Chapter 877: Multinational Mediation (1)
The first battle of Vladimir was a complete victory on the part of Tsarist Russia, but what was the victory or defeat, only Tsarist Russia and Yang Meng knew that the new army of the Eight Banners was extinct, and the thorn head among the Mongolian kings was destroyed, not to mention the results, Yang Meng was considered to have won, if the results of the war, Yang Meng used one million men and horses to exchange more than five million dead and wounded in Tsarist Russia, of which three million were young and middle-aged people in Tsarist Russia, in terms of this ratio, Yang Meng still won.
But the result of the war was not based on these figures, and it is also a fact that millions of elite Qing troops were completely annihilated under the city of Vladimir, which means that Tsarist Russia has achieved an unprecedented victory.
The scale of such a war is not comparable to the previous Crimean War, with nearly 10 million troops invested at one time, and six or seven million dead and wounded, the source of this kind of war is Yang Meng, and short-range artillery and single-shot rifles are the basis for Yang Meng to launch this kind of war, which is also a trap laid by Yang Meng.
If the war on the side of Tsarist Russia cannot end smoothly, and Tsarist Russia or the European side seek to fight to the death, this mode of war is probably the choice they have to make, when they gather an army of this size, when they really face Yang Meng's bloody methods, they will know how terrible the result is.
These are now Yang Meng's conjectures, as far as the current war situation is concerned, Tsarist Russia and the Russian troops need to take a temporary rest, Tsarist Russia's losses during this period are too great, such losses, without decades of recuperation, it is difficult to recover, today's Tsarist Russia, I am afraid that it has no strength to fight again, although Tsarist Russia is tempting, but behind him, there is a terrifying Europe.
After paying millions of casualties, the Russian army will inevitably fluctuate, and the territory of Tsarist Russia that has been closed before. Looting has not yet been carried out. A truce is good for each other. It is nothing more than that Yang Meng wants Tsarist Russia as a country, and he also needs a stop to the war to loot property and plan the future for New Mongolia.
After killing the five waves of peace on the Tsarist side, with the intervention of Britain, France, Germany, Austria and other countries, Zeng Disheng on the front line of Tsarist Russia reluctantly agreed to the request for a temporary truce. The conditions were also simple, maintaining the current situation of Tsarist Russia, and once the Russian army crossed the Volga and Dvina river valleys, the armistice was declared to be over.
Although the Tsarist side is extremely reluctant, there is a good saying that it is called the shape of the shì is stronger than the people, and now the population of the Tsarist Russia has dropped from the previous 120 million to 60 or 70 million. There are only 10 million young people in China. In a war like Vladimir's, if it is fought two or three times, the Tsarist Russian ethnic group will be wiped out.
Moreover, the arms aided by Europe have not yet arrived, and today's Tsarist Russia does not have the ability to continue the war, if there is a three-to-five month détente, maybe the Tsarist side can still organize an army of millions of people, and now it is absolutely stupid to choose to defend hard, in desperation, the Tsarist side can only obediently watch the Qing army from a distance, constantly cutting down their forests, constantly picking up piles of fish and shrimp from the Volga River, and constantly demolishing the cities they have operated for thousands of years.
Zeng Disheng, the commander of the army of the Great Qing Dynasty to conquer Russia, although he agreed to an armistice, but the matter of peace negotiations had to be carried out in the Beijing division of the Qing Dynasty, from Tsarist Russia to the Qing Dynasty, the land route was at least three months, and the sea route was even longer, and it would take at least four or five months to integrate the missions of European countries, and then board the ship and set off to reach the capital of the Qing State.
The Qing State is dragging out time, there is no doubt about it, the armistice has been reached smoothly, and the European countries are also happy to see Tsarist Russia weakened, nothing more than with the participation of European powers such as Britain, France, Germany and Austria, this war is difficult to continue, as long as Tsarist Russia is not destroyed, other things can be discussed, but this negotiation is based on the loss of Tsarist Russia.
In order to avoid the peace talks taking too long, European countries are discussing the composition of the mission.
Once the delegation to the peace talks fails to reach an agreement with the Qing government on some matters, it is very likely to lead to the collapse of the internal political situation of Tsarist Russia, and although the European countries are happy to see Tsarist Russia weakened, they do not want to see Tsarist Russia fully surrender to Qing State.
The reason is also simple, Tsarist Russia is a country connecting Europe and Asia, once Tsarist Russia becomes a vassal of the Qing State, the war of revenge of the Qing State will burn directly to Europe, which is the most tense in Germany and France, Germany and Tsarist Russia are too close, once the Qing State sends troops, Germany will inevitably be involved in the war, and France is even more nervous, the Mediterranean Sea is the soft underbelly of France, once the Qing army enters the Mediterranean, you can directly attack France itself.
The geography of Tsarist Russia is very good, the Balkan Peninsula is connected to the Black Sea, is the territory of Tsarist Russia, once this land is occupied by the Qing State, the war is close to France.
Most of the other small European countries are intent on getting involved with the big empires in the East, and the wars between empires, especially this war, in which millions of people are involved, are not games that these small countries can afford to play.
The Qing army's massacre of people in Tsarist Russia was deliberately ignored by European countries, this is the key to the matter, a country like the Qing Dynasty, now for Europe, is too terrifying, once the war burns to Europe, once the Qing country continues such a war, who can stand it?
However, at the beginning of the war, the Qing State played the banner of revenge, which is morally said to be in the past, although it is somewhat unreasonable, but all countries can understand the feelings of the Qing State, and understanding is understanding, but no one wants such a war to happen in their own country.
The most critical issue cannot be discussed on the surface, the strength of the Qing country is beyond doubt, a strong country has the dignity of a strong country, once in the peace talks, talking about such evil deeds, the European countries are also afraid that the Qing country will be annoyed and angry!
Whether it is Britain, France, Germany, Austria, or Tsarist Russia, they can see the shortcomings of the Qing State, the navy is the weakness of the Qing State, and the long maritime frontier of the Qing State is also its natural defect.
But this qiē takes time to prepare, launching a counterattack on the Qing army on land, it only takes more than half a year to prepare, and attacking the Qing from the sea will take at least a year, and one year is still a bit hasty for the navies of European countries, and a year and a half or two years, the navies of European countries can be ready to launch a large-scale naval war against the Qing State.
With the complete armistice in Tsarist Russia, with the formation of the missions of various countries, the contradictions between the main war faction and the main peace faction in various European countries are also slowly intensifying, and the main reason for the intensification of the contradictions is the problem of time.
The grain producing areas of the Eastern European Plain are the lifeline of Tsarist Russia, once the Eastern European Plain is held in the hands of the Qing State for a long time, Tsarist Russia will face a nationwide food crisis, as a large European country, Tsarist Russia has always exported grain before, once Tsarist Russia has a shortage of domestic grain, it is bound to affect the grain supply in Europe.
Now most of the remaining 60 or 70 million people in Tsarist Russia have to eat grain from abroad, and the food shortage of at least 40 million people is also a burden that is not very easy for European countries to bear.
If you want to start a war, you must have sufficient food reserves, and there is a large shortage of grain on the side of Tsarist Russia, if you abandon Tsarist Russia, the Qing State will have the opportunity to plot against Tsarist Russia, once Tsarist Russia and Qing abandon their previous suspicions and join hands to wage war against the whole of Europe because of food, it will mean an irreparable disaster.
But not to launch a naval war against the Qing State, the Qing State is bound to take advantage of the peace negotiations of Tsarist Russia, and today's intelligence shows that in Tsarist Russia, with the Volga River and the Dvina River as the boundary, the place west has completely become a no-man's land of Tsarist Russia.
If it is not contained and the Qing State swallows most of the territory of Tsarist Russia, one day in the future, it may not be impossible for the Qing army to deal with Tsarist Russia and other European countries, and the expansion of the empire is unrestrained, especially an ancient empire like the Qing State, once its ferocity is completely aroused, the whole world may become his colony.
With the confrontation between the main battle faction and the main peace faction, many conjectures have been put forward, and the peace negotiation advocated by many European countries has become a bit of a chicken rib, and curbing the development of the Qing Dynasty has become a factor that European countries other than Tsarist Russia have to carefully consider.
There are ready-made examples in Europe, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, these countries are all countries that expand wantonly after the rise, a generation of new people for the old, although England before the sea powers, are in decline, but the strength of England is beyond doubt.
Nowadays, a land power is rising rapidly in the East, and if it is not contained, I am afraid that the maritime empire Yingli will also become the defeat of the Qing State, the crisis has allowed many people to foresee the future, and the negotiation of peace has become no longer important, how to contain the rising Qing State, has become the unshirkable responsibility of European politicians, the negotiation of peace has not yet begun, it has changed its taste, and Tsarist Russia will become a victim of this Eurasian game no matter what.
After the armistice, the peace missions of European countries did not move for a long time, which not only made the Tsarist side anxious, but also aroused Yang Meng's suspicions, the previous war against Russia, Yang Meng did not think too deeply, combined with the business investigation team, the recent news from the Tsarist Russia, the shape shì is not very good for Yang Meng, once the main battle faction of the European countries prevails, the world war will break out in advance, and the Qing Dynasty will become the focus, which is extremely inconsistent with the interests of Yang Meng's plan. (To be continued......)