Alexander III is now furious, originally thought that Dragomilov would replace Skobelev to preside over the Far East war, plus the addition of 100,000 horses, not to mention the complete defeat of the Northeast insurance team, at least be able to occupy the initiative on the battlefield on a certain distance. However, the cruelty of reality pierced the illusion of the tsar, and although the situation in the Far East was not completely collapsed, on the east bank of the Yenisei River, the Russian Empire had basically lost its power.

"Who can tell me what really happened in Krasnoyarks?" Alexander III threw the cup in his hand to the ground, and the fragments were scattered all over the ground. The people around were silent, and even the most favored waiter on weekdays didn't dare to make a sound.

Miryukin was equally silent, and the Russian Imperial Minister to China, Kuman, sent back a message from Tianjin, and he opened negotiations with Tang Shaoyi, but there was no progress. The Northeast's continued victories on the frontal battlefield left Kuman without any negotiating chips in his hands. Milyugin saw very clearly that even if God favored him and gave him a pair of sharp teeth, in this passive situation, he would not have much room to turn around, not to mention that God did not give him such skills at all. Although he had previously vaguely opposed the Tsar's replacement of Skobelev with Dragomilov to preside over the war in the Far East, and it turned out that his original opinion was not unreasonable, at this moment Milyukin did not dare to express the slightest smugness. And according to the current situation, even if Skobelev is on the front line, will he be able to stop the crazy offensive of the Northeast insurance team, in fact, Milyugin does not dare to make any guarantees. But it doesn't matter if it's a qiē, the scapegoat himself has sent himself into the tiger's mouth! When Dragomilov volunteered to go to Krasnoyarks, Milyugin had a desire to watch a good show. Now that the drama has opened, and it is far more exciting than expected, Milyugin no longer cares about his political enemy.

Today's meeting of countermeasures is attended by military super-powerful or veterans, and many generals who participated in the 10th Russo-Turkish War and have retired have also been approached by Alexander III, some of whom are already old or even terminally ill. But at the critical moment when the empire was in turmoil, the hospital bed could no longer be a reason for absence, it was to die, and to die in the conference room.

After venting, Alexander III's face sank, and in addition to Ilyugin, today's meeting was attended by the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich, the elder uncle who commanded the Danube Corps during the Russian-Turkish war, and the Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich, the imperial uncle who commanded the Caucasian Corps. The two were the last two sons of Nicholas I, and the former Tsar Alexander III was their elder brother. In addition to these two imperial relatives, there is another person who is also quite eye-catching, he is the son of the elder Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich, the younger brother of the current Tsar Alexander III, Nikolai Nikolayevich Romanov of the Younger, who is the current commander of the Hussar Brigade of the Praetorian Guard, is considered the successor of the future Minister of Army Milyugin, and a rare handsome talent for the Russian royal family.

As for the other members of the royal family present at the meeting, most of them were brothers of Alexander III, such as Grand Duke Vladimir, Grand Duke Alexei, Grand Duke Sergei, Grand Duke Paul. (Alexander III had a few other siblings, but they were all half-siblings.) For example, on July 18, 1880, only 28 days after the death of Alexander III's own mother, Maria Alexandrovna, the German lord of Hesse-Rhine, Alexander II married the noble mistress of Ekaterina Mikhailovna Dolgolukaya, who had lived in the noble concubine for many years, in accordance with the law of intermarriage between nobles. Since she was not a member of any European royal family or principality, but was only a nobleman in Russia, she could not be called an empress after marriage, and her children could not be called archdukes, so she was given the title of lord or lord of the Yuryevsky county together with her children. In addition to this woman, Alexander II was also having affairs with two Polish noblewomen and a German female commoner, although it is obviously unlikely that these half-brothers of Alexander III would appear at this critical juncture today. ）

Milyugin sat another illegitimate son of Alexander II, Yevgeny Ivanovich Alekseev, who is currently serving in the Navy. Commander-in-Chief of the Vistula Krai and Warsaw Military District, Joseph Vladimir Mirovich Gurko. The director of the Russian Imperial Cavalry School, Vladimir Alexandrovich Sukhomlinov, was very capable, but in the later period of Tsar Nicholas II, he was a mortal enemy of the former Grand Duke Nicholas. There is also an old man in very poor health, in his early sixties, looking at the veteran figure of the Russian military who has more air in and less breath, the former cavalry general, Mikhail Tarielovich Loris Melikov, who was already living in Nice, France, and was only found by Alexander III because he returned to visit his relatives this time.

In addition to the imperial relatives and military generals, there was also a new civilian, the former commander-in-chief of the Far East, Skobelev.

"In the Far East, we invested eight corps with a total of forty divisions, and in order to support the war in the Far Eastern Military District, the Reich even delayed the Navy's shipbuilding development program, devoting all its forces to supporting the war, and at the same time building the Trans-Siberian Railway to provide supplies (only a small half of it has been built, about a quarter of the total length of history. Who can tell me what is happening in the Far East? The empire has already given so much, why can't it still achieve a victory? Alexander III asked in a low voice, at this time he no longer had the angry roar of Fang Cai, but more helpless hesitation and incomprehension.

Skobelev stood at the very end, his hands clenched into fists, his expression very painful. Strange to say, although he is not very old, he is only in his forties now. At the peak of his life, that is, when he was nearly thirty-seven or eighteen years old, he was once a general of the imperial infantry and was deeply appreciated by the former Tsar Alexander II. But now he has become a commoner, confined in Milyugin's manor. But the change of history is also a good thing for him, otherwise he would have been dead for five or six years.

Seeing that he was about to speak, Milyugin who was sitting in front of him secretly waved his hand, and Skobelev's body trembled a little, but finally endured it.

All the ministers were silent, and Alexander III's originally low feelings were suddenly replaced by a wave of anger, and he roared: "You all speak, could it be that no one in the great empire can fight with the northeast, do you have to drive the emperor to conquer in person!" ”