"Honorable Grand Duke Janush Rajvir, it is a great honor for the Russian nation to be here, and the door of friendship in the Russian Empire is always open for you."

Andrei Khovansky, the head of intelligence of the Tsar of the Russian Empire and the supreme commander of the Moscow Janissacratic Guard, gave Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir a warm hug like a brother he hadn't seen in years.

In fact, André and Archduke Janusz Rajvir only had a one-sided relationship, and they were still in a hurry at the banquet of the nobles......

Before Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir came to the Russian Empire, he naturally sent people to greet the magnates and tsars of the Russian Empire, in fact, after Archduke Janusz Rajvir entered the territory of the Russian Empire, he was escorted by a team of Russian Imperial archer soldiers throughout the whole process.

The Russian Empire has always coveted the vast territory of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, with such a delicate entry point, the top of the Russian Empire will naturally not let go, originally the Cossacks were also the target of the Russian Empire, but the performance of the Ukrainian Cossack rebels was too poor, just reached the peak of life, and was beaten back to the prototype by the Taiping Army, and now the turtle is cowering in the city of Chernihiv to recruit Cossack fighters and train Ukrainian militia, and the influence has long been reduced to the level of a bandit army.

If it weren't for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's evil deeds in the Kiev region, I am afraid that the Ukrainian Cossack rebels in Chernihiv would not have been able to recruit many qualified soldiers, and the Cossacks longed for freedom, but they were not willing to follow the losers into hell.

It's just that after the current Ukrainian Cossack rebels defeated and eliminated the scum and slag purging army sent by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the signs of gradual improvement were reversed by one person, that is, a Cossack tyrant Sari, who appeared in the Cossack nomadic settlement in the middle and lower reaches of the Dnieper. Assman.

In just half a year, he eliminated several large hostile Cossack tribes, and successfully gathered tens of thousands, and his strength was already on par with the Ukrainian Cossack rebels, who had lost much strength. Where Assman came out was that they had mastered a real city.

Surrey. The appearance of Assman gave the civilians and Cossack herdsmen in the Kiev region who were unwilling to bear the oppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom a new choice, and greatly dealt a blow to the efficiency of the Ukrainian Cossack rebels to restore their strength.

It's just that the location of the two sides is too far away, and they have only heard of each other's deeds and have no intersection.

Of course, whether it was the Ukrainian Cossack rebels who occupied a city or Surrey. Assman is an inconsequential existence in front of the Russian Empire and even the Crimean Khanate, the population of the Cossacks is too small, the composition is also complex and ruthless, there is no unified royal bloodline, and the value is too low and low compared to the traditional Lithuanians.

In the eyes of the Russian tsar, the political significance of a Grand Duke Janush Rajvir can top a hundred Cossack chiefs like Sarry.

This is the reason why the Cossack tribes remained in the nest and did not receive attention from the outside world, and Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir with a mere hundred people was ceremoniously received by Andrei, a close confidant of the Tsar of the Russian Empire.

"Your Excellency Andrei, a treaty of cooperation has already been concluded between us, I hope that the great Russian Empire will send troops to the Lithuanian region as soon as possible, my people are ready, ready to be the vanguard and guide of the Russian army, as long as the arrogant Taiping puppet state can be eliminated, the Lithuanian people are willing to pay any price."

Grand Duke Janush Rajvir said with a sincere face.

"At any cost? Including the independence of Lithuania? Andrei handed Janusz Rajvir a glass of amber red wine, clinked glasses with him, and said: "Janusz Rajvir, His Majesty the Venerable Tsar of the Russian Empire is willing to become true friends with the Lithuanians, help you break away from the hands of the Poles, and restore the glory of the former 'hegemon' Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Eastern Europe, and Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir You are the first Grand Duke of the newly revived Grand Duchy of Lithuania and inherit the glory of your ancestors." ”

After hearing this, Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir couldn't help but fall into silence, the meaning of independence was clear in his heart, he had been working hard for this goal before, but the current Lithuania is no longer the same as the previous Lithuania, the previous Lithuania could gather tens of thousands of elite cavalry, whether it was the Russian Empire or the Kingdom of Sweden, if you want to swallow Lithuania, you have to break two front teeth.

It's just that in this force in Lithuania, there are a large number of Lithuanian nobles who are interested in the Sulm Council of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom and are unwilling to secede from the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom to face unknown risks.

Who told the Sulm Council of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom to give the Lithuanian nobility so much autonomy that they would become a state within a state?

Since they can enjoy the treatment of a country within a state, the vast majority of Lithuanian nobles are naturally unwilling to take the risk of breaking away from independence.

This is the fundamental reason why Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir has a large number of military connections but has never been able to make Lithuania truly independent.

It's a pity that the two battles with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke the backbone of the Lithuanian aristocracy, and today's Lithuania can't even get tens of thousands of cavalry elites, so how can we talk about independence at this time?

Therefore, there is basically only one way to independence, relying on the incoming Russian army for nominal independence, and it is foreseeable that even if Lithuania really succeeds in independence with the support of the Russian army, the newly formed Lithuanian weak new army will not have the slightest resistance in the face of the old elite regular army of the Russian Empire, and will it not rely on the snort of the Russian Empire Tsar at that time?

At that time, it was almost a foregone conclusion that Lithuania would become a 'protectorate' under the Russian Empire after independence, and independence or something was just a beautiful propaganda slogan.

But what does this have to do with Archduke Janusz Rajvir?

As long as he can keep his glorious and wealthy family inheritance, Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir will not care about who will exploit and rule the Lithuanians!

Although it is very cool to be the boss, but now that the 'boss dream' of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir has been shattered by Hong Tiancheng, he can only seek low-level goals.

"His Excellency Andrei's proposal is simply a blessing for the Lithuanian people, and I am sure that no brave Lithuanian righteous person will refuse the opportunity to restore independence and freedom, and the Russians will always be true friends of the Lithuanian people!" Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir replied with a serious smile.