This suspicion was overturned by Sverdlov in an instant, and I am afraid that it is precisely because of the sensitivity of the current situation that the best time to make it worse. Stalin had already calculated, Li Xiaofeng and he did not dare to fight back violently at this time, if they really did this, then they really did not know the severity, and the mentor would never allow them to mess around.

After this time, there were two possibilities: either the Bolsheviks succeeded and returned to the mainstream of politics, or they were defeated and beaten to the ground by Kornilov. But either way, Stalin did not have to worry about the retaliation of Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng.

The reason is simple, if it succeeds, then immediately the Bolsheviks will usher in a blowout period, and the next step will definitely be to be busy seizing power, and at that time there will be endless work waiting for Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng, who simply do not have the energy to clean up his Stalin.

In the same way, if they failed, the Bolsheviks at that time would probably no longer be able to settle in Russia, and they would be ready to continue to die. Everyone is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, who still has the mind to fight.

Thinking about this, Sverdlov admired Stalin a little, this guy chose the timing was really good, and for a while, there was no need to worry about retaliation at all. As for whether he will be counted after this period of time, then he probably has a countermeasure.

If the Bolsheviks had failed, then nothing would have been possible, and there would have been no fear of settling accounts or anything. And if he succeeds, then in the name of his Central member and Politburo member, he will definitely be able to pull a momentum during this period of time, and when the time comes, everyone will make it clear that Stalin really does not need to be too afraid.

"This guy is so insidious!" After Sverdlov's analysis, Li Xiaofeng has a deeper understanding of Comrade Steel's belly, "This bastard wants to put us to death!" ”

Sverdlov nodded silently, in fact, he thought of more than that, in fact, Stalin probably did not need to worry about any retaliation at all, in this matter, his instigation and instigation were done very obscurely. Minzhensky would never confess him. If it weren't for someone's great ability, I'm afraid that at this time, he Sverdlov would still be in the dark, and he wouldn't know who was plotting against him.

Naturally, Stalin was also safe. Even, Sverdlov could guess that this guy was going to hide behind the scenes, quietly and without leaving a trace. If you don't succeed once, you can do it again if you succeed once before Sverdlov doesn't know it, and you're done.

The most terrible thing in politics is not Chiguoguo's hatred, everyone shows that as long as the difference in strength is not too great, it is difficult to say who will die, so this kind of confrontation on the surface more often ends in mutual compromise.

Opposite. The most terrible thing is Stalin's poisonous snake hidden in the shadows, usually he doesn't hum or ha, maybe he will call you brothers, but as soon as you turn around, he will stab you in the back, this kind of despicable hypocrite is the most terrible!

Sverdlov remembered this account and for the first time regarded Stalin as an extremely formidable opponent, although now or for a long time to come. There's no way he'll get it back. But. As long as he finds an opportunity, he will definitely let Stalin shed a layer of skin.

But. Li Xiaofeng was not too satisfied with this kind of forbearance: "Don't do anything, just let him go?" It's too cheap for him! ”

Sverdlov smiled bitterly: "What else can I do if I don't let him go?" Comrade Lenin will never allow us to mess around...... The only way to do this is to pretend that you don't know anything, so that the bastard thinks that we are not aware of his scheme, let him let down his guard, and when we find the right opportunity, we will make a decisive move and settle accounts with him! ”

If it was Li Xiaofeng in the past, I am afraid he would not accept this nest's suggestion, but after experiencing a lot of political storms after the crossing, he began to become mature, and it is taboo in the political arena to know that he is reckless. In this traitorous industry, if you want to go further and live longer, it is very necessary to learn to forbear.

"Well, cheap bastard!" Li Xiaofeng sighed wistfully, "I'll clean him up later." ”

Li Xiaofeng's helpless three points are true, seven points are fake, although he let Stalin go, but in his heart he is ready, you have opened fire on Lao Tzu with a hemp face, even if you can't fight back now, brother has to collect a little bit of your black materials, and when the opportunity is right, he will kill you in one go!

Sverdlov nodded, "It's right to settle accounts in the future, but Andrey, we have to plan ahead, this bastard can do it the first time, there will be a second time." It's not the way to be so passive, we must take the initiative to collect some materials and evidence, and we can use it at critical moments! ”

Well, Li Xiaofeng can be regarded as a wise man, he is not the only smart person, others who can think of it have already thought of it, and the mixed political arena must not think very highly of itself, otherwise he will not know how he died.

"No problem, I'm good at this!" Li Xiaofeng quietly agreed.

Stalin's first contest with Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng came to an invisibly end. In this round of confrontation, Stalin took the lead and slightly gained the upper hand and got off to a good start. But at the same time, he also exposed his intentions too early, which made Sverdlov and Li Xiaofeng more vigilant, which made it more difficult for him to release cold arrows in the future, and in the long run, this slight advantage is completely negligible.

Of course, this round of confrontation was only superficial because of the sensitivity of the situation, but it also invisibly showed that after the merger of the regional alliance faction and the Lenin faction, the struggle within the party began to become fierce. Until the victory of the revolution, the end of the civil war, and forever.

Fortunately, this internal struggle is not too fierce for the time being, and the conflict is not very obvious, because they still have the same enemy for the time being, and before the enemy falls, they are still unanimous with the outside world.

However, the Bolsheviks' first enemy had not been on the back of their way for long, and Kornilov and Shulygin were completely unaware that their machinations had been completely discovered. On the night of 26 August, Colonel Dutov, a Cossack officer who had been heavily bribed by Shulikin, began to mobilize his troops to prepare for a "coup d'état."

"Comrades soldiers, we can no longer tolerate the perverse actions of the government and the Soviets, which have completely and thoroughly exposed their counter-revolutionary nature...... In the present, in the current situation, we can only take up arms and defend the revolution with our hands...... Comrades, let us go hand in hand. Capture of the Hermitage. Hang all the criminal leaders of the counter-revolution! ”

While Dutov was giving a speech on stage, Li Xiaofeng, who was hiding behind the scenes, yawned and said to Anna next to him: "How much did Shulijin give him?" This acting ability is really enough, can't you find a better actor? ”

In all fairness, Dutov's speech was still like that, except that his expression was too tangled and contrived, and the goods had not yet been taken out of script. Reading to the manuscript gives people the feeling that this is a good design, but it is really fake.

Anna put her arm around a certain immortal, and didn't look at Dutov on the stage, but instead glanced at Morrigan behind her very stealthily. She was very jealous of an immortal's apprentice, not only because this apprentice was a little too beautiful. is even more because this beautiful woman was sent by someone to spy on her, and they have been inseparable for the past two days, which fully shows that someone still doesn't trust her.

Of course, this distrust is normal in Anna's opinion, in the face of such an important matter, if a certain immortal really believes her casually, there will be no supervision measures at all. Then she should think carefully about whether to cooperate with the other party. Moreover, the surveillance methods of a certain immortal are righteous and bright. Not like Shulijin. On the surface, it pretends to be nothing, but in fact it is secretly closely monitored.

Compare the two. A certain immortal has the feeling of being a villain first and then a gentleman, even if he sends someone to monitor, it is purely defensive in nature, and Shu Lijin is a pure obscene villain. Thinking of this, Anna naturally has no opinion.

She smiled: "Do you think this candidate is easy to find?" The troops who pretend to be mutinous must not be their own people, otherwise it would be too child's play. And among the hundreds of thousands of troops in Petrograd, it is necessary to find an officer who has a good impression of them and is willing to accept their orders, but at the same time has a certain prestige on the surface, as if he is inclined to revolution and can lead the soldiers to make trouble. It's not easy to find a Dutov! ”

Li Xiaofeng was noncommittal about this, anyway, this is a scene, Dutov is at most a harlequin in it, and the only thing he hopes is that this harlequin can get to the point quickly, don't waste too much time, because a considerable number of soldiers in the audience have begun to get impatient.

Dutov seemed to be aware of this, but this man's political wisdom was rather limited, and he understood the impatience of the soldiers as an impatience to carry out revolutionary action, and he believed that his speech had fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

Seeing that the time was "ripe", Dutov, who was full of joy, raised his arms on the stage and shouted: "Hit the capitalists, hit the puppet government!" Comrades, rush with me! ”

He was greeted not by the response of the mountains and tsunamis, but by the boos in the sky, and the soldiers in the audience unanimously booed him, gesturing to him with all kinds of unsightly gestures. All in all, in addition to the absence of rotten banana peels and rotten eggs, Dutov was unanimously resisted by the soldiers.

"Fuck off, you liar!"

"Don't try to deceive us, you are in league with the reactionary government!"

Dutov ran away from the stage in embarrassment, and waves of boos made him feel embarrassed, and kept complaining to Anna: "Miss Anna, it's not that I can't do my job, I've done my best, I've taken the lead...... I told them to go out on the streets, but none of them would follow me! ”

After a pause, he kindly proposed to Anna: "Either we will go to other troops to do work, or postpone the operation......"

"No need!" Anna glanced at a certain immortal beside her, and said categorically: "There is no time, and the action cannot be postponed!" ”

"But, but, we didn't ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Xiaofeng very annoyingly: "Shut up, you have done a good job." Speaking of this, he turned to Anna and said, "It's almost time, tell Shu Lijin that the troops have gone to the streets, and everything is going according to plan!" ”

Dutov's eyes widened and he panicked: "Sir, you can't make such a joke, we didn't succeed!" ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled slightly and said, "That's right, you didn't succeed, but we are already on the way to success, thank you for your cooperation!" ”

Before Dutov could react, he was stunned by a knife from Morrigan behind him, and Anna grabbed the phone without hesitation. The good news was reported to Shulijin.

It was learned that the troops had taken to the streets. Shu Lijin, who was on the other end of the telephone line, suddenly got up and laughed three times: "Dutov has succeeded, gentlemen, let's get started!" ”

Kornilov immediately telegraphed to his confidant Kremov, demanding that his troops immediately begin to impose martial law in Petrograd, Kronstadt, and Estonia, and establish a wartime military tribunal in this region and the Baltic Fleet, with the right to shoot all officers and soldiers who did not obey orders...... Assemblies, strikes, and processions are strictly prohibited. It is strictly forbidden to carry and keep weapons and ammunition...... It also stipulates that from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. the next morning, all persons are forbidden to stay on the streets, newspapers and magazines are forbidden to be published without inspection, and violators may be shot on the spot without a court trial.

In this murderous fate, the former Prime Minister Duke Li Wuv approached the current Prime Minister Kerensky with the conditions that had been negotiated long ago. The most rebellious ultimatum was conveyed.

Kerensky was completely shocked by this sudden bad news, and shouted in disbelief: "Everything is normal in Petrograd, where are there any rebels?" What Kornilov did was a de facto mutiny, and the Cabinet of Ministers would never accept the above conditions! ”

"I advise you to accept it!" Duke Leewolf said coldly, "We, the Cadets, have decided to withdraw from the coalition government. We agreed that, in the current situation, the supreme power in Russia should be given to General Kornilov. is the most reasonable and appropriate approach! ”

Kerensky stared at Duke Lyvov. The face was blue and red for a long time. He asked, "What if I refuse!" ”

Lvov sneered, although he thought Kornilov was very domineering, but he did not have a good impression of Kerensky, the last time a second coalition government was formed, it was Kerensky and Tsetieli who squeezed him out of the prime ministership. Now that he has the opportunity to take revenge, he is very happy.

"Refuse?" Duke Lvov sneered, "What do you refuse?" I'm not afraid to tell you that the army outside the city has been assembled, and it will crush you to powder at the slightest order. My Excellency Prime Minister, those who know the times are handsome, so you should think carefully about where to go! ”

Kerensky's face became more and more ugly, and he pointed at Duke Lvov in a trembling voice, and angrily reprimanded: "Get out! Get out of my office! ”

Li Wufu glared at him contemptuously, "I don't know if I live or die!" With that, the former prime minister took several Cadet ministers with him.

Kerensky sat down on the chair, although he had just shown the courage not to give in, but in fact he was secretly beating the drum in his heart, in the face of Kornilov's soldiers, he didn't know how to resist at all, he didn't have a single soldier in his hands, no matter how he looked at it, it was a situation of death and no life.

Kerensky knew that without the support of the army, he would definitely not be able to keep Kornilov in a low grade, but for a while, he would not be able to change into an army, how is this good! Just when he was most flustered and anxious, the phone on the table rang.

"Kornilov has defected!" Qi Heze's voice on the phone was extremely frightened, "You quickly think of a way!" Otherwise, it's all over! ”

"How can I figure it out!" Kerensky roared into the microphone, "I can't conjure up an army!" ”

Just as the two fools were about to quarrel, the door to Kerensky's office was pushed open, and Aksherro rushed in with a gust of wind and shouted at Kerensky: "Is Kornilov a mutiny?" ”

Kerensky nodded mechanically, and Akherry Rod roared again: "Then what are you still doing in a daze?" Hurry up and organize a counterinsurgency! ”

Kerensky was also furious, and said angrily: "How can I have an army!" I can't stop him single-handedly, can I?! ”

"Of course you can't do it alone!" "Mr. Plekhanov wants me to tell you that you should immediately telegraph the whole country, remove Kornilov from all his posts, and declare that any response to his coup d'état will be considered treason......"

Kerensky said disdainfully: "What's the use of this!" ”

"Of course it works!" "This is the first step, to legally deny the legitimacy of Kornilov's coup d'état, and then to get the Central Executive Committee of the Soviets to issue an order to mobilize the troops in Petrograd to stop him!" ”

Kerensky immediately came to his senses, yes, Kornilov is indeed very strong, but the military strength at hand is still a little weak compared to the hundreds of thousands of troops in Petrograd, as long as the Petrograd army supporting the Soviets is mobilized, counterinsurgency is not a dream.

However, just as he picked up the phone to inform Tsikhze and Tseretieri, he suddenly reacted that the character of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union had fallen so badly in the past month that his prestige in Petrograd had been discredited. Can the army listen to them at this time?

And as far as Lvov has just delivered, it seems that the Bolsheviks first instigated the army to mutiny, and then Kornilov took the opportunity to attack, so there could be no conspiracy, right?

"What are you hesitating about? Hurry up and call! Akherrirod urged impatiently.

Kerensky said hesitantly: "I heard that it was the Bolsheviks who rebelled first, and a Cossack named Dutov mobilized his army to make trouble in the streets, and then Kornilov launched it, do you think this is a trap?" (To be continued.) )