"General Menderov, there is news from the Polish side that they are unable to continue the battle of Kyiv."

"What? The Poles are running away ?! General Menderov looked up from the operational map and confirmed.

"The elite hussars of the Poles were almost completely wiped out in that ambush, and the main force was routed by the Taipings, although they withdrew many people, but the morale was greatly damaged, and the Polish commander believed that the Polish corps had lost the ability to continue fighting against the Taipings."

"Hehe, that is to say, the Poles themselves feel that they have been defeated, right, the Poles can leave if they want, at least, they also made a lot of contributions to the empire in that ambush battle, and there are less than 3 infantry regiments left in the Taiping Army's reinforcements now."

"General Menderov, according to the accurate information provided by local informants, this Taiping army division and regimental reinforcement unit has suffered great losses, and their servants Lithuanian militia have fled to death, leaving only more than 1,000 people, and the elite of the Taiping Army headquarters is fighting with the Polish hussars alone, and the establishment of two regiments is almost wiped out, and now the Taiping Army commander Xiang Dongqiang has less than 4,000 soldiers left in the Taiping Army headquarters."

After hearing this, General Menderov pondered for a moment and analyzed the surrounding noble generals: "There are still more than 5,000 elite shooting troops we have gathered back, and there are more than 10,000 troops such as other servant troops and militia mercenaries, and our noble cavalry losses are a bit large, but we can also pull out more than 6,000 horsemen, even if we add the defenders in Kiev, we still occupy an absolute numerical advantage, and this battle can still be continued." ”

As soon as General Menderov's voice fell, the commanding general in charge of commanding the shooting corps retorted: "Your Excellency, the archery corps has just been completely defeated by the Taiping army, the officer corps has suffered great losses, and the soldiers are panicking, although they are numerous, it is difficult to go to the battlefield again in a short period of time to confront the Taiping army, and the more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers are still responsible for besieging the city of Kiev, we can't draw many people, and with the Taiping army's close-range gun tactics, these miscellaneous soldiers may only become useless cannon fodder on the battlefield."

The lessons of the Poles are vivid, they had much more troops left after the war than the Imperial Expeditionary Force, but the Polish generals still agreed that they could not confront the Taipings, and it was clear that the Polish generals, who had lost the backbone of the hussars, thought that the miscellaneous soldiers they had pulled up were powerless in the face of the elite of the Taipings.

Therefore, what we can really use to deal with the Taiping army is only the cavalry corps, with the Taiping army's temperament of fighting to the death, even if we win, how many troops can be left to continue to attack the city of Kiev?

What is left of the Taiping Army is not 4,000 ordinary madmen, but 4,000 elite soldiers who are not afraid of death!

They have only one profession - to kill! ”

The last two words of the commander of the shooting corps made some of the Russian aristocratic generals present tremble, and their eyes couldn't help but show a little hesitation and fear.

General Menderov looked directly at the commander of the shooting corps with an expressionless face: "The battle of Kyiv is an order personally issued by His Majesty the Tsar, and tens of thousands of soldiers have shed their blood on this land, if we retreat with an absolute superiority in troops, do you think you and your family can take this responsibility?"

Or are you ready to return to Moscow to face the question?

I'm curious how many ridiculous excuses you will come up with when the Duma parliament asks, 'Why did the Imperial Expeditionary Force withdraw when it was five times as strong as the remnants of the Taiping Army?'"

Don't forget, we are a brave Russian nation, the Mongol Tatars, the Swedes, the Poles, the mad knights of the Teutonic Knights, all fell under our guns one by one, and now in the face of a small group of Taiping Hans, you have to retreat with an absolute advantage in troops, you don't care about the honor of the family, I don't dare to agree, if anyone is afraid of death, I will be very gentlemanly to arrange a team of guards to escort you to Moscow City safely and securely. ”

General Menderov's gaze began with the commander of the shooting corps, and swept over the various noble generals present one by one, fear, fearlessness, cowardice, fanaticism, bravery, thoughtfulness, and other expressions met General Menderov's eyes, which made his nervous mood immediately calm down.

After all, the people who support him occupy the majority, and this is enough, as long as the majority of noble generals continue to support him, he can continue to hold all the military power and carry on the battle of Kiev!

The withdrawal of the Poles is also good for General Menderov, without the intervention of the Poles, all the fruits of the victory in the Battle of Kiev will be swallowed by the Russian Empire, and at that time, he Menderov will be the greatest hero of the Russian Empire!

On the contrary, once the Kiev campaign fails, no matter how much vitality he retains the Imperial Expeditionary Force, General Menderov, as the leader of the Expeditionary Force, is destined to become the biggest 'backstabber'.

The death and compensation of a large number of soldiers, the loss of imperial prestige, the casualties of the children of the nobles, etc., all need a sufficient weight of people and families to carry them!

At that time, not only will His Majesty the Tsar fall into the trap and reduce his own guilt as much as possible, but even the Duma will not let him go!

Therefore, the noble generals present may only be punished and pay some price when they turn back, but his Menderov will turn back and fall into the abyss from now on.

"General Menderov, I'm not afraid of war, I just want to know how we dare to face the approaching Taiping reinforcements in such a situation."

"The Taiping reinforcements did not carry artillery for the needs of the marching speed, and this ambush battle also caused the Lithuanian militia under the Taiping Army to lose about the same, that is, the Taiping reinforcements lost the ability to attack the fortifications.

We have an advantage in troops, and another layer of superiority in strength means that we have far more labor than the Taiping army, and the defense line of the strongholds outside the city of Kiev has been completely uprooted by our army, and we can completely build a series of trench breastwalls on the ruins of these necessary roads to resist the attack of the Taiping reinforcements.

I believe that under the work of tens of thousands of people, it is not difficult for us to set up a piece of field fortifications in a short period of time, and those miscellaneous militia groups may not be able to fight against the Taiping army in the field, but it should still be possible to garrison behind the breastwork.

The Taiping soldiers are also people, and when they are exhausted from the attack, that is when we crush them with thousands of cavalry! ”