriage for the temporary airport outside the city.

As Stalin flew out of Moscow on a German transport plane, an armored train was slowly moving from the Belarusian side to the side controlled by the Russian Revolutionary Party on the border between Belarus and Russia.

"We are a mission sent by His Majesty the Emperor!" Facing the Russian revolutionary forces on the other side of the border, the Russian officer on the train shouted loudly.

"Wait!" The little leader of the revolutionary armed forces said and ran back to the sentry on the side, "Hey, help me take over the regiment headquarters ......"

After about 5 minutes, the little leader ran back out of breath, "You can get through!" ”

"Thank you!" The Russian officer sneered.

In the eyes of the small leader, the firepower of this armored train must be fierce, which can be seen from the barrel and machine gun muzzle above, and this armored train seems to be particularly long, so it is towed by two locomotives.

Shortly after crossing the border, the armoured train stopped in an open area, and when the doors opened, a large number of heavily armed soldiers jumped out.

"Act as planned!" The Tsarist officer ordered.

Soon after, there was a rustling sound from the Belarusian side of the border, as if countless people were marching.

When the little leader of the revolutionary party ran back to the sentry again, the telephone was no longer available.

"Strange! The phone was fine just now, why did it break down all of a sudden! ”

On a small hill opposite, Aglieni was looking through his telescope at the Russian sentry posts on the other side of the border, and groups of Russian infantry and cavalry were silently advancing towards the border.

Aglini knows perfectly well that from tomorrow his name will be synonymous with deception and shamelessness, but for the sake of victory, it will all be worth it!