Chapter 695: Warm-up before the Great War
All recent developments in Russia have been transmitted back to the Chinese Empire word for word, and to Huang Xu's ears, and the monarchs and ministers of the empire know that although they have not waited for the best time to attack, if they do not move now, once the situation in Russia improves, it will be troublesome, so the best way is to take the opportunity to attack immediately.
However, if you want to start a war, there must be an excuse.
However, the excuse came to the door on his own initiative.
Just when Huang Xu and others were planning a war against Russia, Russia once again sent its own envoys to the Chinese Empire, and this time the envoys to China were still Gutavov.
Gutavov became Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commerce.
And why?
It turned out that after careful investigation, the Russians have understood that the reason why they have given birth to so many things is entirely because of one person, and it is precisely because of this person's provocation and instigation that this caused a great change in Russia and almost caused a catastrophe, but fortunately, Lebezovsky and others turned the tide and resolved the crisis.
And this person who made trouble out of it was Lu Wen, and all of Lu Wen's actions, needless to say, must have come from the mastermind of the Chinese Empire, which was a big conspiracy.
After hearing about this incident, the polar bears were finally provoked to anger, and the angry Russian Marshals Dimilov, Schikov, Huasky, Kosygin and others demanded that Tsar Zhukov break Luvin into pieces and find a way to punish the Chinese.
However, on the same day that Zhukov became Tsar, Luvin had already left Russia and returned to his homeland, so that even if Lao Maozi broke his heart, it was just an ideal.
As for saying that polar bears want to punish the Chinese. Huang Xu and the others are warmly welcomed, just can't find a reason to you, but you find it yourself, that's not to send it up for pumping, it's just what I want, I'm worried that you won't come.
And for the opinion of a couple of martial artists. The new Tsar Zhukov was quite moved, he was already a warrior, and when he heard that there was going to be a war, he came to the momentum, but after all, he was sitting in the position of the tsar, and he could no longer be as arbitrary as before, so he humbly asked Lebezovsky, who was back as prime minister, to hear what he thought about it.
Originally. Lebezovsky was reluctant to come out and work hard, but Zhukov pleaded, and secondly, in order to comfort the old friend of the deceased old tsar, in the end, he was able to take up the burden again without difficulty.
Now, the new tsar has the heart to ask for advice. He couldn't be silent any longer, and. He's been thinking about it for a while now.
He felt that the solution to the problem of several heads of military districts was to use their brains, can the Russian Empire fight now, what does it rely on to fight, they have made a lot of trouble, and the country has been riddled with holes, and now they still want to fight others. Isn't that a long life?
It's really a martial man's opinion, the old prime minister thought.
And this kind of thing still has to be handled calmly, so he made a statement to Zhukov. At a time like this, what is needed is to do everything possible to establish good relations with the Chinese Empire and develop the economy, and should not use force casually, only when the national strength is restored, then we can think of other things.
They believe that even if the two armies in the northeast are now suffering great damage, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in the Western Military Region, and the combat power of the Western Army has always been strong, and it is completely possible to fight with the Chinese Empire.
Tsar Zhukov couldn't resist these generals, not to mention that he was also a military general, so he couldn't just sit on the position of the tsar and turn his face and deny people, so he turned his attention to the old prime minister for help.
The honest old guy was confident, and he came up with a compromise that would allow him to establish closer ties with the Chinese Empire while satisfying the demands of the generals.
He advocated that it is not too late to learn about the situation with Chinese neighbors before taking action.
Therefore, this is the matter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commerce Gutavov once again going to China.
Now that everything has been figured out, Gutavov was deceived, then his sins can also be forgiven, not to mention, he is a capable person in diplomacy and business, and talents are indeed rare, so, at the insistence of Lebezovsky, the tsar reappointed him with the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commerce, regardless of his previous suspicions.
Of course, he can't think about the position of prime minister anymore.
And re-became the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commerce, although Gutavov did not say it, but he was still very grateful to Zhukov and Lebezovsky in his heart, and this diplomatic business is his old profession, so he is familiar with the way, and more importantly, after he re-started this time, he has done his work more dedicatedly than before.
And this time, he took the initiative to ask for an envoy to the Chinese Empire, and there was a bit of atonement in it.
However, his mood is complicated, because there is a character in the Chinese Empire that he will never forget, of course, not a lover and a lover, but an enemy, but he can't do anything to others, even if he wants to do it, he doesn't have that opportunity.
When they arrive in China, it is better for the two not to meet, so as not to be embarrassed by then, Gutavov thought.
However, when he came to the Chinese Empire this time, China treated him very differently from the last time, the last time he came, China had a plan to do, and he was polite and willing to make friends, this time, the Chinese Empire also had a purpose, but not to make friends, but to give him a dismount, so as to provoke trouble, so that the Chinese Empire could justifiably send troops.
This has to say that Gutavov is really a big face, and he should feel honored to be able to let the Chinese Empire treat him like this for so many years.
Of course, Gutavov didn't realize that he was a pawn, and he hoped that when he came to the Chinese Empire this time, he could also get the result he wanted, even if he couldn't return with a full load, at least he had to complete his mission in a decent manner.
However, the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is cruel.
This time, he was no longer greeted by the gentle drizzle, but the thunderous anger of Huang Xu, the Chinese emperor, Gutavov and Huang Xu did not say a few words, Huang Xu took the opportunity to show his might, made Gutavov a disgraced face, and said that he insulted the dignity of the Chinese Empire.
Before Gutavov could figure out what was going on, Huang Xu cut off his nose and sent him back to China on the grounds that he had offended the saint.
Gutavov really got home this time, and he really lost his wife and soldiers.
The nose is gone, and I'll be angry in the future.
And Gutavov couldn't stand this anger, and soon after returning home, under the resentment, he became ill and whimpered.
In the eyes of Brother Xiong, this behavior of the Chinese Empire was a great shame, and they were so angry that even Lebezovsky, who had always advocated that peace was precious, was also angry.
Therefore, the final decision of the Imperial Council was to send troops to teach the Chinese Empire a lesson.
After some preparations, the Russian army began to invade China.
The Russian invasion corps, with Schikov as the marshal, commanded the headquarters of the Western Military District and some remnants of the elite of the two northeastern military regions, with a total of 500,000 troops, approaching the northeastern province of the Chinese Empire.
Although the Russians themselves are sick bears, they do not take the Chinese Empire in their eyes, they think that as long as their army comes out, the people of the Chinese Empire will definitely flee from the wind, and they sent troops this time to teach the Chinese Empire a lesson and plunder.
Lao Maozi's motives are not only impure, but also whimsical, and failure is doomed.
At the same time as Lao Maozi sent troops, the Taiping army was also ready to go.
Thus, the direct confrontation between the two empires began. (To be continued......)